, the Oregon China Council will hold a digital climate summit to discuss trade opportunities. Whether the two countries will remain friendly could depend on trade relations at the smaller level, Lan says.
I'm back with another post about our trip to Mexico!
Our plan was to just relax for once. Whenever we go on a trip, we usually wear ourselves out doing any and every activity we can find, but we thought we'd do things a little differently this time.
We only ventured out from the resort twice: First, to go to Xplor park, and then to visit Mayakoba Golf Course.
First up is Xplor! This is a fun day out! You buy a ticket which allows you to ride the amphibious vehicles (below) twice, go through the ziplines course twice, and do the hammock swing and swim and kayak through the underground caves as often as you want.
You each get a locker and key so that you can store your belongings safely. It's also considered to be "all inclusive" meaning you'll get all the food and drinks you want while there. PS for those who are curious - There is no alcohol there for obvious reasons!
We made a mistake in letting our transportation company book this for us. First, I think we could've gotten our tickets cheaper had we bought them online. Second, they wanted us to stay there from 8am to 5pm. Um, no. Even though there is a lot to do, once you've used your turns on the zipline and vehicles, things get a bit boring. We finished up in about 3 hours, and that includes eating lunch. We ended up calling a cab and going back to the resort, which means we still had to pay for the prearranged travel.
I would recommend finding a transportation company that will book a half day trip!
I have to say that we were really disappointed with the course. It wasn't in the best shape, the people in the pro shop were really snobby and there were huge wooden walls erected which blocked most of the ocean views because they're building a new resort onsite.
No matter - we still had so much fun being together and I always enjoy driving a golf cart! Ha!
Also, I had some emails asking if we visited the town...the answer is no, we didn't. However, I met some really nice people who did visit the town of Playa Del Carmen and they absolutely loved it! They said they felt very safe and that there were some really, really nice restaurants! If we go back, this will definitely be something we do!
This 14th century philosophy is far removed from the 21st century when many people order a look or a meal with the click of a finger on a phone. Global supply chains have become so efficient at meeting our food and clothing needs for a handful of dollars that we’ve lost touch with their source.
Fast food and fast fashion is convenient but ultimately unsatisfying. We’re concerned about the ethics and waste. There is growing hunger for something more substantial, something real, something crafted with our own hands and effort.
In The pleasures of eating, American author and farmer Wendell Berry described eating as an agricultural act and author Michael Pollan In defence of food outlined his eater’s manifesto: eat food, not too much, mostly plants. As our food systems have industrialised over time we—the eaters—have become more passive and dependent consumers. Through gardening, cooking and brewing, we gain increased connection with the source of our food.
There is a parallel story in clothing and fibres. I define a wearer’s manifesto: wear clothes, have few, mostly natural fibres. Dressing is an agricultural act if you want to wear natural fibres rather than plastic ones. Did you know that two-thirds of our clothes are made using synthetic fibres that shed microplastic particles into our ecosystem and oceans?
I’ve become a material activist, a ‘craftivist’, championing a more natural and hands-on approach. When we re-skill we have agency—to darn a hole and mend a tear to keep clothes in service. As we grow our skills we—the wearers—solve problems in our wardrobe and explore our creativity.
Effortless shopping from a catalogue of ready-made clothing engenders a culture of cheapness and churn, rather than care and connection. Until we make something for ourselves to wear, we cannot appreciate the resources, time and skill that go into the clothes we buy.
Slow Clothing is a holistic, grassroots response to industrial production of cheap fast fashion which many consider to be unethical, unsustainable and unsatisfying. It is self-empowerment through resourceful thinking and individual actions.
Slow Clothing is a philosophy and manifests through 10 simple approaches to lighten our material footprint—think, natural, quality, local, few, care, make, revive, adapt and salvage.
It enables individual expression and personal connection to what we wear. We stitch to make our own mark on things, and to be mindfully engaged and productive. In return, we are liberated from commodification and an endless search for meaning through buying more things.
We have finite resources on Earth and everyday choices that show careful and considered use of those resources are required if we are to sustain our individual and collective future. Conscious consumers are now looking beyond visual appearances and understanding that planetary health is at stake here—our clothing choices don’t just affect our own health, they affect the health of others and the health of our planet.
The. The systems will enable every configuration of the F-18E/F Super Hornet and EA-18G Growler aircraft to operate from Ford.
“In a couple of months, they are on a path to publish the fully fleet-representative recovery bulletins that will give us the capability to recover any weapons configuration which F-18 or a Growler can have on a Nimitz-class,” Akacem said.
The EMALS and AAG systems are expected to begin operations after Ford’s departure from Newport News Shipbuilding in July for more testing at sea. Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson said potential delays in technology integration or development aboard the ship are under control.CMI Toyota are proud to be one of only six businesses in Australia who are a part of the launch of the new RecycleMe cup program.
Our complimentary coffee and beverage station in the CMI Toyota West Terrace service lounge will now offer the RecycleMe takeaway coffee cups for our valued guests to use and recycle.
Adam McCallum, CMI Toyota West Terrace General Manager says, "Myself and the whole CMI Toyota team are extremely proud to be involved in such a fantastic initiative and to be able to make a positive difference in global environmental change. We have already had fantastic feedback from both guests and customers about how easy it is to use and sort the cup and lids once they have been used."
"We believe that based on a 70% return rate, CMI Toyota could save 1 metric tonne of wood pulp or 6.5 trees per year by using RecycleMe cups. The lids will also be recycled into items such as plastic photo frames."
Be sure to stop in at CMI Toyota West Terrace to see how this innovative and envionmetnally friendly program works.
CMI Toyota are one of only six businesses in Australia to initially be involved in this initiative.
Zynga headquarters is shown in San Francisco.
Zynga is returning to Nasdaq compliance with two new board appointments.
The video game company appointed Regina Dugan, VP of engineering and head of the Advanced Technology and Projects group at Google, as its first female board member. She'll chair Zynga's Nominating and Governance Committee and join the Product Committee.
Zynga is also appointing Kleiner Perkins partner John Doerr as lead independent director. Zynga had fallen out of compliance with Nasdaq's listing rules after two independent directors, LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman and DreamWorks CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg stepped down last month.
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Regina's impressive career includes becoming the 19th Director and first female leader of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the principal agency within the U.S. Department of Defense for research, development and demonstration of high-risk, high-payoff capabilities for the future combat force. As Director of DARPA, Regina advanced strategic initiatives in cyber security, hypersonics, social media, and advanced manufacturing.
One additional nugget of news: The company's making a point of the fact that Mattrick is recruiting senior executives to upgrade Zynga's team. In the last quarter there were some major management moves, including appointing David Lee as CFO and making Alex Garden president of Zynga Studios.
Mattrick has been in the CEO role for one year, and has been working to diversify the company away from its reliance on a few key franchises and to compete better in the mobile app space.
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﻿using System;
using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;

using Silverback.Messaging.Messages;

namespace BettingGame.Tournament.Core.Features.ResultAdministration
{
    public class SetGameResultCommand : ICommand
    {
        [Required]
        public Guid GameId { get; set; }

        [Required]
        [Range(0, 50)]
        public int ScoreTeamA { get; set; }

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