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Dedicated Cubicles at The Hub -- short term(one week)
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Quite space Controlled Access A chair and a trash can High-speed internet connection with the use of two concurrent devices Redundant power supply Access to space during regular operating hours (8:00 am - 5:00 pm Monday - Saturday.
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To safeguard Broward and Miami-Dade against rising seas, planners need to understand which areas within each county are most vulnerable.
That’s one takeaway from a study released last week by the RAND Corporation. Researchers looked at how changes in sea level and rainfall will impact private property and drinking water wells in Miami-Dade and Broward from now till 2040.
The study found that Broward’s freshwater wells are much more vulnerable than Miami-Dade’s.
“As the tide comes up or water levels come up, you have more salty water that’s moving towards the west, towards these wellfields,” said Jennifer Jurado, chief resilience officer for Broward County.
Jurado and other South Florida planners say rising seas are a risk for the cities with wells close to the coast.
“There have been a number of cities that have needed to look at real estate outside of their municipality for wellfield placement,” Jurado said.
County maps show saltwater has intruded underground past the Fort Lauderdale airport, threatening wells for several cities, including Hallandale Beach and Fort Lauderdale (which has wells providing water to several other municipalities).
Jurado said, in total, the 31 municipalities in Broward have 25 different water providers.
The risk aren’t the same in Miami-Dade. The county has one main water provider, the Miami-Dade Water and Sewer District, and decades ago planners moved all the county’s wells to the west.
The study found Miami-Dade wells are unlikely to be at risk from rising seas in the next 20 years.
The researchers also say both counties have billions of dollars in vulnerable assets: today, $12 billion dollars’ worth in Broward; $2.1 billion dollars in Miami-Dade. Those numbers are expected to grow because of future development, in addition to sea-level rise and expected changes in rainfall patterns and the subsequent impact on groundwater.
The study authors write that, “directing growth toward areas of higher ground” in Miami-Dade, “or concentrating it in certain transportation corridors (Broward) could mitigate assets at risk.” | <urn:uuid:b4bada6d-29f8-4cb4-957d-ea96363a09b1> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://www.theinvadingsea.com/2018/06/19/browards-water-wells-are-more-at-risk-from-rising-seas-than-miami-dades-study-finds/ | 2023-09-27T11:33:16Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510297.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20230927103312-20230927133312-00299.warc.gz | en | 0.935862 | 461 |
Ditch Your Screens for More Fun!
By Donna Stark
You know the importance of walking as much as you can during the day, but did you know it is equally as important to walk away from your screen time, too? That's right! If you spend way too much time in front of your laptop, TV, or phone, you have to be very intentional with stepping away from those devices and heading outdoors for some fresh air and sunshine! Even if the day is cloudy, a change in scenery can do wonders for your overall health and wellness. Need some inexpensive and fun ideas on what to do? Keep reading!
Fun With the Kids
You know as well as I do that if you leave your kids at home, they are going to head straight to their screens for entertainment, so take them with you and increase the fun for everyone! Head to a neighborhood park or playground, visit a state-run nature center or museum, or spend some time swimming at the pool or beach. Pack a lunch or some snacks and plenty of water so you don't have to rush back home to eat.
Fun by Yourself or With Friends
There are plenty of things to do at home too, so don't think you have to leave to find some fun. You can spend a few hours planting and taking care of your garden, you can pull out your bike and enjoy a ride around town, or you can ask a friend to meet you for a walk and the chance to catch up on each other's lives. Whether you head outdoors alone or plan on meeting friends, there are plenty of activities you can choose to do.
Fun With the Family
If it's hard to get everyone together during the busy week, make an effort to do so over the weekends. Head out for a Saturday morning hike, plan a picnic in the park and bring a kite or badminton set, and take advantage of the cool evenings by eating your dinner outside. Have a fire pit in your backyard? Even better! Light it up and remember to bring the marshmallows, graham crackers, and chocolate for a sweet night of laughs and good conversation!
A Screenless Summer
Just because screens have become so prevalent in our lives, that doesn't mean we need to become prisoners to them. Walking away from our screens is one of the easiest ways to improve our overall health and wellness, and with the suggestions above, it can be one of the most fun ways too! So, what do you say? Are you ready for less screen time and more adventure this summer? You know what to do!
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Like all businesses, Facebook adapts to market needs by listening to their customers and finding solutions to their problems.
The challenge facing Facebook business users
You may have noticed it’s becoming increasingly difficult to have your business Page appear in the newsfeed. Space is limited and competition is fierce.
Facebook has noticed too, as overall feed-reach declines.
The Facebook solution
It’s time to redefine the business Page and make it a destination for users. This all starts with a new design for business Pages.
What’s new on my business Page?
Page updates: Calls to action are more prominent. Now it’s easier to interact with your business. For example, book an appointment or make a reservation. Facebook is also extending its job application tool globally for business Pages around the world to use for recruitment efforts.
Recommendations: Now feature heavily on a page. So, make sure you encourage customers to continue recommending you on Facebook.
Local Businesses: One controversial change is your business Page will now show local businesses that can be similar to you, which could pose the risk of promoting your competition. This is a similar feature on Instagram.
What this means for you
With any change there are always pros and cons.
Facebook is making Pages more valuable for users, which is always good for business.
To get the most out of these changes, we recommend ensuring your settings and preferences are up to date and relevant to you. With the new focus on recommendations, make sure you are responding to reviews and comments. Also review the call to action button on your Page. If you are a service-based business the call to action for reservations may not be relevant.
Want to discuss what this means for your digital channels
See you next week,
The team at K.I.S.S
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This talk explores the nature and role of the deity known variously as Set, Seth, Setekh and other variants.
The Egyptian God Setekh
This talk explores the nature and role of the deity known variously as Set, Seth, Setekh and other variants. We will examine the way in which the Lord of the Desert was understood at different periods of Egyptian history and the factors that led to these differing views.
As well as understanding the theological views of ancient and modern polytheists, we will also consider the stories of Setekh from a Jungian perspective and the insights into the human psyche that can be found in them.
Robin Herne is the author of a number of books on pagan and esoteric subjects, including “Pantheon – the Egyptians” (published by Moon Books) which explores the realm of Kemetic mythology. He lives in East Anglia and regularly lectures on a wide variety of topics both academic and spiritual. He enjoys painting, poetry, baking, history, and is owned by a malamute.
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The Letter, Issue 19, Summer 2000, Pages 1 - 31
ANXIETY, TIME AND PSYCHICAL STRUCTURE*
To begin with I would like to examine the relationship between anxiety and neurosis in the way Freud impresses it on us. Does a neurosis have a stabilising effect, even stemming anxiety or, on the contrary, does it contribute to its increase? Can we assume a correlation between the two insofar as anxiety decreases at the rate of the structuring of the neurosis and vice versa? What meaning can we attribute to the physical discharge of anxiety? This is very different in hysteria, hypochondria and the so- called psychosomatic illness. A feature of the latter, if it appears in its 'pure form' and is not covered too much by the neurosis, is an almost complete absence of fear which can be understood as one of the reasons why the subject may not see any clear reasons for undergoing treatment. In most cases, however, anxiety appears as a motivational factor and so will generally be included in the list of psychical suffering.
Protection against anxiety?
... I think the question has never been seriously enough raised of why neurotics in particular suffer from anxiety so much more than other people. Perhaps it has been regarded as something self-evident: the words 'nervös' and 'ängstlich' are commonly used interchangeably, as though they meant the same thing. But we have no right to do so ... [These words are by no means equivalent to the colloquial English 'nervous' and 'anxious'. 'Nervös' might be rendered by 'nervy' or 'jumpy' and 'ängstlich' by 'nervous' in its colloquial sense. 'Anxious' in its ordinary usage is more like the German 'bekümmert' or 'besorgt'.] | <urn:uuid:46c8cb7f-0fc8-4ac3-ab09-9d86f9de5442> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://www.theletter.ie/post/anxiety-time-and-psychical-structure | 2023-09-27T11:10:20Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510297.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20230927103312-20230927133312-00299.warc.gz | en | 0.956765 | 408 |
The Letter, Issue 58, Spring 2015, Pages iv - vii
With Issue 58 we keep our commitment to bring you the next instalment of Christian Fierens’ The Psychoanalytic Discourse. A Second Reading of Lacan’s L’Etourdit (2012). This, the second chapter - entitled The Impossibility of the Psychoanalytic Discourse – confronts us with the necessity that ‘it is the clinic of a failure which is decisive for psychoanalysis’. Never to be understood as ‘a clinic of the failure of mental health’. Implicit in the notion of failure is ‘the omission of occurence or performance’ of a certain task. Let’s call this task the making of meaning. What is it then to be tasked with a work of omission that might disallow such meaning-making, might disallow the inevitable ready-to-hand incest between the saying and the said and thereby permit ‘the sap of saying’ to emerge?
The psychoanalytic discourse cannot be separated from the roundabout of the other discourses, that is broadly speaking, from the very stuff of speech and communication, the imaginary roles we inhabit, our saids and our truths, the meaning we give to things. Yet, we have to start from this roundabout, knowing that it merely ‘situates the loci by which saying is ringed’. How to move beyond a mere circling, to not merely ‘delimit the rings of a dead tree’ in order ‘to rediscover a saying that on the one hand has been forgotten and which on the other hand cannot be expressed in the form of a said’?
Yes, we only have ‘saids at our disposal’, but can nonetheless ‘find a logic as a work of thought that will be able to make saying return’. This by means of two paths: the first, a lack of resource (negative), a clinic of failure where we refuse the fixed meanings – even oedipal – usually relied on in our (always er- roneous) constructions. The second, a response (positive) which relies on the matheme – what is doable by oneself, starting only from ab-sens (absence of sense). Ab-sens – the failure of sense ‘always there and nevertheless always latent’ is ‘hollowed out at the heart of the signifier which does not even correspond to itself, at the heart of differance.’
With the use of such mysterious terms as the saying and the said, the matheme, a failure of resource, ab-sens etc are we not now hard-pressed to know to whom these terms actually refer? Cormac Gallagher recently reminded us that ‘it’s our patients who are our teachers’. How true, if only we can tolerate the emergence of ‘neutral speech which does not allow itself to be determined either by a precise stating subject, nor by a fixed object of which one might speak’. A tall order indeed.
The final section of this chapter on The Undecidable makes for a particularly challenging invitation to attend to the radical quality of the void or absence we are trying to speak about. ‘The void, the nothing, the radical absence. The locus of this void, of this nothing only subsists in the equivocation that might fill it. The undecidable only subsists in the decisive suspension of the decision’. An omission, a failure, no attempt to link saying with any said, past or present. This same section looks toward Chapter 3 The Logics of Sexuation where Fierens gives attention to the third formula (the forgotten, unloved one) of the four formulae of sexuation which ‘remains the least commentated on, because it disqualifies precisely everything that could give reference points for a decision.’
In an ambitious paper Going beyond Castration in the Graph of Desire, Magdalena Romanowicz and Raul Moncayo highlight the authors’ research inter- est in the application of different mathematical models to psychoanalysis. Romanowicz, who works as a psychiatrist in Elliot Hospital in New Hampshire completed her psychiatric residency and fellowship at the Mayo Clinic and Stanford. Moncayo, a psychoanalyst on the faculty of the Lacanian School of Psychoanalysis in the San Francisco Bay Area serves on the faculty of several universities and is author of at least four books on psychoanalysis: Evolving Lacanian Perspectives for Clinical Psychoanalysis (Karnac, 2008); The Emptiness of Oedipus (Routledge, 2012); The Signifier Pointing at the Moon (Karnac, 2012); and The Real Jouissance of Uncountable Numbers (Karnac, 2015) with Magdalena Romanowicz.
In the lead up to their question regarding the difficulty of representing the beyond of castration by means of the graph of desire, the first half of this work provides us with a summary of the levels of complexity, mathematical and otherwise, introduced by Lacan in its construction from 1957 to its major exposition in 1960 in The Subversion of the Subject and the Dialectic of Desire. Commendably, the authors keep central questions regarding desire and its avatars in the foreground throughout. The sense of the graph having to be continually adapted by Lacan to keep pace with his advancing theorisation regarding S barred, the Other, the signified of the Other, the signifier of lack in the Other etc is well delineated.
The second half of this paper addresses the beyond of castration, largely by the use of mathematical ‘imagery’ which some readers might find off-putting cf ‘A subject has a +1 in the form of a breast, or other o-objects..’ Nonethe- less, the linking of castration to lack in the Other - ‘Castration for Lacan, is, ultimately negotiated in relationship to lack in the Other, and the realization that the phallus (and the Other) does not exist and was only ever there as a function’, or ‘the Other is empty of signifier, letter and representation’ - is given serious attention. Despite the erudition of this work, the authors have not referenced the new logic of Lacan that equates castration with the break- down of sense where ‘saying and said no longer constitute incest, they form a very special couple. Living apart together’ cf The Impossibility of the Psychoanalytic Discourse by Christian Fierens in the current issue .
The following three papers are introduced in the sequence in which they were initially presented by their authors: Ros McCarthy’s in October 2013 at a study day of one of the cartels of The Irish School for Lacanian Psychoanalysis, Stephanie Metcalfe’s at the School’s bi-annual Intercartel Study Day in February 2015 and Monica Errity’s at the June 2015 Meeting.
In reading Ros McCarthy’s faithful reprise of the case of the Wolfman - The Wolfman: Symptoms as a Representation of Identificatory Conflicts - we can- not but be reminded of how this case continues ‘from first to last (to) hold(s) the reader’s fascinated attention.’ Not one of us who professes to practise psychoanalysis ignores the rudiments regarding the drives, sexual differentiation, primal phantasy and identification that were gleaned by Freud from his analysis of the Wolfman and that are carefully chronicled by the author in her paper. Thanks to Lacan and the advent of the psychoanalytic discourse, this given for our practice, cannot, however exonerate us from re-evaluating Freud’s contribution. The role of the analyst has to be taken into account, if only to moderate the language we sometimes use about patients (such as the Wolfman) who we further exclude from the pantheon of ‘normality’ so- called, by our references to the patient’s refusal to budge from one or other identificatory position in the course of treatment. Or to the patient’s rejection of castration etc without taking into account the role of the analyst. The role of the analyst remained a troubling question for Freud right to the end cf Analysis Terminable and Interminable. In the current paper, the reference to the veil on which absense is painted does however hint at the ‘misconstruction of the real’ to which we are all subject, irrespective of our relationship to castration.
In her paper Inside Bungalow 3: A Psychoanalytic Perspective, Stephanie Metcalfe eloquently brings to our attention the sorry consequence of the lack of any reference to the unconscious in the professionalisation of care services in Ireland. This, by highlighting an all too contemporary instance of the protracted, systematised neglect at the hands of their carers, of the residents of a care facility confined to living there by virtue of their intellectual dis- ability. The author further singles out the ‘culture of cruelty’ and sadism that accompanied this neglect. Referencing the ideals of partnership and ‘person centredness’ at the heart of social care policy, she recalls ‘that Freud teaches us that at the root of idealism lies aggression’. Citing the causal anxiety at the root of such all too human behaviours, her ensuing recommendation is that those working in this most challenging domain must be supported psychoanalytically for their own sakes and those of the patients entrusted to their care. In this regard, her attention to the contribution of Dodd, Mannoni and Sinason is most fitting.
In Revis(it)ing Repetition, Monica Errity approaches Freud’s most comprehensive teaching on the subject in Beyond the Pleasure Principle in order to ‘uncover what lies behind Lacan’s conceptualisation of repetition as a “missed encounter with the real.”’ In this elegantly written paper, Errity brings us through the many familiar themes in this work: the repetition of unpleasur- able experiences at odds with the pleasure principle, the link with the drives and the compulsion to repeat such experiences. She then outlines the concept of unbound energy proposed by Freud in the Project, the further connection he made with internal (the drives) and external (trauma and the absence of anxiety) sources for this unbound energy and his conclusion that as long as there is a failure to bind there will be repetition. This exercise in revisiting and revising a particular facet of Freud’s work serves to illustrate its necessity for the author in order to appreciate Lacan’s work. Few would argue with this. | <urn:uuid:3c904751-73f0-4530-8046-f818f6c353f7> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://www.theletter.ie/post/issue-58-editorial | 2023-09-27T12:32:59Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510297.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20230927103312-20230927133312-00299.warc.gz | en | 0.939113 | 2,259 |
Gov Intel & Security Agencies Behind NGO Demands For More Censorship By X/Twitter
Groups leading the advertiser boycott of X/Twitter receive money from and have a history of spying for governments…
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), and the Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) are nongovernmental organizations, their leaders say. When they demand more censorship of online hate speech, as they are currently doing of X, formerly Twitter, those NGOs are doing it as free citizens and not, say, as government agents.
Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO, ADL; MP Damian Collins, CCDH Advisory Board Member; Sasha Havlicek, CEO of ISD
But the fact of the matter is that the US and other Western governments fund ISD, the UK government indirectly funds CCDH, and, for at least 40 years, ADL spied on its enemies and shared intelligence with the US, Israel and other governments. The reason all of this matters is that ADL’s advertiser boycott against X may be an effort by governments to regain the ability to censor users on X that they had under Twitter before Musk’s takeover last November.
Internal Twitter and Facebook messages show that representatives of the US government, including the White House, FBI, Department of Homeland Security (DHS), as well as the UK government, successfully demanded Facebook and Twitter censorship of their users over the last several years.
ADL is waging a very similar campaign against X/Twitter that it successfully waged against Facebook in 2020. In just three days, 800 companies, including $129 billion consumer products giant Unilever, withdrew tens of millions of dollars in ad revenue from Facebook until it agreed to ADL’s censorship demands. “The Facebook caved to far-left pressure groups and now allows them to silently dictate policy in exchange for ad money,” said Musk yesterday. “That is the relationship they’ve had with X/Twitter for many years. Presumably, they have that with all Western search or social media orgs.”
It’s possible that there has been an increase in hate on X since Elon Musk bought the company. With greater free speech policies comes the possibility of more offensive speech, including racist or antisemitic speech. Bigotry does exist, and it should be challenged.
But there is no good evidence of that. Public has debunked claims by ISD and CCDH of an increase. And researchers have repeatedly debunked ADL’s claims of rising antisemitism for years. In 2009, an Israeli filmmaker found that ADL could not support its claims of an antisemitism crisis. Wrote NPR in a review of the film, “When he presses ADL staffers for evidence to back up their claims of a sharp spike in North American anti-Semitism in 2007, they can offer only wan transgressions…”
Eleven years later, Liel Leibovitz noted in Tablet that ADL had, for a report, “counted hundreds of threatening calls to Jewish community centers made by a mentally troubled Israeli teenager. You had to read the report’s fine print to learn that the number of violent attacks against Jews that year had actually decreased by 47%.”
ADL, ISD, and CCDH have not presented any good evidence that offensive speech online directly causes “hate-motivated violence,” nor that censorship prevents it. Moreover, last week Public reviewed evidence suggesting that the best way to combat hate speech is through open and public debate, which allows people to change their minds, not censorship.
ADL’s main goal is supposed to be stopping “the defamation of the Jewish people,” but the organization is using the legacy of antisemitism and the Holocaust to justify unrelated censorial advocacy work. This is exploitative, and it is defamatory to say that Jews, in general, need and favor censorship. Many Jews on both the left and the right have argued that ADL does not represent their interests. By claiming to speak for all Jewish people while demanding highly unpopular policies, the ADL may be inadvertently driving antisemitism.
As troubling as these highly partisan ideological biases are, what’s most dangerous are the past and present ties between ADL, ISD, CCDH, and governments, particularly security and intelligence organizations, which we detail below.
Neither ADL, ISD, nor CCDH have responded to multiple requests for more information or an interview.
ADL’s Spying For Governments
FBI Director Robert Mueller gives the keynote speech at the Anti-Defamation League’s 2005 National Commission Meeting November 3, 2005 in New York City. Mueller, who was joined by U.N. Ambassador John Bolton, spoke on terrorism, extremism and other global topics that are the centerpiece of this years ADL National Commission Meeting. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Although ADL is currently focused on demonizing Trump supporters as “domestic terrorists,” it has a history of partnering with the state and law enforcement to target the Left.
Today, ADL’s ties to intelligence and security organizations are closer than ever. It works with the FBI by holding a training session with agents and hosting FBI Director Christopher Wray as a featured speaker. According to Greenblatt, the FBI works directly with ADL “every day.”
We do not have firm proof that there is a conspiracy by the intelligence and security agencies of the United States and Britain to control the content on social media platforms like X and Facebook through their control over CCDH, ISD, and ADL. Perhaps ideological, cultural, and political alignment alone explain the remarkable coordination we have documented. Perhaps the US and UK government funding for CCDH and ISD is insignificant compared to their nongovernmental funders.
But there is enough evidence of conspiracy for members of Congress and Parliament to investigate CCDH, ADL, ISD, and other so-called “nongovernmental” organizations for the advocacy of censorship. Who is funding them? What are their relationships with government officials? What is their role in intelligence and security organizations?
What’s clear is that we also need to change our view of ADL, CCDH, and ISD. They cannot be considered “nongovernmental organizations.” Their ties to the government, particularly the national security state, are too strong.
(TLB) published this article By Alex Gutentag and Michael Shellenberger via Public Substack as posted at ZeroHedge with our appreciation for this perspective
Header featured image (edited) credit: org. Substack post/Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO, ADL; MP Damian Collins, CCDH Advisory Board Member; Sasha Havlicek, CEO of ISD
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AUCTION & CHILI DINNER
A fundraiser Chili Dinner will be held to benefit County Crossroads Custom Cabinetry at 4 p.m. followed by an auction at 5 p.m., at the VFW on Saturday, March 13. Proceeds will help recovery after the structural fire in February. Everyone welcome.
ST. PATRICK’S DAY CORNED BEEF & CABBAGE
The St. Patrick’s Day Corned Beef & Cabbage meal will be served 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church at 222 W. Hwy. 32 on Wednesday, March 17. Everyone welcome.
TEXAS COUNTY DEMOCRAT MEETING
The Texas County Democrat meeting will be held at 6 p.m. at the lower level Administrative Center meeting room, across from the Collector’s office, in Houston on Thursday, March 18. Social distancing and mask protocol will be followed. Pizza will be served at 5:30 p.m. Everyone welcome.
TEXAS COUNTY REPUBLICAN MEETING
The Texas County Republican meeting will be held at 7 p.m. at Houston Lions Club, north of Houston off Hwy. 63 on Thursday, March 18. Kelvin D. Curtis, NRA-ILA Grassroots Field Coordinator is the featured speaker. Potluck will be at 6 p.m. Everyone welcome.
NOAH COLEMAN CHAPTER, NSDAR MEETING
The Noah Coleman Chapter, NSDAR will meet at 11:30 a.m. at Sybil’s in St. James on Saturday, March 20. The program is “Our American Revolutionary War Ancestor” presented by Noah Coleman members. Learn more about researching your ancestry at https://www.dar.org/. Zoom coverage is available to members during inclement weather or for your convenience. If needed call Sybil’s for same day luncheon confirmation. Visitors welcome. For more information text DAR or leave a message at 573-512-0742.
FLASHLIGHT EASTER EGG HUNT CANCELED
The Flashlight Easter Egg Hunt will not be held this year. If someone is interested in taking it over please call Tina Williams at 573-887-0753.
SOUTH CENTRAL WALK WORTHY INTER-DENOMINATIONAL WOMEN’S CONFERENCE
The South Central Walk Worthy Women’s Conference, an inter-denominational event will be held 6:30 – 9:30 p.m. on Friday, April 23, and 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. on Saturday, April 24, at First Baptist Church in Mtn. View, Mo. For more information go to www.scwalkworthy.com.
FIRST ANNUAL LICKING JUNK DERBY
Licking Downtown Inc. will hold their First Annual Licking Junk Derby on Saturday, May 1. Events, activities and contests are being planned. Interested vendors may contact Joan Brannam now at TJ’s Flowers.
TAI CHI CLASS FOR HEALTH
Tai Chi Classes for Health are held on Monday 1 – 2 p.m. at the Texas County Museum of Art and History on Main St.
TOPS OPEN TO NEW MEMBERS
TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) Licking Chapter meets at 4 – 4:30 p.m. at the Licking United Methodist Church, 208 S. Main St. on Mondays. Attend a meeting to see if we can help you lose weight or maintain your lost weight. Face covering and 6-ft. distancing are required. Visit TOPS.org or call Kathleen at 573-548-1133 for more information.
Alcoholics Anonymous will have a meeting at 7:30 p.m. every Tuesday at the Licking United Methodist Church.
GRIEF AND LOSS RECOVERY GROUP
The Grief and Loss Recovery Group will meet at 7 p.m. at the Licking Pentecostal Holiness Church, corner of Hwy. 63 and College St., Licking, on Tuesday evenings. Grief and loss affects many of us, but we don’t need to suffer alone. Open to all! For more information, call Diane at 573-889-9197.
FREE ADDICTION RECOVERY CLASS
A program to help you overcome any form of addiction, based on the doctrine of Jesus Christ. If you or a loved one are struggling, please come! Every Tuesday night at 7 p.m. at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints on the corner of Hwy. 63 and Hwy. E, Houston.
GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP
A Grief Support Group meets at 10 a.m. and a Depression/ Anxiety Group meets at 12 p.m. at the Green Tree Christian Church, 800 Greentree Rd, Rolla, on the first and third Wednesday of each month. If interested in a Salem Support Group, call Mary at 573-674-1127 or 573-247-8640 for more information.
Sherrill Township meets at 5:30 p.m. every other Thursday at the township shed located at 11875 South 137 in Licking. The next meeting is March 11.
Lynch Township’s meetings are the first Thursday of each month at 6 p.m., at the Lynch Township Shed, 14472 Boiling Springs Road.
BOONE TOWNSHIP MEETING
Boone Township meets the second Thursday of the month at 5:30 p.m. Meeting is at the Township Shed, 16245 Highway AF, Licking.
TEXAS COUNTY TRANSPORTATION
Licking Bridge Builders has transportation available Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. If you would like to ride the bus, please make your appointment at least a day in advance by calling 573-674-3558 and talking with a volunteer.
AMERICAN LEGION POST 559: NEW MEETING SCHEDULE
The American Legion will be meeting quarterly until further notice.
NARCONON NEW LIFE RETREAT
More than 130 million people and two thirds of adults in the United States regularly use prescription drugs. It can be surprising to many that medication prescribed by a doctor can be unsafe, and very addictive. It is a common misconception that “If my doctor told me to take it, it must be okay.” This is objectively untrue, as nearly fifty thousand people in the United States died of prescription opioid abuse in 2018 alone. If the number of people who eventually transitioned to illicit drugs were added, this number would surely be much higher.
For information on how to confront your loved one for a drug test: https://www. narcononnewliferetreat.org/blog/how-to-confront-an-addict. html.
If you find your loved one is abusing drugs, reach out to find them help. If you don’t know where to start, give us a call. Our caring staff is available 24-7 to help you find a treatment center that works for you.
For more information on signs of drug abuse visit: https://www.narcononnewliferetreat.org/drugs-of-abuse/signs-of-drug-use.html.
Take steps to overcome addiction in your family. Call 1-800-431-1754 for free screenings or referrals.
Jarad Rinne of Licking will receive a one-year subscription to The Licking News from Jack & Judy Rinne of Licking.
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In with the Gin!
Within the portfolio of whiskey-heavy spirits I represent we also carry a couple of gins. And while I’m obviously a big fan of the brown water, I must admit that the two clear liquors we produce are at the top of my list of favorites. However, each time I execute a demo of our products I receive the exact same reactions as soon as I say the word “gin”; folks either love it or they hate it and if it’s a negative reaction its always for the same reason – early drinking trauma from very bad gin. I am on a mission to change the minds of each gin denier and open your taste buds to an endless world of botanicals and flavors! Not every gin tastes like your grandma’s bathtub hooch that you drank in high school and made you sick. If you open your mind and mouth to some of the beautiful spirits on the market today, you too will be vetoing vodka and saying “in with the gin!”
Gin has one of the most storied histories in the world of wine and spirits. The earliest known mention of juniper-based alcohol dates back to the 1200s, but like many high-octane libations, the monks made it popular when they were seeking medicinal tinctures. Juniper has long been used around the world for its perceived healing properties, and thus that botanical became the standard for classifying a grain neutral spirit as such; regardless of whatever else is thrown inside a gin basket, there must be some aromatic juniper berries if you’d like to slap the word ‘gin’ on the label.
The centuries between the Middle Ages and 1920s Prohibition gin enjoyed quite the journey, globe-trotting its way from the Netherlands across the Channel to England, and finally making its way across the pond to the US. Due to the ease and quick turnaround in which its produced, it was a hot commodity during the 13 years of prohibition. This was also the time many famous classic cocktails we still enjoy were crafted; the unregulated underground toilet hooch that was being secretly produced was sometimes so bad, cocktails were invented out of necessity to mask their rancid taste. Prior to this era, most alcohols were consumed unmixed.
While juniper is certainly necessary in gin, it is also the factor that tips a consumer’s personal taste. I like to refer to it as being similar to cilantro in the way that some people love it and can’t get enough, while others taste it so strongly it is overpowering and ruins whatever it touches. Luckily, there is now a seemingly endless array of beautiful gins, containing varying levels of juniper, that practically anyone can find a brand that tickles their fancy.
Gin is produced by pouring a grain neutral spirit into a pot still, then filling a gin basket above with whatever lovely herbs and botanicals you desire. Then you heat the liquid to a high degree, steaming and extracting all the aromas and flavors from the botanicals above, cooling it down to turn the steam back to liquid, and voila- Gin! Neither mixture we use in both the dry gin and barrel finished gin I represent are juniper-forward; in fact the majority botanicals in our dry gin is watermelon rind and citrus zest, while the barrel aged gin is composed mostly of baking spice and cranberry. The juniper only serves to provide a fresh aftertaste as opposed to being front and center.
Once you find a gin of preference, you can begin to experiment with how you like it. Gin tonics are always a great place to start, because it’s two simple ingredients (gin and tonic water) but you can enhance it with fresh herbs, fruits, veggies and syrup infusions. For example, if you want something fresh and cooling for these steamy dog days of summer, you could muddle some fresh cucumber and add a few basil leaves before shaking your gin and topping with tonic. Or if you wanted something more fall-friendly, use a barrel finished gin as your base, make a cranberry infused simple syrup, and garnish with cinnamon sticks and muddled oranges. There is no end to how you can customize your own cocktail, and it’s great to have a “build-your-own” gin tonic bar at large gatherings.
You can also start exploring some of the classic gin cocktails you may have previously overlooked on menus. One of my absolute favorites is a Last Word. Created during prohibition, this cocktail combines 2 of the monks’ greatest contributions- gin and chartreuse. It’s 4 simple ingredients – gin, green chartreuse, lime juice, maraschino liqueur - all equal parts, shaken hard and strained into a coupe where it’s served straight up with a luxardo cherry. If you like a dry and bitter cocktail over something sweet, don’t miss a negroni. One of my absolute favorite patio sippers that hails from Italy is once again simple and equal parts – gin, sweet vermouth, and Campari. Pour into a glass filled with ice, stir (don’t shake), then strain into a rock’s glass and add one big rock. Garnish with an expressed orange peel. There is nothing better on a hot day!
I hope this intro to gin makes it a little less intimidating. The thing to remember with any wine or spirit is, just because you had one bad experience with one particular glass, doesn’t mean you should write it off entirely. It could have been a bad brand, a bad bottle, or a bad vintage. It’s most likely that you didn’t prefer that particular item as opposed to just not liking it as a whole. The beauty of the industry I work in, is that there is no end to the spectrum of flavors and each glass is unique depending on production, time and preparation. Keep an open mind and an open mouth! | <urn:uuid:5426e8d7-60a8-48b0-8890-ed58dfd9269d> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://www.theloafer.net/post/in-with-the-gin | 2023-09-27T11:39:33Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510297.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20230927103312-20230927133312-00299.warc.gz | en | 0.947662 | 1,253 |
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Elegant Gift Box
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UPDATE: As of the 7th September 2020 the centres are OPEN again
Click HERE for more details
As you will all be aware the Police Treatment Centres (PTC) took the difficult decision in March to close both of our centres (St Andrews, Harrogate and Castlebrae, Auchterarder) until further notice.
All future bookings for both centres, for both the Physiotherapy Programme and Psychological Wellbeing Programme remain suspended, and no further bookings will be taken for the foreseeable future. All hospitality bookings, including Bed and Breakfast, Health and Wellbeing Weekends, Meetings and St George’s House, also remain suspended.
The Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees considered the closure decision on 10 June 2020 in consultation with the PTC leadership team, and after reviewing the current government and public health advice have directed that both centres should continue to remain closed for the time being.
We are very conscious that this is unwelcome news for all of our future patients but we are working hard behind the scenes during this time to provide virtual support through our social media accounts and online advice through the physiotherapy hotline. We are also busy equipping both our centres with new protective equipment, acquiring PPE and reviewing our treatment plans to ensure that we are able to operate effectively within the new post COVID-19 world. I am also pleased to say that we have managed to continue work on our new Clinical Services Wing at PTC Harrogate which is on track to be completed in Spring 2021. This will allow us to treat even more patients at the PTC, and to improve and expand our class leading Wellbeing Treatment programmes.
We will keep a careful eye on the situation and the trustee’s executive group are scheduled to next meet at the end of July to review this decision. We will continue to be guided by government and public health advice and the health and safety of our patients and employees will be our top priority. We are absolutely confident that we will come out of this crisis in a stronger position to support and treat our patients, but as it stands at the moment, we do not expect to be able to deliver any residential treatment until September 2020.
We do apologise for any inconvenience and disappointment that the enforced closure has caused, but please bear with us and continue to monitor our website for further updates as they follow.
Thank you for your continued support, and stay safe.
Patrick Cairns MBE DL
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Cisco’s Talos security bods predict new wave of Excel Hell
Criminals have noticed that spreadsheet's XLL files add custom functionality - including malware
It took a few years and one temporary halt, but in July Microsoft finally began blocking certain macros by default in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, cutting off a popular attack vector for those who target users of Microsoft's Windows OS and Office suite.
While recent versions of Office block Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) macros by default, older versions of the suite and its component programs remain enormously prevalent.
Blocking macros therefore won't deter cybercriminals from targeting Microsoft's signature productivity applications. They'll just have to find other options.
A report released on Tuesday by researchers from Cisco's Talos threat intelligence group dissected one: XLL files in Excel.
Microsoft describes XLL files as "a type of dynamic link library (DLL) file that can only be opened by Excel". They exist to let third-party apps add extra functionality to the spreadsheet.
Miscreants have used XLLs in attacks for several years, with the first malicious samples submitted to VirusTotal in mid-2017.
"For quite some time after that, the usage of XLL files is only sporadic and it does not increase significantly until the end of 2021, when commodity malware families such as Dridex and Formbook started using it," Vanja Svajcer, outreach researcher for Talos, wrote in the report.
"Currently a significant number of advanced persistent threat actors and commodity malware families are using XLLs as an infection vector and this number continues to grow."
Those high-profile groups include APT10, a China-linked gang also known as Chessmaster, Potassium, and menuPass that has used XLLs to inject the Anel Backdoor malware. TA410, a cyberespionage group also known as Cicada or Stone Panda, is another user. DoNot, another APT group, and Fin7, a Russia-based organization are also admirers. Fin7 earlier this year began using XLLs sent as attachments in malicious emails. The downloaders appear to have been built with the Excel-DNA .NET framework, according to Svajcer.
Commodity malware families using XLLs include Dridex and FormBook, an inexpensive info-stealer that is offered to miscreants through a service and which can record keystrokes, steal passwords, and take screenshots. The downloader is delivered via email as an invoice sent to a user.
Users can introduce code to applications that are called Office add-ins and are meant to improve an application's performance or appearance. They can be delivered as Office documents containing VBA code or modules with compiled functionality, which can be collected .NET VSTO plugins, COM servers, or as dynamic loading libraries (DLL) with a specific filename extension.
They add ins for Excel are different than with an application like Word. With Excel, if a user wants to open a file with a .XLL extension in Windows Explorer, the system will automatically try to launch Excel and open the file. Before it's loaded, Excel displays a warning about possibly dangerous code similar to one shown after an Office document that includes VBA macro code is opened.
In both examples, users often tend to disregard the warning.
"XLL files can be sent by email, and even with the usual anti-malware scanning measures, users may be able to open them not knowing that they may contain malicious code," Svajcer wrote.
Native XLL add-ins are written in C++, created via the Excel XLL SDK and include an xlAutoOpen exported function. There also are projects like Excel-DNA and Add-In Express that enable developers to create XLL add-ins using such .NET languages as C# and VB.NET. The free Excel-DNA is among the most widely used.
The popularity of XLLs appears to be rising. In a search of VirusTotal, Talos found monthly submissions of malicious native and Excel-DNA samples spiking last year, with use continuing into this year.
Recent XLL-based campaigns include one seen in August delivering the Warzone RAT (aka AveMaria) with a fraudulent email masquerading as a message from the Hungarian police. The attachment is a .NET-based XLL file.
Ducktail is an info-stealer aimed at the digital advertising space sent by an attacker in Vietnam. It steals browser-stored credentials and cookies to gain access to details of the victim's Facebook friends and business contacts. The crooks also contact victims via LinkedIn and WhatsApp. Talos in September detected a Ducktail file created using Excel-DNA named "Details of Project Marketing Plan and Facebook Google Ads Results Report."
Enterprises should expect more XLL-based malware attacks.
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Pigment, a Paris, France-based business planning platform startup, raised $88 million in a Series C funding round to support its growth and product development.
The round was led by ICONIQ Capital, with participation from existing investors Meritech, IVP, and FirstMark Capital. With this latest round, the total amount raised by the Paris-based company now stands at $248 million.
Along with using the new funding to grow its platform further, Pigment also plans to increase its workforce by about 80% by the end of 2023.
“In today’s economic climate, far too many companies are being held back because they don’t have the right tools in place to get a full view of their business, manage changes and grow,” Eléonore Crespo, co-founder, and co-chief executive of Pigment, said ahead of the announcement. “They’re forced to plan and make decisions with inaccurate, incomplete, and siloed information.”
Pigment recently introduced an AI-based version of its business planning platform called Pigment AI, which offers features such as data querying, pattern identification, smart insights, and assisted modeling and scenario building.
Company: Pigment SAS
Round: Series C
Funding Month: June 2023
Lead Investors: ICONIQ Capital LLC
Additional Investors: Meritech, IVP, and FirstMark Capital
Company Website: https://www.gopigment.com/
Software Category: Business Planning Platform
About the Company: Founded in 2019 by Eleonore Crespo and Romain Nicoli, Pigment is an enterprise-grade business planning platform. It offers a cloud-based business forecasting platform that handles business strategy in real time. Pigment’s platform is pitched as offering an intuitive, full-spectrum view of a company that allows users to plot future scenarios in real time through charts, simulations, and continuous modeling. The company has established connections with numerous enterprise software products, such as NetSuite, SAP, Sage Intacct, Xero (ERPs), Workday, BambooHR (HR information systems), Snowflake, AWS Redshift, Google BigQuery (data lakes). Integration with Salesforce is also available. Pigment has offices in Paris, London, Toronto, and New York City, and its clientele includes Klarna Bank, Miro, PVH Corp., Airtable, Figma, Webhelp, and Poshmark. | <urn:uuid:6bff48b9-4c2d-429f-ad56-5aef803644bf> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://www.thesaasnews.com/news/pigment-raises-88-million-in-series-c | 2023-09-27T12:54:32Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510297.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20230927103312-20230927133312-00299.warc.gz | en | 0.933234 | 571 |
Hosting a Memorial Day BBQ? Pick Up Your Burgers, Hot Dogs and Steaks From These Butcher Shops
This Memorial Day, some of us are planning to celebrate the unofficial start of summer with small gatherings at our Sagamore apartments. If you plan on having a few friends over, be sure to impress them with the best burgers, hot dogs and steaks that you can find in the city!
With the amazing butcher shops located near our Sagamore apartments, you can find top-choice meats prepared by some of the most experienced butchers on the Upper West Side. Check out these shops to get everything you need for Memorial Day!
Fleishers Craft Butchery, located at 1325 3rd Ave, New York which is 10 minutes from your Sagamore apartment, is a 17-year-old butcher shop which was established to show that locally raised, pasture fed meats are better for your health, better for the planet and are remarkably better tasting!
They did it by developing expertise as whole animal butchers, building relationships with local farmers and exploring ways they could share their passion and know-how with a growing community interested in responsibly sourced meats. They quickly made a name for themselves as a high-quality butchery.
Lobel’s Prime Meats, located at 1096 Madison Ave, New York which is a seven minute drive from your Sagamore apartment, is a venerable generations-old butcher for high-end, custom-trimmed meats, including specialty items.
For over 60 years, Manhattan’s elite have trusted the Lobel’s family to be their source for world’s best meat and old-fashioned, personalized customer service. Whether they’re recommending particular cut, suggesting a recipe or sharing cooking tips, their goal is to provide every customer with a peak dining experience—every single time you purchase from them.
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The Lenny Backpack in super soft leather is a versatile backpack that will take you from day to night without sacrificing style.
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- Super soft 100% Genuine Italian leather
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- 2 back adjustable straps
- Flap top with drawstring closure and 2 magnetic clasps
- Magnetic clasp
- Internal embossed logo tag
- Internal zipped pocket and non zip pocket
- Two external front zip slip pockets and 2 side zip pockets
- Silver toned hardware
- Storage Dust Bag provided
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Alam ko natatawa friends ko kapag sinasabi ko na gone are the days of my partying. But it is the reality of my very “tita” existence. What I had once thought to be my lifestyle, is now inching its way to a footnote in my life.
I can’t really pinpoint the reason for the change. Although mostly I think nagsawa na lang ako. Going home at 3am, hair smelling like cigarettes, smokey eyes, getting hit on (by men and women alike) having shallow conversations, decreased hearing ability after hours of blaring music, hoarseness of voice from even trying to carry on a conversation over the blaring music…
I’ve had a lot of fun, don’t get me wrong. It was pretty amazing while it lasted. I have met interesting people, I’ve danced all night, may isang time may natuwa lang sa akin binigyan ako ng painting, I usually got free drinks, nakahagap ako ng mga juicy na chika about this and that congressman (papasabugin natin sa tamang panahon), at marami pang iba.
Ngayon, bilang tita, I even end up staying home on Friday nights, while dati kahit Tuesday, makakahanap ako ng ganap somewhere. Now on Friday evenings, I’d rather catch up on work, go on a meaningful dinner and cocktails with good friends, support an event for a cause, spend time with CJ on the couch, read, or eat whatever CJ cooks up. Now most of my week nights are spent either working or meeting with partners and clients.
Do I miss it? Not really. I would go and have a big night out once in a while, but it’s not something I crave for. I do think about that former life every now and then, with faint amusement.
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Watson Washburn is a tennis player who was born on June 13, 1894, in Manhattan, New York City; New York (state), United States, and passed away on 1973-12-02. This article will take a look at Watson Washburn’s net worth.
Washburn plays Right-handed (one-handed backhand). Washburn was inducted into the Tennis Hall of Fame in 1965. You can find Washburn’s information at tennisfame.com with the link watson-washburn. Watson Washburn’s professional career began in 1910 (amateur tour and ended in retirement in the year 1937.
Over an accomplished career, Washburn has reached a rank of No. 5 (U.S. ranking).
Watson Washburn has a Wimbledon junior record of reaching the quarter finals (1924 Wimbledon Championships – Men’s Singles); and a US Open junior record of reaching the quarter finals (1911 U.S. National Championships – Men’s Singles; 1912 U.S. National Championships – Men’s Singles; 1913 U.S. National Championships – Men’s Singles; 1916 U.S. National Championships – Men’s Singles; Men’s Singles).
Watson Washburn competed in doubles events with good results, including a Wimbledon Doubles record of F (1924); and a US Open Doubles record that includes F (1921, 1923). Washburn competed in these team events: the Davis Cup with a record of 1 wins (1921 International Lawn Tennis Challenge).
So what is Watson Washburn’s net worth in 2018? Our estimate for Watson Washburn’s net worth in 2018 is:
Looking for other related tennis players? Check out the net worth numbers for Raviv Weidenfeld, Axel Pretzsch, George F. Whitney, Markus Hantschk, Jordan Cox, Emilie Francati, Yoshihito Nishioka, Dinu Pescariu, Nicolas Reissig, Ioana Loredana Roșca, and Simona Halep. | <urn:uuid:e6a4c168-ca4b-4cdb-bed6-08c8fb0cce76> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://www.thesquander.com/watson-washburn-net-worth-2018-what-tennis-player-worth-532482430 | 2023-09-27T12:46:15Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510297.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20230927103312-20230927133312-00299.warc.gz | en | 0.887185 | 447 |
An understated mix of alternative country and lush chamber-pop, Lambchop’s 2000 album ‘Nixon’ remains Kurt Wagner’s masterwork.
A skull-crushing onslaught of psych, krautrock, dub and post-punk enhanced by a small army of cutting edge producers, ‘XTRMNTR’ was Primal Scream’s second masterpiece.
Beach House’s 2010 album ‘Teen Dream’ was the joyous sound of a band finally discovering the full extent and power of its own voice.
Minimalist, crystalline and intimate, The xx’s debut album contains the DNA of a subsequent decade of brilliant pop.
Presenting a fully formed 21st century pop icon to the world in the form of Florence Welch, ‘Lungs’ is one of the Noughties’ great debut albums.
Out of step with the great majority of what passed for alternative rock in the late Noughties, ‘Bitte Orca’ by Dirty Projectors has quietly shaped the subsequent decade.
Released in 2009 to a stunned reaction from fans and critics alike, ‘Primary Colours’ transformed The Horrors from a hipster punchline to a highly respected outfit.
The last instalment of a trio of brilliant Yeah Yeah Yeahs albums in the Noughties, ‘It’s Blitz!’ is 10 years old.
‘Merriweather Post Pavilion’ completed Animal Collective’s narrative arc and made them the most important American indie band of the Noughties.
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Updated: Oct 17, 2022
Recently, I headed up to Norwich to visit Bowhill & Elliott in the good company of a few friends — Dennise Yeh and Ksenia Konovalova of The Sartorial Club, alongside Jack Collins from The Gentleman's Gazette.
It was a pleasant two hours train ride to reach the East Anglian town from London Liverpool Street station, making it fairly accessible for enthusiasts that are keen to witness the craftsmanship or simply learn about the business in person.
Some readers may know of Bowhill as a maker of velvet Albert slippers, as indicated in the title, manufacturing and wholesaling for more renowned household brands, such as Crockett & Jones.
While that remains the shoemaker's current main day-to-day operation, the store itself tells a different story; with every tiny detail within the shop hinting that Bowhill's shoemaking lineage goes much further back in time.
'Like a few shoe brands, Bowhill was also originally a bespoke shoemaking business when Odabiah Henry Bowhill, a local bespoke shoemaker, took an interest and purchased the current London street premise from an existing shoemaking business, Wright & Co, in 1874,' said Marc Debieux, now Head of Retail at Bowhill, who has over 20 years of experience working in the shoe industry. (Picture above)
'Then, with the large shoemaking factories opening up in Northampton in the following few years, people started buying more affordable ready-to-wear shoes, making bespoke shoemaking a very tough business to run.'
It was then that Bowhill diversified and started producing ready-to-wear shoes and boots intended for all users, as well as becoming a shoe emporium Norwich locals would know of today.
Curiously, it was also the first shoe shop to stock Crockett & Jones when the latter became more retail-focused in the 1940s, cementing the great working relationship between the two brands for the years to come.
I had the opportunity to examine the special Crockett & Jones recently released for Bowhill — a wholecut reimagined with grained leather and rubber soles for stormy weather, along with a uniquely round last; effectively defying all the conventional understanding of a wholecut's formality (See pictures below).
Needless to say, this twist on the traditionally formal shoe style is intentional. As Marc explained, 'it is essentially what you would wear for a pair of sneakers, but in leather.'
By now, you may be wondering where the slippers part fits into this story.
Curiously, that comes with Bowhill acquiring fellow Norwich shoemakers, the Osoeasie Slipper Company, in the 1960s. From then, the shoemaker has rechanneled all its focus into making house shoes and eventually integrated the factory arm of the business into its existing London street premise.
Fast forward to this day, you can find the door sign taken from Osoeasie's former office now being displayed on the door leading to Bowhill's basement workshop, where all the hand-welting is done. (Picture above)
A nice little touch of heritage, I'd say.
After a brief introduction of the brand history, Marc then brought us upstairs where all the in-house made slippers and pumps are being showcased.
It is a lovely space — as a matter of fact, one that Marc has only renovated with new furnishings he and his team acquired a couple of days before our visit. Prior to that, the now-slipper lounge served more as a men's section for the shoe emporium side of the business, while the ground floor space functioned as the women's section.
'It's what we think we should do to better the Bowhill & Elliott branding', Marc explained, 'if we were to attract customers to come and visit our retail shop locations, we must first start with our original premise.'
I always recommend customers visit a showroom in person if possible, not least because you can admire the hand-finishing detail or embroidery work up close. On top of that, you can get a better sense of what the artisans can achieve by physically interacting with the display pieces, as well as getting inspiration on what you can commission.
In this case, I took a particular liking towards the denim linen pumps as well as the tapestry Albert slippers showcased in the pictures above. It's always refreshing to see that slippers are being used outside of the traditional velvet and tweed, lounging at one's country estate context.
And it does align well with the notion that the line between loafers and slippers is becoming ever blurrier, seeing how popular it is to wear slippers on the street nowadays.
In fact, Bowhill also released a new and ever-growing collection of Street Slippers back in 2018 which features a leather lining (rather than a quilt), as well as a hardened leather or rubber sole for improved durability.
For the remainder of the trip, we were invited to tour the manufacturing space.
It is quite what you would expect from a small production, with the hand-clicking and sewing of the upper being done upstairs; and all the heavy-lifting work, such as hand-welting and turning monk slippers inside out, in the basement.
We were even offered the opportunity to try on some of these processes ourselves, albeit with less-than-ideal results. It's moments like these that make you more appreciative of the craftspersons' expertise and years of experience.
For anyone who is interested in commissioning a made-to-order pair, Bowhill now has a fairly easy-to-use interface for selecting the choice of upper and lining materials, as well as the font for the embroidery.
Having said that, for anyone who is planning to visit, you also get a nice little discount for shopping in person.
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Today on The Survival Podcast the expert council answers your questions on blood pressure, sick rooms, engine issues, propane, insulations, solar systems, investing, ham radio and more.
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Tiger’s eye is a well-known gemstone that blesses the bearer with great confidence, strength and spiritual stability. These are known for warding off all the evils you might encounter for any reason. For this particular purpose, it is necessary to cleanse your Tiger’s eye every once in a while. This will help your precious gemstone to get rid of all the negative energy that has been accumulated in the gemstone, and will also boost the initial benefactor effects of the gemstone.
The following is the specified procedure that is meant to be followed to cleanse your Tiger’s eye thoroughly without any issues:
Choose the necessary medium
There is a multitude of mediums that you can use to wash and cleanse your Tiger’s eye. It mainly depends on the time frame for which you use the gemstone or the relative time when it was cleansed the last time.
The following are some of the ways that you can opt for to cleanse your gemstone:
- Use distilled water to cleanse the gemstone
- Cleanse using salt or salt water
- By using incense
- By using the burying method
- Use spring water
- Clean thoroughly with a soft cloth
Let the Gemstone Rinse clean
This step of cleansing the Tiger’s eye will be strongly dependent on the medium in which you choose to cleanse the gemstone and on account of how frequently you use the said gemstone.
Let your gemstone soak in distilled water for several hours right after usage. And, if you use the gemstone rather frequently, you can let the process continue for about 5 to 6 hours.
Salt or salt water
Salt is known to help discharge all the negative energy that has been accumulated within the gemstone. So to cleanse the Tiger’s eye of all kinds of evils, keep the gemstone in a jar full of salt for a couple of hours. Or you can soak the gemstone in salt water for 5 to 6 hours continuously to let it cleanse slowly.
Bathe your gemstone in the smoke of the incense. You can use sandalwood to make this happen. This method of cleansing is used to drain the gemstone of the energy that has been stored within it. This is a quick but surefire way to cleanse the Tiger’s eye of all the negative energies.
To practice this method, dig a small hole about 10 to 15 centimetres deep in the ground, and place the gemstone in it. Let the stone rest for 2 to 3 weeks. The natural energy and the earth’s dominant minerals around the gemstone will drain it of all the negative energies, and restore it to the state as if it was never brought into use.
Place the Tiger’s eye in spring water or a source of running water, and let the gemstone sit ideally in the water for a few hours. This will help purify the gemstone and will help in the restoration of the positive energy that is contained within the stone.
Rinse the Gemstone clean
Now that the Tiger’s eye has been cleansed internally, you must pay regard towards the outer appearance of the gemstone. It will be rather good if the good effects of the cleansing look on the outside of the gemstone too.
If you want to work o the outer appearance of the Tiger’s eye, it will be good for you to opt for the following means:
Denatured alcohol or isopropyl alcohol will help you in removing all the stains or dark spots that have developed over the gemstone. This being non-reactive and highly soluble will help give the Tiger’s eye a thorough cleansing.
This is a compound that is used to polish gemstones. Also, this compound is rich in derivatives that are constituents of air and earth elements, and this compound will help in the recharging of the said gemstone.
If for whatever reason, the gemstone has been damaged to a greater extent, instead of throwing it away, you can ask an expert to polish it thoroughly with polishing machines.
Soft cloth or Sponge
The use of soft cloth will help ensure that there are no watermarks left over on the gemstone after the cleansing of the Tiger’s eye.
Bring the Tiger’s Eye back into use
After cleansing and after-care, you can bring the gemstone back to your daily use. But now that you have started the cycle of cleansing the gemstone, it will be good if you were to keep up with this habit.
If you bring the Tiger’s eye into use daily, then it will be good if you were to cleanse the gemstone every 4 to 5 days for several hours. If your hours are low, you can just leave the gemstone in spring water in spring water under the moonlight. This will help you get the most benefits out of the process. | <urn:uuid:716128ec-42c6-4857-a31d-571618cf08cc> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://www.thesymbolism.com/how-to-cleanse-tigers-eye/ | 2023-09-27T10:44:45Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510297.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20230927103312-20230927133312-00299.warc.gz | en | 0.940917 | 1,049 |
Dork Diaries (Book 1 & 2) - Rachel Renee Russell
I don't know about you, but I've heard very conflicting thoughts about the Dork Diaries series. Primarily, I find adults (teachers, librarians and parents) hate them, and students love them. I thought I'd check it out for myself.... and definitely fit into the teacher category.
I did not enjoy these books.
I thought about only reading book 1, but I'd bought the 'Double Dork Diaries' bind up of the first two books from Dymocks, and so skim read through the 2nd book so I could give an honest review.
My main concern, which is echoed by many other adults who work in education, is the way it presents young women. The main character is the very stereotypical "not-the-cool-girl-but-is-actually-amazing-and-the-cool-boy-likes-her-and-everything-works-out-in-the-end-and-the-'cool'-girl-is-totally-embarrased" thing going on. I'm sure you know what I'm talking about ;)
From the perspective of a younger person, I remember loving Lizzie McGuire as a pre-teen, which definitely follows a similar theme. But The Dork Diaries didn't make me nostalgic, it made me feel a bit slimy and uncomfortable! I don't like the way the characters speak to or about one another and I don't like the emphasis they put on superficial qualities. Are there kids who actually act this way? Absolutely. Are they kids that we want others' emulating? Absolutely not.
Rating: 1 out of 5 stars. I know lots of lovely girls who enjoy these books, but we don't keep them in our school library and I wouldn't be recommending it to any young women I know.
Age suggestion: At least 10+. Preferably older, and for students who have the emotional maturity to realise that emulating these characters would not be 'cool'.
Ability range: 8+. These books are by no means complex. A similar text style to Diary of a Wimpy kid, in it's diary form. Content notes: I can't bring myself to go back through and list everything, but the word 'craptastic' was thrown around, there was a large focus on impressing the protagonist's 'crush', and girls humiliating each other. It doesn't even sound that bad now that I write it, but I easily made up my mind within the first chapter or two. I don't like the 'B' word, but this book is full of bitchiness.
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Published: January 8, 2013
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Put your hands up for Detroit! On 12/21/12, the day that turned out to be anything but ordinary, GRiZ, the ongoing, on-growing glitch-funk pioneer returned to his beloved hometown Detroit, MI for another mind blowing performance that left the audience in absolute musical ecstasy. The energy in the room was nothing but love, bliss, and excitement. For weeks, attendees from all over Michigan and beyond had been waiting for this night, to not only celebrate the return of their beloved hometown rising star, but also to celebrate the fact that so many passionate and hardworking souls had come together to put on an astounding show.
GRiZ’s set showcased newer works like Big Gigantic collaboration “Power,” and hits from the recently released Mad Liberation. The front row was beaming with excitement, and there was not one moment that passed when hands weren’t high up in the air.
“I would say that in this past year that I’ve just performed. . . my favorite two headlining cities that I played for were my Boulder [Colorado] Fox headline and tonight at St. Andrew’s” says Grant Kwiecinski. “Yeah it was cool, man, because I feel like people from Detroit are really loyal and faithful and I mean, I would say that a good quarter of that audience I’ve had some small conversation with at some point, so it’s cool to enjoy music with them.”
Several other talented rising stars such as glitch-hop pioneer and musical genius Freddy Todd, eclectic on-the-rise youngster MuzzY, and the native creative musician Jaws That Bite all shared time and space on the stage, making the show unforgettable. The amount of talent and energy that filled the room that Friday proved there is solid reason to “put your hands up for Detroit.” | <urn:uuid:78ed9b02-3eaa-405d-9f73-22232e35b4d9> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://www.theuntz.com/news/griz-photo-slideshow-st-andrews-hall-detroit-mi-12212012 | 2023-09-27T10:41:46Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510297.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20230927103312-20230927133312-00299.warc.gz | en | 0.960841 | 448 |
The fate of much disputed MidTown Center may finally be decided. Lake Union Partners closed the deal yesterday on the coveted property with a $23.25 million bid. Moreover, the developer agreed to sell 20% of the parcel to the conservation non-profit Forterra who has partnered with Africatown with the shared goal of creating affordable spaces for homes and small businesses to ensure African Americans can continue to call this historically red-lined–and now red-hot–neighborhood home.
Excluded from other neighborhoods and cities with racial covenants and discriminatory lending practices, African Americans called the Central District home because they had few other options. As recently as 1970 the Central District was 73% Black, but it’s now estimated Blacks make up less than 20% of the neighborhood. With a shrinking Black population and mounting displacement pressure, Africatown has made it their mission to write African Americans into Seattle’s future. Many in the Central District’s Black community sees owning the land as key to changing the pattern of displacement and exclusion.
“We need to get our own cranes up,” Black Dot’s community manager Britney said at a protest at MidTown Center after Seattle Police Department dispersed a group camped inside the now re-located Black Dot, a community space and business incubator.
“If we don’t write ourselves into the future, there’s a good chance we won’t be in the future,” Africatown CEO K. Wyking Garrett said last year. “There was intentional exclusion, and now we need to have intentional inclusion.”
The Midtown Center deal propels Africatown toward that goal and vision for the Central District. Forterra and Africatown plan to build 135 affordable homes atop several storefronts and perhaps a small business incubator on their portion of the site. They will use a community land trust model to allow moderate-income residents a path to ownership. Meanwhile, Lake Union Partners aims to build at least 420 apartments, about 125 of those affordable via Mandatory Housing Affordability (MHA) and MFTE (Multi-Family Tax Exemption).
— The Urbanist (@UrbanistOrg) May 24, 2017
“This is a huge deal,” Councilmember Rob Johnson tweeted, “They plan to perform instead of pay AND 20% of the land will be for a community driven housing project. MHA at work!”
The Central District has not yet had its MHA neighborhood rezone, but the Seattle City Council appears set up to give an ordinance to implement MHA there, with its first hearing in the coming weeks. The affordable requirement–which Johnson said the developer has pledged to do on-site–will be 10% and the Lake Union Partners sees that as viable, as David Kroman reported:
But according to Joe Ferguson, a principal partner with Lake Union Partners, anything higher than 10 percent would have prevented the Midtown project from going forward. “From our perspective it would be extremely difficult to go above that, still make this partnership work and still have a viable project,” he said. Even the 10 percent threshold, he continued, means they will have less parking than they might otherwise build.
With or without a neighborhood-wide rezone, adherence to MHA would be triggered by the rezone Lake Union Partners wants from existing NC2-40 to NC2-65 zoning, gaining 25 feet in buildable height. The MHA draft map shows Mid-Rise (MR) zoning on the site which is functionally similar to NC2-65, allowing more height, but slightly less floor area ratio (FAR) which effectively caps height or the usage of the whole lot. If the Central District rezone is delayed, a contract rezone could be a possibility for the MidTown site.
At 10% of about 420 units, the 42 MHA units would be restricted to households below 60% of area median income (AMI) for 75 years. Whereas, the MFTE units making up 20% of the project (about 84 units) would be reserved for households below 75% of AMI for one bedrooms (85% AMI for two bedrooms and 90% AMI for three-bedroom units) for up to 12 years–the developer can opt out earlier but would lose the property tax exemption by doing so. Also note the MFTE requirement would be 25% if the developers does not includes enough “family-size” multi-bedroom units to qualify for the lower percentage. Together MFTE and MHA allow Lake Union Partners project to produce 30% affordable units, granted the MHA units will be guaranteed as affordable much longer. And that’s in addition to Africatown’s 135 units made affordable through a community land trust.
Ferguson’s comment suggests 10% inclusionary zoning requirements–which the City went with in high cost areas after pushback that the original 5% to 7% framework was too low–are not just viable in the Central District, but also may encourage developers to downsize underground parking, a frequent rallying point for urbanists. Downsizing parking structures rather than inducing demand for car ownership is a good way to make our neighborhoods more pleasant places while also cutting carbon emissions and helping our environment. Perhaps MHA will push us toward that goal and break developers out of their bad habit of oversupplying parking.
MidTown Center is kitty-corner from Liberty Bank where Africatown has partnered with Capitol Hill Housing among other organizations to redevelop the site of the region’s first Black-owned bank. The Liberty Bank Building will not only include 115 affordable apartments and a handful of storefronts, but also act as a gallery space for African American art, with some promising pieces coming together at the art open house last month. The Liberty Bank Building partners were also intentional about hiring minority contractors while bidding construction contracts. That attention to detail both in encouraging minority hiring and in honoring the Central District’s cultural heritage is why many are lauding the Liberty Bank Building as a model for development in the Central District.
23rd and Union has been called ‘ground zero for gentrification.’ Uncle Ike’s pot shop across the street has been a frequent site of protest. To some extent, we are still quibbling over what gentrification means. Some anti-gentrification groups have taken stopping gentrification to mean stopping all private development. Urbanists often point out that development reinvigorates neighborhoods and takes pressure off older housing stock and point to studies showing gentrifying neighborhoods with more private development have less displacement and better outcomes. Joe Cortright argued in The Atlantic gentrification is categorically a good thing. Nonetheless, the issue of ownership and cultural identity remains as black and brown people in historically red-lined areas like the Central District watch their neighborhood change. Africatown’s Garrett told The Seattle Times: “Normally people just throw their hands up and say, ‘Gentrification is inevitable and part of the market.’ We can do something different, and we will.”
Projects like Liberty Bank Building and deals like Africatown just brokered at MidTown Center suggests there’s a way out of the gentrification trap: We can build without losing the soul of a neighborhood.
The top featured image is by Kidder Mathews.
Doug Trumm is publisher of The Urbanist. An Urbanist writer since 2015, he dreams of pedestrianizing streets, blanketing the city in bus lanes, and unleashing a mass timber building spree to end the affordable housing shortage and avert our coming climate catastrophe. He graduated from the Evans School of Public Policy and Governance at the University of Washington in 2019. He lives in East Fremont and loves to explore the city on his bike. | <urn:uuid:ec55b8f0-1ce4-4fda-8633-83b7927058e3> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://www.theurbanist.org/2017/05/24/midtown-center-deal-emerges-20-africatown-stake/ | 2023-09-27T13:09:32Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510297.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20230927103312-20230927133312-00299.warc.gz | en | 0.950918 | 1,607 |
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Microsoft Excel is a popular platform that consists of features, such as calculation, graphing tools, pivot tables, and a macro programming language known as Visual Basic for Application (VBA). Users can make calculations quickly using formulas. A formula is an equation that makes a calculation.
What is the STDEV function?
Excel enables users to perform statistical functions such as STDEV, which calculates standard deviation based on a sample. In statistics, a standard deviation is a measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values.
The Syntax for the STDEV function is below:
- Number 1: The first number argument that corresponds to a sample of a population. It is required
- Number 2: This is a number argument that corresponds to a sample of a population. It is optional.
How to use the STDEV function in Excel
To use the STDEV function in Excel to calculate the standard deviation, follow the steps below:
- Launch Microsoft Excel
- Create a table or use an existing table from your files
- Place the formula into the cell you want to see the result
- Press the enter Key
Launch Microsoft Excel.
Create a table or use an existing table from your files.
Type the formula into the cell you want to place the result =STDEV(B2:B6).
Then press the Enter key to see the result.
When should you use STDEV P?
You use the STDEV.P function when your data represents the entire population and use The STDEV.S function when your data is a sample of the entire population.
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NIGERIA – The Leader Of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Elijah Ayodele has released fresh prophecies for some African countries namely South Sudan, Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal, Zimbabwe, Libya and Sudan.
In a statement signed by his media aide, Osho Oluwatosin, Primate Ayodele revealed that the president of South Sudan, Salva Kiir will face various political challenges following his bid to become the next president of the country in the proposed election in 2024.
The man of God made it known that the president will be fought and that one of his vice presidents will rise up against his ambition to retain power in the country. He explained that Salva Kiir has good intentions for the nation but he needs to seek God early in order to come out of the blockages ahead of him.
“In South Sudan, the election there will cause tension as the incumbent president, Salva Kiir will face various challenges politically. They will fight his political authenticity and progress, they will do everything to make sure they cause him what he doesn’t expect. They will use the international community against him and one of his vice presidents will come out to challenge his ambition to become the country’s president. He must be very prayerful, focused and pay attention.”
“They will fight the president and he needs to watch his health, political steps and those he believes so much in that will create complications in his bid. The parliament will be divided because of him and there will be ethnicity crisis because of him. He should seek the face of God early in order to prevent negative plots against him. He has the mind to do well and means well for the country but he needs intensive prayers to come out of the blockages ahead of him.”
In Côte d’Ivoire, Primate Ayodele revealed that the anointed person to become the next president is Charles Blé Goudé except he doesn’t contest the election. He made it known that the ruling party will not retain power as people will kick against them.
“In Côte d’Ivoire, they must be careful because the next election will bring a lot of things and complications. I still maintain that Charles Blé Goudé is the anointed person to be the next president except he doesn’t contest. The ruling party will not forge ahead, let them pray against the ethnic crisis. People will not vote for the party again.”
In Senegal, Primate Ayodele warned the president, Macky Sall, against political problems and huge protests against his government. He also advised him to be careful as he foresees indictment against his government.
“In Senegal, the president will face a very tough election time, they will want to create problems and counter political problems for him. He will want to cease the opposition and there will be a huge protest against him. There will be great confusion in his government, they will indict his government. He must re-strategize and put his government in order.”
In Zimbabwe, Primate Ayodele revealed that the incumbent will retain power in the coming election set to take place this year. He mentioned that the opposition will not be able to demonstrate leadership.
“In Zimbabwe, the election will not give the opposition any right, the election will retain the incumbent because the opposition will not be able to demonstrate the democratic system of leadership and the present government will turn things around in the country.”
Also, Primate Ayodele stated that democracy will come alive in Sudan and that Libya will also experience democracy this year even though there will be ethnicity crisis in the land
“In Sudan, the people will not relent their efforts in protesting against the military government and it will cause problems. At the end, democracy will come alive in Sudan.”
“In Libya, Gadaffi’s camp will fight to get back power in the country and for sure, democracy will come back to Libya this year, no matter the ups and down even though it will still cause some ethnicity crisis but democracy will come to Libya.”
Furthermore, he warned against bombings, attacks, and coups in African nations.
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March 21 is the 80th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 285 days remain until the end of the year.
We have some interesting facts & historic events all about March 21st, including areas in religion, crime, health and more.
Keep reading for more interesting facts about March 21st in history!
Table of Contents
- International Day Of Forest.
- World Poetry Day.
- International Day Of Colours.
- World Down Syndrome Day
- National French Bread Day
- National Common Courtesy Day
- International Day of Forests
- National Single Parents Day
- National Fragrance Day
What Happened On This Day – March 21
2013: The European Space Agency reveals new data that indicates that the universe is 13.82 billion years old in 2013.
2006: Jack Dorsey sends the world’s first Twitter message, or tweet
The microblogging service revolutionized the communication and social networking landscape. In 2012, about 340 million tweets were posted per day.
1985: South African Police kill at least 21 black people commemorating a similar mass shooting 25 years before
The Sharpeville massacre in 1985 had left 69 unarmed people dead. It was a turning-point in the history of South Africa.
1975: Ethiopia abolishes its monarchy after 3,000 years in 1975.
1970: Earth Day is celebrated for the first time
The first edition was limited to some cities in the United States. Today, Earth Day is observed by about 1 billion people around the world.
1961: The Beatles’ first appearance at the Cavern Club in Liverpool in 1961.
1952: The world’s first rock and roll concert is held in Cleveland, Ohio
DJ Alan Freed presented the concert, which was closed down after only one song because of over-crowding.
1943: A plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler by suicide bomb fails
German Wehrmacht officer, Rudolf von Gersdorff, failed to blow up the dictator but managed to defuse his bombs just before they went off and avoid suspicion.
1961: On this day, 21st March 1961, One of the iconic Rock bands of this world ‘The Beatles’ made their first appearance at Cavern Club, Liverpool. The above one is one of the first pictures taken at that time.
Births On This Day, March 21
1980: Ronaldinho, Brazilian footballer
1978: Rani Mukerji, Indian actress
1960: Ayrton Senna, Brazilian race car driver
1940: Solomon Burke, American singer-songwriter
1806: Benito Juárez, Mexican lawyer, politician, 25th President of Mexico
Ronaldinho was born.
Rani Mukherjee was born.
Jair Bolsonaro was born.
Deaths On This Day, March 21
2013: Chinua Achebe, Nigerian author, poet, academic
2008: Klaus Dinger, German guitarist, songwriter
1843: Guadalupe Victoria, Mexican politician, 1st President of Mexico
1656: James Ussher, Irish archbishop
1556: Thomas Cranmer, English Archbishop of Canterbury
Wilbert Awdrey died.
William Blount died.
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It will not be lost on many that the Reds’ ability to make the trip to Paris at the end of the month came partly thanks to Phillips’ efforts last season.
The centre-back made 20 appearances as Klopp looked to the 25-year-old to add needed stability at the back, playing a key role in catapulting the club into the Champions League places.
There was then a sense of serendipity that on the night Liverpool confirmed their place in the final, Phillips also had a celebratory moment of his own on the south coast of England.
And the Liverpool manager had a classy message for the defender after the triumph.
“Congratulations to Nat Phillips by the way,” Klopp said in his press conference at Villarreal after being informed of the news midway through.
Top class, as always, from the manager.
— This Is Anfield (@thisisanfield) May 4, 2022
Kieffer Moore was the man to seal the Cherries’ fate with a well-worked set-piece goal, in what was Phillips’ 16th Championship start of the season.
The 25-year-old was also instrumental at the back against a free-scoring Forest side, with his 100 percent aerial duel success rate key in his seventh league clean sheet for Bournemouth.
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Facing arrest in Louisiana is no small matter. Depending on the details of the events leading up to that unfavorable moment in your life, you may encounter serious challenges in trying to avoid conviction. Police officers often testify at criminal hearings. In fact, many situations, such as if you are facing drunk driving charges, amount to a cop’s word against yours.
It is presumed that you are innocent of any crime, of course, unless proved otherwise, so at some point, someone needs to present evidence to the court that convinces a judge or jury that you did what prosecutors claim you did. You will hopefully be able to present a strong-enough defense to overcome the prosecution’s quest to obtain conviction. A key factor in many cases has to do with a Miranda warning.
Did investigators question you?
Police can be quite intimidating when they want to be. It’s a tactic they often use if they are trying to determine probable cause to make an arrest or if they are questioning you after taking you into custody. The following information explains how you can protect your rights regarding a Miranda warning:
- Police must use clear wording to explain your rights to you.
- They must do so before investigators interrogate you for any reason following your arrest.
- If they interrogate you before you have been Mirandized, you may have grounds to request a dismissal of your case.
- A Miranda warning informs you that you have a right to remain silent. It also states that if you do speak, prosecutors can use what you say against you in court.
- Miranda rights also include the freedom to request legal representation, and the officer must tell you that the court will appoint an attorney for you if you can’t afford to hire one.
The officer issuing your Miranda warning must also ask you if you have heard and clearly understood what he or she has said. You must respond. If you invoke your Fifth Amendment right to silence during an interrogation, all questioning must cease. Any violation of your rights may create grounds for inadmissibility of evidence or for complete dismissal of your case.
Exceptions to the rule
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The kind of music or the kind of arrangements that I do, the kind of musicians I choose, is just what I like to hear.
Well, if you look at all of the cultures in America, this is a great opportunity for us to really get acquainted with the rest of the world. America is the only place you can do that, but we don't have sense enough to take advantage of that.
What does music mean to me? I don't think I would really be much without it, without it coming through me. It's my means of communication, my means of growth, my means of transportation from one point in my life to another.
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Are you utilizing a SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats) analysis to determine your insurance restoration company’s potential? The framework of a SWOT analysis is utilized by your team to evaluate your organizations competitive position and to help with your restoration company’s short-term and long-term planning efforts. This analysis gives business leaders a better understanding of the overall business, opportunities to identify and address organizational weaknesses, strengthen the overall business efforts, and to develop and maintain business goals and strategies. The SWOT analysis for any organization is just one part of developing the entire business planning processes.
In the insurance restoration industry, restoration contractors are seeking various methods to not only increase organizational revenue, but also to reduce additional costs that are not beneficial to the operation. All upper-level managers (general manager, operations manager, sales manager, CEO, CFO, COO, etc.) should be involved with this process. Each of these managers may define a SWOT analysis for their own respective departments. Additionally, there can be a collaborative meeting where all managers share their departments SWOT analysis and gather feedback from other managers. This is a great way to get your team involved within the business planning process.
Each division of your restoration company would need to have a SWOT analysis developed. For example, your water mitigation department would have a SWOT analysis developed for this process, your mold remediation department (may even be the same team) would have a SWOT analysis developed, etc. This will give great insight into what each of the respective divisions are doing well, and what is not working. Your team should be able to identify all of the measurables needed so that your management team can develop better processes or even do away with certain processes.
In the insurance restoration business, it is important to prioritize the insured. It is also equally important to monitor the progress of your team within the claims process. When a policy holder files a property claim, they need to know that the restoration company is on their side. Many times, insurance restoration contractors are too focused on the metrics set forth by the third-party administrator (TPA) or by the insurance carrier. Remember, these metrics are in place for the benefit of the TPA and the insurance carrier. By no means have these metrics been created to be friendly to the insurance restoration contractor.
You know your insurance restoration business best. It is in your, and your clients, best interest to develop processes that not only fit your business model, but that also provide a means for the insured to have a better claims experience. Most contractors are focused on how quickly they can move a client from contract to payment. While this is honestly a normal approach, the insured needs to know that you have their best interests in mind. Lastly, do not represent the insured. Unless you hold a public adjuster’s license or are a licensed attorney, you do not need to have language that even implies that you represent the insured.
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I have written before about Probate pitfalls and horror stories (stock certificates and EE Bonds being the items I loathe the most). Let’s talk about another item of property that makes some Executors cringe and beneficiaries moan: When an estate (and estate attorney) neglects properly handling Real Estate.
Many of us know the emotional roller coaster ride of buying and selling a house – offers, counter offers, mortgage heartburn, moving, last second surprises (continue any possible stressful occurence ad infinitum). Now imagine a third-party (an Executor / Administrator / Trustee) having to figure these out and paying for attorney’s assistance out of your estate’s assets or, worse, initially out of their own pocket. It is at this point our story begins:
I had a case where there was an additional bathroom that was added to the house and the backyard deck that was built years ago, neither of which was properly registered with the municipality.
Of course no one except the decedent knew this, so now the house, still in contract to be sold, needed updated Certificates of Occupancy (or as attorneys call it, “The CO” or “Oh No”). Now we were waiting on the municipality to chug out paperwork. In addition there was a lien on the house for an “unjust” medical bill which was never paid, and an old mortgage from a bank that never filed the Mortgage Satisfaction. These issues were only found out during a Title Search and lien search, which (as is often the case) wasn’t done until the Contract of Sale had been executed. Now the Closing had to be postponed for months, real estate taxes and expenses had to be paid, beneficiaries had to wait for their bequests (no one likes waiting for money), there was more work for the fiduciary (who is only getting paid a flat fee, so now their work was uncompensated), more anxiety and bad energy emanated from the impatient purchaser, and more legal fees began to accrue.
So 3 months later the municipality had finally issued the CO, but the fiduciary decided (against all reasonable demands) to stop heating the house appropriately and the water pipes burst in the house due to freezing. Now the water in the pipes thaws and, yes, water began pumping into the house. Not good. In addition, the fiduciary (again, opting not to listen to legal advice because she had to pay out of pocket for the time being) decided to tell the home insurance company the home’s owner died, found out home owner’s insurance for an estate is insanely expensive (for the exact reason above), and decided not to pay it. It was a perfect disaster: The buyer pulled out of the purchase, the home was horribly damaged, the beneficiaries were pissed, and the Executor tried to step down (the court did not allow it – she was stuck finishing the job).
I have seen this exact fact pattern, and seen similar occurences more than once. And I’m sure I will see it again.
The lesson here is to deal with COs while you are still alive – it will save your estate a good deal of expenses. Pay or formally dispute any bills which could otherwise have a lien placed on your house. And if you have a Revocable Trust make sure it is the owner on your Deed to avoid Probate. If you are an Executor, make sure to continue proper utilities (I.e. heat). I won’t tell you not to inform the insurance company that the home owner died, but will tell you that home owner insurance policies for an estate are extremely expensive (probably due to the fact pattern above: No one lives there, so no one knowns about damages taking place in real time).
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It may seem like, when it comes to data centers, all we talk about is energy efficiency. While this may be somewhat true, it is for a good reason. Data centers use A LOT of energy. Just how much? The New York Times provides more information about how much energy data centers are using and points to why energy efficiency is needed, “Worldwide, the digital warehouses use about 30 billion watts of electricity, roughly equivalent to the output of 30 nuclear power plants, according to estimates industry experts compiled for The Times. Data centers in the United States account for one-quarter to one-third of that load, the estimates show. “It’s staggering for most people, even people in the industry, to understand the numbers, the sheer size of these systems,” said Peter Gross, who helped design hundreds of data centers. “A single data center can take more power than a medium-size town.” That description is truly astonishing and as technology evolves data usage is only growing. But, the way data centers use energy is something that can be controlled and more and more data centers are looking at every possible option to improve energy efficiency.
It can be easy to theorize ways to improve energy efficiency but it seems that often so many ideas remain theories. And, if energy efficiency measures do get discussed the road to implementation is frequently long. For existing data centers the focus must be on improving PUE (power usage effectiveness). A complete audit of existing infrastructure is necessary to develop a proper DCIM plan and begin to implement continuous monitoring. With a complete picture of infrastructure you can locate areas in which energy is not efficiently being used and either eliminate that infrastructure, replace that infrastructure or find better ways to improve efficiency through other methods such as improved cooling. More and more we see data centers relocating to climates in which it is easier to take advantage of cooler temperatures for a form of free data center cooling. If relocation is not a possibility there are other ways to work with your existing location and still use cooler weather to efficiently cool your data center when it is available. Additionally, by creating zones such as hot zones and cold zones or hot aisles and cold aisles you can take advantage of containment and focus your energy where it is needed without wasting it on other areas. Regardless of whether you are moving or retrofitting your data center, there are ways to improve energy efficiency that will not only be beneficial to the environment but will save a significant amount of money once implemented. | <urn:uuid:e865b67d-3dc9-4518-9edb-26852dfd4b7f> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://www.titanpower.com/blog/how-to-transform-your-data-center-by-implementing-energy-efficiency/ | 2023-09-27T12:02:14Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510297.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20230927103312-20230927133312-00299.warc.gz | en | 0.936774 | 506 |
Here we have tried to answer all of the most common questions which beginners ask us. If you need to ask any other questions, we are only to pleased to help – just go to our Contact Us page and email or phone us from there.
- What is TaeKwon-Do?
- What age do you take children from?
- Does it matter how old I am?
- Do I need to be fit, and will I get fit?
- What will TaeKwon-Do do for me/my child?
- Will I learn to defend myself?
- Will I get hurt?
- What clothing do I need?
- Do I have to take exams?
- Do I have to enter competitions?
- What Does it All Cost?
- When and where does training take place?
- How Do I start?
- Can I train at different clubs or do I have to stick to just one?
- Are the classes term time only – do you stop for the holidays?
- How often do I have to train?
- Do you have separate classes for beginners?
- Do you have separate ladies classes?
- Can I train at the same time as my child?
- My child is lacking in confidence, will TaeKwon-Do help them?
- My child is needing some more discipline, can you help?
- My child has learning difficulties/ADHD/Aspergers syndrome, is TaeKwon-Do suitable for them?
- Do I have to sign a contract?
- Where do I buy the equipment from?
- Are the instructors qualified and DBS checked?
- I haven’t done a martial art before, is that OK?
What is TaeKwon-Do?
TaeKwon-Do is a Korean martial art which can be loosely described as a cross between Karate and Kickboxing. Literally translated from Korean (where TaeKwon-Do originates) it means “The way of the Hand and Foot”. It is a good means of self-defence and principally uses blocks, kicks, punches, locks and restraints to achieve this. Please see our What is TaeKwon-Do page for a more in-depth explanation.
What age do you take children from?
We take children from the age of 5 once they have completed their first term in reception class at school (in January). For pre-school age children I recommend you seek out your nearest Tumble Tots class, in my opinion the classes provide excellent learning in co-ordination and balance for the younger child and prepares them really well for moving on to learning a martial art.
Does it matter how old I am?
No it doesn’t. We teach children from as young as five (subject to an in class assessment) once they have completed their first term in reception (foundation) class, and adults as old as eighty are training in clubs around the country. Because TaeKwon-Do requires self-imposed discipline, the only limit is yourself.
Do I need to be fit, and will I get fit?
No, you don’t need to be fit or flexible. The training we give you will increase both. We do not expect beginners to have had any previous experience of martial art, we expect them generally to be unfit and often also overweight. As with taking up any physical activity it is wise to seek the advice of your doctor if you are at all unsure if you are fit enough to take up such an activity.
In the early weeks you will probably curse me; there will be times that you will be very out of breath, muscles screaming for mercy, and get very sweaty! Some mornings you will wake up stiff and achy; STICK WITH IT! In 4 – 6 weeks of training, the difference you will notice in yourself will be great. After six weeks, you will see brand new beginners struggling to keep up, and you will realise how far you’ve come. For more information please see our page on fitness.
What will TaeKwon-Do do for me/my child?
TaeKwon-Do improves fitness, strength and flexibility. It also teaches self-defence which increases confidence in our students. As a martial art, it allows self-expression and, particularly in younger students, teaches self-control and discipline.
Will I learn to defend myself?
The practical application of TaeKwon-Do in real self-defence situations is very frequently covered in the sessions. We cannot claim that after six months of training you will be able to defeat any opponent, only that you can hope to be more aware of things you can try to help yourself. The best lesson you can learn is to not put yourself into a dangerous situation in the first place, but if it happens you need to be armed with some techniques you can call upon instinctively, and we hope to be able to arm you with these – but as is mentioned in the section on self-defence, it takes much practice and maintenance for these skills to be available to you when you need them.
Will I get hurt?
TaeKwon-Do is a contact sport/art, so of course we cannot guarantee that you will never be hurt. However, accidents rarely happen and even then are rarely serious (you can expect the occasional bruise!). Our semi-contact free sparring is always done wearing protective equipment; head guard, gloves, foot protectors, shin guards, groin guards and gum shields. Before you can take part in any of the contact aspect of TaeKwon-Do you will need to have joined our club and governing body, the ITC, which will cover you for insurance purposes also.
What clothing do I need?
Initially, a t-shirt and tracksuit bottoms is fine. Please ensure that the trousers you (or your child) wear are not so long that they come down under the soles of your feet as this can cause you to slip over. We train in bare feet, and one of our traditions and also for safety, we remove any jewellery before training. Once you decide to stay, training suits (called doboks) are available to buy from us. These cost £36 – £38 each depending on the size.
Do I have to take exams?
The belt system in TaeKwon-Do is such that, to work up through the belts, gradings do need to be taken. However, it is purely your own choice when you take them and if you do not feel ready, you will not be pressured into it. Gradings are available in the Bristol South Ashton and Bristol North Bradley Stoke venues every three months, although for children expect them to be ready to grade roughly every six months. There are ten belt colours to go through before reaching black belt; the minimum time to reach black belt is three and a half years.
Do I have to enter competitions?
No. The ITC is a large organization and there are plenty of opportunities to enter competitions for those that wish to but it is entirely optional. Nobody will be forced to compete who does not wish to but for those who enjoy it there is a lively competition scene. Please see our competitions page for more information.
What Does it all Cost?
The basic training costs are paid by monthly subscription of £45 per month, but we give a £5 discount if you pay by standing order. For families wishing to train, the second student from a family costs £40, the third costs £20, the fourth costs £15 and the fifth is FREE! There is no ‘by the lesson’ or ‘once a week’ rate.
Training is based on attending at least two sessions per week, but any of our students can train at any of our clubs – up to six nights per week at no extra cost! There are other costs – yearly membership your club and our governing body, the ITC, costs £36 each per year – this covers you for insurance purposes and is mandatory. Each grading costs £27 – gradings are available every 3 months, although children generally grade every 6 months. The training suit costs £36 – £38 depending on size, and a full set of equipment used for sparring is currently £146 for males and £124 for females.
When and where does training take place?
The Bristol North club at Bradley Stoke trains every Thursday and Friday at the Bradley Stoke Leisure Centre, Bristol South Hengrove at Hengrove Leisure Centre every Monday and Wednesday, and Bristol South Ashton at Ashton Park trains at the Ashton Park School every Tuesday and Friday. Please see our Venues page for more details. Remember we ask that you try to train twice a week minimum, but you can train whichever nights suit you, however many times you like – you can train all six nights if you like! It doesn’t cost any more to train any more.
How Do I Start?
Just turn up! It is helpful if you can aim to arrive 5 – 10 minutes before the start of your first session to introduce yourself and also so we may ensure that an assistant instructor is available to take you through some basics. For children it can sometimes be helpful for them to come along and watch a session first – otherwise we often find they spend more time ‘rubbernecking’ to see what’s going on in the rest of the class than taking in any of what they’re being taught!
Parents are always welcome to stay and watch any of the classes.
Can I train at different clubs or do I have to stick to just one?
You are welcome to train in any of our three clubs (Bradley Stoke, Hengrove and Ashton). Each club trains twice a week; you can train one night at one club and one night at another if it suits you, and you can train for as many nights each week you like, as long as you try to make the minimum of two nights per week.
Are the classes term time only – do you stop for the holidays?
We train all the time, we don’t stop for the school holidays. We stop for some of the bank holidays and the Christmas period (although we train at least once between Christmas and New Year, to try and work off some of that turkey!). If Mr Martin is ill or taking a holiday, classes will be covered by another fully qualified instructor – so the classes will always be on! Occasionally we have to cancel a class if a hall is being used for another purpose as sometimes happens in Southville due to blood donor sessions, but you will be informed of these well in advance – see the Calendar of Events page.
How often do I have to train?
Because we cover a syllabus of material enabling students to potentially take a grading every 12 weeks, it is important that you aim to train a minimum of twice a week. Training for less than that means you will quickly fall behind other students training at your level and will be in a constant state of ‘catch up’ which is frustrating not only for you, but for the other students and instructors alike. From a fitness point of view, even twice a week is not enough if TaeKwon-Do is your only form of exercise! You should be aiming at three sessions of exercise a week to maintain your fitness.
Do you have separate classes for beginners?
No, beginners are taught in a small group separately from the main class, by an assistant instructor. The basics of TaeKwon-Do can often be picked up very quickly, and as soon as we feel you are ready you will be able to join in with the main class. It is important that you can see and try to emulate more senior grade students – you can learn much from them! In time it will be you that the beginners will be trying to emulate!
Do you have separate ladies classes?
No, all of our classes are mixed. This does however mean that women have the opportunity to practice their self-defence moves on men! We are a very friendly bunch, however if you feel at all uncomfortable during a session, please always make myself or another of the instructors or black belts aware and we will do all we can to help.
The sparring sessions that take place in class are mixed – you will be facing both men and women, however it is always expected that the men go easier on the women unless you tell them not to! (mind you, we’ve had a few chaps quite surprised to find they’re fighting a demon woman!) Sparring is very closely monitored at all times by qualified instructors, and if you feel anyone, male or female, is going too hard you are encouraged to say so and the issue will be dealt with.
Sparring at competition level however is single sex.
Can I train at the same time as my child?
No. Although children are essentially taught the same syllabus as adults, the way they are taught is very different. As you might expect, a child’s concentration span can be a lot shorter than that of an adult (well, generally!) and so their sessions are broken into smaller chunks, interspersed with various games aimed not only at refreshing their minds, but also getting them fit without realising it!
There is also the issue of physical size – we take children from the age of five, and generally once children reach the age of around 13 they are just too big for the kids class!
My child is lacking in confidence, will TaeKwon-Do help them?
Experience has shown that TaeKwon-Do can certainly help with a child’s confidence. On a very basic level TaeKwon-Do helps to teach balance, co-ordination and self-awareness which has been shown can be vital steps in building an individuals confidence. Tying on the next colour of belt can be a huge boost – the child can look back and see how far they’ve progressed, whilst still looking forward to the next level they are aiming to achieve.
Having the opportunity to ‘teach’ other more junior students (in ability, not necessarily age!) can also be a huge confidence boost to any individual (this teaching is always closely monitored by a qualified instructor), once I feel a child is ready and they are happy to try, I encourage them to give it a go.
My child is needing some more discipline, can you help?
The TaeKwon-Do dojang (training hall) has very definite rules and etiquette which all students and instructors alike are expected to follow. The rules are based fundamentally on respect – for yourself, and all others around you. If any students choose not to follows these rules they are given warnings and ultimately penalties (I have occasionally had to exclude adults from classes, though thankfully not very often). If the poor behaviour continues I will speak to both the child and parent, and we will normally come to an agreement about how the behaviour will be handled during the class. For the sake of both the individual who is misbehaving, and that of the other students and instructors around him/her, I will not allow poor behaviour in the class to continue.
That said however, we often find that the children whom we are told are ‘handfuls’ at home, can turn out to be some of our most attentive, hard working, helpful and delightful students!
My child has learning difficulties/ADHD/Aspergers syndrome, is TaeKwon-Do suitable for them?
I judge each student individually. My response to any parent who informs me that their child has any form of learning or behavioural difficulty is to ‘give them a go’ – the one month’s free training is there for this very reason. Often parents have been surprised at how well their child has taken to TaeKwon-Do. It does not suit everyone. That said, we have trained many children that have been labelled with ‘ADHD’ with much success, and have several students training who have Aspergers syndrome – other students are often very understanding, helpful and patient towards them.
Do I have to sign a contract?
No, subscriptions are paid monthly but there is no contract to sign. You will however need to join your club and our governing body at an annual cost of £36; this also covers you for insurance purposes.
Where do I buy the equipment from?
From us. Again for insurance reasons the sparring equipment is made to the high specifications of our governing body and so is only available through us. The doboks (training suits) are also only available through us as they have the association logo and embroidery on them. For details of the equipment available and prices please ask.
Are the instructors qualified and CRB checked?
Yes, I (Russ Martin) am a fully qualified instructor and a qualified coach with the National Coaching Federation. My qualifications are recognised by the Sports Council of Great Britain. All my assistant instructors are also fully qualified and insured, we are all regularly DBS checked and follow strict guidelines on child safety. For more information on all the instructors please see the instructors page.
I haven’t done a martial art before, is that OK?
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HCW Biologics Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2022 Financial Results and Recent Business Highlights
MIRAMAR, Fla., March 28, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HCW Biologics Inc. (the “Company” or “HCW Biologics”) (NASDAQ: HCWB), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering and developing novel immunotherapies to lengthen healthspan by disrupting the link between chronic, low-grade inflammation and age-related diseases, today reported financial results and recent business highlights for its fourth quarter ended December 31, 2022.
Hing C. Wong, Ph.D., Founder and CEO of HCW Biologics, stated, “We had a productive year in 2022, and our cancer program met or exceeded key milestones. In the fall, a preliminary first-in-human clinical data readout was presented at the SITC annual conference by Dr. Melissa Geller, the principal investigator for the University of Minnesota (“UMN”) sponsored Phase 1 clinical trial to evaluate HCW9218 in solid tumors. We are encouraged by data gathered in this study and believe that it shows the potential of HCW9218 in the treatment of solid tumors, especially ovarian cancer. Our data indicates that HCW9218 is functioning as it was intended – activating the immune system and capturing TGF-ß 1, 2 and 3 with no evidence of mucosal bleeding.”
Dr. Wong continued, “UMN has been a terrific sponsor and partner for the Phase 1 solid tumor clinical study. With Dr. Geller’s expertise and focus, along with the support of the co-principal investigator, Dr. Jeff Miller, the Phase 1 portion of this trial is on track to be completed within a year of its initiation, which is fortunate in the times of prolonged COVID-related delays. Because of this, we are poised to complete the Phase 1 study in 2023 and, if our studies are successful, potentially advance into Phase 2 clinical trials in 2023.”
In the fourth quarter of 2022, the Company also initiated a Company-sponsored Phase 1b/2 clinical trial to evaluate HCW9218 in advanced pancreatic cancer. Dr. Wong stated, “With respect to HCW9218, we believe cancer is our gateway indication to other age-related diseases. As and to the extent we advance the clinical development to evaluate HCW9218 in cancer indications, we intend to focus on two of the most difficult-to-treat cancers that have no therapeutic remedy today: ovarian cancer and pancreatic cancer.” He added, “If we can establish safety and dosage of HCW9218 in cancer indications, we plan to expand to other age-related diseases promoted by inflammaging.”
One of the pillars of the Company’s strategy is its commitment to documenting its work in high-impact scientific journals. Two scientific papers were submitted in 2022, one has been published, and the other has been accepted for publication. Dr. Wong stated, “We devote significant resources to publishing scientific papers, because we believe in the value of sharing our discoveries and inventions with the broader scientific community.”
Dr. Wong continued, “Our most recent paper published in Frontiers in Immunology illustrates the potential for HCW9302 as a therapeutic agent to expand and activate Treg cells indicating it might be effective in treating inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. HCW9302 is a unique fusion protein with two IL-2 domains linked by an extracellular tissue factor domain that has been shown in preclinical research to exhibit a more favorable pharmacokinetic profile than recombinant IL-2, with longer half-life, greater affinity to IL-2 receptor a and no toxicity. The results of our research included in this publication show the potential of HCW9302 in the treatment of age-related inflammatory diseases, such as atherosclerosis.”
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Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2022 Financial Results:
HCW Biologics believes its cash and cash equivalents and investments will be sufficient to fund its operations through at least the next 12 months. This cash runway guidance is based on the Company’s current operational plans and buildout of its new headquarters building, and it excludes any additional capital infusion resulting from bank loans, joint ventures, out-licenses, or other business development transactions. Relocation to the new headquarters is anticipated during 2024, although the Company may choose to delay the completion date to extend its cash runway. In the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company incurred significant legal expenses on its own behalf and on behalf of Dr. Wong, as required by the indemnification agreement between the Company and Dr. Wong. In the year ahead, the Company expect to continue to incur legal expenses on its own behalf in connection with the legal proceedings brought against it by Altor/NantCell. However, now that the arbitration against Dr. Wong was initiated by Altor/NantCell, Dr. Wong’s legal expenses will be covered by the provisions of his advancement agreement with Altor/NantCell in connection with the arbitration.
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20 BEST SEO TOOLS THAT SEO EXPERTS ACTUALLY USE IN 2021
Mastering SEO optimization can be hard, especially if you’re just starting out. Fortunately, finding the best SEO tools is easy, we’ve compiled them all on this list. We reached out to over 30 SEO experts to find out what the best SEO software is and what keyword tracking tools are impressing the SEO experts. You don’t need to try all these tools, you just need to figure out which one works best for your business.
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It gets better. If you’re managing more than one website, SEO tools can help you assess each site’s performance on the fly. Many entrepreneurs with multiple websites end up putting a lot of data in spreadsheets and analyzing it manually. But that soon becomes overwhelming and raises the risk of the reports being inaccurate. Fortunately, you can use SEO software to save hours of effort and generate accurate reports at a click. | <urn:uuid:675fd8a1-a552-455f-8b88-6dae2298f88c> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://www.todayinfotech.com/2best-seo-tools-that-seo-experts0-actually-use-in-2021/ | 2023-09-27T11:08:20Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510297.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20230927103312-20230927133312-00299.warc.gz | en | 0.910925 | 288 |
My thoughts on Hillbilly Elegy are a tangle–kinda like if you pulled several different headphones out of a junk drawer at once. On the one hand, this a passionate, well-made movie, based on somebody’s real life. Lots of money and talent are on full display. On the flip-side, Elegy is a sweaty, overwrought melodrama, rife with people screamin’, wrasslin’, and cryin’ big ol’ plump tears. The lead actors deliver showy performances that mainly serve to draw attention to themselves. Ultimately, the story never attains the dramatic lift for which it aspires, and the result is a movie that rings surprisingly hollow.
Adapted from J.D. Vance’s memoir, Elegy kicks off somewhere in the Kentucky backwoods. It’s the late 90s, and J.D. (Owen Asztalos, as a child) and his kin reenact a few scenes from Alan Jackson’s “Chattahoochee” video: They tromp through the woods and splash in the brick-brown river water–where there’s a lot about livin’ and a little ’bout love. Despite the fact that he’s from Ohio, J.D. makes it clear he identifies with these annual summers spent in Kentucky.
It’s here that we also meet J.D.’s immediate family. Mamaw (Glenn Close) is his blunt, wizened grandmother, the aged star around which the entire family orbits. Bev, J.D.’s mother, is in throes of a pill addiction, and prone to violent mood swings. His older sister Lindsay (Haley Bennett) turns into an adult before her time, and must often act as caregiver and voice of reason for the family.
The film intercuts between these flashbacks and J.D. (Gabriel Basso) as a hungry law student at Yale. He is in a happy relationship with Usha (Freida Pinto), and scores job interviews with a few big-time firms. This fast-track to a better life gets derailed when J.D. gets some startling news from home. I don’t want to give too much away, but you can probably guess who it’s about. This tragedy forces J.D. to trek back his hillbilly origins and confront his complicated relationship with his abusive mother.
That description and the high-powered cast will probably make you think that Elegy is a bold dramatic movie, with lots of emotional payoffs. Unfortunately, everything about it feels very mechanical, very written. At any film school, any professor worth his Kurosawa posters will tell you that if you’re hired to adapt a book into a movie, don’t just write the book. Yet, over and over, writers overload their script with clunky voiceover narration. Elegy commits this same sin, spoon-feeding us exposition, rather than allowing the film to show it to us.
Also, in spite of–or, perhaps because of–these characters being inspired by real-life people, much of their behavior rings false. For example, Mamaw is presented as a saintly figure. She’s crude and plain-spoken, to be sure, but her role in the script is to always say and do the right things at the right time. This is clearly the author’s idealized vision of her, and this sanitizing robs the film of much of its dramatic heft. For all the big emotional beats in Hillbilly Elegy, much of it feels startlingly contrived and one-dimensional.
As for the performances, well…I’m gonna go on a tangent, so bear with me: Remember that scene in Wayne’s World, where Mike Myers is trying to win back Tia Carrere? He starts splashing fake tears onto his face and blubbering how he never learned to read. A subtitle at the bottom of the screen flashes “OSCAR CLIP,” and the joke is made clear. Myers is fake-hamming it up for the Academy.
I don’t want to say that’s happening here, but…I kinda think that’s happening here. Adams and Close make big speeches and chew the scenery non-stop. And maybe that’s true to life. It just doesn’t feel authentic. I kept waiting for “OSCAR CLIP” to pop up on the screen. Both leads are dynamic actresses who’ve done great work, but they never made me forget that I’m watching people perform.
People who can suspend that disbelief may love Hillbilly Elegy. I came away cold. This is so much sound and fury, signifying nothing. I don’t think I’ve ever had such a blah response to a film with so much talent. (And that also goes for director Ron Howard, who seems curiously invisible here.) If you want a film that covers similar terrain with more oomph and skill, check out the recent Devil All the Time. I remember being pretty harsh on it, but after seeing the belligerent blandness of Hillbilly Elegy, my opinion has definitely improved.
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FA Cup weekend is upon us once more and that’s the focus of our Saturday BTTS treble, as we look to churn out a cracking 13/2 winner.
We’re backing these six teams to all find the target at some stage during the afternoon and are hopeful of a weekend triumph.
Alternatively, add an extra two selections to qualify for BetVictor’s acca insurance promotion.
Birmingham City V West Bromwich Albion
Our first selection comes from the Midlands derby ad Birmingham and West Brom collide at St Andrew’s. Fans will anticipate a cracking cup contest and we’re confident that this will lead to plenty of goalscoring opportunities.
The Baggies have kept three consecutive shutouts since the arrival of Tony Pulis as manager but Championship side Birmingham will be confident on home soil. The Blues have enjoyed a huge upturn in fortunes since appointing Gary Rowett as their new boss and have netted 10 goals in their past four games alone.
However, the Premier League visitors will be equally optimistic as they bid to make their superiority count. Star man Saido Berahino scored four times in the previous round and the visitors will be looking to the England international to fire them into round four.
Neither set of supporters will settle for anything less than 100% from their heroes and we’d expect a ferocious fight until the end. Let’s hope for goals.
BTTS Yes @ 19/20 with BetVictor
Southampton V Crystal Palace
Ronald Koeman has worked wonders at St Mary’s this season and winning this season’s FA Cup could be a real possibility for the Saints. However, they should expect a tough test against Premier League rivals Crystal Palace.
Alan Pardew has enjoyed a brilliant start to life at Selhurst Park, which was underlined by his side’s memorable turnaround against Burnley last weekend. With Dwight Gayle finding the net on a regular basis, the Eagles will fancy their chances of causing an upset here, but will be all too familiar with Southampton’s incredible performances this term.
The Saints claimed a comfortable 3-1 away victory over the Eagles on Boxing Day and Koeman’s men will be eager to keep their fine form going here. Southampton have netted 24 home goals in the league and if they bring that form into this cup clash then we could be in for another thriller here.
Both teams will want to avoid the replay and that should ensure an attack-minded affair. Back both teams to score.
BTTS Yes @ Evens with BetVictor
Sunderland V Fulham
The Black Cats have endured a difficult start to 2015, but manager Gus Poyet will be looking to use this cup clash against Championship side Fulham as a way to rebuild the confidence around the Stadium of Light.
Unfortunately for Sunderland, though, Fulham are in great scoring form and will be in buoyant mood following their midweek win over Nottingham Forest. In particular, Ross McCormack will be feeling extra motivated following that Wednesday hat-trick and could cause some real problems for the faltering Black Cats backline.
However, Fulham also possess the worst defensive record in the Championship and the Sunderland strikers will be itching to increase their tallies on Saturday. Should Jermain Defoe be given a first start since making his return to English football, we wouldn’t want to be against the former Spurs frontman getting amongst the goals.
It’s a hard game to predict the outcome of but we think there is a great chance for the two teams to take advantage of the equally poor defensive units.
BTTS Yes @ 9/10 with BetVictor
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I like wine. I’m not an expert but I do enjoy drinking a nice glass of wine with friends over a meal or even watching a football game. I don’t drink very much, but wine is always an excellent item for a single guy to bring to a party.
I usually look at the price on the bottle and pick something in the $10 to $25 range figuring that’s probably pretty good. I look at the reviews and the rating number but I hardly know enough to make an informed decision. Why do I mention all of this? In my endless pursuit of news stories about which to blog I happened on a wine story and from there onto an excellent wine site called Snooth.
It offered something I was actually interested in trying. I purchase wine periodically, as I mentioned, but I never really knew what to get and always purchase something different. I generally like a relatively hearty red but I’m fairly flexible. Snooth offers the ability to create a personal wine list. This seemed like a good opportunity for me to start tracking what I like and hopefully get good ideas on purchases in the future. It’s not a big deal but I’m a data guy and the more information you have the better your decisions will be.
I had recently purchased a bottle for a little get together and decided I’d look it up. It was a Pinot Noir and I’ve had mixed success with that grape in the past. I enjoyed this bottle. It was labeled as a $30 bottle on sale for $19.99 which seemed like a good deal. I was certainly happy with my purchase.
So I headed over to Snooth wondering if the price I paid was reasonable for the bottle in question. It was a Grove Mill Marlborough Pinot Noir 2013. I looked up the exact name and year and found nothing. Then I broadened my search to Grove Mill. There it was! The price was $29.09 which indicated that I got the deal I thought I was getting. Then I looked a little more closely. The price was for a 2009 bottle which was given 3.5 glasses as an aggregate review.
That’s when it dawned on me what happened. I don’t know if this is a common practice or not but I’m more than willing to bet it’s pretty standard. The Grove Mill Pinot Noir 2009 is a nice bottle of wine that generally sells for $29.09. The Grove Mill 2013 is not the same quality most likely. It is a newer grape and has not had time to age properly. But the name Grove Mill Pinot Noir has a good reputation. The wine stores are well aware of the difference between the two. The price on the 2013 was probably right in line with what I should have paid for it. I’m not saying I was ripped off. I’m saying that the wine store wanted to move that particular vintage and year. So they put a sale price tag on it that wasn’t really a sale at all.
If I had seen the Grove Mill 2013 as one bottle on the rack next to a hundred others of its ilk I would most likely not have purchased it. But because it was on an endcap with a big sale sign, I made the buy. The distributor paid the retailer, in this case Whole Foods, money to put the endcap out there. I’d say it’s all but certain that I’m not the only one fooled with the endcap and the signage of the sale price.
Let me reiterate that I’m not complaining. I enjoyed the wine and I think the price was reasonable.
I will tell you this. I’m going to be a lot more wary of endcaps with “sale” prices in the future. I’ll probably visit Snooth and try to pick out the wine I want before I leave the house or, if I ever get a smart phone, while I’m doing my shopping.
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Air tools are profitable timesavers for professional technicians because pneumatic muscle speeds up disassembly and reassembly. That allows most technicians to beat flat rate and get paid for more billable hours. Professional grade air tools can be very expensive and represent a sizable investment. But the tools can last many years with the proper care and a clean air supply.
One thing all tools require is a clean, dry air supply. A hard-working air tool can use quite a few cubic feet of air per minute. So it’s important the air entering the tool is free of contaminants.
The biggest threat to pneumatic tools is moisture. Small droplets of water can form inside a compressor storage tank when outside air is pumped into a tank. The moisture comes from humidity in the air, and condenses into little droplets because the compressed air becomes saturated with more moisture than it can hold. There’s no avoiding it because humidity is everywhere, even in relatively dry climates like Arizona. Humidity varies according to the weather and temperature, and can reach 100 percent during rainy, wet weather.
Water inside a metal compressor tank is bad news because it can cause corrosion. If the water is not removed on a regular basis (usually daily) by opening the drain valve on the bottom of the tank so air pressure can blow out the moisture, it will eventually rust the inside of the tank.
This can create dangerously weak areas inside the tank that may blow out when the tank is under pressure. What’s more, the flakes of rust can come loose and find their way into the air supply line that carries air to pneumatic tools, causing wear and damage to the tools.
Even if the compressor tank is drained daily, water and humidity inside the tank can still pass through the air supply line and attack pneumatic tools from the inside.
One way to protect pneumatic tools from contamination and damage is to install a special filter in the compressor air supply line. These filters will not only stop any rust or other debris that finds its way into the air line, but will also prevent moisture from getting through.
Many repair shops and new car dealerships have these filters installed in their shop air supply lines for this very reason. The filters keep the lines clean, and protect their technicians’ pneumatic tools from premature wear and damage.
Technicians who use these aftermarket air supply filters report as much as a four-fold increase in tool and equipment life, and a dramatic reduction in corrosion-related maintenance and repair. By protecting their tools from moisture in the air supply line, they eliminate the single largest cause of air tool failure.
Most compressors do not include equipment to minimize moisture, and even compressors with drying solutions cannot completely prevent the buildup of water vapor inside. In order to prevent water from getting into the air supply line, water vapor must be stopped with a filter. And, because water vapor is always present in the air, moisture control filtration and regular maintenance is always needed.
Other steps to maintain and prolong the life of pneumatic tools include the
1. Oil pneumatic tools regularly. Use a quality oil designed for this purpose only (not motor oil).
2. Tools should be serviced yearly by a professional.
3. Air quality should be checked regularly (which means checking for water in the air supply line).
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Laurelton Heart Specialists
Cardiologist & Internal Medicine located in Rosedale, NY
Heart disease affects millions of Americans and is the most common cause of death for both men and women in the United States. Diagnostic tools like the echocardiogram help the cardiology team at Laurelton Heart Specialists in the Rosedale area of Queens, including renowned cardiologist Ola Akinboboye, MD, MPH, MBA, assess heart health and confirm or rule out heart disease. For an evaluation with the comprehensive team, contact the New York City office by phone or online today.
What is an echocardiogram?
An echocardiogram, also called an echo, is a type of ultrasound. The noninvasive test uses sound waves to generate moving images of your heart that allow the team at Laurelton Heart Specialists to assess cardiac structure and function.
What type of information does an echocardiogram provide?
The team at Laurelton Heart Specialists offers the advanced diagnostic test because of the information it provides about your heart, which helps to formulate a diagnosis. The ultrasound test evaluates the:
- Size of your heart
- Structures within your heart
- Strength of your cardiac muscles
- Coronary blood vessels
- Structural defects
The echocardiogram also allows the team to look for blood clots and tumors within your heart.
What are the types of echocardiogram?
Laurelton Heart Specialists offers many types of echocardiograms. The types include:
The rest echocardiogram is the most common echocardiogram. During the test, the technician at Laurelton Heart Specialists places a transducer on your chest, which sends sound waves into your body.
The sound waves bounce off the structures in your chest and return to the transducer, which sends the information to a computer that translates the information into moving images.
The stress echocardiogram is similar to the rest echocardiogram. However, the test includes an additional step in which your heart rate is increased to a specific target, either through exercise or medication. The team at Laurelton Heart Specialists performs the echocardiogram before and after the exercise.
Heart conditions such as coronary heart disease are easier to diagnose when your heart is pumping harder.
During your 2D-echocardiogram, the team at Laurelton Heart Specialists includes additional tests to provide more information about cardiac activity. This may include an electrocardiogram (EKG) to assess electrical activity, as well as a Doppler exam to assess the flow of blood through the arteries in your heart.
The cardiologists at Laurelton Heart Specialists determine the echocardiogram best suited for you during your evaluation.
What heart conditions are diagnosed with an echocardiogram?
The echocardiogram may help the cardiologists at Laurelton Heart Specialists accurately diagnose the cause of your symptoms. Among heart conditions the team may be able to confirm with the diagnostic test are:
- Congenital heart defects
- Valve problems
- Heart damage after a heart attack
- Heart failure
- Risk of stroke
The diagnostic test may also be used to assess heart health after the team initiates your treatment plan to monitor changes and adjust as needed.
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Dr. Neepa J Patel specializes in neurology in Dallas, TX and has over 16 years of experience in the field of medicine. She graduated from Wayne State University School Of Medicine with her medical degree in 2007. She is affiliated with numerous hospitals in Texas and more, including Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital. Dr. Neepa J Patel is licensed to practice by the state board in Texas (N9397).
Dr. Neepa J Patel also practices at 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX. She is accepting new patients at her medical office, and available for appointments, preventative care, medical care as well as ongoing patient care.
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Primary specialty: Neurology
With more than 16 years of experience, Dr. Neepa J Patel has been identified as specializing in neurology specialist.
Doctors can have one or more medical licenses for different specialities in Texas or different states. Related medical licenses for Dr. Neepa J Patel are as mentioned below:
What is Psychiatry & Neurology?
A Neurologist specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases or impaired function of the brain, spinal cord, peripheral nerves, muscles, autonomic nervous system, and blood vessels that relate to these structures.... [View more]
Dr. Neepa J Patel graduated from WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE in 2007.
She was educated at the following institutions:
An affiliated hospital is a hospital where a doctor can practice and admit patients. Affiliation usually means doctors can admit patients to a hospital. Dr. Neepa J Patel is professionally affiliated with the following hospitals in Dallas area and more:
This doctor has multiple office locations in Texas and more. See office information for details.
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For more than 20 years, British Commercial Cleaning has been serving the people of San Diego for their many commercial cleaning needs. Their family-owned business offers cleaning services designed to match your schedule and your building’s unique demands. From janitorial duties to cleaning your office cubicles, they’ll clean your commercial space from corner to corner, and they can even help with move-in/move-out cleaning should you need to relocate your business.
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CSR (Continuous Synopsis Record)
SOLAS, Chapter XI-1, regulation 5 specifies the requirement for vessels to have a Continuous Synopsis Record (CSR) onboard. This requirement entered into force 1 July 2004.
Who needs to have a CSR onboard?
All passenger- and cargo vessels of 500 gross tonnages and above, on international voyages (with the exception from pleasure crafts, fishing vessels, barges and battle ships). In Sweden international voyage includes any voyage between main land and Gotland.
In Sweden the Swedish Transport Agency are responsible for issuing CSR documents (with amendments).
The CSR file
The first CSR document issued to a ship is numbered "1" and subsequent CSR documents will be sequentially numbered. The CSR document is numbered sequentially throughout the vessels lifetime including all changes of flag.
The CSR provides a historical record of ship related information. The ship's CSR file includes:
- All CSR documents (form 1) issued by the vessel's flag state(s), numbered sequentially over the life of the ship;
- All amendment forms (form 2) attached to each individual CSR document relating to changes made to the CSR document; and
- All amendments (form 3) listing all amendments (specified by amendment forms) relating to each CSR document and attached to form 1.
The CSR file shall be available for inspection at all times. It is the responsibility of the owner to ensure that the CSR file is maintained and up to date.
Notification of changes
The owner or the master must fill in the amendments to the CSR, form 2, as soon as the owner or master are informed about any changes as:
- state of ownership
- ship's name
- ship's port of registry
- Organization which issues DOC, SMC or ISSC
A copy of the form shall be sent to the Swedish Transport Agency (STA), Maritime and Civil Aviation Department, SE-601 73 Norrköping, Sweden. The amendment must be noted on form 3 - index of amendments, which must be kept together with the valid CSR.
The STA will issue a revised and updated CSR document as soon as possible but not later than three months from the date of the change.
Loss or damage
In case of loss or damage to the ship's CSR file, the owner shall notify the STA and submit the list of the papers lost or damaged. The STA will provide the ship owner with the relevant duplicates of the ship's CSR documents and amendments. All duplicates will be marked "duplicate".
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With white sand beaches, vibrant coral reefs and a burgeoning community-based tourism scene, Atauro Island is the tropical you’ve probably never heard of. This guide to East Timor’s Atauro Island was updated 20th May 2022.
By Richard Collett
“Atauro Island has some of the most beautiful coral in all of the world”, Vila – the Portuguese owner of the hostel in Dili, East Timor’s capital that I was staying at – told me, “but last week lots of people they were stuck on the island, because of the rains”.
It was raining as we spoke, the only chance I had to travel to East Timor was during February, which here is still very much the rainy season. And every single day so far it had rained at least once. Dili wasn’t so bad, the weather tends to be much dryer and hotter in the capital than elsewhere in the country, but from the shore front out to sea I could always see Atauro Island, just a two hour boat ride away from Dili, continually obscured by clouds in the distance.
Atauro Island is a tropical paradise, but it’s a place that few travellers ever see, because few travellers ever make it to this part of the world. Atauro Island is surrounded by white sand beaches, untouched coral reef and is one of the most bio diverse marine sanctuaries in the world.
Unfortunately though, like anywhere in East Timor, Atauro Island is not the easiest place to get to – even when the rains stop – but regardless of the weather, I was determined to set foot on the white sands of this tropical island and to snorkel the coral reef that surrounds it.
You can find practical information on travelling to Atauro Island by ferry, where to stay and what to do at the end of this article!
Atauro Island Travel Map
Travelling To Atauro Island
I had travelled overland from West Timor – the Indonesian side of the island of Timor – and driving along the coast towards Dili I could see the distinct shape of Atauro Island out on the ocean long before I ever reached the capital.
Atauro Island is just 30 kilometres from Dili, and its high, conically shaped mountains dominate the horizon for miles along the coast around the city. It’s geographically close, but the treacherous strait that separates Atauro from the mainland has always been difficult to navigate. This has left the island traditionally isolated from the rest of the country, so much so that Portuguese colonisers in the 19th Century used it as a prison for exiles and undesirables, and in 1975 when East Timor declared independence from Portugal, the Portuguese Governor chose to flee to Atauro Island, as he knew he would be essentially unreachable.
On paper, it does seem relatively easy to visit Atauro Island. There are car ferries, fast boats and water taxis crossing the channel regularly – supposedly. But this was East Timor, and it was raining. I knew it couldn’t be as easy as simply finding a boat.
At Hostel da Terra, my Dili accommodation, the owner Vila had told me already that just the week before the ferries had all had to stop running, because of the weather. Travellers had been stuck on Atauro Island for a week waiting for the storms to lift, and in the rain, there isn’t much to do at all there.
It was looking like the next week would be better, there would likely be no storms and just a little drizzle. This would be the time to go.
The next problem though was actually finding a ferry.
Finding A Ferry To Atauro Island
The route to Atauro Island can be a rough one, and the locals working at the hostel told me that the Dragon Boat, a fast but small boat that caters for tourists and in the dry season does run most days of the week, wouldn’t yet be running. No one wanted to risk death, was their blunt comment on this.
This left the local car ferries, and the possibility of a barge. Bigger ships, and hopefully less chance of death.
The problem was, no one was quite sure when they left. Even the locals who had lived in Dili their whole lives. There was one ferry that definitely ran every Saturday, but this also returned the same day, meaning that if this was the only one going, I would have to spend an entire week on Atauro; time and money I just didn’t have. There was a possibility that a barge might be leaving the next day – a Thursday – and if it was, then if everything went to plan, I could return on Saturday afternoon on the car ferry.
I went to the harbour to see if I could source any information, accompanied by one of the local girls Lucy, who worked at the hostel, and from our enquiries we gathered that there might be a barge the following morning. I would just have to turn up and find out though.
Such is life in East Timor.
The Laju Laju Ferry To Atauro Island
The weather was clear the next morning as I made my way to the harbour again, and being loaded up at the dock was a rusting old barge. This was the Laju Laju Ferry to Atauro Island and it was just getting ready to depart.
I bought my ticket and walked up the ramp as locals made themselves comfortable on the deck and piled up their goods and belongings on the sides. The old barge didn’t have much in the way of amenities or even seats, and most people laid out on the decks or if they were lucky found a bench in the main hold area at the back of the boat.
So far the weather was keeping clear in Dili, but out to sea Atauro Island was surrounded by clouds.
The journey across wasn’t rough, but the swells were still huge, rolling the barge from side to side. It was slow going, and two hours in as we neared Atauro Island the rain began to lash down. Everyone on the deck piled into cramped undercover areas to escape the downpour, and it didn’t let up even as we docked and unloaded.
There isn’t a huge amount of accommodation on Atauro Island and infrastructure is basic at best. That’s part of he appeal. Atauro is an escape from the confines of the city, a getaway to a peaceful, beautiful island.
That does mean though: no internet, electricity only runs every other day and there is a severe fresh water shortage.
Atauro isn’t set up for any sort of mass tourism, and the locals want to keep it that way to protect their most valuable asset -, the island itself and the marine life that calls the water home.
As the rain poured down it was hard to appreciate the beaches and scenery as I tramped through the mud to Barry’s Place, a collection of beach bungalows just a short walk from the harbour.
Barry is an Australian guy who first came to East Timor in 2001 to teach English after the end of the Indonesian occupation. He stayed for the slow pace of life and eventually found himself on Atauro Island, where the pace of life is even slower than the mainland. He married locally and is now part of the island community.
Barry built the bungalows from scratch, and told me that the current low tourism numbers are just perfect for him and for the rest of Atauro Island. No one wants the place ruined. “The reefs are the best in the world”, he claimed, “…and there’s more bio diversity in the marine life than anywhere else in Asia”.
Barry helps to educate the locals of Atauro on conservation and sustainability, and hosts volunteering programmes which help to collect vital marine data from the surrounding coral. The next morning, weather permitting, he would arrange for me to travel out to snorkel on the reef.
While Barry offers accommodation and meals for visitors at the bungalows, he also helps to arrange home stays with the locals on the island, and he set me up with Estebao, a local fisherman who is fast becoming a success in the tourism industry.
Estabao’s Atauro Island Home Stay
The people of Atauro Island are as diverse as the island they call home. “There are 4 different languages on the island”, Estabao told me, not to mention the fact that locals like himself were now learning English.
Estabao, like many other locals is a fisherman by trade, but really much more than that. He told me that he used to help out Barry when the bungalows were being built, but then started taking tourists out on his boat to see the reef before then offering his home to those who wanted a more local experience on Atauro Island.
He introduced me to his wife and kids and every day during my stay they cooked me a huge breakfast and dinner. He even prepared the odd coconut from his garden for me to drink.
He generally gets a few tourists staying with him each month, and when he’s not busy catering to visitors Eastabao is usually off spearfishing in the ocean to bring in fresh catch to eat or sell at the market in the town.
Snorkelling The Coral Reef Of Atauro Island
I was on Atauro Islands for three days in total. Every afternoon and evening it rained hard, without fail. In the morning though, there was a small opportunity to experience the coral reefs that I had travelled from Dili to see.
Barry arranged a boat with another local fishermen to take myself and the few other tourists staying at the bungalows onto the reef just off the beach. Barry had said that the water would be a bit murky because of all the run off from the rains, but that it would be still be worth snorkelling.
He wasn’t wrong, and although it was supposedly a bit murky, it was still the most spectacularly clean coral I have ever seen, with a real abundance of colourful marine life where ever I looked.
This is some of the most diverse marine habitat in the world. Even in the rainy season, with more silt and mud being washed into the ocean it was incredible to see. In the dry season, the water is even clearer and the coral even more radiant. In the right season, Atauro Island also sees the migration of larger marine mammals and the waters fill with the sight of whales and whale sharks swimming past.
The real challenge Atauro Island will face is conservation, and keeping the island and the waters clean and diverse. While people like Barry and Estabao who live on the island rely on tourism for their livelihood, they understand the need for it to be responsible tourism. The lasting impression I received from them was that they wanted the bare minimum number of tourists to visit.
This is their home, and they don’t want it ruined.
The Ferry Back To Dili
The rain held me back from truly exploring Atauro Island itself, as the hiking trails between the different beaches pass through the mountains and were too treacherous to really walk. Experiencing the coral reef though was very much worth making the journey by boat from Dili, even if the afternoons were spent sheltering from the heavy rain, and I have plans to return in the dry season one year to see the larger marine life and o dive further afield.
On the Saturday, Estabao took me down to the ferry terminal to buy my ticket back to Dili. He then took me through the local market, to find his wife who was having lunch with friends. We took a group photo together, before I boarded the ferry for the choppy return journey back to Dili.
Atauro Island has the potential to draw in tourists from around the world, but as I left the island I realised that actually, the best thing about Atauro was the fact that there was almost no one there.
The reefs are spectacular, the marine life is the most diverse in the world and the beaches are beautiful, but the real charm of Atauro was the local experience and its isolation from the rest of the world.
How To Travel To Atauro Island East Timor
Here’s my guide on how to travel to Atauro Island in East Timor from the capital city of Dili. There is information on when to visit, transport, accommodation and things to do!
When To Visit Atauro Island
- Atauro Island, like the rest of East Timor, experiences a wet and dry season.
- The wet Season is generally November to May and the dry season is generally from May to November.
- The best time to visit is May to November, when the water is clearest and calmest. Towards the end of the dry season is when the marine life is at its best and also when the large marine animals begin to migrate past the island.
- I visited in February during the rainy season. The weather was wet and transport unpredictable, but the coral reef was still spectacular.
Travelling To Atauro Island By Ferry
- Atauro Island is located around 30 kilometres away from Dili. You have to travel by boat to reach the island, and there are a few different options available. This is East Timor, and things are unpredictable and subject to change so always take this into consideration.
- Al boats leave from the harbour in the centre of Dili, which is opposite the Burger King on the map below. Tickets can be bought just before departure, but get there a little earlier to ensure a spot.
- Dragon Star Fast Boats – This fast boat is probably the most convenient way to get to Atauro, offering a 1 hour journey time from Dili. The boat is small but fast and so doesn’t run in bad weather. In the high season it runs most days. When it does run, it departs at 8am and returns the same day at 3.30pm. The cost each way is $15.
- Laju Laju Ferry – This is the slow, old barge which departs once a week on Thursdays. The journey takes at least 3 hours, and there are few comforts aboard. It departs at 8am on Thursdays, returning at 3.30pm the same day. Tickets cost $5 per person each way.
- Nakroma Ferry – This is a nicer car ferry which departs on Saturdays at 8am, returning to Dili the same day at 3pm. The journey takes around 2 hours and there are large seating areas, comfy seats and TVs for entertainment. Tickets cost $4 per person each way.
- Compass Charters Water Taxi – This charter boat is a small vessel and very weather dependent, leaves early morning and can return the same day. Costs are $45 per person each way. Can be hired out completely. Best to contact in advance.
Accommodation On Atauro Island
- Barry’s Place – Barry has an awesome set up of bungalows on the beach. He charges $35 per person per night for twin share, or $45 for a single. This does include breakfast, lunch and dinner, all of which are served up buffet style and he can organise boat trips and diving. Barry doesn’t take online bookings but you can call him or email him for more information. He also has a fridge full of cold beer for sale. Click on the link for more details.
- Homestays – There are currently 7 home stays in the Beloi Beach area and you are best contacting Barry to organise a spot, or turning up and walking to Barry’s from the harbour and organising in person. I stayed with Estabao and his family in my own private room, for a very reasonable $15 a night including breakfast and dinner.
- Beloi Beach Hotel – This hotel is not actually on the beach as the name would suggest but on a hill overlooking the town and beach. There’s a swimming pool and nice rooms, but it is a more luxurious and expensive option. They have incredible views and a fully stocked bar and restaurant.
- Atauro Dive Resort – Located near the harbour, this resort has bungalows available and organises diving trips. It’s right on the beach.
- Mario’s Place – Mario’s is the most secluded and difficult to reach place on the island. It’s on Adara beach which is the opposite side of the island to the harbour, and to get here involves either chartering a boat or hiking for three hours through the jungle. Mario charges $25 per person per night and can be contacted via Facebook HERE.
Things To Do On Atauro Island
- Snorkelling and Diving – These are the main things to do on Atauro Island. The coral is beautiful and the water is clear. Barry can arrange snorkelling trips to the reefs on local boats and usually charges around $10 per person including conservation fees and hire of masks and fins. He can also arrange diving, but there are a few other companies too that can do this. It’s possible to also walk in off the beach to many snorkelling points, the coral is that close to shore, including directly from the beach adjacent to the harbour and many other spots along the island.
- Hiking – There is a great network of hiking trails across the island, the best of which is supposedly the 3 hour trek to Adara beach. However during the rainy season – when I visited – these can be dangerous due to the wet weather and mud!
- Explore the Local Villages – Beloi is the main town, although more of a village really, and along the coast from here it is possible to walk to the other smaller villages, many of which have little local shops and new enterprises focusing on tourism and local crafts which are all interesting to see.
- Saturday Market – If you are on Atauro on a Saturday then this is market day! By the harbour front, a long market forms in the morning along the beach as soon as the ferry docks, and all day locals from Atauro and from Dili are busy buying and selling before many return to the city on the same ferry in the afternoon.
- There is almost no internet on Atauro. If you want to stay connected you are best buying a local SIM card as some areas will have 3G signal.
- There is very limited electricity. Unless they also have solar power, most local places will only have access to electricity every second night. Resources are scarce on Atauro.
- There are no ATM’s on Atauro Island so take as much cash as you think you will need with you from Dili.
- In the wet season be careful with your travel plans, as getting stuck on Atauro could mean you miss a flight out of East Timor if you don’t leave enough time! In the dry season this isn’t much of a problem to consider.
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As we previously know that we started to descend from Tunganath much to our displeasure but it was necessary as my fever was rising.
We had started to descend from Tunganath and decided to go to Joshimath. We collected the rest of our belongings from Chopta and headed towards Joshimath which was at a distance of 120 km and it took us around 5 hours. Joshimath is the gateway to several Himalayan mountain climbing expeditions, trekking trails and mainly to Badrinath (one of the four Dhams). Badrinath is 45 km from Joshimath and easily accessible by road. Like the temple in Ukhimath, there was a similar kind of temple in Joshimath too, small and serene. After reaching Joshimath, we settled down in a hotel which was not very upto the mark while my husband went out to buy medicines for me. While he was out, he talked with the Mandir Samiti guest house (the guest house run by the temple committee) and arranged for a room for us there. We shifted there in the evening itself. It was situated just beside the temple and had a beautiful balcony. The temple can be seen clearly from our windows as the guest house shared the temple’s walls. We know that generally around temples beggars sat to beg but there was an unusual number of beggars around this temple. One beggar in particular caught our eyes. He was an old man and all day long he will sing “Jai Siya Ram” in the most melodious tune. He would sing in utmost dedication and there was something in his voice that would melt even the coldest of hearts. Amazingly, he didn’t care much for begging, he would sit and sing in his own. We could hear him from our room only, it was truly mesmerizing.
Later in the evening, as we contemplated on what to have for dinner, hundreds of buses started coming in at Joshimath. It was exactly 8 p.m. on our watches and we saw the whole scene unraveling in front of our eyes as we sat on our balcony. The buses kept coming in till the first bus reached the check post of Badrinath. The check post is situated at Joshimath itself, it was made because the road leading upto Badrinath is so narrow that it only allows one-way traffic, that’s why traffic is regulated by these posts. The check post closed at night so the buses could not venture any further. In an instant, there was a huge traffic jam. The buses stopped exactly where they stood in the middle of the road and thousands of people started disembarking and in another instant, all the empty hotels of Joshimath got filled up. There were a lot of people milling around everywhere, people who could not get a room. They spent the night on the bus and urinated and defecated wherever they could. Joshimath is a nice place but suddenly it felt like hell on Earth, it was filthy and disgusting all around. All through the night there were loud noises all around and there were people still milling around and obviously, the pollution created by the buses. By the time we woke up the next morning, there were no buses to be seen nor any people to be seen around. The moment the check-posts opened, all the buses started traveling towards Badrinath, leaving Joshimath and its hotels empty once again.
That morning, my husband woke up with high fever. My fever has subsided by then and I was feeling much better. His body temperature was extremely high and he was very weak, even had difficulty walking to the bathroom and back. Also, he refused to eat anything, so I went out and bought mangoes for all of us and we stayed in the hotel room for the rest of the day with occasional trips to the balcony and had mangoes. Again that day at the exact time hundreds of buses came pouring in and along with it thousands of people. Fortunately, we already had managed to procure our dinner from the market that day and were spared the ordeal of navigating through throngs of people. The day after that, my husband was feeling a little better and we set out to explore the place on foot. It is a really beautiful small town with a quaint beauty about it. We stayed at Joshimath for 3 nights and mainly spent that in recuperating and my husband also got better little by little, that’s why we could not get a chance to visit Badrinath.
From Badrinath we decided to return back to Uttarkashi as my daughter’s course was also nearing an end and we had to collect her and also we did not feel like visiting any more places or Dhams. We were needed to halt overnight at Srinagar (Uttarakhand) as Uttarkashi was at a distance of about 280 km from Joshimath. We were arranged to stay in a VIP room at the Mandir Samiti guest house at Srinagar by Mandir Samiti guest house at Joshimath because by that time we had built quite a good relation with them.
After traveling a distance of 146 km, we reached Srinagar. It is situated at 1,837 ft and thus making the place hot. On top of that, it was very dingy and nondescript. We went to the Mandir Samiti to settle down in our room but the room they gave us was clearly not the VIP room and when we asked for it they said that all were booked. The room we got was really really big with a single fan in the middle of it and a small bed in the corner but the condition of the room was extremely deplorable. We felt extremely hot on our bed in the corner of the room but did not dare move the bed because we were afraid of what was under the bed, probably more guck and dirt. My husband was not suffering from fever anymore and we set out to explore the town in the evening. There was nothing much to see so we bought dinner and took it back to our room. For dinner, we had mutton red curry and we were very excited about it as we were getting non-veg after so many days and our hearts very positively cried for it. The mutton curry turned out too spicy for even us but my little daughter kept and kept asking for more, we were very astonished.
Exactly like Joshimath, at night buses started coming in and within seconds our guesthouse was filled with hundreds of pilgrims. Some of them got a room and some didn’t. Those who did not get a room all settled down on the balcony just outside our room. The balcony/corridor was big enough to accommodate a lot of people, those who were staying there even started cooking there only and later they would sleep there. There was no way we could even open our door, the situation was so jam-packed. Then we understood why the rooms were so big with just one small bed, usually in a single room 20-30 pilgrims lie together on the floor and Mandir Samiti guest house being free was always the choice for pilgrims. Confined to our rooms, we went to bed early.
We had previously planned on returning to Uttarkashi next morning but upon talking to someone from the market, we got to know about Harsil. It was an extremely beautiful mountain hamlet and it is also the place where ‘Ram Teri Ganga Maili’ shooting was done. One can only imagine the beauty of the place and it also fell on the route to Gangotri. Given the fact that we have not been able to visit a single Dham despite going so close to it, we decided to also visit Gangotri after staying at Harsil for a day as we still had 2-3 days in our hands. With that firm determination in our hearts, we decided to set out towards Harsil. When we woke up in the morning, again like magic none of the pilgrims were to be seen. During check-out, my husband got to talking with the caretakers of the guest house and then we all realized that there has been a big misunderstanding, the VIP rooms were kept aside for us but we failed to convey or they failed to understand that we were actually those people. It was a hilarious misunderstanding but the night was over and we were headed to Harsil. Srinagar to Harsil was a back-breaking journey of about 200 km and it took us around 8 hours.
After reaching Harsil, due to some problems, we failed to get a room there. So, after having a small lunch there, we decided to move further to Gangotri. Unlike other Dhams, one can easily reach Gangotri by jeep or bus itself and it was the most developed place we saw. From Harsil, Gangotri was a short distance of 25 km.
Soon we reached Gangotri and our jeep left us at the stand. Gangotri as a town is very clean, much to our surprise and also it has a very beautiful ambiance as it is flanked by snow-capped mountains with young river Ganga flowing just beside it and to make the place complete, it was chilly cold. A truly divine and captivating place indeed. We started walking through the town from the jeep stand in search of a hotel, while walking we found big and clean veg eateries, again much to our surprise as so far we only had the options of dingy and dirty ones. We got a nice room in a hotel near the temple. The Gangotri temple was visible from our balcony.
After resting a while, later in the evening, we went to visit the temple, our first visit to one of the Char Dhams. The temple was pristine white in color because it was fully covered in marble and there is a huge courtyard surrounding the temple. River Ganga is flowing just beside the temple.
We attended the evening Arti and it was surreal, to say the least, our first Dham visit was a total success. After the Arti, we explored the little town and had dinner and returned back to the hotel.
The minute we came back to the hotel, my youngest daughter started developing a fever, luckily we had medicines with us. During the evening, my husband got information about how to trek to Gomukh because he believed that if we can reach this far, we should definitely see the snout point of Gangotri glacier when it’s just 18 km away. Unfortunately, there was not an easy availability of horse or pony on that route because very few pilgrims decide to venture further ahead to Gomukh. Also, in my daughter’s condition it would not be advisable to take her up to 13,200 ft. so, finally it was decided that my husband, alone, would go and visit Gomukh while we would return back to Uttarkashi because my daughter was very little and the cold weather of Gangotri would not be good for her fever and also elder daughter’s course was nearing an end.
The next day morning we parted ways, we could have parted our ways forever if only everything happened a day later. As we were leaving, the weather was crisp and chilly and the sun was shining brightly and surprisingly there was a halo kind of a ring around the sun, which looked really beautiful at that point of time but who knew that was the last time the people in Uttarakhand were seeing the sun for many days to come, some weren’t even lucky enough to see the sun shine so bright again. Me and my daughter headed for the jeep stand to catch a jeep and head back to Uttarakhand after having a light breakfast. By that time, my daughter’s fever was increasing by the second, I had to buy her a toy helicopter to keep her mind off things. Again we had to face the same nonsense with local boys at the jeep. We were being forced to seat between the local boys who would not leave aside, I repeatedly pleaded with the driver as my daughter’s situation was deteriorating and it would not at all be comfortable or safe to undertake that journey like that but if only the boys and the driver had a sliver of humanity in them, if only. I kept on arguing with the driver and had to create a ruckus then only did they budge from their seats. Soon we embarked on that 100 km journey, with just one stoppage at Gangnani, where we had quick snacks. About 25 km from Uttarkashi, our jeep came to a halt, there was a massive traffic jam up ahead and we were stuck in that jam for 3 hours, whereas it should have only taken us 30 mins. Exhausted from the whole situation, we finally reached Uttarkashi and got a room.
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For the ones really fit, I recommend the three day trekking to the Fan Si Pan mountain.
Mount Phan Xi Pang, as locals call it, is a 3500 yard high peak (3143 m). During the trek you will have the chance to see how locals live. And even sleep in a local home. You will need special permits to do a home stay. For this reason I recommend reserving one of the trekking tours in Hanoi or Sapa.
The best season to do this trekking is in summer. In Winter conditions may be too tough.
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There’s one constant in triathlon – whatever the distance, terrain or challenge, there will always be something longer, hillier or tougher on offer sooner or later – enter 255 Triathlon.
Sunday’s event fitted into the category of ‘when an iron-distance race isn’t quite enough’, with its 5km swim, 200km and 50km run offerings.
The official line is ‘The World’s Longest Single-Day Triathlon‘ – which I can neither confirm or deny – but bottom line, throw in some significant wind and rain, and it will have provided plenty of challenges to its debut entrants, irrespective of marketing tag-lines.
255 Triathlon course – lots of laps
The event was primarily based at Goodwood Motor Racing circuit in West Sussex, with the swim taking place nearby at Chichester Watersports, Westhampnett Lake.
Four x 1.25km laps of swimming (with an Australian exit), followed by 52 (!) traffic-free laps of the circuit on the bike, and then ten x 5km run laps around the perimeter of the circuit.
Dean Kirkham calls on Kona experience
Men’s winner Dean Kirkham is an experienced iron-distance athlete, and raced the 255 because “I just wanted to test myself”. While the distance was new, he still had goals. Having done his first IRONMAN 10 years ago under 11 hours, he wanted to see if a decade later – over a longer distance – he could still break 11 hours. He did just that, winning in 10:55:39.
He was also happy to be make in a mass start racing environment, enjoying the closed roads of the racing circuit – and also the total lack of pot holes, which are part of his regular rides!
Gill Fullen’s fairwell
If you’ve read the pages of this website for any length of time, you’ll surely have seen the name of Gill Fullen appear. If you need a catch-up, then this interview and this summary will help. We’ve got more coming soon too..
Gill, as far as I’m aware, has not raced in a triathlon since she completed her incredible Age-Group C.V. with a 27-minute margin of victory at the 2019 IRONMAN World Championship in Hawaii. She’d won everything… and along comes something else, so, may as well have a stab at that too.
She may be turning 57 this year… but that’s never stopped her before, and she was the fastest female by well over an hour. A fine ‘goodbye’ to the British triathlon scene, as the Bedford Harrier will be departing to live in New Zealand within the next two weeks.
I spoke to Gill about her 255 Triathlon experience:
“The lake was lovely, course well marked and the water nice. I really enjoyed the Australian exit each lap, as it gave you a chance to regroup. I managed to find some lovely feet too, and was making great progress… until the zip on my wetsuit failed, and soon filled with water! I had to stop and try and fix that without much success, but got through the swim ok in the end.
“The bike at times was ridiculously windy. From a tailwind on a straight, into a headwind via a bend needed some good bike handling to stay upright at times.
“I was surprised that I didn’t get bored with all the laps. It was almost a ‘like Zwift in real life’ type scenario, as you got used to seeing the same people and passing, or being passed by, familiar figures as the laps went on. One of those was Dean, the men’s winner, he really looked superb and was truly racing this distance.
“You also had the whole width of the track, and so there was no need to draft, something I thought might be an issue, but it really wasn’t. The circuit is also flatter than I expected with a great surface – there really is the potential, with the right conditions, for this to be a really fast bike course.
“After the first run lap, my legs felt surprisingly good. The 5km run laps, mentally, were really nice.
“The course layout, with the pit lane, also meant that you could tailor your own fuelling, without having to take everything on-course with you, or use a special needs bag etc.
“There were also lots of relay teams, and with the multiple laps and flexibility to race in the format you choose, lots of clubs and teams having a great time.”
Claire Danson’s Delight
If the Olympics didn’t provide enough tears, there were certainly plenty around courtesy of the efforts of Claire Danson. As we highlighted a few weeks back, Claire was taking on the 255 Triathlon less than two years after a collision while cycling left her paralysed.
Claire was a regular feature on the pages of TRI247 via her regular medal-winning performances in the British AG team in European and World Championship competition, and I got to see Claire’s return to triathlon a few weeks back when racing at the British Paratriathlon Championships at Dorney Lake.
That jump from sprint to more than iron-distance… some feat. Claire was supported by the surgeon who operated on her back in 2019, and for the last couple of laps was accompanied by Olympic gold medal-winning sister, Alex, who was part of the Rio 2016 victorious GB Hockey team.
You can still sponsor Claire, who was raising funds for Wings for Life Spinal Cord Research Foundation HERE.
Relays – lots of them
The distances may be some, well, distance away from what the British gold medal winning team achieved in Tokyo, but one thing the 255 Triathlon did very well was attract a significant number of relay teams. With flexibility on the format (how many in a team, how much of each leg you race, how you order allocated distance etc), that proved very popular with lots of clubs racing, of all standards, benefitting from a central location from which to cheer on their team mates and swap laps etc.
When you are adding a new full distance race – a massive undertaking, and a risky one – then attracting more athletes through this route is a hugely positive one.
255 Triathlon Results
MEN – Individual
- Dean Kirkham (Real Fitness Race Team) – 10:55:39
- Nathan Newton (Tavistock Triathlon Club) – 12:03:07
- William Galvin (Chichester Westgate Triathlon Club) – 12:25:43
WOMEN – Individual
- Gill Fullen (Bedford Harriers) – 12:34:23
- Alice Rogers – 13:51:33
- Debby Saunders (Port Talbot Harriers) – 14:16:36
HANDBIKE / WHEELCHAIR
- Claire Danson (Precision Race Team) – 14:08:31
RELAY TEAM WINNERS (Provisional)
- Team of 2 – BAD – Bristol and District – 11:35:30
- Team of 3 – Team Cooper – 10:42:52
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Multiple class-action lawsuits accused three of the biggest banks in the country of prioritizing existing corporate clients over small businesses seeking loans under the coronavirus relief bill, Politico reports.
JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America, and Wells Fargo were hit with lawsuits in California on Sunday after small business owners say the banks “concealed from the public that it was reshuffling the PPP applications it received and prioritizing the applications that would make the bank the most money.”
“Had [the bank] been honest, small businesses could have (and would have) submitted their PPP applications to other financial institutions that were processing applications on a first-come, first-served basis,” the complaints say.
The banks denied any wrongdoing.
“We funded more than twice as many loans for smaller businesses than the rest of the firm’s clients combined,” Chase said. “We have different lines of business that serve different types of clients. Each business worked separately on loans for its customers. … Our intent was to serve as many clients as possible, not to prioritize any clients over others.”
Big business got big aid:
Though the loans were intended to help small businesses, the Associated Press reports that 75 companies, including ones worth more than $100 million, received a combined $300 million in small business loans under the program.
About 4,400 companies received loans of $5 million or more, including big restaurant chains like Shake Shack, Ruth’s Chris Steak House, Potbelly, and Taco Cabana.
Shake Shack announced on Monday that it would return the $10 million loan it received.
Congress to reup program:
Congress is expected to pass a bill adding more money to the small business fund as soon as Tuesday.
Congress previously approved $350 billion for the program, which ran out in a matter of days.
Republican Florida Sen. Rick Scott said the banks had set requirements that were not in the law.
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Sentenced to Wait: Efforts to End Prison Rape Stall Again
By Joaquin Sapien, ProPublicaThis piece originally ran on ProPublica.
Texas prison inmates report being raped at some of the highest rates in the country, and the problem only seems to be worsening: The three most recent reports issued by the U.S. Department of Justice show stubbornly high levels of reported sexual assault.
But late last month, Texas Gov. Rick Perry wrote a letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder signaling that he’d rather lose federal funds for corrections than comply with new rules under the Prison Rape Elimination Act requiring states to substantially improve detection and prevention of sexual assaults in prisons.
“Washington has taken an opportunity to help address a problem in our prisons and jails, but instead created a counterproductive and unnecessarily cumbersome and costly regulatory mess for the states,” Perry said of the regulations.
Perry asserted that some of the federal rules would duplicate safeguards already in place, including, for example, the development of comprehensive sexual assault training for staff and prisoners.
A spokesperson for Gov. Perry’s has not yet responded to calls for comment.
Prisoner advocates fear that other states will follow Texas’s example, or simply once more find a way to delay declaring their intentions and thus skirt facing immediate sanctions.
Thursday was the deadline for every state governor to notify the Department of Justice whether they intended to abide by the rape elimination act or absorb the financial penalty.
The legislation requires every state in the country to substantially improve their ability to detect and prevent such assaults through an array of surveillance and disciplinary measures. The legislation first passed Congress — unanimously — in 2003, and after nearly a decade of subsequent study and negotiations, formal reform measures were enacted in 2012.
States that don’t comply with the rules — aimed at reducing assaults and improving means of effective reporting by inmates — will be hit with a cut to their federal funding for corrections.
But so far the Justice Department hasn’t said which states intend to comply and which don’t, adding to confusion and frustration among advocates and the male and female prisoners they represent. Already, advocates complain, the Justice Department is allowing state governors to submit what are known as “assurance letters.” These function as a promise to the federal government that the state will eventually comply with the law.
But, there’s no specific deadline for when a state has to make good on its promise, and, according to people close to the process, the Justice Department just recently decided that states that submit an assurance letter will be allowed a three-year grace period before their facilities are audited by federal inspectors. In the meantime, those states won’t be subjected to any financial penalties.
“This is a huge step backwards,” said Carmen Daugherty, policy director for the Campaign for Youth Justice, a non-profit that advocates for juvenile justice reform. “We’ve been pushing the Justice Department to set deadlines for compliance for a long time, and now it seems like states are going to be able to just kick the can further down the road. It’s really a big blow for implementation and now I feel like nothing is going to change.” Others close to the process suggested that the National Governor’s Association may have successfully pushed the Justice Department to be more lenient in just the last few days.
On May 13, 2014, the association’s executive director sent a letter to Holder, suggesting that the Justice Department be more flexible.
“Despite the law’s enactment in 2003, delays in providing states the necessary guidance to evaluate and meet statutory and regulatory requirements have made compliance with proposed deadlines nearly impossible,” the letter said.
A spokesperson for the association didn’t immediately respond to calls for comment.
Brenda Smith, an American University law professor who was closely involved in developing the new regulations, said state governors are simply stalling.
“Justice has capitulated to pressure from the very forces that need to be held accountable and that includes governors, correctional authorities, and states, which have a constitutional obligation to provide safe and humane care,” said Smith. “It’s disappointing and it’s totally inconsistent with the spirit of the standard. Also, consider the harm that we’re actually concerned about here. Every day, people are getting raped and sexually abused in confinement as a result of their vulnerability, and I just don’t think that’s okay to give states a pass on this and give them an extra three years comply.”
In an email, a Justice Department spokesperson acknowledged that governors who submit an assurance letter won’t be audited for three years, but would not provide a list of states that had sent one. The spokesperson hasn’t yet responded to the charge that the department succumbed to state and industry pressure.Wait, before you go…
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Houston can sometimes be very hot, so having a cup of coffee is the best drink you can have after being out in the sun for long periods.
Here are some recommended coffee shops in Houston, TX, to visit to get your daily caffeine fix.
Ginger Man is the first on our list of Houston’s amazing coffee shops among many. This quaint coffee shop is a great place to relax and sip on a cup of joe among friends or colleagues. It is designed in a 19th-century European style, making it unique from many other coffee shops you might have been to.
The second on our list of best coffee shops in Houston, Texas, is Southside Espresso. As the name implies, this coffee shop is located in Houston’s southern area of town. Enjoy your cup of iced or hot coffee here while reading a book or working on schoolwork at one of their many outlets that fill this beautiful place.
Black Hole Coffee House
Another great Houston coffee shop is The Black Hole Coffee House. This place is a combination of a cafe and video games, making it the best place to enjoy a coffee with friends while playing some video games.
It also has a gallery that displays paintings done by local artists, making this a must-see coffee shop in Houston.
A great place to enjoy a cup of morning coffee is Agora. This famous coffee shop has not only fantastic coffee but also delicious foods and desserts as well as a cozy atmosphere that puts its customers at ease.
It is located near the Rice Village area of Houston, making it another must-see coffee shop in Houston, Texas.
Moon Tower Inn
Another on our list of best coffee shops in Houston, TX, is Moon Tower Inn. This small and unassuming yet unique shop is a specialty coffee shop.
It serves a variety of beer, wine, and even cocktails along with its large selection of caffeinated drinks such as espressos and lattes. In addition, it has an outdoor area where people can sit while enjoying their drinks and food.
Located in Houston’s Fourth Ward, another one of the best coffee shops in Houston, Texas, is Boomtown Coffee.
If you are a fan of books and reading, then you will love their book-shaped Wifi device with its free Wifi capabilities that can connect up to six devices at once.
You can even have your e-books and other documents saved for when you visit again.
Another great coffee shop in Houston, Texas, is Blacksmith. This place has a unique Americana feel to it with its rustic wooden furniture and decors.
It also boasts high-quality and delicious coffee. This is a must-visit when you are in the city.
Blonde Biscuit is a great place to satisfy your sweet tooth. This casual, fun coffee shop has delicious savory and sweet biscuits that pair perfectly with their many types of coffees and teas.
This coffee shop uses quality coffee beans. Moreover, they also serve beer and wine for any days when you just want to relax and enjoy yourself after work.
Sprocket Coffee is another great drip coffee shop in Houston. This place has many different types of coffees, lattes, and espressos to choose from, along with its tasty breakfast sandwiches.
These beverages are served all day for those times when you wake up late at night and want something to eat.
Catalina Coffee is another on our list of best coffee shops in Houston, Texas. This place has a fun and laid-back atmosphere with its fantastic pastries and delectable iced coffees (including nitro cold brew) that come in many different flavors.
All of which will satisfy your cravings for caffeine any time of the day or night.
Revival Market is a great place to go if you are looking for an authentic, down-to-earth neighborhood coffee shop. It has amazing sandwiches and pastries available for breakfast or lunch as well as high-quality coffees.
This will wake your mind and body up after a long day of work or play.
Throughgood Coffee is a great place to go if you love the classic feel of what an old-fashioned coffee shop used to be. This place has delicious breakfast and lunch menus as well as large open spaces for studying or hanging out with friends all day long.
Pistolero’s is a great place to go if you are looking for a more adult-focused coffee shop. This place has live music and great food that goes well with its cold brew coffees.
It is an excellent place to go in the middle of the afternoon when you want to relax and play some board games while enjoying your favorite caffeinated beverage.
Antidote Coffee is another great coffee shop in Houston. This place has a relaxed and low-key environment with its friendly baristas who are always willing to chat about their favorite caffeinated beverages.
It also serves delicious pastries for the times when you just want something sweet and don’t want coffee at all.
Pura Coffee and Tea is a fantastic coffee shop in Houston that has unique and flavorful teas, coffees, and other beverages. This place also serves delicious pastries, including many vegan options, which can be enjoyed alongside their friendly staff.
The Tipping Point Coffee
The Tipping Point Coffee & Books is a quaint little coffee shop in Houston that has a great atmosphere to study or relax with friends.
They have a great number of teas and coffees for you to choose from as well as fantastic sandwiches if you get hungry when you visit.
You can see from this list that there are many great coffee shops in Houston. If you’re looking for a casual spot just to relax and enjoy yourself, Blonde Biscuit is perfect for your needs.
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The Project on Thematic Performance-Based Analysis of National and International Academy Human Resources
The project, which was thoroughly examined during the meetings of the TÜBA Academy Council in October and November 2022, was authorized by Council decision number 342 dated 26 November 2022. Within the framework of this project, which is under the auspices of TÜBA, scientific data assistance will be provided for the activities, reports, and publications to be published on the required theme issues in the research areas of TÜBA's specialized working groups. The qualitative and quantitative data will be compilated on the specifics of our scientific human capital, which will be required for the new updated versions of TÜBA's Science Reports.
The ultimate goal of the project is to create an inventory/database of qualified scientists belonging to different disciplines in the 100th year of our Republic with the expert project and software team. The analyses to be made thanks to the database to be created constitute the second step of the project. In this context, it will be determined in which strategic areas our country needs trained/qualified scientists and researchers and reports will be prepared by conducting workshops with relevant organisations. As a result of the project, it is expected to determine a policy/road map for the training of humanpower related to the strategic areas of our country. In addition, it will be ensured that our qualified manpower potential is utilised effectively and with full benefit.
As the original value of the project, it is aimed to identify the productive researchers of our country in order to reduce the competition in the quality of scientific publications. In this way, it will be possible to compare performance indicators according to scientific disciplines, as well as to reveal the differences between disciplines.
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[TUHS] cat -v and other complaints
akosela at andykosela.com
Fri Sep 7 14:40:37 AEST 2018
Dan Cross <crossd at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 6, 2018 at 5:56 PM Andy Kosela <akosela at andykosela.com> wrote:
> > [snip] Well, you can't tell me
> > this system was designed with the idea of running it using text terminal
> > and no mouse.
> I won't, because it wouldn't be true. You are correct that it was always
> intended to be used with a graphical console. But you keep talking about
> "text terminals" and therein lies the confusion: our text terminals haven't
> been purely "text" since the teletype days. Even green-screen serial
> terminals have graphics adapters to draw characters on the screen.
I think I was clear enough and meant 'text terminal' as a physical glass
TTY e.g. vt220 from DEC, but understand now why someone might have
interpreted it differently.
There is also a big difference between a text mode (character mode)
where what we see on the screen is addressed in terms of characters
rather than individual pixels and a bitmap mode (graphics mode) also
known as APA (all points addressable) mode where every pixel is
Inherent in the text mode is also the concept of monospace fonts which
some people prefer to this day.
> There is also no cursor addressing, no curses.
> Actually, there *is* a graphical program to emulate a vt-series terminal,
> but pretty much no one uses it. So while strictly speaking this is
> incorrect, it is essentially correct for all intents and purposes.
> But it begs the question: why would you *want* to use that sort of
> interface? That was appropriate for an HP or DEC terminal connected via a
> low-bandwidth link (e.g., serial) or a shared host computer. Once we moved
> onto personal workstation-class machines with graphics adapters, why
> continue with that paradigm?
Why there are still people running C64, Atari XL/XE or Amiga? Even
more, some of them think those computers are still better than the
machines of today...
In the Unix community there are some that still prefer to use old CRT
terminals or MS-DOS era PC monitors using only text mode. Why I can't
speak for all of them, I can speak for myself and explain my motivation
behind it. I instantly fell in love with a text mode when I first
started computing on Commodore and Atari machines in the 80s and then
naturally advanced to a text mode on MS-DOS era PC's.
I never really ran Linux or *BSDs with X Window System -- always
preferred pure text mode. It is aesthetically pleasing and most elegant
to converse with a machine using only text, and a text mode as displayed
on cathode ray tube (CRT) is the most beautiful representation of such
Although these days I'm using sometimes MacBook (who doesn't?)
which is using of course the bitmap mode, I still prefer to experience
the full text mode on a real CRT and actually collect them as they are
becoming more and more rare.
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We're less than two months away from the premiere of Obi-Wan Kenobi. In this highly anticipated Disney+ series, Ewan McGregor will reprise his role as the titular character and don the robes of the iconic Jedi once again.
The limited series will be a deep dive into Obi-Wan Kenobi, the Jedi who mentored both Anakin and Luke Skywalker in the movie saga. The show is set 10 years after the events of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith and will explore the psyche of the beloved Jedi master. It will also see him going up against some very familiar foes.
Here's everything we know about the new Obi-Wan Kenobi series so far.
It's coming in May. While the premiere of Obi-Wan Kenobi was originally set for May 25, the show's debut has been pushed back two days. The series will now launch with two episodes on Disney+ on Friday, May 27. McGregor announced the news in a video.
The first teaser trailer for Obi-Wan Kenobi gave an idea of the peril that the Jedi is in, as he's been in hiding since the events of Episode III, but it also confirms that he hasn't given up hope. We know that the Empire is only growing in strength, but there is a light at the end of the tunnel as a haggard Obi-Wan checks in on a very young Luke Skywalker on Tatooine.
A number of new cast members have been announced for the Obi-Wan series. Moses Ingram, Joel Edgerton, Bonnie Piesse, Kumail Nanjiani, Rupert Friend, O'Shea Jackson Jr., Sung Kang, Simone Kessell, and Benny Safdie have all joined the cast, per Variety. In addition, Indira Varma (Game of Thrones and For Life) has been confirmed as a cast member.
None of the stars' roles have been announced, but Edgerton played Luke Skywalker's uncle, Owen Lars, in both Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith, while Piesse played Beru Lars, Luke's aunt.
Hayden Christensen will return. Kathleen Kennedy announced in December 2020 that Hayden Christensen will return as Darth Vader for the series, pitting Obi-Wan and his former protege against each other once again. Christensen made his first appearance in the Star Wars universe in Episode II, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, as teenaged Anakin Skywalker. He became the iconic evil Sith Lord in Revenge of the Sith.
When it takes place: Thanks to a handy timeline revealed during the Disney+ panel at the 2019 D23 expo, we know the series will be set during the same time period as Solo: A Star Wars Story, which Lucasfilm describes as being at the end of the Age of Republic, aka the era that leads up to the original film trilogy. A recent episode of The Star Wars Show and StarWars.com revealed even more details about the timing of the series. The story will take place eight years after the events of The Revenge of the Sith, "where we last saw Obi-Wan delivering the infant Luke Skywalker to his Tatooine homestead."
This timing naturally has Star Wars fans buzzing, because Darth Maul, who was seemingly killed when he was cut in half by Obi-Wan at the end of that film, was revealed to be alive in Solo, as had previously been confirmed on the small screen in the Clone Wars series. But could this news mean the character will appear in this Obi-Wan series? One can only hope.
The series is written by a John Wick producer. Variety reported in April 2020 that Joby Harold has been hired to write the show. Harold takes over for Hossein Amini, who departed in January 2020. This marks Harold's first time writing for a TV show. He previously produced the third John Wick film and wrote Zack Snyder's Army of the Dead.
Deborah Chow directs. In Sept. 2019, The Hollywood Reporter revealed that Chow, who also directed two episodes of Disney+'s The Mandalorian, would direct the show. It is unclear if she'll be helming the entire series or individual episodes only.
Ewan McGregor was in talks for the series for years. It was huge news when Disney announced McGregor would reprise his role in the series, but it turns out he'd been on board for four years before the announcement was made. During those years, McGregor said he had to lie about his involvement every time someone brought it up.
"It's awkward," McGregor said when he was a guest on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. "The studio and the franchises, they want to keep everything totally secret, of course, which I understand, but as the person being asked over and over and over again, 'Would you do it again?' And I'm already talking to them about it, but I can't say that I am... For four years, I was saying, 'Well I'd be happy to do it again! I'm just waiting for the call.' But all the while — it was embarrassing!"
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Public Meeting - SH 114 Frontage Road, Ramp and Intersection Improvements
Walnut Grove Elementary School
2520 N. White Chapel Blvd.
Southlake, TX 76092 (Map)
Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018
6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
TxDOT wants public feedback on proposed construction of continuous frontage roads, including ramp and intersection improvements, along SH 114 from FM 1938 (Davis Boulevard) to Dove Road in Tarrant County. The meeting will be an open house format so the public may come and go at their convenience, and staff will be available to answer questions. Comments must be received on or before Nov. 7, 2018, to be a part of the official open house record.
The proposed project would also reverse the existing entrance and exit ramps to increase mobility and safety along the mainlanes and frontage roads. Along with these improvements, the eastbound entrance ramp from Westlake Parkway/Trophy Club Drive would be reconstructed and the cross street of Dove Road would be widened near the frontage road intersections. U-turn lanes would be added for both eastbound and westbound directions at Kirkwood Boulevard/Solana Boulevard and for the eastbound-to-westbound direction at Dove Road.
TxDOT makes every reasonable effort to accommodate the needs of the public. The open house will be in English. If you have a special communication accommodation or need for an interpreter, a request can be made. If you have a disability and need assistance, special arrangements can also be made to accommodate most needs. Please call (817) 370-6610 at least five working days prior to the meeting. Please be aware that advance notice is requested as some accommodations may require time for TxDOT to arrange.
Memorandum of Understanding:
The environmental review, consultation, and other actions required by applicable federal environmental laws for this project are being, or have been, carried-out by TxDOT pursuant to 23 U.S.C. 327 and a Memorandum of Understanding dated December 16, 2014, and executed by FHWA and TxDOT.
TxDOT Fort Worth District
2501 SW Loop 820
Fort Worth, TX 76133
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Supports the Musical Theatre department currently lead by Professor Tony Mata, including but not limited to research, travel, conference attendance, and programmatic support.
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Yes, Dutch citizens need a visa to enter Uganda. Dutch visitors can get visas for Uganda in 02 ways:
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Fish and Explore is proud to offers camps that are all about our local creeks, ponds, and lakes and the animals that live in them. Nothing gets children more interested in the outdoors than encountering the animals that call it home.
Campers will hike trails and wade streams, walk pond and lake shores to find native wildlife. Campers will observe, catch, photograph and release frogs, toads, tadpoles, salamanders, lizards, turtles, crayfish, minnows, and many more small critters that live the life aquatic, and their nearby woodland neighbors.
Fish and Explore proudly practices Wildlife Catch, Photograph, and Release (Wildlife CPR).
Young explorers will embark on a journey to a different trail, park or body of water each day. Campers learn how to observe and identify a wide variety of small creatures that live in our backyards, parks, fields and waters.
Fish and Explore makes it easy for kids to understand safe capture and handling techniques that result in a better understanding and appreciation of small animals. We teach campers about the importance and beneficial roles of our native creatures and their place in our lives.
Campers learn catch, photograph and release from instructor demonstrations and examples and then quickly move to hands on practice. We incorporate principles of appreciation and understanding, so that campers learn to enjoy the wild animals as part of our ecosystem not as pets. 1 to 6 ratio (instructor to student) ensures lots of individual attention.
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Following persecution by mobs and their neighbors, members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (also known as the Mormon Church) began leaving Nauvoo, Illinois, on February 4, 1846. They planned to leave in the spring, but persecution was so fierce that they began to leave early. They crossed the Missisippi and traveled a while before setting up camp.On March 1, a large group of Saints began leaving the camp. Brigham Young, the leader of the Mormon Church at the time, had hoped that he could get a group of Saints all the way to the Salt Lake Valley that year, but travel across Iowa was slow. There were heavy rains, and the ground thawed, causing it to be muddy and hard to drive through with oxen and heavy wagons. Because traveling was taking so long, food supplies began to run low, and because of the weather many were sick.
That first group finally reached the Missouri River on June 14th. The trek across Iowa took 131 days. (The first company to leave the following year traveled all the way to Salt Lake in just 111 days and the distance was twice what the Saints had just covered in crossing Iowa.) It was too late in the year to continue on to Salt Lake as Brigham Young had planned, and so a settlement was built where the Saints could spend the winter. This decision was also made because the U.S. Government (the same government that was allowing them to be driven out of their homes) had issued an order that 500 of the men join the army to help fight in the Mexican War. These became known as the Mormon Battalion. The settlement had to be built quickly, and roads were laid out followed by cabins. Until cabins were finished the Saints lived in tents, dugouts, or caves.
Living conditions were still poor even in the cabins, because there were few furnishings. Because there was not enough time to build all the cabins that were needed before winter came, most cabins housed two or more families. In December of 1846, there were more than 5,000 people in the settlement the Saints called Winter Quarters. There were only 700 log cabins and 83 sod houses.
Back in Nauvoo many Saints had stayed behind, because they did not have the money to get provisions for the journey or because they were sick. The mobs began to be angry with those that were still there and opened fire on Nauvoo with six canons on September 10, 1846. The attack continued for several days until an agreement was reached. Every Mormon was made to leave, except five men and their families who remained behind to sell property. Between five and six hundred Saints crossed the Mississippi and camped in Iowa. None of them had the proper provisions and many were sick. The Saints in Winter Quarters heard of their plight. Many crossed Iowa again to help them, and others began gathering money to send to them.
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“Much sickness was caused by malaria-carrying mosquitoes from the river marshes and by the lack of fresh fruits and vegetables for good nutrition. More than six hundred people died and were buried in Winter Quarters that fall and winter. Most of the people in Winter Quarters became sick, and the few who did not become sick spent all their time taking care of others. Vilate Kimball, wife of Apostle Heber C. Kimball, went throughout the settlement bringing food and taking care of the sick. She was so busy helping others that she seldom took time to eat or take care of herself. Many people were healed through fasting and prayer and the willingness of others to serve and take care of them” (see The Saints Build Winter Quarters on lds.org).
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The new generation Taiwan artist Jinyao Lin is not only a composer but also a video artist. 2009, In the flagship production The Mazu’s bodyguard by NTCH, a Taiwanese Opera with a new fusion style won the China Times art critic as the best spotlight. In the work In 2010, he created an interactive multimedia theater Distortion City, which also won great reviews. In 2011 he was sent to Lyon France as a residence artist by DAC Taiwan and had his work Tracks published in Opera Lyon. His works include music pieces, digital installation and drama.
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A gutter and downspout are a part of a rain management system that inhibits flooding and moisture issues.
A gutter system is designed to collect rainwater and direct it away from your foundation and any other part of the house so that the house will not be flooded.
This is why it’s necessary for areas with heavy rainfall and on homes where basements or crawlspaces are prone to flooding.
If your area is prone to heavy rains and floods, gutters are a necessity. You can consider not using gutters for your house in places without high amounts of rainwater or moisture problems.
In this article, we answer any questions you may have about drains and downpipes.
Does Gutter Replacement Include Downspouts?
When you replace your gutters, you’ll also have to replace the downspouts, which are spaced about 35 feet.
Vinyl and aluminum downspouts cost around 5 USD and 8 USD per foot. Steel costs 9 USD to 12 USD per foot, whereas copper costs 17 USD or more for each foot.
If we had to summarize it in one rule, gutters should have a downspout every 30 to 40 feet. For the most part, this entails adding spouts at both ends of a gutter segment.
The downspout is the part of the guttering system that directs water away from the house and into a safe location on the ground.
Their objective is to keep gutters from overflowing and provide a drainage system (Home Advice, n.d).
How Many Gutter Downspouts Do I Need?
If we had to summarize it in one rule, gutters should have a downspout between 30 to 40 feet.
For the most part, this entails adding downspouts at both ends of a gutter segment. But hold on! There is a slew of other key variables that can sway this general guideline.
They are as follows:
• Roof surface area: The greater the roof surface area well above gutters, the more rainwater will be gathered and directed downward into those gutters.
Because a large roof will carry a lot of water, the location of the downspouts may need to be adjusted to accommodate.
• Roof slope: A steeper roof moves water faster, and if your gutters are having difficulties handling a lot of water in a short period, an extra downspout can help.
• Gutters come in a variety of sizes. Larger gutters can store more water, thus fewer spouts are required. Smaller gutters may require additional downspouts to compensate for their limited capacity.
• Weather: Rainstorms place a lot greater strain on gutters. Particularly wet climates may require more efficient gutter systems than climates that are generally dry.
Also, filters and leaf-catchers are essential where rainfall is frequent (Home Advice, n.d).
How Long Can A Gutter Be With One Downspout?
One downspout for every 20 feet of gutter is a good guideline, although obviously, it depends on the weather patterns, the size of the drainage system, and the guttering system’s structure.
Rainfall can collect at the foot of the house or fully back into the gutter if gutters and downspouts are badly built or fitted.
This can cause a lot of damage to the roof, sheathing, soffit boards, and substructure, as well as basements flooding and internal problems (Gutter Helmet, n.d).
How Long Do Gutters And Downspouts Last?
Gutters have an average lifespan of more than 50 years if constructed of copper and twenty years if built of aluminum,” as per the National Association of Homebuilders.
A Copper downspout can last up to a century, whereas aluminum downspouts only have a life span of 30 years
As per the International Association of Certified Home Inspectors, the average lifespan of vinyl gutters is 25 years and above.
Gutters With No Seams
Seamless gutters are custom-made for the home and have an average lifespan of two decades or more.
They’re also unbroken, this implies debris doesn’t collect as readily around the soldered sections.
Because they lack the standard system’s splits and expanding joints at frequent intervals, leakage and wearing-downs are not likely (GP Gutter, n.d).
Overall, the projected lifespan among most guttering systems, particularly galvanized steel and aluminum gutters, is 20 years.
A Copper guttering, system, on the other hand, can endure two times as long, with a useful life of 50 years or above.
Gutters aren’t the costliest purchase you make on your property, but they can help you avoid a variety of other, more severe repairs.
Knowing when and how to replace worn-out gutters is critical to maintaining the value of your house (T.E. Dickson, n.d).
What Type Of Hose Should Be Used For Draining The Gutter?
There are two types of pipes used to drain rainwater from living rooms.
Corrugated and PVC pipes. Corrugated pipes are the cheapest option, the simplest, and the most common.
But we do not encourage people to use corrugated pipes for water drainage in the subway.
Corrugated 4′′ Pipe
Any substance with alternate ridges and grooves is referred described as “corrugated.” Whether it’s a corrugated metal roof or corrugated cardboard, you’ve seen this before.
However, in this situation, we’re talking about corrugated plastic. In residential areas, the most prevalent corrugated pipe is black and has a diameter of 4 inches.
4-inch PVC Pipe
This is a wonderful product for a variety of yard drainage issues. A PVC Pipe comes with the following benefits:
It has a lot more sturdiness than corrugated. The roots will not be able to get through the walls. Because the pipe’s walls are smooth, there are no ridges to stifle water movement or catch dirt.
For system maintenance, clean-outs can be implemented. As a result, it has a substantially longer lifespan than corrugated cardboard.
For gutter drain pipes, rigid PVC pipe is the preferable material. A nonperforated Schedule 40 PVC pipe in a 4-inch diameter is the common rigid pipe used to convey water away from gutter downspouts.
Check with your local housing authority before buying the pipe and see if some rules need a specific variety or size of piping for this use.
If your guttering system’s downspout pipe is very big, use a stiff pipe that is the same width or broader than the downspout. A clog could occur if you choose a narrow drainage pipe (Noble, 2017).
Although PVC pipe is costlier and more complex to install, the extra expense is well worth it.
A homeowner who doesn’t want to get it wrong the first time and who is looking to avoid tackling the issues again in a few years must seriously consider installing PVC pipes to transport water away from the house (Noble, 2017).
Can You Use Pvc Pipe For Gutters?
For trying to extend downspouts, a nonperforated Schedule 40 PVC pipe with a 4-inch diameter is the best option.
Some tasks will equally necessitate the use of a versatile drainpipe, which is useful for navigating barriers and trying to follow uneven surfaces.
PVC is also inexpensive. PVC pipe can also be used to drain toilets.
CPVC pipe and fittings will supply hot water to faucets just as well as copper pipe at a fraction of the cost.
CPVC is ideal for all water lines since it can handle both hot and cold water.
Advantages of solid PVC pipe include Durability: This form of pipe is far more robust than a corrugated pipe, as it is resistant to root penetration and easy to clear.
Smooth walls: Because PVC pipes come with smooth walls, it is less likely to accumulate or collect debris that slows the flow of water.
Consider using PVC pipe instead of aluminum downspouts for your gutters. A 1 ½-inch diameter piping system should fit perfectly on the base of existing gutter systems, and PVC pipe fasteners can be used to attach that to the walls.
For expanding downspouts, nonperforated Schedules 40 Tubing with a 4-inch diameter can be used.
Some jobs will also necessitate the use of a flexible drain pipe, which is useful for navigating obstacles and maintaining rough terrain (Askinglot, n.d).
How Far Should Gutters Drain From The House?
The sewer must extend at least four feet from the house. However, depending on the land, the slope of the house, and local building standards, you may need a lot more expansion.
The guttering system aims to collect rainwater from the roof and channel it away from the foundation of your home.
However, if your pipes are large enough, getting too close can damage the base, the landscape, and other parts of your home and they trap water in your home.
You want to avoid it at all costs to safeguard your foundation, landscape, and others.
If the soil is more clay-like, you can have a shorter downspout, but where the ground is sandy, the downspout ought to be longer.
What is the rationale for this? Sandy soil absorbs moisture fast, so the moisture wibe specifically whereas your gutters transfer it.
Clay soil, on the other hand, repels plenty of water. Therefore, moisture will flow freely beyond the position or the end of the downspout not necessitating a long extension pipe.
Considering the gradient of your house is essential while designing the downspout extensions for your guttering systems.
You may have to stretch them further to ensure that the matter can properly dissipate from your property and through mountains and other obstructions.
If putting a downspout extension over the mountain isn’t an option, dig a tunnel into the high area, install the downspout, and then seal things back up.
Remember to ensure that water from the downspout dissipates on the other section of the house.
Your local construction codes may specify the length of your gutter downspouts.
Building rules may necessitate something special in regions where there are regular or heavy rains, odd soil quality, or regional erosion issues (Kelly Roofing, n.d).
Where Does Gutter Water Go
Rainwater is collected in the guttering system.
Water is carried to the ground by downspouts. Water on the roadway runs downwards into the roadway gutters, which are located at the intersection of the pavement and the street.
A downspout must not enable water to flow down into the ground at the foot of a wall; instead, it should transfer water to drainage ditches that wick moisture away past the street.
The downspout’s job is to direct water towards public drainage channels or, at the very least, far from your home’s local surroundings.
Rainwater drainage is closely regulated, and you must not construct a drainage system without first consulting the legislation.
Because restrictions can differ, make sure you check with the appropriate local government.
Many downpipes pour rainfall onto the ground, but only when they have been linked to pipes that stretch four feet away from a building.
Downpipes that just allow water to sink into the earth near your house will result in dampness and other serious problems.
With more frequently severe and intense weather, it’s much more important than ever to ensure your gutters and sewage system are up to the task. Your gutters will be a wasted effort if there isn’t enough drainage.
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Just like we did when we previously discussed the differences between condos and apartments, we will compare two popular housing options: it’s condos vs townhouses.
Let’s take a look at the distinct differences between these two property options.
The best way to start this off is to determine the basics of each property:
- Condos are similar to apartments in that it is an individual unit residing in a building or community of buildings. Unlike apartments, condos are usually managed by an association or condo board, with each individual owning a condo.
- Townhouses are attached homes that the resident owns, but unlike regular homes, one or more walls are shared with an adjacent attached townhome.
While they might share some development similarities, the two’s biggest difference comes down to ownership, homeowner associations, rentability, and fees. Let’s break each of these down.
In terms of ownership, there is not much difference between the two.
Firstly, when you purchase a condo, you personally own your unit and share joint ownership of the building with the other owner-tenants. Therefore, you will contribute financially (more on that below) to the building’s overall running and your own individual unit.
On the other hand, townhouse ownership means that you own the building and the land it sits on. It is similar to a traditional home; instead, you might share some of the home’s walls with other detached dwellings.
Ultimately, it all comes down to what you want and what you can afford.
Homeowners’ Associations (aka, the Board)
The biggest difference between condos and townhouses against single-family homes is homeowners’ associations (HOAs), better known as ‘the board’.
The HOA is run and operated by other tenants of the property, who handle the day-to-day maintenance of the shared spaces either through an individual or a Calgary property management company and establish all the rules. These can include noise levels, parties, pet allowances, renting out the property, and the extent you can conduct renovations within your unit (such as if it affects others or impacts their livelihood).
When purchasing either, you will have to pay monthly fees to the association to maintain the property. HOAs manage the building, its grounds, roofs and exteriors of the structures and common interior spaces in many cases.
In terms of condos vs townhouses, it all depends on how the HOA operates, their fees and rules. You’ll have to compare both and see the best option for you, both in terms of lifestyle and budget.
The Costs of Owning The Properties
Even with monthly HOA fees, owning a townhouse or a condo is more affordable than a home.
Yes, you have to pay for property taxes, home insurance, and home inspections (before taking control of the house), as well as the various maintenance fees that come with managing the property. Still, overall they’re great options for first-time homebuyers or anybody on a budget. They’re also great as investment opportunities, particularly as Calgary rentals.
In terms of the cost differences between the two, condos tend to be cheaper to buy since you invest in any land. The
HOA might be higher, though, but you won’t be worried about maintaining the land itself.
The Better Resale Value
The resale value of each of these properties will never be as high as a single-family home, but that doesn’t mean you can’t make a profit.
When it comes to appreciation rates, condos have generally been slower to grow in value than townhouses, but times are changing. The boom in condo properties, and their quality, coupled with the potential to profit as a condo for rent in Calgary, means you can still make a worthwhile investment after a few years. Townhouses, though, still offer high resale value.
The biggest concern is that buyers have to consider other factors out of your control, including how well run the HOA is, their fees, maintenance, what the building or land offers, and any future developments.
Which is Better For You? Calgary Condos or Townhouses?
When choosing between the two, it’s best to consider your budget, lifestyle, and short-term and long-term plans.
There’s no real winner—both have their pros and cons, and both have a fair amount in common with each other. Speaking to HOAs, real estate agents and Calgary property management companies can help. From there, you’ll be able to make the best decision.
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Putin puts higher education at the centre of economic development
In a state of the union address delivered to more than 1,000 top Kremlin and government officials and timed to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the country's first post-Soviet Constitution in 1993, he detailed the need for higher education to play a much stronger part in developing the economy.
Russian universities were urged to sell their services to foreign students, concentrating on those 'near abroad' countries of the CIS – Commonwealth of Independent States – where many people still speak Russian as a first or second language.
Educational centres offering tuition to enable foreign students to take the Unified State Entrance Exam – passing of which is a requirement for entering Russian universities – would increase the potential market, Putin suggested.
Universities and research institutes should also be more active in developing and registering patents and licences to take advantage of Russia's intellectual capital.
Drawing parallels with other countries internationally, Putin painted a poor picture of the low levels of exploitation of intellectual property in Russia.
He stressed the need to resume sustainable economic and labour productivity growth, stressing the importance of high quality education to this. A flexible labour market, favourable investment climate and modern technologies were all necessary.
“Together with the Russian Academy of Sciences, the government has been instructed to refine promising fields of science and technology,” Putin said, adding that a Russian National Council for Professional Qualifications should be set up within two years, tasked with approving a wide range of professional standards.
Salaries should be raised in the education sector "so that the work of teachers, professors and doctors becomes prestigious once again, and attracts strong university graduates", he added.
“Decent wages must not only reflect budgetary transfers, but rather reforms designed to improve spending efficiency and, most importantly, the quality of social services. We need people to see how our schools, universities, clinics and hospitals are changing for the better.”
Turning to the global economic crisis, Putin – who was on his feet for 70 minutes – candidly admitted that many of Russia's problems were internal.
"Of course we are experiencing the effects of the global crisis," he said. “But the main reasons for the slowdown are not external, but internal."
Russia's gross domestic product, a general measure of a country's economic performance, puts it in the top five economies worldwide. But in key productivity indicators Russia was "lagging behind the leading countries by a factor of two or three."
The answer was to invest in high quality vocational education and develop a flexible labour market, more favourable investment climate and modern technology, he said.
He told the government and Russian Academy of Sciences to do more to invest in "promising areas of science and technology" and to build on the newly established Russian Research Fund, which was designed to back basic research programmes with long-term viable implementation plans.
"Consider this work a national task," he added.
More must be done to exploit intellectual property: on average only one out of every 265 new scientific developments is developed to patent stage, the president said.
The value of Russian intellectual property accounted for less than 1% of annual GDP, compared with 12% in the United States, around 8% in Germany and 20% in neighbouring Finland.
"It's not just a little figure, it is tiny," Putin said. Technical researchers should focus on achieving concrete results, aimed at registering patents and licences for the practical implementation of Russian inventions and technological developments.
Domestic demand for hi-tech, Russian designed solutions should be encouraged, and clean, modern, eco-friendly technologies developed.
The quality of Russian higher education must be improved, Putin said. “Today, both in [Moscow and Saint Petersburg] and in many regions, higher education institutions do not meet modern requirements.”
Updating universities and ensuring courses met modern economic demands was essential, he added.
Exporting educational services, through attracting foreign students and distance learning, could be a "serious tool for strengthening the cultural and intellectual influence of Russia in the world".
Reaction to Putin's lengthy speech, albeit shorter than some of his annual addresses that have stretched beyond three hours, ranged from derisive on the microblog site Twitter – such as that from a user called A.Sh: "So boring. They could at least follow North Korea's example and arrest someone during the speech." – to a focus on more political aspects from most foreign press and news agencies. | <urn:uuid:026aaad5-a593-4582-bf96-73fab41ea45d> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20131213072819440 | 2023-09-27T12:59:34Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510297.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20230927103312-20230927133312-00299.warc.gz | en | 0.95185 | 918 |
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Upright Sounds is taking a deeper dive into Live mixing and Music Production.
Previous singer/songwriter band Martin Sundberg has during last year acquired a drummer (John Sempill) and a bass player (Tommy Andersson).
Thereby the band has changed it’s name to Moore. The first recording since the demo last year, a brand new EP is coming out this spring, which has been recorded at the famous Decibel Studios.
Upright Sounds will be co-producing the EP together with the band members.
Stefan Heino has been mixing Live concerts in Stockholm and other locations in Sweden for two years now with various analog and digital consoles.
This spring will be extra exciting for Upright Sounds, starting with a larger event/concert on saturday 24’th of February where Stefan will be responsible for the stage, sound and lights. | <urn:uuid:4dcbb215-576c-4fdd-a6e5-5be21ef4cdd7> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://www.uprightsounds.com/live-sound-and-music-production/ | 2023-09-27T12:18:23Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510297.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20230927103312-20230927133312-00299.warc.gz | en | 0.94927 | 181 |
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Do I Need a Visa to Visit from Colombia to the United States?Yes, you do need a visa to visit the United States from Colombia. You will need to apply for a nonimmigrant visa through the US embassy or consulate in Colombia.
What Types of Visas Can I Get from Colombia to Visit the United States?Nonimmigrant visas are typically issued to Colombia nationals who wish to visit the United States for education, tourism, business, or medical reasons. The most common types of nonimmigrant visas include: B-2 visitors visa, F-1 student visa, H-1B specialty occupation visa, J-1 exchange visitor visa, and L-1 intracompany transferee visa.
Do I Need an Visa Interview to Visit from Colombia to the United States?Yes, you will need to attend an in-person visa interview in order to travel from Colombia to the United States.
What are the Required Documents to Visit fromColombia to the United States?The United States requires all travelers fromColombia to present a valid passport and a visa. Travelers may also need to provide proof of a return ticket, proof of sufficient funds, and proof of a valid hotel reservation or other accommodation.
What are the Steps to Apply for a Visa to Visit from Colombia to the United States?1. Prepare Your Documents: Gather your documents such as a passport, proof of financial support, evidence of the purpose of your trip (e.g. hotel reservation, invitation letter) and any other required documentation.
2. Complete the Online Application: Complete Form DS-160, the online application for a nonimmigrant visa, and upload a digital photograph of yourself.
3. Make an Appointment: Schedule an appointment at the nearest U.S. embassy or consulate in Colombia to submit your application and documents for review.
4. Attend Your Appointment: Attend your appointment with the required documents and answer questions from the visa officer about your trip.
5. Pay the Fee: Pay the applicable visa application fee in order to receive a receipt.
6. Wait for a Decision: Wait for a decision from the visa officer regarding your application. You may be asked to attend an additional interview or submit additional documents for review before you receive a final decision.
Are There Special Instructions to Visit from Colombia to the United States?Yes. Visitors from Colombia to the United States must have a valid passport, a valid visa, and a completed Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA). All travelers must complete the ESTA application before traveling to the United States. Visitors must also meet all other U.S. entry requirements, and should be prepared to present evidence of their purpose of travel, ability to pay for their stay and upcoming departure from the United States.
What is the Visa Fee to Visit from Colombia to the United States?The visa fee for a Colombian citizen to visit the United States is $160.
What is the Processing Time to Get a Visa to Visit from Colombia to the United States?The processing time for a visa to visit the United States from Colombia varies depending on the type of visa you are applying for. Generally, it takes around 3 to 4 weeks for the US Embassy in Colombia to process visa applications.
What to Do in Case of a Visa Denial to Visit from Colombia to the United States?If your visa application to visit the United States from Colombia has been denied, you will need to reapply for a visa. Before doing so, it is important to understand the reasons for the denial and make sure those are addressed properly in your new application.
It is also important to take precautions to ensure that your new visa application is not denied for the same reasons as your previous application. Make sure all information is complete and accurate, that all required documents are included, and that you have a valid reason for visiting the country. Additionally, you should reach out to an immigration lawyer or other immigration expert for advice on how best to proceed. The U.S. Embassy in Colombia can also provide further guidance on your visa application process.
What are the Frequently Asked Visa Questions and Answers to Visit from Colombia to the United States?Q. What kind of visa do I need to visit the United States from Colombia?
A. To visit the United States from Colombia, you will need to apply for a non-immigrant visa, such as a B-1/B-2 visitor visa. The purpose of your visit determines which visa category is most appropriate.
Q. How can I apply for a visa to visit the United States from Colombia?
A. You can apply for a visa to visit the United States from Colombia by completing the online non-immigrant visa application form, Form DS-160, and scheduling an interview at the U.S. Embassy or Consulate in Colombia.
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A. When applying for a visa to visit the United States from Colombia, you may be required to provide evidence of financial support for your trip and/or evidence of residence in Colombia. You may also need to provide documents that demonstrate your ties to Colombia and prove your reason for return following your stay in the United States. | <urn:uuid:3f89f9e9-a08b-4b10-8900-819483e0e4a1> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://www.uscisguide.com/us-visa-requirements/visa-requirements-to-visit-the-u-s-from-colombia/ | 2023-09-27T12:20:20Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510297.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20230927103312-20230927133312-00299.warc.gz | en | 0.925715 | 1,064 |
On October 12th, Border Police officers arrested a smuggler and several undocumented people.
The first case took place in Los Chiles in Alajuela, where police officers realized that several people were passing through a non-enabled place. When the officers intercepted them, in a sector known as cevichito, they found out that they were Nicaraguan citizens.
There the Border Police arrested a 20-year-old man named González.
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The Henkel marketing team requested USP to help them develop a tool to best bring the advantages of their body care brand Barnägen to the fore. The brand was struggling to introduce the uniqueness of the product in the UAE market. Their claim, as compared to other conventional lotions and creams that target hydration was more focused on healing. In this mature and discerning market, they wanted the consumers to understand the advantages of cold cream i.e. Hydration vs. Moisture which was an integral component of their product – healed and soothed thirsty and sensitive skin.
How did USP Solutions help?
USP Solutions took on the challenge to translate Henkel’s needs into a demo tool. We developed a dryness detector tool that at the same time worked as a product recommendation chart. This helped the beauty advisors at POS to not only engage and diagnose the need but also recommend the right product variant for the consumer.
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Dr. Ericka Roland is an assistant professor in the Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Department at The University of Texas at Arlington. Dr. Roland graduated from the University of South Florida with a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies and a graduate certificate in Women's and Gender Studies.
Prior to entering academia, she worked as a Student Affairs professional in residential life and Fraternity & Sorority life.
Dr. Roland's primary research interests include critical leadership development, critical teaching & learning, mentoring, equity & social justice in higher education. Her research has been published in the Review of Research in Education, Teaching in Higher Education, International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, Journal About Women in Higher Education, and Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice.
Dr. Roland is currently involved in several research projects that focus on Higher Education/K-12 leadership preparation programs' integration of social justice skill development and student leadership on college campuses related to racism. She is currently working with UT-Austin doctoral student Tiffany Hughes on understanding Black women's experiences in Higher Education Administration and Leadership doctoral courses with espoused equity, social justice, and diversity learning outcomes and objectives. With an awarded grant from the Association of Fraternity/Sorority Advisors (AFA), Dr. Roland is working on additional projects focusing on how historically white sororities address racism within their national and local organizations. Read Dr. Roland's recent publication on Black women resident assistants navigating institutional support in the Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice.
Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
Research Interests: Leadership development, critical pedagogies, equity in higher education
Bio: Dr. Ericka Roland is an assistant professor in the Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Department at The University of Texas at Arlington. Her research examines the process of social justice/criticality development in postsecondary education institutions. Dr. Roland has three interconnected lines of inquiry: (1) Program development and practices, (2) Leadership development, and (3) Personal and collective development around equity and social justice. She centers the pursuit of equity in all of her projects with a commitment to research and practice that cultivates transformative possibilities. Dr. Roland uses critical & Black feminist theoretical and qualitative methodologies approaches in her research inquiries. Prior to entering academia, she worked as a student affairs professional in residential life and Greek life. | <urn:uuid:05ef5ba3-4f0d-4618-a788-19cda720c2e3> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://www.uta.edu/academics/schools-colleges/education/research/researchers-projects | 2023-09-27T12:16:53Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510297.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20230927103312-20230927133312-00299.warc.gz | en | 0.919826 | 538 |
Crumbl really blew up on TikTok this year
While the Utah cookie market might seem overbaked, Crumbl has a strategy to stay fresh: TikTok.
Founded in 2017 by Utah State alumni Sawyer Hemsley and his cousin Jason McGowan in Logan, Utah, Crumbl entered a crowded landscape of gourmet cookies, with companies like Chip and Ruby Snap having already been established in the state.
When the cookie company first launched, they chose Instagram as their primary platform. The cookie photoshoots have garnered a substantial online fanbase: four years later, 1.2 million accounts follow Crumbl for their weekly menu announcements and slow-mo videos.
Then came TikTok. After a post about their Strawberry Toaster Tart showcase went viral in February of 2021, the follower counts skyrocketed, now sitting comfortably at double the amount of their Instagram followers.
“When that video got 2 million views, we knew our TikTok presence had a lot of potential and that we needed to start being proactive with it,” Tibbitts says.
TikTok, formerly Music.ly, is a video-sharing social media platform that thrives on trends and challenges, just like its predecessor, Vine. Just a month after Crumbl started garnering attention on the app, the #crumblreview tag took off.
“[O]ur entire business model caters perfectly to the TikTok sphere,” says Anna Tibbitts, PR manager for Crumbl. “We have a hype cycle marketing approach that offers new and surprising products every week.”
However, the hashtag didn’t come from the minds of Crumbl corporate.
“[The] trend began organically,” Tibbitts says. “Our team was and has remained ecstatic about the content and organic traction we’ve received.”
They owe the trend’s continued popularity to TikTokers like Nicole Axelrod, who made her first #crumblreview video in May. Her videos, like many of the other creators’ who use the tag, showcase the four or five new cookies of the week. She sits in her car, taking a bite of each cookie and giving it a review from 1-10.
“When I first started using TikTok, I wasn’t posting anything serious,” Axelrod says. “It was just content for my friends, following along with whatever was trending at the time.”
It was after watching someone else’s TikTok review that Axelrod decided to make her own.
“I saw it and knew I had to try those cookies,” she laughed. “I know that Crumbl’s successful at marketing on TikTok because that’s how I knew they existed in the first place.”
She was living in Georgia at the time, where a brand new Crumbl location had just opened. Despite moving to South Carolina for school a few months later, Axelrod continues to make the trek to the Crumbl in Atlanta, buying upwards of four cookies a week.
In turn, they became her most viewed videos––her most recent review received over 500,000 views and nearly 70,000 likes, one of the highest on the hashtag.
“It’s become what people expect from me,” Axelrod says. “My other content is lucky to get around 600 likes. People just really want to see what I, specifically, think of those week’s cookies.”
It’s about more than just likes and views, though. Axelrod says her opinions often decide whether her viewers visit Crumbl that week.
“I see a lot of comments on my page from people who exclusively wait for my video before heading to their Crumbl,” she says. “They base what they buy that week on what I like. It’s really weird that I have that much influence over people’s decisions, but I do.”
Crumbl four-packs cost around $12, and Axelrod shells out extra gas money every Monday to get from her college campus back to her home store. Despite a lot of disbelief and a little bit of doubt from her peers, Axelrod says her weekly reviews have become part of her weekly routine––and she’s having fun.
“If I really enjoyed taking dance lessons, I don’t think people would be shocked to see that I show up every week,” she says. “I’ve always been a sweets person, and I love trying all these new flavors, so for me, the cost is worth what I get out of it. It’s just something fun that I love to do, even if I didn’t have this community around me. It’s about my love of the cookies, honestly.”
That cost has been supplemented by the TikTok Creator Fund, a new development by the app that pays out to TikTok users over a certain number of followers and views.
“I’ve been lucky enough to start making the cost of the cookies and a little more from the Creator Fund, but I haven’t gotten a dime from Crumbl,” says Axelrod. “I don’t know any creators who have. I did get a free cookie from our local store once, though, if that counts.”
Tibbitts says that Crumbl has let the organic marketing pilot itself online, and they don’t have any plans to interfere. Instead, they feature TikToks using the hashtag on TVs in their shops around the country.
“We have never sponsored or compensated creators,” she says. “[However], we wanted to capitalize on the momentum and show our customers the fun and excitement that goes into our weekly flavor drops across the nation. We also wanted to reward our loyal TikTok creators by showcasing their reviews in our stores where all customers could see them.”
While Crumbl has developed a sense of brand loyalty with Axelrod and the thousands of other TikTokers using #crumblreview each week, those same TikTokers are playing a long-term game: using Crumbl in their personal brands.
“In the beginning, people were watching my stuff for the Crumbl content, and I was just ancillary,” Axelrod says. “Now, there’s been a shift where the views and comments are more in support of me personally. “I have this new community that’s nice and supportive of me as a creator. I have fans now, which is totally crazy.”
It’s these new cookie communities on the social networking platform that are keeping the hashtags alive, and, by proxy, boosting Crumbl’s weekly revenues.
“I’m grateful to Crumbl, even if they didn’t have any direct role in my journey,” Axelrod says. “They’ve been able to capture this super niche market nationwide, and I’m just excited to be part of it.” | <urn:uuid:d2e0c3ab-8de9-40dd-ab19-4a9cfd972898> | CC-MAIN-2023-40 | https://www.utahbusiness.com/how-crumbl-cookies-tiktok-account-is-driving-revenue/ | 2023-09-27T10:39:05Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-40/segments/1695233510297.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20230927103312-20230927133312-00299.warc.gz | en | 0.970178 | 1,519 |
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