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Properly storing your undergarments not only helps keep them organised but also extends their lifespan. A well-organised storage system ensures that your undergarments remain in good condition, readily accessible, and easy to find.
Investing in drawer dividers is a game-changer when it comes to organising your undergarments. These handy tools help create separate compartments within your drawer, keeping different types of undergarments neatly arranged and preventing them from getting tangled or mixed up. Divide your drawer into sections for bras, panties, socks, and other undergarments, allowing you to find what you need quickly and easily.
➜Fold or Roll:
To save space and keep your undergarments in good shape, adopt the habit of folding or rolling them neatly before storing.
For bras, fold the cups into each other and then fold the band over to create a compact shape.
For panties, fold them in half or roll them to minimise wrinkles and save space.
For socks, consider using sock organisers or folding them into pairs to avoid misplacing or losing individual socks.
➜Separate Storage Containers:
Consider using separate storage containers or organisers for different types of undergarments. This method allows you to categorise and access your undergarments more efficiently. For example, use small baskets or fabric bins for socks, or utilise compartments within a designated organiser for bras and panties. Be sure to label each container to avoid confusion and make retrieval a breeze.
For delicate items such as bras and camisoles, hanging them can help preserve their shape and prevent damage. Use hangers with clips or hooks designed specifically for undergarments. Hang bras by their centre to maintain their form, and hang camisoles by their straps to prevent stretching. Additionally, hanging storage solutions, like hanging organisers with pockets, can be useful for storing panties, tights, or stockings.
➜Clean and Dry:
Use Ugees to keep your undergarments prior to an optimal stoarge. Just pump Ugees on your undergarments, rub and rinse, and boom-your undergarments are clean in seconds. Hence, before storing your undergarments, ensure they are clean and completely dry. Lingering moisture can lead to mold, mildew, and unpleasant odors.
Allow undergarments to air dry completely before storing them to maintain their freshness and prevent the growth of bacteria.
➜Rotate and Declutter:
To prevent wear and tear on your undergarments, rotate them regularly. By alternating the use of different pieces, you give them time to rest and regain their shape. Additionally, periodically assess your undergarments and declutter any items that are worn out, stretched, or no longer fit properly. This practice keeps your collection streamlined and ensures that you're only storing items that are in good condition.
Take the time to implement these storage tips, and you'll enjoy the benefits of an organised undergarment collection that is easy to navigate, maintain, and keep them in their cleanest and freshest with Ugees!
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Rated 4.83 out of 5 stars
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it's an amazing toner but, you have to be careful with it. if you use peels you might want to use them less often because it's easy to over-exfoliate while using this. other than that, it's an amazing product
Daisy from UT
I have broken out and or have had a bad reaction to many exfoliants, but this one is very gentle! I have never experienced an issue when using it. I have acne prone skin, and use this any time my skin is going thru a breakout- I have used it morning and night and it has always helped. Leaves your skin feeling refreshed and you can use this every day if you wanted to. I have had less acne since using this, and will continue to repurchase!
Megan from Kansas City
This toner has been a life saver for my skin in that it kills all those little stress pimples that pop up during my cycle. I have normal to oily skin and this toner helps to get rid of the oiliness without being too drying.
Ellen S from St Paul, MN
The ingredients in this tonic are amazing!!! Both my sister and I have cystic acne and we both saw significant improvement using this in a skincare routine two to three times a week. I think this can also work for sensitive skin. There is a mild tingling but the skin is not irritated afterwards.
Hayley from Detroit, Michigan
I use this twice on day with my normal skincare routine and I have seen a dramatic difference in my skin!!
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At Uniting Enterprise, we leverage insights through data sourced from our candidate placements and deep-rooted SAP network alongside advanced recruitment platforms like Xing and Linkedin to understand key trends across the DACH SAP SCM job market. This aids us with a unique vision of the market to support our candidates and clients in their hiring requirements or job search.
Our latest findings uncovered three hidden gem locations with the fastest growth in number of SCM professionals:
Rhein-Neckar Metropolitan Region
Greater Nuremberg Metropolitan area
Greater Nuremberg Metropolitan Area
Greater Munich Metropolitan Region
Cologne Bonn Region
These competitive areas see fast growth in the number of SAP specialists attracted to the opportunities offered in the area. Munich continued saw large growth as a significant tech hub for Germany. Cologne Bonn Region saw large growth in both professionals and in hiring demand with significant growth in the number of job adverts posted throughout 2022.
Tenure & Market Liquidity
23% of the market moved roles in the last 12 months, impacting tenure significantly. The average SAP SCM specialists’ median tenure in 2021 was 2.6 years, in 2022 this fell to 2.3 years. A growing number of opportunities, candidates seeking benefits other than of a compensation increase and professionals making the switch from working inhouse to working for a consultancy have been the biggest drivers of job changes over the year.
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Private universities and branch campuses ‘technically insolvent’
In a bleak assessment of the outlook for the private higher education sector, the report by the Penang Institute says the performance of private universities lags behind public institution and many are struggling to maintain educational standards amid a deteriorating financial situation.
It says up to three quarters of foreign branch campuses and 70% of other private institutions could be affected in the coming year. The report notes that 35% of all private universities were “running on negative reserves, meaning that their total debts exceeded their total assets”.
“This means that they are technically insolvent,” it says. "The causes may be due to poor management from the top and tight financial conditions which are taking their toll on the quality of education in Malaysian private universities, leading to high graduate unemployment and poor international rankings.”
More than half of the eight foreign branch campuses failed to make a profit in the period covered by the institute’s analysis, which is based on company reports and a study of Ministry of Education data for 2013 – the latest available.
The report covers 41 private universities, eight foreign branch campuses and 27 tertiary colleges. About 28 of the local private universities and colleges were registering losses year on year, according to data drawn from the Companies Commission of Malaysia.
The institute cited the case of the Allianze University College of Medical Sciences which was forced to cease operations last year because of funding problems. The closure affected 2,000 students and 500 staff.
Lagging behind public universities
The analysis shows that private institutions are lagging behind public institutions on major indicators of quality and it reflects national concerns for almost a decade about standards in private universities. This followed their speedy growth from the early 2000s when Malaysia had just a handful of private universities.
Graduates of the burgeoning private sector are more likely to be unemployed: Ministry of Education data quoted in the report show that 27% of private university graduates were unemployed six months after graduation compared with 24% of those from public universities. Other statistics reveal that only 13% of academics teaching in the private sector hold a PhD compared with a third in public universities.
Only half of private universities received an ‘excellent’ rating in a quality rating exercise conducted by the ministry between March and July 2013, compared with 81% of public universities. One in six private institutes were rated ‘good’ on the six-level scale, and a third of institutions had no rating.
A number of branch campuses of foreign universities, such as Curtin University Sarawak, Monash University Malaysia and Swinburne University of Technology Sarawak Campus, are offshoots of Australian universities and they, along with the University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus, a branch of the UK institution, received ‘excellent’ ratings.
Private universities were also less likely to appear in international rankings with only five institutions appearing in the QS-Asia rankings, the report says.
Student loan game-changer
Of major concern are changes made last November to publicly funded student loans known by the Malay initials PTPTN. The changes could cause even greater financial distress to institutions that are not on a sound financial footing, the institute report states.
Late last year, the education ministry cut the level of student loans by 5% for public universities and 15% for private universities, while leaving loans for medical courses unchanged.
The institute report says the new loan rules could force an estimated 69% of local private universities to the “brink of financial ruin in the coming year”. Around 76% of university colleges and three quarters of foreign branch campuses will face the same squeeze on their finances, it says.
Mergers and shared services
Penang Institute’s general manager, Dr Ong Kian Ming, a member of parliament for the opposition Democratic Action Party, or DAP, said “merging institutions, to consolidate the universities by areas of expertise” could help them survive.
“Shared services models in which management functions are provided jointly across institutions or are outsourced to specialist providers are also a way of controlling costs and improving quality for newer universities,” Ong said.
Iskandar EduCity project in Johor was an example of such a model where shared common facilities were financed jointly by several universities, including a number of foreign branch campuses, he said, adding that the institute’s findings would have “serious implications” for the sustainability of the private higher education sector.
Some 120,000 students were currently enrolled in the private universities facing financial stress and this could rise to 215,000 students, or 45% of total private sector enrolments because of the funding changes, Ong said.
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Akhran da mureed
The only surface link to this remote landlocked area passes over 10,000-ft high Nastha Chun Pass and with the winter season just around the corner people here have already been suffering on account of bad connectivity.
Harsh weather has triggered landslides in the area, blocking the only lifeline to the remote area.
Following overnight rain in the region, the vehicular movement on the 70-km-long road between Karnah and district headquarter Kupwara was disrupted last afternoon. The road was blocked due to landslides about 10 km short of the Nastha Chun Pass, popularly known as the Sadhana Pass.
For Baseer Ahmad, a government employee who was travelling back from Jammu along with his two children, it was very difficult to wait for a couple of hours amid torrential rain and shivering cold till the road was cleared for traffic.
The stranded commuters had to wait for the men and machinery of the Beacon, looking after the road clearance operation, even as they rued the plight of the area.
Like many other residents of the area, Ahmad said a tunnel would help avoid such problem.
“There is still some time for winter season to set in, but the trouble for people has already started,” said another commuter.
“The Tangdhar-Kupwara-Handwara-Baramulla road has already been declared a national highway (NH-703), but it still awaits an upgrade,” said Raja Manzoor Ahmad, Member of Legislative Assembly from Karnah.
The legislator said the Government of India was interested in constructing a tunnel to provide all-weather connectivity to the area and believed that the work on it would start next year.
Officials confirmed that the Border Road Organisation had plans to construct a tunnel connecting Karnah, but said there was no word on its commissioning yet.
“The road on this side of the pass has not witnessed any development, which often leads to problems,” alleged Safeer Ahmad Khan of Tangdhar.
Road tiles had been laid on a 5-km stretch from the Nastha Chun Pass, but no work has been carried out on the 20-km road beyond that point, said Khan.
At times, the road remains blocked for weeks due to heavy snowfall, affecting the supply of essential commodities.
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Video production, editing, audio mixing, color grading
I began working with Petco's veterinary brand Vetco in the fall of 2022 to create content for their website and social media platforms. In early 2023, this morphed into several shoots for their main Petco brand. Petco partnered with artist and actor Snoop Dogg to film TV commercials and social media content in May of 2023. I was brought on to edit the social media content while the production company focused on the TV commercials.
These were shot on Sony Venice with Arri lenses. I edited all the content, built motion graphic elements, color graded, and mixed the audio for the social media campaign. This was a tight-deadline project that involved a lot of moving parts and a deep integration with Petco's internal marketing team. Various team members weighed in on the edits utilizing Frame.io and their excellent platform for giving time-stamped notes on content.
Creating a campaign - a breakdown
Petco has a strong inside marketing team, so my role was to take their initial ideas for each video and the content that was captured and translate those into video content. 3 long-form pieces were delivered along with a number of shorter vertical pieces for social channels.
Vertical cutdowns for social
Video post - Edit, color grade, graphics
Audio post - mixing and mastering all audio
Asset management - retain assets for future use
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Maori lawmaker kicked out of parliament for wearing a cultural pendant instead of a tie
People love to point to "identity politics" as if it's a new, progressive phenomenon, but there is no shortage of examples of how racial and cultural identity has always played a role in politics. It's just that up until recently, the identity in identity politics was white.
This has not only been the case in the U.S., where white, male identity politics kept women and racial minorities out of power for most of our history, but in other Western nations as well. Case in point: A story from New Zealand of a Maori lawmaker who was ejected from parliament proceedings because he was not wearing a necktie—or at least not a necktie that fit Western standards of "business attire."
The Maori are the indigenous people of New Zealand, and Maori representatives make up nearly a quarter of the country's parliament. Rawiri Waititi, a Maori MP, was kicked off the parliament floor after the Speaker Trevor Mallard twice refused to recognize him due to his attire. Instead of a necktie, which male parliament members are required to wear, Waititi wore a hei tiki—a traditional Māori greenstone pendant—tied around his neck.
"It's not about ties, it's about cultural identity, mate," Waititi said as he was leaving.
Watch the parliament exchanges here:
Māori MP ejected from New Zealand parliament in necktie rowwww.youtube.com
Waititi had argued in the parliament's recent "business attire" debates that the Western necktie was like a "colonial noose." Mallard pointed out that he himself wished to eliminate the tie requirement, but that the consensus had disagreed.
In an interview following his ejection from parliament, he said, "As you can clearly see, this is a tie, as far as I'm concerned...this is a tie to my people."
Speaking to Reuters, Waititi said, "Māori have not been treated equal in its own country and indigenous people all over the world have been subjected to discrimination due to racist systems that keep our peoples in second place. For us to stand up against subjugation, to stand up again assimilation, to stand up against those who try and make us look, feel, make us think like they want us to think ... this was standing up against that."
Māori Party co-leader kicked out of Parliament for not wearing a tiewww.youtube.com
Waititi showed up to parliament with the same attire the next day, but this time he was allowed to remain. According to Radio New Zealand, the male necktie rule has now been dropped after the Standing Orders committee met and decided it should be optional.
"The noose has been taken off our necks, and we are now able to sing our songs," Waititi told Reuters.
If kicking a lawmaker out because their cultural dress attire doesn't line up with an arbitrary perception of what makes up business attire seems silly to you, you're not alone. Dress codes are meant to keep a sense of professionalism in a proceeding, to say, "This is serious work we are doing, so showing up in your workout gear or loungewear isn't appropriate." They should not be used as an excuse for upholding white Western standards of dress and keep people from diverse cultures from wearing something appropriately formal.
Not to mention, how much of a waste of time and energy is this when there are important issues to discuss and problems to solve? Maybe this is what happens when your country manages to control a pandemic and isn't dealing with an insurrection and impeachment trial. You find ridiculous things to argue about.
In all seriousness, though, good for Waititi for illustrating how racism and white supremacy can be reinforced through something as simple as a dress code. And good for the members of parliament who stood up for his right to wear traditional attire from his culture.
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The COVID-19 crisis has brought the whole world to a standstill. Not only has it affected public health and endangered lives, but it has disrupted our way of living. Think of its impact on livelihoods, food supplies, jobs, education, finances, relationships, and even leisure activities.
It’s good that every individual has somehow adjusted to the pandemic after more than a year. Businesses and public places have gradually reopened, while vaccinated people have gone outdoors. As such, now is the best time to start building the communities.
However, community building isn’t only the government’s sole responsibility. Every resident plays a crucial role in helping the entire community cope with the pandemic. That said, here’s how to build your community amid the COVID-19 crisis:
1. Set health and safety measures in place
It’s easy to see many people now observing health and safety protocols. For the most part, they strictly follow measures such as mask-wearing, social distancing, frequent handwashing, and hand sanitizing. Although some people have already gotten vaccinated, they must continue to adhere to these protocols.
As a community leader, ensure that all your community members comply with these health and safety protocols. Hold them accountable for non-compliance and make them responsible for their actions. Lastly, continue to implement community guidelines set by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
2. Conduct community cleaning and disinfection
While the various strains of novel coronavirus continue to spread, it’s crucial to conduct community cleaning and disinfection regularly. By now, you should have scheduled regular cleaning performed by community workers. To get everyone involved, consider getting some volunteers too.
In addition, make sure that every household performs regular cleaning within their respective premises. Also, business owners must ensure proper cleaning, disinfection, and even ventilation before reopening their commercial properties. They must set a cleaning routine in place to be on the safe side.
3. Provide COVID-19 updates on social media
It’s no secret how powerful social media is in this time and age. Take note of the 4.50 billion active social media users worldwide. These individuals have relied heavily on social media channels for personal interactions, business purposes, and even COVID-19 updates.
As a community leader, you might have already tapped a social media manager to create and maintain a social media page for your community. Be sure to keep your people updated about the COVID-19 crisis. For instance, post venues and schedules of vaccination in your community.
4. Help create digital platforms for local businesses
There’s no denying how many local businesses closed last year due to the pandemic restrictions. It’s good that some relevant enterprises have managed to survive and thrive amid the crisis.
As a community leader, you must create a digital platform to support local businesses. They can continue their operation online if they can’t yet afford to reopen. As an entrepreneur, harness the power of the web to continue running your business and cater to your community needs.
5. Volunteer for community works and give donations
We now live in an unprecedented time where we need to support each other. As a leader, you should encourage volunteerism in your community while ensuring health and safety.
As community members, have some time to support community activities amid the crisis. For instance, help deliver goods or supplies to those who cannot put food on their table during this pandemic. Those who are fortunate enough can also donate to those in need.
6. Provide safe recreational activities
As the pandemic restrictions are getting lighter and lighter, it’s time to pursue recreational activities slowly. But while the pandemic is here to stay, health and safety are still the names of the game.
For instance, you can initiate community gardening for leisure and recreation. It can also help address food insecurity in your locality. You can also have a dog boot camp in your area to keep pet owners busy and preoccupied during this pandemic. Lastly, you can start initiating sports for those who are already vaccinated.
7. Start at home
Health and safety start at home. It is every family’s responsibility to set protocols in their own house. Every household must also have regular cleaning and disinfection within their premises.
In addition, every family member should get themselves vaccinated to protect themselves and other people in their community. If all community members put these in mind and into practice, we can all surpass the COVID-19 crisis.
At this point, you now know what it takes to help your community cope with the COVID-19 crisis. Whether you’re a community leader or member, consider the community-building strategies recommended above. Know that it is everyone’s responsibility to help rebuild the community. With a collaborative effort, we can all rise above the pandemic situation.
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Letter to Ambassador Marchand on Death of Sr. Joan Sawyer in Peru, October 30, 1984
October 30, 1984
The Honorable Luis Marchand
Embassy of Peru
1700 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Dear Mr. Ambassador:
The purpose of this letter is to seek information concerning 'the present status of the investigation into the events of December 14, 1983, at Lurigancho Prison, Lima, which resulted in the death of Sister Joan Sawyer, SCC.
On behalf of the United States Catholic Conference, I also wish to express the hope that a thorough and impartial and timely investigation is being conducted and that those responsible for the death of Sister Joan Sawyer will be brought to trial.
I respectfully request that you bring this inquiry to the attention of your Government.
Reverend Msgr. Daniel F. Hoye
United States Catholic Conference
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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation publishes content on economic empowerment and related issues. Find and access current and archived items in our database.
Ron Holloway, co-owner of Woofbowl, a food truck business that specializes in nutrient-dense meals for dogs, navigates specific challenges as a small business owner amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Coalition to Back Black Businesses (CBBB) – a multi-year initiative founded in partnership with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation, American Express, and the nation’s four leading Black chambers – helps provide opportunities for success. Since launch, the CBBB has distributed $5,000 grants to more than 1,000 Black small business owners across the country and continues to offer resources to help business owners thrive.
Nearly 500 Black-owned businesses will receive a $5,000 grant each to support
their long-term success
Ohio partners with businesses to tackle military spouse un- and underemployment
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation today announced that the Coalition to Back Black Businesses is now accepting applications for its 2021 grant program, which will provide $5,000 grants each to more than 400 small business owners to help them meet critical business needs.
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This season is stocked full of fabulous, glamorous items that all girls should be happy about. Designers are unleashing their greatest wisdom with the use of luxurious fabrics, embellished details and rich, sultry colors.
Black is back with a vengeance. This isn’t the simple black of the past, however. Detailed embellishments along with updated volume and soft, luxurious fabrics take the classic little black dress to a whole new level. Other colors of the season include rich jewel tones, such as ruby and emerald, along with deep plum, teal and brown.
According to Instyle.com, two old favorites are coming back this season with updated looks. Boxy jackets and military-inspired coats require the person who wears them to get into character. Boxy jackets are meant to be signature pieces, and the rest of the outfit should be coordinated carefully so as to not distract from it. Conversely, a military-inspired coat should be taken to the next level by pairing it with boots and aviators.
One new item designed for the season is the tulip skirt. According to Instyle.com, the bell-shaped curve is meant to accentuate a woman’s curves but may take some training of the eye to appreciate.
The Web site states that the skirt should always be worn with heels and should never fall below mid-knee. Also, be careful not to take this look too far. The shape of the skirt will be lost if it isn’t paired with a tight blouse.
Style.com suggests many different places attribute to the style of the season. The 1960s are back with the re-arrival of big lashes and clothes that show off the legs. The western style is still in, but accents such as leather and suede along with a revived prairie skirt make it much more sophisticated. There is a definite Russian influence on designs, with lavish embroideries and lots of fur. Finally, London has its hand in the mix, donating influences such as high necklines and floor-length skirts to make a prim and proper look.
Sorry girls, heels are back. Summer was a nice break from painful shoes with the arrival of ballet flats and platforms, but to achieve the high sophistication of the season, high stilettos and pumps are necessary. Tall boots are a warmer way of attaining the same amount of sophistication.
Bold jewelry is still around from the summer but in a more simplistic way. Instead of having a band of bracelets or necklaces, pick one that is big, bold and striking.
The makeup of the season is also similar to that of the summer but has important differences. Bold makeup took a break last season but is back now. According to Instyle.com, red and magenta lips and smoky green eyes are a great nighttime look. Be careful not to pair them up together, however. Choose either bold lips with simple eyes or vise versa. For daytime, the natural look is still in. However, instead of a pink tint with pink blush and lip gloss, peach is chic.
With the changing of the weather comes the changing of the style, and there is so much to look forward to this season.
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Sustainability improves the quality of our lives, preserves natural resources and protects our ecosystem. Every company that works on being green and sustainable is on the right path to ensure that they make ethical choices that bring a safe and livable future to everyone.
Who are today’s big buyers in the beauty industry that you should be thinking of when you design your brand experience?
As concerns about the environment and corporate sustainability continue to gain momentum around the globe, the market for sustainable goods is expanding. With this, the level of commitment to sustainability of a given brand is an increasingly important factor for consumers when making a purchase decision.
Many companies describe themselves in terms of what they sell, and fewer can explain WHY they do WHAT they do. Aside from making money, WHY do they get out of bed in the morning?
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By Valerie Fields Hill
Karen Magruder, Assistant Professor
School of Social Work
ChatGPT, the new artificial intelligence chatbot that can do everything from write sophisticated literary essays to create complex blocks of computer code in mere seconds, has many academics up in arms.
Karen Magruder is not one of them.
“As an educator, one of my first thoughts was surrounding implications for plagiarism and academic integrity,” said Magruder, a School of Social Work assistant professor of practice, echoing many scholars’ concerns across the globe.
Then, Magruder tried out the platform that created ChatGPT. She quickly changed her mind.
Instead of viewing the tool as a threat to academic honesty, she saw potential for its functionality as a “digital muse” and quickly found a way to incorporate it in student learning.
“As a Social Work educator and Social Worker, we strive to use a strengths-based perspective with our clients and students,” she said. “And I wanted to apply that here to the new technology as well.”
OpenAI released ChatGPT as a model last November. The artificial intelligence chatbot answers users’ questions in plain English with high quality responses gleaned from many different domains of knowledge.
Scholars worldwide immediately criticized the creators, saying among many things, that some of ChatGPT’s responses are incorrect and such artificial intelligence interferes with students learning critical thinking.
Last month (Feb. 24), Professor Magruder dispelled some of those criticisms in an eight-minute “Faculty Spotlight” video where she demonstrated how she used ChatGPT in a graduate cognitive behavioral therapy course. Her video was hosted by UTA’s Center for Research on Teaching and Learning Excellence.
“It definitely can be alarming to maybe think about some of the implications for this development, but there’s also a lot of opportunities and ways that we can harness this for the social good in the classroom and beyond,” she said in the instructional video.
“That’s what got me interested, about how to leverage this new technology to benefit student learning rather than being afraid of what it might mean.”
Her students overwhelmingly appreciated their experiences using the chatbot. Their assignment required them to use ChatGPT to research a theory, then analyze its response for accuracy, biases or misleading information. Later, students presented their findings to peers in class.
“It was really neat. It got us to really think critically about what we read,” one student wrote.
Another student compared the experience of using ChatGPT to searching for information using Google.
“I think sometimes we are so quick to believe what is on Google is correct, but this exercise is great in making us slow down and make sure that important information is correct,” the student wrote after evaluating her usage of ChatGPT in her classroom experience.
Magruder sent her students’ assessments of ChatGPT’s answers to OpenAI to help improve the platform’s responses to social work-related queries.
Watch Professor Magruder explain her use of ChatGPT in her classroom:
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HANDS-ON DIESEL MECHANIC EDUCATION In less than a year,7 you could train to be a diesel technician. It all starts with completing a core diesel program. These foundational courses build your base knowledge from the ground up, teaching you how to diagnose, repair, and replace like a true big engine professional. From here, you can move on to specialized advanced training on diesel trucks and engines from leading brands.Our Diesel program follows a blended learning model, which includes a mix of online instructor-led training with hands-on application in the lab.18 This allows students to experience what training is like in the workforce and offers more flexibility with schedules.UTI is not an online diesel mechanic school, but students will spend about half of a typical six-hour day on online coursework. The other half is typically spent in the lab. TRUCK BRAKES AND CHASSIS Perform service, repairs and electronic diagnosis on foundation and anti-lock braking systems. All training is performed on complete trucks in a shop environment. TRUCK PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE Learn how to perform original equipment manufacturer recommended maintenance and Department of Transportation annual safety checks. Instruction on basic truck wheel alignment procedures will also be covered. DIESEL ENGINES Learn the principles of operation of four-stroke engines including diesel combustion fundamentals and other characteristics unique to diesel engines. DIESEL FUEL SYSTEMS Learn to safely diagnose and repair mechanical and electronically controlled diesel fuel-injection systems. TRANSPORTATION REFRIGERATION Learn to service and repair major components on a transport refrigeration unit. Perform diagnosis and repair procedures as part of routine maintenance on Carrier and Thermo King transportation refrigeration systems.
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SEE WHAT YOU'LL LEARN Prepare for a career utilizing your passion for diesel technology as you work to earn Professional Level Technician status in our Finish First program.1 Take a look at a few of the courses you’ll cover in training: FREIGHTLINER FINISH FIRST COURSE 1 Learn how to access DTNA service information such as DTNAConnect, DiagnosticLink, Parts Pro and EZ Wiring. In addition, students will perform comprehensive vehicle safety and Pre-Delivery Inspections and follow the DTNA Maintenance Manual to perform recommended periodic inspection/maintenance tasks on live vehicles. Students will also perform entry-level service and repair tasks to various vehicle systems. FREIGHTLINER FINISH FIRST COURSE 2 Learn to read DTNA wiring diagrams and schematics, trace circuits, locate electrical power distribution, electrical systems and circuit routing. FREIGHTLINER FINISH FIRST COURSE 3 Identify heating system components and water control valves. Perform vehicle inspections, service, testing and repairs to live M2 vehicles. Students will perform entry-level inspection, service and repair to HVAC systems used on live DTNA vehicles. FREIGHTLINER FINISH FIRST COURSE 4 Learn to identify the different Cascadia and Western Star truck models and the fundamentals of electronics for each vehicle. Troubleshoot electronic problems and diagnose potential problems on the Cascadia and Western Star live vehicles.
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How to evaluate machine learning? U of T research supports latest benchmark initiative
Machine learning, a popular subfield of artificial intelligence that is revolutionizing everything from legal research to medical diagnostics, depends on three major parts: a model, a dataset, and the hardware that it's backed by.
So how do researchers, startups and companies evaluate its overall effectiveness?
Options were limited until the recent formation of MLPerf, a consortium of industry and academic partners including Google, Intel, Baidu, Harvard University, Stanford University and the University of Toronto, who are working together to offer a new benchmark suite to evaluate machine learning (ML) performance, from speed to system cost and power efficiency.
“Current benchmark suites give some basic numbers to say how well these benchmarks perform on certain hardware, but do not provide any insight into why these applications perform one way or another,” says Gennady Pekhimenko, an assistant professor in the department of computer and mathematical sciences at U of T Scarborough and the tri-campus graduate department of computer science.
“To know which design decision is bad or not for ML applications, you want to have some representative reference model,” he says. “Observations from a limited set of benchmarks can be misleading. We might get a good result for one specific workload but lower performance for everything else. MLPerf aims to avoid this issue by providing a small yet representative set of ML models that cover a very wide spectrum of applications.”
Pekhimenko, a systems and computer architecture researcher, was invited by Google and Stanford to take part in an initiative that later led to MLPerf. He says there are two benchmarking areas that are being explored by MLPerf: an “open” category where any model can be applied to a fixed dataset, such as the ImageNet dataset for image classification. There is also a “closed” category, where both the model and datasets are fixed, making it very useful for hardware and software stack developers to evaluate execution time, power and cost of their designs.
MLPerf takes its inspiration from benchmarks for general-purpose computing and database systems that helped propel both fields since the 1980s and have resulted in multiple breakthroughs.
U of T computer science’s Alex Krizhevsky, Ilya Sutskever and University Professor Emeritus Geoffrey Hinton won the ImageNet competition in 2012, which advanced ML’s capability at image recognition tasks. Their deep convolutional neural network, called AlexNet, outperformed all previous results. Their then-best 25 per cent margin of error has since been reduced in future ImageNet contests to less than five per cent.
“The ImageNet competition provided us with one important benchmark – image classification,” says Pekhimenko, who credits Krizhevsky’s use of GPUs, graphic processing units, in making AlexNet training practical.
"But there are many other important applications that use very different models to solve problems. For example, machine translation, such as Google Translate, uses a very different model based on recurrent neural networks. Another example, reinforcement learning, used in the AlphaGo system that was able to beat the human Go world champion [Lee Sedol], uses very different networks as well,” he says, noting hardware, systems, and algorithmic developments have made these models practical and efficient.
“We would like ML researchers to contribute to our work and help us choose the best models for different important ML tasks. Systems and architecture communities will then make the best software and hardware designs for these models.”
For his part, Pekhimenko says their lab created an open source benchmark suite called TBD, a training benchmark for deep neural networks. Released in March, it has made a significant impact on the benchmark choices and methodology for the MLPerf initiative.
“It’s called TBD – To Be Determined – because ML is changing so fast.”
“With TBD, we’re trying to go beyond pure benchmarking. We're interested in understanding how well available hardware and software perform, but we also look at both hardware and software efficiency. We then provide hints to the ML developers, so they can make their networks more efficient, and hence develop new algorithms and insights faster,” he says. MLPerf will continue to develop its own benchmark suite.
The new faculty member, who has worked at both IBM and Microsoft Research, is happy to be back at U of T, where he completed his master’s thesis prior to his doctoral studies at Carnegie Mellon University.
“I had many options to stay in the U.S.," he says. "But for many reasons, I'm really happy to be here. Great schools are not always in great cities. In Toronto, you have a great school and an amazing city to live in. So it was an easy choice for me.”
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The New Normal with Maydianne Andrade (Ep. 8): Queering The New Normal
What can you learn from equity-deserving groups? How to be resilient? How to thrive – even in an environment that doesn’t affirm your right to existence?
What are the challenges, achievements and opportunities for the queer community?
These are some of the questions explored by Maydianne Andrade, a Canada Research Chair in Integrative Behavioural Ecology and the University of Toronto Scarborough’s vice-dean of faculty affairs and equity, in “Queering The New Normal,” episode eight of her podcast, The New Normal.
Andrade’s guests this week are:
- Professor Shelley Craig of the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, a Canada Research Chair in Sexual & Gender Minority Youth and the project director of INQYR (International Partnership for Queer Youth Resilience)
- Professor Jessica Fields, chair of the department of health and society at U of T Scarborough and the lead for Toronto COVID-19 Action Fund proposal, Impact of COVID-19 on the mental health and vulnerability of sexual and gender minorities living in Toronto
- Poet and alumna Victoria Mbabazi, who graduated in June and will begin her master’s degree in creative writing at New York University this fall
“What really strikes me from talking to young people is that when we kind of think, ‘Oh, things are pretty good now’ – they're not coming from, ‘Things are pretty good now.’ They're coming from, ‘Here's how it actually should be,’” Andrade says.
The New Normal is created in collaboration with a University of Toronto Communications team led by producer Lisa Lightbourn. You can listen to the podcast on Spotify or listen on SoundCloud. You can also find it on Apple or listen on Google.
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Choose one of our Leather Types for your Case
iPhone 8 Plus Leather case / Removable wrist strap so that it can be used as a clutch or wallet / Available in Bridge Leather & All-Weather Floater Leather / Detachable and magnetic Grip / Premium Leather Lining / Hard polycarbonate frame / 2 card slots / 2 separate pocket for extras / Snap closure / Black-framed camera eyelet / Handcrafted in Buenos Aires
The “Build Your Own” version for the LOLA iPhone 8 Plus Leather Case is completely handcrafted by our artisans in Buenos Aires, capital of latest fashion trends. Pick your favorite combination of colors and leathers and let us handle the rest. The removable wrist strap allows you to wear it either as a clutch or as a wallet, and the snap closure keeps your essentials secured. The astonishing LOLA iPhone 8 Plus Leather Case has no equal for those who like to carry their essentials all in one.
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Average cleaning services every week
Years serving the
Vania Brito's House Services has been servicing the Pittsburgh area since 2013. We have been members of Angie's List since 2013 and are proud to have an "A" Rating. We are also a 5 start service on Google.
We can find us on Angi, Google, Facebook and Instagram.
Committed to Keep your Home Squeaky Clean
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Two-sport star Matt Bushman, a senior from Sabino High School in Arizona, committed to Brigham Young University today. Matt is a three-star tight end according to Scout.com that will play for the Cougars and has been promised a spot on the BYU baseball team. Bushman is 6-6 and 215 pounds. He had a game earlier in the season where he had six receptions and 124 yards with two touchdowns.
Matt had offers from the University of Utah, University of Arizona, University of Colorado of the PAC-12 along with offers from Colorado State, Duke, Nevada Pennsylvania and San Diego State. He comes from the same school as former Cougar Quinn Gooch who also chose BYU over Arizona. The parents of Bushman both graduated from BYU and he is planning on serving a two-year mission for the LDS church before playing for the Cougars.
Playing in all seven games for Sabino this year, he has 40 receptions for 992 yards and 16 touchdowns. As a baseball player he hit .438 with 31 RBIs and eight home runs.
Here are some of Matt's highlights.
How do you think the Cougars recruiting classes are coming? Let us know what you think in the comments below!
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This is the first of the Notches and Spirals Series. 2008
This is the first in a series that I'm working on now called: Celtic Spirals
This is the second in the series, Celtic Spirals. The spiral is surmounted by the Celtic Woman's symbol.
Notches & Spirals
I've been making these four foot circular drawings since about 2009. They just seemed to happen. I wanted to simply make some simple (hopefully unique) thing that took a long time to produce. In an age when we are supplied with some much instant gratification, these objects are a gift of the maker's time. Each drawing takes me about 3 weeks to complete. I started by "perturbing" a simple spiral with small "notches". When I follow the notches I create the "illusion" of planar differences.
Over the years I have used pencils, highlighters, inks, and markers to create spirals that now include circular texts. All the drawings are on four foot squares of Arches paper.
Simple, calm images, I hope that they allow the viewer to move inward to meditative places of calmness and simplicity and also out to the infinite. But, for me, they are not exactly mandalas because there is no "spiritual guidance" implied or threatened.
Although this ongoing series arrived by way of my experiments into how to represent a topological (and theoretical) construct called: pseudoarc, they are dedicated to the great American artist, Agnes Martin.
I do now have a PRICING system for these works. For the 50.5 inch drawings "Notches and Spirals" I'm asking $900 for each framed work, plus any shipping and handling charges.
For the smaller works (Works from the two series', Planets in Curved Space and X-ray Spex) I'm asking $250 for unframed prints.
One image from the series called: Planets in Curved Space"
An image from the series called: Planets in Curved Space
Another from the series, Planets in Curved Space
A series of drawings called, X-ray Spex. In this series I drew into a giclee print.
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Updated: Jul 25, 2022
If there is one thing that immediately strikes your mind on the thought of varicose veins is how unsightly these under-skin blemishes appear. While it is true that varicose veins do impact your aesthetics, treatment of this condition is more than just about your appearance. When left untreated, varicose veins can lead to several serious medical conditions. Many times, people tend to ignore varicose veins simply because varicose veins treatment cost may seem unnecessary for lack of evident symptoms.
What are varicose veins and why is its treatment important?
Varicose veins treatment cost is one of the hot topics of discussion for this condition is becoming an increasingly common in middle-aged women. Sedentary lifestyle, excess body weight and genetic factors are considered to be the common causes for this condition. Many women develop this condition during their pregnancy, which is typically due to the weight gain. Some people may experience symptoms such as itchiness, fatigue, pain and discomfort in legs while there can be many others who may not experience any such symptoms. This is the reason why mostly varicose veins condition is seen as cosmetic inconvenience than as a health risk. However, there are some hidden health risks that varicose veins will leave you with if untreated.
Here are some potential major health risks, serious enough to leave you hospitalized, that can be the result of prolonged non-treatment of varicose veins.
#1 - Ulcers over the affected area
Long term fluid built up in the tissues surrounding the varicose veins can lead to ulcers around that area. These ulcers usually take longer time to heal and are quite painful. Also, leg ulcers are more prone to infections, leading to further complications.
#2 - Bleeding
Some people with varicose veins experience bleeding when the veins close to the skin burst. Bleeding can be avoided when the varicose veins are treated at the beginning.
#3 - Superficial thrombophlebitis
This is the condition that is a result of blood clots in veins closer to the dermis layer of the skin. Since the veins are now more vulnerable to damage, the condition can lead to other complications apart from causing increased discomfort and pain.
#4 - Deep vein thrombosis
When you start seeing unsightly veins, it is important to consider varicose veins treatment cost in India and approach a doctor at the earliest as this condition can lead to stagnant blood flow in the veins creating blood clots in deep veins. This deep vein thrombosis can have a detrimental impact on your health as the blood clots can travel to your lungs through the bloodstream and cause life-threatening issues.
#5 - Lipodermatosclerosis
Varicose veins are one of the key symptoms for a serious illness known as Lipodermatosclerosis. The condition is known to cause tapering of the legs at the ankles along with hardening of skin, changes in skin color, pain and swelling. Controlling varicose veins symptoms can help in reducing the impact of this illness. Mentioned above are some of the more serious health risks. However, there can be other minor problems too that can be still very painful. The swelling, itching and pain with cramping in the affected area is a lot annoying that can you can imagine. Unsightly veins should never be ignored especially as the varicose veins treatment cost in India isn’t really huge in comparison to the risks associated with non-treatment.
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VEKA AluConnect uniquely brings together the best of both worlds: the elegant look of aluminium windows and the outstanding energy efficiency of PVC-U windows. With its narrow overlaps and clear design language, VEKA AluConnect meets the highest standards of architectural design. There are almost no limits to the powder coating - this opens up individual design possibilities.The static connection of aluminium surfaces with a high-performance plastic core enables elements in marketable sizes. The innovative construction achieves an insulation value of Uf = 1.1 W/(m²K) without additional measures and thus combines future-oriented energy efficiency with the high-quality appearance of powder-coated metal.
Detailed information on VEKA AluConnect can be found on the system website:
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This Terms of Service Agreement (the "Agreement") explains the terms and conditions that govern your access to and use of the Website. Please read the Agreement carefully. By accessing the Website, you accept and agree to be bound by and to comply with the Agreement, including the mandatory arbitration provision in Section 21. If you do not agree to the terms of the Agreement, you must not access or use the Website.
This Agreement is between you and Velvet DAO Limited ("Company", "Velvet", "we", "our" or "us") concerning your use of (including any access to) Company's websites, including but not limited to velvet.capital and each of their subdomains, our mobile applications, and our web applications (collectively with any other materials and services available therein, and successor site(s) or application(s) thereto, the "Site" or "Website"). This Agreement hereby incorporates by this reference any additional terms and conditions with respect to the Site posted by Company to the Site, or otherwise made available to you by Company, including without limitation, during the creation, acquisition, transfer, or modification of certain digital assets, our online and/or mobile services, and software provided on or in connection with those services.
THE SITE IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE PLATFORM ONLY. WE ARE NOT A BROKER, DEALER, FINANCIAL INSTITUTION, EXCHANGE, CUSTODIAN, ROBO-ADVISOR, INTERMEDIARY, OR CREDITOR. THE SITE DOES NOT FACILITATE TRANSACTIONS BETWEEN BUYERS AND SELLERS, INCLUDING WITH RESPECT TO ANY TRANSACTIONS THAT OCCUR DURING "DEPOSIT", "WITHDRAWAL" OR "REBALANCING", WHICH TRANSACTIONS OCCUR ON THIRD-PARTY, UNAFFILIATED PLATFORMS. THE COMPANY IS NOT A COUNTERPARTY TO ANY TRANSACTION ON THE SITE OR FOR ANY USER OF THE SITE. NEITHER THE SITE NOR THE COMPANY PROVIDES FINANCIAL ADVISORY, LEGAL, REGULATORY, OR TAX SERVICES DIRECLTY, INDIRECTLY, IMPLICITLY, OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER, AND YOU SHOULD NOT CONSIDER ANY CONTENT CONTAINED IN THIS AGREEMENT OR OTHERWISE POSTED ON THE SITE TO BE A SUBSTITUTE FOR PROFESSIONAL FINANCIAL, LEGAL, REGULATORY, TAX OR OTHER ADVICE. THE COMPANY DOES NOT SUPPORT OR ENDORSE ANY TRADER, AND EACH TRADER IS AN INDEPENDENT AGENT WITH NO EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COMPANY.
To be eligible to access and use the Website, you must be at least 18 years old (or the age of majority where you reside, whichever is older), and must not be barred from using the Website under applicable law. In addition, you must be able to form a legally binding contract online either on behalf of a company or as an individual.
If you are agreeing to the Agreement on behalf of a company or other legal entity, you represent that you have the legal authority to bind the company or other legal entity to the terms of the Agreement, can form a legally binding contract online, and have the full right, power and authority to enter into and to comply with the obligations under the Agreement.
YOU SHALL NOT USE THE SERVICES IF YOU ARE LOCATED IN, OR A CITIZEN OR RESIDENT (TAX OR OTHERWISE) OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (INCLUDING PUERTO RICO, THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS), RUSSIA, BELARUS, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, AFGHANISTAN, CAMBODIA, CRIMEA, CUBA, CANADA - ONTARIO, CANADA - QUEBEC, IRAN, IRAQ, NORTH KOREA (DPRK), MYANMAR, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, ETHIOPIA, VENEZUELA, YEMEN, PAKISTAN, ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES, SYRIA, SUDAN, ZIMBABWE, SOMALIA, NICARAGUA AND ANY OTHER STATE, COUNTRY, TERRITORY OR OTHER JURISDICTION AS DECIDED BY US FROM TIME TO TIME OR WHERE YOUR USE OF THE SERVICES WOULD BE ILLEGAL OR OTHERWISE VIOLATE ANY APPLICABLE LAW. YOU REPRESENT AND WARRANT THAT YOU ARE NOT A CITIZEN OR RESIDENT OF ANY SUCH JURISDICTION AND THAT YOU WILL NOT USE ANY SERVICES WHILE LOCATED IN ANY SUCH JURISDICTION. YOU ALSO MAY NOT USE THE SERVICES IF YOU ARE LOCATED IN, OR A CITIZEN OR RESIDENT OF, ANY OTHER JURISDICTION WHEREIN THE LAWS OF YOUR COUNTRY PROHIBITS YOU FROM TRADING IN CRYPTOCURRENCIES ON EXCHANGES WHICH ARE OUTSIDE OF YOUR COUNTRY OR WHERE WE HAVE DETERMINED, AT OUR DISCRETION, TO PROHIBIT USE OF THE SERVICES. WE MAY IMPLEMENT CONTROLS TO RESTRICT ACCESS TO THE SERVICES FROM ANY JURISDICTION PROHIBITED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION 1. YOU WILL COMPLY WITH THIS SECTION 1, EVEN IF OUR METHODS TO PREVENT USE OF THE SERVICES ARE NOT EFFECTIVE OR CAN BE BYPASSED.
Additionally, by accessing the Website, you represent and warrant that you are not subject to sanctions by the United States, and are not a citizen or resident of a state, country, territory or other jurisdiction that is embargoed by the United States or where your use of the Website would be illegal or otherwise violate any domestic or foreign law, rule, statute, or regulation ("Applicable Law").
We may suspend, restrict or terminate your access to any or all of the features via the Website, and/or block or bar any transactions of yours if: a) We are so required by a subpoena, court order, or binding order of a government authority, or under any applicable laws and regulations; b) You breach this Agreement including without limitation to conducting any prohibited activities under this Agreement; c) We determine to do so for any legal or regulatory reasons at our sole discretion.
2 MODIFICATIONS TO THESE TERMS
We reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to modify the Agreement at any time. If we make changes, we will provide you with notice of such changes by updating the date at the top of this Agreement. Unless we say otherwise in our notice, any modifications are effective immediately, and your continued use of the Website will confirm your acceptance of the changes. If you do not agree to the amended Agreement, you must stop using the Website.
3 PROPRIETARY RIGHTS
Subject to the foregoing, Velvet owns or is duly authorized to use all
intellectual property and other rights in the Website and its
contents, including all text, images and trademarks displayed or
provided on the Website, and all Website software. Unless expressly
authorized by us, you may not copy, modify, adapt, rent, license,
sell, publish, distribute, or otherwise permit any third party to
access or use the Website or any of its contents. Provided that you
are eligible, and in consideration for your compliance with the terms
of this Agreement, you are hereby granted a single, personal, limited
license to access and use the Website. This license is non-exclusive,
non-transferable, and freely revocable by us at any time without
notice or cause. Use of the Website or its contents for any purpose
not expressly permitted by this Agreement is strictly prohibited.
Unlike the Website software, the underlying smart contract protocols operating on the Blockchain that facilitate actions through the Website are open-source software.
4 WARRANTY DISCLAIMER
To the maximum extent permitted under Applicable Law, the Website (and any of its content or functionality) is provided on an "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE" basis, and we expressly disclaim, and you hereby waive, any representations, conditions or warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, legal, statutory or otherwise, or arising from statute, otherwise in law, course of dealing, or usage of trade, including, without limitation, the implied or legal warranties and conditions of merchantability, merchantable quality, quality or fitness for a particular purpose, title, security, availability, reliability, accuracy, quiet enjoyment and non-infringement of third party rights. Without limiting the foregoing, we do not represent or warrant that the Website (including any related data) will be uninterrupted, available at any particular time or error-free. Further, we do not warrant that errors in the Website are correctable or will be corrected
5 DISCLAIMER ABOUT INFORMATION ACCURACY
You are aware that we rely on third-party sources for information about certain digital tokens listed via the Website and we have the right to choose, change and remove any third-party information source at our discretion. Digital token information, including token description, total supply, market cap and 24 hour volume, is currently derived from third-party sources such as Chainlink. We are not responsible for the quality, accuracy, timeliness, completeness or reliability of any of the digital token information via the Website. You are obligated to collect sufficient information and keep yourself well informed before trading any digital tokens through the Website.
6 DISCLAIMER ABOUT TOKENS
You shall not purchase or otherwise acquire any of our token products if you are: a citizen, resident (tax or otherwise), and/or green card holder, incorporated in, owned or controlled by a person or entity in, located in, or have a registered office or principal place of business in the U.S. (defined as a U.S. person), or if you are a person in any jurisdiction in which such offer, sale, and/or purchase of any tokens on the list of Tokens Restricted for Restricted Persons is unlawful, prohibited, or unauthorized (together with U.S. citizens, residents, and/or green card holders, a "Restricted Person"). The term "Restricted Person" includes, but is not limited to, any natural person residing in, or any firm, company, partnership, trust, corporation, entity, government, state or agency of a state, or any other incorporated or unincorporated body or association, association or partnership (whether or not having separate legal personality) that is established and/or lawfully existing under the laws of, a jurisdiction in which such offer, sale, and/or purchase of any tokens on the list of Tokens Restricted for Restricted Persons is unlawful, prohibited, or unauthorized). You shall not resell or otherwise transfer any tokens on the list of Tokens Restricted for Restricted Persons to any Restricted Person, including but not limited to, citizens, residents, or green card holders of the United States of America or any natural person or entity within the United States of America. The transfer or resale of any tokens on the list of Tokens Restricted for Restricted Persons to any Restricted Person is not permitted.
You understand that Velvet is not registered or licensed by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Securities and Exchange Commission, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, or any financial regulatory authority, and that no financial regulatory authority has reviewed or approved the Website. You further understand that Velvet is not acting as an investment adviser or commodity trading adviser to any person, does not offer securities services in the United States or to U.S. persons, and that the contents of the Website do not constitute advice or recommendations concerning any commodity, security or other asset.
Any third party promoting Velvet products does so under the express understanding and agreement that they have a new product diligence, compliance and KYC obligation and function, and offer Velvet products only where they are permitted to do so in full compliance with all applicable regulations.
Third parties promote Velvet products at their own discretion and risk, taking on all regulatory compliance burdens that come with such activity, in all jurisdictions in which they offer them. Velvet shall not be liable for such third party's' failures of regulatory compliance.
Additionally, no person may acquire Velvet products unless they are in compliance with the Section 1 of this Agreement (Eligibility) and are:
Velvet shall not be liable for any person or entity's failure to understand, agree to and comply with each of the provisions above.
7 PAYMENTS AND FEES
Transactions on BNB Chain or that otherwise involve the use of an underlying blockchain or other decentralized or permissioned infrastructure (the "Distributed Ledger Technology") require that you pay a fee, such as "gas" charges on the BNB Chain network, for the computational resources required to perform a transaction on the particular Distributed Ledger Technology (such payments and fees, "Charges").
Velvet does not currently charge any fees for your transactions on the Website. You are responsible for paying the Charges automatically imposed by the Distributed Ledger Technology including BNB Chain and open-source smart contracts used by our Website. However, we reserve the right to charge fees for your use of the Website and adjust the pricing anytime at our discretion. If such fees are imposed, we will notify you of the fees and pricing of your transaction when you authorize the transaction.
You acknowledge and agree that Velvet has no control over any Distributed Ledger Technology transactions, the method of payment of any Charges, if applicable, or any actual payments of Charges, if applicable. Accordingly, you must ensure that you have a sufficient balance of the applicable Distributed Ledger Technology network tokens stored at your Distributed Ledger Technology-compatible wallet address ("Distributed Ledger Technology Address") to complete any transaction on the Distributed Ledger Technology before initiating such transaction.
8 OWNERSHIP OF DIGITAL TOKENS
You have full custody and control of the digital tokens in your digital wallets at all times. We do not custody your digital tokens and do not have access to, or retain the electronic private key of your digital wallet. As the owner and custodian of the digital tokens in your digital wallets, you shall bear all risk of loss of such digital tokens and you assume all legal risks associated with ownership of the tokens, as set forth in Section 9 of the Agreement
In the event that you lose access to your Wallet, a private key, password, or other method of securing your Wallet, any funds may be irretrievable, and Velvet will be unable to assist you in any way. You hereby irrevocably waive, release and discharge all claims, whether known or unknown to you, against Velvet, its affiliates and their respective shareholders, members, directors, officers, employees, agents and representatives related to your use of any Wallet software, associated loss of funds, transaction failures, or any other defects that arise in the course of your use of your Wallet, including any losses that may obtain as a result of any failure in smart contracts made available on the Website
9 RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH DIGITAL TOKENS
By accessing and using the Website, you represent that you understand the inherent risks associated with using cryptographic and blockchain-based systems, and that you have a working knowledge of the usage and intricacies of digital tokens such as bitcoin (BTC), ether (ETH), and other digital tokens such as those following the Ethereum Token Standard (ERC-20). Velvet does not control the underlying software protocols of any digital tokens accessible on the Website. You agree that we are not responsible for the operation, functionality or security of the underlying protocols and not liable for any loss of token value you may encounter due to any operating change, malfunction or failure of the underlying protocols.
You further understand that the markets for these digital tokens are highly volatile, and that there are risks associated with digital tokens including (but not limited to) those related to adoption, speculation, technology, security, and regulation. You acknowledge that the cost and speed of transacting with cryptographic and blockchain-based systems such as Ethereum are variable and may increase dramatically at any time. You understand and agree to assume full responsibility for all of the risks of accessing and using the Website and interacting with the Ethereum, Polygon and other Blockchains, and agree that Velvet is not responsible for any loss you may experience as a result of these risks.
You further assume all legal risks associated with ownership of the tokens, including but not limited to, any investigation or enforcement action brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission and/or any other enforcement agency or organization, and any private litigation based on violations of U.S. securities laws. In particular, you acknowledge that unauthorized resale of the tokens on our website, may subject you to civil or criminal liability under U.S. securities laws.
You should be aware that anyone can create digital tokens via the Multi-Chain Networks (such as ERC20 tokens on Ethereum). We make no representation about the nature, quality, or legal categorization of the token or associated project. You are responsible for doing your own research as well as ensuring that you may legally transact in this token in the jurisdiction where you reside.
It is your sole responsibility to fulfill your tax obligations that apply to your transactions conducted via the Website. You should withhold, collect, report and remit the correct amounts of taxes to the appropriate tax authorities. We make reasonable efforts to make your transaction history available through your account but we make no representation about the completeness or accuracy of that information.
12 CHANGES; SUSPENSION; TERMINATION
We may, at our sole discretion, at any time and with or without prior notice to you, modify, suspend or disable, temporarily or permanently, the Website, in whole or in part, for any reason whatsoever, including, but not limited to, as a result of a security incident.
We will not be liable for any losses suffered by you resulting from any modification to the Website or from any suspension or termination, for any reason, of your access to all or any portion of the Website.
All of the terms of the Agreement will survive any termination of your access to the Website regardless of the reasons for its expiration or termination, in addition to any other provision which by law or by its nature should survive.
13 ELECTRONIC NOTICES
You consent to receive all communications, agreements, documents, receipts, notices, and disclosures electronically (collectively, our "Communications") that we provide in connection with the Agreement or the Website. You agree that we may provide our Communications to you by posting them on the Website. You may also contact our Legal team to request additional electronic copies of our Communications by sending a support request to email@example.com
You agree to hold harmless, release, defend, and indemnify us and our officers, directors, employees, contractors, agents, affiliates, and subsidiaries ("Protected Parties") from and against all claims, damages, obligations, losses, liabilities, costs and expenses arising from, including but not limited to: (a) your access to and use of the Website; (b) your violation of any term or condition of this Agreement, the right of any third party, or any other applicable law, rule, or regulation; (c) any other party's access and use of the Website with your assistance or using any device or account that you own or control; and (d) your violation any Applicable Law, including U.S. securities laws and all other applicable regulatory restrictions or requirements, in connection with your purchase or ownership of tokens purchased on the Website.
15 PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES
You agree not to engage in, or attempt to engage in, any of the following categories of prohibited activity in relation to your access to or use of the Website:
16 EXCLUSION OF CONSEQUENTIAL AND RELATED DAMAGES
In no event will Velvet be liable for any incidental, indirect, special, punitive, exemplary, consequential or similar damages or liabilities whatsoever (including, without limitation, damages for loss of data, information, revenue, goodwill, profits or other business or financial benefit) arising out of or in connection with your use of the Website, whether under contract, tort (including negligence), civil liability, statute, strict liability, breach of warranties, or under any other theory of liability, and whether or not Velvet has been advised of, knew of or should have known of the possibility of such damages.
17 LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
In no event will Velvet's aggregate liability arising out of or in connection with the Website (and any of its content and functionality), any performance or non-performance of Velvet, Distributed Ledger Technology tokens, other digital tokens or any other products, services or other items provided in connection with the Website, whether under contract, tort (including negligence), civil liability, statute, strict liability, applicable securities regulations, or other theory of liability exceed the amount of fees paid by you to us in the twelve (12) month period immediately preceding the event giving rise to the claim for liability.
To the extent permitted by applicable law, in consideration for being allowed to use the Website, you hereby release and forever discharge Velvet from, and hereby waive and relinquish, each and every past, present and future dispute, claim, controversy, demand, right, obligation, liability, action and cause of action of every kind and nature (including personal injuries, death, and property damage), that has arisen or arises directly or indirectly out of, or that relates directly or indirectly, to the Website. YOU HEREBY WAIVE ANY APPLICABLE PROVISION IN LAW OR REGULATION IN CONNECTION WITH THE FOREGOING, INCLUDING THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 1542 OF THE CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODE, WHICH STATES: "A GENERAL RELEASE DOES NOT EXTEND TO CLAIMS THAT THE CREDITOR OR RELEASING PARTY DOES NOT KNOW OR SUSPECT TO EXIST IN HIS OR HER FAVOR AT THE TIME OF EXECUTING THE RELEASE, AND THAT, IF KNOWN BY HIM OR HER WOULD HAVE MATERIALLY AFFECTED HIS OR HER SETTLEMENT WITH THE DEBTOR OR RELEASED PARTY."
You may not assign any rights or licenses granted under the Agreement. We reserve the right to assign any rights and/or licenses under this Agreement without restriction, including but not limited to any Velvet affiliates or subsidiaries or any successors of Velvet's interests.
20 FORCE MAJEURE
We shall not be responsible for any delay or failure in performance of the Website resulted directly or indirectly from any events or circumstances beyond our reasonable control, including but not limited to, natural disaster, civil unrest, terrorism, significant market volatility and failure of Internet services, equipment or software.
21 DISPUTE RESOLUTION AND ARBITRATION
Please read the following section carefully because it requires you to arbitrate certain disputes and claims with Velvet and limits the manner in which you can seek relief from us, unless you opt out of arbitration by following the instructions set forth below. In addition, arbitration precludes you from suing in court or having a jury trial.
You and Velvet agree that any dispute arising out of or related to this Agreement, including threshold questions of the arbitrability of the dispute, is personal to you and Velvet and that any dispute will be resolved solely through individual action, and will not be brought as a class arbitration, class action or any other type of representative proceeding.
Except for small claims disputes in which you or Velvet seeks to bring an individual action in small claims court located in the county or other applicable jurisdiction where you reside or disputes in which you or Velvet seeks injunctive or other equitable relief for the alleged unlawful use of intellectual property, you and Velvet waive your rights to a jury trial and to have any dispute arising out of or related to this Agreement or the Website resolved in court. Instead, for any dispute or claim that you have against Velvet or relating in any way to the Services, you agree to first contact Velvet and attempt to resolve the claim informally by sending a written notice of your claim ("Notice") to Velvet by email at firstname.lastname@example.org. The Notice must include your name, residence address, email address, and telephone number, describe the nature and basis of the claim and set forth the specific relief sought. Our notice to you will be similar in form to that described above. If you and Velvet cannot reach an agreement to resolve the claim within ninety (90) days after such Notice is received, then either party may submit the dispute to binding arbitration administered by the JAMS. All disputes submitted to JAMS will be resolved through confidential, binding arbitration before one arbitrator. Arbitration proceedings will be held in the BVI, in accordance with the JAMS Comprehensive Arbitration Rules & Procedures ("JAMS Rules"). The most recent version of the JAMS Rules are available on the JAMS Site and are hereby incorporated by reference. You either acknowledge and agree that you have read and understand the JAMS Rules or waive your opportunity to read the JAMS Rules and waive any claim that the JAMS Rules are unfair or should not apply for any reason.
You and Velvet agree that the enforceability of this Section 21 will be substantively and procedurally governed by the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. § 1, et seq. (the "FAA"), to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law. As limited by the FAA, these Terms and the AAA Rules, the arbitrator will have exclusive authority to make all procedural and substantive decisions regarding any dispute and to grant any remedy that would otherwise be available in court, including the power to determine the question of arbitrability. The arbitrator may conduct only an individual arbitration and may not consolidate more than one individual's claims, preside over any type of class or representative proceeding or preside over any proceeding involving more than one individual.
The arbitrator, Velvet, and you will maintain the confidentiality of any arbitration proceedings, judgments and awards, including, but not limited to, all information gathered, prepared and presented for purposes of the arbitration or related to the disputes. The arbitrator will have the authority to make appropriate rulings to safeguard confidentiality, unless the law provides to the contrary. The duty of confidentiality does not apply to the extent that disclosure is necessary to prepare for or conduct the arbitration hearing on the merits, in connection with a court application for a preliminary remedy or in connection with a judicial challenge to an arbitration award or its enforcement, or to the extent that disclosure is otherwise required by law or judicial decision.
You and Velvet agree that for any arbitration you initiate, you will pay all AAA fees and costs. For any arbitration initiated by Velvet, Velvet will pay all AAA fees and costs.
Any claim arising out of or related to this Agreement must be filed within one year after such claim arose; otherwise, the claim is permanently barred, which means that you and Velvet will not have the right to assert the claim.
You have the right to opt out of binding arbitration within 30 days of the date you first accepted the terms of this Section 21 by emailing us at email@example.com. In order to be effective, the opt-out notice must include your full name and address and clearly indicate your intent to opt out of binding arbitration. By opting out of binding arbitration, you are agreeing to resolve disputes in accordance with Section 22.
If any portion of this Section 21 is found to be unenforceable or unlawful for any reason, the unenforceable or unlawful provision will be severed from this Agreement, severance of the unenforceable or unlawful provision will have no impact whatsoever on the remainder of this Section 21 or the parties' ability to compel arbitration of any remaining claims on an individual basis under this Section 21, and to the extent that any claims must therefore proceed on a class, collective, consolidated, or representative basis, such claims must be litigated in a civil court of competent jurisdiction and not in arbitration, and the parties agree that litigation of those claims will be stayed pending the outcome of any individual claims in arbitration. Further, if any part of this Section 21 is found to prohibit an individual claim seeking public injunctive relief, that provision will have no effect to the extent such relief is allowed to be sought out of arbitration, and the remainder of this Section 21 will be enforceable.
22 GOVERNING LAW
The interpretation and enforcement of the Agreement, and any dispute related to the Agreement or the App, will be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the British Virgin Islands , as applicable, without regard to conflict of law rules or principles that would cause the application of the laws of any other jurisdiction. You agree that we may initiate a proceeding related to the enforcement or validity of our intellectual property rights in any court having jurisdiction. You agree that the British Virgin Islands is the proper forum for any appeals of an arbitration award or for court proceedings in the event that this Agreement's binding arbitration clause is found to be unenforceable.
If you have any questions regarding this Agreement, contact us at firstname.lastname@example.org.
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Weddings happen once in most people’s lifetime, and it’s realistic to plan so much for your wedding. Many people wonder what number of people they invite to their wedding, and it all depends on so many factors like the size of your family and friends. It is considered that 75 to 100 guests are very okay, but having more than 150 guests can be many people. You might invite almost 100 people to your wedding, which is realistic since you and your fiancé have friends and family that you wish would be present on such a special day.
Budget- the essential thing you should consider when deciding your wedding size is your budget. Many couples have money problems after celebrating their wedding because they needed to take the time to budget and determine how much it will cost them to invite a particular number of people. If you need more money to accommodate a considerable size, it is best that you invite just a few people, less than 75 people. This will help you budget according to your limits and plan an excellent honeymoon for yourselves.
Friends and families- some people tend to have many families and friends, and, understandably, you wouldn’t want to leave out anybody. Therefore, when planning your wedding, you and your fiancé should sit down and come up with a list of your family members and friends and merge the list to see the likely size of the wedding. If you find the list to be too big for your budget, you can consider cutting out a few distant friends and families and inviting the few friends and families who are close to your wedding venue.
Vision- your wedding is the most important day of your life, and everyone who wants a wedding in their lifetime has had a dream or imagination of what their wedding would and should look like. If you’ve always wanted a big wedding in your vision, go for it. If it has always been a small wedding, go for it and make your dreams come true. As long as your vision goes with your pocket, you can have any wedding size you wish.
This can be a challenging and mind-wracking decision that can take days and weeks. But from our perspective and the Dos and Don’ts of weddings, you should consider the following.
Prioritize those who matter the most- the people who matter the most to you and your fiancé are your immediate family members, siblings, and parents. When it comes to friends, your two to three best friends should also be on the list. This group should be the first to feature in your guest list.
Other friends- when it comes to other friends, it is realistic that not all friends are friends that we would want to invite to the wedding. We regard some friends as higher than other friends, which makes a lot of sense. Therefore, only invite the friends you associate with the most and those that invite you to their events too. But if you have the budget to accommodate all your friends, then you can invite them.
Parent’s guests- your parents might also have friends and associates they want to invite to your wedding. It’s okay to invite them if you have the budget for it, or you might not have the budget, but your parents are willing to fully contribute to your wedding to accommodate their friends, which is also okay. But if both you nor your parents don’t have a budget, you should have a conversation and discuss your situation with your parents about your budget and decide to exclude their friends from your wedding.
This topic has been discussed for so long, and many people have different thoughts. Some say that kids are messy hence might ruin things, while others say that kids make events jovial because they are cute. It all depends on your vision and what you want for yourself. If your family and friends have kids, you can allow them to bring them too, but for very young kids below one year, getting them to the invent wouldn’t be advisable since they can cause a disturbance. But generally, kids are fun to have at the wedding.
When you invite people, don’t expect everyone you have requested to show up; some might not show up and hence might send an apology or send only a gift to the couple. But in general, around 80% of the total guests will show up for the wedding. And sometimes, there might be more people than you expected because of the plus-one people most invited guests might decide to accompany. Therefore, you must prepare enough food and drinks for your guests and the extra people that might show up with the guests.
Weddings are supposed to be fun. Therefore, when you have 100 guests, you can make your wedding fun by planning what activities you will do at your wedding reception, like coordinated dances for your guests or a surprise singing performance by a band or one of your favorite artists. This can make the wedding fun. You can also try playing some fun adult games and pop champagne. If there will be speeches to be given by either family, ensure that the speeches are fun and entertaining to the guests.
Some people go to the extent of hiring entertainers to entertain the guests by engaging them in fun activities like dancing and games. This makes the event quite lively. But if you don’t have the money, you can still plan fun activities at no additional cost.
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Vets North Conference 15-16th September 2021 #CANCELLED#
Haydock Park Racecourse
15th September 2021 - 16th September 2021
Very Sadly #CANCELLED# Organised by Veterinary CPD specialist Improve International, the event’s hallmark everyday-relevant clinical content, delivered by highly respected speakers, is back as a face to face event on 15-16 September 2021 for vet surgeons and vet nurses.
Among a full 2 days of top class conference content. (As you would expect from the Improve team) we are proud to be delivering 2 sessions on the latest in wound care.
Georgie Hollis -
Wound care. What should we be aiming for?
Practice standards. Are you up to scratch?
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Ballet flats are trending big time this fashion season, and while the comfort factor is something we’ve always loved, we’re seeing the versatility of this popular flat shoe in a fresh way. From a simple mini dress to tailored suits and co-ord sets, the ballerina is serving perfect fashion moments this fall.
Top designer labels like Miu Miu, Giorgio Armani, Salvatore Ferragamo, and fashion favorites like Kendall Jenner and Matilda Djerf are proving that ballet flats are not a style of the past. They’re an ‘all-season’ type of shoe and a ‘must-own’ pair in any capsule wardrobe.
The Evolution of Ballet Flats
Audrey Hepburn’s admiration for ballet flats contributed to their peak of stardom and made them a style of eternity. But, ballerina Marie Camargo was one of the first to opt for flats over heels. In 1910, Italian shoemaker Salvatore Capezio developed a special shoe with a flat sole and precise cut for the Russian ballet dancer Anna Pavlova and her team. After this, the fashion world witnessed a major revolution in the footwear industry, and ballet flats emerged as an instant favorite.
Modern ballet flats came into existence in the 1940s.In the year 1957, upon the request of Brigitte Bardot, an everyday comfortable shoe was created by Repetto. It was then that the iconic red ‘Cendrillon’ ballerina was introduced. Bardot was seen adorning them in the movie And God Created Woman. After this, the comfortable fitting of this shoe caught the spotlight, and every style enthusiast knew it was time to bid adieu to foot woes and welcome new wings of fashion.
10 Popular Designer Ballet Flats
Choosing the right pair of designer ballet flats can be difficult with so many alternatives available. We’ve narrowed down some of the best choices to make your decision better and easier. Tap into the ballet flat trend with these selections from top brands.
Though Karl Lagerfeld’s creative mind was behind the invention of this designer ballet flat, it was Coco Chanel who acted as the catalyst for this exquisite creation. The Chanel ballerina is an extension of Coco Chanel’s two-tone slingback, and it is fascinating in every character. Decorated with a delicate bow and ‘CC’ motif on the uppers, these shoes are lightweight enough to take you through the season.
With a minimal and comfortable construction, this ballet flat from Chloe will lend you a sense of freedom. The Lauren ballet flat is one of the most popular styles from the brand, and it is defined by the scalloped topline.
Tory Burch changed the market dynamics of ballet flats and elevated their status from being a basic style statement to an empowering styling choice. Named after Tory’s mother, the Reva ballerinas are the perfect pair to rely on for years to come. The signature charm is perched on its toe, and the scrunch back allows all-day comfort.
A graceful work of art, this designer ballet flat by Manolo Blahnik celebrates femininity with its timeless aesthetics and sophisticated charm. The Hangisi was inspired by Napoleon I, Giuseppina, and Paolina Bonapart, and it is characterized by the brand’s signature crystal-embellished square brooch.
Introduced in 2017, the Varina flats are both versatile and elegant. They never fail to offer a classy look with their romantic aesthetics and sleek finish. Embellished with the iconic bow, this pair retains the vintage charm of Vara shoes.
Celebrating the brand’s meticulous Italian craftsmanship, the Valentino Rockstud ballet flats are made from luxurious materials and outlined with pyramid studs. Slip them on with cropped hemlines to make an impact.
Designed to complement a variety of ensembles, the Oxford ballet flats, with the signature ‘LV’ on the upper, exude practical luxury. The cushioned footbeds and pebbled soles will keep your feet comfortable round the clock.
‘I lost my Choo.’ This famous dialogue by Carrie Bradshaw in the movie Sex and the City established the brand as a prominent name in the world of footwear. With a clean silhouette and neat stitching, it feels like a dream to walk in the Romy ballet flats. The low-cut vamp and pointed toes make the shoes appropriate for work and after.
The Roger Vivier Trompette ballet flats come with a sleek toe covering and are lightweight to keep your feet at ease. They are topped with a signature buckle on the uppers for that unmistakable Vivier charm.
For dainty day-to-evening footwear, you can turn to ballet flats from Miu Miu. Careful construction, minimal silhouettes, and refreshing details make Miu Miu’s ballerinas such a great choice!
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New Delhi: For the first time in an over four years old bribery case involving technology solutions provider Cognizant, names of three Larsen and Toubro (L&T) executives have emerged recently in a filing before a US court.
According to the filing at a New Jersey court made earlier this last month by the defence counsel of Gordon Coburn, the former chief operating officer of Cognizant, L&T Ltd’s chief executive officer (CEO) SN Subrahmanyan was “formally interviewed” in Singapore on 21 May 2018 by officials from the US Attorney’s Office and FBI.
Coburn, who resigned from Cognizant in October 2016, has sought the court’s approval for the statements given by Subrahmanyan and two other L&T executives to be admitted as part of the defence evidence.
The next hearing in the case is scheduled for October 2.
The bribery case surfaced in 2016, when it was alleged that Cognizant executives had bribed Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) and some other government officials to obtain various permits and approvals for construction of its campuses in Chennai and Pune.
In 2016 itself, a case was filed against Coburn in the US over alleged financial irregularities.
US agencies after their initial investigation into the case claimed that the Cognizant paid a sum of $3.64 million in bribes to Indian government officials to obtain various permits and approvals for construction of its campuses in India between 2013 and 2015.
It came to fore that L&T allegedly facilitated the payment of the $3.64 million bribes on behalf of Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp to secure permits, ranging from environmental clearance to power, at the New Jersey-based company’s campuses in Chennai and Pune. However, L&T has refuted the claims.
“During the KITS project (Knowledge Industry Township in Chennai), Subrahmanyan was the head of Total Construction (division) and handled 60% of the operations of L&T. Ramamoorthy, the US government’s cooperating witness, stated that Subrahmanyan was involved in approving the improper payment by L&T to the Indian government official. Subrahmanyan is central to the facts of this case,” media outlet Mint quoted a court filing dated August 3 as saying.
After the scam surfaced in 2016, Ramamoorthy Srimanikandan, a former executive of Cognizant who was responsible for managing the company’s real estate projects in India, is helping US investigative authorities, the media outlet reported.
“Upon questioning by the government, Subrahmanyan contradicted Ramamoorthy’s testimony. Subrahmanyan stated that he does not remember discussing the planning permit with Ramamoorthy and that he did not hear anything about a request from a government official for improper payment,” said the filing.
Meanwhile as the proceedings continue in the US court, the Vigilance & Anti-Corruption Cell in Vellore filed an FIR into the matter and booked four officials from the L&T (both former and present) including Subramanian, the L&T’s current CEO of L&T; two former officials of Cognizant India; both the companies and unknown officials of CMDA and Housing and Urban Development Department.
Apart from Subramanian, the FIR mentions the names of R Srimanikandan (who was referred as Ramamoorthy in the US court filing), the then VP (Administration) & Real Estate Officer of Cognizant India; T Sridhar Thiruvengadam, former COO of Cognizant India, Chennai; V Ramesh, former construction division head of L&T, Chennai; K Kannan, former business unit head of L&T, Chennai; MV Sathish, former Executive VP and Head Building and Factories, L&T, Chennai.
Interestingly, Ramamoorthy, who is a witness in the US case is named as an accused in India.
The FIR states that R Srimanikandan (Ramamoorthy) and T Sridhar Thiruvengadam conspired with V Ramesh of L&T to bribe the officials of CMDA and others to get planning permit approvals for the construction of largest buildings for Cognizant in KITS project in Sholinganallur in Chennai.
According to the FIR, the L&T started construction of large campuses for Cognizant India in Chennai, way before proper permissions were obtained from the concerned government departments.
The FIR further states the permissions were only obtained in June 2014, while the construction started way back in 2011.
Cognizant India applied for a planning permit to CMDA in February 2013, after a lapse of 8 months, the file was sent to the Government for approval. The file was then sent to the then Minister for Housing and Urban Development in November 2013, after a lapse of another 8 months, the approval was finally obtained in June 2014. By then L&T had already completed 40% construction of the Campus.
The vigilance cell also recovered a host of e-mail communications between officials of L&T and Cognizant India and also those with Gordon Coburn, which corroborated the alleged scam.
It was stated in the FIR that Cognizant and L&T officials paid a bribe to the tune of Rs 12 crore to the unknown government officials in the CMDA and Housing and Urban Development ministry. The same amount as approved by Gordon Coburn in the name of ‘Architectural Enrichment’.
Ramamoorthy was reached out for an interaction however he preferred to mention that matter is sub-judice and he can’t comment as of now. He wanted the reporter to call back after a month or so and he will be able to share all details. Ramamoorthy was specifically asked that he is supporting investigations in USA and is cooperating with the authorities having done nothing wrong than how come he is an accused in India, Ramamoorthy did confirm that he has done nothing wrong however he will be able to share full details post a month or so. Ramamoorthy was not willing to reveal his role and roles of other entities/individuals accused in the FIR.
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In the business since 1991, we, at VIP Ferromet,have been a visionary manufacturer, importer and exporter of a large variety of Stainless Steel Industrial material, item, etc. Our excellence-driven production and futuristic work approaches in the field has made us one of most profound firms in the domain worldwide. We have always worked hard to keep ourselves relevant with rising industrial needs, expectations and quality standards so that, a large number of clients can avail our qualitative range of Stainless Steel Circles, Stainless Steel Hex Bars, Stainless Steel Flat Bars, Stainless Steel Rings, Stainless Steel Plates & many more items and rely upon them.
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Over the decades, our organization has learnt deeply about the business management, production techniques, customer retention, etc. And, this experience of ours has been taking our firm to next level of success & prosperity in this respective domain.
Quality That Matters
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Hey there! Are you ready to tackle a topic that’s close to our hearts? We’re diving into the world of remote work and the not-so-friendly ghost that can haunt some of our remote warriors: loneliness. So, if you want to find out how to avoid loneliness amongst remote employees, settle down and let’s chat about what companies can do to make remote work a little less lonesome for our fabulous remote employees!
Now, let’s be real. Remote work comes with a plethora of perks: flexible schedules, no commuting nightmares, and the ability to work in your comfiest pair of pajamas. But, there’s one downside that can cast a shadow on the remote work experience: feeling isolated and lonely. Don’t worry, though! We’ve got some ideas up our sleeves to turn that frown upside down.
Virtual Watercooler Chit-Chat
Remember those fun conversations you used to have at the office watercooler or the coffee machine? Well, who says you can’t recreate that magic online? Encourage your remote employees to have casual conversations through chat platforms like Slack or dedicated channels on collaboration tools. It’s a virtual watercooler where they can share their weekend adventures, discuss the latest TV shows, or engage in light-hearted banter. Friendship and connection are just a message away!
Loneliness can creep in when you feel like you’re drifting in space without any human contact. Combat this by implementing regular check-ins. Schedule weekly or bi-weekly video calls with your remote team members to catch up, discuss projects, and simply have a good old-fashioned chat. Seeing friendly faces and hearing voices can do wonders for the soul. It’s important to make sure that the managers in your company have regular one-to-one meetings scheduled with their team members which will help to reduce feelings of isolation.
Virtual Team-Building Activities
Who says team-building is reserved for physical offices? If you are figuring out how to avoid loneliness amongst remote employees, then why not embrace the digital world and organize virtual team-building activities that are fun and engaging. Try online trivia nights, virtual escape rooms, or even a remote cooking class. These activities not only foster camaraderie but also remind remote employees that they’re an integral part of the team. Here at Virgin Incentives, we can offer you and your teams a range of fun and unique virtual experiences from online escape rooms for 4 to our Bake with a Legend Virtual Masterclass for up to 25!
Introduce a buddy system where each remote employee is paired up with a colleague from the office. Buddies can check in on each other, offer support, and act as a bridge between the remote employee and the rest of the team. It’s like having a work BFF who’s got your back! Plus it’s always great to have someone who can fill you in with all the gossip and news from the office that you might be missing out on.
Create Virtual Communities
Foster a sense of community among your remote employees by creating virtual groups or communities based on common interests. It could be a book club, a fitness group, or even a pet lovers’ club. By connecting people beyond work-related matters, you’ll help combat loneliness and create lasting connections. You can start by creating a slack channel for each of these communities and then start setting up video calls for everyone to get to know each other and meet other people within the company. This not only helps to engage employees as it adds something different to their day but also combats loneliness because we’re only human after all and we love social interaction!
Recognize and Celebrate Achievements
Loneliness can intensify when remote employees feel like their efforts go unnoticed. Be sure to recognize and celebrate their achievements, whether it’s through company-wide announcements, virtual applause during team meetings, or sending a heartfelt email. Show them that their hard work is seen and appreciated. Employers will play a critical role in supporting their employees’ good mental health by implementing long-term reward and recognition programs, particularly those that encourage a healthy work-life balance.
Remember, combating loneliness for remote employees is a continuous effort. Keep an open line of communication, regularly evaluate the well-being of your remote team members, and be flexible in finding solutions that work for everyone.
Let’s make remote work an adventure filled with collaboration, laughter, and a sense of belonging. Together, we can banish loneliness and make the remote work experience truly extraordinary! Get in touch with us below to learn more about our incredible reward programs that are perfect for both in-office and remote employees based anywhere in the US:
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The main partner and co-organizer of the event is Ljubljana Tourism in cooperation with the Slovenian Tourist Board. The capital of Slovenia has won the candidacy for the conference also because of its prestigious title of European Green Capital 2016.
A decade-long vision and a way to one of the top green cities in the world
In the last decade, i.e. since 2007, when Ljubljana set off on the road of sustainable development with the vision Ljubljana 2025, the city has made big steps forward in the implementation of the green development policy. The European Commission, which each year awards one city with the highest environmental standards and ambitious goals in sustainable development, on 24th June 2014 in Copenhagen awarded Ljubljana a prestigious title European Green Capital 2016. As it highlighted in its explanation, the capital of Slovenia has introduced the most changes in the quality of life in the right direction. It has become a pan-European model on how to organize life in the city in an environmentally friendly way for living and visiting.
The capital of Slovenia on the first list of global top 100 green destinations
At the end of 2014, the web portal Green Destinations ranked Ljubljana on the first elite list of Global TOP 100 Green destinations. The awards for this year’s green excellence will be presented in Ljubljana, on 27th September. The European Green Capital 2016 is hoping to be ranked again on this prestigious list and receive recognition by the Green Destinations Organization, which is also the main organizer of the Global Green Destinations Day.
»At Ljubljana Tourism, we are very proud of recognitions and awards in the field of sustainable development. The title European Green Capital 2016 means an incredible honour for the whole city family and a promise to all inhabitants and visitors of Ljubljana. As one of the most sustainability-oriented global destinations, we received the prestigious laurels Tourism for Tomorrow 2015 by the international organization World Travel & Tourism Council. However, the most important fact is that Ljubljana really lives with its green soul. With the guests of the Global Green Destination Day we are going to share with pleasure the green knowledge and achievements of Ljubljana, presenting how the arrangements in the city centre, which is closed for motorized traffic, significantly influenced the tourist development and atmosphere in the city. We will also explain how we introduced the Zero Waste strategy for waste management and green transportations« announces Petra Stušek, director of Ljubljana Tourism.
Ljubljana as a model to other destinations and a green outdoor classroom
A rich programme of a two-day long green conference includes round tables and workshops about the sustainable development of destinations, sustainable business operations in the hotel industry and green marketing. One of the most interesting experiences will be the Ljubljana Green Outdoor Classroom. Licenced guides of Ljubljana Tourism will guide the participants through the green points of the city, explaining about all the sustainable measures, which brought Ljubljana the title of the European Green Capital 2016.
Ljubljana is the first capital of the European Union which adopted the Zero Waste strategy of waste management and the first destination in Slovenia which last year won the gold certificate Slovenia Green within the national programme Green Scheme of Slovenian Tourism for introducing sustainable models in tourism business operation and management. This year Ljubljana has also received the Golden Apple Award, the highest award given by the International Federation of Tourism Journalists and Writers (IFTJR).
In the last decade, the capital of Slovenia, one of the global top five green countries, has visibly transformed into a city to enjoy. The city centre has become a large outdoor living room – for pedestrians, cyclists, gourmets and other pleasure seekers. The local inhabitants and visitors meet in the city coffeehouses and restaurants. Time spent in other cities for transportations, can be spent for chatting or resting in Ljubljana, since all the distances can be easily made on foot or by bicycle. A real refreshment are urban picnics available on every step with the natural drinking water.
Green mobility with public bicycles, electric vehicles Kavalir and electric train Urban
Besides walking, bicycle rental by a popular self-service system BicikeLJ is also very handy to discover the hidden city corners. In order to get to know Ljubljana with the wind in your hair there are also bicycles available by the Slovenian Tourist Centre on Krek’s Square close to the city market. A special experience is riding the electric train Urban and the environmental-friendly electric vehicle Kavalir (Cavalier), which on request, carry out free-of-charge transportations in the city centre. Ljubljana also boasts an increasing number of buses, running on methane and thus contributing to the decrease of carbon footprint.
The pan-European opportunity of the year for green connections and networking
The two-day international event, supported by the Global Sustainable Tourism Council and planned by the international organization Green Destinations as well as the GoodPlace group for sustainable tourism, represents a living laboratory of green solutions in tourism and examples of good (green) practices. At special discussions and studying panels, the main topics of the event will take in consideration the key aspects of the sustainable development in tourism, smart development of the cities and local communities, green transportations for today and tomorrow, social changes, sustainable management and education on green tourism. In addition to the announcement of the global top 100 green destinations, the key mission of the event is to provide to participants a possibility to establish new connections as well as the access to strategic partnerships and international networks. In fact, the main guidance of organizers and partners is to promote a brighter, more connected and sustainability-oriented future in tourism.
Registrations and more information about the event are available at www.greendestinationsday.com
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How to Celebrate Women’s History in Pasadena
Celebrating Women's History in Pasadena
Women’s History Month began in California with Women’s History Week in the late 1970s. To celebrate, experience the legacy of Pasadena’s women, who have played pivotal roles in shaping the city’s culture.
Celebrate Octavia Butler
There are many ways to celebrate the incredible Octavia Butler, who was born and raised in Pasadena. Butler attended Washington Junior High School, which was later called Washington STEAM Multilingual Academy, was just recently renamed the Octavia E. Butler Magnet. They named their library after the famous alumna in 2020 with a mural in her honor. Head to The Huntington Library to visit the collection of Octavia Butler’s archives and take a 2.5 mile walking loop to Experience Butler’s Pasadena on Foot. While there, visit Nikki High in her newly opened bookstore highlighting female authors and BIPOC writers at Octavia’s Bookshelf.
The Norton Simon Museum’s Sculpture Garden
The renowned Norton Simon Museum on Pasadena’s famed Colorado Boulevard has a sculpture garden with lush pond. Located on land that was first inhabited by the Tongva tribe, the land was transformed by the Carr family’s matriarch, Jeanne, into a lush and verdant estate that she named “Carmelita.” Later, it became the site of the Pasadena Art Museum and finally the Norton Simon Museum. During a remodel with Frank Gehry in the 1990s, Norton’s widow Jennifer Jones Simon asked landscape designer Nancy Goslee Power to create a garden “just like Monet’s Giverny.” Enjoy other works by women artists, such as Louise Moillon’s still life paintings from the 17th century while visiting.
The Pasadena Hotel & Pool
The Pasadena Hotel & Pool is a historic hotel built in 1926 by local businesswoman Constance G. Lewis Perry. Located on the Rose Parade route, the hotel reopened in 2022 with updated interiors and branding to blend the Spanish influences of Southern California with the building’s 1920s ethos. The hotel has a rooftop pool and a lobby area furnished with found items from flea markets such as the Rose Bowl Flea Market.
The Rose Bowl Stadium
1999 FIFA Women’s World Cup Final at the Rose Bowl Stadium broke attendance and television records for women’s sports and the US Women’s Soccer Team’s winning kick was featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated, becoming one of the defining images of women’s athletics in the United States. Get a tour of the historic stadium on the last Friday of every month to see the locker rooms, the field, press box, and more.
Pasadena’s Women’s History Walking Tour
Join Pasadena native and historian Julia Long for a special edition of Exploring Pasadena’s walking tours to honor Women’s History Month. The special tours explores the legacy left behind by the women who shaped Pasadena. The Women of Orange Grove tour will be on March 4 and the Women of Downtown Pasadena will be on March 12.
Celebrate Women’s History at the USC Pacific Asia Museum on March 12
On March 12, the USC PAM offers free Second Sundays with special Women’s History Month activities. The afternoon will highlight Asian and Asian Artists and include a Mixed Media Self Portrait Workshop with artist Ching Ching Chen. In the Crossroads Gallery, guests will hear stories of impactful female artists.
See A Comedienne at Ice House Comedy Club
The long-awaited reopening of the legendary Ice House Comedy Club is here! Enjoy a line-up of spectacular comediennes taking the stage this March, including Sharon Mahoney, Aiko Tanaka, Jade Catta-Preta, Jiaoying Summers, Nikole Denise, Tacara Williams, and Maria Bamford.
Support Women-Owned Businesses
Enjoy the experiences from Pasadena’s women-owned businesses. Monopole by WineRX is owned by a wine-educated Latina physician and offers phenomenal wine tasting experiences. Savor the wide selection of specialty cheeses at Agnes Restaurant & Cheesery, curated by cheesemonger Vanessa Kalb. See the list of women-owned businesses.
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Ranked: The Richest Veterans in America
The U.S is home to 724 billionaires, many of whom have taken on immense risks in the financial world. 16 of these wealthy individuals have also taken on the risks that come with serving in the U.S. military.
These veteran billionaires are worth a collective $81.4 billion and have served in posts ranging from Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) to infantrymen in the Second World War. This visual, using data from Forbes, ranks the richest living American veterans.
This visual categorizes the individuals by either the military branch or war served in depending on what was applicable or determinable.
I Want You for the U.S. Army
According to the Department of Veteran’s Affairs, there are around 18 million veterans in the U.S. Of these 18 million, less than 0.01% can claim the title of billionaire.
|Name||Net Worth (Billions, USD)||Industry||War / Unit Served|
|Donald Bren||$15.3||Real Estate||Marine Corps|
|Edward Johnson III||$10.3||Finance & Investments||Army|
|Ralph Lauren||$7.1||Fashion & Retail||Army|
|Richard Kinder||$7.0||Energy||Vietnam War|
|Charles Dolan & family||$6.1||Media & Entertainment||WWII, Airforce|
|Fred Smith||$5.7||Logistics||Vietnam War, Marine Corps|
|Charles B. Johnson||$4.9||Finance & Investments||Army|
|Ted Lerner & family||$4.8||Real Estate||WWII|
|Julian Robertson Jr.||$4.5||Finance & Investments||Navy|
|John Paul DeJoria||$2.7||Fashion & Retail||Navy|
|H. Ross Perot Jr.||$2.7||Real Estate||Airforce|
|Bob Parsons||$2.2||Technology||Vietnam War, Marine Corps|
|David H. Murdock||$2.1||Food & Beverage||WWII|
|S. Daniel Abraham||$2.0||Food & Beverage||WWII, Army|
|Charlie Munger||$2.0||Finance & Investments||WWII, Army Air Corps|
|George Joseph||$2.0||Finance & Investments||WWII|
Six of the above veteran billionaires served in WWII. They are some of the last surviving veterans of the historic war which was fought by 16 million Americans—today, only around 325,000 WWII veterans are still alive.
George Joseph, of Mercury Insurance Group, piloted a B17 Bomber plane in WWII, and completed around 50 missions. Warren Buffett’s business partner at Berkshire Hathaway, Charlie Munger, served in the Army Air Corps in the early 1940s.
Richard Kinder (Kinder Morgan Inc.) and Fred Smith (FedEx) both served in the Vietnam war.
One notable figure, Ralph Lauren, whose name is synonymous with his clothing products, served in the Army branch for two years in the early 1960s.
Taking on Financial Risk
Billionaire wealth continues to grow in America. Most of these veteran billionaires saw their net worths increase from 2020 to 2021, as, typically, wealth begets wealth. Here’s a look at the changes in net worth of the top five richest veterans who experienced increases:
- Edward Johnson III: +$4.9 Billion
- Ralph Lauren: +$1.4 Billion
- Richard Kinder: +$1.8 Billion
- Charles Dolan & Family: +$1.5 Billion
- Fred Smith: +$3.0 Billion
The majority of these veteran billionaires are in the finance industry and some are tied to well-known companies, but they didn’t always have billions on hand to help them exponentially grow their fortunes.
David Murdock was a high school dropout, and after serving in WWII, had no money to his name. He took over a failing company called Dole, and eventually gained the moniker of ‘pineapple king’ after reviving the business.
S. Daniel Abraham, who was an infantryman in WWII, went on to found Thompson Medical. Their main product was Slimfast, which he later sold to Unilever for $2.3 billion in cash in the early 2000s.
Bob Parsons, who received a Purple Heart for his service in Vietnam, started out his professional career as a CPA. He later founded the enormous domain giant, Go Daddy. He has claimed that his time in the military helped him succeed in business.
Peace and Prosperity
We currently live in one of the most peaceful and prosperous times in history, with wars like WWII feeling to many like a story from the past — but for others these conflicts were defining moments for their generation.
While many veterans struggle to readjust to civilian life, on average pre-9/11 veterans have reported fewer difficulties compared to post-9/11 veterans, and some have even managed to reach the highest levels of financial success.
Ranked: Top Countries for Foreign Direct Investment Flows
Take a look at changes in foreign direct investment flows over a decade, analyzing the top destinations and biggest investors.
One of the most significant phenomena in 21st-century globalization, driven by the ascent of multinational corporations and the removal of investing barriers, is the vast cross-border flow of foreign capital.
To analyze recent trends, Samidha Nayak utilized World Bank data spanning 2012–2022, charting the top 10 destinations for foreign direct investment (FDI) and the leading investing countries annually.
Countries With the Most FDI Inflows (2012–2022)
In 2012, the United States had the highest FDI inflow, attracting about $250 billion in investment from the rest of the world.
At second place, China’s FDI inflows stood about $9 billion lower at $241 billion.
The middle ranks have representatives from Europe (Netherlands, Cyprus), from Asia (Hong Kong) and from South America (Brazil).
Towards the bottom, three OECD countries—Germany, Ireland, and Australia—all attracted an average of $60 billion in foreign investment.
Unexpectedly, the British Virgin Islands came in 8th. Their lack of corporate tax makes it a popular place for companies to headquarter, in turn attracting FDI inflows.
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|2||🇨🇳 China||$241.21||2||🇨🇳 China||$180.17|
|3||🇳🇱 Netherlands||$239.67||3||🇸🇬 Singapore||$140.84|
|4||🇧🇷 Brazil||$92.57||4||🇭🇰 Hong Kong||$120.95|
|5||🇭🇰 Hong Kong||$74.89||5||🇫🇷 France||$105.42|
|6||🇨🇾 Cyprus||$69.97||6||🇧🇷 Brazil||$91.50|
|7||🇩🇪 Germany||$65.44||7||🇦🇺 Australia||$67.12|
|8||🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands||$61.12||8||🇨🇦 Canada||$53.71|
|9||🇮🇪 Ireland||$58.09||9||🇸🇪 Sweden||$50.05|
|10||🇦🇺 Australia||$57.55||10||🇮🇳 India||$49.94|
Ten years later however, the top 10 saw a shuffle. The U.S. and China retained their top spots, but the difference grew much larger—with the U.S. attracting nearly 50% more foreign investment ($388 billion) than China ($180 billion).
Singapore, which first appeared in the rankings in 2014, took third place with $141 billion.
Meanwhile the bottom half changed almost entirely with France, Canada, Sweden, and India replacing Cyprus, Germany, the British Virgin Islands, and Ireland.
Countries With the Most FDI Outflows (2012–2022)
Unlike the ranks of net inflows, the top 10 countries with the highest FDI outflows have stayed essentially the same.
The U.S. topped the list in both ends of the decade, despite briefly falling out of the top 10 entirely in 2018. There were only three new entrants (France, Australia, and the UK) in 2022 compared to 10 years prior, with Cyprus, Switzerland, and the British Virgin Islands dropping out of top spots.
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|2||🇳🇱 Netherlands||$237.94||2||🇩🇪 Germany||$178.87|
|3||🇯🇵 Japan||$117.63||3||🇯🇵 Japan||$175.40|
|4||🇩🇪 Germany||$99.08||4||🇬🇧 UK||$158.93|
|5||🇭🇰 Hong Kong||$88.12||5||🇨🇳 China||$149.69|
|6||🇨🇾 Cyprus||$75.25||6||🇳🇱 Netherlands||$125.89|
|7||🇨🇳 China||$64.96||7||🇦🇺 Australia||$123.36|
|8||🇨🇦 Canada||$62.25||8||🇫🇷 France||$118.76|
|9||🇨🇭Switzerland||$54.30||9||🇭🇰 Hong Kong||$106.86|
|10||🇻🇬 British Virgin Islands||$53.94||10||🇨🇦 Canada||$83.11|
Many of the countries who are in the top ranks for inflows (U.S., China, Canada, Australia) are also in the top ranks for outflows both in 2012 and 2022.
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Professionals and Specialists
Dr. Thomas Hiroshi Okamoto, MD is a health care provider primarily located in Santa Ana, CA. He has 42 years of experience. His specialties include Psychiatry, Neurology. He speaks English.
He is the best by far in Southern California! Most Psych's are weird and uncaring, push Rx's but not Dr. O. He is caring, takes his time, and really wants to cure you.
Dr. Okamoto is a very caring professional. After a lifetime of panic attacks he had me stablized in no time and I'm still doing great 10 years later. Thank you, Dr. Okamoto!
Graduated in 1981
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Egyptian/Canadian nonbinary artist, Elko, has released their new EP, PAINKILLER TWILIGHT. The album was written during quarantine, reflected in the overall theme of disillusionment that permeates through PAINKILLER TWILIGHT. The lead single “Dishonest” is accompanied by a music video shot by Cincinnati media outlet, Soul Serum.
Growing up in a Muslim household under parents who immigrated to Canada from Egypt, Elko has always played the role of misfit, and their artistry is an extension of that disposition. Elko says,
“As a kid I wasn’t allowed to express myself in so many ways, my sense of self had been really distorted. A few years ago, I moved to Toronto and things started to change, but there were a lot of growing pains. Painkiller Twilight is in many ways a narration of things I went through figuring out how to not feel disconnected all the time. It’s about still pushing through and exploring identity after being fucked up by life”.
PAINKILLER TWILIGHT has eight tracks: Fall Apart, Dishonest, Selfish, Pretty Little Lies, Kicked Me Out (ft. SuziWithAnUzi), Common, and I’m A Mess (ft. BadMoodRude). All eight songs are a perfect representation of Gen Z music—pairing gut-wrenchingly raw lyrics with a sound that defies genre. The EP is a modern fusion of alternative, indie, abrasive electronic, and synth-driven bedroom pop. His sound reminds me of artists like blackbear, Ansel Elgort, and Juice WRLD.
I love everything about PAINKILLER TWILIGHT—listening to this album makes me wish I was an angsty teen in a toxic relationship. I thoroughly appreciate artists who bare their soul to the world through their music, and this is exactly what Elko does. “Selfish” opens with the lyrics “smoking cigarettes to feel something, daddy issues don’t mean nothing, tell myself that he means nothing, who am I kidding?”. Every track is a deep self-reflection into Elko’s own psyche that makes it incredibly easy to relate to them. If I had to pick, my favourite song is “Kick Me Out”. Elko’s use of autotune and SuziWithAnUzi’s haunting vocals give me chills.
That being said, I was not a huge fan of the music video for “Dishonest”, which features Elko getting out of bed, dancing in their room, and walking through their neighborhood. Again, the video is very representative of the Gen Z take on music videos—the low-budget, recorded on an old video camera look. Maybe I much prefer Elko’s music video for “Fall Apart”, probably because it follows the typical music video format that I grew up with (does that make me sound old?). This video features Elko driving to a party, singing to their disappearing love interest in the passenger’s seat. Cut with selfie-footage of a party and risqué scenes with the love interest, the video for “Fall Apart” feels like a classic music video that fits the vibe of the song perfectly.
Overall, PAINKILLER TWILIGHT is “fire”, as the kids would say.
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Today was a very special day. Not everyday you have the opportunity to feel the positive energy of the people that join the sport and express their happiness as today… We are very blessed🙏.
Especially when the wind conditions were strong and we debated in the morning if we had the correct safety margins to fly in winds above 18 mph +. At last, It could be flown, but only skilled pilots and with the correct equipment.
We decided to go early to Villa Pesquera Isabela. With this conditions, the pilots and Kamikazes family present were…
David Garber and his wife Amara
Luis Ruiz, his wife Jessica and son Noah Enrique
Pablo Cruz and his wife Millie
Hermes Ferrer, his wife Neysha and children Yaniher and Katelyn
José Fuentes, his wife and son and their relatives
Along with the pilots present, there were also several families interested in the sport, such as Miguel Angel Vázquez (ready to start his training soon). They were in Barceloneta yesterday for the Demo flights, but we had postponed their flights until today. Ready to fly were his sons Paola and Angel.
The wind was strong all day and pilots Pablo, Alberto and Sammy decided not to fly. However, Luis and David, were at full hands working the Demo flights of possible new students and / or Team pilots. As was the case with José Fuentes’s training flight, where he had the controls to fly through the area.
As the wind increased in intensity during the day, the paragliders used by Luis and David to make the flights decreased in size. To the point where the only possible paraglider to carry out the flights was the Flow “Yoti II” of 15 meters 😲!!! from David. He was all the time assisted by Luis, Sammy, Pablo, Hermes and Amara in carrying out the flights.
Among the families or couples who enjoyed the adventure, we can mention Limarys, accompanied by her husband Nino and daughters, her reaction after having experienced the flight, simply “Priceless”.
Also to Nara and Christopher, who is actually a Pilot for Air Force. Both enjoy a lot their experiences!!! Then, Danitza and Deya… New friends from Orocovis, Puerto Rico…
After that, we stopped our Demo Flights activities, and just simply enjoy the afternoon, with family and friends. The new generation of the Sport. Noah Enrique, Yahiner and Katelyn were playing in the surrounding. Sometime playing with the mini glider in order to be students in a close future.
After the flights of the Day, I received a message from Miguel Angel Vazquez. One very special 💪… And Those are the thing that reinforce our passion in continue doing what we love. Again, We are very blessed to have this opportunity to bring Joy to people in our time in Life!!!!!
UN ABRAZO, ACÁ TIENES OTRO AMIGO. ESTE EVENTO MARCARA UN SENTIMIENTO PROFUNDO Y DURADERO ENTRE MIS HIJOS Y MI ESPOSA, GRACIAS A TI… NO FUE MERAMENTE UNA EXPERIENCIA COMO QUIZÁS PAREZCA, FUE ALGO QUE ESTA MUY PROFUNDO EN TODOS NUESTROS CORAZONES…. GRACIAS…
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Based on your podcast on the history and future of radio with spatial audio. By Daniel Gallas in cooperation with Martin Rieger from VRTonung.
Somehow, all of us have a pair of old headphones floating around in our closet – or a new pair in daily use. Technology is advancing so rapidly that you are almost forced to go with the trend. spatial audio may be one of the most important innovations here.
Whether it’s Apple with Spatial Audio or Sony with Dolby Atmos, immersive listening is being advertised. I’m already pretty happy to live in a time where sound plays such an important role. For example, during the space battles of Star Wars, it feels like you’re right in the middle of the action. But unfortunately, that wasn’t always the case.
I’m sure we can all remember having to constantly search for the radio station and still having a quiet hissing noise in the background. In the meantime, such technical hurdles have been solved, but listening consumption has also changed. Away from the classic radio and towards online streaming. As a result, radio stations have also had to reorient themselves.
One category that remains popular is radio plays. Probably the most famous radio play on the radio was War of the Worlds. Back in 1938, the CBS radio station interrupted the evening dance music for a breaking news bulletin. “The Martians are attacking us,” it said. At the same time, the evening program kept interrupting for more special announcements. This almost led to mass panic. This shows how effectively storytelling could be used for audio productions back then.
With the help of spatial audio, this radio play would certainly have been an even greater experience. Fortunately, 3D audio can be used for more than just fake news; it can give listeners a whole new perspective. Perhaps thanks to spatial Audio, people will listen to the radio more often again in the future. Whether 3D Audio will be the future of radio, you can find out here:
What is missing, however, is precisely this three-dimensional hearing impression, that you suddenly also have sounds from above and below. To put it simply, 3D audio just feels natural, because we humans have always been used to hearing in three dimensions. We’ve been doing it all our lives and we know what it sounds like. That’s why spatial audio now helps us experience this natural auditory impression on the radio, for example.
The development of the first radio was more than a century ago. Nikola Tesla developed the first working radio in 1900. Then in 1923, German radio began with the words, “Attention, attention, this is the Berlin broadcasting station in the Voxhaus.”
Since then, technology has continued to evolve over the years. The first recording in stereo was a rehearsal of Mozart’s Symphony Jupiter. Audio content in this two-channel format is normal for everyone these days. It doesn’t matter if it’s a car ride on vacation or relaxing music streaming on the road. All content is enjoyed in stereo.
But for a few years, there is spatial audio. What is the difference between stereo and how can I listen to it? Are there audio samples and demo productions already on the radio?
The following paragraphs are based on an interview with Martin Rieger, an expert in immersive media and 3D audio. In conversation with Daniel Gallas, a student at the University of the Federal Armed Forces Munich in the module Innovation in Journalism.
There are two ways to listen to 3D audio content. One is technically a bit complex, which is via speakers. You’d need more speakers than you’d get with 5.1. In addition to the six speakers on the floor, there are also speakers on the ceiling. This gives the impression that the sound is coming from all directions.
But now it is also technically possible to create this listening impression on commercially available headphones. No matter if with or without Bluetooth – waterproof or not. Because you only need two audio channels. We humans have only two ears, but we can still hear spatially. Our brain computes the sound information into a sound image. And that’s where things get exciting because you can make content accessible to a whole lot of people via headphones. This can be music, film, podcasts, or even completely different immersive media.
With this spatial sound, you have the feeling that the sound is not being reproduced by the headphones. It’s kind of coming from the outside. So it’s a little bit like the speakers. You have the feeling that you’re sitting in a cloud of sound if you will. The sound happens completely 360° around us – just like in real life.
Today, you don’t need a whole lot of speakers spread around the room, but for example, it’s available as a soundbar. This is a speaker arrangement where many speakers are next to each other. You can place them conveniently under the TV, for example. They have very clever algorithms that use the room, for example, to use the wall or the ceiling as virtual speakers. So that the sound doesn’t just come from the front, that is, from the TV, but is also projected around you, if you will. If you want to learn more about this, here's our article on it.
spatial Audio works, as we said, through a simple pair of headphones. You don’t even need special equipment from Apple or other providers. But then you only have one perspective mapped for the 3D spatial sound. Dolby assumes that the users always look in a fixed direction. In simple terms, Apple uses Dolby’s audio, but adds its own rendering. So the music on Amazon Music sounds slightly different than on Apple Music, even though both are immersive audio produced in Dolby Atmos.
You can imagine it a bit like in the cinema. There, too, you only look forwards. And when you have 3D audio, the sound happens around you. The only difference is that you wear headphones and still have this cinema-like surround sound. Apple Music even supports head-tracking – Dolby does not yet – but more on that later.
However, the speech always comes from the front, i.e. the center speaker. While music usually comes from the left and right front. The surround or ceiling speakers are mainly addressed with sound effects. These can be subtle atmospheres like a forest in the rain or traffic. But also action-packed scenes with explosions etc. are popular applications for 3D sound.
Apple has entered into a collaboration with Dolby for Apple Music to be able to present music in 3D as well. Many movies, such as those that can be streamed on Disney+, also work with Apple headphones. But it is always a question of application whether Apple also uses Dolby technology or its own. Therefore, here is the overview:
Let’s now extend our spatial audio experience to a technological level. We not only map the sound impression from one direction but all possible head movements. So all of a sudden you have the possibility that the sound adapts depending on the direction of your gaze. If you want to learn more about this, here's our article on it.
And you could use that for navigation, for example, that you hear a magic voice that says “Now turn left.” You move your head and then all of a sudden the voice comes from the front. And everybody knows this. You come out of the subway, you go upstairs you hear the navigation voice say asking you to turn left. Then you have to look at your cell phone and ask yourself:
yes great, which left now actually?! Not helpful
In this way, sound can be used to overcome an obstacle that could otherwise only be solved with visual elements by looking at the smartphone.
The example mentioned is now not even content in the sense of music or with movies. But also a nice application where I think:
Hey, people have added value with 3D audio. With head tracking, the cell phone suddenly has a second reference system. So it knows approximately in which direction we are looking. And help us in everyday life< It can’t read our eyes, i.e. where exactly we are looking. But the information alone, which angle we are looking at, can then also be used for the sound in a very exciting way.
Simply put, 3D audio simply feels more natural, because we humans have always been used to listening in three dimensions. We’ve been doing it all our lives and we know how it sounds.
That’s why 3D audio now helps us to experience this natural listening impression on the radio, for example. That you can tell stories in a much more engaging way. That you have the feeling that you are on the spot. Or even part of the action. It’s also easier to follow conversations, as I've already explained here.
There are also a couple of public broadcasters that are experimenting with this. But at the end of the day, for me, they are mostly just nicely done radio plays, unfortunately. Almost all of them would have worked in stereo with well-done sound design.
Many here use a software called Dear Reality to let audio objects wander around the room quite randomly. Artificial distance parameters and virtual reverberation rooms are added to the sound. But the reality is not just a few mono sources in the room. Engaging audio experiences need meaningful immersive storytelling that takes advantage of 3D audio. If you want to know how to do that, feel free to contact me.
Object-based audio can be more than just beautiful sound design. So if you want to go one step further, object-based audio formats such as MPEG-H 3D audio come into play. Such NGA audio formats can contain three-dimensional information. But they can also contain metadata that describes: What exactly is this object now?
And imagine that you are watching soccer and you don’t like the commentator. For me, that’s the prime example, because you can’t currently make the commentator louder or quieter. You can only make the whole TV program louder and quieter, i.e. the stereo or surround mix from the broadcaster. This means that if you want to make the commentator quieter, the entire stadium atmosphere is lost.
But if you had the objects separated, which object-based audio formats can do, you could go here and specifically mute the commentator. But I can still have the stadium atmosphere and continue to make my unqualified comments with my friends. So everyone can create their own personalized soccer experience. And that is the strength of spatial audio, which is enhanced by object-based audio.
Going from mono to stereo was a huge step. This format has been around for decades and is prevalent on all major platforms. From radio to TV to social media to music streaming and podcasts. But voice content is mostly still only available as mono, so it only comes from the front. Just like the other sounds, which seem unnatural to us humans.
Movies and music, however, offer a whole new experience in spatial audio. In addition, there will be everyday applications where consumers also understand the added value of 3D audio. So it goes far beyond a nice-to-have like Dolby Atmos. The right content is crucial. As well as exciting use cases.
In addition to the creative design, technical implementation is also important. Only the future will show whether and how 3D audio will prevail. But I would hardly deal with it like anyone else in the German-speaking world if success were not pre-programmed.
I’m happy to help create a new listening experience. How that sounds we can find out together with a non-binding contact now. I am looking forward to it!More about 3D Audio Radio
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Portland-born organization #WomxnCrush Music has seen a lot of growth since its founding in 2016, moving beyond the confines of Portland to launch chapters across the country. But just like every other piece of the music industry, Covid-19 took a major toll on their work.
“As an organization that based our programming on in-person, local community-building, and connection-focused experiences such as ongoing showcases, educational workshops, and networking events we had to very quickly pivot (as many others had to) to running everything online,” said founder Ashley Kervabon-Stoyanov.
Starting in March, the organization began hosting their artist showcases on Instagram, as well as partnering with brands such as CD Baby for hosting educational webinars online. But while these new online-style #WomxnCrush events generated a lot of community engagement, the organization felt that the focus on local chapters was being lost.
“This is what sparked the idea of the tour,” said Kervabon-Stoyanov. “We felt it was the best way to be able to support our artists, connect the local music industry to artists, as well as support the local venues and organizations that make the music scene so special in every city.”
Launching August 31 with the Portland and Seattle chapters, the #WomxnCrush virtual tour will aim to highlight local womxn songwriters as well as partner with local womxn-led venues to donate proceeds from the showcase. Along with every digital showcase there will also be an industry webinar to help connect local artists to their music communities.
The first showcase will be streaming September 3 and will feature Portland artists Kingsley and Letty Isabel, and Seattle artists A Strange Bird and Shaina Shepherd. The following webinar will occur on September 8 and feature a panel of speakers, including Portland artist Laryssa Birdseye, covering the topic of Music and Mental Health. All proceeds of the Portland and Seattle event will benefit The Old Church.
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Take the convenience of your walkie-talkie communications to the next level with our range of carry cases & belt clips. With fantastic prices, our range of carrying accessories can keep your walkie-talkie safe whilst letting you get on with your day in complete comfort.
Walkie-talkies offer the best communication solution in a huge range of scenarios. But even though they are discrete and lightweight, it can still be an inconvenience to carry them about all day. Our range of high-quality belt clips and carry cases are designed to both protect your valuable radios and make carrying them an effortless experience.
If you need any help choosing the perfect carry case or belt clip, then why not get in touch? Our expert team will be delighted to assist.
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Week Beginning 25th January 2021
These are this week's spellings. Take your time to write them very neatly 3 times and revise them. Also please do 20 points of activties. Finally, get someone at home to test you on Friday. Please upload photos of your work on the form below!
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Key information: Around Leondinion
- There are two excellent walks around the pleasant east-coast town of Leondinion in its dramatic mountain setting.
- We need photos: we would be very grateful if you could send us some of your favourites.
- Walkopedia rating86.5
- Natural interest14.5
- Human interest12
- Negative points0
- Total rating86.5
- Length: Variable
- Maximum Altitude: Not known
- Level of Difficulty: Variable
This walk description page is at an early stage of development, and will be expanded over time. Your comments on this walk, your experiences and tips, and your photos are very welcome.
There are two excellent walks around the pleasant east-coast town of Leondinion in its dramatic mountain setting.
Leondinion to Livadi: A pleasing and fairly straightforward 11km/4hr tramp on old mulepaths to the charming upland village of Melana, and on to Livadi near the sea.
Ayio Athanasio to Leondinion: an exciting but lengthy (24km/6.5hrs+) and quite demanding walk from a roadhead near the gorgeously sited Ayio Athanasio chapel to the quiet upland village of Tsitaia. Then on (after a slightly monotonous crossing of hillsides on a poor path) to the thrillingly perched Sintzas monastery in its huge overhanging cliffs. From there it is a pleasant and interesting 1hr descent to Leondinion.
You can walk shorter versions of these walks.
Both walks (and some alternatives) are described in the excellent Sunflower Landscapes of the Southern Peloponnese.
Near by is a fine walk from Pigali to Poulithra; so you could make a half-week base in the area.
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Your comments on this walk, your experiences and suggestions, and your photos are very welcome. Where appropriate, you will be credited for your contribution.
Safety and problems: All walks have inherent risks and potential problems, and many of the walks featured on this website involve significant risks, dangers and problems. Problems of any sort can arise on any walk. This website does not purport to identify any (or all) actual or potential risks, dangers and problems that may relate to any particular walk.
Any person who is considering undertaking this walk should do careful research and make their own assessment of the risks, dangers and possible problems involved. They should also go to “Important information” for further important information.
Anyone planning an expedition to this place should see further important information about this walk.
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Holly – Insects Among Blooms in Spring
Q: We live in Forsyth county and have tons of neighbors who farm cows and chickens. There are some very mature holly bushes right in front of our house. In spring they are infested with flying insects – some appear to be either house flies or stable flies – but there are some I don’t know what they are: they have long slim bodies and slender wings. Any ideas on what is happening here and what can we do about them?
A: Holly blooms have lots of nectar in them. My bet is that you’re seeing crowds of different pollinating insects looking for a good springtime meal. I’ve been at Callaway Gardens in the spring when their large hollies emitted a noticeable “hum” from all the insects working the flowers. Even though there were many honeybees in the group I never felt threatened by them. They are MUCH more interested in food than in stinging.
The slender insects are probably harmless thread-waisted wasps seeking nectar from the flowers or perhaps honeydew from aphids or scale insects. They rarely sting, are not aggressive and help the environment too.
I recommend you enjoy all of the pollinators and let them go about their business.
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Samuel Ojeda, 56, of New Haven died suddenly at his home on Tuesday, January 4, 2022. He was the beloved husband of Eva. J. Ojeda Nieves. Sam was born in Canóvanas, Puerto Rico on September 25, 1965, a son of the late German Ojeda and the late Maria Osorio and had resided in New Haven for the past thirty five years. He was a self-employed auto mechanic. Sam is survived by a daughter, Eveidy Ojeda of New Haven, two sons, Samuel Ojeda of New Haven and Lemuel (Jennifer) Ojeda of Waterbury, Loving live in partner of 20 years Gertrude "Patty" Hartsell "te amo bebo pa siempre", two sisters, Elizabeth Lozada of Loiza, Puerto Rico and Abigail "Biguita" (Nelson Osorio) Ojeda of Orange City, FL, six brothers, Hector Lozada Ojeda and Joel Ojeda of New Haven, David (Sarita) Ojeda, German (Loida Fuentes) Ojeda and Isaias (Omayra Roman) Ojeda of Loiza, and Moises Ojeda of Carolina, Puerto Rico. He is also survived by six grandchildren; and many nieces; and nephews. He was predeceased by his sister Maria Ester Delgado Osorio. Funeral services for Sam are private and have been entrusted to Washington Memorial Funeral Home, 4 Washington Ave., North Haven. www.washingtonmemorialfh.com
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Thomas H. Richardson, 85, of Bell, Fla. peacefully went to be with his heavenly Lord on Sunday, March 28, 2021. He was born July 8, 1935 in Detroit, Michigan. Tom married the love of his life Bridget Downey on Oct. 23, 1976. He was an active member of New Hope Baptist Church in Bell, FL. He served as a mechanic in the U.S. Air Force. Tom had an entrepreneurial spirit and worked in real estate in Ohio, owned Aurora Sod Company in West Palm Beach, Fla., and retired as a farmer in Bell, Fla. Tom was an antique car enthusiast, three time participant in the cross-country Corel Great Race, and was an avid motorcyclist and motocross racer. Together, Tom and Bridget have resided in Bell, Fla. for over 20 years where they enjoyed bowling, classic car club, and many church activities, in particular Bible study and serving on the board.
He was preceded in death by his father Thomas H. Richardson, his mother Mary Couchman, his sister Nancy Baldini, his brother Jerry Richardson, and his grandsons Jimmy Polatty and Danny Gatton.
Tom is survived by his loving spouse Bridget Downey Richardson, his coffee buddy Uncle Dick Hunter, and his siblings Jim Richardson (Beverly), John Richardson, Charlene Carauna, Joey Couchman, Marilyn Fullerton (Gary), and Craig Teur (Sharon). He is also survived by his children Thomas Richardson, Jr. (Kathy), Elaine Colbert, Tina Richardson, Mary Moorthy, Charlie Richardson, Jeff Richardson (Pam) in addition to his step-children Colleen Polatty (Jim), Heather Denlinger (Dave), Kevin Livingston (Debra), Kirstin Carter (Randy), Erin Cencula (Jim), Laird Livingston (Lora), Donal Livingston (Holly), and Patrick Livingston (Becca). Tom is also survived by many grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and life-long friends.
A service will be held on Saturday, April 3, 2021 at 11 a.m. at New Hope Church with Pastor Billy Philman officiating. Interment to follow in New Hope Church Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to New Hope Baptist Church.
That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. John 3:15.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Nearly a quarter of the $60 million that Ohio’s largest online charter school has been ordered to repay taxpayers could be recouped from three companies that were paid a percentage of the school’s revenues, the state’s auditor said Wednesday.
Republican Dave Yost warned the Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow that it could face repercussions if it doesn’t seek reimbursement of nearly $13 million from its software vendor, management company and sponsor.
Yost, a candidate for state attorney general, said his office’s review of contracts between ECOT and the three private companies — IQ Innovations, Altair Education Management and ESC Lake Erie West — found “the legal situation is starkly clear.”
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ECOT is engaged in a protracted legal battle against the state over the Ohio Department of Education’s determination that its enrollment was 60 percent lower than what was reported.
That discrepancy triggered the demand for repayment of $60 million, which the state’s high court has allowed to proceed.
ECOT argues its longstanding contract allowed it to count students differently and that the state’s decision to change the rules violates that agreement. A message was left Wednesday for the school’s spokesman seeking comment.
Yost said when charter schools are over-funded, vendors compensated on a percentage basis also are overpaid.
In a letter sent Tuesday to charter schools across the state, Yost noted that adjusted state rules for counting attendance at virtual schools may warrant reimbursements from their private vendors and management companies as well. He requested documentation that any vendor overpayments have been recouped or are set to be returned on a payment plan.
Failing to do so could lead to a finding for recovery against the school, he said.
Chad Aldis, vice president for Ohio policy and advocacy at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, a pro-charter think tank, called Yost’s announcement “sensible.”
“Neither sponsors nor management companies — entities that may receive millions of dollars in public revenue — should be able to simply walk away with public funds if a charter school has inaccurate enrollment figures,” he said.
Democratic state Sen. Joe Schiavoni, a 2018 gubernatorial candidate, said Yost’s action matched advice from Democrats.
“No charter school should do what ECOT has done: firing teachers first before anyone else takes a hit,” he said. “Services for our students should be the last thing cut, especially while vendors and executives are overpaid with your tax dollars.”
Yost estimates refunds owed to ECOT at $9.6 million for software vendor IQ Innovations; $2.4 million for management company Altair; and $900,000 for sponsor ESC Lake Erie West.
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DNS or Domain Name System is a directory of internet that helps to easily lookup the website addresses. It quickly resolves the entered website address to an IP address on the source server. Since many of us use Android smartphones, in this article we will explain how to change the DNS in Android device to speedup your internet connection.
Related: How to change DNS in iPhone?
Why DNS is Important?
DNS consists of chain of servers that shares the information with each other. This process helps to quickly retrieve the webpage information from the server located in US when you to try open the webpage from Europe. It all starts with your computer or mobile phone that has the DNS server configured. It starts looking the IP of website address you entered on the browser by exchanging information with different servers till it finds. Therefore, it is important to have correct DNS details on your phone to open the websites faster.
What is Public DNS?
Android phones and other devices by default take the DNS servers from your ISP (Internet Service Provider) dynamically. However, you can manually configure static DNS servers to get faster IP resolution. OpenDNS and Google Public DNS servers are few of the public DNS servers available. You can use these DNS IP addresses on your Android phones in case if your ISP’s DNS are not working for you.
This is essential especially when your ISP blocks certain websites or having corrupted cache of the IP addresses.
How to Setup OpenDNS in Android Phones?
There are two simple ways of changing the DNS on an Android devices. We explain the process here with Google Public DNS server IP addresses. However, you can follow the same process for setting up OpenDNS or any other reliable public DNS servers.
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- Open the device settings app and go to the “Wi-Fi” settings.
- Long press your connected Wi-Fi network and select “Modify Network” from the floating menu to configure the network settings.
Related: How to change DNS in Windows PC?
- Scroll down, expand the “Advanced Options”, and then tap the arrow under the IP settings.
- By default, the settings show “DHCP” choose “Static“.
- Enter your preferred DNS under “DNS1” and “DNS2” fields and then tap the “Save” button.
Option 2: Changing the DNS for a VPN Connection
If you are accessing the internet through a local VPN, you can modify the VPN settings to change the DNS.
- Open the phone settings and tap “More” under the “Wireless & Network” section.
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- In the “DNS servers” field, type your preferred DNS and tap the “Save” button to complete the changes.
Save your changes and henceforth your Android phone will use the Google Public DNS settings instead of your ISP settings.
Related: How to change DNS in Mac?
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If you experience pain in both legs and back, you need to see a doctor immediately because these might be symptoms of a more serious medical problem. By knowing what caused the pain, it’ll be easier to find the right ways to treat it. Is there something wrong with your back? Could it be that there’s something wrong with your legs? Both, perhaps? Keep reading to know more about the factors causing this problem and the possible natural treatments.
Leg and Back Pain
If you are suffering from leg and back pain, chances are there’s something wrong with your lower back. Bone spurs and bulging discs can form and block the nerves that come out of the lower spine. This creates irritation and inflammation that you feel as tingling, numbness, or pain in the buttocks, legs, and lower back.
When the nerve irritation happens along your sciatic nerve, this is called sciatica. Leg and back pain, however, often happens when nerves like the cauda equine nerve roots are compressed.
Some of the traditional ways to treat back and leg pain are:
- Physical therapy
- Bed rest
Although these treatments were designed to provide relief from leg and back pain, none of them can treat the underlying cause. As a matter of fact, these treatments can actually worsen the situation. While extreme exertion is discouraged, bed rest can actually cause more pain and nerve irritation. Pain relievers, however, alleviate the pain but only for a short period of time. Workout routines or physical therapy, on the other hand, can only cause more irritation and inflammation along the affected areas and nerves. Surgery involves making physiological changes by fusing or removing the bones. These changes are irreversible.
People who experience leg and back pain miss plenty of work and school days. While the pain can be very debilitating, it does not have one specific cause. The body can easily adjust to the results of living a sedentary lifestyle, weight gain, poorly developed muscles, and poor posture but it will eventually reach a point when it can no longer adjust to the changes. You then begin to notice that the activities you could easily do before suddenly bring you so much pain.
It’s a good thing there are healthier and more natural ways to treat leg and back pain.
The Natural Way to Treat Leg and Back Pain
Treating leg and back pain is very dependent on finding the underlying cause of the problem and knowing how to treat it. According to a chiropractor based in Dupage County, chiropractic practice is effective in alleviating leg and back pain. It helps identify neighboring or crowding nerves and areas that are not functioning properly. It gently works to soothe irritation and inflammation, correct malpositioned bones in the leg and back, and alleviate pain and its underlying causes.
One of the steps you can do to treat leg and back pain is to ask for help from a chiropractor. They are state-licensed, sympathetic, and highly-educated professionals who have a holistic way of looking at the situation. Recently, chiropractic practice became one of the top alternatives to treating various medical conditions and this is patients who experienced the positive results highly recommend it to their friends and family. Insurance also covers chiropractic practice.
Your chiropractor will ask a serious of questions during consultation to know more about you and to figure out what triggered your leg and back pain. These questions plus a physical examination will help him create a clear, mental image of the problem. Once they figure everything out, they’ll tell you about what caused the problem and what the possible treatments are. After this, the chiropractor will formulate a chiropractic plan to improve the movement of the joins and to restore optimal alignment in the lower back. These chiropractic adjustments will lessen irritation and inflammation in the nervous system. For most people, these adjustments are equivalent to relief from leg and back pain. For people with more complicated problems, however, an extensive chiropractic plan is needed to alleviate the pain and to treat the underlying causes.
Factors that Cause Leg and Back Pain
While leg and back pains are common conditions experienced by many, these factors may have triggered the onset:
Work: Some jobs trigger leg and back pains. These types of job involve long distance driving, twisting of the spine, and lifting heavy objects.
Aging: As we age, the chances of developing leg and back pain increases. With wear and tear, our discs begin to degenerate and once they begin to bulge, they compress and block the nerves that are near them. These age-related factors surface once a person reaches the age of forty.
Illness: Diabetes and other diseases hinder the functions of the nervous system. This triggers leg and back pain.
Sedentary lifestyle: A lot of people are under the impression that being chill and staying away from physical activity will have a positive effect on their bodies. When you sit all day you invite leg pain, back pain, and other medical conditions.
Do not underestimate leg and back pain. Once you feel the symptoms, visit your doctor or chiropractor and ask for immediate treatment.
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We are delighted to announce that the Network Rail Masterplanning at Stations Design Manual has been shortlisted for the UDG National Urban Design Awards 2023.
The Design Manual aims to assist Network Rail’s clients and design teams across the masterplanning process, through stakeholder management, and design and implementation for new and existing station projects. This document forms part of a series of guidance documents that Network Rail has developed to act as a common frame of reference for all parties involved in the design and operation of Network Rail’s transport infrastructure. We played a key role in many of these documents, including Station Design, Inclusive Design, Wayfinding, Heritage and Vertical Circulation.
On the Masterplanning at Stations Design Manual we collaboratively with our partners Arup and Gerald Eve.
Last month saw the 2022 HS2 Design Awards, where we collected two awards: The Design for People award for our Delta Junction and the Design for Time award for our Area North Context Urban Integration Studies, with both projects completed alongside Balfour Beatty Vinci, Mott MacDonald and Systra.
Weston Williamson + Partners, Tzannes and ASPECT Studios are delighted to announce that the proposed design for the renewal of Circular Quay has been selected by the NSW Government to proceed to the design and planning phase of the project.
We are pleased to announce that WW+P are part of the Mott MacDonald-WSP joint venture appointed as technical partner by East West Railway Company (EWR Co) to drive forward the next scheme development phase of the programme to build a new railway between Oxford and Cambridge.
HS2 has revealed designs for the 150-metre section of viaduct as part of the approach to Birmingham’s new Curzon Street Station, including a 25 metre high truss which will create a new icon on the city’s skyline.
We are pleased to announce that Woolwich Station took home the NIC Design Principles Award at the BCIA 2022. Judge's described it as "a simple and robust engineering and architectural solution to a complex brief". The project was also Highly Commended in the Transport Project of the Year category.
Weston Williamson + Partners and Allies and Morrison have submitted the outline planning application for the Ebbsfleet Central East masterplan, on behalf of Ebbsfleet Development Corporation to deliver a transformative development in the Thames Gateway. Ebbsfleet Central East, comprising of three parcels, Northfleet Rise, Station Gardens and River Park, will break ground on a distinctive civic and commercial heart for Ebbsfleet, providing 2,100 new homes, up to 100,000 m² of office space and up to 10,000m2 of retail space.
Masterplanning at Stations forms part of Network Rail’s new design guidance manual suite, and is the first ever strategic guidance document produced by Network Rail with a dedicated focus on masterplanning projects across the UK rail network. We were privileged to work with Network Rail to produce the guidance, applying our design skills, masterplanning expertise and policy experience to bring a fresh, holistic and design-focused approach to the project.
WW+P is committed to designing buildings that make a meaningful contribution to achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and support our clients Net Zero ambitions. When I was approach by Prof. Ahmed Hagras from UWE Bristol about working with some of their placement students, I felt this was an excellent opportunity for collaboration, and to test new tools to aid the practice’s design process.
Join Senior Urban Designer Constance Desenfant at the NLA’s co-creating equitable places conference on October 14. This half day conference brings together experts from across the build environment profession to explore the challenges of London’s public space and ignite the debate of ‘how do we make London an inclusive city for all’.
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Economies of Hunger: How Volatile Markets Are Driving Food Insecurity
Each year, WFP partners with FAO and other UN agencies to release the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI), a report that informs on progress toward ending hunger. The latest report demonstrates that hunger is on the rise for the fourth year in a row – affecting 820 million people this past year. While drivers like climate change and conflict continue to be major contributors, SOFI 2019 focuses on another key driver of hunger: the economic downturns and slowdowns taking place across the world.
Economic volatility alone is the main driver of hunger for 10.2 million people – a small portion of the world’s 820 million hungry. However, it’s played a significant role as a secondary driver – worsening food security caused primarily by conflict and climate change. In more than half of the countries experiencing conflict or natural disasters, economic shocks made the problem even worse, impacting 96 million people. Higher unemployment, declining wages and lower incomes due to economic instability prevent people from having steady access to food.
This year’s SOFI report examines two main ways in which economic volatility is driving hunger: food import/export dependency and income inequality.
Throughout the world, increasing debt and uncertainty around global trade relations have led to the decline and stagnation of regional economies. Rising tariffs are forecasted to reduce demand for commodities, creating serious consequences for countries dependent on export income. Among countries that experienced increased hunger because of an economic downturn or slowdown, 80 percent depended heavily on commodity imports or exports. Lower commodity prices not only reduce a nation’s revenue, but also lead to a decline in GDP growth – increasing unemployment and making people vulnerable to food insecurity.
Income inequality also plays a detrimental role in rates of global hunger. Nearly half of all the countries in the world are experiencing rising inequalities. These disparities exacerbate the impact of economic downturns and slowdowns on food security and lead to a greater prevalence of hunger. This is particularly true in lower-income countries, where inequality is more prevalent, and people are already struggling to get enough to eat. Here, when an economic downturn causes food prices to increase, people are often forced to spend the majority of their small income on meals – leaving nothing left over for other basic needs. In fact, people in low-income countries are 20 percent more likely than those in middle-income ones to be food insecure because of inequality.
SOFI 2019 demonstrates that to achieve zero hunger, we need to reduce widening income inequalities across the world and at the same time help hungry people build resilience to economic shifts. To do this, WFP is working to reach the most vulnerable with the immediate food assistance they need now, but also with the agricultural tools and training necessary to withstand the shocks of fluctuating global commodity prices and vagaries. As long as there are markets, there will be downturns and upturns, good years and bad. But these shifting sands shouldn’t lead to hunger, and it’s WFP’s goal that by 2030 all drivers of hunger will be problems of the past.
This piece was written by Madeline McGarry. Madeline joins World Food Program USA as a summer intern through the Congressional Hunger Center’s Zero Hunger Internship Program. She is a junior at Iowa State University studying agricultural and life sciences with a communications emphasis.
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This May, the historic Mount Baker Theatre will celebrate 90 years as Whatcom County’s hub for live entertainment from around the world. MBT is inviting the public to attend a free Community Open House on May 5, 2017 from 3 to 5 p.m. that will include birthday cake, historical information, video screenings and more.
MBT will officially turn 90 years old on Saturday, April 29. The true birthday gift is that what began as a luxe movie palace in 1927 has evolved through community, government and private support to become the historic home to a premiere Pacific Northwest cultural tourism destination that also sustains the regional community and economy in Bellingham’s downtown Arts District.
Currently, MBT hosts over 110,000 people in more than 400 annual events across its three venues but in the 1980s MBT was slated for demolition. In a great example of civic partnership between city, county and community, a new structure emerged. Today the city-owned facility is managed by the Mount Baker Theatre Corporation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. That ‘80s wrecking ball was set aside to make room for a gorgeous restoration and repurpose of existing spaces. This was done in phases to arrive at the gem of a building we see today.
Access to the Performing Arts
MBT gives our community access. Through the touring performances MBT presents, patrons can experience world-class entertainment without having to travel to New York or even Seattle. The Wade Bennett King Education Series hosts over 16,000 school-aged children annually, with professional programming aimed to inspire while augmenting topics studied in more traditional school settings. Commercial renters bring famous acts, festivals and their attendees into the building and the town.
“Access” is not limited to entertainment from afar, but to the building itself as a world-class facility for local presenters. Their professionally-managed historic stage hosts the little feet of local dance students, the “walks” of various college graduates, and well-heeled speakers from many civic and community groups. From ski films to local authors, the stunning theatrical setting can make local events “big.”
But MBT is much more than events with tickets. The community spaces act as an anchor for downtown Bellingham’s Arts District. Performances, rehearsals, keynote speakers, meetings and more happen on the Main Stage, in the Harold and Irene Walton Theatre and in the 1,200-square foot Encore Room. Many community arts nonprofits take advantage of the program that allows free use of the Encore room. There is usually something happening in the building in addition to the all-audience ticketed shows.
“Give Big” in May
In early May, in honor of the 90th Birthday Celebration, MBT is encouraging the community to become MBT members and make donations to support the facility and its impact on the community. “Membership supports so many things at MBT: the preservation of the building, keeping the programming we provide accessible, keeping the use of the Encore Room free to local nonprofits, and underwriting the costs of MBT’s extensive education program and the headliners we’re able to bring to the area,” explains Development Director John Purdie.
Fundraising work last year with Mercy Housing and Alderwood Elementary School allowed several children to attend Missoula Children’s Theatre Summer Camps at MBT on scholarship. That success helped get more funds including a matching grant from Bellingham Bay Rotary Club that will support scholarships for more than 20 students to this summer’s camps.
MBT is also planning to increase scholarships for the education program that serves Kindergarten through 12th grade. “Many teachers have told us that even our current low cost for tickets and the costs of bussing is too much for them so we’d like to help those most in need,” adds Purdie. The upcoming William Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet is a great example of the many shows presented as part of MBT’s education program.
Community Open House Celebration
The Community Open House will run from 3 to 5 p.m. on May 5. Two screenings of a video project about MBT’s history from local muralist Lanny Little will be in the Walton Theatre, beginning at 3 p.m. and 4 p.m.
The free, family-friendly event will include birthday cake and historical information from volunteer tour docents. A short public presentation and official celebratory announcement by local dignitaries will occur around 4:45 p.m. Advance reservations are not required.
The majestic MBT brings so much to the community as a performing arts center-piece, providing access and education to both locals and tourists of every age. With the help and hard work of staff, volunteers and donors, the theater is looking forward to the Community Open House and the “Give Big” campaign that will celebrate MBT’s 90th year as a vital member of this lovely community.
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This is exactly how petsa de peligro feels like. Most of us have probably gone through it (as for me, I experience it every month). Which is why in this episode of U-LOL, we’ve compiled the most relatable videos trending online as far as payday is concerned…
Watch this video and tell us your tips on how to survive petsa de peligro!
WhenInManila.com’s U-LOL is our new YouTube series where we sum up some of the funniest, craziest, and best videos trending online!
Got tips on how to survive petsa de peligro? Share them in the comments section below!
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Products for the avid waterfowler.
Go Devil's ready-to-hunt Floating Duck Blind is available in two models: a rugged hardtop, and an extremely low-profile convertible version. The hardtop rig will protect hunters looking to get away from the elements. If the birds in your area are a little spooked by the hoards of traditional boxy boat blinds, Go-Devil's low-profile floating duck blind not only doesn't stand out above the natural cover, but offers gunners a convenient flip-top lid that helps keep weather out while keeping the BTUs from the propane heater in. The floater is packed with features--navigation lights, built-in shelves, brush pipes, front and rear access hatches, gun rests, and a 12-foot aluminum push pole, just to name a few. Twin 18-horsepower Crawfish Model Go-Devil engines power the rig and will get you anywhere you want to go at speeds up to 20-mph.
Go Devil, Dept. WF; 18649 Womack Rd., Baton Rouge, LA. 70817; (888) 490-3254; www.godevil.com
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Versatility without compromise
These are the go-to traction device that’s ready for anything. Designed for running or hiking adventures on a variety of surfaces, EXOspikes™ are at home on ice and snow as well as on dry, rocky ground. Twelve ultra-durable tungsten carbide spikes underfoot provide an impressive amount of grip when you need it, and stand up to rocks and other abrasive trail features when you don’t. All in a very lightweight package that can be easily stowed away in a backpack.
- 12 tungsten carbide spikes
- Traction Matrix provides 3 levels of traction
- Lightweight harness with reinforced eyelets
- Integrated toe bail for added security
- Raised heel tab for easy on/off
- Includes tote sack
Also check out the Kahtoola Microspikes, for epic traction on more icy, mountainous terrain.
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Eczema Relief Essential Oil Roll On
Eczema Relief soothes inflamed skin with nourishing oils and skin serum fortified with healing essential oils.
Ingredients: essential oils of Lavender, 3% Helichrysum in jojoba, Palmarosa, Frankincense, Patchouli, Myrrh, Carrot Seed in Nourishing Oils (Avocado, Sweet Almond, Castor, Golden Jojoba, Apricot, Olive, Argan, Black Seed, Baobab,Vitamin E ) and Skin Serum (Hemp, Argan, Jojoba, Rose Hip, Tamanu, Calendula, Baobab, Meadowfoam Seed, Sea Buckthorn, Vitamin E )
Not evaluated by the FDA
Consult your doctor if under medical care
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Organization is critical to anglers, whether fishing from the boat or the bank. Our friends at Gamakatsu are going to aid winners of our latest giveaway with some boxes that will aid that effort.
Five winners will get two boxes, a Gamakatsu deep utility gearbox, perfect for Crankbaits of all sizes, and a Gamakatsu slit foam case perfect for swimbait and weighted frog hooks.
We are also throwing in a package of size 2, 3,4, and 5 finesse trebles to add to your favorite crankbait or topwater lure for each winner too. Super sticky, made with tournament grade wire with a Nano-coating that allows them to better penetrate the fish’s mouth and hold on.
Congratulations to the winners, your gear is on the way! Thanks for entering and as always, keep an eye out for more weekly giveaways from the Wired2fish guys.
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Wisconsin DHS: Division of Care and Treatment Services
The Wisconsin Substance Use Prevention Conference is the state's only event focused on providing practical tips and strategies to reduce the impacts of alcohol and other drug use. Whether you're a community leader, government official, health and human services professional, law enforcement official, medical professional, public health professional, or a person with lived experience, you'll walk away with information you can use to improve individual and community health and safety.
See the full agenda for this event and information on how to register to attend.
Continuing education credits are available for people who attend the live event either in person or virtually.
The deadline to register for the Wisconsin Substance Use Prevention Conference is 1 p.m. September 13.
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Tailgating is a well-loved Wisconsin tradition. Celebrate the big game with a delicious cheese ball, featuring creamy gouda cheese and candied bacon in every bite.
Look for the Proudly Wisconsin Badge when shopping for cheese. Any brand of Wisconsin
can be used in this recipe.
Do you have questions when shopping for cheese? Ask the cheesemonger! A cheesemonger specializes in the buying and selling of high-quality cheese, usually available in the specialty section of a grocery store or cheese shop. Knowledgeable and passionate, a cheesemonger is a go-to resource for cheese varieties and pairings, proper cheese storage and handling, its cooking applications and cheese brand information.
Roth Gouda is the quintessential Dutch cheese. It has a creamy texture and mellow flavor with a mild sweetness.
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In Wisconsin, we make more flavors, varieties, and styles of cheese than anywhere else in the world. We believe in tradition, producing everything from Italian classics, like parmesan and ricotta, to swiss cheese and cheddar varieties. But every Wisconsin cheesemaker is an innovator as well, which is why we have so many Wisconsin originals, like colby and muenster. Whether it’s a grilled cheese sandwich, potatoes au gratin, or a charcuterie board, Wisconsin cheese makes every dish and recipe tastier.
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Is the Salvation Army Close Today?
The Salvation Army is a global organization that provides social services and assistance to those in need. As such, it is important to know if the Salvation Army is open or closed on any given day.
Hours of Operation
The Salvation Army typically operates from 9am to 5pm Monday through Friday. However, hours may vary depending on the location. It is best to contact your local Salvation Army center for specific hours of operation.
The Salvation Army is usually closed on major holidays such as Christmas, New Year’s Day, Easter, and Thanksgiving. However, some locations may be open on certain holidays. Again, it is best to contact your local Salvation Army center for more information.
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The Quality Of The Po River In Connection To A Denitrification Improvement In The City Of Turin Treatment Plant
Free (open access)
G. Genon & M. Vaccarono
The city of Turin collects urban wastewater and sends it to an important treatment plant and from there it is discharged into the river Po. Some problems arise from the fact that wastewater flow rate corresponds to 6–8 m 3 /s, and this flow rate, which is normally high enough to guarantee a good degree of mixing, can be reduced in some periods of the year at the connection point to approximately the same previously mentioned numerical value because of the withdrawal of water to a plant where it is used for hydroelectric production. These aspects have been evaluated in different periods, before and after insertion of a specific section for the removal of biological nitrogen. Some evaluations have been performed on the basis of regular monitoring data concerning the plant effluent characteristics and the quality of the river; a statistical analysis was performed of the correlation of the two data sets, while taking different hydrological aspects of the river into account. A modellistic approach, which is useful to define the capacity of the river for removing the emitted nitrogen, has also been studied. As a final result it was, on the one hand, possible to verify the effective improvement in quality of the river in connection with the increased efficiency due to the treatment and, on the other, to verify the heavy limit on the quality of the river water due to the low dilution ratio at the connection point. Keywords: river quality, nitric nitrogen, denitrification, treatment plant, Po River, nitrogen removal, model, first order kinetics. 1 Introduction Most of the contamination of the Po River, downstream to the city of Turin, is caused by discharges from the municipal treatment plant which is managed by
river quality, nitric nitrogen, denitrification, treatment plant, Po River, nitrogen removal, model, first order kinetics.
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea on Friday rejected the North's highly unusual overture to send North Korean relatives to Seoul to reunite with the 13 restaurant workers it says were abducted in China by spies from the South.
The workers, from a restaurant North Korea says is in the eastern Chinese city of Ningbo, were the biggest group to defect since Kim Jong Un took power in North Korea in 2011. Pyongyang typically accuses Seoul of kidnapping or enticing its citizens to defect, but an attempt to reunite the families is extraordinary.
Pyongyang's state media said Friday it had informed Seoul that the North will try to send the relatives through the border village of Panmunjom but did not say when.
"The families of the abductees are eagerly asking for face-to-face contact with their daughters as they were forced to part," said the message carried by the official Korean Central News Agency.
Seoul's Unification Ministry responded in a brief statement that it cannot accept the North's request because the restaurant workers decided on their own to resettle in the South.
North Korea has already warned of unspecified retaliation if South Korea refuses to send back the restaurant workers.
The defections of one male manager and 12 female waitresses have had intense media attention in South Korea. After announcing the defections earlier this month, Seoul officials have refused to disclose full details, and some critics have questioned whether the announcement was an attempt to influence the results of parliamentary elections, which the conservative ruling party eventually lost to liberal opposition parties.
The North has about 50,000 to 60,000 workers abroad, mostly in Russia and China, with a mission to bring in foreign currency, according to Seoul's intelligence service. Pyongyang typically sends relatively affluent, loyal citizens to such jobs, because they are seen as being less affected by foreign cultures, according to experts in South Korea.
More than 29,000 North Koreans have fled to South Korea since the end of the 1950-53 Korean War, according to South Korean government records. Many defectors have testified that they wanted to avoid the North's harsh political system and poverty.
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School of Media News
WKU photojournalism students, faculty honored by KNPA
- Friday, March 5th, 2021
WKU photojournalism student Sam Mallon was named Student Photographer of the Year in Kentucky News Photographers Association’s 2021 contest.
Mallon was one of three WKU students honored in Student Division, while faculty members Jeanie Adams-Smith and James Kenney were honored in the Professional Division.
- General News: Zane Meyer-Thornton of Los Angeles, California, second
- Feature: Sam Mallon of Silver Spring, Maryland, second and honorable mention; Lily Estella Thompson of Paoli, Indiana, third
- Sports Feature: Lily Estella Thompson, first; Sam Mallon, third
- Portrait: Sam Mallon, first and third; Zane Meyer-Thornton, second
- Feature Story: Lily Estella Thompson, first; Zane Meyer-Thornton, second; Sam Mallon, third
- Judges Award (student/professional combined): Lily Estella Thompson
- Sports Story: Jeanie Adams-Smith, first
- Feature: James H. Kenney, first
Contact: James Kenney, email@example.com
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COLUMBIA, S.C. — The absence of audible thunder on hot summer nights can create the impression that heat lightning is somehow different or unique, but technically, heat lightning is not a specific type of lightning or even a scientific term.
In fact, what we are actually witnessing is distant lightning from thunderstorms that are too far away for the thunder to be heard.
On clear nights, lightning can travel a considerable distance from storms miles away. While a lightning strike does generate thunder, its audible reach is limited to those in close proximity.
Unlike light, which can travel great distances, sound typically cannot be heard beyond about 10 miles from its source.
Heat lightning, or rather, distant lightning, is much less dangerous than normal lightning because of the distance.
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As You are Considering Christian Boarding Schools near Pikesville, Maryland, Would You Consider One in North Carolina Instead?
When you search around Pikesville for a residential program for troubled teens, we invite you to look also at Wolf Creek Academy. Even though it is not in Pikesville, Maryland, Wolf Creek Academy is committed to family restoration and putting teens back on track for a bright future.
Perfectly situated in the beautiful mountains of western North Carolina, Wolf Creek Academy serves teenage girls and boys on different parts of its campus who have a record of behavior difficulties, broken family relationships, or any other emotional issues.
Wolf Creek specializes in attachment disorders and other serious relational and self-destructive behavioral difficulties in boys and girls. Our staff is highly qualified and trained to deal with and treat various psychological disorders that many other boarding schools that call themselves “therapeutic” are not equipped to handle.
We are a faith-based program emphasizing integrity, character, and accountability. All the teens who attend our program can grow into productive individuals when given guidance and the opportunity to reach their potential.
Wolf Creek Academy offers a loving home environment for teen boys and girls who lack direction. Residents live in a comfortable home run by a husband and wife team of houseparents and residential assistants. In our family model, girls and boys help with daily chores common to home life and learn to respect authority and interact with their peers.
Parent involvement is important to the effectiveness of our therapeutic boarding school program.
Parents receive weekly verbal and email reports and play a role in the progress of their son or daughter.
For the teen, each morning commences with small group counseling sessions about anger management, respect for authority, and a lot of other topics highly relevant to teens. Weekly individual sessions help teens make progress toward their behavioral goals. Our program also includes a risky activities program to cope with issues related to drug and alcohol use or any other addictive behaviors including eating disorders or cutting.
Our accredited school lets students achieve at their own pace.
Under our fully accredited Christian curriculum, students can complete missing credits in their education and work successfully at their own pace. Teachers and assistants monitor progress through the material and help students who need extra help with their work. Credits transfer easily to other schools, and graduates earn a high school diploma. Our recently added skills development center offers a skilled trade along with vital skills for the manufacturing environment, including welding skills, shop safety, work ethic for new employees, and other disciplines.
To help keep teens physically active we hold daily PE classes including many different sports and seasonal outdoor adventure activities, including hiking (the Appalachian Trail is nearby) and skiing. Every week, social activities also vary and may include bowling, movies, church, visiting museums and much more.
Wolf Creek Academy wants your teenager to learn a more productive and positive way of life, improve their academics, and improve their decision-making abilities.
We offer a loving, home-like environment with professional counseling to show teens how to get back on track. Though we are not in Pikesville,Maryland, the North Carolina mountains offer a beautiful setting for restoration and growth. We invite you to look through the many resources on our website, especially the word from our director about why parents choose boarding schools, as you continue your quest in Pikesville, Maryland and elsewhere.
Thank you for including Wolf Creek Academy in your search for Christian boarding schools for girls and boys near Pikesville, Maryland.
Please consider looking beyond Pikesville, Maryland to see how our Christian boarding school can lead your child toward restoration. To discover more, we invite you to explore our website, then use our inquiry form or call us today at (877)477-9653.
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Looking for cute hairstyles for short hair? Here are cute twist hairstyles for short hair. Check it out!
A brand new hairstyle is one way to accessorize yourself for a major event. There are enormous innovative ways to design your short hair in different cute and twist hairstyles for short natural hair to get a fabulous look.
- Related: Pretty Twisted Hairstyles For Girls
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- Related: Braid Hairstyles for Short Hair
Here are some gorgeous and stunning hairstyles that will get you many more admirers and eye-ball catchers from your sassy look.
Cute Twist Hairstyles For Short Hair
Small & Neat Twisted Low Bun
This small twisted low bun is a simple and astonishing hairstyle. You don’t have to put much efforts but just a couple of twists
- Begin it by gathering all your hair at nape of your neck portion and twist it until it become a small low bun. It is so simple yet striking hairstyle
- Make it clean and tidy by avoiding gaps with the help of good serum, and attached pins
Sleek High Twisted Braid
One of the best and attractive hairstyle for short hair that works well for any length and gives a stylish look. Long, luscious braids look great at every length with hottest cuts and latest trends.
- Start making braids from the neck line and after reaching the top centre roll the rest hair like a bun and attach the pins to the braids to give it a finishing look.
Related: Short Stack Bob Hairstyle
Twisted Topknot And Headband
This chunky twist hairstyle is amazing for short and medium lengths. You need to moisturize your hair a little to put the knot perfectly at the top.
- First, gather all your hair at the nape of neck and roll it while bringing it at the top center of the head.
- Then carefully put the rubber band without loosening the twisted knot.
- And apply the headband, at last, to give it your hairstyle a stylish look.
Twisted Spiral Bun
This is an extremely easy hairstyle and takes very little time to do. So it’s All you need to do is – twist your hair together and make it like a spiral shape through wrapping one layer to the another carefully.
Topknot With A Twisted Braid
Top knot with a twisted braid gives an authentic but a fierce look with sky-high quiff. With a strong hold hairspray, it marks for an impeccable look.
- All you need to do is just create a nice topknot and wrap it perfectly with a twisted braid to look elegant.
Low Messy Bun With Twisted Strands
An old form of interesting, twisted updo with re-created look reminds us of rockabilly era. This is one of the most amazing and simple hairstyles that looks great in the middle of the back portion of your head.
To recreate this retro hairstyle, you need to begin by dividing hair into four twisted sections.
And then roll a bun upwards at the middle of the back portion of your head and tie it tightly with a band.
To complete the hairstyle attach the twisted strands of hair at the back tieing them to the bun.
Simple And Elegant French Twist
Get admires from others by adopting a new turned and twisted sassy and interesting short hair hairstyle. An undoubtedly classy look channelizing 50’s look with a modern twist.
A sporting urbane hairstyle showing off your hot and sexy back can be created in just a few steps. It looks perfect on short and straight twisted hair with soft curls. It serves each and every purpose perfectly but getting rolled at the little upwards side of the nape of your neck giving it a perfect French twist look.
Related: Breezy Waves Hairstyles
Twist hairstyle looks amazing if you have thick hair. It gives your hair neat yet edgy look. It does take time to complete the hairstyle but it’s pretty easy to do by yourself too.
How To Do Twists On Short Hair
I have heard this from a lot of hairstylists that twist hairstyle can help your hair grow better. And what’s not to love about twists – it makes short hair look so cute and pretty! Here’s a step by step guide on how to do twists on short hair.
- Make two sections of your hair from your hairline to the nape.
- Divide each section of your hair into smaller sections. It’s best to start dividing at the front hairline.
- Now divide each of those small sections into two and twist them with each other. And secure it using a small clip
- Now do the same with all other sections.
- And done! Now you can flaunt your stylish new twists.
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If you want to create a successful eCommerce mobile app that will help in targeting more audiences and increase engagement, the readymade WooCommerce Mobile App Builder can be a wise choice. The best thing about the pre-defined extension is that the store admin need not to indulge in unnecessary coding knowledge or functionality details. The eCommerce mobile apps are designed with potent features to achieve the best results. The store owner can customize the eCommerce Android and iOS Mobile app exactly as required. With full admin control, the store admin can simply manage the working of both mobile apps over a few mouse clicks. Expanding the eCommerce business with Android and the iOS app provides numerous benefits and generates more revenue.
If you are worried about the time frame and capital in launching mobile apps, WooCommerce Mobile App Builder is a ready-to-use extension to transform the online store into a native eCommerce app. So, the store merchants can easily perform all the required changes in the Android and iOS app without any technicality. The WooCommerce Mobile App is the fastest and most affordable way to build a mobile app for your existing site. You just have to follow three simple steps:
Step 1: Purchase & Install the extension-
The store admin just needs to purchase the WooCommerce Mobile App Maker module from the Knowband website and install the extension on its eCommerce store.
Step 2: Fill Prerequisite Form-
The store owner needs to fill up the prerequisite form and share the details with us. We will help in developing the shopping app as per their needs.
Step 3: Launching Mobile App-
Once the Android and iOS app is developed, the store admin needs to review and confirm it to publish on the Google Play Store and Apple App Store.
Why Own a WooCommerce Mobile App?
It is possible that you are generating enough revenue from your eCommerce website, but due to current technological changes, it is not going to last for a longer period of time. Now, the priorities of the customer have been changed; they want mobile shopping apps to be accessed at their fingertips. According to the research, over 50% of total web traffic is now coming from eCommerce apps. We can see that the traditional websites are now starting to get dominated by shopping apps and the unstoppable rise of smartphones making it happen faster. So, it is a clever decision to go for WooCommerce Mobile App Builder before it gets too late.
Powerful Features of WooCommerce Mobile App Delivering Results:
1. White Label Mobile App Branding-
The WooCommerce Mobile App Creator gives a better branding opportunity and allows the store admin to launch a branded shopping app for their business. With this option, the store owner can launch the eCommerce mobile app on the Google Play Store and Apple App Store with his own business account. The store admin has the option to add the App logo, name, splash screen, home screen UI, images and banners, etc by accessing the admin panel.
2. Easy Home Screen Customization-
Customizing and crafting the home screen of the shopping app according to the changing need and requirements can be a very difficult task. The Mobile App for WooCommerce makes it simpler and allows the store admin to perform all the changes on the app home screen without the need of learning the coding language. The eCommerce merchant can also create multiple layouts design in the module extension and use the right one anytime.
3. Real-Time Synchronization-
It might be irritating for the eCommerce merchant to perform changes on product inventory and data on a regular basis. The WooCommerce Android & iOS Mobile App Builder allows the store owner to fully synchronize the mobile apps with the eCommerce store inventory. All the changes performed in the product inventory and data on the eCommerce store will get reflected on the mobile app automatically.
4. Push Notifications For Easy Marketing-
The WooCommerce Android And iOS App Maker is a great tool to promote the eCommerce store product on the users smartphone. It makes the customers aware of the latest offers, discounts, and updates available on the eCommerce mobile app. The push notifications feature allows to send the notifications to the customers even when the eCommerce app is closed and mobile phones are locked. The store admin can simply configure the template and image of the notification and send it from the admin panel of the extension.
5. Offline Access For Better Engagement-
The WooCommerce Mobile App offers an offline access mode that improves the engagement rate of the eCommerce mobile app. The customers can seamlessly use the shopping app even if they are having no or slow internet connection. All the pre-loaded products can be browsed in offline mode.
6. Easy One-Step Registration and Login-
The WooCommerce eCommerce Mobile App allows the customer to get access to the shopping app with a single tap. The Android app and iOS app consists of social login options (Facebook/Google) and email login/registration options. The Fingerprint and Phone No(OTP) login can also be used by the customer to easily get access to the eCommerce mobile app.
7. Multiple Payment and Shipping Options-
The WooCommerce Mobile App Builder ensures a high engagement rate in the eCommerce mobile app. The shopping app consists of all the payment and shipping options available on the eCommerce store. The multiple favorable payment and shipping methods allows the customers to have easy transaction processing.
8. Multilingual and RTL Support To Target Globally-
The WooCommerce Mobile App supports all the regional, local and global languages available on the eCommerce store. It also allows the store admin to target the audience globally without any language barrier by using mobile apps. The store admin can include all the languages in the shopping app that are available on the eCommerce website including RTL ones. .
9. One-Page Checkout-
The WooCommerce Mobile App Creator helps the customer to avoid lengthy transaction process. The mobile app only asks for the required information from the customer. It allows the customers to easily perform all the checkout and purchase activities via the Android and iOS apps.
10. Zopim and Whatsapp Chat For Customer Support-
The Mobile App for WooCommerce consists of live customer support options. This option is especially offered to gain the trust and satisfaction of the customers. The customers might face multiple queries and issues while accessing the mobile app. The Zopim and WhatsApp customer support feature allow the store merchant to resolve customer queries and issues 24*7.
We understand that building a native app can be a time-consuming and expensive task. The Mobile App for WooCommerce avoids you going on the downside by eliminating the cost and heavy timelines. You don’t have to worry about building the shopping app from scratch. You just need to purchase the readymade extension from Knowband and launch the Android and iOS apps. This gives you peace of mind and can smoothly bring more sales to your business. To know more, connect with us by email at [email protected].
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Did you know Woodgrain makes animal bedding? If you didn’t, you’re not alone. Over 60% of users who participated in our Instagram poll revealed they had no idea!Our line of animal bedding products, Nature’s by Woodgrain Millwork, offers “best in class” animal bedding that’s highly absorbent, environmentally-friendly and cost-effective. So… Why? It’s all a part
When Matt Bennett first started selling pellets and shavings in Maryville, TN, it was just a part-time gig. Little did he know that it would become a full-time business.
While spring has officially sprung, it still feels like winter in many parts of the country. What are you doing to keep your horses warm? Some turn up the heat (literally) while others layer on blankets to provide warmth. However, what goes inside your horse’s body is just as important as what goes over it.
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Charcuterie is one of the classic fine foods. It's a key product for delis. And I love it – in all its forms...
Michael is the Editor of Fine Food Digest – a UK trade magazine for independent delis and farm shops, and their supply chain.
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Ontario’s Ministry of Labour, Training and Skills Development is taking steps to enable boilermakers and other skilled trades workers from Newfoundland and Labrador to find construction jobs in Ontario more easily.
Minister Monte McNaughton is proposing to amend O. Reg. 297/13 to recognize that fall-prevention training approved by WorkplaceNL is an acceptable alternative to completion of Ontario’s approved working at heights training.
The potential number of workers who will find their accreditation accelerated might not be great but McNaughton says it sends a message that Ontario supports labour mobility and reducing red tape. He said he has heard boilermakers addressing the credentials issue ever since he was in opposition.
“I am really excited,” he said. “We pride ourselves in saying that our office door is always open.
“To me this is a reasonable measure. This protects the health and safety of workers but also increases labour mobility. Newfoundland and Labrador has a high standard in working from heights training so we are going to recognize their training. We are going to look across the country to knock down barriers.”
The proposal would also expand an existing exemption so that it applies to more workplaces owned and operated by automobile manufacturers or assemblers.
McNaughton said boilerworkers are needed for such projects as nuclear refurbishment and petrochemical installations in southwestern Ontario.
“It provides labour where we are short and we are short a lot of boilermakers,” he stated.
Jonathan White, international representative with the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers (IBB), did not comment on specific shortages but said in an email, “The IBB is certainly in favour of eliminating redundant training and improving worker mobility when worker safety is maintained. Maintain safety, recognize equivalent training and improve worker mobility.”
McNaughton said it’s important to ensure there’s a steady supply of new workers to supplement the construction workforce. He quoted a report from the Conference Board of Canada that stated that with 200,000 jobs going unfulfilled, it costs $25 billion in lost GDP every year. He noted the most recent jobs report indicated there were thousands more working in construction than there were 60 days ago.
“The construction industry is going to play a lead role in the recovery of our economy,” said McNaughton.
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Pather Dabi – Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay PDF
Book – Pather Dabi Novel,
Author – Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay,
Genre – Bengali Novel,
Book Format – PDF,
Book Size – 10 MB,
Book Pages – 304,
Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay wrote the novel Pather Dabi.
The novel ‘Pather Dabi’ is written by lyricist Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay. This novel was published in 1926 AD. The poem ‘Africa’ of Rabindranath Tagore’s Patraput poetry was written in February 1937 AD. The gap between the two compositions is about eleven years. The ideological unity and harmony of the authors’ mentality can be observed in both works.
Who is the Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay?
The novel ‘Pather Dabi’ mentions the barbaric oppression of the Indians by the imperialist British rulers. Once the British colonized many countries of the world and carried out extreme oppression. They have been exploiting the people of India for a long time by usurping the ruling power of India. Many patriotic revolutionaries like Sabyasachi fought against the British and wanted to make the country independent. After this matter was published in the novel Pather Dabi, the youth community of Bengal was greatly stirred, the people of Bengal became excited.
To get rid of this public anger all around, the British ruler banned this novel. In this novel, the author’s protest against the brutality of the tyrannical British rulers, patriotism and humanity are revealed.
Who wrote the Pather Dabi Novel?
On the other hand, Africa, which has been deprived and neglected for ages, was brutally oppressed by the imperialist forces in the first half of the 20th century. In 1935 Mussolini invaded Africa. Africa’s humanity is spoiled by the barbaric greed of civilization. The poet’s pen roared against imperialist aggression, as it roared in many of his earlier and later works. Both Sarat Chandra and Rabindranath were saddened and outraged by the appalling barbarism of the so-called civilized countries. So they protested against the oppressor and expressed sympathy for the oppressed in their writings. Although the background is different, writers and poets have raised their voices in protest wherever humanity has been insulted.
So there is no doubt that the work ‘Pather Dabi’ is written against the ruler and for humanity. The novel ‘Pather Daabi’ is basically a slap in the face of Western colonialism, it is clear to us in the author’s creative work.
Readers can collect some others notable works of Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay.
- Sarat Rachanabali
- Bipradas Novel
- Sarat Upanyash Samagra
- Shrikanta Samagra
- Dena Paona
- Shesh Prashna
Which literally pair was created by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay?
Throughout the book, the autobiography of a broken woman emerges. This cry is so intense that no wealth of the world can overcome this ocean of illusion. The author has been able to convey in his poignant writing that the anxiety of not getting a loved one is the best anxiety in the world. External beauty may arrange many things in the world, but the beauty of the mind of a man and a woman and the beauty of the bond of the soul can be more than the external beauty. Be it male or female – many come in some part of life and suddenly disappear.
What is the first story of Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay?
Again, one suddenly comes, whose beauty does not matter. But how do you know that in the mind, in the soul, an invisible strange attraction suddenly raised its head. It seems that two souls are united in the same tune, touching from mind to mind, it seems that they have been identified since ages. Coming to earth, and living for each other. Love begins, then romance. Life moves forward in rhythm. Close by, side by side, they both suddenly remember their family struggles together. It will only result in love. One’s hard work starts and one’s motivation as well as sacrifices are added. All in all a full life.
The novel never seemed later to be the author’s own mold. How a woman builds a man from scratch, inspires those close to her and is committed to reaching the pinnacle of success.
Why is Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay famous?
Reading the book, everyone from the readership, researchers, teachers, students are immersed in the story. This idea is borne out by the comments that have come to us after reading the book. As a mother makes her child with everything, she made the writer. It is as if the writer has written for his mother and motherland. The mind will not agree to get up without finishing this novel in an instant. Many people may not be able to take everything from their hearts because of the great love and addiction to the author’s extraordinary writing and pen strokes. But overall it is a remarkable and realistic novel.
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Australia’s oil and gas industry recognises the issues confronting the east coast electricity market, and gas suppliers will continue to work constructively with regulators and governments on a way forward, following the meeting of energy ministers on 8 June.
The Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) said it was important the whole energy system was considered given recent pressures on gas supply were caused by coal-powered generation outages and the inability of renewables to input power as required.
“These are highly complicated regulatory matters and we look forward to continuing consultation with regulators and governments to resolve them," APPEA Acting Chief Executive, Damian Dwyer said.
“[The] meeting recognised the critical role the gas sector plays in meeting the energy security needs of the nation.
“We are doing everything we can to look after customers and fill the energy void left by coal-fired power generators in particular.
“Gas companies have already acted to ensure gas flows to where it is needed using the mechanisms put in place to help us do so – mechanisms which provide the market with transparency, affordability and supply.
“As [the] meeting reaffirmed, gas is delivering energy security to Australia and the current situation highlights the critical role gas will play in decades to come, replacing higher emissions coal and as a stabiliser for renewables when the wind doesn’t blow and the sun doesn’t shine.
“But to do that needs more investment certainty. Natural gas gives the energy system stability. But the industry needs an investment environment that supports stability.
“Years of needless state moratoriums, bans and delays, have only contributed to the situation the east coast energy market is now in. The industry has invested over AUS$20 billion on supply in the past 18 months. More can be invested under the right investment settings.”
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By Jamie Portwood, Writespace Administrative Assistant
The word volunteer, by definition, is a person who freely offers to take part in an enterprise or undertake a task. In other words, a volunteer makes a gift of herself. A volunteer says, “I have these talents and abilities and I want to use them for a good purpose.” It is one of the only ways we can choose how our gifts and talents and abilities are used. That choice alone makes it an act of self-care. In fact, research shows that volunteering has immense health benefits, from decreasing the risk of depression to reducing stress to increasing a sense of purpose to developing relationships.
I know that volunteering with Writespace has done that and more for me. When I first moved to Houston, I felt disconnected and isolated, all alone in the fourth largest city in the country. By happy accident, I found a flyer for upcoming workshops at Writespace. I decided to take a workshop and loved it. I kept taking workshops. Then I noticed that Writespace was asking for volunteers.
It was, I think, the first time that I was grateful for the administration skills I had acquired as an office manager. As soon as I began volunteering with Writespace, I felt like I had been plugged in. I met other volunteers who became friends, instructors who became friends. I became a part of the thriving arts community in Houston. I found a purpose that fulfilled me like nothing else. I belong to an organization that supports writers like me. What greater joy than to be a part of an organization that has given so much to me and other writers!
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Friday Night Football Fever Preview: Jeff Davis Volunteers
Head coach Rory Bell and the Volunteers head into year two with one mission: to win football games.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - The Jeff Davis Volunteers return to the gridiron after a 2-9 record in 2020, but that did include some close games that just didn’t fall in their favor.
Now in his second season, head coach Rory Bell has had a taste of the season and knows what to expect in year two. During the summer, the team wanted to not only improve the mentality heading into the season, but also the physicality of their game.
“We hit that weight room hard, so I know my team is a lot stronger and we’re a lot faster,” said Bell. “I think with those two elements, the kids come every day with a great attitude, and I always preach effort, so I think those things you’ll see different from us this year.”
After back-to-back losing seasons, the Volunteers are ready for a change, and Bell says his guys have the right mentality to go all the way.
”Win some games, and keep it simple,” he said. “Our job is to win games, so the first goal is to win the region, the second goal is to win the city, and once you get into the playoffs that’s a whole new season, and we’ll take it from there.
“I know what we can do, and we know what we need to do in order to get to the playoffs this season,” added senior Xander Baldwin. “We do expect to win games because we are different and we have a different attitude coming into the season.”
Jeff Davis will take on in-city opponent Sidney Lanier on Saturday, Aug. 21.
Copyright 2021 WSFA 12 News. All rights reserved.
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PARIS, France -- Iga Swiatek continued her powerful performance in the Roland Garros draw, as the Polish teenager ousted Italian qualifier Martina Trevisan, 6-3, 6-1, to reach her first Grand Slam semifinal in Paris.
The 19-year-old stunned No.1 seed Simona Halep in her most recent match on Sunday, and the up-and-coming star did not suffer a letdown as she quelled the Cinderella run of 26-year-old Trevisan after one hour and 18 minutes of creative, all-court play. Swiatek has yet to drop a set in her five matches thus far in the fortnight.
"I just knew that I'm not going to play as perfect as with Simona," Swiatek said, in her post-match press conference. "On my level, it's impossible to keep that level of consistency. I just knew that I'm going to make some mistakes at the beginning because of the conditions. I just stayed really down-to-earth and really positive."
"I wanted to be aggressive from the beginning so I can lead on court," the Pole continued. "I did that pretty well."
Trevisan had beaten an even younger Swiatek in their first meeting, which took place in a clay-court ITF Challenger event in Warsaw in 2017. But Swiatek had already leveled their head-to-head on grass in Birmingham qualies last year, and now owns a 2-1 record against the Italian.
"I wasn't thinking that I'm playing quarterfinal of a Grand Slam," said Swiatek. "I just kept doing everything I did before."
Swiatek is just the second woman from Poland to reach the final four at Roland Garros -- you have to go all the way back to 1939 to find another woman from her country to make it this far, when Jadwiga Jedrzejowska finished as the runner-up.
On a chilly Tuesday night, the teenager claimed the win from an early break down in the first set, firing 20 winners and converting six of her 11 break points. The aggressive Trevisan nearly matched Swiatek in winners, with 16, but could only convert two of her nine break points, and only won 43 percent of her service points in total.
In the semifinals, Swiatek will face another qualifier who is having the best showing of her career: Nadia Podoroska of Argentina. Podoroska earned her first-ever Top 20 win earlier on Tuesday, when she stunned No.3 seed Elina Svitolina of Ukraine in straight sets to reach her first-ever Grand Slam semifinal.
"I need to rest and play doubles well," said Swiatek, who is still active in the doubles quarterfinals alongside Nicole Melichar. "I'm just going to not think about singles for one day. But I'm sure my coach is going to do a great job and he's going to think about tactics as always. We're going to do everything the same."
Trevisan got off to a flying start, chasing down every ball she could and drawing errors from Swiatek to break the Pole in the very first game of the match. The Italian fended off a break point in the next game and continued to fire fierce forehands at the end of grueling rallies, eventually zipping to a 3-1 lead.
Swiatek, though, methodically found her footing, gritting out a tough hold for 3-2 with some well-timed service power. The Polish player was then rewarded at the end of the next game when a backhand dribbled over the net on her third break point, and Swiatek was back level at 3-3.
From there, the Polish teenager started to take command of the opening frame. A love hold for 4-3 was followed by a series of well-placed backhands, and her advantage from that side earned her a pivotal break for 5-3 and a chance to serve for the set.
With the set on Swiatek’s racquet, Trevisan continued to play aggressively, and after claiming the first two points of the game with forehand winners, the Italian got to double break point. But Swiatek rebounded, and eventually garnered three set points in the game. On the third, a forehand by Trevisan flew wide, and Swiatek had reeled off five straight games for the one-set lead.
Swiatek kicked off the second set by breaking Trevisan in the opening game with a scintillating backhand crosscourt winner, and after fighting back from 15-40 down in the subsequent game to consolidate for 2-0, the Pole was off to the races.
The 19-year-old won her eighth straight game by breaking Trevisan again for 3-0, and though the Italian kept fighting, earning one break back to get on the scoreboard, Swiatek found the forehand down the line on her second break point of the next game to reach 4-1.
At 5-1, Swiatek garnered double match point when the netcord sent a Trevisan shot out of bounds. On her first chance, Swiatek used one of her strengths, the deep, powerful backhand, to draw a long error from the Italian and claim a spot in the semifinals of the year’s last major.
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Ashleigh Barty has become the first player to win the Newcombe Medal, the highest individual honor in Australian tennis, on five occasions.
Barty, 26, has won the award every year it has been presented since 2017, sharing it with ATP player Alex De Minaur in 2018 and with former wheelchair No.1 Dylan Alcott in 2021. (In 2020, there were no awards due to the Covid-19 pandemic.)
The former World No.1 ended her career this year with an unbeaten run during the Australian summer, culminating in a first Australian Open title and third Grand Slam trophy overall. Barty's run in Melbourne made her the first home champion in women's singles since Chris O'Neil in 1978. In March, she announced her retirement from professional tennis.
Our 2022 Newcombe Medallist🏅— TennisAustralia (@TennisAustralia) December 12, 2022
Undefeated in both singles and doubles throughout the Australian summer, Ash Barty became the first local Australian Open women’s singles champion in 44 years. This is her fifth Newcombe Medal.
Congratulations, Ash! #Newks22 pic.twitter.com/LHG8shS1aC
"This has obviously been a very big year in my career and in my life," said Barty. "We've had exceptional change, we've had an amazing year of celebrating a journey of not only myself, but my team, and there is so much to be proud of.
"I stand here very proudly knowing that I absolutely fulfilled every ounce that I could to this beautiful sport that brought me so much more than I could have ever dreamt."
Barty beat out fellow WTA nominees Ajla Tomljanovic, a quarterfinalist at Wimbledon and the US Open this year, and US Open mixed doubles champion Storm Hunter (née Sanders), as well as ATP players De Minaur, Nick Kyrgios, Matthew Ebden and Max Purcell.
Great ambassadors of our game 💙 pic.twitter.com/oAsxEYLO6p— TennisAustralia (@TennisAustralia) December 12, 2022
Fittingly, Barty also introduced Evonne Goolagong Cawley, who was presented with the Spirit of Tennis award. Barty has often cited Indigenous trailblazer Goolagong Cawley, who won seven Grand Slam singles titles between 1971 and 1980, as an inspiration. Nowadays, the Evonne Goolagong Foundation runs tennis development camps for Indigenous children across Australia.
Accepting the award from Barty, Goolagong Cawley said: "This certainly was a real surprise. Particularly coming from a really wonderful friend of mine. She wasn't just a great tennis player, she's a great person on and off the court and I'll love her forever."
Teenagers Talia Gibson and Taylah Preston were named Female Junior Athletes of the Year. Gibson, 18, rocketed from No.1200 to No.364 in the WTA Rankings in 2022 after compiling a 50-21 record, including three ITF singles titles. Preston, 17, ended the year as the junior No.12 and World No.606 after coming through qualifying to make her WTA main-draw debut in 's-Hertogenbosch.
Barty's coach Craig Tyzzer also received the Coaching Excellence - Performance award for the third time.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A bill in the Florida legislature that would require all transgender youth to de-transition by the end of the year is making its way through committees to a possible vote.
Last week, the Florida Board of Medicine prohibited puberty blockers and hormone therapy for patients younger than 18. With the ban, the Sunshine State became the eighth state to restrict transgender care for minors.
This new legislation, HB 1421, would take the treatment ban further, prohibiting new "gender clinical intervention" treatments for transgender youth. If a person under 18 is already receiving gender-affirming care, they can continue to receive those therapies through Dec. 31. However, that exception is "solely for the purpose of gradual discontinuation of such therapies," also known as de-transitioning.
Gender clinical interventions include gender-affirming surgeries that "alter primary or secondary sexual characteristics" as well as puberty and hormone blockers or therapies.
Additionally, doctors and healthcare providers could be arrested and have their licenses suspended if they perform, attempt or "conspire" to provide gender clinical interventions to a minor.
If the bill became law, doctors could be sued by people who received gender clinical interventions, under certain conditions. It would also prohibit health insurance policies to cover gender-affirming care.
The bill would also allow Florida courts to "enter, modify, or stay a child custody determination" in order to "protect the child from being subjected to gender clinical interventions" in another state. This means parents looking to find gender-affirming care for their children out of state could have their kids taken away from them.
Other prohibitions in this bill include changes to a person's biological sex on their birth certificates.
HB 1421 made it through the Florida House's Healthcare Regulation Subcommittee and was sent on Wednesday to the Health & Human Services Committee. There is no date yet on when the committee will discuss the bill.
If it passed through the committee, it will go to the House for a vote. From there, depending on what happens, the bill would go to the Senate for approval.
If the bill passes both the House and Senate and Gov. Ron DeSantis puts pen to paper, the newly minted law would go into effect on July 1.
A companion bill, SB 254, is on the agenda Thursday in the Fiscal Policy committee substitute.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL)-- This recipe was a remake from a traditional cheese cake my grandmother would make during the holidays. “Food is Life” is what my mother taught me and she learned that from her mother.
Desert was always so much fun to cook for us kids growing up. Back then, my grandmother made a traditional plain cheese cake and the children were to decorate it with peppermint candies. Five years ago though my mother decided to kick the recipe up a notch by infusing the peppermint flavor into the cheese cake it self. My grandmother was not too happy about a change from one of her grandmother’s recipes but she did allow my mother and I to make one small cheese cake with a slightly new holiday twist to it.After all was said and done, the taste test was the most stressful of all. The family went silent and all eyes were on my grandmother as she tasted my Ma’s cheese cake. My grandma must have gone through every facial expression imaginable but once she finished her first bite she exclaimed! “Abastanza bene!!” meaning “Not Bad!!” in Italian! However she did mention that it needed a little something on top. Before the rest of the family had time to grab forks, my grandmother whipped up a chocolate ganache to pour over top and there you have it and it’s been a holiday favorite ever since!
-1 1/2 cups chocolate wafer cookie crumbs (about 32 cookies)
-1/4 cup butter, melted
-2 tablespoons sugar
-4 (8-oz.) packages cream cheese, softened
-1 (14-oz.) can sweetened condensed milk
-1/3 cup whipping cream
-1/4 cup sugar
-2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
-2 teaspoons vanilla extract
-3 large eggs
-1 1/2 cups semisweet chocolate chunks
Chocolate Ganache topping
-1/2 cup coarsely crushed hard peppermint candies (about 18 candies)
-3/4 cup whipping cream
-1 1/2 cups semisweet chocolate morsels
65 soft peppermint sticks (5 small bags), broken, and peppermint bark
Combine first 3 ingredients; stir well. Press mixture firmly on bottom of a lightly greased 9" spring form pan. Bake at 325° for 14 minutes; let cool.
Beat cream cheese at medium-high speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Gradually add sweetened condensed milk, beating just until blended. Add 1/3 cup whipping cream and next 3 ingredients, beating just until blended. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating just until yellow disappears. Stir in chocolate chunks and crushed candies.
Pour batter into baked crust. Bake at 325° for 52 to 55 minutes or until edges are set and center is almost set. Turn off oven. Immediately run a knife around edge of pan, releasing sides. With oven door slightly open, let cheesecake stand in oven 1 hour. Remove from oven; cool completely on a wire rack. Cover and chill 8 hours. Remove sides and bottom of pan; place cheesecake on a serving plate.
Pour 3/4 cup whipping cream into a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave at HIGH 1 minute or until hot. Add 1 1/2 cups semisweet morsels; stir until chocolate melts and mixture is smooth. Pour ganache over chilled cheesecake, allowing ganache to spill over edges of cheesecake; smooth ganache with an offset spatula. Let stand 10 minutes before garnishing. Store in refrigerator.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) — It's what FAMU DRS' Ericka Cromartie calls long overdue, and with an athletic history as rich as the Baby Rattlers, many would agree.
"We know other schools have them, and we kind of felt like it was time for FAMU High to be recognized," she said.
FAMU DRS, also known as FAMU High to the older alums, will induct their inaugural Sports Hall of Fame this weekend, where two dozen coaches, former athletes, and supporters of athletics will be recognized.
People like Harry Jacobs, Ahmad Aliyy, Ron Dugans, and Doris Medlock, all who paved the way for those now.
"It's more people to come, but we knew, the committee knew, that we felt like were trailblazers and people who started it," added Cromartie. "As years go on, we'll add people. We have a rich tradition of athletics. State championships, districts, players in the league, and coaches, people that are coaching now. We really want to get it going, and show people FAMU High has a rich history."
The FAMU High DRS Sports Hall of FAMU induction ceremony starts Saturday, July 8th at 4:00. Tickets are $75 per person, or $600 for a table of eight. For more information, contact Roger L. Walker at 850-412-5930.
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The City of Cortland Police Department assisted the Cortland County Drug Task Force by conducting a stop on Pendleton Street in the City of Cortland for a violation of a City ordinance.
During the investigation 39 year old Shauna M. Hamilton fled from officers, resisted arrest and was then found to be in possession of 95 bags of heroin, approximately 1.5 ounces of meth, packaging material, scales and an undisclosed amount of cash.
The overall street value of the drugs found was over $6,100. She was arrested and arraigned in City Court and held at Cortland County Jail.
Hamilton was charged with two counts of criminal possession of a controlled substance (a felony), criminally using drug paraphernalia 2nd degree (2 counts), and resisting arrest (both misdemeanors).
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Sacred Pre-Hispanic Journey
Witness the oarsmen departure to Cozumel Island
Included in your admission
Live one of the oldest traditions of the pre-Columbian era, the Sacred Journey. Every year, Xcaret recreates the pilgrimage of the ancestral canoers who paddled to Cozumel Island, to worship the goddess Ixchel.
They brought offerings in their canoe, in search of her divine message, which they brought back to their communities in the midst of a great celebration.
You can participate as a canoer (you must register and train for six months at the venues defined by the park), or as a visitor in the ceremonies to farewell and welcome the canoers.
Date: May, 19th and 20th 2023.
Date: Last Friday and Saturday of every May
Ages: for the whole family.
Get your admission in advance.
We have limited capacity, secure your place.
*Only applies to tickets to Parks and Tours.
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UNSW ECON2209 Assessment
Problem Set 2: Solutions
At the start of an R session for this course, remember to type library(fpp3) in the R Studio Console. This
will then load (most of) the R packages you will need, including some data sets.
• Total value: 10 marks.
• Submission is due on Friday of Week 5 (19 March), 5pm.
• A submission link is on the Moodle site under Assessments.
• Submit your documents in PDF format.
• Your submitted answers should include the R code that you used and any figures produced. Note that
in the bottom right quadrant of RStudio, under the Plots tab there is an export button. This can be
used to export figures for inserting into your answer document; e.g. select “Copy to Clipboard” and
paste into a Word document. (Other methods are also possible.)
• Problems are not of equal value.
Problem 1 [4 marks]:
Forecast the Chinese GDP from the global_economy data set using an ETS model. Experiment
with the various options in the ETS() function to see how much the forecasts change with damped
trend, or with a Box-Cox transformation. Try to develop an intuition of what each is doing to the
forecasts. Discuss your results.
[Hint: use h=20 when forecasting, so you can clearly see the differences between the various
options when plotting the forecasts.]
Problem 2 [6 marks]:
Use the quarterly number of arrivals to Australia from New Zealand, 1981 Q1 – 2012 Q3, from
data set aus_arrivals.
a. Make a time plot of your data and describe the main features of the series.
b. Create a training set that withholds the last two years of available data. Forecast the test
set using an appropriate model for Holt-Winters’ multiplicative method.
c. Why is multiplicative seasonality necessary here?
d. Forecast the two-year test set using each of the following methods:
i) an ETS model;
ii) an additive ETS model applied to a log transformed series;
iii) a seasonal naïve method;
iv) an STL decomposition applied to the log transformed data followed by an ETS model
applied to the seasonally adjusted (transformed) data.
e. Which method gives the best forecasts? Check and comment on the residuals.
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Bong Joon Ho‘s translator has a bright future ahead of her.
After Parasite cleaned up with four wins during the 2020 Academy Awards Sunday, the South Korean filmmaker, 50, revealed to reporters backstage that his translator, Sharon Choi, has a project of her own in the works.
“You already know she’s a filmmaker. And she studied film in the university, yeah, so I’m so curious about her script,” said Bong. “Actually, she’s writing some feature-length script, I’m so curious about it.”
Sharon, 25, was by Bong’s side throughout the night as his hit film earned Academy Awards for Best Director, Best International Film, Best Original Screenplay and the top honor of the night, Best Picture.
Bong also shared in the press room via Sharon’s translation that he has two more projects coming in the near future.
“I have to work, it’s my job,” he said. “So I’ve been working for the past 20 years, and regardless what happened at Cannes and Oscars, I had been working on two projects before then, I’m continuing to work on them, nothing has changed because of these awards. One is in Korean and one is in English.”
With Parasite‘s initial win of the evening, Best Original Screenplay, it marked the first time that a South Korean film nabbed an Oscar. It also joined a small list of five other movies written in a language other than English that have previously won the category, according to Variety.
The film was nominated for six awards total on Sunday night after earning critical acclaim and the prestigious Palme d’Or last May, the highest prize at the Cannes Film Festival.
It also took home wins at the 2020 SAG Awards for best motion picture – foreign language and at the 2020 Golden Globes for best foreign language film.
Parasite follows the story of two distinct families, one living in extreme poverty and the other in extreme wealth, as they become unusually entangled.
The 92nd Annual Academy Awards aired live on ABC from the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on Feb. 9.
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Indeed, as predicted by one of the characters in the film succeeding Jawaharlal Nehru’s radio broadcast, “independence from the British [was] soaked in [their] brother’s blood. ” At the midst of all these atrocities have been ladies who had been remaining most devastated by the celebration. Apart from the devastation that ensued, even so, the partition of India also still left gals in a continuous approach of definition and redefinition, FINDING FRIENDS: DON’T WRITE IN A VACUUM | Readings & Signings | Creative Loafing Charlotte which built the activities even worse than it currently is for them.
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So, in the context of 1947 India and the decades thereafter, alongside one another with the multitude of conflicting relationships encompassing it, this essay will argue that the partition performs a focal position in the progress of women’s identity as defined by the State, modern society and religion wherever a woman’s viewpoint was specified very little consideration as portrayed in their private life within just the backdrop of Zahara a countrywide tragedy . As illustrated in the film Earth, the atrocities that resulted from the partition of India are not able to be narrowed down to a one causal factor. In this regard, although the British colonial governing administration should, in massive aspect, be accountable for leaving its colony in this kind of haste and without the need of because of preparing for an orderly transfer of power 1 simply cannot deny that India, prior to the partition was plagued by a variety of brewing conflicts. On a person hand, there exists the obvious regional imbalance in which an established Hindu center course struggles to avert the increase of an emergent Muslim center course (Markovits 239).
Inside of this struggle for course dominance is also the wrestle for economic dominance in between the Hindu and Muslim businessmen, as effectively as the British and Parsee business owners. In addition, there also exists the struggle for political power and regulate fueled by a budding Indian nationalism in opposition to its colonial govt. And lastly, one particular are not able to overlook the religious conflict involving the Sikhs, Muslims and Hindu, among many others. As Claude Markovits statements , “the fundamental brings about of partition are to be sought in very long-time period developments and guidelines which, just after a certain level in time were outside of the control of any of the actors included” (Markovits 236).
As a result, as a final result of all these variables, like cracks on a plate, the response to Lenny’s dilemma in the opening scene of Earth, would be sure, just one could break a state. In the midst of all the forces that guide to a damaged India, nevertheless are gals, this sort of that as a outcome of the partition, they ended up not only continually “destituted (sic) in just one way or one more by the party” (Menon and Bhasin 209) but they were being also still left in a state of regular definition and redefinition by all sectors of the society. This system of definition and redefinition of women are started in the unique roles that Indian culture and for that reason Pakistani modern society as effectively, accorded to women of all ages – a member of a community and a image of honor.
As illustrated in Earth, Ayah Shanta’s character, which represented the figure o womanhood, was portrayed as a younger and attractive Hindu girl admired by a quantity of suitors from distinct spiritual backgrounds. Regularly wooed by males, she was envisioned as a trophy not in a derogatory time period, but as a image of status.
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Valeria Guerrero has joined Younger Partners as our Research Manager, bringing a wealth of experience and a proven record of expertise in real estate market analysis and strategic insights. With a background in analyzing the DFW real estate market and contributing to thought leadership in the industry, Valeria is poised to make a significant impact on our organization's growth and success.
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When it comes to mainstream society’s understanding of the adolescent brain, we are often limited to research which perpetuates harmful stereotypes and myths. Teenagers are lazy. Teens take stupid and dangerous risks. They’re impulsive and obsessed with approval from peers. While the people who stand by these stereotypes may point to neuroscience as evidence for their beliefs, the “proof” they often demonstrate as sufficient reasoning for restricting youth rights is far from accurate. Yes, teenagers may be more predisposed to “risk-taking behaviors”, but the explanation for this development is far more complex than initially imagined. “Teenagers may actually be better than adults at certain types of learning,” says Juliet Davidow, a postdoctoral researcher at Harvard University’s Affective Neuroscience and Development Lab in a study published in the journal Neuron. The reason? Teens have a natural drive for seeking rewards, and their brains are primed to learn from such rewards in a way that’s more difficult for adults to accomplish.
The understanding of this phenomenon lies in a brain structure called the striatum, located in the basal ganglia of the forebrain. When you experience something good or pleasure-inducing, such as taking a bite into a chocolate bar, your brain produces the pleasure hormone dopamine and activates a response in the striatum. According to Dr. Davidow, “research shows that the teenage striatum is very active”. This is important because when the striatum collaborates with the hippocampus, the part of the brain responsible for memory formation, the process of learning from rewards occurs.
To illustrate this further, it would be helpful to explain a study performed by Daphna Shohamy, a cognitive neuroscientist at Columbia University’s Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, who wished to figure out if adolescents would be better suited than adults to learn from rewards. Shohamy and her fellow researchers set up an experiment in which neural activity in the striatum and the hippocampus of both adolescent and adult participants were monitored by an fMRI scanner. As the fMRI scanned the brains of both sets of participants, they were asked to play a game which would reward them for giving correct answers, and in between games, they were shown random pictures of ordinary objects. Results showed that not only did the teens solve the game more quickly than the adults did, but also that the striatum cooperated more extensively with the hippocampus in adolescent brains. Then, later in the study, both sets of participants were asked to complete a memory task in which the aim was to remember pictures that were flashed on screen during the task. When an image was connected to answering a question correctly in the learning task, teens were more likely to recall the picture than their adult counterparts. Shohamy found that a behavior which is typically put in a negative light by adults may actually make adolescents better at remembering important information, and the neuroscientist herself was even surprised by how little we know about the teen brain.
Dr. Davidow and Dr. Shohamy are not the only neuroscientists who despise the lazy teenage brain myth. In fact, Dr. B.J. Casey at Yale University in Connecticut finds the commonly used metaphor of the teenage brain as a “defective car” to be both insulting and unfair. Furthermore, related research has actually demonstrated results which contradict the myth entirely. In experiments which replicated the famous marshmallow test, which sought to understand how long children could wait before eating a marshmallow placed in front of them if they knew that waiting would reward them with more marshmallows, adolescents were able to wait much longer than children for the additional rewards. This highlighted a lower level of impulsivity in teens than in their children counterparts as well as a higher level of patience. Moreover, psychologist Dr. Dan Romer at University of Pennsylvania argues that studies focusing on the adolescent brain often make generalizations about all adolescents and rarely account for individual differences. Yes, there are teenagers out there who text and drive, use harmful drugs, or get wasted, but there also adults who do the exact same thing, yet no one is arguing that we should restrict their rights. What’s with the double standard? Not all teens are the same, just like not all adults are the same, and we need to start treating adolescents as individuals with their own choices and passions rather than grouping all of them together.
Of course, as stated previously, the science on the teen brain is extremely limited, and there are often contradictions in scientific research which makes arguments of this nature very confusing. We have studies which suggest that teens may be better at certain types of learning than adults, but we also have studies which suggest that brain development, specifically the maturation of the prefrontal cortex, may not be finished until the early 20s. Even then, there isn’t a specific age we can say is the definitive end of development. So what does that mean for youth rights? Should we scan a person’s brain every year until we conclude that it has finished maturing, and only then give them the rights to drink alcohol, drive a car, or vote? Of course not. Science may be able to guide us to a certain extent, but our access to certain freedoms is decided by we the people. And, as Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “No one is free until we are all free.” No scientific paper or report can change that.
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In the article, “Need a “Peptoc?” (btw) I learned that an Elementary School teacher named Jessica Martin started a hotline project with her West Side Elementary School students. Anyone who calls the provided number and selects their preferred language will be offered either a variety of pep talks from kindergarteners, hearing children laugh with delight, and more. The hotline started off small but has now accumulated to about three to four hundred calls every hour.
I think that this is a very amazing and special project. Not only does it encourage people when they are having a bad day but it also inspires these young students to start spreading kindness at a very young age. There is so much negativity in this world and the constant put down of individuals to one another. This helps spread the positivity one step at a time and slowly spread throughout.
If you could spread this type of encouragement, in what ways would you inspire?
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With the games coming thick and fast, Yeovil manager Darren Sarll has been delighted with his sides ability to pick up results.
With the Glovers sitting in third, Sarll’s men have picked up just 8 losses, and by contrast won on fifteen occasions.
Speaking to YTTV about his side’s consistency, the Gaffer said;
“We have only incurred eight losses in the season so far, and three of those in August. I’d like to think we are one of the consistent sides.
“What gives me great encouragement is the goalkeeper is playing well, another one through the door, and Nels (Stuart Nelson) working hard to get back, alongside four very fabulous forwards.
“Whatever two of the four that play will give us real strength and real quality. Having Murph (Rhys Murphy) available will give him an extra motivation to right his wrongs. I know he was unfortunate, but he will feel, because he is a decent lad, like he owes us one. A highly motivated Murphy, is a threat to anyone.”
Looking ahead, the Glovers travel to the Kingfield Stadium to face Alan Dowson’s Woking.
Speaking on the upcoming game, the Gaffer said;
“They’re all tough, no matter where you go, what their position is, what their form is, especially when they have good people in charge.
“They played Tuesday night in a county cup game where he was able to rest a few and play those that he felt needed to play.
“At the moment, I think playing away from home suits us. The quality of pitch away is a better standard, so it allows us to play better football, but there is still fifteen really tough games to go.”
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H2020 - Roto-Therm™ Incubated Rotator with Tube Holders, 115V
Benchmark’s new Roto-Therm series of incubated rotating mixers provide a wide range of mixing capabilities.
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- Available with variable speed control and advanced shaking/ mixing modes: Mix (Oscillating), Pause, Rock
Benchmark’s new Roto-Therm series of incubated rotating mixers provide a wide range of mixing capabilities. Suitable for an array of laboratory applications including resuspension, protein binding, nucleic acid purification, histochemistry, hybridization etc, the mixers include
interchangeable tube holders for accomomodating all common tube sizes from 0.5ml to 50ml. The motion can be adjusted from vertical (end over end) mixing, to horizontal (rolling or hybridization style) mixing.
For applications requiring temperature control, the Roto-Therm series can be digitally programmed to maintain chamber temperatures of ambient +5°C to 60°C and include an “in-lab” calibration function for ensuring accurate temperature control.
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Variable speed: 5 to 70rpm
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“Pause” function: Rotating with intermittent “stops” during rotation
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The whistle blows and you’re on the pitch. You’re completely ready for this. You start the game with grit and you’re going to end that way. You take control. You make all the right decisions in the game. You’re able to make explosive actions to beat your opponents. You communicate with your team and dictate the pace of the game. You press the other team so well that they start making mistakes.
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You are a leader. You are the player that your team wants on the ball. Your coach wouldn’t dream of taking you off the pitch. You’re confident. You have gusto. You’re the right person for the job and when the going gets tough, your teammates depend on you to make the winning play. You leave it all on the field. When it’s all said and done, everyone who witnessed it applaud you. You have their respect and admiration.
… you just played your perfect game.
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Part of our Gentle Bedtime family of products, Zarbee’s Gentle Bedtime Room Spray helps create a calming atmosphere for your kids as they transition from playtime to bedtime. Made with Chamomile and Lavender, the calming aroma of our room spray helps your child relax and get ready for bedtime.
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