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Girls and boys basketball races in the West Michigan Conference are well underway.
On the girls’ side, Hart and Montague are setting the pace, just like they have the last couple seasons. Tuesday night, they’ll both bring perfect league records into their showdown at Hart.
On the boys’ side, Shelby is the lone remaining unbeaten in conference play in the early going. Ravenna and Whitehall are right there, too, with one loss apiece but it appears to be a wide-open race.
Here are updated standings for WMC girls and boys basketball teams entering this week:
/ 7 hours ago
Conference leaders showcase talent as Whitehall hosts. The spectators gathered at Whitehall High School...
/ 9 hours ago
Wildcats senior is playing soccer and football, plus running cross country, while maintaining weighted...
/ 10 hours ago
Wildcats get key win over rival Vikings to realistically stay alive in divisional race.
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|
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Great Adventure Set To Open SkyScreamer
It's you in a swing... 24 stories above the ground.
Six Flags Great Adventure is set to open a new ride for this season called SkyScreamer. It's called that because that's what you will be doing that close to the sky.
You know those carnival swing rides where you're a few feet off the ground wedged into a smaller-than-your-butt seat? This is just like that. Only this ride is 242 feet high and at top speed, you'll be spiraling in a 98-foot circle at 40 MPH. In the picture above, look at where you are compared to the trees in the park.
SkyScreamer opens to the public on May 23rd.
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"opening_date": "May 23rd"
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A no-fly zone will be temporarily implemented during the 2015 Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation meetings next week.
The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) said that security measures will be stricter in all Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) terminals on Nov. 17, 19, and 20. A no-fly zone will be temporarily implemented during the 2015 Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation meetings next week.
There will also be a “no fly zone” within 2 nautical miles radius of the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC) from surface to 16,000 ft. This will be effective Nov. 17, 10 a.m. until Nov. 20, 7 p.m.
The Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) urged passengers anew to fly ahead or after the APEC and to get in touch with their airlines for any changes in their flight schedules.
MIAA said there will still be commercial flights during APEC week, however, these will most likely be subjected to delays and even cancellations.
The authority disclosed that APEC leaders will start flying in on Nov. 16 until the following day. On the other hand, no flight movements of heads of state are expected on the first day of the APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting on Nov. 18.
Heads of state are expected to leave Manila on November 19 and 20. Normal flight operations are expected to resume on November 21.
Airlines have also cancelled flights in preparation for APEC. (PNA)
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|
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The United Kingdom is a state made up of the historic countries of England, Wales and Scotland, as well as Northern Ireland. It is known as the home of both modern parliamentary democracy and the Industrial Revolution.
Two world wars and the end of empire diminished its role in the 20th Century, and the 2016 referendum vote to leave the European Union has raised significant questions about the country's global role.
Nonetheless, the United Kingdom remains an economic and military power with great political and cultural influence around the world.
UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND: FACTS
- Capital: London
- Area: 242,945 sq km
- Population: 67.7 million
- Languages: English, also Scots, Ulster Scots, Scottish Gaelic, Irish, Welsh, Cornish
- Life expectancy: 79 years (men) 83 years (women)
Head of state: King Charles III
His Majesty King Charles III ascended to the throne in September 2022, on the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth II.
In September 2015, she had become Britain's longest-reigning monarch, surpassing the record of her great-great grandmother Queen Victoria.
King Charles is at 73 the oldest person to have ascended to the throne. He is also head of state of several independent countries in the Commonwealth.
As a constitutional monarch, his role in the legislative process is largely ceremonial.
Prime Minister: Rishi Sunak
The UK's first British Asian prime minister, Mr Sunak took over from the previous prime minister, Liz Truss, in October 2022, just 49 days after she herself had taken over from Boris Johnson. Mr Truss was forced to resign after big tax cuts in a her mini-budget prompted financial turmoil.
Mr Sunak became leader of the Conservative party without a ballot of its members when his only remaining rival Penny Mordaunt withdrew.
Ms Truss had became prime minister after defeating Mr Sunak earlier in a ballot of Tory members during the summer, winning over members with her tax-cutting economic agenda.
Mr Sunak faces the tasks of managing government spending, rising inflation and energy prices - especially in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
The UK has a strong tradition of public service broadcasting and an international reputation for creative programme-making.
The BBC began daily radio broadcasts in 1922 and quickly came to play a pivotal role in national life. The corporation is funded by a licence fee, which every household with a TV set must pay.
Hundreds of privately-owned radio and TV stations now compete with the BBC for listeners and viewers.
There are many national and local newspapers, but print circulations have been sliding while online readership has surged.
There were 65 million internet users by July 2022, comprising 95% of the population (Worldinternetstats.com).
Some key dates in modern British history:
1801 - United Kingdom formed by union of the kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland.
1815 - Role in defeating Napoleon's French Empire leads to Britain becoming pre-eminent imperial power.
1830s - Electoral reform acts begin steady move towards primacy of House of Commons and universal suffrage.
1840s - British industrial power harnessing technological change and boosts free trade and investment worldwide, reaching its peak in the second half of the 19th century.
1880s - Devolved government for Ireland becomes a major political issue, splitting Liberal Party and reviving a violent Irish separatist movement.
1914-18 - World War One.
1916 - Nationalists stage Easter Rising, seizing the General Post Office in Dublin and proclaiming an independent Irish republic. The rising is crushed by the British who execute its leaders.
1919 - Led by Éamon De Valera, the nationalist movement Sinn Féin ('We Ourselves') sets up a Dublin assembly, the Dáil Éireann, which again proclaims Irish independence. A guerrilla campaign by the Irish Republican Army, or IRA, against British forces begins with heavy casualties on both sides.
1921 - Anglo-Irish Treaty establishes the Irish Free State, partitioned from Northern Ireland which remains part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
1924 - First UK government led by the Labour party under Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald.
1931 - Economic crisis. Millions are unemployed. National Government coalition formed.
1936 - King Edward VIII abdicates over relationship with an American divorcee, Wallis Simpson.
1939 - Germany invades Poland. UK declares war on Germany.
1940 - Winston Churchill becomes prime minister.
1944 - Allied troops invade France from Britain on D-Day (6th June) and begin to fight their way towards Germany.
1945 - Germany surrenders. Labour leader Clement Atlee is elected prime minister to replace Winston Churchill. The new Labour government introduces the welfare state.
1945 - The UK becomes a permanent member of the UN Security Council.
1948 - National Health Service is established.
1949 - The UK is one of the founder members of Nato.
1956 - UK intervenes in Suez Canal Zone, but withdraws under pressure from the US.
1961 - UK application to join European Economic Community vetoed by French President Charles de Gaulle.
1960s - Decolonisation of former British-controlled territories gathers pace.
1969 - British troops are sent to help quell communal unrest in Northern Ireland, which marks the start of The Troubles, triggered by the disputed status of Northern Ireland within the UK and a rising sense of injustice among large sections of the Catholic population. More than 3,000 people are killed between 1969-98.
1973 - The UK joins the European Economic Community, which is endorsed in a referendum two years later.
1979 - Conservative Margaret Thatcher begins move towards deregulation of economy.
1982 - Argentina invades the Falklands Islands in the South Atlantic. The UK dispatches a task force, which re-takes them.
1984 - The IRA attempts to assassinate Margaret Thatcher in her hotel in Brighton. Several killed and injured by a bomb blast, but the prime minister escapes unhurt.
1997 - Referendums in Scotland and Wales back the creation of separate assemblies, which are inaugurated in 1999.
1998 - Good Friday Agreement on a political settlement for Northern Ireland is approved by voters in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
2012 - Britain hosts the 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics.
2014 - Voters in Scotland reject independence in a referendum, with 55% opting to remain part of the UK and 45% favouring independence.
2016 - UK votes to leave the European Union.
2020 - Britain formally leaves the European Union.
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|
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UC ANR to help growers comply with new food safety rules
UC Agriculture and Natural Resources advisors are planning how they will help farmers comply with new provisions, reported Taylor Hillman on AgNetWest.com.
Hillman spoke to Mary Bianchi, the director of UC ANR Cooperative Extension in San Luis Obispo County. She said most growers already have many components the act requires, such as their nutrient management plan and their irrigation plan.
"It's a matter of understanding what additional information they might need to be documenting on an ongoing basis and putting all the information together in one place," Bianchi said.
The FDA's Food Safety Modernization Act will likely require producers to take part in eight hours of continuing education on food safety, so UC ANR is making plans to offer the training.
"The Produce Safety Alliance from Cornell has worked with many extension people across the country to draft a curriculum that includes information we consider to be important for growers across the United States," Bianchi said. "That needs to be adapted for our growers here in California, of course, and we'll work with that information and hopefully with other agricultural organizations to make sure that our growers have access to the education that they need to comply."
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|
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New Testing Finds Toxic Metal in Mouthpieces Used in Musical Instruments
For Immediate Release, March 26, 2018
|Contact:||Robert Ukeiley, Center for Biological Diversity, (720) 496-8568, [email protected]
Caroline Cox, Center for Environmental Health, (510) 655-3900, [email protected]
PHOENIX— Environmental groups sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today for failing to enforce air-quality standards designed to protect more than 7 million people in Arizona from harmful particulate pollution.
The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in San Francisco, where the EPA’s regional headquarters are located.
“It’s repulsive the Trump EPA is failing to protect millions of Americans from serious breathing and heart problems,” said Robert Ukeiley, a senior attorney at the Center for Biological Diversity. “It shouldn’t take a lawsuit to force the EPA to enforce these lifesaving measures.”
There is no known safe level of fine particulate matter air pollution because even minute amounts can lead to death and disease. Particulate matter pollution refers to tiny airborne particles such as soot and smoke, which lodge deep in the lungs and profoundly harm human health. An EPA study found that Clean Air Act programs to reduce fine particle pollution and ozone pollution prevented more than 160,000 deaths, 130,000 heart attacks and 1.7 million asthma attacks in 2010 alone.
The particulate matter in Pinal County is particularly dangerous because much of it is caused by agricultural activities and cattle feedlots. Industrial livestock operators often dispose of large quantities of animal waste by spraying it into the air, where it can spread antibiotics and dangerous antibiotic-resistant genes.
When a state falls behind in designing and implementing measures to protect public health, the Clean Air Act mandates that the EPA take action to force compliance.
“The law requires that the Trump administration act to limit soot and other harmful pollution from the air we breathe,” said Caroline Cox, research director at the Center for Environmental Health. “Every additional day of delay puts Americans at risk for deadly diseases. We’re taking Wheeler to court to ensure that EPA does its job.”
Almost 10 years ago the EPA determined that part of Pinal County had unlawful levels of particulate matter pollution. But the EPA has failed to ensure the air has been cleaned up.
The EPA has found that Arizona’s rules for issuing permits to power plants, refineries and other large industrial facilities are inadequate to protect the environment and public health.
The Center for Biological Diversity is a national, nonprofit conservation organization with more than 1.4 million members and online activists dedicated to the protection of endangered species and wild places.
The Center for Environmental Health works with parents, communities, businesses, workers and government to protect children and families from toxic chemicals in homes, workplaces, schools and neighborhoods.
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|
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Canyon Lake AZ
1 in stock
3×4 ft watercolor on stretched Arches cold pressed paper.
Last summer I had the pleasure of going to Canyon Lake for the first time since being a kid. The Canyon walls towered above me and way up high my family and I spotted a herd of bighorn sheep. Taking the memory home I tried to capture the warmth of the Arizona summer and the fleeting coolness of the morning’s glow. I hid three bighorn sheep in the painting. Try to find them!
Live in Arizona? The artist will be happy to deliver and install the painting in person! This painting has a custom frame hand painted by the artist to match the art perfectly and make its colors pop.
|Dimensions||3 × 38 × 50 in|
Shipping Countries: United States (US)
Ready to ship in 1-2 weeks
Artist will ship via USPS for works 5"x7" or larger. Works are generally shipped within 1 - 2 weeks. The artist will contact you to notify you of the expected shipping date on these orders. Original Artwork is shipped along with a Certificate of Authenticity. A signature may be required for delivery. Purchasers will receive tracking details when the painting ships.
All sales are final. We accept returns or exchanges, or for items damaged in transit. To be eligible for a refund or exchange, you must first email us within 7 days of receiving the artwork at [email protected] to alert the artist of the damaged item to repair the painting, if possible. If the repair is not possible a full refund will be given or the artist and purchaser can do an exchange for a different painting or a custom painting of equal value.
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|
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The original fat custom icon. Now lighter than the previous generation Fat Boy 114, and slinging torque from a Milwaukee-Eight®114. You’ll feel the difference the instant you crack the throttle.
Advertised pricing excludes applicable taxes title and licensing, dealer set up, destination, reconditioning and are subject to change without notice. Pricing may exclude any added parts, accessories or installation unless otherwise noted. Pre-Owned Bike Sale prices include all applicable offers unless discussed otherwise. Not all options listed are available on pre-owned models. Contact dealer for details. See dealer for all details not included.
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|
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Five years ago, following colon cancer surgery,Tom had just finished chemo and radiation. He had hollow cheeks, sunken eyes and bony shoulders after fighting a near-deadly infection.
Nonetheless, he came with me to exhibit in a new-for-us craft show in Charlotte, NC. We’d just received assistance from CERF+, which helped us to afford the 1,700-mile trip and to pay workshop helpers who’d taken over Tom’s part of our woodworking business—and the American Craft Council donated our booth space as part of CERF+’s program to help artists in trouble.
Our hotel was on the 11th story with floor-to-ceiling windows facing downtown’s inspiring cityscape. We dragged the long desk in front of the windows and Tom spent the days drawing while I sold our work at the craft show. Each night Tom showed me his designs for a home using our natural resources for energy storage and efficient waste disposal.
For the past four years, with the help of friends, we’ve worked on the house when the weather is fair and in the workshop on stormy days. Tom feels that his dream of building an earth-friendly house saved his life. We still have a lot of work left, but each step brings us closer to our goal.
“I guess the latest happening for me is that I donated an article to the book “Craftspeople: In Their Own Words” to benefit CERF+. It compares the “Sailor’s Net” from our live-aboard days to CERF+. The article and response from my spoon customers has inspired me to finally make and stick to a writing schedule. First the “Liveaboard” book, then Homesteading in the 21st century, then The Craft World ….picture of home construction sent with update. Long-term project unrelated to emergency assistance.”
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Metallic Epoxy Floor Coating Fort Collins
Many of our customers at Cesar’s Concrete come to us asking questions about particular kinds of flooring because they’ve seen pictures online of a particular kind of flooring that has caught their eye. More often than not, they are asking about metallic epoxy floor coating.
What Is Metallic Epoxy Floor Coating?
Metallic epoxy flooring, as some call it, is not the same as your traditional epoxy floor. It’s a low yellowing epoxy that includes a metallic pigment mixed in with the rest of the coating. Once these shimmering pigments are mixed in with the rest of the epoxy resin, we pour the mixture onto the floor. Once we move the pigments around with a paintbrush or roller, the pigments will gather, twist, and form seemingly random patterns to reflect light at distinctive angles.
Once the metallic epoxy floor hardens, the pigments will also set, leaving the owner of the Northern Colorado home or place in business with a dynamic look that can best be described as a three-dimensional swirl!
Advantages Of Metallic Epoxy Floors In Fort Collins
As you probably already know, metallic epoxy floors boast the advantage of being aesthetically pleasing, if not breathtaking. But there is more to them than being eye-catching, as it’s a floor coating choice that is also durable, slip-resistant, chemical-resistant, and affordable. If you are a business owner considering this type of coating for a commercial application, metallic epoxy floors are a great choice for showrooms, restaurants, galleries, waiting rooms, restrooms, and many other spaces!
Why Cesar’s Concrete?
If you hail from Fort Collins, Loveland, Berthoud, Windsor, Greeley, Johnstown, Longmont, or pretty much anywhere in between along the Northern Colorado Front Range, Cesar’s Concrete is a great choice to be your epoxy flooring contractor.
We are experienced
We have over 25 years of experience in the concrete industry, and are well-equipped to be your one-stop-shop for all of your concrete flooring and coating needs!
We are passionate
It starts from the top down as well. Cesar personally checks in on every single project we complete, in order to make sure that our own internal standards are met.
We are versatile
We want you to be thrilled with the outcome of your project, whether you are installing a new patio or anything else for your place of business. We are more than capable of turning your dream into a reality!
If you are interested in learning more about our process and what you can expect in terms of results, we’d be happy to speak with you! Don’t hesitate to reach out to us if you have any questions. Get your free estimate on metallic epoxy floor coating in Fort Collins — from Cesar’s Concrete.
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UCSF leaders, Emergency Management, and Environment, Health & Safety (EH&S) are monitoring deteriorating air conditions due to wildfire smoke coming into the Bay Area from Oregon and Northern California.
UCSF’s Community Well-being Grants awards funds to faculty, staff, and learners for projects that promote health and well-being. Applications are due Friday, October 6, 2023, at 5 p.m.
Flooding in eastern Libya has swept away entire homes and devastated communities. Suggested organizations to support humanitarian relief as well as resources to support our faculty, learners, and staff.
The widespread devastation and loss of life following Friday’s 6.8-magnitude earthquake in Morocco have been difficult to comprehend. If you are able, please consider donating to organizations that are working to provide relief and support.
Faculty, staff, learners, and volunteers at UCSF, Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland, and UCSF Fresno must get a flu shot prior to the start of the flu season on November 1. The UCSF flu clinic schedule begins on September 6.
Announcement that Eddy Ruiz, PhD, has been selected as UCSF’s inaugural Assistant Vice Chancellor of Climate and Belonging.
Announcing the opening of the new location of Langley Porter Psychiatric Hospital (LPPH) at UCSF Medical Center at Mount Zion.
Encouragement to contribute to local and national relief organizations assisting victims of Maui wildfires.
The UC Regents affirmed UCSF Health moving forward with negotiations to acquire Dignity Health’s clinical presence in San Francisco, including St. Mary’s Medical Center, Saint Francis Memorial Hospital, and associated outpatient and urgent care clinics.
Potential acquisition of Dignity Health clinical presence in San Francisco, including St. Mary’s Medical Center (SMMC), Saint Francis Memorial Hospital (SFMH) and associated outpatient and urgent care clinics.
U.S. Supreme Court rulings that have implications for UCSF, especially for members of the LGBTQIA+ community and people with federal loans.
Message regarding Supreme Court ruling ending the use of race as a basis in the admissions process for public and private universities.
Information for 2023-2024 from the University and the California State Auditor about the California Whistleblower Protection Act.
Join the UCSF community in honoring Juneteenth, an opportunity to uplift and acknowledge freedom, perseverance, and the ongoing need to advocate for progress.
School of Nursing Dean Catherine Gilliss, who has led the school since 2017, will be stepping down from her position at the end of December 2023.
We invite you to join the UCSF coalition at AIDS Walk San Francisco, the annual trek in Golden Gate Park on Sunday, July 16, 2023.
Summary of the results of our 2023 Staff Engagement Survey and links to resources for action planning and implementation.
UCSF stands firm in our unconditional support of our LGBTQIA+ colleagues, students, patients, and community members. Links to Pride Month events.
Congratulations to the recipients of the 2023 UCSF Founders Day Awards - the Chancellor Awards for Public Service, Exceptional Management, and Exceptional Service.
UCSF has begun to implement the University of California’s Gender Recognition and Lived Name (GRLN) policy to ensure that all individuals are recognized with their accurate gender identity and lived name. Our goal is to fully implement the policy by June 2024.
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The material is high quality, and it fits perfectly.
Best of all, it has such a beautiful design!
The unique details on the back of the top and the colors make this a fun suit! To wear! It’s perfect for the pool or beach!
It looks great on her!! Thank you for the picture & the review :-)
VIOLETTA Bikini - 2 Piece SET for Girls with TRIANGLE Top
I ordered a size M for the bottom according to the size charge, it was a little loose around my leg area. I am 5'0 and 96 lbs. However, I love the style and the comfort. I got the top in S size.
Thank you for your review! We're so glad you love the style and comfort of the bikini. Not knowing your chest and hips measurements, but just going by the height and weight info you indicated, it does sound that the M would be too large for you. We would have suggested a size Small.
Loved our two piece suit!!!!
My 12 year old loves them and she’s picky. The designs are trendy; the fit is spot on; the quality is excellent and the prices are reasonable. Win all the way around.
Awesome! Thank you!!
I like the bathing suit, but it’s too small. I emailed the company the day I received it and realized the problem. No one has gotten back to me and it’s been a few days now.
We emailed the return label, and everything was taken care of.
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Archive for May, 2019
Say you want to combine multiple Excel files, but there is a twist. Each file has few tabs (worksheets) and you want to combine like for like, ie , all Sheet1s to one dataset, all Sheet2s to another dataset…
To make matters interesting each sheet has a different format.
Of course Power Query to the rescue.Continue »
Here is a very useful and almost secret Excel tip for you. Imagine you are looking at a big, complex workbook with lots of calculations. You want to understand where everything is pointing to and how the workbook is set up.
You can use trace precedents in Excel to do this. Read this tip to learn how it works.Continue »
Learn how to make a Circular Arc Chart in Excel.Continue »
For every column chart that is done right, there are a dozen that get messed up. That is why lets talk about 5 simple rules for making awesome column charts.
Tip: Same rules apply for bar charts too.Continue »
Time for another Excel formula / Power Query challenge. This is based on a common business data analysis problem. Say you have two tables – calls log and office hours. Call log tells when each call is received. Office hours tell us working hours for seven days of the week. We want to know how many calls are outside office hours.Continue »
Recently, Microsoft Power BI introduced a very useful visualization, called key influencers visualization. As the name suggests, this is a chart of key parameters that effect a measure or outcome.
For example, you have customer satisfaction rating as a measure. Now you want to know which aspects of your data impact the ratings most? You can create the key influencer visual and Power BI finds all the top ranking influencers (using rules and machine learning).
But can we make it in Excel?
Let’s see…Continue »
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With our changing world because of coronavirus I am taking personal training online via live, private video (Zoom). 🏋️♀️🏋️♀️🏋️♀️
See the list of online personal training session packages here…
Same great service…new virtual location!
Collaborate on your health and fitness with experienced, embodied and inspiring personal trainer and pilates instructor Charlene Hutsebaut. Enjoy motivating, fun and personally tailored workouts in the luxurious St. Pancras Spa, studios around London, your home or in Mother Nature’s gymnasium outdoors.
Charlene’s training is a cutting edge fusion of pilates foundations, positive mindset and traditional strength and conditioning. Her unfailing optimism, encouragement and completely non-judgemental attitude helps empower people to become the hero’s in their own stories. A 24 year veteran of the health and fitness industry with over 15,000 client hours, Charlene has degrees in Physical Education and Education, is certified with the National Strength and Conditioning Association, is a certified Stott Pilates instructor and has a strong background in rehab and nutrition.
Award winning & nominated
In 2015 Charlene was honoured to be the only UK woman to make Top Ten Global Finalists in the Life Fitness Personal Trainers to Watch Competition and won a Mayor of London – Community Volunteer Award for getting her London neighbourhood moving and united.
When she isn’t training, sharing a realistic healthy message on social media (@positivelyslim) or making online fitness videos, Charlene runs corporate wellness workshops, writes for Psychologies Magazine Life Labs, The Huffington Post UK and is the featured expert in Passport – Monarch Airlines in-flight magazine. Charlene has been featured in London, Fabric, Grove, Woman, Natural Health magazines, as well as The Daily Mail and Express.
Charlene’s approach is integrated and all clients are evaluated for health, fitness and lifestyle histories.
Liaising with other health professionals that a client may already be consulting, or may need to consult, such as, physiotherapists, osteopaths, massage therapists etc. ensures that each client receives the best possible ‘whole’ health service available to them.
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Claws SerigraphSIGNED Serigraph Release Date: 1976 Edition Size: 2000 Paper: 16″x24″ Image: 13″x20″ FREE Shipping for this Item!
Crabitat limited edition serigraph #23This beachside scene is titled Crabitat! This copy is expertly presented with double matting and Charley's pun inset into the mats. This certainly adds a unique and professional touch to the presentation! …
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Alexandra Zion is a young Nigerian educator and international student in the U.S, passionate about impacting lives in her community. Having immigrated to the U.S in 2018 to further her education, she is working on her master’s degree in research in Afrofuturism, post-colonialism as she prepares to become an educator someday. While in Nigeria, she discovered her passion to educate others during her 2nd and 3rd year of study as an undergrad in English at Covenant University. Her desire to assist freshmen students with classes they struggled with prompted her to work as a tutorial coordinator during her final years in the university.
Upon her graduation, Alexandra decided to further her education abroad. While she considered studying in the U.K, her decision to study in the U.S was based on its curriculum which aligned with her interests in research, African, African American, and Caribbean literature. Upon her arrival to the U.S and being passionate about educating and growing others, Alexandra worked as a teaching assistant during her graduate studies where she instructed students in classes like teaching composition and grammar. Here, she fostered relationships with various students, and was further convinced of her desire to transform ideals and attitudes while impacting knowledge.
In the midst of her successes, Alex experienced and still experiences the challenge of fully transitioning into the American society as an international student. She recalled an incident that led her to question her decision to study abroad which happened during her first semester in the fall of 2018, she recalled her experience during the onset of winter while waiting on her train to arrive at the station.
“One of those days, I wasn’t, I was just done with class. I was expecting my train by eight. So, I went to the train station. Then, you had it in mind that I would be there till [8:00] PM. The train didn’t arrive until eight 30. It was in the cold. Like it was really cold. It was icy cold.
Everywhere was. And I just started crying because I had no idea when the tears. Started to roll down my cheeks. It was just sudden, but that was one of the experiences that I still remember clearly, even now, because it wasn’t just about the tears. It was just, it was, when you have pent up emotions and then one time you just released everything.”
Despite the difficulty of adapting to a new country, Alex found solace in her local church where she was able to build a community of friends that have given her a sense of belonging and purpose. In her free time, Alex enjoys writing poems, and owns a poetry podcast titled Poem’o clock, a platform where she shares her thoughts and ideas while educating and entertaining others on faith, inspiration, lifestyle, poems, and stories. To find out more about Alex, you can check her out on Instagram @Alexandrazion and on her website: alexandrazion.com
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Many new homes function stylish designs that enchantment to all types of patrons. The Strong Fastening Canine Shoes is one canine shoes boots item that are very recommendable for a extra intense carrying and exercise. It has fastening design that made wears agency and non-slippery. It is made from leather and Thermoplastic Elastomer providing durability and elasticity.
Basically the costume dramas introduced vogue into actual on a regular basis eighties life. One of the standard Eighties tv fantasy cleaning soap series ‘Dynasty’ promoted fashions which enlarged the shoulder. Actually an more and more giant shoulder pads have been used to help the broader cut of sleeves.
Jacob Wong is the fashion designer in Singapore famous for his timeless design and educates trend lover about the latest trend in the fashion world and Emphasis on making clothes that had been extra comfy for ladies. He works on the design of clothes and style ranges. He is makes a speciality of one area of design, akin to sportswear, children’s put on, footwear or accessories.
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In case you observe it intently, you may certainly see that fashion will not be everlasting. In fact, tendencies simply come and go. There may be new traits which may be introduced in the following years, however they are going to at all times be influenced by previous society developments. Developments turn out to be such as a result of they are launched by major style icons and continuously popularized by mainstream media. There may be the print media that constantly circulate vogue tips and provide information about varied trend exhibits, in addition to the tv industry that usually broadcast what’s currently in. The World Wide Internet can be a serious player that influences the selections and trend knowledge of many people.
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Thought I had a flat battery, couldn’t move daughter’s car from outside the house. Rang Dave at Checkpoint, West Kirby to see if they sold the battery I needed. They did, but Dave would send someone down from Newhall, West Kirby to double check that is was in fact a new battery that was needed. Upshot is, car was taken to Newhall (seen and looked after by Billy), new battery fitted, programmed to car, and returned home within 2.5hrs. A competitive price too (no charge for car being diagnosed, taken away or brought back). Well done Checkpoint & Newhall....amazing service from start to finish. I will make sure I tell EVERYONE!
Staff know what they are doing. Nice to have it all explained to me about what needs doing. Always 1st class service. Never need to wait longer than expected to get my car in, however small the job. If you are a woman then I do recommend this place for one reason only... I'm fed up being taken for a muppet by guys who just want to make their monthly targets.
Keep up the good work you guys.
Went to Checkpoint as I thought my headlight had failed on my estate. Agreed to get them to replace it . The person who came to replace the bulb for me used his experience and checked it first and found the bulb was OK just a loose connection. For this they said no charge. My wife has had a similar experience with them. Also we always find they provide good service and reasonable cost, this is why we use them.
Have used this business over the last ten years at both their Mold and Queensferry branches. I find the staff extremely helpful and knowledgeable and have always found them to be very competitively priced, especially on servicing and tyres.
Bought Thule bits and pieces. Staff are brilliant, helpful, friendly, take initiative, do everything to make things work well. Good prices too.
I have been a customer checkpoint for over 12 years.
I have always found the staff extremely polite and always manage to assist me with any issues i have.The products i have bought have always been top quality and if defects have happened, then the staff have been extremely apologetic and replaced them.
Sorted faulty product immediately. Will go to them for all my motoring needs.
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This chef's knife from the Messermeister Kawashima collection can handle nearly every food prep task with ease. Use it for routine cutting tasks like chopping, slicing, and dicing.
This collection was created in partnership with Japanese bladesmith Shoichi Kawashima. This knife features san mai blade construction using SG2 powdered steel. The blade boasts 64 Rockwell hardness for exceptional edge retention, with a 15-degree edge angle on each side and a Japanese kiritsuke-style tip. The handle is made from walnut-colored Pakkawood, with an eco-brass bolster.
Hand wash and dry. Made in Japan.
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- Size: 10″L; x; 10″W; x; 7″H
- 2 Quart Capacity
- Includes durable wrought iron stand
- Sturdy Construction
- Stainless steel bowl
- Rounded sides keep food and water centered
- Large bowl opening enable easy refilling
- Detachable bowls for easy cleaning
- No sharp edges
This elevated dog feeder is perfect for all dogs of any size. It allows your dog to eat in a natural position which improves overall health and posture.
Your dog will never strain while eating again! The broad base ensures that;this elevated dog feeder;will not tip over or slip during meal time.
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- Size: 10.5″L x 10.5″W x 18″H
- 3 Quart Capacity
- Includes durable extra tall wrought iron stand
- Sturdy Construction
- Square tubing frame for added support
- Stainless steel bowl
- Rounded sides keep food and water centered
- Large bowl opening enable easy refilling
- Detachable bowls for easy cleaning
- No sharp edges
The Tall Baron Heavy Duty Raised Dog Bowl is made to be stronger and heavier than conventional elevated dog feeders.
With a square base, mission style vertical bars, and non-skid plastic tips on the legs prevents the bowl from tipping and messing the floor. Ideal for mischievous dogs who like to move around and play with their food bowls. Rounded sides of the bowl centers food and water for ease of eating. Comfortable feeder height promotes better posture and aids digestion.
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In today’s Lori’s List, TV critic Lori Rackl talks about her love of “The Affair.”
9 p.m. Sundays on Showtime
Rating: [s3r star=4/4]
Biden administration offers migrant crisis help: Speeds work visas for Venezuelans looking for jobs in Chicago, other cities
Gov. J.B. Pritzker applauded the decision: “Since day one of this humanitarian crisis, I have heard one thing from migrant families and their advocates — they want to build better lives and work.”
Steele has been charged with six runs in each of his last two starts.
James Hoge, Sun-Times editor who oversaw era of audacious investigations and 6 Pulitzers, dies at 87
Mr. Hoge didn’t hesitate to sign off on the Mirage Tavern sting when reporter Pam Zekman pitched it to him while walking across the Michigan Avenue Bridge in 1977.
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Woman charged with striking and killing bicyclist in West Loop, then driving away
The woman allegedly struck Paresh Chhatrala as he biked along Madison Street near Peoria on April 16. She had swerved to avoid a metal plate on the road and struck him head-on, police said.
A woman was chased down and detained by witnesses who allegedly saw her drive into the opposite lane of traffic last April on the Near West Side and slam into a bicyclist, killing him.
Courtney Bertucci, 30, faces multiple charges, including leaving the scene of an accident involving death, reckless homicide and possession of a controlled substance in the April 16 crash in the 900 block of West Madison Street.
Bertucci was initially charged only with possession of a controlled substance when officers found small packages of suspected heroin as they took her to a police station, Cook County prosecutors said in court Tuesday.
An investigation by the Chicago police Major Accidents Unit led to the additional charges. Bertucci was arrested Monday on a warrant issued when she failed to show up for a court hearing in the drug possession case, prosecutors said.
Judge Charles Beach noted her failure to appear in that case and set bail at $150,000 a hearing Tuesday, even though her private defense attorney said she could afford to post no more than a $5,000 bond.
A witness who was driving friends home from work was behind Bertucci’s silver Volkswagen Jetta when they saw her fail to stop at two stop signs and swerve into the opposite lane of traffic as they both headed east on Madison Street near Ashland Avenue, prosecutors said.
As Bertucci approached Peoria Avenue, she swerved into ongoing traffic again and struck Paresh Chhatrala head-on, prosecutors said.
Chhatrala was thrown into the air and struck Bertucci’s windshield, but she didn’t stop and dragged Chhatrala’s bike under her car as she drove away, prosecutors said.
The driver who had been following her saw others rush to the bicyclist’s aid, so they followed Bertucci and called police, prosecutors said. A delivery driver who also witnessed the crash likewise followed and called police.
When Bertucci pulled to a curb in the first block of South Aberdeen Street, the witnesses pulled alongside, preventing her from driving away. The delivery driver reached into her car and took her keys, prosecutors said.
Bertucci tried to walk away but the delivery driver and two others “gave chase and were able to apprehend” her and bring her back to her car until police arrived, prosecutors said.
Chhatrala suffered a severe head injury and was taken off life support three days later, prosecutors said. His death renewed activists’ calls for safety improvements along that stretch of Madison Street, where the city had removed a concrete median in 2019 to ease traffic congestion.
Prosecutors said she was previously convicted of a misdemeanor count of DUI in DuPage County and was sentenced to supervision in 2014.
An assistant public defender said Bertucci lives in Chicago with her mother and works for a cleaning company.
Her next court date was set for June 24.
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Are you trying to find a jacket for your puppy which is not only warm but childish, too? Then make the end of your search here, because our Dinosaur Chihuahua Jacket is the right choice!
Made of plush and highly comfortable, this childish jacket comes up in 3 prime colors and a wide range of sizes to choose from. Three buttons on the front side ensure easy buckling. The outside of the jacket is made of waterproof material.
The funny and childish "Saurus" logo on the backside leaves an adorable and stylish impression. One of the details that distinguish this jacket is dinosaur spikes on the hood. When you put a hood on your puppy's head, she will turn into a real dinosaur!
Easy to wash and maintain, childish-designed, and stylish, combined with the warmness and softness it provides, this cute Dinosaur Chihuahua Jacket is one of the best investments in your Chihuahuas wardrobe!
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A position paper (no. 1) presented to the CHIME project team meeting, Amsterdam Conservatory, February 4 2016
Here are the opening sentences of the EU Heritage+ joint call grant application that the project team wrote in 2014, and which formed the basis of CHIME’s successful submission.
‘What an amazing experience, the clash of seeing Miles Davis in the Roman amphitheatre during the Nice Jazz Festival. The ancient stones and arches are re-sounded, the music somehow more resonant, old and modern at the same time. I’ll never forget that.’ This first-hand experience of a European festival-goer provided the initial inspiration for CHIME.
I (George McKay) want to interrogate the cultural space we have chosen a little further, which I hope will throw further light on my question, why look at jazz (and not, say, rock or folk) festivals?
There was a nice line tweeted on the CHIME Twitter feed recently, a quotation from Chris Goddard’s book Jazz Away From Home that sought to describe the experience of jazz in southern Europe, as a music ‘cut[ting] through the warm, humid Mediterranean night like a chainsaw through cheese’ (1979). Is jazz more cheese wire than chainsaw, do you think, though? If we want chainsaw music we need really to go to something more industrial—or agricultural—starting with the excessive, aggressive culture of rock music. Rock does after all sometimes feature a chainsaw: see southern US rock band Jackyl, who still finish each live set with their signature song ‘The lumberjack’ (the video is great and indeed a little Pythonesque, do have a watch) in which the lead singer does a chainsaw solo (though not through cheese). (Here is a pressing question for the New Jazz Studies: has a jazz band featured a chainsaw solo, ever?)
So, for questions of the clash or disjunction between heritage, festival site and popular music, the jarring re-sounding when both our ears double-take in stereo, rock music would be very good to think about. Though its history as a popular music has been shorter than folk or jazz (50-60 years as opposed to 100-120, very approximately)—does that mean its heritage is reduced?—rock music can supply a very powerful shock of the new, not least through its characteristic of being superloud, via a practice of extreme volume and a competitive rather than functional culture of amplification. (Even to the extent of rock deafening its bands and fans: McKay 2013, chapter 4.) And its use of chainsaws.
In order to pursue the comparison with Miles in the amphitheatre in Nice, consider an archetypal rock festival-style concert / documentary film, Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii (concert 1971, film 1972). (See film extract at end of blog below.)
- Filmed with the band playing live, over 4 days in October
- Used their full and extensive tour amplification
- Performances were filmed in front of no audience, an empty auditorium (rationale: in part a reaction against festival films like Woodstock, which had contained so many shots of festival-goers, the crowd)
- It’s a slow, spacey music the band plays, with some slow and lengthy camera focuses in/out and pans (2-3 minutes)
- Located in the ancient Roman amphitheatre and with a backdrop of Vesuvius
- Some key resonances: volcano/volume; block architecture of amphitheatre/PA/amp stacks
- Grandeur of the location fits with the grandeur (or pretentiousness) of Pink Floyd’s musical vision and its filming. (To return to the comedic end of rock, we could think here instead of Spinal Tap and their Stonehenge stage.)
Or consider Glastonbury Festival, originating at much the same time as the Pink Floyd concert (legendary Glastonbury Fayre was held in 1971, also filmed). Near Glastonbury, in the deep green English countryside, there is the invention of tradition and what I’m calling the instant ancient: mist and myth, a stage in the shape of the Great Pyramid of Giza, set on a ley line, with a crystal on top, a Neolithic stone circle—built around 1990. Read More
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These Spandex Training Shorts Wholesale are a terrific start if you’re looking to develop your extremely own tailored sports package. You can pick from either complete length or Capri length and have your logo design or style printed onto the legging because we are also a direct leggings manufacturer that does custom leggings for you!
Our material is lightweight and tough, yet breathable. stretches to fit your body, hugs in all the best locations, and gets better after cleaning. You can use your shorts over and over and they will not lose their shape.
Check below features, please:
• Ventilation detailing
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• High waisted non-pressure fit
• 92% Nylon, 8% Elastane
• Under-bum contouring
• Ribbed waistband
• Small size, plus size available
• They are made with a lightweight material that might run large if over-stretched.
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Collectibles Galore: A Look at the Hottest “The Last of Us” Merchandise
"The Last of Us" is a critically acclaimed video game series that has recently been adapted into a TV series. The series follows the story of Ellie and Joel, two survivors of a deadly virus that has ravaged the world. With a passionate fanbase, the series has inspired a wide range of merchandise that features iconic characters and designs from the game. From collectible figurines and art prints to backpacks and coffee mugs, there is a wide variety of "The Last of Us" merchandise available for fans. In this blog, we will explore some of the trending merchandise from "The Last of Us".
Funko Pop figures are collectible vinyl figurines that are highly popular among fans. The Ellie and Joel Funko Pop figures are based on the characters from "The Last of Us" and feature their iconic outfits and weapons. You can find them on the official Funko website or on Amazon.
This is a vinyl edition of the official soundtrack for "The Last of Us Part II." It features the game's hauntingly beautiful music composed by Gustavo Santaolalla. The vinyl set comes with a gatefold jacket and a printed inner sleeve. You can find it on the Mondo website (usually sold out) or on Amazon.
This backpack is inspired by the one that Ellie uses in "The Last of Us Part II." It features a water-resistant exterior, custom molded zipper pulls, and a padded interior with a laptop sleeve. You can find it on etsy.
This limited edition PS4 Pro console and controller feature a design inspired by Ellie's tattoo from "The Last of Us Part II." The console comes with a copy of the game and the controller has a translucent shell with Ellie's fern tattoo. You can find it on the official PlayStation website or on Amazon.
There are many different art prints and posters available for "The Last of Us." These feature iconic scenes and characters from the game, such as Ellie and Joel. You can find them on the Mondo website or on Amazon.
T-shirts and hoodies featuring designs inspired by "The Last of Us" are available from various retailers. These include designs featuring Ellie and Joel, as well as logos and symbols from the game. You can find them on the official PlayStation website or on Amazon.
This book is a collection of concept art, character designs, and more from "The Last of Us Part II." It includes commentary from the game's developers and artists. You can find it on the Dark Horse website or on Amazon.
Collectible pins and buttons featuring characters and symbols from "The Last of Us Part II" are available from various retailers. You can find them on the Mondo website or on Amazon.
This adorable collectible features Ellie, one of the main characters from "The Last of Us" in duck form. The TUBBZ collectible line combines cute rubber duckies with beloved characters from pop culture, making them perfect for collectors or fans of the series looking for something fun and quirky. Ellie's TUBBZ figure comes complete with her iconic backpack and a miniature version of her bow and arrow. This vinyl figure is officially licensed and measures approximately 3.54 inches tall. It also comes in a collector's bathtub-shaped display box. The TUBBZ Ellie Collectible Duck Vinyl Figure is available on Amazon.
This unique beer mug features the emblem of the Fireflies, a faction in "The Last of Us" series. The mug is made of wood and has a metal interior to keep your drink cold. It can hold up to 22 ounces of liquid and measures approximately 6 inches tall. The Firefly beer mug is perfect for fans of the series who want to show their love for the Fireflies while enjoying a cold drink. It also makes for a great gift for any fan of the series. The Firefly Beer Mug is available on Amazon.
In conclusion, "The Last of Us" has not only become a cultural phenomenon but also a merchandising juggernaut. The extensive range of merchandise available for fans of the series is a testament to its popularity. From Funko Pop figures and art prints to limited edition figurines and statues, there is something for everyone. For retailers who want to capitalize on this popularity, sourcing the merchandise from China could be a viable option. With its large manufacturing base and expertise in producing high-quality goods at competitive prices, China can be an attractive option for retailers looking to stock up on these sought-after items.
Below are comparison of some of the merchandises in terms of their retail price on Amazon and procurement cost / wholesale price from China.
|Item||Retail Price on Amazon||Wholesale Cost from China|
|"The Last of Us" t-shirts||$22.9||$5.8|
|"The Last of Us Part II" collectible pins||$19.99||$0.3-$0.5|
|TUBBZ The Last of Us Ellie Collectible Duck Vinyl Figure||$29||$0.5-$1.0|
*Note: The procurement and wholesale costs from China are estimated and may vary based on factors such as order quantity, shipping fees, and supplier pricing. It is important to exercise due diligence when sourcing from China to ensure quality, reliability, and ethical practices.
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Phil Mickelson has a $410 million net worth. On this page, you can learn about Phil Mickelson’s biography, wife, age, height, weight, and many other facts. American professional golfer Phil Mickelson has a net worth of over $410 million USD. In America, Phil Mickelson is one of the best golfers. Mickelson is a legendary golfer with a well-known and adored brand all over the world. He is the game’s oldest player at this time.
In his exceptionally lengthy and famous career, Phil Mickelson has garnered a number of victories, honours, and championships. On the PGA Tour, Phil Mickelson has amassed a staggering total of 45 victories, which is an incredible feat.
Six major championships, three Masters titles, and other accomplishments belong to Phil Mickelson. At the age of 50 years and 11 months, he also set a record for the oldest golfer to ever be able to win a major title. Mickelson has been playing golf for the past 30 years and has ranked in the top 50 for more than 25 of those years. Furthermore, he has spent more than 700 weeks among the top 10.
Phil Mickelson Net Worth
The longevity of Phil Mickelson, a superb golfer, is a source of immense joy for everyone. He began his professional career in 1992, and playing a sport professionally for over 30 years is incredibly uncommon and remarkable. He has played the sport for a very long time and has garnered numerous awards and championships. Phil Mickelson’s brilliant career has also brought him enormous fortune. Mickelson’s current net worth is $410 million.
|Name||Philip Alfred Mickelson|
|Net Worth (2023)||$410 Million USD|
|Monthly Income And Salary||$2.5 Million +|
|Yearly Income And Salary||$40 Million +|
Phil Mickelson Assets
Home: American golfer Phil Mickelson has been playing the sport for a very long time. He holds the record for being the game’s oldest player and has also achieved significant success. Phil also has an enormous fortune, and as a result, he has a number of exquisite homes. Mickelson owns homes in Manhattan, New York, Arizona, Texas, San Diego, and other cities.
Car collection: Phil Mickelson is the owner of a stunning collection of high-end automobiles. His vast auto collection includes a Ferrari, Lamborghini, Rolls Royce, Bentley, Mercedes-Maybach, Cadillac Escalade, and a few other models.
Phil Mickelson Biography
Phil Mickelson, commonly referred to as Philip Alfred Mickelson or Lefty, is a well-known figure in America. On June 16, 1970, Mickelson was born in San Diego, California, in the United States. Mickelson spends time with his family in San Diego, where he was raised for a while.
Later, his family relocated to Arizona, where he spent most of his childhood. His mother is Mary Santos, and his father is Philip Mickelson. His father was a golfer, airline pilot, and naval aviator in the past.
From his father, Mickelson has learned a lot. Mickelson was correct from the start, despite the fact that he first imitated his father’s left-handed swing, earning him the moniker Lefty.
|Real Name/Full Name||Philip Alfred Mickelson|
|Nick Name/Celebrated Name:||Phil Mickelson|
|Birth Place:||San Diego, California, United States|
|Date Of Birth/Birthday:||16 June 1970|
|Age/How Old:||52 years old|
|Height/How Tall:||In Centimetres – 191 cm
In Feet and Inches – 6’3”
|Weight:||In Kilograms – 91 kg
In Pounds – 200 lbs
|Hair Color:||Dark brown|
|Parents Name:||Father – Philip Mickelson
Mother – Mary Santos
|Siblings:||Tim Mickelson, Tina Mickelson|
|School:||University of San Diego High School|
|College:||Arizona State University|
|Wife/Spouse Name:||Amy McBride (m. 1996)|
|Kids/Children Name:||Evan Samuel Mickelson, Sophia Isabel Mickelson, Amanda Brynn Mickelson|
|Net Worth:||$410 million|
Phil Mickelson Career
In 1992, Phil Mickelson made the transition to the professional ranks, and he rapidly became one of the best golfers in the world. At the age of 22, he won his first PGA Tour contest. Since then, he has won 45 tournaments on the circuit.
The Masters Tournament in 2004, 2006, and 2010; the PGA Championship in 2005; and the Open Championship in 2013 are among the five major tournaments that Mickelson has triumphed in. Additionally, he set a record by placing second in the U.S. Open six times.
Mickelson’s aggressive and innovative play style, as well as his talent for making challenging shots appear simple, have distinguished him throughout his career. He is renowned for both his short game and his resilience in trying on-course circumstances.
Mickelson is renowned for his charity off the golf course; over the years, he has donated millions of dollars to numerous charities and organisations. He is also a devoted husband and father who cherishes time with his three children, Amy, and wife.
Phil Mickelson Achievement and Awards
One of the greatest golfers of all time, Phil Mickelson, has won several trophies and honours during the course of his career. Some of his most important accomplishments and honours are listed below:
- 45 PGA Tour victories, including five major championships (Masters Tournament – 2004, 2006, 2010; PGA Championship – 2005; Open Championship – 2013)
- Inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2012
- Won the PGA Tour Player of the Year Award in 1996, 2005, and 2009
- Named the PGA Tour Rookie of the Year in 1993
- Named the NCAA Player of the Year in 1990
- Three-time NCAA team champion with Arizona State University (1989, 1990, 1992)
- Named to the United States Ryder Cup team 12 times (1995, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2021)
- Won the Payne Stewart Award in 2003 for his philanthropic work
- Donated over $50 million to various charities and organizations through his foundation, the Phil and Amy Mickelson Foundation
- Named the Ambassador of Golf by the Northern Ohio Golf Charities in 2008
- Won the ESPY Award for Best Male Golfer in 2005, 2007, and 2011
- Named the Golf Digest Player of the Year in 2005 and 2009
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793 |
- Updated On:
- April 12, 2023
- 4 Bedrooms
- 3 Bathrooms
- 140.00 m2
This project is developed on an elevated plot surrounding vista views. Located in the village of Palodia, a lovely, quiet residential area, only a 5 minute drive to the Heritage school and a 7 minute drive to the highway which links to all the major towns around Cyprus. The neighbouring village Ayia Fyla, has all facilities and amenities which include banks, petrol stations, supermarkets, pharmacy and restaurants
Their design also operates the maximum plot area, so that there are large open spaces between each property. These houses will be built to the highest standards offering comfort and exquisite interiors spaces.
The houses are built on two floors, the ground floor comprises an open kitchen/dining/living room and is completed with a guest toilet. The first floor consists of 3 bedrooms, the master bedroom with a shower en suite and a family bathroom. The basement consists of a bedroom and a garage.
Prices start from EU=360.000 plus VAT
With swimming EU=385.000 plus VAT
Basement size 80 m2
Viewing is highly recommended to appreciate the beauty of the whole project and the surrounding areas.
This project is currently under construction
- Principal and Interest
- Property Tax
- HOO fees
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Thank you Park Village!
Thank you Park Village … the Christensen Realty Group gave away 85 Apple Pies and collect bags and bags of food and toiletries for Friends and Family Community Connection.
We enjoyed decorating and helping you and your family celebrate the 4th of July, even in some small way. We miss doing our traditional Spirit of the 4th Parade and Music in the park, however, the name of the game for 2020 is “Adapt and Adjust.” We did and so did you!
We Have The Best Red, White & Blue Decorated Contest WINNER!
It was a close call with many of you showing off your Red, White and Blue, however, we felt DeeDee Andrews and her daughter Savvy and son, Amon, hit it out of the park! The Andrews family will receive the $100 grand prize from CRG and a Spirit of the 4th Blue Ribbon.
Thank you all for making Park Village such a special place to call home!
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Reason Splash Challenge
Did you ever try to play Reason Studio’ Splash Screen notes?
Compose1 minute of music based of Reason 11 Splash Screen notes and post it on your Instagram.
1. Use only Reason’ instruments
2. Post your music on Instagram with these hashtags #reasonsplashchallenge and @reasonstudios
This challenge is only for fun!
Be inspired, be visibile!
The .Reason file can be downloaded here: Reason Splash Challenge file (1 Mb)
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"challenge_name": "Reason Splash Challenge",
"description": "Did you ever try to play Reason Studio' Splash Screen notes?",
"task": "Compose 1 minute of music based of Reason 11 Splash Screen notes and post it on your Instagram.",
"rules": [
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"rule_number": 2,
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"purpose": "This challenge is only for fun!",
"motivation": "Be inspired, be visible!",
"download_link": "Reason Splash Challenge file (1 Mb)"
}
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Chuck Murphy has paid quite a tribute to the late Glenn Frey of the Eagles. His inspirational “Falling Star” (One West) is breaking strong on our formats from AC40, Country to Top40 with stellar. A similar story continues at FMQB, New Music Weekly and on the Independent Music Network’s Mainstream & Country charts. This is not new territory for Chuck. In 2015, he released his first solo EP and earned the Independent Music Network’s Favorite Impact Artist and Crossover Artist Awards for 2015 thanks to his debut smash hit, “How Many Times”.
2016 is turning out to be a banner year for Chuck and it is only April as he has already won New Music Award for Breakthrough Artist, as “Falling Star” moves quickly at radio and on charts.
Source & more info
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"formats": ["AC40", "Country", "Top40"],
"positions": {
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"current_year": "2016",
"month": "April"
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}
}
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2018 journal article
Avian response to shade-layer restoration in coffee plantations in Puerto Rico
RESTORATION ECOLOGY, 26(6), 1212–1220.
By: A. Irizarry n, J. Collazo n , K. Pacifici n , B. Reich n & K. Battle n
Open access is the free, immediate, online availability of research
articles. Making your research open access allows researchers across
to globe read and interact with your work which may increase citations
to your work.
For more information on open access and how you can increase your research impact, contact
the Copyright & Digital Scholarship Center (CDSC)
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New Class-New Projects! During this advanced fashion class, students will learn the ins and outs of patterns and advanced sewing skills. We will work on projects that challenge student’s sewing abilities and will allow students to gain a better understanding of sewing and patterns.
This class is for students who have knowledge using the sewing machine & have taken Fashion Sewing Techniques 1. By the end of the class, students will have completed at least two different projects; both projects will be completed using the sewing machine. Sewing supplies, including fabric, thread, needles, and pins, will be provided. Students may choose to purchase additional specialty items on their own. *Returning students welcome!
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L. Song Richardson is an educator, legal scholar, and lawyer who became Colorado College’s president in 2021. Previously, Richardson was the dean at the University of California, Irvine School of Law. Her recognitions include the Association of American Law Schools’ Derrick Bell Award and the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association’s Trailblazer Award. Richardson serves on the board of Lord Abbett, and she chairs the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference’s Presidents Council. She is a member of the Colorado Forum, the Council of Korean Americans, and the American Law Institute.
L. Song Richardson
President, Colorado College
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Deadline for Resiliency Grants Extended by NYS to Aug. 11
ALBANY–Communities statewide that face aftermath recovery from the severe weather emergencies this month have more time to apply for certain resiliency-related state grants. The new Aug. 11 deadlines provide communities impacted by storm damage additional time to apply for resources to help improve water quality, strengthen flood resiliency, and mitigate climate change.
“Extending the deadline will give flood-stricken communities time to finish their applications for projects that will protect public health, prepare for future severe weather events, and create jobs that boost local economies,” said Gov. Kathy Hochul. The deadline for the following grant programs was July 28.
- Water Infrastructure Improvement (WIIA) and Intermunicipal Grants (IMG): $425 million is available to fund critical wastewater and drinking water infrastructure projects. This amount is made available through a combination of existing state resources and the voter-approved Clean Water, Clean Air and Green Jobs Environmental Bond Act.
- In addition, certain resiliency-related programs available through the governor’s Consolidated Funding Application are also extended:
– Water Quality Improvement Projects (WQIP): $75 million is available to fund projects that directly improve water quality or aquatic habitat, promote flood risk reduction, restoration, and enhanced flood and climate resiliency or protect a drinking water source.
– Green Innovation Grant Program (GIGP): $15 million is available for projects that utilize green stormwater infrastructure design and green technologies.
– Engineering Planning Grants (EPG): $3 million is available to help fund engineering reports for wastewater projects.
– Non-Agricultural Nonpoint Source Planning and MS4 Mapping Grant: $3 million is available to reimburse the cost of planning reports for nonpoint source water quality improvement projects and mapping of Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4s).
The online application and eligibility information for the WIIA and IMG programs are available at https://efc.ny.gov/wiia. WIIA and IMG applications are due no later than 5 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 11.
The CFA is available at https://apps.cio.ny.gov/apps/cfa/. Applications for WQIP, GIGP, EPG and non-agricultural non-point source and MS4 planning grants are due no later than 4 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 11.
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This image shows the position of the most distant galaxy discovered so far within a deep sky Hubble Space Telescope survey called GOODS North (Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey North). The survey field contains tens of thousands of galaxies stretching far back into time.The remote galaxy GN-z11, shown in the inset, existed only 400 million years after the Big Bang, when the Universe was only 3 percent of its current age. It belongs to the first generation of galaxies in the Universe and its discovery provides new insights into the very early Universe. This is the first time that the distance of an object so far away has been measured from its spectrum, which makes the measurement extremely reliable.GN-z11 is actually ablaze with bright, young, blue stars but these look red in this image because its light was stretched to longer, redder, wavelengths by the expansion of the Universe. Credit: NASA, ESA, and P. Oesch (Yale University) Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2016-03-hubble-cosmic-distance.html#jCp
By pushing the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope to its limits astronomers have shattered the cosmic distance record by measuring the distance to the most remote galaxy ever seen in the Universe. This galaxy existed just 400 million years after the Big Bang and provides new insights into the first generation of galaxies. This is the first time that the distance of an object so far away has been measured from its spectrum, which makes the measurement extremely reliable. The results will be published in the Astrophysical Journal.
Sorgente: Hubble breaks cosmic distance record | phys.org
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Starting with how the service works, Top Therapists Near Me costs, how many hours you get for your cash, and what things those 20,000+ people point out in evaluations.
Deserves it? Let’s discover in this AdvisoryHQ evaluation!
Individuals use due to the personal privacy, benefit, and the reality that the expense is less than going to a conventional therapist’s workplace. Some would like to utilize the service, however question if’s a scam or if they use professional, licensed therapists.
If you’ve been questioning, “Is legit?” you’ll enjoy to know that all their counselors are licensed, accredited experts. You may likewise be surprised at the costs and how much counseling they cover.
How do I contact BetterHelp? Top Therapists Near Me
For this charge, you call both access and live sessions. The cost isn’t even dependent on your particular problem, however rather your area and therapist readily available.
That’s a very welcome advancement in the psychological health space since even today, mental health services are thought about a benefit for those with the financial methods. One normal in-person therapy session can quickly cost you $200 if not more, and many insurance provider will not help, either.
The excessive cost of a regular therapist is among the reasons the creators started the company.
Online therapy might be worth thinking about if you feel like your psychological health is suffering. You can fulfill a therapist one or two times each week, and as a user, you set the time. We examine the advantages of this unique plan listed below:
Licensed Therapists Available
has an excellent lineup of accredited therapists and therapists with differing specializeds. All of them have passed their state guidelines and essential education requirements. Each therapist features 3 years of expert experience consisting of 1,000 scientific hours at minimum.
As a user, makes it easy as they match you with a therapist focusing on your specific mental health concern. Consultations are arranged at any date hassle-free to you.
Accessible Virtual Sessions
Online therapy conserves you a great deal of time, whether you choose to fulfill a therapist from house, at the workplace, or when awaiting your kid to complete their afternoon activities. You also have the luxury of establishing conferences when you most need them without suffering long waiting queues.
You can examine the readily available conference alternatives from consisting of weekly live video sessions or chat meetings, or maybe a mix of the two depending on what works best with your schedule.
Connect to a Therapist Quickly
If you or a friend are in a psychological health crisis circumstance with little space to extra, the experts at don’t recommend signing up for the intake process. It may take too long to arrange your live sessions.
Instead of the regular online counseling, in such a case, the website has a special list of resources for those in an emergency scenario. If someone is in immediate threat, please contact your regional emergency situation hotline or any of the numbers listed below:
When your therapist and you have been matched, things will most likely move quickly. You and your therapist might be in the same time zone, however perhaps not. Together, you will require to pick a schedule that works for both of you. A lot of therapists must be sensitive to your needs. The therapists on are likely to impress many people with their commitment to ensuring that your experience is positive.
Your therapist might offer you a worksheet prior to your very first appointment to help you decide what you desire to get out of your sessions. Setting these goals will not only assist your therapist understand what kind of assistance you need, but it will also make you more mindful of your own needs.
A lot! The platform can match you with a therapist to assist you with everything from the quarantine blues to continuous psychological health problems.
The short list of’s locations of know-how:
Various therapists have different methods, so if you’re not vibing with your very first match, don’t stress. You can switch therapists at any time.
Remember, the counselors can’t provide you a medical diagnosis. However they * can * offer expert care and support that surpasses simply listening. One research study found that users experienced less symptoms of anxiety after using the website. Top Therapists Near Me
An evaluation of 6 more studies suggests that online therapy in general has a substantial favorable result on mental health.
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February 6, 2023 - February 17, 2023
10 a.m. - 5 p.m., Monday - Friday
319 Davidson Drive
Hot Springs, AR 71901
During this time, adoptable animals will have half-price adoption fees.
Animal Services' Valentine's Day Half-Price Adoption Event
Monday, February 6, 2023
The City of Hot Springs Animal Services is hosting a half-price adoption event from Monday, Feb. 6, through Friday, Feb. 17.
All event adoption fees will be as follows:
- Dogs are $37.50
- Cats are $27.50
- Hoofed animals are $12.50
- Other animals are $7.50
- Fowl/Poultry are free
The shelter is open from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m., Monday through Friday and is located at 319 Davidson Drive .
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We absolutely LOVE our Philippines Mission Campuses, and they just keep on growing! You might not know this – but we now have a total of 7 Churches in the Philippines, including a super recent church plant. Talk about EPIC.
Our Tagum City Campus was the first church started with 20 members by Pastors Fortune and Roselyn in 2014, and this was built on their own family land and now has over 150 members. Pastors Fortune and Roselyn then planted and grew churches in Laak, Monte Vista, Monkayo, Compostela, Maparat and Agusan Del Norte.
In Tagum City, we opened a purpose-built Kids Church building in 2021, followed by a further 3 Kids Church facilities in the Philippines from 2021-2022. These buildings are funded by donations from the 2020 and 2021 Mission Offerings, and they are looking GREAT!
Until now, children and leaders have been meeting outside under a tree (come wind, sun, rain…) or in the Pastors living room. So, as you can imagine, these brand new dedicated Kids Church buildings are ground-breaking! Our new facilities are already creating fresh ministry opportunities, and are of such great quality that they really stick out in the neighbourhoods, making them places to outreach and run kids programmes for their communities. City Impact Church’s in the Philippines have soooo many young people in the church (which is fantastic!), so these upcoming leaders can really use this as a platform to step into greater things.
Another exciting thing is that we have sent them the design files to match our Kids Church t-shirts that we have in New Zealand. We can’t wait to see our Philippines team rocking these on Sundays!
Our vision is to continue to build these Children’s facilities across the Philippines. Let’s go!
COVID has been tough on all of our Mission Campuses, and the Philippines is no different. It’s had an impact on their outreach programmes and day-to-day life. So to hear from these guys and the epic job they are doing is amazing to hear. We can’t wait to see what we can do with our Philippines Campus in the coming year!
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After a rough start to the season, the UC Santa Cruz women’s basketball team rebounded to win against Occidental College 63–62 on Jan. 7, riding captain Ryane Ortiz’s career-high 23 points to a close victory.
The win improves the Slugs to an 11–4 record, the hottest start of Coach Todd Kent’s three seasons at UCSC. After the game, he attributed the win to strong bench play, tough defense and guard Ortiz, one-third of the team’s captains, along with forward Sarah Mackey and forward Leah Parrish.
“[Ortiz is] like the last piece of the puzzle for us to win,” Kent said.
Ortiz is shooting for a breakout season in her junior year. While she is the team’s second leading scorer at 10.6 points per game behind Sarah Mackey’s 13.4 per game, Kent said Ortiz best exemplifies the type of game which does not show up in a box score.
In a two minute stretch in the first half against Occidental, Ortiz showed off her polished game by attracting three fouls, playing stern help in defense and scoring off a quick steal. On defense, she actively boxed out bigger players and cleared space for her teammates to grab rebounds, while on offense she forced Occidental into a quick timeout with her slashing to the hoop.
Kent said Ortiz sets the type of example that the team can always count on.
“I really believe we’re 13 players deep, but it’s the little things that get us sometimes,” Kent said. “[Ryane] takes pride in doing those smaller things to help the team win.”
By both her teammates and coaches, Ortiz has been praised as a leader. This season, Ortiz has jumped in scoring, steals and rebounds according to official NCAA statistics. Guard Geena Giovannetti said Ortiz’s improved game has been a result of consistent hard work.
“She’s the first one in and the last one out of the gym,” Giovannetti said. “And we definitely, definitely all look to her.”
The team has split the last two games since starter Sarah Mackey left due to a kidney infection. Ortiz said this is because she and the team have stepped up to fill the 6-foot tall forward’s shoes temporarily.
“We weren’t playing well the last game, and we had a meeting,” Ortiz said. “I pretty much decided then and there that we are going to the playoffs no matter what.”
Ortiz said her leadership is strong because of her empathy toward her teammates. Giovannetti said Ortiz is the “chatterbox” of practice and that everyone is always looking to her for comfort.
“It sounds cliched, but I always think that the best thing I can do is empower my teammates,” Ortiz said. “I just try to get everyone playing the best they can.”
Coach Kent said the team’s talents can be placed on more than just a few players, but that much of the praise he has received can be placed on the work of his captains.
“Everyone is playing better on defense now, and we’re so close to being a really good team,” Kent said. “Ryane will be a big part of it when we get there.”
The UC Santa Cruz women’s basketball team will play Cal St. Maritime Jan. 11 at 6 p.m. at the West Field House.
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A Look Back at Jen + Andy’s Spring Wedding
Today, we take a look back at one of our favorite couples from 2010: Jen and Andy. Photographer Jenna Henderson so perfectly captured the style, grace and love Jen and Andy shared. To see the original post, click here.
For more photos of their beautiful garden wedding and pavilion reception in historic downtown Franklin, TN, visit the full Facebook gallery.
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Posted by Katie Grabner on Dec 05, 2019
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I called the main (440) 724-8877 number a bit late in the day on Monday and reached a VM, but I did not want to leave a long message, so I figured this would be the next best method of contact. I also wasn’t sure if I have the best number.
Here is my Cell, I can call back> .646/397.9118. Also, my main email is below, this gmail is my phone.
I am a journalist with US News & Business Report, and I would like to speak in reference to a piece I am writing relevant both the effects the pandemic has had on business in the US (good, bad, none), and the company itself.
To be extremely clear, this is not a solicitation of any type. We would never require compensation to be involved with our articles. This is a news piece.
This is an interesting series of ongoing “stand-alone” pieces we have been writing throughout the pandemic for local papers and news outlets titled “The Stories of Local Businesses".
Basically, we would like to hear about your origin story, experiences, opinions on different aspects of business, and the effects the pandemic may have had on your business, things to that effect.
It is a fairly straightforward piece.
Happy to send a detailed overview or we can just set up an informal prelim call for anytime after today.
US News&Business Report
Hey, my name’s Eric and for just a second, imagine this…
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- And then they hit the back button and check out the other search results instead.
- Bottom line – you got an eyeball, but nothing else to show for it.
- There they go.
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As a quilter I like it when small bits of things are patched together to make something that looks different: check out this Daily Show montage. It’s quite funny. Though I wish folks would just ignore Fox TV so it would cease to exist.
Yeah, right. See me at camera three….for my fantasy world!
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This article first appeared in my column on the investor magazine Equities.com and has been updated since.
Historically, investors looking for potential growth opportunities have hyper-focused on American companies emerging from tech hubs such as Silicon Valley, New York, Boulder and Austin. However nowadays, with early stage valuations on the rise, increasing political instability and possible economic isolation caused by recent elections, it may be time to rethink the original framework for predicting future growth investment spaces.
President Trump’s ‘legacy’, if you want to call it this way, has increasingly isolated the US if not economically, then at least politically. The same goes for post-Brexit UK and also for the parts of continental Europe which are still being held back by increasingly tense social, political and economic climate.
The evolving political climate across the global economy poses multiple questions for investors, startups and strategy departments. Will this have an impact on businesses? How will it have an impact on the engines of our economies, the growth companies, and how it will effect the expansion of future growth markets? And what factors should we look out for when we assess the macro climate?
How Important are Policies?
In retail the mantra is location, location location.
For corporates and large scale global manufacturing companies, location has traditionally been equally important. Companies choose base countries based on factors such as bilateral trade agreements, political climate, tax regulations and access to suppliers. Recent tendencies of protectionist policies, as well as support for certain corporations and potential bilateral treaties might seem extremely influential factors for corporates, who are constantly looking for new market opportunities.
However, when we look at the growth markets of the future, then these factors are less important nowadays. Such policies are meant to support big conglomerates who know how to make themselves heard in the political space. But the time when European or US oligopolies would have a large headstart over their Asian counterparts has passed. During my time in private equity I have seen a fair share of producers of high quality products who seemed to be well protected until Asian competitors ramped up their skillset to produce the same quality at lower costs. And cost is not a criterion that these western companies are able to compete on.
If companies want to remain competitive, their competitive advantage needs to stem from innovation. The innovative businesses who create entirely new markets or products are the ones that drive not only competitiveness but also job growth, and so far big corporates haven’t been the ones who excelled at this.
Therefore, if we are searching for new growth markets, the typical demands of a location (bilateral agreements, materials, suppliers) become less important. Highly innovative, technologically advanced companies, especially SAAS enterprises, don’t rely on any of these factors.
Like good wine, Growth Companies need a special turf.
The ‘raw materials’ that keep the cogs turning in forward thinking tech companies are the talent which they bring on board, the bright minds which are constantly inventing, and improving. So while location is important, it is for totally different reasons. The key requirements for these growth companies are not based on trade agreements, or suppliers, but instead proximity to universities, space to grow and scale, and a liberal environment that attracts foreign and homegrown talent
Talent Needs Space and the Right Conditions to Grow:
For innovative growth companies different patterns play out that for corporates. The success factors for countries who compete for economic leadership have changed, too.
In his book Startup Communities, Brad Feld first highlights “Feeders” – these are the essential drivers of startup communities like universities, entrepreneurship programs, VCs, non-profits, government schemes, mentors and investors.
Next to these feeders, access to talent is critical for startups and growth companies. This ranges from skilled developers, designer and marketers, to experienced entrepreneurs and an infrastructure of mentors and investors. Richard Florida refers to this abundance of talent as the creative class, and argues that these educated, highly sought after people want to live in nice places and enjoy a liberal culture with a tolerance for new ideas. Most of all, they want to be around other creative-class individuals, which creates a strong network effect between creative communities.
Network effects mean “being in a place where startups are the cool thing to do and chance meetings with people who can help you.” as Paul Graham writes.
Northeastern University has mapped the intellectual migration network in North America and Europe over a 2,000-year span, illustrating how today’s cultural capitals have emerged.
Here is North America:
…and here is Europe:
An open society is crucial. By open, I mean not only tolerant but also a meritocracy where people have the freedom, the means and the education to innovate, try new things, and build ventures, without being held back by ‘old boys’ networks that hinder progress by hoarding opportunities and blocking outsiders from jumping in.
Since the beginning of the startup revolution, we have seen that a society based on old boy networks will not feed talent, but instead lead to inflexible corporations that fail to act at the right time and push change. And change is what these times are all about.
The current political climate with an increasing divide between conservatives and progressives is creating a toxic environment that is far from the perfect field to plant new startup ecosystems. This is why liberal democracies like France and Canada are seeing space to capitalize on their neighbours’ weaknesses and have relatively young leaders that represent a new generation who are ready and willing to shake things up.
While Emmanuel Macron has been courting US scientists after Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris Climate agreement, Canada is successfully tempting U.S. companies and talent north, with Facebook (FB), Google (GOOGL), Uber and Microsoft (MSFT) recently having opened offices there.
The Emergence of the City State
However if you live in a country whose political climate has just made a U-turn, here is some good news. While political leaders, their governments and their policies play a big role in defining how attractive a country is to the creative class, this doesn’t mean that particular cities or ‘hubs’ cannot flourish by themselves.
Led by California, dozens of states and cities across the US have already stated their intentions to ignore Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris agreement. Silicon Valley will continue to boom regardless of Trump’s meddling, and Sadiq Khan remains as influential in the future of London as Teresa May. The impact of the cities on a growth space may actually be higher than the impact of the country, as cities, states and hubs end up micromanaging themselves.
If you live in one of the global cultural centers you will notice how people tend to move almost more between New York, London or Berlin than within their own country. This provides an interesting exchange of talent and knowledge between these hubs. If Silicon Valley’s unicorns have found more innovative or more productive ways to organize their work, then other hubs are likely to follow suit, not only because of the internet but because of talent, which acts as a multiplier.
In calling Berlin home, a city that not only has built and has torn down walls, I am fortunate to find myself in an environment that’s a breeding ground for growth industries. While Berlin has long suffered from extraordinarily high unemployment rates, thanks to liberal immigration policies, a welcoming culture and low cost of living, it has attracted talent from all over the world, which produces an astonishing output of new businesses and jobs.
How to Predict Growth Markets in the New Landscape?
Therefore, for growth companies, political macro factors of a nation are of lesser importance than the type of infrastructure, culture and society that a city or hub offers. Investors equally will shift their focus from macroeconomic factors to the factors that attract talent, and from nations to cities.
But how do you assess such an environment?
1. Follow the talent:
See where migration is happening as illustrated in this map of migration from 2005-2010. These are fast changing times, and to keep up to speed, ecosystems need a steady flow of the best talent out there.
2. Scout for education and an evolving culture:
Assess which educational institutions matter and their admission policies. Do they offer open access or act as a breeding ground for the new generations of old boys clubs? Is society within an area segmented or is it open? Look at income distribution within a society and how it changes over time. Is it monopolized or does it reflect true opportunities for everyone? Resources like Nomadlist provide you with useful insights about local cultures.
3. Spot innovation hubs:
The European Commission and KMPG offer lists of key innovation hubs. Compare several of them and watch how they develop. The magic sauce is in the criteria they apply. While some focus on the quality of local universities, others focus on R&D activities by startups. Some focus on the number of well known unicorns, and others focus on the whole infrastructure. Your focus will depend on the stage you are interested in. While places like Berlin or Lisbon provide attractive early stage opportunities, the more developed US cities will provide a richer supply of larger, fast-growth companies.
Culture drives growth. But unlike economic policies and GDP figures, culture is not always easy to understand and assess. Yet this is why looking through the smoke and finding open climates, where innovative companies can find the space to grow can put you will ahead of the rest of the herd.
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Chukado – The art of Electric Pole Arrangement is a project by Japanese artist Akira Yamaguchi. Fascinated by the initial designs that Ikebana masters created when the first electric poles were introduced to Japan, Yamaguchi rediscovers the original spirit of that craft. With a style influenced by Ukiyo-e and Manga, he recovers the balanced proportions and angles the flower arrangers created for late 18th century engineers.
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Justia Class Action Opinion SummariesArticles Posted in U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals
Erie Ins. Exch. v. Erie Indem. Co
Exchange is a reciprocal insurance exchange, under 40 PA. STAT. 961. Members purchase insurance policies and receive indemnification for losses out of Exchange’s pool of funds. A 2012 Complaint alleged that Exchange is owned by subscribers and has no independent officers or governing body; that Indemnity is a public corporation that serves as Exchange’s attorney-in-fact; that Indemnity is permitted to retain up to 25% of Exchange’s premiums; that the balance of premiums is to be used for insurance losses and operational costs and may be distributed to Exchange members as dividends at Indemnity’s discretion; that members who pay premiums in installments must pay service charges and are subject to late payment and policy reinstatement fees; that, beginning in 1997, Indemnity began to retained for itself service charges paid to Exchange, which belonged to Exchange; and that, beginning in 2008, Indemnity misappropriated fees, totaling more than $300 million. The complaint was filed for Exchange by certain members and “on behalf of” all other members. Contending that the words “on behalf of” converted the case into a class action, Indemnity removed the case to federal court. The district court remanded to state court. The Third Circuit affirmed, stating that the case was brought under state rules that bear no resemblance to Rule 23 in that they allow for suits by entities, not a conglomerate of individuals, and does not meet the statutory definition of “class action.” View "Erie Ins. Exch. v. Erie Indem. Co" on Justia Law
In re: Asbestos Prod Liab. Litig.
The 12 plaintiffs are represented by CVLO, which serves as counsel in approximately 2000 cases pending in multidistrict asbestos litigation. The CVLO cases represent the second largest land-based group of cases to remain in the litigation. The district court dismissed the plaintiffs’ cases, for failure to comply with orders requiring submission of medical reports and histories of exposure to asbestos in compliance with “generally accepted medical standards [that] call for information regarding duration, intensity, time of onset, and setting of exposure to asbestos.” The Third Circuit affirmed, characterizing the court orders as “typical … in the context of the management of multidistrict litigation.” In dismissing plaintiffs’ cases, the court considered and weighed the relevant factors, viewing the dilatory and prejudicial aspects as outweighing all others. The flaw in the submissions went to the very heart of the “meritorious” aspect, making the weighing of that factor impossible. View "In re: Asbestos Prod Liab. Litig." on Justia Law
Abraham v. St Croix Renaissance Grp., LLLP
SCRG purchased a St. Croix alumina refinery in 2002. The plaintiffs (more than 500 individuals) alleged that for 30 years, the facility refined bauxite, creating mounds of the by-product, red mud. Hazardous materials, including chlorine, fluoride, TDS, aluminum, arsenic, coal dust ,and other particulates were buried in the red mud, outdoors, in open piles, as high as 120 feet and covering up to 190 acres. Friable asbestos was also present. The substances were dispersed by wind and erosion. According to the plaintiffs, SCRG purchased the site knowing about the contamination, did nothing to abate it, and allowed it to continue. The district court remanded to the Superior Court of the Virgin Islands, finding that the action did not qualify as a “mass action” under the Class Action Fairness Act, 28 U.S.C. 1453(c)(1), because all the claims arise from an event at a single facility, with resulting injuries confined to the Virgin Islands. The Third Circuit affirmed. An event, under CAFA, encompasses a continuing tort, resulting in a regular or continuous release of hazardous chemicals, where no superseding occurrence or significant interruption breaks the chain of causation. Congress intended to allow state or territorial courts to adjudicate claims involving truly localized environmental torts with localized injuries. View "Abraham v. St Croix Renaissance Grp., LLLP" on Justia Law
In re: Baby Products Antitrust Litig.
Antitrust class actions alleged that defendants conspired to set a price floor for baby products. The court initially approved a settlement. Notice was sent to putative class members informing them of their right to submit a claim, opt out, or object. The deadline for submitting claims expired; the court approved the settlement and an allocation plan. Defendants deposited $35,500,000 into a settlement fund. After payment of attorneys’ fees and expenses, the remainder was slated for distribution to the settlement class. Claimants are entitled to different levels of compensation. The remainder would go to charitable organizations proposed by the parties and selected by the court. The Third Circuit vacated, stating that cy pres distributions are permissible, but inferior to direct distributions to the class, because they only imperfectly serve the purpose of compensating class members. The district court did not adequately consider that about $14,000,000 will go to class counsel, roughly $3,000,000 will be distributed to class members, and the rest, approximately $18,500,000 less administrative expenses, will be distributed to cy pres recipients. The court also needs to consider the level of direct benefit to the class in calculating attorneys’ fees. View "In re: Baby Products Antitrust Litig." on Justia Law
In Re: Diet Drugs Prod. Liab. Litig.
Between 1994 and 1997 Wyeth’s predecessor sold fenfluramine and dexfenfluramine, prescription weight loss drugs. After the drugs were linked to valvular heart disease and an FDA public health advisory, Wyeth withdrew the drugs from the market in 1997. Thousands of individuals filed suit; the cases were consolidated. In 1999, Wyeth entered into a Settlement Agreement; in 2000, the court certified the class, approved the Agreement, and retained jurisdiction. The Agreement enjoins class members from suing Wyeth for diet drug-related injuries, but allows class members to sue Wyeth if they can demonstrate that they developed PPH (a condition that deprives the lungs of oxygen) at a specified level through the use of the diet drugs. In 2011, Cauthen sued, alleging that she developed PPH. She produced a pulmonary consultation prepared by Fortin, a cardiologist. Because Cauthen’s report showed that lung capacity of less than 60 percent of predicted at rest, Wyeth sought to enjoin the state court lawsuit for failing to satisfy the precondition provided by the Agreement. Dr. Fortin asserted that comparing individual lung capacity with average capacity of persons having a similar demographic profile is not determinative in diagnosing PPH. The district court enjoined the suit. The Third Circuit affirmed. View "In Re: Diet Drugs Prod. Liab. Litig." on Justia Law
Benjamin v. PA Dep’t of Pub. Welfare
Named plaintiffs are five individuals with mental retardation who are institutionalized in intermediate care facilities (ICFs/MR) operated by the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare; they allege violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act and Rehabilitation Act by failing “to offer and provide the opportunity to receive services in integrated, community settings that are most appropriate settings to meet their needs. Plaintiffs claimed that there are approximately 1,272 individuals who reside in five ICFs/MR. The district court certified the class, denied a motion to dismiss, denied a motion to intervene brought by nine institutionalized individuals who oppose community placement, and granted final approval to a settlement agreement. The Third Circuit vacated in part, holding that the court abused its discretion by denying intervention as of right pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 24(a)(2) in the remedy stage of this litigation as well as with respect to final approval of the settlement agreement. The intervenors may also challenge certification of the class. View "Benjamin v. PA Dep't of Pub. Welfare" on Justia Law
In Re: Pharmacy Benefit Mgrs. Antitrust Litig.
AdvancePCS is a prescription benefits manager for plans sponsored by employers, unions, and others and is retained to achieve savings by negotiating discounts from drug manufacturers, providing mail order service, contracting with retail pharmacies, and electronic processing and paying of claims. Plaintiffs are retail pharmacies that entered into agreements with AdvancePCS that include an agreed reimbursement rate and an arbitration clause. In 2003, plaintiffs filed suit, asserting that AdvancePCS engaged in an unlawful conspiracy with plan sponsors to restrain competition in violation of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. 1; that AdvancePCS used the economic power of its sponsors to reduce the contractual amount it pays below levels prevailing in a competitive marketplace; and that the agreements impose other limitations. For almost a year, AdvancePCS litigated without mentioning arbitration. After denial of a motion to dismiss and reconsideration, AdvancePCS filed an answer with affirmative defenses, then sought to compel arbitration. The court granted the motion. Plaintiffs did not initiate arbitration, but sought dismiss pending appeal. A different judge vacated the order compelling arbitration. The Third Circuit remanded with directions to reinstate the order compelling arbitration. On remand, a third judge granted dismissal. The Third Circuit ruled in favor of plaintiffs, holding that AdvancePCS waived its right to arbitrate. View "In Re: Pharmacy Benefit Mgrs. Antitrust Litig." on Justia Law
Zavala v. Wal Mart Stores, Inc.
Wal-Mart cleaning crew members sought compensation for unpaid overtime and certification of a collective action under the Fair Labor Standards Act, civil damages under RICO, and damages for false imprisonment. The workers, illegal immigrants who took jobs with contractors and subcontractors Wal-Mart engaged to clean its stores, alleged: Wal-Mart had hiring and firing authority over them and closely directed their actions such that Wal-Mart was their employer under the FLSA; Wal-Mart took part in a RICO enterprise by transporting and harboring illegal immigrants, encouraging illegal immigration, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and involuntary servitude (18 U.S.C. 1961(1)(F)); Wal-Mart‘s practice of locking some stores at night and on weekends, without always having a manager available with a key, constituted false imprisonment. Over eight years and multiple opinions, the district court rejected final certification of an FLSA class and rejected the RICO and false imprisonment claims on several grounds, and rejected the false imprisonment claim on the merits. The Third Circuit affirmed. Plaintiffs were not “similarly situated” under the FLSA, 29 U.S.C. 626(b). View "Zavala v. Wal Mart Stores, Inc." on Justia Law
Marcus v. BMW of N. Am., LLC
In 2007, Marcus leased a 2007 BMW from a dealership in New Jersey. Marcus suffered four “flat” tires during his three-year lease. Each time, he drove his car to a BMW dealership in New York and had the tire replaced. BMW billed Marcus between $350 to $390 for parts, labor, fees, and taxes. In each instance, the run-flat tires (RFT) worked as intended. Marcus sued Bridgestone, asserting consumer fraud, breach of warranty, and breach of contract claims. He claims that Bridgestone RFTs are “defective” because they: are highly susceptible to flats, punctures and bubbles, and fail at a significantly higher rate than radial tires or other run-flat tires; cannot be repaired, only replaced, in the event of a small puncture; and are “exorbitantly priced.” He claimed RFT-equipped BMWs cannot be retrofitted to operate with conventional tires, and that they are difficult to replace. The district court certified the suit under FRCP 23(b)(3) as an opt-out class action on behalf of all purchasers and lessees of certain model-year BMWs equipped with Bridgestone RFTs sold or leased in New Jersey with tires that have gone flat and been replaced. The Third Circuit vacated. Marcus’s claims do not satisfy the numerosity and predominance requirements. View "Marcus v. BMW of N. Am., LLC" on Justia Law
In Re: K-Dur Antitrust Litigation
Schering held a patent on the controlled release coating applied to potassium chloride crystals for treatment of potassium deficiencies. Potential generic manufacturers filed an abbreviated application for approval (ANDA),Hatch-Waxman Act, 21 U.S.C. 301-399, asserting that the Schering patent was invalid or would not be infringed by their new generic drugs. Schering’s subsequent infringement suits were resolved through agreements in which it paid the generic manufacturers to drop patent challenges and refrain from producing a generic drug for a specified period. Congress amended Hatch-Waxman to require pharmaceutical companies who enter into such settlements to file for antitrust review. The FTC filed an antitrust action with respect to Schering’s settlements. Plaintiffs sued on behalf of a class of purchasers of the drug. The Third Circuit affirmed the district court’s certification of the class, but reversed its presumption that Schering’s patent was valid and gave Schering the right to exclude infringing products until the end of its term, including through reverse payment settlements. The court directed use of a “quick look rule of reason analysis” based on economic realities of the settlement rather than labels. The court must treat any payment from a patent holder to a patent challenger who agrees to delay entry into the market as prima facie evidence of unreasonable restraint of trade, rebuttable by showing that the payment was for a purpose other than delayed entry or offers some pro-competitive benefit. View "In Re: K-Dur Antitrust Litigation" on Justia Law
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Hard anodized for long life
Overall all width, tooth face & hub, 7.6mm
Tooth face width, 4mm
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Written by Lauren Irvine
Growing your coaching brand can be exciting, but it can also be overwhelming. There are multiple tips and strategies for growing your brand, but we’re going to give you the basic tips if you are just starting out, or need a little guidance getting your coaching brand back on track.
IDENTIFY YOUR TARGET AUDIENCE
By identifying your target audience, you’ll better be able to market your services and work out what type of content will resonate with your ideal clients. Along with identifying your brand’s language and style that is utilized across your marketing channels.For instance, if your primary target market is beginner-intermediate female clients aged 20-35, you should post content that they would be able to relate to and assist them in their daily lives. An example of this could be posting content explaining the basic movement patterns, or simple & easy to understand tips on building a healthier lifestyle.
Additionally, knowing your target audience will also determine where you should invest your time and energy on advertising. If you’re targeting CEOs and business owners, LinkedIn would be a good platform. Or, if you’re wanting to coach people in your local area, traditional mailbox flyers could work well!
DECIDE ON YOUR BUSINESS MISSION
This one deserves some thought because it’ll influence everything you do in your coaching business. Sit down and write down the goals you’d like to achieve through your business and more importantly, the reason why you started your business. This is often what will inspire people to follow the work that you do.
DETERMINE YOUR NICHE
Would you like to coach physique athletes, or do you want to work with rehabilitation clients to help them regain their independence? Even if you plan to work with clients from all walks of life, deciding on a niche for your brand will help to maximize your marketing efforts because you’ll be targeting a certain demographic. This is especially important if you plan on utilizing paid ads on social media.
DECIDE ON YOUR AUDIENCE RESPONSE
How do you want your audience to feel when they engage with your brand? Do you want them to feel inspired, would you like to educate them, or something else? Knowing how you want your target audience to feel when they see your fitness brand will allow you to create well thought out content, instead of posting mindlessly with no real intention.
DIVERSIFY YOUR MARKETING
As the saying goes, don’t put all your eggs in one basket and that’s exactly what you should be thinking about when it comes to your marketing channels. If you’re only posting content on Instagram, you’re missing out on reaching everybody in your target audience who isn’t using Instagram! By utilizing a range of marketing channels from Facebook to LinkedIN to business cards at your local cafe, you’re allowing your fitness brand to reach many more people.
BUILD AN EMAIL LIST
One of the often forgotten about marketing strategies for people first starting a brand is the importance of building an email list and keeping track of people who have interacted with your brand in the past. If someone has registered their email through your website or a free resource you offered, it means they have an interest in your brand or the services you offer, with a high chance of being converted into a paying customer!
When it comes to building your fitness brand, putting some thought into your audience, their needs and utilizing multiple marketing channels will go a long way. It may take some time, but stay consistent, show up every day and keep up the hard work!
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Roots, M. (2017, October 30). Building Your Fitness Business Brand From Scratch. Fitness Business Blog. https://www.trainerize.com/blog/building-fitness-business-brand/
Editorial Staff. (2020, January 2). Revealed: Why Building an Email List is so Important Today (6 Reasons). WPBeginner. https://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/why-you-should-start-building-your-email-list-right-away/
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About Click Animated
I'm Alexander, founder of Click Animated. I produce animated videos for organizational purposes, from marketing to internal communications. For every video I employ a team of freelancers that is handpicked per video to achieve the best results for my clients. But don't worry, you'll be in touch with me personally during every part of the process. My specialty is translating your wishes into a video that fits your specific goals.
Interested in a video for your organization? Leave your e-mail and a message below to get in touch.
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About the WordPress “Tools” Section
This post is part of a series of posts I’ve created for my clients. While the information herein will likely be useful to just about anyone getting to know WordPress, it may contain specific functionality that only applies to clients of ClickNathan.com.
Right out of the box WordPress comes with a section labeled Tools.
It’s not used by very many people at all, and most of the functionality that it provides will have been already implemented by myself per our little mutual contractual of web design and all, but I’ll review it here in brief for those of you who want to know how every little clock ticks and talk clocks on your website.
The Tools section of WordPress is one of those wonderfully powerful and equally dangerous areas. It is possible to break your site or jumble it all up if you incorrectly use some of the features below. Using the Tools feature is at your own risk and ClickNathan is not responsible for any fouling up you might wreck like havoc on your new web site. Have fun!
Click Tools in the left navigation of your WordPress installation. The first option on this page is to create a bookmark in your browser which allows you to easily post new content as you browse the web. This is mostly useful for people who run blogs which link to other things around the web, your particular feelings on the usefulness of such a feature is completely personal. Have a go, nothing can go wrong by playing with this feature.
Categories & Tags Converter
First, you should understand the difference between Categories and Tag in WordPress. Once you grasp that whole semi-confusing concept, you may come to a realization that you’ve been using Categories as tags all this time, and would like to trim down the number of categories you have by making most of them into tags. This is the tool for you. Using this requires you to install a plugin and at worst, you’ll lose your categories as they’ll become tags. Other than that, not much damage should occur, but of course, at your own risk and all that fantastical jazz.
This screen is used to install a variety of plugins which can be used to import content from another blogging platform to WordPress. If this was part of our original agreement, I’ll take care of this for you. If not, I’m happy to perform such feats of sheer ecstasy for you at an additional cost. If you’d like to try it yourself, have a blast but remember, you’ll be using plugins which manipulate your database and could result in deleted content, duplicate content or worse.
Bam! The most useful, least dangerous of all of the Tools screens. Here you can export your content which makes it easy to then import it to another WordPress installation, even a WordPress.com site. Enjoy!
Up Next: How to Install a WordPress Plugin
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So far, the climate for 2022 has been remarkable for a series of early
At the time of writing, some of the affected areas are still experiencing extreme temperatures for the season.
The consequences of these heatwaves have affected hundreds of millions of people with implications for health and wellbeing, agriculture and food supplies, energy prices and demand, and natural ecosystems.
Each of these heatwave episodes is striking; either for the extreme temperatures reached locally, their duration, and/or unusually early occurrence for the season. Many local, national and regional temperature records have been broken, or came close to being broken.
This review focuses on three areas in particular, well covered by observations, which experienced much warmer-than-average conditions in the first half of 2022: northern India, Afghanistan and Pakistan, southwestern Europe, and North America, in particular Texas. Events in boreal spring are examined initially, and then the transition into the start of the summer.
Average global near surface air temperature percentiles for May 2022. Colour categories refer to the percentiles of the temperature distribution as calculated from the 1991–2020 reference period (see explanation in the sidebar box). Credit: Copernicus Climate Change Service/ECMWF.
Although exceptional, these events are not unexpected. They are in line with the evidence presented in the latest IPCC Assessment Report that the frequency and intensity of heatwaves have increased. These changes are attributed by the IPCC to human-induced climate change with high confidence and are expected to continue in the future as the climate continues to warm globally.
The first signals of a heatwave in boreal spring (March, April, May) 2022 in the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) analyses came in the March Climate Bulletin, showing sizable temperature anomalies in a large area from China to Iran. This situation persisted with little respite throughout April and the first days of May for Pakistan and north-west India. In May, the C3S Climate Bulletin showed sizable anomalies for south-west Europe and southern parts of North America as well.
Mention must also be made of the Horn of Africa and neighbouring countries, where May 2022 was the hottest May in the ECMWF/C3S's ERA5 reanalysis data record. Fewer local temperature observations are available for this region, but persisting drought conditions there are widely considered to be the worst in 40 years, threatening food security for millions.
During May, hotter than average air from western Sahara moved northwards, pushing thermometers higher in several areas of south-west Europe (Portugal, Spain, southern France and parts of western Italy) in waves.
At a national level, May 2022 temperatures set many new records, starting with France, where it was the warmest May since records began in 1900. It was the warmest May in 92 years of records for Portugal, and only May 1964 was warmer for Spain, in a data record starting in 1961, according to the analyses of the respective national meteorological services.
Many local records were also broken. The Spanish city of Seville reached 41°C, a first for May, and Jaén experienced both its hottest ever day in May and the highest daily minimum temperature ever recorded in May in mainland Spain.
Portugal reported a heatwave in the first half of the month and a “heat burst”, an exceptional sudden rise in temperatures, later in the month. This relatively rare phenomenon was seen also in southern France in mid-May.
Highest daily maximum and minimum surface air temperature anomalies for south-west Europe for the month of May from 1967 to 2022, relative to 1991-2020. Data source: ERA5. Credit: Copernicus Climate Change Service/ECMWF.
At a regional scale, in the ERA5 timeseries of the highest anomalies for daily maxima and minima temperatures for the month of May in south-west Europe , May 2022 stands out along with May 2015 and May 2006 as the May months with the highest daily maxima. The timeseries, starting in 1967, are based on hourly analyses that do not resolve local effects on peak temperatures; they are indicative of months with severe temperatures but should not be used for definitive rankings of extremes.
South–west Europe recorded also the highest average May daily maximum temperatures in May 2022, ahead of 2015, 2020 and 2017. The minimum daily average temperatures were also the highest, slightly higher than in May 2020 and 1999.
Averages of daily maximum and minimum surface air temperature anomalies for south-west Europe for the month of May from 1967 to 2022, relative to 1991-2020. Data source: ERA5. Credit: Copernicus Climate Change Service/ECMWF.
The second heatwave in this analysis, covering Pakistan and northwestern India, is the longest and the most impactful, in terms of the number of people directly affected.
A series of warm spells impacted nearly 2 billion people throughout the whole season; some areas are still experiencing exceptional temperatures as of mid-June, with the most anomalous temperatures observed in northeastern India, and the monsoon approaching northwestern India more slowly than usual.
Average near surface air temperature percentiles 2022 for central and southern Asia in boreal spring (March, April, May). Colour categories refer to the percentiles of the temperature distribution as calculated from the 1991–2020 reference period (see explanation in the sidebar box). The dashed black box represents the area used to compute the time series charts below. Credit: Copernicus Climate Change Service/ECMWF.
The ERA5 temperature percentile maps for boreal spring 2022 in the region illustrate the situation well. While exceptional temperatures for southwestern-Europe mainly occurred in May, a wide region of central and south Asia, encompassing northern India and Pakistan, recorded "the warmest" (in the whole 1979-2021 dataset), or “much warmer than average” temperatures (i.e., warmer than 90% of the values in the 1991-2020 reference period) in March, April and May.
Absolute temperature extremes were higher in Pakistan and north-west India than further north and north-east of the area, as the underlying climatological temperatures are higher for these regions.
March 2022 was by a narrow margin the warmest March in 122 years of records for India overall, in the India Meteorological Department’s ranking.
The country as a whole, the average maximum temperature recorded in March 2022 is the ever highest with 33.10 ºC in last 122 years for the period 1901-2022. It has broken the earlier ever highest of 33.09 ºC which was in 2010. pic.twitter.com/RRDJl405bv— India Meteorological Department (@Indiametdept) April 2, 2022
According to Mrutyunjay Mohapatra, Director General of Meteorology, the frequency of heatwaves in India has increased steadily since 2016.
Average near surface air temperature percentiles for central and southern Asia in March, April and May 2022. Colour categories refer to the percentiles of the temperature distribution as calculated from the 1991–2020 reference period (see explanation in the sidebar box). The dashed black box represents the area used to compute the time series charts below. Credit: Copernicus Climate Change Service/ECMWF. Credit: Copernicus Climate Change Service/ECMWF.
Local scientists consider the series of warm spells observed in 2022 as the worst ever recorded in terms of their early onset (March), the overall number of people exposed, the extent of the regions affected, and for their duration. In some areas, extreme temperatures were associated with high humidity, known to worsen the effects of hot temperatures for the human body.
Pakistan’s Jacobabad reached 49°C in April and then 51°C in May. While this was highlighted as the highest temperature reached in 2022 in the Northern Hemisphere, an analysis by C3S based on the 1967-2022 ERA5 data series revealed that Pakistan is typically the warmest place on the planet in May, in terms of both average and extreme daily maximum temperatures.
Several local maximum temperature records were beaten across the region.
April 2022 is now ranked as the warmest April on record by Pakistan’s Meteorological Department.
The pre-monsoon period, and May-June in particular, is usually the warmest time of the year; the exceptional temperatures observed have not beaten the regional records for the period. Turbat, Pakistan, registered 53.7°C in May 2017, the highest temperature ever recorded in the country, recently verified by the WMO as the fourth highest temperature recorded anywhere in the world. The three highest temperatures for Pakistan were all measured in the month of July.
In the ERA5 dataset, the highest April-May temperatures for the region are:
|50°C (2017)||54°C (2017)|
|47°C (2022)||51°C (2022)|
The ERA5 timeseries of average temperature anomalies for the region show that only April has clearly above average temperatures overall.
But when considered together, the signals for the three months show the warmest average anomaly of the dataset for spring.
Averages of daily maximum and minimum surface air temperature anomalies for Pakistan and north-west India for March-May from 1967 to 2022, relative to 1991-2020. Data source: ERA5. Credit: Copernicus Climate Change Service/ECMWF.
The southern United States, the state of Texas in particular, experienced exceptionally high temperatures in May 2022. The region was hit by a second warm spell again in mid-June, after a so-called “heat dome” settled in the area affecting an estimated 100 million people.
Parts of Mexico have also been subject to warmer-than-average temperatures this spring, with at least three major events, as declared by the Federal Government already by 3 May, and periodic occurrences of exceptional temperatures in the country’s northern states until mid-June.
In the ERA5 dataset, the average maximum temperature for the region is the highest on record. The temperature anomaly series for May shows the daily maximum temperature in May 2022 as one of the warmest compared to the 1991-2020 average, tied with 1998, but with higher daily minimum temperatures.
Averages of daily maximum and minimum surface air temperature anomalies for Texas and adjacent regions of USA and Mexico for the month of May from 1967 to 2022, relative to 1991-2020. Data source: ERA5. Credit: Copernicus Climate Change Service/ECMWF.
Several cities beat their all-time record temperatures for the month; San Antonio experienced its warmest May in 137 years of records reaching 38.3°C. For the state of Texas, it was the second warmest on record.
Surface air temperature observations, confirmed by ERA5 data, show that heatwaves continued to occur over several subtropical and extratropical regions of the Northern Hemisphere during June. These events left a mark on the monthly average temperatures: the month as a whole was globally the third warmest on record, but only marginally cooler than the warmer Junes of 2019 and 2020, and, jointly with 2021, the second warmest June on record for Europe.
Southwestern Europe, including parts of Spain Italy and France, continued to experience long spells of exceptionally high temperatures. Following the shorter spell of unusually warm temperatures that peaked on 21 May, a longer spell of exceptional temperatures occurred four weeks later, peaking on 17 June. Average temperatures then fell rapidly in the region, although heatwave conditions developed further to the east and north.
Daily maximum temperatures in Spain, France, and Italy reached more than 40°C, exacerbating the ongoing drought conditions in the Po river basin. Numerous June temperature records were broken across France and Spain.
The high temperatures extended across North Africa, where Tunisia equalled its monthly temperature record. Further north, at Banak and Tana Bru in northern Norway and at Utsjoki Kevo in northern Finland, daily maximum temperatures reached 32.5°C. Local records were also broken in northern parts of China and Japan.
In Pakistan and north-west India, the extremes seen in May persisted, with June 2022 experiencing both the highest and the lowest temperatures in the data record for the days in question during the month. For central southern USA and northern Mexico, short-term variations in temperature conditions stabilised in June, although there were further peaks during the month.
Beyond rankings and records, the repercussions of heatwaves and extreme temperatures depend on many different factors and environmental parameters such as their duration, minimum temperatures experienced, and humidity. A peak of very high maximum temperatures can have fewer impacts for people and the environment than an extended period of lower but continued high daily maximum or minimum average temperatures.
C3S provides monthly, seasonal, and yearly updates largely based on the ERA5 reanalysis dataset. The data are freely available in the C3S Climate Data Store (CDS). Find out more about C3S reanalyses and ERA5 in the following Q&A.
The South-West Europe region used to calculate the anomaly timeseries is defined as land bounded by longitudes 25°W and 15°E and latitudes 36°N and 45°N, excluding the region bounded by longitudes 0 to 12E and latitudes 36 to 38N".
For the timeseries shown and discussed in this article, we rely on the period 1967-1978 of the final release of the ERA5 dataset back extension. This is the period for which the back extension is the most reliable over the regions considered.
Covering 20-37°N, 61-78°E (Covering a large area of Afghanistan, Pakistan and north-west India)
Considered area: from 20°N to 37° N and 107° W to 90° W. It includes the whole of Texas, some neighbouring US States and parts of Mexico.
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As a Pediatrician, I am well-versed in providing guidance to families to keep their kids healthy. Cut back on sugary drinks. At least 1 hour of physical activity per day. Limit screen time. Brush your teeth. The more time I have been in practice, the more I have learned that these individual choices are not the only determinants of health. Children can follow these basic guidelines to develop healthy habits, but unless we implement climate solutions now, they will experience significant health repercussions from the rapidly changing climate.
My patients in South Carolina have already seen the devastating impacts of climate change. Patients without air conditioning during blistering heat waves. Families forced to evacuate during hurricanes only to return to homes that have been destroyed. Children with asthma attacks due to air pollution and worsening pollen. One-hundred and 500-hundred year floods that are occurring far more frequently. With all of this suffering, I have had moments of despair, especially when the national conversation seems to be ignoring the climate crisis that is right in front of us. But those are also the moments when I found opportunities to act.
Hope is possible and a different future can be our reality through advocacy and partnership with dedicated individuals. I became a South Carolina AAP Climate Advocate which introduced me to the amazing work that pediatricians are already doing across the country. This inspired me to found the South Carolina Health Professionals for Climate Action in June of this year to bring together other health professionals dedicated to addressing the climate crisis. Once I started being more vocal and visible with my advocacy, I was amazed at how easy it was to find a group of physicians who were ready to join me to work towards a healthy climate for our patients. All of the members of our leadership team are new to climate advocacy, but health professionals are trusted voices on climate change. Even though we are novices, we are using our voices, experiences and passion to fight for a better future. I still have moments of despair, but knowing that there are similar state, national and international groups working to protect the world, I know change is possible. However, these groups cannot do it alone. Pediatricians, parents, grandparents and anyone else who cares about the wellbeing of children need to take action on the climate crisis.
If you are interested in learning more about the South Carolina Health Professionals for Climate action, go to schealthclimate.org. For information about other state health advocacy groups, go to The Medical Consortium on Climate and Health website medsocietiesforclimatehealth.org.
Dr. Hayley Guilkey is a general pediatrician in South Carolina. She is a South Carolina AAP Climate Advocate and founder of South Carolina Health Professionals for Climate Action.
This blog is part of a series from pediatricians we will feature throughout October, Children’s Health Month.
The American Academy of Pediatrics is a partner of Climate for Health, a coalition of health leaders committed to caring for our climate to care for our health. Founded by ecoAmerica, Climate for Health offers tools, resources, and communications to demonstrate visible climate leadership, inspiring and empowering health leaders to speak about, act on and advocate for climate solutions. Learn more about our partnership and the resources available to you here.
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Copyright © 2011 Clinique La Prairie. All rights, including copyright, pertaining to the content of this website/publication/document are owned or controlled for these purposes by Clinique La Prairie, except when expressly stated otherwise. None of the materials provided on/in this website/publication/document may be used, reproduced or transmitted, in whole or in part, in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or the use of any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from Clinique La Prairie. To request such permission and for further inquiries, please contact Clinique La Prairie at [email protected] . Where it is stated that copyright to any part of the Clinique La Prairie website/publication/document is held by a third party, requests for permission to copy, modify, translate, publish or otherwise make available such part must be addressed directly to the third party concerned. The exceptions stated in the Swiss copyright Act are reserved.
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Community Health Assessment Resource Team Golf Tournament
Community Health Assessment Resource Team
Our mission is to assess the current health status of Henry County, including needs and services, and plan for implementation and utilization of services to meet those assessed needs.
1St Annual Fundraising Golf Tournament
(100% of funds raised go back to Henry County Schools)
To Whom It May Concern,
Henry County C.H.A.R.T. is hosting its 1st Annual Healthy Communities Golf Tournament this Spring (June 17 @ Meadow lake Golf Club Clinton MO). We are looking for sponsors to help reach our event goal of $30,000, which will be used to assist Henry County Schools by paying off students’ outstanding lunch account balances and purchasing supplies. For the current school year, those expenses exceed $30,000, so your donation will significantly help our community by allowing lower/middle income families and all eight school districts in our local area to worry a little less about meeting these needs. All donations are welcomed and appreciated. For any donation over $150.00, you or your organization will be noted on a hole sponsorship sign and receive recognition at the tournament and on social media pages. Further donation levels are listed below.
C.H.A.R.T. is a community coalition that utilizes resources from local organizations and faith-based entities to meet the needs of our tight-knit, rural community. One of the needs identified in our most recent Community Health Needs Assessment is food insecurity. It is our coalition’s desire to host our Annual Healthy Communities Golf Tournament to raise funds for each year’s chosen charitable effort. This year, the coalition wishes to donate those proceeds to our schools towards those outstanding lunch balances and especially to our smaller schools that purchase much-needed clothing and shoes for students in Henry County, Missouri.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. I would be more than happy to provide you with additional information about how you can support our community efforts. If you wish to contribute, please contact us at 660-223-3210, or send donations ATTN: Tyler Pulcini / CHART to 1800 Community Dr. Suite A Clinton MO 64735. Donations given to CHART are fully tax exempt, attached is a letter for your convenience.
Donations Sponsorship Levels:
$150.00 – Hole Sponsorship Sign & Social Media Recognition
$500.00 – Hole Sponsorship Sign, Social Media Recognition, and Logo on a Golf Towel
$1000.00 – Hole Sponsorship Sign, Social Media Recognition, Logo on a Golf Towel, and Free Team Entry
We greatly appreciate your time. Thank you.
C.H.A.R.T Coalition President
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Our Pop-in Part-time reusable nappy packs are the most economical way to get started with reusables, so why not save money and get set up for day and night in one easy purchase? So, what's in the box? 10 popper reusable nappies, 6 night-time bamboo boosters, 1 wet/tote-bag, and 2 rolls of biodegradable nappy liners. One pack is ideal for part-time use, while two is perfect if you plan to use them exclusively. Our Pop-in washable nappies provide the ultimate in reliability and protection during the daytime and overnight, thanks to our renowned poonami-proof double leg gusset, leak-proof panels and thirsty bamboo soakers and boosters. Our unique all-in-two (AI2) design gives parents flexible absorbency and quicker drying times without compromising on quick one-step changes. Pop them on just like a disposable, complete with stretchy tabs for a great fit at the waist. Our super slim daytime nappy quickly converts for dream-filled nights with our specially designed night-time booster (included in this pack and available to buy separately). This clever booster adds in the extra absorbency needed to last overnight once little ones are sleeping through and wetting more! Pop-in’s are a true one size nappy, they offer the most flexible sizing on the market and will fit from birth to potty thanks to the adjustable rise and waist. Materials are important to us, each waterproof cover repurposes 2.5 plastic water bottles and our super soft bamboo is Oekotex and FSC 100% certified.
- Money saving pack to lower the cost of choosing to reuse
- Award winning flexible (all-in-two) reusable nappy design
- Poonami-proof double leg gusset and internal leakproof panels
- One size first most - Clever design grows with baby fitting from newborn to toddler
- Certified repurposed TPU material made from plastic water bottles
- Skin friendly naturally antibacterial material next to baby.
- Superior absorbency thanks thirsty bamboo nappy soaker
- Superb fit thanks to the stretchy waist tabs that work just like a disposable
- Clever absorbent panel in the waterproof outer shell which reduces leaking allowing you a little longer between changes
Gorgeous unisex block colours
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Cincinnati residents are affected by a variety of diseases, according to the Cincinnati Health Department’s Infectious Disease Surveillance Summaries. These include foodborne illnesses such as E. coli, diseases spread by animals such as Lyme disease, vaccine-preventable illnesses like chickenpox, among others. However, the category that affects Cincinnati residents most heavily is viral hepatitis.
In 2017, there were 1,029 reported cases of viral hepatitis, compared to 549 reported cases of all other diseases tracked by the health department. That means that for every case of another disease reported, whether that be salmonella, whooping cough, or influenza, there are almost two cases of viral hepatitis reported. Additionally, 892 of those, or almost 90 percent, were reported to be chronic hepatitis C cases.
Remember that these reports only detail new cases of each disease, so there are even more people suffering from chronic hepatitis C in Cincinnati than the 892 newly reported cases in 2017. This number is rapidly growing. In 2014, there were only 410 newly identified cases of hepatitis C, so the rate of incidence for new cases has more than doubled in the last three years. With 355 newly reported cases in May, Cincinnati is on track to maintain the number of new cases of hepatitis C for 2018. As hepatitis is a growing issue for Cincinnati, the community should examine ways to help its residents suffering from hepatitis as well as prevent others from contracting it.
There are two types of hepatitis that the health department tracks under the viral hepatitis category: hepatitis B and hepatitis C. Hepatitis B is a liver infection caused by the hepatitis B virus. It is transmitted through body fluids like blood or semen, which can happen through sexual contact, mother-baby contact at birth, or drug-injection equipment contact through needles and syringes. For most adults, hepatitis B is a short-term illness that can be treated and cured. For a few adults and most infants, however, hepatitis B can become a chronic disease that can lead to death by liver cancer or cirrhosis of the liver (scarring and loss of cells). The best way to prevent hepatitis B infection is to get vaccinated for hepatitis B and receive prenatal care if you are pregnant.
Hepatitis C is similar to hepatitis B in a few ways. First, it is also a liver infection but caused by the hepatitis C virus. Chronic infection with hepatitis C can lead to death, just like hepatitis B, which makes it a serious disease. However, the vast majority of people with hepatitis C contract it from sharing needles or equipment to inject drugs.
Unlike hepatitis B, most adults who get hepatitis C will have a long-term infection. Even worse, there is no vaccine for hepatitis C. Therefore, the only way to prevent a hepatitis C infection is to avoid behaviors that can spread the disease, like sharing used needles. If you suffer from a drug addiction involving injection, make sure to utilize Cincinnati’s The Exchange Project, which allows for the exchange of dirty needles for clean ones. You can call 513-316-7725, email [email protected], or visit cincyep.org to learn more information.
For more information, please explore these resources:
The Center for Closing the Health Gap in Greater Cincinnati is dedicated to helping you and your family live healthy lifestyles. To learn more about our efforts please visit us online: www.ClosingTheHealthGap.org; Facebook.com/CloseHealthGap; Twitter.com/CCHGcincy.
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We continue to enhance the Microsoft Quantum Development Kit with new capabilities for real-world quantum computer programming. This month’s Quantum Development Kit update includes a new contribution to our chemistry library from our partner 1QBit. In today’s 0.7 update, we also introduce a new numerics library, Q# language features, and further expansion of our Quantum Katas with community contributions.
Previously, we related the tremendous potential of quantum computing to solve today’s most challenging problems by simulating molecular processes. The library also allows interoperating with classical chemistry simulation and modeling tools to gain new insights how to build solutions on quantum computers. With this month’s update, the Microsoft Quantum Chemistry Library is enhanced by supporting unitary coupled cluster methods (UCC) and variational quantum eigensolvers (VQE), the latter being an open source contribution from our Microsoft Quantum Network partner, 1QBit. The new features UCC and VQE are additions to the expanding repertoire of techniques that are available to study quantum chemistry problems with the Quantum Development Kit. UCC is a method for preparing molecular ground-states for quantum simulation, VQE is a method for evaluating molecular energies that allows to trade circuit depth against number of experiments and that allows to leverage classical optimization techniques for initial state preparation.
With this new capability, we extended the Broombridge schema that defines the molecular structure for quantum simulation. For more information on exciting new opportunities with chemical simulation and the Quantum Development Kit, check out 1QBit’s announcement of their OpenQEMIST platform, and check out this video from last month’s Microsoft Build conference featuring 1QBit’s founder and CEO, Andrew Fursman, describing the tremendous potential they see with quantum simulation and the Quantum Development Kit.
The new numerics library offers a valuable resource for quantum program developers. Many quantum algorithms rely on oracles that evaluate mathematical functions on a superposition of inputs. These functions must be written in terms of sequences of operations on qubits that can be executed on a quantum computer. The new numerics library provides this support with basic integer arithmetic consisting of integer adders and comparators and high-level integer functionality built on top of the basic functionality. The library includes signed and unsigned integer support (multiply, square, division with remainder, inversion, measurement) and fixed-point arithmetic functionality (initialization, addition, multiplication, reciprocal, polynomial evaluation and measurement) with one or two quantum numbers as input. Learn more about how to use the new numerics library and try out the new samples.
Also new this month are new Q# language capabilities. We continue to evolve the Q# language to bring modern programming efficiencies to quantum computing. We added named items for user-defined types, so that programmers can assign meaningful names to their data structures. Now programmers can use copy-and-update expressions and apply-and-reassign statements for named items in user defined types. We also added while loops in functions. For a full list of all the new Q# language features this month, see the release notes. Also, please check out our Qsharp dev blog for more information on these and other recently added Q# features.
The Quantum Katas keep growing! The Quantum Katas are our self-paced project for developers to learn how to program a quantum computer with Q#. This month, we see a new set of three community-contributed katas introducing the nonlocal/entanglement games. In a nonlocal game, several cooperating players play a game against a referee answering the referee’s questions. The players are free to share information (and qubits!) before the game starts, but cannot communicate afterwards. The players can use quantum entanglement to increase their chance of winning beyond what would be possible with a purely classical strategy. Check out the new katas here.
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Robin Basham recently lead the Cloud Security Alliance CCM 4 to NIST 800-53 R5 Working Group. This effort began as a proposed commitment in April, involving the collaboration of some of our biggest and most well respected East Bay Enterprises. Leveraging the talent of 20 volunteers and mappings as designed in three major companies, the CCM WG produced a refined mapping that will release in JSON format and hopefully brings much-needed clarity to the cloud security and compliance community.
Owner EnterpriseGRC Solutions, President, ISC2 East Bay, Certified Information Systems Security (CISSP), Audit (CISA), Governance (CGEIT) and Risk (CRISC), ICT GRC expert and early adopter in both certifying and offering certification programs for Cloud Security and Virtualization (CRP, VRP), with industry experience in the management of systems, controls and data for SaaS (IaaS and PaaS), Finance, Healthcare, Banking, Education, Defense, and High Tech. Positions held include Technology Officer at State Street Bank, Leading Process Engineering for a major New England CLEC, Sr. Director Enterprise Technology for multiple advisory firms, founding, engineering product and running two governance software companies, past Director Enterprise Compliance for a major player in the mortgage industry, Ellie Mae. Recently full time at Cisco, Sr. Unified Compliance and ISMS Program Manager, Robin currently provides research and training content to major cybersecurity vendors, leads LSHC in support of three MDM clients as well as donates substantial time to supporting social platform security to further social democracy. Robin contributed a mapping refresh for NIST 171/172 to Dr. Ron Ross and Victoria Yan Pillitteri FISMA team and lead the CCM v4.2 to NIST 800-53r5 working group. She is also a past board member of the ISACA SV Chapter. As a lifetime achievement, Robin has convinced over 500 people to stand up and speak on topics involving security and technology.
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Best Franchise Management Software For Small Business
Franchise Management Software has been designed specifically for franchises and franchisers. There are many different solutions for franchises in different markets and industries.
Best Franchise Management Software For Small Business:
Welcome to Shortcuts – The World Leader in Smart Salon Software. Shortcuts salon software enables you to streamline your business and manage Appointment Booking, Marketing, Salon POS and clients all in one simple salon software solution.
Our mission at Cybex Systems is to provide technically superior enterprise retail solutions to medium sized retailers. Our primary business objective is to improve our clients operations through the effective use of Cybex applications as their principal business information tools.
CollaborateCloud | Social Work Management Platform, Enterprise Social Network, Online File Collaboration.
Mobile Field Management & Performance Evaluation Software. Action Card’s mobile and web-based architecture eliminates time-consuming paper reviews adding efficiencies to field visits. It helps users identify, track and reconcile action items critical to your compliance and brand standards.
FISION Corporation. While our contemporaries were focused on traditional marketing channels, our team had their eyes on the technology. When the Internet revolution first emerged, we were one of the first integrated marketing groups specializing in high-level problem solving to incorporate digital communications into our integrated marketing offerings. We knew right away that the future of communications had arrived.
Franchise 360 | Franchise Management Software. Franchise 360 is the UK’s leading franchise management system. Web-based, it’s priced from just £25 per month per franchise including support.
FRM Solutions | Franchise Software, Franchise CRM, Franchise Management Software. Franchise management software. Recruitment, project management, legal & compliance, and operations support. No excuses. Just solutions.
Franchise Management Software. HQ Branches is a complete online franchise software package that is tailorable to your specific needs.
Lakson Business Solutions Limited (software house in pakistan, SEO, Shopping cart, Website designing). web site development, shopping cart, leading mobile applications apps development company specializing I-Phone, i phone, iOS, i-Pad, ipad, Android and other Smartphone devices and Facebook application development for Mobile apps such as and also provide Game Development Services.
The Qebot Business Management Platform and Marketplace for SMB’s. Qebot consolidates the digital tools your business needs to thrive. Marketing and operations tools all in one platform to save you time and resources.
Statistical Tracking for Franchise Companies. As the pace of the world changes, so does the way in which we manage our businesses. More and more people are expanding into the world of franchise and looking for ways to manage this enormous task of tracking and obtaining accurate, timely and reliable information.
Association Management Systems | Healthcare Management Systems | Franchise Management Systems | Waterfall Software.
Waterfall Software offers a suite of SaaS solutions that enable organizations to efficiently grow online communities and manage ongoing operations. While WATERFALL SOFTWARE began as a franchise software and franchise management system, the portal now exists as a healthcare management system, education management system, association management system, and government management system. Waterfall’s robust dashboard-based business management software empowers any organization by providing business intelligence that helps clients make complex decisions with added confidence.
Franchise Management Software, Franchise Management, Service Management, Retail Management, QSR Software, Franchise Accounting Software.
Waterstreet is the leading integrated web-based business software suite, including business management software, franchise management software, service management software and retail management software. Effectively and efficiently manage all of your key business operations with one seamless business software solution!
Franchise Opportunities and UK Franchises for Sale. Find franchise opportunities using our free franchise matching service or browse our directory of franchises for sale. Read helpful articles from franchising experts and get the latest franchise industry news.
ZeeWise Inc. ZeeWise is an established software provider within franchising that assists some of franchising’s faster growing brands with their data collection, consolidation and reporting needs.
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The goal for World Heart Day 2021 is to use the power of digital health to increase global awareness, prevention, and management of CVD, therefore, it is telehealth that is considered to be the future, or rather the present of healthcare.
“Use Heart To Connect.”
As the world fights COVID-19, Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) is still the world’s leading cause of death, accounting for 18.6 million deaths per year. Smoking, diabetes, high blood pressure, and obesity are among the many causes, as is air pollution.
This World Heart Day, the Federation chose the theme, “Use Heart to Connect” and as such based their purpose for 2021 on 3 main pillars: Equity, Prevention and Community.
This blog post will delve into the theme for 2021, provide you with more facts regarding CVD and then share insights that we as a company managed to collect from our employees.
“Use Heart to Connect” – How?
As COVID-19 extends its stay well into 2021 and most likely into the first half of 2022, the young, old, healthy and sick are all being affected.
The healthcare crisis that we have all been experiencing has highlighted the urgent need to find new and innovative ways to connect people to heart health, particularly in low-resource areas and communities.
Hence, the goal for World Heart Day 2021 is to use the power of digital health to increase global awareness, prevention, and management of CVD, therefore, it is telehealth that is considered to be the future, or rather the present of healthcare.
The theme thus revolves around connecting with our own hearts, ensuring that we are fueling and nurturing them as best we can, and utilizing the power of digital to connect every heart, everywhere.
As mentioned previously, this World Heart Day is based on three pillars: Equity, Prevention and Community.
- Equity: Although the world isn’t based on Equity, and many organizations and individuals are battling for equity in terms of genderism and racism, healthcare needs to disregard any such differences in individuals. Not all hearts are created equal. But they ought to be… and digital health can assist in redressing the balance
Isolated hearts are more at risk for cardiovascular diseases as they are not able to connect with doctors or health workers, and this is mainly due to the current digital divide within our communities, but in times like this it is crucial to realize that technology and data will assist us in closing the gap quickly. Thereby, enabling and empowering everyone, everywhere – young and old, men and women, children and adults, patients, community health workers, and doctors – to use digital tools for better heart-related disease prevention, diagnosis, and treatment.
- Prevention: It is crucial despite your history of Cardiovascular Diseases that you take the necessary precautions such as eating a healthy diet, saying no to tobacco and getting plenty of exercises.
Although COVID-19 has burdened all healthcare systems it is crucial that you not disregard your treatment plans and check-ups, especially if you have been diagnosed with heart failure, high blood pressure, diabetes, obesity or heart diseases.
- Community: You aren’t alone. There are 520 million people in the world who have been diagnosed with some type of CVD, and many of them have been instructed by governments or other regulatory bodies, to stay home and sheltered. Although this is true to some extent, many are avoiding medical appointments with this instruction in mind. They began isolating themselves from friends and family and even physical exercise has seen a decline. But this should not be the case. By harnessing the powers of technology, individuals should be able to connect with their doctors, family and friends virtually. They should be able to obtain medications through online ordering platforms and they should be able to focus on physical exercises at home. If one is more of a group exercise person, facilities such as Zoom groups where a group of people work out, perform Yoga or other forms of physical exercises are available.
What is a Cardiovascular Disease?
Our hearts are the size of our fists and start beating 3 weeks into being conceived, well before any other organ. Therefore, in an average person’s lifetime, it would have been beaten a couple of billion times. Thereby winning the title of the strongest muscle in the body. However, it needs a lot of care to remain that way, and it becomes vulnerable to certain factors such as smoking, having an unhealthy diet or constant exposure to stress factors.
CVD is a group of diseases affecting the heart or blood vessels (veins and arteries). Every year, more people die from CVD than from any other cause: over 18.6 million. 85 per cent of these deaths are caused by coronary heart disease (e.g., heart attacks) and cerebrovascular disease (e.g., strokes), and they primarily affect low- and middle-income countries.
Symptoms of Cardiovascular Diseases
- Chest pain, chest tightness, chest pressure and chest discomfort
- Pain, weakness or numbness in your legs and/or arms
- Pain or discomfort in the arms, neck, shoulder, jaw and back
- Shortness of breath
- Easily tiring during exercise or activity
- Changes in your heart rhythm
- Very fast or slow heartbeat, palpitations or fluttering in your chest
- Dizziness, lightheadedness or fainting
- Weakness or fatigue
- Swelling of the hands, legs, ankles or feet
- Skin rashes or unusual spots
- Dry or persistent cough
Men’s heart attack symptoms include severe chest pain, pain in the left arm or jaw, and difficulty breathing.
Women, on the other hand, experience more widespread pains that spread to the shoulders, neck, arms, abdomen, and back. Women may experience pain that is more akin to indigestion, and the pain may be intermittent. There may be no pain, but there may be unexplained anxiety, nausea, dizziness, palpitations, and cold sweating.
What can you do to lower your risk of CVDs?
According to the World Health Organization, up to 80% of all heart attacks and strokes are avoidable. The majority of CVD deaths are caused by risk factors such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, obesity, or diabetes, which can be prevented or controlled to a large extent by eating a healthy diet, exercising regularly, and not smoking. It is also critical to monitor your blood pressure, cholesterol levels, and blood sugar levels.
“Use Heart To Connect” – The Cloud Solutions International Survey
As a company that is based in healthcare through technology, we believe we play a key role in the accessibility and quality of healthcare in many ways, and as such, we wanted to look deeper – deeper into what our employees know about CardioVascular diseases and their tips to lead a healthier lifestyle.
This study consisted of a higher percentage of women and individuals who were Under the age of 30 (Women 61.5% and Under 30-year-olds 69.2%). However, when asked about their knowledge about CVDs, at least 62% had extensive knowledge. This then began to bring up questions on whether these individuals, who were mostly Under 30, had been diagnosed with CVD or had a family member diagnosed with CVD. Therefore, we asked that very question, only to find out that less than 25% of the respondents were either directly or indirectly affected.
This meant that although individuals were not directly or indirectly affected by it, they did their research and knew the basics of Cardiovascular Diseases. Furthermore, we saw individuals following healthy habits such as getting enough sleep, drinking a lot of water, avoiding smoking and drinking and instilling a positive mindset and attitude.
Furthermore, given that mental health is such a taboo topic in Sri Lanka, many fail to express just how much their diagnoses affect their mental health. 92% of our employees who were either diagnosed with a CVD or had a family member be diagnosed, expressed issues in mental health, almost immediately after receiving the diagnosis.
Thus, allowing us to make the conclusion that we need to do more to support individuals suffering from CVDs, there needs to be more done in order to make them feel connected and for them to receive suitable treatment in these very trying times. As a socially responsible healthcare organization, we choose to repeatedly raise awareness on this issue – both internally and externally, thereby embodying this year’s theme. It is now your chance to, Use Heart To Connect!
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At some point after your military retirement and before your ultimate retirement, you might want to cut back on your workload. One option might be the gig economy. The gig economy refers to those workers who freelance, contract, or otherwise rely on ‘gigs’ to supplement their income. While you might assume that this network consists primarily of millennials and younger individuals, retirees make up a larger portion each year.
According to Kiplinger, more than 400,000 seniors are now finding gig work online in order to utilize their time, and wealth, properly.1
It you do want to explore the gig economy you might want to consider a variety of gigs including driving for a ride-sharing service, renting out space for travelers or vacationers, or even pet-sitting locally.
Before You Start...
Ask Yourself If You’re Ready
As a military retiree, you have a base income that may support your main lifestyle needs. While for many being dependent on the gig economy might not be for them because income can fluctuate so much, it can be a great way to spend some time doing something you’re passionate about or discovering a new interest. Keep in mind that even though you may be a gig worker it’s still important to stay up to date on your taxes too.
Set Your Goals
As you consider taking on gig work, it’s important to set reasonable expectations and goals for yourself by doing research in areas that interest you. Keeping in mind your earnings potential as well as the challenges you may encounter along the way are also key to succeeding in the long run. While getting started can be relatively simple, it may take some time to maximize your potential and in turn, your income in whatever platform you turn to for your work.
Do the Math
If you’re currently retired from the military, you’ve hopefully done your homework related to how to utilize your wealth and income sources to continue the lifestyle you’ve worked so hard to achieve. When it comes to picking up gigs, it’s important to emphasize whether you’re reliant on the income you will receive or if it’s not about the money and you’re in it for the passion and excitement that can coincide.
If you are in fact choosing to work again because of your financial situation, it’s important that you understand where you are and what you’ll need to earn in order to live confidently and eventually leave a legacy of impact.
Build Your Brand
In any industry it is important to take the time to build a name for yourself and network properly so that you can find success. As a retiree, this is equally important whether you’re doing something out of passion or necessity. Get started on one platform initially and expand slowly so that your audience can grow with you. Making sure your reputation speaks for itself can make a big difference when it comes to spending your retirement years wisely.
Don’t Forget About Taxes
By making it this far you know that taxes can be difficult! It’s important to keep in mind the details when it comes to working for yourself. You’ll need to deduct taxes multiple times throughout the year, setting enough aside to cover self-employment tax and income tax. You will also need to file an annual tax return, unless you’re earning less than $400 a year.2 The IRS website provides more information about this. But as a base reference, you should plan on about 40% of your profits going towards taxes.
An accountant, or trusted advisor, can always be helpful when it comes to taxes, whether you’re working for yourself or not. Additionally, there are a number of software capabilities available to help as well.
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This content is developed from sources believed to be providing accurate information, and provided by Twenty Over Ten. It may not be used for the purpose of avoiding any federal tax penalties. Please consult legal or tax professionals for specific information regarding your individual situation. The opinions expressed and material provided are for general information, and should not be considered a solicitation for the purchase or sale of any security.
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CNetID & UCHAD Users
If you are a member of the University of Chicago faculty, staff or an affiliate, please login with your University issued CNetID or UCHAD credentials. Click the link in the "UCHAD or CNET ID" box below to login. For step by step instructions, download the CNetID & UCHAD Login Guide.
Visitors - NON CNetID & UCHAD Users
If you are not a member of the University of Chicago community and do not have University issued credentials, please create your login. Click on the link under "New Account" in the "Visitor" box below. For step by step instructions, download the Visitor Login Guide.
Note: Creating multiple accounts, or accounts under the wrong type of credentials may lead to discrepancies in credit or account information. If you need any assistance, please email [email protected].
UCHAD or CNetID
For University of Chicago and Northshore practitioners with a CNetID or UCHAD.
Non University of Chicago employee or Major Affiliate.
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We pride ourselves on becoming your partner and help your company reach its goals.
Public Warehousing Milwaukee
For more than 35 years Christopher Morgan Fulfillment has provided comprehensive warehousing and value-added logistics services in Milwaukee and across the country.
Quickly Getting Your Products on Your Customers Shelves On Time
With the current trend toward reducing inventories, there is a constant demand for variable space, labor, and equipment required to support the business during peak season or large growth cycles. Given adequate lead-time, public warehouses are able to offer manufacturers total flexibility to either increase or decrease their space, equipment, and human resources requirements. Here are just a few of the advantages that we provide through our public warehousing Milwaukee services:
Transportation – Manufacturers who consolidate their materials and merchandise in a public warehouse are able to realize significant cost savings due to the high percentage of total distribution or logistics costs associated with transportation.
Increased Profits – By using a public warehouse, a company does not have to use its capital to acquire and operate a distribution center such as buildings, systems, or equipment. Instead, this capital can be freed up and redirected to areas that make a higher contribution to increasing profits, such as research and development, marketing, or employee education.
Logistics Knowledge – Regional public warehouse operators – that are owned and operated by entrepreneurs who have been in the business for decades, provide a unique value and make a significant contribution to the smooth execution of a company’s supply chain strategy. This is simply due to their intimate knowledge of how to get things done in their market and the rock solid relationships they have developed over the years.
Distribution Focus – Providing logistical services is all public warehouses do. As a result, they devote all of their resources to being excellent at “the basics”, continuously improving processes, providing on-going training, investing in equipment advancements, and developing or acquiring leading edge hardware/software systems. By having this focus, manufacturers are freed up to concentrate on their core competency such as marketing, R&D, or manufacturing and know that the public warehouse will be in a position to support and actually help them grow their business.
Human Resources – Virtually every business lists the hiring and retention of quality labor as one of their most critical challenges. Since public warehouses are in the service business and human resources is a key ingredient to providing quality services, they must develop a core competency in human resource management.
Information Technology – The primary concerns of public warehouses are logistics and the integration among supply chain partners, so they regularly allocate more resources to IT development and frequently have more sophisticated or leading edge information technology capabilities than corporations whose core competency is not distribution. As a result, unless a manufacturer has devoted an unusually high amount of resources to IT, they will find that one of the benefits of using a public warehouse is the availability of leading edge IT.
Inventory Control – One of the most overlooked benefits of using public warehousing is added control over your product and level of service provided. Contrary to popular belief, a properly “managed” relationship can give the manufacturer even more control than if they used a company-operated facility. Essentially, a public warehouse becomes the manufacturer’s “product bank.” The manufacturer directs inventory deposits and withdrawals and it’s the responsibility of the warehouse to ensure and guarantee its accuracy.
Resource Purchasing Power – Since public warehouses are supporting the needs of a number of manufacturers, they often purchase larger quantities of resources. By purchasing “in bulk”, public warehousing can often times reduce the total cost of resources required to support a company’s distribution system.
Christopher Morgan Fulfillment has access to more than 600,000 square feet of professionally managed, secure, dry storage space, warehousing & distribution in Milwaukee and in all regions of the United States.
|Our facilities are located in:
New Berlin, Wisconsin
Los Angeles, California
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Here are a few of the services we offer at all of our warehousing & distribution facilities:
Warehousing and Distribution Milwuakee Services:
- Case Pick/Open Case Pick
- Small Parcel Shipping (Fed-Ex, UPS, DHL, USPS)
- Cross Docking
- Just-in-Time (JIT)
- Retail, direct-to-consumer & business-to-business distribution.
- Contract (Dedicated) and Public (Multi-Client) facilities
- Real-time web access to inventory
- WMS with full reporting and analytics
- Cycle Counts
- Value-Added Services
- Overflow and Seasonal Warehousing
- Inventory and supply chain management
- Milwaukee Warehousing
To learn more about our public warehousing services, give us a call today at 262-780-7296.
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I hope you’ve spent some splendid time near the beach and enjoyed the gentle sea breeze. Now, when you’re full of energy and ravenous to conquer new frontiers, CMS2CMS decided to give you a boost in the web journey. Starting from now, you have a unique opportunity to get a discount up to 20% by….actually catching it!
First, go to the page where the special discount crabs are, and click on the crab you’ve liked the most. Caught it? Perfect! Now, copy the coupon code you’ve got, and start the automated migration. On the 3d step of the migration process, please find a section “I have a coupon”. Paste there your coupon code and complete the migration.
Mind that the offer lasts until the 31st of August!
So don’t wait up and start your crab hunting😉 Catch your discount and save your money with the help of CMS2CMS service.
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Rep. Dade Phelan (R-Beaumont), Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, greeted yesterday’s acquittal of Attorney General Ken Paxton with a very public, very bitter lament. He ended with what sounded like a threat to pursue Paxton in other ways. But other members of the Texas State House renewed calls for Phelan to step down from his Speakership.
A Texas sized donnybrook
In May 2023, Phelan presided over a House that voted 121-23 to impeach Paxton on several financial corruption charges. At issue was his friendship with Nate Paul, who frequently supports Paxton’s reelection campaigns financially. Charges varied from acceptance of improper gifts to finding a job for Paul’s wife. Perhaps the most serious charges alleged misappropriation of State taxpayer funds.
But Ryan Vassar, formerly a Deputy Attorney General, had no evidence for his charges, either for the FBI in Fall of 2020 or before the Texas Senate over the eleven-day trial. Accordingly, the Senate acquitted Paxton, 16-14 with one abstention. (Angela Paxton, Ken Paxton’s wife, also serves as a State Senator, so she had no vote.)
X user DC Draino named the two Republican Senators who joined the twelve Democrats in voting to convict.
(It would have taken twenty or twenty-one Senators to convict Paxton in any case.)
Paxton thanked his supporters, including his wife, and also warned the Biden Administration that he, now that he can resume the powers and duties of his office, would be pursuing that Administration in the federal courts.
Gov. Greg Abbott (R-Texas) also expressed his support and his eagerness to work with Paxton on several pending legal cases.
(Texas faces a lawsuit over the ballards, interspersed with serrated-edged disks, they have strung along part of the Rio Grande.)
A RINO’s lament
But Dade Phelan bitterly accused the Senate, and Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick, of “cheating the people of Texas of justice.” He then darkly hinted that Paxton faces “multiple other lawsuits, indictments, and investigations.”
The “drunk jackass” remark refers to an incident, also in May, in which Phelan tried to speak, and slurred his words.
Several of his colleagues, and Attorney General Paxton, called on him to resign even then.
And they are calling on him to resign now. Rep. Brian Harrison (R-Nacogdoches), who voted against impeachment, accused Phelan and other Republican leaders of betraying the Party, collaborating with Democrats, pressuring Republicans to vote for impeachment, and bringing the Texas House into disrepute. In fact, he has called for the State Auditor to investigate the total cost of the impeachment process.
The next generation is on the line; with every freedom and liberty being eroded. Yet instead of securing the border, passing school choice, banning COVID mandates, fixing our grid and energy market, reining in emergency executive powers, cutting spending, ending property taxes, deregulating our economy, or stopping communist governments from buying Texas land, the Speaker of the House prioritized the impeachment of a recently re-elected Attorney General who has proven he is up to the most important task of our time: fighting the out of control federal government, which seeks to destroy our rights, our freedoms, our liberties, our state sovereignty, and the Constitution.
Harrison also has a bone to pick with Phelan for appointing Democrats to chair key committees. Almost no other majority leader or other presiding officer awards chairmanships to the minority.
Terry A. Hurlbut has been a student of politics, philosophy, and science for more than 35 years. He is a graduate of Yale College and has served as a physician-level laboratory administrator in a 250-bed community hospital. He also is a serious student of the Bible, is conversant in its two primary original languages, and has followed the creation-science movement closely since 1993.
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Many years ago, I made the acquaintance of Howard Nemerov. I don’t want this to sound any larger than it was — acquaintance is just the right word. He lived down the street from me here, in St. Louis. Sometimes we’d talk of war, World War II for him, Vietnam for me. I remember once saying how I always felt like my service was a failure, that somehow I had failed The Manhood Test. It was one of the first times I’d ever been aggressively honest about my trauma. He admitted having the same feelings. “It’s amazing how war can make us feel like a failure, even when all we failed to do was get ourselves killed.”
And, of course, we spoke of poetry. I have for decades meditated on an off-handed comment he made. “I have no imagination.” At first, I was uncomprehending. Years later, as I walked across the campus of Washington University, years after he’d passed, I saw Nemerov’s old office window. There were the gingko trees he wrote about in his poetry. He didn’t imagine anything. He just looked out the window. That act of looking took no imagination. The art was in his craft.
This poem below records an event that happened in 1970. My first night in the 4th Infantry Division, North Vietnamese sappers blew-up twenty-one helicopters. Welcome to The Nam. The next night, we watched “Puff The Magic Dragon”, a Douglas AC-47 gunship, killed these N. V. A. maybe a half-a-mile from the camp. This gunship carried three mini-guns, Gatling guns, which fired so many rounds, 6,000 rounds a minute, that it was said that they put one bullet in every square inch of an area the size of a football field. These mini-guns don’t even sound like a rat-a-tat-tat machine gun. It’s more like wwwwhhhaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh, so many bullets firing so fast that they are indistinguishable. The next morning, a patrol didn’t find any bodies, just body-sized splotches of blood.
I wanted to capture the fact that my feelings were a combination of relief and awe. It is a cliché to say that soldiers are always afraid. No doubt many are. But I wasn’t afraid. And I wasn’t brave. This untitled poem records the night in The Nam that I became dissociative.
I have struggled for decades with my own reaction formation, which is a near-pacifist stance. I hate war. But that doesn’t mean I didn’t find it arousing. Hence, “it’s finally time” to tell a story that I, for decades, didn’t want to know about myself.
Years after the war, it’s finally time,
our first sergeant retired,
our outpost plowed under,
the secrets no longer the news, that we tell
the story and tell it again until we hear
what we hated to know:
that we admired the arc of the tracer,
that we admired the splotches of blood.
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"traumatic_experience": "fearlessness not bravery",
"reaction_formation": "pacifist stance despite arousal"
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"confession_motivation": "decades-long denial of self-knowledge",
"theme_expression": "admiration amidst horror"
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"realization": "acceptance of personal experience",
"cultural_cliche_challenge": "questioning the universality of fear among soldiers"
}
}
}
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MICHELE SWANN NAMED 2016 WOMAN OF INFLUENCE BY VENUES TODAY MAGAZINE
ATLANTA – Michele Swann, General Manager & CEO of the Cobb-Marietta Coliseum & Exhibit Hall Authority, will receive the Women of Influence 2016 Award from Venues Today magazine.
Swann has led the Cobb Galleria Centre, Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, Galleria Specialty Shops, and ArtsBridge Foundation through tremendous growth in facilities, programs, and services. First hired in 1995 as assistant general manager, Swann was promoted to general manager/CEO of the Cobb-Marietta Coliseum & Exhibit Hall Authority in 1999. Swann has worked in public venue management for more than 30 years. She is a past Trustee of the International Association of Venue Managers (IAVM) Foundation and past Vice President of Region Five.
Venues Today is the leading source of original reporting for live entertainment and events, serving management, owners and suppliers to music, sports and meetings venues internationally. According to the magazine, Swann “exemplifies qualities of leadership, integrity, dedication, motivation, and teamwork, all while inspiring other women to achieve their own goals as well.” Venues Today offers a number of annual awards to honor excellence in the venue industry. Considered to be one of Venues Today’s most prestigious honors, the Women of Influence are given out each year during the International Association of Venue Manager’s annual conference and tradeshow, VenueConnect.
About the Authority
The Cobb-Marietta Coliseum & Exhibit Hall Authority owns and operates the Cobb Galleria Centre, Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, ArtsBridge Foundation and Galleria Specialty Shops and is governed by seven members, appointed to seven posts. The Authority is a body corporate and politic created by the Georgia General Assembly in 1980 for the purpose of acquiring, constructing and maintaining facilities for the general purpose of promoting cultural growth, education and welfare.
About Cobb Galleria Centre
The Cobb Galleria Centre is located in the beautifully landscaped 88-acre Galleria complex in prestigious northwest Atlanta. Cobb Galleria Centre is Atlanta’s premier convention facility with 320,000 square feet of event space, four exhibition halls, 20 meeting rooms, four executive boardrooms and a grand ballroom. Cobb Galleria Centre had more than 348,000 visitors to 635
events in 2015, resulting in an overall economic impact of $123 million. For more information, visit cobbgalleria.com and follow us on Facebook at facebook.com/CobbGalleria, on Twitter at @CobbGalleria and on Instagram at instagram.com/cobbgalleria/.
About Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre
The Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre is located at 2800 Cobb Galleria Parkway in northwest Atlanta, inside the Perimeter. Cobb Energy Centre is a premier venue for opera, concerts, Broadway shows, ballet, educational shows, family shows and corporate meetings and events. The Centre hosts
two resident companies, the Atlanta Ballet and The Atlanta Opera. The facility includes the 2,750-seat John A. Williams Theatre, 10,000-square-foot Kessel D. Stelling Ballroom and other meeting spaces, 1,000 parking spaces including a 700-space parking deck, and full-service food and beverage capabilities. For more information about the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, visit cobbenergycentre.com and follow us on Facebook at facebook.com/CEPAC, on Twitter at @CobbEnergyPAC and on Instagram at instagram.com/cobbenergypac/.
About ArtsBridge Foundation
ArtsBridge Foundation is dedicated to providing quality arts education and community engagement programs that engage, motivate, inspire, and elevate the next generation of artists and arts supporters. ArtsBridge forms connections with students in grades K-12 by providing arts education opportunities through field trip programs to the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, master class workshops, artists-in-schools, and the annual Georgia High School Musical Theatre Awards – Shuler Hensley Awards. Since our inception in 2007, ArtsBridge has served more than 300,000 students and educators from 54 Georgia counties, plus students from Alabama, Tennessee, Florida and South Carolina. To learn more, visit artsbridgega.org and follow us on Twitter at @ArtsbridgeGA, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ArtsBridgeGa and on Instagram at instagram.com/artsbridgega/.
About Galleria Specialty Shops
Located in the beautifully landscaped 88-acre Galleria complex in prestigious northwest Atlanta, the Galleria Specialty Shops is one of Atlanta’s premier shopping locations with one-of-a-kind shops and restaurants. For more information on the Galleria Specialty Shops visit galleriaspecialtyshops.com.
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Assuming you have a valid Georgia mechanic or materialmen’s lien, the lien is good for one year from the date the lien is filed. In order to extend the lien beyond this expiration date, however, Georgia’s lien laws require that the Lien Claimant file a lawsuit against the party with whom they contracted before the lien expires. In addition, the lien claimant must file (and serve) a Notice of Filing of Action for Claim on Mechanics and Materialmen’s Liens. Fulfilling all of the statutory requirements before the statute of limitations expires is referred to as “perfecting your lien”.
Due to the complexity of complying with Georgia’s Lien Laws and the inherent difficulties of self-representation, it is very important to have an attorney prepare this suit and meet the other statutory requirements on your behalf.
We occasionally get telephone calls, however, from subcontractors or laborers who filed their own liens and call us to help them perfect their liens; unfortunately, there are situations where the costs to enforce your lien rights may not justify the legal expenses. In those instances, Georgia offers a possible avenue for these smaller claims–Magistrate Court.
Georgia Magistrate Court is our state’s version of small claims court or the people’s court. Although the Magistrate Court is usually more dignified than the shows on television, it really is a forum for citizens of Georgia who are owed money but aren’t owned enough money to justify the expense and the time of hiring legal counsel. Thus, you may be able to file and prosecute an action in Magistrate Court pro se (that is, representing yourself). Magistrate Court currently has a jurisdictional limit of $15,000 which means you can only file your lawsuit in Magistrate Court if the amount you are owed is less than $15,000; consequently, the Cobb Law Group does not do much work in Magistrate Court, but you can find out more information by clicking here:
If you choose to pursue your claim in Magistrate Court, you are still required to file your Notice of Filing of Action for Claim on Mechanics and Materialmen’s Liens, and we strongly suggest that you hire a Georgia Construction law firm to prepare this document on your behalf as it must meet statutory requirements and will require information relating to the current owner’s of the real estate which may be difficult to locate.
If you have any experience which you wish to share regarding your experience with perfecting liens or filing a lawsuit in one of Georgia’s Magistrate Courts, please leave a comment below.
This is a general information article and should not be construed as legal advice or a legal opinion. The content above has been edited for conciseness and additional relevant points are omitted for space constraints. Readers are encouraged to seek counsel from a construction lawyer for advice on a particular circumstance.
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Time is of the essence. All perspectives, skills and roles are essential. Let’s create a sustainable future together.
Our partner, the Global Impact Alliance is a courageous stand for the potential of humanity to evolve in mindset, and create systems that ensure an equitable, purpose driven and sustainable 21st century. The NGO convenes a change network of Impact Entrepreneurs (“Creators”), Impact Investors (“Catalysts”) and Conscious Citizens (“Mentors”). We connect, advice, mentor and train to create measurable and scalable impact and system change. We work with organisations and companies ready to cooperate across sectors to meet the SDGs and implement the Roadmap of our Charta.
Building a truly sustainable future needs more than impactful projects. It needs a change of mindset, the transformation of our current systems & understanding the impact of disruptive technologies. We hence date to ask uncomfortable questions, to present alternative approaches to our current economic, health and education system and facilitate courageous projects around these key topics:
- The Purpose of Capital
- The Power of Giving
- The unintended consequences of Technology
- Trust in times of Automation
- Teaching & School reinvented
- The Ethics of AI & Biotech
- Including the “unheard” into the Impact Conversation
- Barriers to innovative inventions coming to market
- Collaboration for Health
- Integrating impact as part of Success in Life, Business & Investments
Solutions are driven by multi-stakeholder projects, for-profit companies or non-profit organisations that
- solve one or more of our most pressing issues.
- contribute towards one or more of the SDGs.
- have a sustainable business model.
- have the potential to scale.
- are led by conscious entrepreneurs.
Activation of Bioregional Business Ecosystems and Bioregional Regeneration Regenerative Reboot is a project that seeks to achieve an ecological, social and systemic transformation within various territories (bio-regions). The project is about integrating and aligning the strategy and impact of the…
In response to an emergent necessity for a life-affirming, symbiotic collaboration between politics, economy, science and the civic society, we create a Chamber of Purpose (CoP) in addition to the established Chambers of Commerce. The CoP connects stakeholders committed to…
ScienceX is the platform-based collaboration ecosystem for sharing data and results to create projects and ventures beyond the bench. The ScienceX platform is the toolbox to collaborate everywhere, inside and outside of academia, even connecting laboratories across societies and to…
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ScienceX is the platform-based collaboration ecosystem for sharing data and results to create projects and ventures beyond the bench.
The ScienceX platform is the toolbox to collaborate everywhere, inside and outside of academia, even connecting laboratories across societies and to external resources, funding opportunities and corporates. It integrates cutting-edge technology, with a reliable legal frame-work, networking activity in the scientific community, and your everyday digital tools like lab books or shared documents, all while aiming to revolutionise publishing and funding.
Research in times of COVID has shown that cooperation is the way to accelerate development and increase the success rate of science-based innovation. To solve humanities burning challenges, the science community, funders and commercial adoptors have to continue this work on a higher level of collaboration and goal-oriented efficiency. ScienceX ist the initiative to build a digital ecosystem and foster exchange. Talented scientists worldwide participate in joint research, share data and results while tracking who contributed; they receive tokens for their contribution, which are converted when research is funded, spun-off or patented; they can also trade these shares amongst one another; Researchers and spin-offs are enabled with a novel graphical navigator and network visualisation to effectively build their ventures; PIs, incubators, mentors and investors get life metrics to support KPI-based decisions and pre-validate opportunities.
ScienceX offers a semi-permeable platform for all institutes and facilities that simultaneously connects you to other labs, institutes, societies, incubators, industry and many more, whilst keeping your intellectual property secure and rewarding those who collaborate.
With expertise in both science and business, XChange crosses borders and connects sectors, from research to startups to global business and social impact. We are experts in serving various customer needs at the same time, developing customised solutions that connect to the bigger picture.
Activation of Bioregional Business Ecosystems and Bioregional Regeneration Regenerative Reboot is a project that seeks to achieve an ecological, social and systemic transformation within various territories (bio-regions). The project is about integrating and aligning the strategy and impact of the…
In response to an emergent necessity for a life-affirming, symbiotic collaboration between politics, economy, science and the civic society, we create a Chamber of Purpose (CoP) in addition to the established Chambers of Commerce. The CoP connects stakeholders committed to…
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Safari is an authoritative travel, tourism and hospitality portal for Tanzania and East Africa
The Founding President of Tanzania, Julius Nyerere hated the idea of paying bride price, in fact he abhorred the custom so much to an extent of terming it ‘Evil!’
Nyerere who died 22 years ago at Saint Thomas Hospital in London, is quoted as saying dowry turned girls and women into slaves.
“Paying for bride price is like buying women.” Mwalimu maintained.
The fact that they are ‘bought’, the man treats them as his property, and that he can beat them and mistreat them without any sanction from the community, while constantly reminding them that they were paid for with bride price,” Nyerere maintained.
That is part of an excerpt taken from his Biography, authored by Prof. Issa Shivji, Saida Yahya Othman and Ng’wanza Kamata.
Terming dowry as ‘evil’ Nyerere was quoted as saying he views it as a purely commercial transaction, in which women are commoditized and sold for a price.
Nyerere pointed out that, even men eventually fall victims of the horrid dowry system, because it only works in favor of the rich. A poor man without the requisite number of cows and goats would not be able to get a wife.
The former President of Tanzania also hated arranged marriages.
And he should have known, as he was a victim of such matrimonial arrangement.
Working as School Teacher in Tabora, Nyerere was subjected to an early engagement with a girl, Magori Watiha dispatched to him by his father, Chief Burito, all the way from their Butiama home village.
Nyerere could not sustain his betrothal to Magonis who was sent to him while he was teaching at Tabora. He sent the girl back to her parents, escorted from Tabora by his half-brother Joseph Muhunda.
Magori Watiha was still very young when she arrived in Tabora; Nyerere had agreed that she go to primary school while staying with him.
But he soon discovered that Magori had no interest in school, and Nyerere was not prepared to marry an uneducated girl.
Besides, Magori was apparently unhappy, as evidenced by her constant tears. However, an additional motivation for Nyerere returning Magori to her parents may have been his continuing opposition to arranged marriages, especially between young girls and older men.
Mwalimu would later Marry a fellow schoolteacher, Maria Waningu Magige in 1953 and she became the country’s First Lady in 1964
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This is a complete Unity game, called Dash Valley.
It is ready for release, and it’s excellent for learning purposes.
Contains Admob and Unity Ads
How to play?
On mobile : Hold to slow down time, drag to aim and release to shoot.
On desktop/web : Hold to slow down time, drag to aim and release to shoot.
Your goal is to move the player as high as possible.
However, if you touch any of the red spikes, or you fall down, then you die.
Background music by Eric Matyas: http://www.soundimage.org
Sound effects: https://www.noiseforfun.com
- Implemented Admob and Unity Ads
- Three complete levels and an endless level
- Spawning system
- Score/highscore system
- Skin changing system
- Basic skins
- Sound effects, background music
- Commented, clean C# scripts
- Easy customization
- Basic menu
- Responsive UI
- Compatible with mobile and desktop
- Works with Text Mesh Pro
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"end_conditions": "falling"
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"url": "http://www.soundimage.org"
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"purpose": "learning"
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In the last round, I have received unexpected warnings from CodeForces plagiarism checker for the Div-2 contest that was hosted on June 4 2023.The warning says that my submission for the question 1840E was directly coninciding.
In the question we have to check the postion of the the arrays A,B according to the query(positions) given and swapping the values if the query was 1.It was straightforward and most the submissions had to do it as the output was also unique. i got the plag detection by using this algorithm and decremnting the count.
my submission -https://codeforces.com/contest/1840/submission/208801857 question — https://codeforces.com/contest/1840/problem/E
As you can see it was similiar as the algorithm was straightforward but our code was not alike. so i would request @MikeMirzayanov and @diskoteka @isosto @pavlekn @playerr17 (creators of the contest) to look into this. thank you
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Cyber 3-2-1: Is the end of passwords in sight? Why is a bank warning us about taxis? Why worry about smart glasses? And why do bad guys love crypto wallets and Android devices? This week’s action: It’s time to do a health check on your Android devices.
Cyber 3-2-1: What is SIM Swap Fraud? How to reduce account hacks by 50%? How is GDPR driving demand for EU data centres? And how could the need to report an attack result in better cybersecurity? This week’s action: Check MFA is turned on for all accounts, especially those used by IT.
Cyber 3-2-1: ComReg has a plan to tackle volume of scam calls to Irish mobile users. Google’s trackers are being investigated in the US, while the Austrian Courts have ruled that Google Analytics contravenes GDPR. And the US Federal Reserve starts a discussion about digital currencies. This week’s action: Don’t answer that call
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[Reading time: 10 seconds]
We all know about the 80/20 rule (the Pareto Principle), which states that roughly 80% of outcomes result from 20% of inputs or efforts.
Things get really interesting when you apply the 80/20 rule..
to the 80/20 rule!
This would suggest that 64% of outcomes could result from just 4% of inputs or efforts.
What has this got to do with cyber security?
To improve your cyber security defences:
Focus initially on the 4% of security measures*
that could address 64% of the common risks.
* I bet you already know the 4% that I’m talking about, but if not, you can find out at https://codeinmotion.ie/secure-foundation/
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Learn to make iOS apps even if you have absolutely no programming experience. This hands-on book takes you from idea to App Store, using real-world examples—such as driving a car or eating at a restaurant—to teach programming and app development. You’ll learn concepts through clear, concise, jargon-free language.
This book focuses on Apple’s new programming language, Swift. Each lesson is divided into two parts: the lecture portion explains the terms and concepts through examples, and the exercise portion helps you apply these concepts while building real-world apps, like a tip calculator. Learn how to think differently—and see the world from a whole new perspective.
- Learn the basic building blocks of programming
- Dive into the Swift programming language
- Make apps for iPhone and iPad
- Use GPS in your app to find a user’s location
- Take or select photos with your app
- Integrate your app with Facebook and Twitter
- Submit your app to the App Store
- Manage and market your app on the App Store
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Friend.tech has spread out to the entire Crypto community on X platform like a storm. It has been getting attractions, capital inflows, and bringing opportunities for everyone involved.
So, what exactly is Friend.tech?
What is Friend.tech?
Friend.tech is a new social app built on Base, the new Layer 2 network from Coinbase which was launched recently. The app allows users to tokenize their social network. In essence, people can sell “shares” of themselves, and these share owners can privately chat with the person they own shares in.
To initiate engagement, users must acquire an invitation code and link their X accounts (formerly known as Twitter). Upon satisfying these initial steps, users are required to inject a minimum of 0.01 $ETH into the Base network. The deposit grants users access to the Friend.tech application and its array of features.
How do people monetize with Friend.tech?
There are currently two ways to make money with Friend.tech
- “Buy low and Sell high” shares of others
Users can choose to join certain channels, earning a share of the selected channel by paying the base price. This base amount serves as the participation fee. If users later decide to leave the channel, they can liquidate their group shares.
By this method, whenever a user buys a share at such a price and sells it higher, he would profit from that trade, and vice versa.
- Own a quality account
The fee on Friend.tech is distributed as follows:
- 5% of the share price goes to the Friend Tech treasury.
- 5% of the share price goes to the person that you’re buying or selling the share from.
Obviously, the more dynamically a share is traded, the more revenue the share owner receives. Some of the top accounts have now generated up to $27K in revenue.
Friend.tech also distributed “points” for users every Friday. It’s still unclear what actually contributes to getting these points, but supposedly it’s mostly based on the fees you generate by buying and selling shares.
Several Friend.tech statistics
The below statistics are cited from our homemade source on Dune.
Until now, there have been over 1M cumulative transactions on Friend.tech, making a total of over $6M in fees.
The market has been so dynamic these days with over 50K transactions per day, whereas the figure last week had only been around 15K transactions.
More and more traders are participating in Friend.tech, making this app hotter than ever. Currently, there are a total of 94K traders on Friend.tech.
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ASCE Collaborate has updated to a new platform called Thrive. We appreciate your patience as we make the transition. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact [email protected]
An ASCE membership login is required to participate in discussion forums and ASCE Mentor Match. Interested in becoming an ASCE member? Join Now. Need to renew? Renew Now.
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Doll in costume. Bright red polka dotted dress with blue scarf bearing white polka dots. Blue and white striped socks with black boots complete the ensemble. the doll has large blue eyes and pink-coloured rosy cheeks.
BYLOR / RUSSION Hand-written
Doll, 1981.50.1. The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
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The “Virtual Journey through Time,” which will be located in the exhibition area Time and Space at the Deutsches Museum Nürnberg in the future, has passed an initial test phase with flying colors. Museum employees tried out the virtual and fully interactive scavenger hunt under expert guidance – and are thrilled.
No, details are not revealed yet! Only this much: the junk of the future is the key to success in the “Virtual Time Travel”, which the Future Museum will host in the future on the third floor in the exhibition area Time and Space. “What’s special about our VR time travel is that four players are in a virtual space together – and are both fully mobile and able to interact with each other,” says lead developer Jonas Zimmer from Cologne Game Lab. Together with Fee Bonny, who scripted the adventure, and his team from TH Köln, the programmer with a master’s degree in media studies is working on an entertaining VR concept on behalf of the Deutsches Museum, in which participants must cooperate to complete their mission.
“Technically, the VR time travel is made possible by the latest generation of Oculus VR goggles, which can use cameras to determine a location within a room themselves at any time,” Zimmer explains. Unlike conventional systems, this allows the players to move freely in the virtual space. This makes the Nuremberg VR Arena a unique publicly accessible experimental field. “Of course, it’s important that the calibration is correct – otherwise the players will run into each other in the game or collide with the wall,” says Zimmer.
But this was not the case during the test run at the Deutsches Museum in Nuremberg: the interaction between the players and with the virtual environment worked surprisingly well. Gundolf Freyermuth, director of the Cologne Game Lab, is also pleased about this: “We are happy that we were able to create an experience with this interdisciplinary team that has never been seen before in a museum. In addition, the exhibit not only offers an exciting glimpse into a possible future, but also serves as a research field to investigate virtual embodiment and presence as well as shared-space cooperation in mixed realities.” The Virtual Time Travel offers a glimpse into Nuremberg in 2050 – the “Museum of the Future” is now called the “Museum of the Present,” drones animate the city, and numerous further developments of the DMN exhibits shape everyday life. “Virtual reality is an exciting technology with a lot of potential for future applications,” says exhibition organizer Andreas Gundelwein. “With a game that pushes the limits of what is technologically possible today, visitors should be able to venture a glimpse into this fascinating world of technology – and, of course, into the coming future of Nuremberg.”
That’s why the curatorial team deliberately opted for virtual journey to the flea market. Marion Grether, the director of the Future Museum, is particularly taken with the interactive potential of the journey through time: “You get an inkling of the direction in which this technology will influence entertainment media, but also future communication technology in general. To be able to be part of this pioneering work makes the whole museum team proud.”
Header: Marion Grether (2nd from left) tests the VR goggles before entering the game arena. Photo: Deutsches Museum
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High school marching bands across Southern California–from Los Angeles to Manhattan Beach–have had their tubas stolen, and their music directors think they know why. There’s a banda bandit on the loose in Los Angeles. "The band is driven by the tuba and the drummer," Bill Roper, a professional tuba player explains to the [Associated Press.](http://www.freep.com/usatoday/article/53421518?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|Metro%20Detroit|s) "The tuba serves the time function and the bass function, and the rest of the band can’t exist without that."
Tubas Go Missing Near L.A., Blame the Mexican Banda Black Market
There's a banda bandit on the loose in Los Angeles.
By Jorge Rivas Apr 03, 2012
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Signed in as:
the gym? Or worse yet wants diets that are repetitive and boring that don't work? 3-2-1 is an all-inclusive science based health, fitness, nutrition, proper hydration and recovery program that encompasses changing up workouts, as well as diets and hydration strategies that are scientifically grounded in evidence.
If you're looking to get in shape, there are two things you need: motivation and a plan.
You can find out how to motivate yourself on the internet or from your friends, but what about the actual plan? How do you know what exercises will work best for your body type? How do you know what kinds of foods to eat and when? How do you know why your body hasn't responded to other things you've tried in the past? And most importantly, how do you make sure it all fits into your busy schedule?
That's where 3-2-1 comes in. We've spent years doing research on the science of fitness, health and nutrition, so we know exactly what works best for people of every shape and size, all while keeping it realistic and manageable. With this ALL INCLUSIVE plan we'll help you figure out what kind of workout regimen is right for you, what your body will respond to most, why you have struggled in the past—and then we'll create a personalized nutrition plan that fits into your schedule and makes it easy to stick with and easy for you to track
Don't wait another day to start living healthier! Find out more about 3-2-1 today!
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An elderly nursing home patient died two years after first noticing a swelling on his penis. The nursing home failed to follow up on his complaints for a full year, until a growing cancerous tumor had to be removed. Deborah J. Gander represented the estate in a case involving violations of Florida’s nursing home statute that was settled in 2006.
If you have an elderly relative residing in a nursing home, then you trust that the facility is a safe, healthy place for your loved one to live. You expect that the staff will provide the kind of medical assistance and supervision that your relative needs. Unfortunately, the reality is that there are times when nursing homes and assisted living facilities fail to provide a reasonable standard of care and endanger vulnerable residents. At Colson Hicks Eidson, we are standing by to help if you need a nursing home abuse or neglect attorney by your side.
Our team has a reputation for success in handling personal injury cases throughout the country and has handled highly-publicized cases against nursing homes. We have the resources necessary to pursue complex nursing home claims. Our attorneys work with medical experts to determine the exact nature of the conditions at nursing homes where there has been negligent care. We can help you hold the facility and/or the staff accountable for the harm and distress they caused your relative and your family.
Nursing homeowners and staff may endanger residents by violating industry regulations or failing to provide reasonable attention in virtually any aspect of care. Some of the most common examples of nursing home negligence and abuse include:
Often, elderly residents may be unable or unwilling to report poor conditions, especially if abusive staff threaten or intimidate them. Therefore, family members should remain alert for even small warning signs of negligence when visiting loved ones. These may include:
Every state sets a time frame for how long they allow victims of personal injuries to file lawsuits in order to recover compensation. These are referred to in the law as statutes of limitations. In Florida, the personal injury statute of limitations is four years from the date an injury occurs in most situations. This may seem like a long time, but the reality is that these claims can become very complicated and take time to investigate before a lawsuit can be filed.
Additionally, the nursing home abuse and neglect attorneys at Colson Hicks Eidson work with clients throughout the United States. This means that you need to be aware of your state’s personal injury statute of limitations moving forward. These statutes can often be two or three years.
Any person who fails to file a claim within their state’s respective time limit will be unable to recover any compensation they may be entitled to. If you are a family member who discovered that your loved one was a victim of abuse or neglect in a nursing home, you can contact one of our attorneys today so we can help you understand how quickly we need to get started.
If you discover that your loved one has been the victim of abuse or neglect in a nursing home, we know that your number one goal is to ensure that they get to a safe environment. However, the costs of dealing with nursing home abuse and neglect can be tremendous. There may be various types of compensation available to victims of nursing home abuse and neglect. This can include both economic and non-economic compensation, such as the following:
The total amount of compensation available in these cases will vary depending on the facts and circumstances surrounding each individual nursing home abuse or neglect case. The attorneys at Colson Hicks Eidson will work to secure maximum compensation on behalf of our clients in these situations.
If you suspect that nursing home negligence caused your loved one’s injuries or wrongful death, then contact our elder abuse lawyers today. We are known, nationwide, for our uncompromising approach to complex personal injury cases, including those involving elder neglect. We can fight to hold the liable parties and institution accountable for your loved one’s pain, both physical and emotional. Additionally, a nursing home lawsuit can effect change within a facility, protecting others from future injury.
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After going 7-9 last season, the Indianapolis Colts hold the No. 13 overall pick in the upcoming draft and with a roster featuring many holes, there are plenty of options for Chris Ballard and company to explore.
A lot of draft experts believe this draft class coming in is deep at the quarterback, wide receiver, tight end and defensive line positions. Thankfully for the Colts, they have some question marks at really all these positions.
An offer for Colts fans
So what should the Colts do at No. 13? Should they trade back and possibly acquire another draft pick, should they trade up or should they stay at 13 and take the best available player or take a position of need?
If they stay at No. 13, here are the positions they should prioritize:
In a few mock drafts, there seems to be a consensus that there will be at least two or three quarterbacks (Joe Burrow, Tua Tagovailoa, Justin Herbert) taken before Indianapolis gets on the clock at 13.
There is also the possibility a team could move up in front of the Colts to get a quarterback. With Jordan Love playing well at the Senior Bowl, it should not be surprising if a team like the Raiders, Buccaneers or Patriots could move into the top 10 to take the kid out of Utah State.
Now, if Love is available at 13, Ballard should sprint to the podium and make the selection. But with each waking day, it seems Love is moving up the draft board more and more.
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Driverless vehicles promise a future with less congestion and pollution, fewer accidents resulting from human error and better mobility for people with disabilities, supporters say.
But every now and then, one of the cars runs into trouble in a way that casts a bit of doubt on that bold vision.
So it was on Tuesday in San Francisco, where a driverless car somehow drove into a city paving project and got stuck in wet concrete.
Paul Harvey, 74, a retired contractor who lives in the city’s Western Addition neighborhood, took a photo of the car with roof-mounted sensors, tipped slightly forward, its front wheels mired in the freshly poured concrete.
“I thought it was funny,” Mr. Harvey said in an interview on Wednesday. “I was kind of pleased because it illustrated how creepy and weird the whole thing is to me.”
The incident, previously reported by SFgate.com, happened just days after California regulators agreed to expand driverless taxi services in San Francisco, despite the safety concerns of local officials and community activists.
In a 3-to-1 vote last week, the California Public Utilities Commission, which regulates self-driving cars in the state, gave Cruise and Waymo permission to offer paid rides anytime during the day, throughout the city.
Cruise, a General Motors subsidiary, had been offering taxi service in one-third of the city while Waymo, which is owned by Google’s parent company, Alphabet, was offering free trips to passengers.
The mishap on Tuesday involved a Cruise vehicle, according to city officials who said it was not clear how the car had ended up in concrete.
Rachel Gordon, a spokeswoman for the San Francisco Department of Public Works, said that the paving project on Golden Gate Avenue had been marked off with construction cones and that there were workers with flags at each end of the block.
“That portion of the road has to be repaved, at Cruise’s expense,” Ms. Gordon said. “Fortunately, no one was injured.”
Ms. Gordon said that city officials had been “voicing concerns” about the vehicles, which have driven onto fire hoses or “just stopped in the middle of the road.” She said that the city was willing to work with the companies but that “there’s still a lot of work to do, we believe.”
A Cruise spokesman, Drew Pusateri, confirmed that one of the company’s driverless vehicles had “entered a construction area and stopped in wet concrete.”
Mr. Pusateri said the company had “recovered” the vehicle, although it was not clear if it was able to drive out of the concrete or if it had to be pulled out. He said the company was in contact with city officials about the incident.
Driverless cars have become a common sight in San Francisco, a tech hub where they are often seen on test drives, gathering data that is used to improve their autonomous technology.
Though driverless cars have not been blamed for any serious injuries or crashes in San Francisco, they have been involved in several jarring episodes.
On Friday night, as many as 10 Cruise driverless cars stopped working near a music festival in San Francisco’s North Beach, causing traffic to back up, according to The San Francisco Chronicle, which reported that the company had blamed “wireless connectivity issues.”
In January, a Cruise vehicle entered an area where firefighters were working and did not stop until a firefighter started “banging on its hood and smashing the vehicle’s window,” according to city records. In May, a driverless Waymo car blocked a fire vehicle while it was backing into a station.
Driverless-car companies have strongly defended their safety records, particularly when compared with the tens of thousands of people who die in car crashes every year in the United States.
Referring to its autonomous vehicles, Cruise said in a statement in April, “Throughout our first million driverless miles, our A.V.s were involved in fewer collisions, were the primary contributor to fewer collisions and were involved in fewer severe collisions with meaningful risk of injury than human drivers were in a comparable driving environment.”
Paul Leonardi, a professor of technology management at the University of California, Santa Barbara, said it would be foolish to expect driverless cars to operate perfectly. The cars, like any new technology that relies on machine learning, need to operate in real-world conditions to improve.
“It needs to experience a diverse set of use cases so it can learn, and driving into wet concrete is one of those use cases,” Professor Leonardi said. “We might frame this as a positive that all it did was get stuck in the concrete.”
He added that when driverless cars encounter conditions like cones and wet concrete, they “can learn from it and the machines can figure out what to do better next time.”
Yiwen Lu contributed reporting.
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As we enter the last month of the school year, we know your calendar can get packed! We want to make sure you are aware of all that’s happening at The Sanctuary in the month of May:
May 3: Surge celebration night
Join us for an evening of celebration and giving thanks to God for all He has done in our church body this year! We will have a time of worship and ministry updates and then end the evening with ice cream. This will be our last Surge of the ministry year, but please note a few changes: We will begin at 6 p.m. on a Sunday evening, and we won’t have break-out sessions. Childcare will be provided for birth to 5th grade.
May 10: Mother’s Day and Child Dedication
We will have a child dedication during both worship services. There will be a Child Dedication class during first service May 3 from 9:30 to 10:35 a.m. in the Community room for anyone interested in finding out more about child dedications and having your child dedicated now or in the future. The class will explore the basis for dedicating our children to the Lord and will provide biblical encouragement to parents for raising your children to know and follow Christ.If you would like to have your child dedicated to the Lord or want to attend the class, sign up at the Info Table.
May 17: Motorcycle Sunday
We are so excited to be hosting our fifth annual Motorcycles on Sunday after the 11 a.m. service. This is a fabulous morning to invite friends to ride their motorcycles to church. Pastor Ronn will pray a blessing over our guests after the service, and we will host a free lunch and activities beginning at 12:15. More details will be coming soon!
CLEANING HELP NEEDED
We are in need of a few families or individuals to clean the Community Room. Our current team is stretched to get every room cleaned each week. Could you give an hour of your time once a month to serve in this way? Sign up at the Info Table or contact .
When is the last time you thought about the state of your soul? The health of your soul isn’t just a matter of saved or unsaved. It’s the hinge on which the rest of your life hangs. It’s the difference between deep, satisfied spirituality and a restless, dispassionate faith. Join with the men of The Sanctuary as they study John Ortberg’s “Soul Keeping.” The next meeting is 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. Saturday. Fight Club meets every other Saturday morning. Contact for more info.
Thrive and Crossfire, our junior high and high school ministries, meet from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesdays. Both youth groups will meet together for worship and large group teaching, then break off by age groups for small group discussion. Students are welcome to arrive at 6:30 for hangout time.
Crossfire, set aside June 5 and 6 for 24 hours of high school bonding! Students are invited to a mini-retreat that will include worship, break-out sessions, pizza, games, and a sleepover at host homes! More details will be coming soon.
Ignite, our college ministry, meets on Sunday nights from 7 to 9 p.m. at the home of Danielle Sault, 941 Canyon Run Road, Naperville. For more info, contact Steven Cruz at or check out The Sanctuary Ignite page on Facebook.
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What don't you know about the Secret Invasion? What's the true origin of Captain Marvel, and how does it play into a looming intergalactic conflict? Mysteries answered, secrets revealed!
List of covers and their creators:
|Reg||Regular Cover||Steve McNiven, Mark Farmer & Morry Hollowell||1|
|Var||Variant Cover||Javier Rodriguez & Alvaro Lopez||2|
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"description": "Get more people to visit your physical business location to drive sales",
"product_name": "Business Location Advertising"
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"brand_growth": {
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I just installed Fresco on my new PC running windows 11, unfortunately it doesn't open and keeps crashing. I get this notice: 'Loading documents' and after a few seconds crashes and closes. I updated everything I could on windows, even my graphics card directly from the manufacturer (Radeon) to no avail. Any advice would be greatly appreciated, thanks.
[Renamed by Mod]
I've moved this from the Using the Community forum (which is the forum for issues using the forums) to the Fresco forum so that proper help can be offered.
What is the link to the Fresco Forum since this forum is not helpful or responsive?
Something like this is probably best handled by the developers, in case there's a bug with Fresco on Win 11. So I would send an email to (frescohelp at adobe dot com)
I'm still waiting for help with exactly this problem.
I tried that approach of writing directly to Fresco team and never got a reply.
I've periodically tried installing the latest releases and they all continue to crash (latest was in past several wks... July 2023) on my Win 11 Pro PC running AMD RX6800 XT (tons of RAM). I used to be able to run Fresco on my prior (2022) Win 10 Pro PC. Fresco has never been able to launch (crashes to force close) immediately since I've tried to install/use it on my Win 11 device with processor noted in prev. sentence. Very disappointing. I pay for full CC subscription and have wanted to learn Fresco.
We are sorry to hear that the suggestions provided did not help resolve the problem. It looks like we need to troubleshoot this in a live session. Please head here (https://helpx.adobe.com/contact.html?rghtup=autoOpen) and select the chat button in the lower-right corner of the page. We can help troubleshoot faster that way.
I have this exact problem! Same OS and graphics card too. Have you gotten any help from staff?
How much RAM and available SSD space do you have?
Sorry to hear about this experience and for the late response. I hope the problem is resolved by now. If not, kindly try running Fresco under a different administrator account (Windows) or the root user account (macOS) and share your observations.
Looking forward to your response.
Note: Marking correct for visibility.
Why do you keep suggesting running Illustrator differently when it is Fresco that crashes?
I can't get Fresco to launch at all on Win 11 and all my other Adobe apps run fine on my desktop PC system. Fresco 4.0.0 & 3.9.0 crash every time & will not open. That seems to be a Fresco code issue since there are reports about that bhvr (in various Win OS gens) online for over 2 yrs and no fixes posted anywhere. Plus, the posters write back in saying they aren't getting the issues resolved or answered.
Has Adobe abandoned Fresco as a product?
Sorry for the super late reply lol.
Illustrator works fine, it's Fresco I'm having problems with. I am on my administrator account so there's nothing to really change. It still opens, shows that it's "loading documents", then crashes.
@DaveJCummingsI have 16gb of RAM and 44.3GB available on my SSD
Someone named Anubhav (Adobe? ) keeps saying to do something with Illustrator, even though many of us (is it solely a bad Windows code issue...) can't get Fresco to launch or operate.
Sorry for the confusion. I meant to say Fresco in the earlier post. Would you mind trying creating a new admin account for Windows or the root user account (macOS) and checking if the issue persists on the other account as well?
Looking forward to your response.
I am not sure how to do this and what impact it might have on the workings of my PC. How do I eliminate something like that once it's set up. Do I run into issues of numbers of "seats" using CC if I do that? My signif other also has access to my computer... though is not a CC apps user. I think they might have tried something like this with some much earlier rel. of Ps & and earlier Win PC and it didn't help at all.
Kindly try these steps to create a new administrator account for Windows: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/create-a-local-user-or-administrator-account-in-windows-... and check if it helps.
Also, kindly check if all of your work is synced online (https://assets.adobe.com/cloud-documents). If yes, please try resetting Fresco (https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/repair-apps-and-programs-in-windows-e90eefe4-d0a2-7c1b-d...) and share your observations.
I'm just home so haven't tried the new admin acct test yet.
I see that my past files from Fresco are sync'd at the link you provided above.
I've uninstalled & reinstalled Fresco (both 4.0.0 & 3.9.0 a few times already since Adobe MAX to see if that helped - both con't to crash immediately on launch attempts - it's not like the program opens & then crashes when I try to do anything...I can't even get to the UI). At present Fresco is uninstalled from my Win 11 desktop PC b/c I figured why consume storage space if the darn program isn't working as it should & just crashes.
My follow-up question to you is - If Fresco is already uninstalled & nothing shows up in my Programs Files list under Adobe in my Control Panel then I can't do a reset, right? Wouldn't my multiple uninstalls and reinstall processes (that I did to be sure it wasn't a bad download one time...) have reset Fresco during uninstall/reinstall if it was an issue on my desktop Win 11 PC vs a programming code issue from the Adobe side of the equation?
Would one of the lead Adobe devs - who has Fresco installer code they know for sure launches okay on Win 11 desktops - have a link to that working code they can send me (ie, allowing me to bypass grabbing an installer the usual way via CC) to see if it's the publicly downloadable Win installer that's the issue? I do beta testing of some Adobe plugins - and that has happened in the past (ie, bad code got posted to the public Downloads pg for that other software that had to be replaced with a better installer...).
One other thought ... (also sparked by previous situations w/that plugin s/w testing) I install my CC apps to my F: drive on my PC (for a number of reasons so won't attempt moving them and messing any programs up). It works perfectly fine for all the other Adobe apps I'm running. But, if Fresco comes from elsewhere, I don't know what programming 'baggage' it brings with it (though I had Fresco working several gens ago on an older PC). Could the installer somehow not be finding the 'hooks' (or whatever the correct tech term is) it needs to boot on my system if it's coming from a drive other than the C: drive? I don't want to mess with changing my default Adobe install drive from F:
Will not work
We understand how frustrating it can be to experience crashes. Would you mind confirming whether you're using Fresco on an iPad/iPhone or a Windows computer?
If you're on an iPad/iPhone, kindly check if all of your work is synced online (https://assets.adobe.com/cloud-documents). If yes, kindly try deleting Fresco, restarting your device, and then reinstalling the app to check if it helps. Also, check if the OS installed is up to date (https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204204).
If the issue persists, kindly share the crash report so that we can investigate this further:
If you're on Windows, kindly share the logs by following the steps shared in this help article (https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-cloud/kb/cc-log-collector.html), so we can check it with the team. Also, try installing Fresco v4.0 using this link and checking if it helps: https://ccmdls.adobe.com/AdobeESD/FRSC/4.0.0/win64/65329b20-2fb0-4131-a587-6df11b7f46e4/Adobe_Fresco...
Note: The link is only valid for the next 24 hours.
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Good to know!
I've found when there are issues of Adobe products not working the typical company stance in reply is - there's something wrong with your system. Versus them fixing the faulty code - it's been true of "issues" (aka, bugs) with other products in the product line too. If there's a way for them to generate revs my sense is they're more than conscientious about that, but not so with the tech spt fixes for broken code ....
wait huge developement!! i just now saw theres a fresco update so i downloaded it and it worked! 😮 does it fix your problem too?
I got excited when I saw your note. But all I see listed on the CC site is 4.0.0 as the latest release. I'd tried that and 3.9.0 - neither worked for me. I was hoping there was a 4.0.1 that fixed the issues...
What system are you working on (Apple, Win) & what GPU/CPU?
I just re-downloaded Fresco 4.0.0 (4th time...). Tried to launch it. It immediately crashed again - snip of Error Msg attached. Interestingly, when I went to my Control Panel's Programs List Adobe Fresco doesn't show up. After a search on my PC I found a listing for Fresco & tried a Repair - that didn't help either. Still crashes. Every other Adobe product I own is in my Programs List okay. And, I downloaded/installed a non-Adobe program today - it shows up just fine in the programs list and launches as it should too. Well, that's weird - something is really wrong with the Adobe code.
dang yea I updated it to the 4.0.0 version.
Im on Windows 11 with an AMD Ryzen 7 3700x processor and an AMD Radeon RX 5500 gpu
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Hi Pete, just to let you know I've seen the picture (I'll have a look into why you weren't able to upload one here) and I am seeking some clarification on this for you. I'm waiting to hear back on some more details about the PLI also.
Hope you're well!
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Many navigation and download features are built into the completed reports when viewed in the SPOTLIGHT Canada interface. Learn about all these helpful features and how they can elevate your SPOTLIGHT experience in this article.
There are four sections to this article:
When you have set up your reports and they have finished running, we encourage you to download and save them.
There are a few ways to navigate to the Results page to view your completed reports:
1. Through links provided in the email sent to the address associated with the account.
2. In SPOTLIGHT, click on the Results link found at the top of any page.
Note: When reports have been completed, they will be accompanied by an icon appended to Results, as shown above. Only unopened reports will be counted.
3. In SPOTLIGHT, on the View Results page, click the Results icon in the middle. You can only access this page when setting up a report.
Report names and details shown in bold text on the results page are new and have not yet been viewed. Click the name of the report to open it. If the report has this icon in the left column , it has not yet finished processing and will not open until complete.
There are a couple of essential features on the results page worth noting: deleting and renaming reports.
1. Deleting reports: once you have downloaded and finished with your reports, it may be helpful to periodically delete reports to keep the page clean and make navigation easier.
You can delete multiple reports by clicking on the checkmark for each and then clicking on the gear icon at the top of the page. To select all your completed reports, click on the topmost checkmark found in the table header.
2. Renaming reports: You can do so on the results page if you missed naming your report during the setup process. Click on the gear icon to the right of the report to bring up the menu with the rename option.
1. On the results page, open a report by clicking on its name or clicking on the gear icon to the right to open the menu containing the Open Dashboard option.
2. Once a report is open, use the keyboard shortcuts to navigate through your report quickly. Use the left and right arrows to turn the pages. Use the up and down arrows to switch between multiple trade areas if you used them in the report.
3. Another option to explore your report is found in the side panel. Click on the arrow or pushpin on the left of the report. The pushpin option allows you to view both the side panel and the report page without any overlay.
4. In the Navigation section, switch between trade areas in the Select an Area dropdown menu. Also, navigate to a specific page by clicking it on the list.
5. Another helpful feature in the side panel is presentation mode. Presentation mode removes the SPOTLIGHT banner at the top of the page and the side panel for a full-page view.
Turn on presentation mode by clicking on the play icon at the bottom of the side panel window . Turn it off by hitting the Esc key on your keyboard.
1. In an open report, click on the side panel icon to view the Download Data section.
2. Click Download Data to view all available options.
- Batch Reports: outputs are formatted reports, one per data slice (available output formats include PDF and XLSX)
- Side-by-Side: outputs a single formatted report with each data slice side-by-side (available output formats include PDF and XLSX)
- Long File: outputs as an unformatted table with each data slice stacked one below the other (available output formats include XLSX, CSV, and ACCDB)
Note: Not all reports support all three download options. Reports containing images, icons, and graphs can only be downloaded as batch reports. Tabular reports will be able to download as either side-by-side or long file, or both.
3. Choose your download option and click Create to process your file.
4. There are several file customization options for each file type. Find these options in the dropdown arrow located next to the Create icon.
PDF Options: the following settings can be adjusted for PDFs
- Document Size: allows you to change the page size of the output PDF
- Orientation: this enables you to change the orientation of the output PDF pages. If this is set to the default, Automatic, the pages will adjust to fit the report pages best.
- Margins: allows you to adjust the size of the margins
- Zoom: allows you to increase the size of the contents on the page. It is recommended to keep the zoom level to 100%.
- Merge Documents: combines all reports into a single PDF if you used multiple trade areas. Keeping this off will provide a separate PDF for each trade area.
- Title Page: will add a title page to the PDF output
- Table of Contents: will add a table of contents to the PDF output
Data Export Options: this applies to XLSX, CSV, and ACCDB files.
Here you can select which data fields you want to be exported. To remove any fields from the download, click the on/off switch to off. Once the desired fields are selected, click OK at the bottom of the window.
7. Once any customizations are applied, then click Create to process your file.
A message prompt will flash in the bottom-right corner of your screen, confirming that the report is processing. Another message prompt will appear once the files are ready for download. Click the download button.
If you miss the message prompt to download your report, navigate the Results page. You will find an icon specific to the file type chosen in the Type column for your report. Click the icon to open the file.
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{
"article": {
"title": "Navigation and Download Features in SPOTLIGHT Canada Interface",
"description": "Learn about helpful navigation and download features in SPOTLIGHT Canada interface to enhance user experience.",
"sections": [
{
"section_number": 1,
"title": "Downloading Completed Reports",
"content": "Encouragement to download and save completed reports."
},
{
"section_number": 2,
"title": "Navigating to Results Page",
"subsections": [
{
"subsection_title": "Email Links",
"content": "Navigate via links in email sent to associated account address."
},
{
"subsection_title": "SPOTLIGHT Interface",
"content": "Access Results page through top navigation bar."
},
{
"subsection_title": "View Results Page",
"content": "Click Results icon in the middle for direct access."
}
]
},
{
"section_number": 3,
"title": "Features on Results Page",
"subsections": [
{
"subsection_title": "Deleting Reports",
"steps": [
{
"step_number": 1,
"action": "Select checkmarks for reports to delete"
},
{
"step_number": 2,
"action": "Click gear icon for bulk deletion"
}
]
},
{
"subsection_title": "Renaming Reports",
"steps": [
{
"step_number": 1,
"action": "Click gear icon to right of report"
},
{
"step_number": 2,
"action": "Choose 'Rename' option from menu"
}
]
}
]
},
{
"section_number": 4,
"title": "Exploring Opened Report",
"subsections": [
{
"subsection_title": "Keyboard Shortcuts",
"key_shortcuts": [
{
"keys": "Left/Right Arrows",
"function": "Turn pages"
},
{
"keys": "Up/Down Arrows",
"function": "Switch between trade areas"
}
]
},
{
"subsection_title": "Side Panel Navigation",
"options": [
{
"option": "Pushpin",
"function": "View report and side panel simultaneously"
},
{
"option": "Presentation Mode",
"function": "Full-page view removing overlays"
}
]
},
{
"subsection_title": "Navigation Section",
"features": [
{
"feature": "Select an Area Dropdown Menu",
"function": "Switch between trade areas"
},
{
"feature": "Page List",
"function": "Navigate to specific page"
}
]
}
]
},
{
"section_number": 5,
"title": "Downloading Data",
"subsections": [
{
"subsection_title": "Download Data Section",
"steps": [
{
"step_number": 1,
"action": "Click side panel icon"
},
{
"step_number": 2,
"action": "View Download Data options"
}
]
},
{
"subsection_title": "Available Download Options",
"formats": [
"Batch Reports (PDF/XLSX)",
"Side-by-Side (PDF/XLSX)",
"Long File (XLSX/CSV/ACCDB)"
],
"report_restrictions": "Reports with images/graphs can only be downloaded as Batch Reports; tabular reports can be downloaded as Side-by-Side or Long File, or both."
},
{
"subsection_title": "File Customization Options",
"pdf_options": [
"Document Size",
"Orientation",
"Margins",
"Zoom",
"Merge Documents",
"Title Page",
"Table of Contents"
],
"data_export_options": "Select data fields to export; turn on/off switches for inclusion/exclusion."
},
{
"subsection_title": "Processing Files",
"steps": [
{
"step_number": 1,
"action": "Apply customizations"
},
{
"step_number": 2,
"action": "Click 'Create' to process file"
},
{
"step_number": 3,
"action": "Download file upon completion notification"
}
]
}
]
}
]
}
}
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864 |
I’ve got a journey planned soon and I’m still scratching my head about how the inbound/outbound section works. I live in England and will be travelling to London to catch the euro. I need to swap stations in London. Is it ok to have both trains listed on my app (Hometown-Euston & St Pancras-Paris) or am I best using the planner to find the route that goes from Hometown to Paris, showing a change?
Also, on the return journey we are having to stay a night in London due to missing the last train to my hometown. Am I right in saying I won’t be able to use my pass the following day as I’ve already used the inbound ticket to get to London?
Hope all that makes sense
Best answer by rvdborgtView original
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{
"context": {
"traveler": {
"origin": "England",
"destination": "London",
"train_journeys": [
{
"outbound": {
"from": "Hometown",
"to": "Euston",
"train_type": "euro"
},
"inbound": {
"from": "St Pancras",
"to": "Paris",
"train_type": "euro"
},
"planning_method": "manual_entry"
}
],
"return_details": {
"stay_in_london": true,
"reason": "missing_last_train"
},
"pass_usage": {
"inbound_ticket_status": "used",
"return_day_usage": "uncertain"
}
}
}
}
|
865 |
I’m using the most recent version of Ubuntu through WSL2 on Windows 11. I have Docker Desktop installed on Windows.
I’ve been working through the server set up, adding the alteration of mirroring the database only. I can build the database, but when I try running
sudo docker-compose run --rm musicbrainz createdb.sh - fetch
I get one of two errors.
Either I get “Cannot initiate PASV transfer” or it manages to get through and download mbdump.tar.bz2 before stopping, but not exiting–nothing seems to be running, but it doesn’t allow me to add a new command without ending that process.
For the first error, I’ve tried a number of workarounds, but I can’t reliably reproduce the problem. When I repeatedly run the database build command, sometimes it fails after trying to retrieve “latest” (the first ftp connection), and sometimes it fails after trying to retrieve “MD5SUMS.” If it manages to get pass those two, it starts downloading mbdump.tar.bz2, but then runs into my second error.
This setup is not supported. As explained in the section “Required software”, a virtual machine should be used instead. See also [MBVM-53] Document running MusicBrainz Docker Compose project on Windows host - MetaBrainz JIRA.
I was under the impression that it would be able to work, as WSL2 is a virtual machine running Linux.
I’ll try setting up something different, then.
I finally got the server set up (decided to skip the database only for now), and I wanted to provide an update in case anyone else tries this.
WSL2 does work in conjunction with Docker Desktop to set up this server. The problem seems to be a WSL2 specific issue regarding ports. I don’t have enough technical knowledge to be able to fully avoid the issue, but trying to create the db multiple times eventually let me get through.
The second problem of not running after the download is just me not being patient enough to let the program run; it needs a much longer time than I had anticipated to get everything done.
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{
"context": {
"operating_system": "Ubuntu",
"ubuntu_version": "most recent version",
"virtualization_platform": "WSL2",
"wsl2_os": "Windows 11",
"docker_installed": true,
"docker_version": "Docker Desktop",
"docker_compose_used": true,
"musicbrainz_server_setup": {
"stage": "database mirroring",
"build_success": true,
"issues_encountered": [
{
"error_message": "Cannot initiate PASV transfer",
"reproducibility": "unreliable",
"retry_steps_taken": "multiple attempts"
},
{
"error_message": "download stops after starting but does not exit",
"resolution": "waiting longer for full execution"
}
]
},
"alternative_setup_method_suggested": true,
"alternative_setup_method": "virtual machine",
"issue_resolution": {
"problem_root_cause_identified": "WSL2 port issue",
"solution_attempted": "increased retries until success",
"final_outcome": "server setup successful"
},
"supporting_documentation_referenced": {
"section": "Required software",
"issue_tracker_link": "MBVM-53",
"tracker_type": "MetaBrainz JIRA"
},
"author_conclusion": {
"setup_experience": "mixed",
"future_plans": "skip database only for now"
}
}
}
|
866 |
National wage case means cut to service provision
June 30, 2020
On 19 June 2020, the Fair Work Commission handed down their annual wage review decision. The Commission decision is that minimum wages in modern awards will be increased by 1.75% from the start of the first full pay period on or after 1 July 2020 for Group 1 Awards (SHCADS is a Group 1 Award).
While community organisations are only too happy to increase staff pay, there is no doubt that, without funding to cover it, the decision will put added pressure on community sector budgets. Especially since the rate of indexation for NSW funded programs did not cover the previous annual wage review.
Community Industry Group has written to the NSW Treasurer and to the Minister for Families, Communities and Disability Services requesting an immediate increase in funding for all NSW government funded community services to enable them to pay the increase and continue to deliver services to their client groups.
We encourage you to do the same.
Below are some template letters for you to put on letterhead and email to the Treasurer and Minister. Feel free to use the text as is, or to personalise it by telling the NSW government about the impact of yet another pressure on your organisational budget.
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{
"news_article": {
"title": "National wage case means cut to service provision",
"date": "June 30, 2020",
"content": {
"fair_work_commission_decision": {
"review_type": "annual wage review",
"decision_date": "19 June 2020",
"wage_increase_group_1": "1.75%",
"effective_start_date": "first full pay period on or after 1 July 2020"
},
"impact_on_community_sector": {
"community_organization_response": "happy to increase staff pay but concerned about budget pressures",
"budget_pressure_description": "added pressure on community sector budgets"
},
"community_industry_group_action": {
"letter_recipients": [
"NSW Treasurer",
"Minister for Families, Communities and Disability Services"
],
"request_type": "immediate increase in funding",
"funding_purpose": "enable to pay the increase and continue to deliver services"
},
"author_call_to_action": "encourage organizations to write to the Treasurer and Minister"
},
"template_letters": true,
"letter_recipients": [
"NSW Treasurer",
"Minister for Families, Communities and Disability Services"
]
}
}
|
867 |
800k+ happy gamers
No Reviews Yet
No reviews for EDGE Game Servers
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These are the most popular games for EDGE Game Servers on our site
We do not currently have any coupons for EDGE Game Servers
CompareGameHosting is powered by its community feedback.
Real reviews are what keeps this website a useful resource and you can help by letting us know about your experience with game hosting companies.
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{
"context": {
"company": {
"name": "EDGE Game Servers",
"status": "out_of_business",
"review_count": "No Reviews Yet"
},
"popularity": {
"games": [
"Most popular games for EDGE Game Servers"
]
},
"coupons": {
"availability": "no_coupons"
},
"community_feedback": {
"platform": "CompareGameHosting",
"purpose": "useful_resource"
},
"reviews": {
"user_input": "Real reviews",
"contribution": "help_by_letting_us_know"
}
}
}
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868 |
Concierge Unique: Redefining Luxury Lifestyle Concierge Services
Concierge Unique is a leading luxury lifestyle concierge service provider that specializes in providing bespoke services to high net worth individuals, corporate executives, and celebrities. With a team of seasoned professionals with over a decade of experience, Concierge Unique has carved a niche for itself in the luxury lifestyle industry.
The goal of Concierge Unique is to redefine luxury lifestyle concierge services by offering personalized, high-quality services to its clients. The company believes that no two clients are the same, and as such, it offers bespoke services tailored to meet the unique needs of each client.
At Concierge Unique, the client is the priority, and the company goes above and beyond to ensure that its clients are satisfied with the services rendered. From private jet charters, luxury travel arrangements, and bespoke event planning to property management, lifestyle management, and security services, Concierge Unique offers an extensive range of services to its clients.
The company’s team of professionals is well-trained and experienced in providing exceptional services to clients. They are knowledgeable about the luxury lifestyle industry and are always on the lookout for the latest trends and innovations in the industry to provide their clients with the best possible service.
Concierge Unique’s services are available 24/7, and the company prides itself on its quick response time. Whether it’s a last-minute travel arrangement or an emergency situation, the company is always available to assist its clients.
In conclusion, Concierge Unique is a luxury lifestyle concierge service provider that is dedicated to providing personalized, high-quality services to its clients. With its team of seasoned professionals and commitment to excellence, Concierge Unique is redefining luxury lifestyle concierge services. To learn more about their services, visit their website or contact their team today.
Let Us Handle the Details: Lifestyle Concierge for Busy Professionals
Personal & Lifestyle Concierge is a very personal service designed to help you balance your schedule in your personal, family and professional life; meaning a service that supports you in all areas required to manage your lifestyle, which will give you the time back to spend on the things you enjoy.
This service has been extremely popular for several years now, where you do not need to be a CEO of a successful business or a royalty to gain access to exclusive services and offerings. In most cases in Mykonos, Personal & Lifestyle Concierge is used by busy people, who have busy lives and can see a value in the services that are available through a Personal & Lifestyle Concierge.
Experience the ultimate in luxury and leisure with our lifestyle concierge service in Mykonos Island. The island is known for its vibrant nightlife, luxury resorts, and picturesque beaches, and our concierge service will help you make the most of your stay.
Our team of experts can assist you with a wide range of services, including:
Luxury Villa Rentals
Private yacht charters
VIP table reservations at top nightclubs and restaurants
Personal shopping and styling services
Spa and wellness treatments
Customized island tours and excursions
Leave the planning to us and focus on enjoying the best that Mykonos has to offer. Whether you’re looking for a romantic getaway, a fun-filled vacation with friends, or a family holiday, our lifestyle concierge service will ensure that your trip is truly unforgettable.
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{
"concierge_services": [
{
"service_name": "Concierge Unique",
"description": "leading luxury lifestyle concierge service provider",
"target_clients": [
"high net worth individuals",
"corporate executives",
"celebrities"
],
"team_experience": {
"years": "over a decade",
"professionals": true
},
"goal": "redefine luxury lifestyle concierge services",
"client_focused": true,
"services_offered": [
"private jet charters",
"luxury travel arrangements",
"bespoke event planning",
"property management",
"lifestyle management",
"security services"
],
"availability": "24/7",
"response_time": "quick"
},
{
"service_name": "Personal & Lifestyle Concierge",
"description": "very personal service designed to help you balance your schedule",
"target_clients": "busy people",
"value_proposition": "access to exclusive services and offerings",
"popular_in": "Mykonos",
"services_provided": [
"luxury villa rentals",
"private yacht charters",
"vip table reservations",
"personal shopping and styling services",
"spa and wellness treatments",
"customized island tours and excursions"
]
}
]
}
|
869 |
Our Code of Conduct
- We are a company that, through our Total Quality management model, seeks the satisfaction of five components: “The Boss”, as we internally call the client, the Employee, the Supplier, the Company and the Capital. For this, it is our priority to communicate clearly what are the principles that guide us in our way of acting. With this objective, we have prepared a Code of Conduct whose mission is to ensure compliance with our values and the Law:
We must all comply with the laws and regulations that regulate the Company's activity in each country.
Integrity and responsibility
Maintaining a relationship of honesty and trust with the “Bosses”, Workers, Suppliers and Society is essential to fulfill our Mission. We want to transmit and demand from all the components to which this Code is applicable a loyal, diligent, efficient behavior and action focused on the satisfaction of the five components.
The “pride of belonging” in Mercadona must be a constant that presides over the actions of each and every one of us who make up Mercadona and that serves as a guide for the fulfillment of the Mission, feeling that we are an integral part of Mercadona.
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{
"company_code_of_conduct": {
"mission": "Ensure compliance with values and law",
"legal_obligation": "Comply with laws and regulations governing the company's activities in each country",
"values": {
"integrity_and_responsibility": {
"description": "Maintain honest and trustworthy relationships with stakeholders",
"expectations": [
"Loyal behavior",
"Diligence",
"Efficiency"
],
"stakeholders": ["Bosses", "Workers", "Suppliers", "Society"]
},
"pride_of_belonging": {
"description": "Foster a sense of ownership and commitment to the company's mission",
"impact": "Guide actions towards fulfilling the mission and feeling like an integral part of Mercadona"
}
}
}
}
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870 |
All OGF35 and HPDC’12 attendees can download for free mobile conference program. OGF35 is co-located with the HPDC 2012 conference (June 18-22) in Delft, Netherlands. All OGF working groups are encouraged to meet at OGF 35 and to participate actively in the co-located workshops and conference events.
Download Conference4me here and select “HPDC’12 (incl. OGF35)” conference from available congresses list.
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{
"conference": {
"name": "OGF35",
"co_located_with": "HPDC'12",
"location": {
"city": "Delft",
"country": "Netherlands"
},
"dates": {
"start": "June 18",
"end": "June 22"
},
"attendees": [
"OGF35",
"HPDC’12"
],
"accessibility": {
"platform": "Conference4me",
"download_link": "",
"select_conference": "HPDC’12 (incl. OGF35)"
},
"events": {
"workshops": true,
"meetings": {
"encouraged_for": "OGF working groups"
}
}
}
}
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