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Oak Park Township Updates - Effective December 22, 2020
Partnerships and Monitoring
We have worked diligently with our partners from the Villages of Oak Park and River Forest, local public health departments, AgeOptions, and the Illinois Department on Aging to ensure continuity of service during this time and offer additional information and supports when necessary. We are monitoring the COVID-19 pandemic locally and in our region and will respond as appropriate. We are following the guidance of the Village of Oak Park Public Health Department and the IDPH. We have taken necessary measures to allow us to open to the public when that is possible. At this point, we do not know when that will be.
As the state adjusts guidelines, the Township is keeping in mind the needs of the populations we serve and the guidance from the state and federal agencies, local authorities and our funders to ensure the health and safety of staff, volunteers, and clients. We will gradually allow the public to access services in-person. To find a COVID-19 testing site near you, please visit https://www.test-illinois.com/.
Village of Oak Park website on COVID-19
The Village of Oak Park’s Department of Public Health has current information on COVID-19 guidelines, bulletins and resources. Please visit https://www.oak-park.us/news/covid-19-coronavirus-resources for all communications or call 708-358-5480 Monday to Friday from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Village Hall has limited hours for in-person services.
Services and Programs Continue; Transportation for Dialysis Available for Older Adults
Oak Park Township is currently still closed to the public, and most of our staff are working remotely. Please call us at 708-383-8005 for telephone or telehealth appointments. We continue to provide nutrition services for older adults with home delivery and drive-through meal pick-up. Transportation to dialysis or medical appointments may be reserved by calling 708-383-4806. Appointments for our Money Management Program and Adult Protective Services may be set up by calling Senior Services at 708-383-8060.
The Department on Aging has informational COVID-19 flyers in English, Hindi, Polish, simplified Chinese and Spanish. Please see this website to view and download the .pdf files: https://www2.illinois.gov/aging/coronavirus/Pages/Translated-Fact-Sheets.aspx
Taxi Coupons for 2020 are extended for 2021
Older adults and persons with disabilities may purchase a booklet of coupons to be used with Red Cab and Blue Cab companies. Please call the Township office at 708-383-8005 to either pick up a booklet or request that one be mailed. The cost is $6.00 for 10 coupons and proof of residency is required. Residents may use the 2020 coupons throughout 2021 because the expiration deadline has been extended.
Telephone and Telehealth Appointments Available
Youth Services, Senior Services and General Assistance appointments are still available either virtually or over the phone. For further assistance with Township services, please call the Administrative offices at 708-383-8005, Senior Services Center at 708-383-8060, Senior Services Transportation at 708-383-4806, Youth Services at 708-445-2727 or the Community Mental Health Board at 708-358-8855.
Home Delivered Meals, “Take Out” Meal Distribution and Medicare Counseling
Older adults who have requested meals are receiving them in the form of frozen nutritionally balanced meals. We are also providing “take out” lunches to older adults to pick up at our Senior Services building on specific days. We are limiting face-to-face contact with others out of health concerns for everyone. During January, meal distribution will be on the 8th, 15th, 22nd and 29th from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Suggested donation is $1.00 per meal. We will also have a Medicare specialist available on Wednesdays and Fridays; please call 708-613-1112 to register. For detailed guidelines, please see our Senior Services webpage at https://oakparktownship.org/senior-services/ or call 708-383-8060.
Limited In-Person Services
Limited services, like notarizing documents, RTA applications, and medical equipment lending are being done in our 105 S. Oak Park Avenue parking lot, with social distancing guidelines in place. When the local levels of infection stabilize at a lower rate, we will issue Visitor Protocols.
Free “Conversation Cards” Available to Students and Families of Children in Middle School and
Please stop by the 105 S. Oak Park Township office to pick up a free pack of “Conversation Cards” that include talking points on preventing alcohol and substance abuse. Email [email protected] if you’d like to schedule a free assessment.
Please visit the following websites for some talking tips and resources:
- samhsa.gov(Tips for Teens)
Township Offices closed for Training on January 6th
All Township staff will be participating in in-service training from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Wednesday January 6th. We will not be available to the public either in person or on the phone during that time but we will return all messages once the training is over.
Holiday Gathering Guidance
The Illinois Department of Health has issued guidelines to help individuals and families plan safe gatherings during the holiday season. Please visit https://allin.illinois.gov/ for “12 Ways to Holiday Safely”, tips on shopping locally, videos and other resources. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention’s website with information on planning safe holiday celebrations is at: https://www.cdc.gov/healthequity/features/holidayseason/.
Thank you for your patience and understanding. |
The president of Washington and Lee University, Kenneth Ruscio, announced in an email this afternoon that the eight regimental Confederate battle flags on display in Lee Chapel, which rests above the crypt where Robert E. Lee and his family are buried, will be removed. He also issued a public apology for slavery.
Back in April, a group of 12 black law students that call themselves “the Committee” issued a series of demands because they reportedly felt “alienation and discomfort” on a campus where blacks are only 3.5 percent of the student body:
1. We demand that the University fully recognize Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on the undergraduate campus.
2. We demand that the University stop allowing neo-confederates to march on campus with confederate flags on Lee-Jackson Day.
3. We demand that the University immediately remove all confederate flags from its property and premises, including those flags located within Lee Chapel.
4. We demand that the University issue an official apology for the University’s participation in chattel slavery, including a denunciation of General Robert E. Lee’s participation in slavery.
Predictably, this petulant list of demands received state, local, and national publicity from the media, and President Ruscio created a special committee to study the issue. “The Committee” promised to engage in “civil disobedience” unless their demands to “remove Lee’s legacy” were not met by September 1.
What can we learn from this episode?
1. This isn’t the first time that blacks have been found molesting the graves of Confederate leaders. The Memphis City Council voted to rename three Confederate parks including the resting place of Nathan Bedford Forrest.
2. Rep. Tyrone Brooks of the Georgia Association of Black Elected Officials orchestrated the removal of the Tom Watson statue on the grounds of the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta and its replacement with a statue of Martin Luther King, Jr. Governor Deal swore that the removal of the Watson statue was only a public safety issue.
3. The NAACP orchestrated the removal of the Confederate battle flag from the South Carolina State House in 2000 and over 1,000 blacks rallied in January in Columbia to have it removed from the State House grounds altogether.
Wherever some aspect of Southern heritage is being assaulted and destroyed, please note the striking correlation with the presence of loud, obnoxious, and aggrieved blacks whining about the legacy of the Civil Rights Movement. The SCV and other Rainbow Confederates follow these blacks around and suck up to them.
It’s a losing strategy that failed in Memphis, failed twice in Lexington, and will fail again elsewhere. |
This paper examines the series of events that took place in July 2007 leading to the slaughter of Shambo, a ‘temple’ bull belonging to a community of monks at Skanda Vale in rural West Wales. The main focus in this paper is the transformation of Skanda Vale from a quiet ‘multi-faith’ devotional community in a remote part of the country, to a politically engaged ‘Hindu’ organisation at the centre of an international media storm surrounding the killing of Shambo. By examining the meanings and symbols brought into play by the contesting groups, as well as the different levels of conflict, this paper will examine the constructions of Hindu identity that emerged in media representations as a result of this controversy.
Maya Warrier is lecturer in Religious Studies at the University of Wales, Lampeter. Her publications include Hindu Selves in the Modern World: Guru Faith in the Mata Amritanandamayi Mission and Theology and Religious Studies: An Exploration of Disciplinary Boundaries, as well as book chapters and journal articles. She researches transnational Hinduism with a focus on transnational guru movements, Yoga and Ayurveda in the West, and the Hindu diaspora in Britain. She is currently working on a research project funded by the Wellcome Trust which explores the development of Ayurveda in Britain. |
This program alternates monthly between the Human Research Professional’s Meeting (HRPM) and the IRB Lunch & Learn. These educational opportunities are designed to provide new or updated information regarding human research protections and encourage researchers to consider the information being presented in the context of his/her research practice.
Allied Health Care Professionals
- Learners will not only be presented with varying policies at the institutional, state, and federal levels, but the application of these policies to their specific work will also be discussed. Learners are expected to apply this knowledge to their engagement in human subject research and to educate their peers. Through both internal and external audits, as well as the quality of submissions submitted to the HRPP, it will be determined whether or not the information provided to learners has been understood and appropriately applied.
- The ethical foundations of human subject research will be discussed with learners in order to provide a rationale for the current regulations and institutional policy as well as to demonstrate acceptable conduct in human subject research. It is hoped that learners will apply these ethical standards to all human subject research in which they are engaged. Comprehension of the ethical standards will be assessed through routine audits and the number of reportable event submissions that demonstrate noncompliance.
- Learners will be presented with a number of resources that assist in the conduction of ethical and compliant research practices. With this knowledge, learners will be enabled to expand upon their current practices and audit their own practices to ensure compliance with regulations and ethical standards. An appropriate understanding and implementation of this knowledge will be assessed through the review of research project content and conduct.
Activity Director: David Clark, PhD
All persons in control of content have NO relevant financial relatioships to disclose.
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The Medical College of Wisconsin designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Hours of Participation for Allied Health Care Professionals:
The Medical College of Wisconsin designates this activity for up to 1.0 hours of participation for continuing education for allied health professionals. |
A report from the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) notes that 40% of crypto trading platforms are decentralized and use distributed ledger technology, while the majority (60%) use central limit order books (CLOBs), quite similar to regulated exchange platforms.
The WFE report says there are a total of 500 crypto trading platforms offering various crypto-linked products and services. The survey saw participation from several crypto platforms, offering key insights into retail and institutional demands.
According to the report, many crypto platforms rely on off-chain CLOB systems for price oracles, quote display and order execution. These entities only use blockchain for settlement and custody purposes, meaning traders do not interact directly with it, which eventually helps save on transaction costs. In this way, transaction fees only apply when orders are settled on the blockchain. Crypto-trading platforms with this type of arrangement are known as centralized exchanges (CEXs).
According to the WEF’s survey, retail demand for crypto-linked products and services is higher than institutional demand, except for custody services. Institutional giants have shown a greater requirement for crypto custody services and higher demand. Based on the different types of product demands by each segment of investors, the report estimates that retail customers are less aware of the importance of investor protection.
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Regarding liquidity and customer demand, the report finds that CEXs enjoy higher trading activity despite decentralized platforms offering lower transaction fees. The report also sheds light on the difference in price for the same trading pairs on different platforms, leading to arbitrage opportunities. However, it claims this type of price fluctuation highlights a potential inefficiency issue in the crypto market.
The report further finds that despite most countries imposing Know Your Customer requirements, both centralized and decentralized crypto trading platforms have fallen short in implementing such measures due to a lack of uniform crypto regulations.
Magazine: How to protect your crypto in a volatile market: Bitcoin OGs and experts weigh in |
Brittany Mahomes wore an itsy bitsy teenie weenie red bikini.
The wife of Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes made her Sports Illustrated Swimsuit debut as a Rookie in their February issue, and is showing new behind the scenes looks from her photoshoot in Belize.
In the new photo shared by Sports Illustrated Swimsuit (which has a new issue on stands in May), the 28-year-old can be seen sporting a barely there red bikini, along with a woven, red cowboy hat, showing off a tattoo on her left rib.
Brittany—who shares children Sterling, 3, and Patrick “Bronze,” 16 months, with Patrick—was burning Kansas City Chiefs red all throughout her Sports Illustrated photoshoot, donning a red high cut one piece suit for photos published in the February issue.
And while marking the modeling milestone, she also stressed the importance of being your own cheer captain.
“Be confident in who you are and be unapologetically yourself,” she told the magazine. “People are going to love you or hate you, but finding your values and what makes you ‘you’ to be the best version of yourself is what really matters.” |
Ramon Novarro's house
Murder House in Studio City, California
This is the house where actor Ramon Novarro was murdered.
It is situated at 3110 Laurel Canyon Boulevard in Studio City, California.
Novarro was a leading Mexican-American actor during the 1920s and early 1930s. He is best known for his roles in movies such as Ben-Hur (1925), "The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg" (1927), and Across to Singapore (1928).
Homosexuality and alcoholism
Novarro was a closeted homosexual who reportedly struggled with his sexuality due to his Catholic upbringing. He also knew that being openly gay would destroy his career as one of Hollywood's romantic idols.
Frustrated, conflicted, and ashamed, he soon turned to alcohol in an attempt to drown out his feelings.
His career began to falter in the 1930s, just as the silent film era was coming to an end.
By that stage, his battle with alcoholism had aged him so much that he could no longer portray the handsome romantic lead.
Although he continued to feature in movies and TV shows in the 40s and 50s, his roles were quite small in comparison to his earlier work.
Novarro regularly brought male escorts back to his house in Laurel Canyon.
On the morning of October 31st, 1968, the 69-year-old's secretary found him beaten to death in his bedroom.
Novarro's killers were two brothers named Paul and Tom Ferguson, who had tricked the actor into believing that they were escorts.
The Ferguson brothers were so convinced that the Ben-Hur star had a large sum of money hidden on the property that they decided to beat him until he revealed its location.
In reality, however, there was no money.
This means that Novarro was tortured to death over something that didn't exist.
The coroner ruled that the actor died from choking on his own blood.
Following the murder, his killers attempted to mislead the police by writing "Us girls are better than fa*gots" on a mirror. Fortunately, this half-baked attempt to stage the crime scene did not fool investigators. In their minds, such an obvious misdirection made it clear that the killer was a male.
Although Paul and Tom Ferguson were convicted of the crime and given lengthy prison sentences, they were both released early on parole during the mid-1970s.
In the late 1980s, the men were convicted of two separate, unrelated rapes.
Ramon Novarro's house address
The address and the GPS coordinates for this location are as follows:
3110 Laurel Canyon Blvd, Studio City, California, CA 91604, USA
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The latitude and longitude coordinates for the house are:
The house is roughly 0.5 miles north of the intersection between Laurel Canyon Boulevard and Mulholland Drive.
Details about the general area
Studio City is a neighborhood in the north of Los Angeles, California.
Private Property Warning
This is a private property. It is not a public place. Therefore, you should be respectful and not step foot on the property without permission.
Photos of the house and other related images.
Image source: The MLS
These are realtor photographs of Ramon Novarro's former home on Laurel Canyon Boulevard.
The property is obscured by walls, hedges, and tall trees.
A number of social media users have claimed that the original house was torn down, replaced by the current structure, and then sold.
However, this is untrue, as property websites show that the current house was built in 1945, which was 23 years before the murder took place.
Furthermore, newspaper listings from 1981 describe it as a one-story hacienda.
Over the years, it has seen a large number of additions. For example, building permits show that the two-story building at the front wasn't added until the late 1980s.
Image source: Google Maps
This is an aerial image of 3110 Laurel Canyon Boulevard. We have highlighted some of the newer additions with a red overlay.
This Google Street View image was taken in August 2022.
As you can see, the house is mostly hidden from the street.
The owners decided to replace the "reddish orange" color on the exterior walls with grey at some point after 2019.
Paul and Tom Ferguson
Paul and Tom Ferguson were under the impression that Novarro had $5,000 hidden behind one of the pictures in his house.
They refused to believe the actor told when he told them that all of his money was tied up in the stock market and in bank accounts.
Convinced he was being lied to, Paul Ferguson began to beat the 69-year-old with a silver cane.
The assault occurred over the course of several hours and only ended when Novarro choked to death on his own blood.
Following the murder, it did not take long for the police to arrest the Ferguson brothers.
While Paul was beating Navorra, Tom had used the victim's phone to call his girlfriend, Brenda Metcalf, in Chicago. When the police looked at the outgoing calls and tracked Brenda down, she immediately told them Tom's name and admitted that she had heard a man screaming in the background.
A forensic investigation revealed that the two brothers' fingerprints were all over the house.
Following their arrest, Paul convinced Tom to confess to the crime. He argued that Tom would get off lightly because he was only 17 years old when the murder took place.
Initially, Tom agreed, as he believed that he was sparing his older brother from a life sentence or the death penalty. However, he immediately changed his mind when he learned that the prosecutor was planning on trying him as an adult.
At that point, he recanted his confession and told the authorities that Paul had killed the actor.
During the trial, the two brothers accused each other of murdering Navorra.
In September 1969, they were found guilty of the crime and given life sentences. However, they both received early probation in the mid-1970s.
Following their release, they never spoke to each other again.
In 1987, Tom Ferguson was found guilty of raping a 54-year-old woman and sentenced to 8 years in prison.
Two years later, in 1989, Paul Ferguson was convicted of raping a woman in Missouri and sentenced to 60 years in prison.
Tom committed suicide at a motel in 2005. Paul died in prison in 2018.
Novarro's body was discovered by his secretary, Edward Weber.
When Weber entered the house, he saw that chairs were overturned and that empty bottles were strewn across the floor.
After walking into the bedroom and opening the curtains, he saw Novarro's badly beaten body on the bed.
His killers had tied his feet and hands together with an electrical cord. The autopsy report revealed that he suffered injuries to his nose, face, chest, arm, knees, and genitals.
The cause of death was asphyxiation, as the 69-year-old had suffocated on his own blood.
5609 Valley Oak Drive
During the 1930s, Ramon Novarro lived at 5609 Valley Oak Drive in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles.
However, he was forced to downsize and move to Laurel Canyon when his career began to falter.
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Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin has appointed Indian-American healthcare professional Srilekha Palle to the Virginia Asian Advisory Board (VAAB).
In her new role, Palle will advise and inform the Governor on issues facing the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) constituents, and advocate for the interests of the community.
She will also advise the Governor on ways to improve economic and cultural links between the Commonwealth and Asian nations, with a focus on the areas of commerce and trade, art and education and general government.
"Today, I am grateful to announce the following administration and board appointments. I am confident that with their help we will be able to strengthen the spirit of Virginia and accomplish great things for our Commonwealth," Youngkin in a statement.
Palle, a doctor with over 23 years of experience in leadership roles in the healthcare sector, was the Fairfax Republican nominee for Sully District Supervisor in 2019.
She is also a visiting fellow at the Independent Women's Forum, where she contributes by writing policy papers on current issues healthcare faces, from cost to affordability and price transparency.
Currently she serves in a volunteer capacity as a Rehabilitation Division Head for the Healthcare Council, an organisation of Providers of Care consisting of hospitals and allied healthcare facilities located in the Mid-Atlantic region.
She earned her Doctor of Physical Therapy from Boston University and an MBA, focusing on healthcare administration. |
Office 365 EOP (Exchange Online Protection) is a powerful email filtering service that helps protect your organization from malicious email threats. However, to ensure maximum security and effectiveness, it is important to follow the best practices recommended by Microsoft.
First and foremost, it is crucial to regularly review and update the Safe Senders and Blocked Senders lists. These lists allow you to define which senders should be trusted and which should be blocked, based on your organization’s specific needs. Regularly reviewing and updating these lists helps ensure that legitimate emails are not blocked and that malicious emails are effectively filtered.
Another best practice is to enable advanced threat protection in Office 365 EOP. This feature provides an additional layer of security by scanning email attachments and URLs for potential threats. By enabling advanced threat protection, you can significantly reduce the risk of malware and phishing attacks.
Additionally, it is important to regularly monitor and analyze the quarantine of Office 365 EOP. The quarantine contains emails that have been identified as potentially malicious or spam. By regularly reviewing the quarantine, you can ensure that legitimate emails are not mistakenly marked as malicious and that any actual threats are promptly dealt with.
In conclusion, following these best practices for Office 365 EOP will greatly enhance the security and effectiveness of your organization’s email filtering. By regularly reviewing and updating the Safe Senders and Blocked Senders lists, enabling advanced threat protection, and monitoring the quarantine, you can safeguard your organization’s email communication from malicious threats and ensure a more productive and secure work environment.
Office 365 EOP Overview
Office 365 EOP (Exchange Online Protection) is a best-in-class email filtering and security service that is included with Office 365 subscriptions. It provides protection against spam, malware, and other email-borne threats to ensure that your organization’s email system remains secure and efficient.
EOP leverages advanced machine learning algorithms and industry-leading intelligence to analyze and filter inbound and outbound email for known and emerging threats. It also includes features such as anti-phishing, anti-spoofing, and email encryption to help protect sensitive information.
With Office 365 EOP, you can customize your organization’s email protection policies to meet specific security requirements. You can create rules to block or allow specific senders or domains, scan attachments for malware, and enforce email encryption for certain recipients.
In addition to its robust security features, EOP also includes advanced reporting and monitoring capabilities. You can gain insights into email traffic patterns, track the delivery of messages, and identify potential security issues or policy violations.
Office 365 EOP is designed to work seamlessly with other Office 365 services, such as Exchange Online and SharePoint Online, to provide comprehensive security and compliance for your organization’s email and collaboration environment.
By implementing Office 365 EOP, you can benefit from the best-in-class email filtering and security capabilities of Office 365, ensuring that your organization’s email system remains protected against the latest threats.
Office 365 EOP Features
Office 365 Email Protection (EOP) offers a variety of features to help protect your organization’s email from spam, viruses, and other malicious threats. These features are designed to enhance security and decrease the risk of cyberattacks.
1. Anti-spam and anti-malware protection
EOP uses advanced algorithms and machine learning to identify and block spam messages and malicious attachments. It analyzes email content, sender reputation, and other factors to determine the likelihood of a message being spam or containing malware.
2. Advanced threat protection
EOP includes advanced threat protection capabilities to detect and block sophisticated and targeted attacks, such as zero-day exploits and phishing attempts. It uses real-time behavioral analysis and reputation checks to identify and mitigate potential threats.
3. Safe attachments
EOP provides safe attachments feature that protects against unknown and potentially malicious attachments by opening them in a sandbox environment before delivering them to the recipient. This ensures that any potentially harmful code is isolated and cannot harm the recipient’s device.
4. Safe links
EOP also includes safe links feature that helps protect against malicious URLs embedded in emails. It scans and rewrites URLs to point them to a Microsoft secure web service, which checks the reputation of the website before allowing the user to access it.
5. Spoof intelligence
EOP’s spoof intelligence feature helps prevent email spoofing and impersonation attacks. It uses machine learning algorithms to analyze message headers, sender reputation, and other indicators to identify potential spoofed emails and mark them as spam or block them altogether.
Implementing these Office 365 EOP features can significantly improve the security of your organization’s email system and ensure that your employees and sensitive information are protected from cyber threats.
Setting up Office 365 EOP
When it comes to setting up Office 365 EOP (Exchange Online Protection), there are several best practices that should be followed. These practices ensure that your organization’s email system is secure and efficient.
1. Set up mail flow rules
One of the first steps in setting up Office 365 EOP is to configure mail flow rules. These rules allow you to control how incoming and outgoing emails are processed. By implementing these rules, you can prevent spam, malware, and other malicious content from reaching your organization’s email system.
2. Enable anti-spam and anti-malware features
Another important practice is to enable the anti-spam and anti-malware features provided by Office 365 EOP. These features help to protect your organization’s email system from unwanted and harmful content. They can effectively detect and block spam emails, viruses, and other malicious attachments.
|Ensure proper email routing
|Make sure that emails are routed correctly to Office 365 EOP for scanning. This involves updating your DNS records and configuring mail routing connectors.
|Regularly review and update policies
|Periodically review and update your Exchange Online Protection policies to ensure they align with your organization’s security requirements.
|Monitor email queues
|Regularly monitor email queues to identify any issues or delays in email delivery. Take appropriate actions to resolve these issues promptly.
By following these best practices, you can ensure that your Office 365 EOP is properly configured and able to effectively protect your organization’s email system from spam, malware, and other threats.
Office 365 EOP Configuration
Configuring Office 365 Exchange Online Protection (EOP) is an essential step in ensuring the security of your organization’s email communication. By implementing best practices for configuring EOP, you can enhance the protection against spam, malware, and other email threats. Here are some key configuration practices to consider:
1. Enable Antispam Protection
- Make sure to enable the antispam protection feature in the EOP settings. This will help filter out spam emails based on various criteria, such as sender reputation, content analysis, and email header analysis.
2. Configure Connection Filtering
- Connection filtering allows you to block or allow specific IP addresses or domains from sending emails to your organization. It is recommended to configure connection filtering rules to block known malicious IP addresses and domains.
3. Implement Malware Protection
- Enable the malware protection feature in EOP to scan incoming and outgoing emails for known malware signatures. This helps prevent malware-infected emails from reaching your organization’s mailboxes.
4. Enable URL Protection
- EOP can analyze URLs within emails to check if they are malicious or potentially harmful. Enable URL protection to block or redirect users from accessing malicious websites.
5. Configure Advanced Threat Protection
- Consider configuring advanced threat protection (ATP) to provide an additional layer of protection against sophisticated and targeted attacks. ATP can help detect and block malicious attachments and unsafe links.
By following these best practices for Office 365 EOP configuration, you can enhance the security of your organization’s email communication and minimize the risk of cyber threats.
Office 365 EOP Admin Console
The Office 365 EOP (Exchange Online Protection) Admin Console is a powerful tool that allows administrators to manage and configure their organization’s email protection settings. With the EOP Admin Console, administrators can easily access and modify various features and settings to enhance security and protect against spam, viruses, and malware.
Key features of the EOP Admin Console:
- Message Trace: This feature allows administrators to track the flow of email messages through the system, helping to identify any delivery issues or potential threats.
- Transport Rules: Administrators can create and manage transport rules to enforce specific policies, such as blocking or redirecting certain types of emails.
- Spam Filter Policy: The EOP Admin Console provides options to customize and fine-tune spam filtering settings to meet the organization’s needs, minimizing false positives and false negatives.
- Malware Filter Policy: Administrators can configure the EOP malware filter policy to block or allow specific file types, protecting the organization against known and emerging threats.
- Connection Filter: This feature allows administrators to create and manage IP allow/deny lists, helping to control inbound and outbound email traffic.
- Safe Attachments and Safe Links: Administrators can enable these features to automatically scan email attachments and URLs for potential threats, providing an additional layer of protection.
Best practices for using the EOP Admin Console:
- Regularly review and update settings: Administrators should regularly review and update their organization’s email protection settings to ensure optimal security, taking into account any changes in the threat landscape.
- Enable multi-factor authentication: To further enhance security, administrators should enable multi-factor authentication for accessing the EOP Admin Console, reducing the risk of unauthorized access.
- Monitor message trace logs: Regularly monitoring message trace logs can help administrators identify any delivery issues or potential threats, allowing for quick resolution and enhanced email flow.
- Stay informed about new features: Microsoft regularly releases updates and new features for Office 365 EOP. Administrators should stay informed about these updates and evaluate their potential impact on their organization’s email protection strategy.
- Train end users: Educating end users about email security best practices, such as avoiding suspicious emails and not clicking on unknown links, can significantly reduce the risk of email-based threats.
By leveraging the powerful features and following best practices in the Office 365 EOP Admin Console, organizations can ensure a robust and effective email protection strategy, safeguarding their sensitive information and maintaining business continuity.
Office 365 EOP Policies
In order to ensure the best security practices within their Office 365 environment, organizations should implement and enforce a set of Office 365 Exchange Online Protection (EOP) policies.
These policies help to establish and maintain a secure email environment by defining rules and actions that are applied to incoming and outgoing messages. By configuring and managing these policies, organizations can ensure that only legitimate and safe messages are delivered to their users while also protecting against spam, malware, and other malicious threats.
There are several key Office 365 EOP policies that organizations should consider implementing:
- Anti-Spam Policies: These policies help to filter out and block spam messages from reaching users’ mailboxes. Organizations can configure settings and actions such as quarantining, blocking, or allowing certain types of spam messages based on specific criteria.
- Anti-Malware Policies: These policies help to protect against malware threats by scanning email attachments and links for known viruses and malicious content. Organizations can configure actions such as quarantining or blocking messages that contain infected attachments or links.
- Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Policies: These policies help to prevent the accidental or intentional sharing of sensitive information by monitoring emails for specific types of content, such as credit card numbers or social security numbers. Organizations can configure actions such as blocking or encrypting messages that violate these DLP policies.
- Transport Rules: These rules allow organizations to apply specific actions to email messages based on various conditions, such as sender or recipient information, subject line keywords, or message content. Organizations can configure actions such as redirecting messages, adding disclaimers, or encrypting messages based on these rules.
By implementing these Office 365 EOP policies, organizations can enhance their email security and protect their users from various threats. It is important to regularly review and update these policies to ensure they align with the organization’s security requirements and evolving threat landscape.
Office 365 EOP Filtering
When it comes to Office 365, the Exchange Online Protection (EOP) plays a crucial role in filtering and protecting your email environment. Implementing best practices for EOP can help ensure that your organization’s email remains secure and spam-free.
Customize EOP Settings
One of the first best practices for EOP is to customize its settings based on your organization’s needs. Office 365 EOP offers a wide range of filters and policies that you can adjust to fit your specific requirements. By fine-tuning these settings, you can ensure that EOP filters out unwanted emails effectively while allowing legitimate ones to reach your users’ inboxes.
Regularly Review Quarantine
EOP’s quarantine feature holds suspicious emails that are not marked as spam but might still be potentially harmful. It is essential to regularly review the quarantine to identify any false positives or missed emails. By doing so, you can better train EOP and improve its accuracy over time.
Note: Keep in mind that emails in quarantine may contain malicious content, so caution should be exercised when reviewing them.
By following these best practices, you can leverage the power of Office 365 EOP to enhance your organization’s security and overall email filtering capabilities.
Office 365 EOP Quarantine
The Office 365 EOP Quarantine is a feature that allows you to manage and review potentially harmful or suspicious emails in a secure environment. By using the quarantine, you can reduce the risk of your organization being exposed to malicious content or phishing attempts.
Here are some best practices to follow when using the Office 365 EOP Quarantine:
- Regularly review the quarantine: It is important to regularly review the emails in the quarantine to ensure that no legitimate emails are being held. Set up a schedule to check the quarantine and release any safe emails.
- Train users on how to handle suspicious emails: Educate your users on how to recognize suspicious emails and how to report them. This will help reduce the number of false positives in the quarantine and improve the overall security of your organization.
- Set up alerts: Configure alerts to notify you when new emails are added to the quarantine. This will allow you to stay proactive and take action quickly if any high-risk emails are detected.
- Use whitelists and blacklists: Utilize whitelists and blacklists to specify which senders or domains should be trusted or blocked. This will help filter out unwanted emails and reduce the volume of emails in the quarantine.
- Monitor the spam filter: Keep an eye on the emails that are flagged as spam and adjust the spam filter settings as needed. Regularly checking the spam filter can help improve its accuracy and reduce false positives.
By following these best practices, you can make the most out of the Office 365 EOP Quarantine and enhance the overall security of your organization’s email system.
Office 365 EOP Reporting
Office 365 EOP (Exchange Online Protection) offers a range of reporting capabilities to help administrators monitor and analyze email protection and security.
EOP provides detailed reports on various aspects of email filtering, including spam, malware, and phishing. These reports can help administrators identify and address any issues that may arise, ensuring the best possible email security for your Office 365 environment.
The Office 365 Admin Center provides a user-friendly interface to access and analyze EOP reports. Through the Admin Center, administrators can generate reports on email traffic volume, top senders and recipients, and email protection trends.
By regularly reviewing these reports, administrators can gain insights into the effectiveness of EOP in protecting against spam and other email threats. They can also identify any areas that may require additional attention or configuration changes to optimize email security.
In addition to the built-in reporting capabilities in the Office 365 Admin Center, you can also leverage third-party tools to enhance your EOP reporting experience. These tools offer advanced features, such as customizable dashboards, real-time monitoring, and integration with other security platforms.
Overall, Office 365 EOP reporting plays a crucial role in ensuring the best email security and protection for your organization. By proactively monitoring and analyzing EOP reports, administrators can effectively manage and mitigate email risks, safeguarding sensitive information and maintaining a secure email environment.
Office 365 EOP Troubleshooting
If you’re encountering issues with Office 365 EOP (Exchange Online Protection), it’s important to follow best practices for troubleshooting in order to identify and resolve the problem quickly. Here are some steps you can take:
1. Verify Email Routing
Ensure that your email is being routed through Office 365 EOP correctly. Check your DNS settings to make sure they are properly configured to route email traffic to the EOP service. You can also review the message trace logs in the Office 365 Security & Compliance Center to see if the emails are being processed by EOP.
2. Check Spam Filters
If you’re experiencing issues with legitimate emails being marked as spam, check your spam filters in the EOP settings. Review the spam filter policies and rules to make sure they are not incorrectly classifying emails. You can also add specific senders or domains to the allowed list to ensure their emails are not marked as spam.
3. Monitor Quarantine
If emails are going to the quarantine instead of the inbox, regularly monitor the quarantine and release any legitimate emails that were incorrectly quarantined. You can also adjust the quarantine settings to be more lenient or strict, depending on your organization’s needs.
4. Investigate False Positives/Negatives
If you’re receiving reports of false positives (legitimate emails marked as spam) or false negatives (spam emails delivered to the inbox), investigate the issue further. Check the anti-malware and anti-spam policies in EOP and adjust them accordingly. You can also report false positives/negatives to Microsoft for further investigation.
By following these best practices for troubleshooting Office 365 EOP issues, you can ensure that your email system is functioning correctly and efficiently. If you’re still experiencing problems, consider reaching out to Microsoft support for additional assistance.
Office 365 EOP Advantages
Office 365 Exchange Online Protection (EOP) offers a range of benefits to organizations of all sizes. By implementing EOP best practices, businesses can ensure a secure and reliable email experience for their users.
1. Enhanced Security
EOP provides an enhanced level of security for organizations by protecting against spam, malware, and other malicious threats. It uses advanced filtering and threat intelligence to identify and block harmful content before it reaches the users’ inboxes.
2. Simplified Administration
Office 365 EOP offers a user-friendly administration interface that simplifies the management and configuration of email security policies. Administrators have access to a range of controls and customization options, allowing them to fine-tune the email security settings according to their organization’s requirements.
By leveraging the power of EOP alongside its best practices, organizations can mitigate email-related risks and ensure the smooth operation of their email systems.
Office 365 EOP Limitations
While Office 365 EOP (Exchange Online Protection) offers several benefits for securing email communications, it is important to be aware of its limitations. By understanding these limitations, you can implement best practices to ensure the effective use of Office 365 EOP.
Limited Control over Message Routing
One limitation of Office 365 EOP is that it does not provide extensive control over message routing. While it offers basic routing capabilities, more complex routing scenarios may require additional tools or services.
No Built-in Encryption for External Emails
While Office 365 EOP includes encryption features for internal emails, it does not provide built-in encryption for external emails. If your organization requires secure communication with external recipients, additional encryption solutions may need to be implemented.
False Positives and False Negatives
Like any spam filtering solution, Office 365 EOP can occasionally have false positives and false negatives. False positives occur when legitimate emails are incorrectly identified as spam and filtered out, while false negatives occur when spam emails are not identified and make it into the inbox. Regular monitoring and adjustments to the filtering settings can help mitigate these issues.
No Archiving or eDiscovery Features
Office 365 EOP does not offer built-in archiving or eDiscovery features. If your organization requires long-term email retention or advanced eDiscovery capabilities, additional solutions will need to be implemented.
- Consider integrating Office 365 EOP with third-party archiving solutions for long-term email retention.
- Investigate eDiscovery tools that can work alongside Office 365 EOP to meet your organization’s legal and compliance needs.
Despite these limitations, implementing best practices alongside Office 365 EOP can greatly enhance your organization’s email security and protection against threats. Regular monitoring, fine-tuning of settings, and integration with additional solutions where necessary will help ensure the best possible experience with Office 365 EOP.
Office 365 EOP Recommendations
If you are using Office 365 for email protection, it is important to follow best practices for configuring EOP (Exchange Online Protection). By implementing these recommendations, you can ensure a secure and effective email filtering system.
Here are some key recommendations to consider:
|1. Enable Exchange Online Protection:
|Make sure EOP is activated for your Office 365 account. This ensures that all inbound and outbound email traffic is filtered and protected according to the policies you define.
|2. Configure Spam Filtering:
|Set up effective spam filtering rules to minimize the impact of unwanted and malicious email. This includes blocking known malicious senders, using content filters, and implementing DKIM (DomainKeys Identified Mail) to verify email authenticity.
|3. Implement Phishing Protection:
|Enable anti-phishing measures to identify and block emails that attempt to deceive users into disclosing sensitive information. Train your users to recognize phishing attempts and report any suspicious emails to your IT department.
|4. Enable Advanced Threat Protection (ATP):
|Consider activating ATP to provide an additional layer of protection against advanced threats such as zero-day exploits and targeted phishing attacks. ATP can help identify and block malicious attachments and URLs.
|5. Regularly Review Quarantine:
|Regularly review the emails quarantined by EOP to ensure legitimate messages are not being blocked. Train your users to review their quarantined messages and release any false positives.
|6. Monitor EOP Logs:
|Monitor EOP logs and alerts to detect any suspicious activity or policy violations. This can help you proactively respond to potential security threats and adjust your email filters accordingly.
By following these recommendations, you can enhance the security and efficiency of your Office 365 email environment. Remember to regularly review and update your EOP settings to adapt to evolving threats and organizational needs.
What are some best practices for Office 365 EOP?
Some best practices for Office 365 EOP include regularly reviewing and updating your spam filter settings, enabling multi-factor authentication for added security, regularly monitoring and analyzing email traffic for any unusual patterns or trends, and educating employees about email security best practices.
How often should I review and update the spam filter settings in Office 365 EOP?
It is recommended to review and update your spam filter settings in Office 365 EOP on a regular basis, ideally at least once every quarter. This ensures that the settings are up-to-date and effective in blocking spam and malicious emails.
What is multi-factor authentication and why is it important in Office 365 EOP?
Multi-factor authentication (MFA) is a security measure that requires users to provide two or more forms of authentication before accessing their accounts. It is important in Office 365 EOP because it adds an extra layer of security to prevent unauthorized access to email accounts, reducing the risk of data breaches and email-based attacks.
Why is it important to regularly monitor and analyze email traffic in Office 365 EOP?
Regularly monitoring and analyzing email traffic in Office 365 EOP is important because it allows you to detect any unusual patterns or trends that may indicate a security threat or email-based attack. By identifying and addressing these issues promptly, you can prevent potential security breaches and protect your organization’s sensitive information.
How can I educate employees about email security best practices in Office 365 EOP?
You can educate employees about email security best practices in Office 365 EOP by conducting regular training sessions or workshops, sharing informative resources and guidelines on email security, and implementing policies and procedures that promote safe email practices. It is also important to encourage employees to report any suspicious emails or security incidents to the IT department.
What is Office 365 EOP?
Office 365 EOP, or Exchange Online Protection, is a cloud-based email filtering service that helps protect your organization against spam, malware, and other email threats.
How does Office 365 EOP work?
Office 365 EOP uses various techniques such as spam filtering, malware detection, and email authentication to protect your organization’s email. It analyzes incoming and outgoing email traffic and applies filters to block or allow certain types of emails based on predefined policies and settings.
What are some best practices for using Office 365 EOP?
Some best practices for using Office 365 EOP include regularly reviewing and updating your anti-spam and malware policies, ensuring proper email authentication including SPF, DKIM, and DMARC configurations, and monitoring the Message Trace feature to detect any potential email threats.
How can I improve the performance of Office 365 EOP?
To improve the performance of Office 365 EOP, you can configure connection filtering to block known bad IP addresses, enable safe sender and blocked sender lists to whitelist or blacklist specific email addresses or domains, and use advanced threat protection features like ATP Safe Links and ATP Safe Attachments.
What should I do if legitimate emails are being marked as spam by Office 365 EOP?
If legitimate emails are being marked as spam by Office 365 EOP, you can add the sender’s email address or domain to the safe sender list, disable the spam filter for specific emails or domains, or adjust the spam filter settings to be less aggressive. |
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Carve a straight path to a brighter career future by earning a B.S., M.A. or PhD from the OILS Program. The coursework will not only provide you with a well-rounded education that focuses on organizational learning and training, it will also:
- Improve your salary and benefits
- Enhance your opportunities for advancement
- Expand your employment opportunities reaching from local to international
- Broaden your consulting prospects
- Improve your self-concept due to the above factors
All OILS students can expect to develop a diverse skill set that will help them hit the ground running when they enter the workforce because all OILS courses require students to apply their learning in real world contexts. OILS graduates work in a diverse number of settings from nonprofit organizations to Fortune 500 Companies.
Not only do OILS graduates have the flexibility to choose where they work, they also enjoy diverse and rewarding employment options which include:
- Adult Learning
- Training and Development
- Distance Education
- Online Learning
- Knowledge Management
- Data Management
- Project Management
- Organizational Development
- Instructional Design and Technology
Earn a Bachelor of Science in the Instructional Technology & Training is a 2 + 2 Transfer Program
Instructional Technology & Training is a 2 + 2 Transfer Program. Take your two years of college credits from an accredited institution and add two years of coursework in OILS, Communication and Journalism, Management and other majors to earn a Bachelor of Science. Check this list of technical disciplines accepted for transfer into the program.
Trades and Service
Rapid technological advances and the global community have made corporate training a necessity. Did you know that:
- Over 34% of America's workforce receives corporate training each year.
- 1.3 billion hours are spent each year in the corporate classroom.
You can earn your M.A. entirely online or in a combination of online and face-to-face courses.
The OILS Master’s degree provides students the option to take courses in Organizational Learning and Training, Multimedia Technologies, and Distance Education. Students may focus on one particular area or mix and match courses from all areas to create a personalized program of study. Students choose from two path options to complete the degree.
- A Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university
- At least a 3.0 GPA in the last sixty (60) hours of undergraduate work
Students take courses in organizational learning and training, multimedia technologies, and distance education. Students may focus on one particular area or mix and match courses from all areas to create a personalized program of study. Students choose from two path options to complete the degree:
- Master's Thesis
Under the thesis option students plan, conduct, and report on original research conducted to address a research problem in an area related to their study in the OILS program. Choose this option if you are interested in pursuing a PhD.
Under the Coursework option students complete 15 hours of core coursework and 15 hours of a specialty concentration.
General Expectations & Requirements
The PhD in Organization, Information and Learning Sciences is a research degree. It is designed to develop the candidate’s competencies to design, conduct, and report original theoretical and applied research in learning sciences, eLearning, organizational learning and development, instructional technology, and human performance technology.
The program of study and the dissertation reflect a greater emphasis on theoretical concepts, inquiry skills, and original research. Doctoral study is intended to be a stimulating and demanding intellectual experience. Emphasis is placed upon excellence of intellectual, analytical, and conceptual achievements applied effectively to professional situations. Graduates are expected to become leaders in the education and training fields through the application of research, knowledge, and critical thinking skills.
How Much Work?
60 hours of coursework is required (including the transferable coursework). Details of the coursework requirements are shown the Program of Study. Most of the courses at the doctoral level are Face-to-Face.
Full-time students taking 3-4 classes per semester can expect to graduate in around 3 years. Dissertation work for full-time students takes a least 1 year to complete.
Part-time students taking 2 classes per semester can expect to graduate in around 5 years. Dissertation work for part-time students usually takes 1 1/2 years or more.
The OILS Program offers a limited number of teaching and graduate assistantships. An assistantships usually involves working with faculty to conduct research or teach a class and require 10-20 hours of work per week. Tuition waivers may be awarded for the semester.
Admission and Prerequisites
- A Master’s Degree is required for admission to the program.
- Although the program does not require any course pre-requisites, students who are interested in the doctoral program may take the following foundation courses prior their admission. Those two courses are part of the 60-hour coursework requirements.
- OILS 541: The Adult Learner
- OILS 546: Framing Designs of Learning, AND OILS 547: Prototyping Designs for Learning OR OILS 543: Instructional Design |
Often in VAN, you need to find a specific voter profile, to find their contact info, to add a survey response or activist code, or to mark them down for an event. Quick Lookup and Quick Mark are ideal tools for finding a voter profile and quickly applying changes.
Quick Lookup is a basic search tool for voter profiles. In the main menu, it is one of the prominent links at the top.
In Quick Lookup, there are several searchable fields. If you know their full name and city, that is usually enough to find who you are looking for. You can also be more precise by searching for specific phone numbers, addresses, or emails.
Once you enter your criteria and press Enter/Search, you will see all voters who match your criteria. Clicking on the voter's name will take you to their voter profile.
Quick Mark is a very similar tool to Quick Lookup, but it has the added element of automatically applying a chosen Survey Question, Activist Code, or Event Response. This is useful when you have a long list of voters and need to apply the same code/response to all of them.
You can find Quick Mark on your left sidebar under Data Entry, or by searching at the top of the sidebar.
First, you need to choose what you want to mark. For example, if I wanted to mark them as a strong supporter in my committee, I would select "Add a Survey Response."
On the next page, select the specific code or response you wish to add. Continuing our example, I would select my candidate support survey question. You also need to enter how you got the response (a phonebank would be Phone, a canvass would be Walk, etc)
From there, the tool works much like Quick Lookup. It has all the same fields, but when it returns search results, you can choose a survey response in the dropdown next to the voter's name. If you are adding an Activist Code, it will just be a checkmark.
**Before entering new search criteria, you much press "Save/Search" to apply your response!**
After saving, look up the next person on your list until you're done. VAN does the work of applying the response to their profile. Now you can use those responses when creating future lists. |
And she dished up to OKMagazine.com on her relationship with handsome real estate developer Mauricio Umansky.
OK!: What is your secret to having such a long and happy marriage with husband Mauricio Umansky?
KR: You know, my husband and I, really do feel that we are soul mates. I really do. I know that people think, ‘Oh I don’t know’, but I really do. In May it will be 19 years we’ve been together. I honestly do love him more than I did 19 years ago. We just get along. We’re always on the same page for some reason.
It doesn’t feel like a lot of work. There have been times in our life that it was. In our 20s, I would get so jealous or I would get mad. He was so immature at times. We were so young. When I was pregnant with our third, and, you know, I was throwing up in the toilet, nausea from being pregnant, and he goes, ‘Honey. I feel so bad that you feel sick. If you need anything, I’m on the golf course.’ I was like errr! Literally. We would fight about stuff like that, but at this stage of our lives, we’ve got all that stuff worked out, done.
He’s matured. We’re a good match, but we also know that it’s a job that you have to work at every single day. But it’s a fun job if you love that person. It’s like a plant that needs to be watered every day. This morning I brought him his coffee. He was like, ‘My skin is dry’, so I brought lotion. I asked him, ‘Do you feel loved right now?’ You know, you have to do those things and think about it.
OK!: Why did you want to be a part of Clorox Icktionary?
KR: Obviously, part of the job of being a mom—you get yourself in some very icky, messy situations. So, Clorox is a name I trust, and I knew this would be something fun to do. Here I am!
OK!: Tell me about some of the words that you contributed and how those came about?
KR: Well, somebody came up with icktionary.com, which is a wiki-style dictionary of words for these icky situations and also on the website, you can look at solutions, how to clean up those situations, and with the fun names. But my husband and I, we were celebrating our anniversary in Puerto Rico and we sat there coming up with these names. We just got carried away and the next thing you know, we’re at a romantic restaurant that night, and we’d be like, how about this one. We’re talking about the most disgusting things. We’re coming up with these funny words. It was just fun. You can go on the website too and come up with your own names also. It’s just a fun way to, kind of, laugh at situations that we never laugh at during the moment, but later we laugh at these disgusting things—whether you're a mom with babies or have dogs—there’s always something.
OK!: Give me one of the names that you came up with?
KR: Smelldorado. That’s where the cat box is. Eau de Toilette. That’s the little area behind the toilet. It can be kind of a mess sometimes. Lady in Red. That’s when someone spills red wine all over you. So just kind of fun things like that.
OK!: What’s the ickiest situation you’ve had to deal with?
KR: One of my worst I really think in the 24 years being a mom, we were in Vale, Colorado skiing and my husband and I took the four girls to dinner. And all of a sudden I said to him, ‘Portia is going to be sick. I can tell. She’s going to be sick.’ So I quickly picked her up, I was running to the bathroom. Everyone was already staring at us because they recognized us from the show. Everyone’s watching. She literally projectile vomited, on me, my hair, my clothes, everywhere. So then, she continues again. She could not stop. I was screaming, ‘I’m sorry! I’m sorry!’ Everyone is staring, so then I asked somebody to get me some things to clean it up. Because you know, as a mom, you cannot have someone else clean up your child’s mess. That was definitely one of my doozies. Portia’s done that to me a couple times actually now that I think about it. I had a purse like this and we were at one of my favorite restaurants. She goes, ‘I don’t feel good.’ And I opened up my bag because it was the only thing I could think of, and she threw up in my Bottega Veneta bag.
KR: It was either that or all over me. It’s so embarrassing for a mom when you’re in a restaurant. Is that not the most embarrassing as a mother—in a restaurant? Imagine. Those are definitely some of my worst moments.
OK!: What was your highlight from this past season of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills?
KR: None. I’m kidding. What was the highlight? You know, I try to focus on the fun parts of the show and when we travel, we tend to have a lot of fun together, even though there always ends up being some argument or disagreement, we always do have a lot of fun together. You know, going to Ojai this season with all the girls was fun. When we did the scene with the flipping and acrobats in the room, we weren’t filming anymore. The cameras were down. That was a handy-cam that one of the producers just grabbed while watching us have fun after the cameras all left, which a lot of people don’t know so that’s a little trivia there. You saw we were cracking up laughing. I literally peed my pants. I was dying. Yeah. Literally. You can go to icktionary.com and look up how you fix that situation. And then Lisa was crying because she knew that. Just seeing all of us doing the flips, and Adrienne who is always so reserved, I mean, we really had a lot of fun. I’d take those moments away.
OK!: What’s your relationship now with Lisa Vanderpump?
KR: I was really hurt after the reunion because I felt like they, you know, all attacked me and went after me and I felt like it was deliberate. My personality has always been like this. I not only forgive, I forget. I’m a happy person. I’m happy in my personal life, so I can’t even hold on to that. I was hurt, but I get over things.
OK!: We’re doing OK!’s 12 Week Countdown to Summer campaign to get bikini ready for the summer. what are you doing?
KR: I’ve been doing circuit training like three days a week with my trainer who comes to my house in the morning and then yoga twice a week with a yoga teacher that I’ve been going to for ten years. But I’m just now getting back into that, and I’ve been doing Weight Watchers actually.
My weight has been like this my whole life so—like last season, I was like, ‘I felt thin that day. Why did I look like that on camera?’ So now I’m doing Weight Watchers again. I had my little Weight Watchers cheeseburger. I actually ate it for breakfast. Desperado.
OK!: What are you doing for the summer?
KR: I think we’re taking the kids to Europe. That seems to be the vote right now. We take votes because they’re so many of us. Usually, it's something by the ocean. Now the vote seems to be Italy.
What are your tips for a happy marriage or share some of your ickiest situations with us @OKMagazine! |
As the end of another year approaches, it’s time to start thinking about what your goals are for the new year. Although there is no deadline for creating objectives, the urge to “start fresh” as December ends is very apparent. You may feel pressure to aim big because you want to do better than the previous year. Although it’s okay to create goals for yourself, the important thing to remember is that everyone moves at their own pace.
I often feel anxiety beginning to creep into my life as soon as January rolls around. I observe the people around me, and I compare my life to theirs. This has resulted in creating unattainable or far-fetched goals due to what I think I should be doing and not what I want to be doing. When creating New Year’s resolutions for yourself, think about your short-term and long-term goals and what you can realistically do to achieve them. Write them down, break them up, and simplify. When I wanted to apply to SFU’s co-op program and get a fall placement, I wrote it down and informed myself of everything I had to do to reach success. This included being aware of deadlines, staying organized, keeping good grades, and doing everything that was required by the program before applying. By doing so, I was able to refer to my goal, check my progress, and keep working hard.
Speaking your ambitions out loud allows them to feel real and achievable, it will push you to do better. I keep myself accountable by discussing my goals with friends and family. You also want to turn your goals into habits by practicing them every day. Even if it feels small or insignificant, talking about what you want, doing things to move forward, or staying positive towards your objectives will help create a healthy routine. I write my goals down in a notebook as a physical reminder of what I’m working toward, or I browse social media for inspiration. When I wanted to apply to my first co-op, I read stories of students who had already been through the entire process so I could get a better idea of what I was doing. By practicing every single day, you are preparing yourself and getting ready to reach success. You can never be too ready, and as they say, “practice makes perfect”.
In the beginning, you may feel extremely far away from your goal. As the new year approaches, you may even feel pressure to create grand resolutions. It’s okay to start small, it’s okay to do the little things that help you build up to your bigger ambitions in life instead of trying to achieve everything at once. Being a student is not about rushing through life, everything you learn while attending SFU is very valuable. Take time to break goals down, discuss it with people who care about you, work hard, and don’t give up! |
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Bringing a family member in for surgery is never easy. At Olympia Veterinary Hospital, we know exactly what you’re going through because we’re pet parents too. We’ll do whatever it takes to ensure that your loved one’s procedure is as safe and stress-free as possible.
The surgical care at Olympia Veterinary Hospital begins with thorough preoperative screening. This helps us to reduce the risk of complications for your pet. We’ll also develop a safe, effective plan to keep your pet comfortable and pain-free – before, during and following surgery.
Whether routine or complex, your loved one’s surgery will be our highest priority. From the moment you arrive, we’ll be there to set your mind at ease and help keep your pet calm and relaxed.
Once safely sedated, our team will carry out the procedure as efficiently as possible. As the doctor works, our dedicated support staff will be present at all times, assisting with surgery and closely monitoring your companion’s wellbeing.
After surgery, we’ll carefully relocate your pet to our quiet recovery area, where our staff will continue to offer comfort and reassurance.
When you arrive to retrieve your pet, a member of our team will go over our aftercare instructions, including a plan for pain management.
Surgery doesn’t have to be a source of anxiety, especially if you’ve got the experienced, compassionate team at Olympia Veterinary Hospital in your corner. Contact us today and let’s discuss how we can help with all of your companion’s surgical care needs.
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Immuno Orange is a dietary supplementation, a refreshing beverage with a lyophilized royal jelly basis. It’s enriched with vitamins C, D, and B-complex vitamins. Vitamins C and D help establish the normal functioning of the immune system and provide cellular protection from oxidative stress. Also, vitamin C contributes to reducing exhaustion and fatigue. Vitamin D helps with the regular absorption of calcium and phosphorus. It also maintains the normal functioning and health of teeth and bones. B-complex vitamins activate metabolic processes and enhance cognitive capabilities.
For whom is it intended?
Immuno Orange is recommended for adults and the elderly, as well as children. It’s recommended especially for persons with lower immunity, those exposed to long-term stress, psychological and physical strain, and athletes.
How to use it?
Take one bag (12g) and mix the content in a glass of water (2dl)
*The product is gluten-free
How to keep it?
Keep the product in a dry place, protected from humidity.
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Maintaining your immune system can be simple.Open a bag of the Immuno beverage, dissolve it in a glass of water, and drink it. And the royal jelly that you're ingesting into your body is beneficial without exception. |
3 Ablation of Lung Cancer, Pulmonary Metastatic Disease, and Chest Wall Malignancy
The role of thermal ablation in the treatment of thoracic malignancies has been growing for more than a decade. It has become an established treatment alternative to surgical resection in patients with both primary lung cancer and metastatic disease, as well as in patients with locally recurrent tumor following treatment. Emerging indications include treatment of primary and secondary tumors of the pleura and chest wall, as well as palliative ablation for painful soft tissue and bone lesions.
For early-stage, non–small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) (stage I/II), surgical resection or lobectomy remains the treatment of choice. 1 However, many patients are deemed medically inoperable for lobectomy or refuse surgery. Studies have shown that patients who receive some form of therapy for early-stage lung cancer demonstrate better outcomes than those who do not receive any form of therapy. 2 Therefore, a sizeable proportion of medically inoperable, early-stage lung cancer can benefit from less invasive therapies, such as percutaneous thermal ablation.
Approximately 20% of patients with lung metastases and resected primary soft tissue tumors have a limited number of metastases isolated to the lung and are potential candidates for surgical resection or metastasectomy. 3 Although surgical metastasectomy may result in improved disease-free survival in properly selected patients, multiple surgical resections may diminish pulmonary capacity. 4 Therefore, lung-sparing techniques, including percutaneous thermal ablation, are an attractive option in those candidates with limited metastatic disease or limited recurrent or residual disease following prior surgical resection, chemotherapy, or radiotherapy.
Management of malignancies of the chest wall and pleura is a promising new and not fully evaluated indication for thoracic tumor ablation. A growing body of data supports the efficacy of thermal ablation in treating soft tissue lesions, 5 and application to these tissues in the thorax is a natural extension. Although the published data specifically addressing the application of thermal ablation to pleural and chest wall disease are limited, our institutional experience has yielded promising results in the treatment of thymoma, mesothelioma, and metastatic disease, including, but not limited to, chondrosarcoma.
3.2 Principles of Thermal Ablation
3.2.1 Radiofrequency Ablation
Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) is based on a thermal energy delivery system that causes agitation of ionic dipolar molecules, resulting in frictional heating of the surrounding tissues and fluids. The primary challenge in the application of RF energy to tumors in the lung is the disparity of tissue characteristics between normally aerated lung and tumor. The lung acts as an insulator, due to its naturally high impedance, which can limit the extension of an ablation zone to include a margin, compromising the likelihood of local treatment success. This insulation by the normal lung has the positive effect of increasing the central temperature of a solid mass that has been directly punctured by the ablation needle, the so-called oven-effect. 6
Pleural and chest wall tumors tend to have characteristics similar to those of adjacent tissue; therefore the ablation zone tends to be more predictable. The potential traversal of nerves and the possibility of nerve injury (e.g., phrenic nerve, brachial plexus), related either to electrode placement or to ablation, are important considerations in treatment planning and delivery. 7 On a practical level, heat-based ablations, particularly RFA, can result in significant intraprocedural discomfort, which may require increased conscious sedation, and, possibly, general anesthesia. Additionally, some patients may experience postablative pain secondary to tissue charring, and, occasionally, neuropathic pain from nerve ablation. 8 , 9
3.2.2 Microwave Ablation
Microwave ablation (MWA) is performed by microwave energy (900–2,450 MHz) inducing dipole excitation, which in turn causes the water molecules to spin, transferring some of their kinetic energy and creating friction, resulting in heat generation and tissue hyperthermia. 10 The microwave antenna emits electromagnetic radiation into tissue without the necessity of an electrical current; thus carbonization and gas pockets around the antenna do not interfere as much with energy deposition, resulting in higher intratumoral temperatures and more robust ablations as compared to RFA. 11
3.2.3 Percutaneous Cryotherapy
In contradistinction to the heat-based ablative techniques, percutaneous cryotherapy (PCT) uses dissipation of extreme cold temperatures as its mode of cell death. This results in a zone of cooling below freezing and ice ball formation, which is often visible on computed tomography (CT).
On a practical note, cryoablation systems allow for application of a “stick” mode, which decreases the probe temperature to − 10°C, forming a small ice ball and allowing for probe immobilization with respect to adjacent tumor or tissue. This can be used after satisfactory placement of a probe to facilitate additional probe placement, or to move the targeted tumor in lung parenchyma away from critical structures during cryoablation.
3.2.4 Special Equipment
Currently, commercially available RFA electrodes are either single-needle or multitined, with a gradual increasing trend toward use of single-needle electrodes. The zone of ablation may be increased for each probe by overlapping treatment regions for a single electrode, using programmed tine expansion, using multiple electrodes with a switch box generator, or diffusing hypertonic saline through specially designed electrodes into the tumor. Generally speaking, multiple electrodes should not be spaced farther than 2 cm apart in order to allow for complete coalescence of overlapping zones of ablation.
Dispersive, large surface area grounding pads are required and need to be carefully applied over the patient’s body, avoiding underlying bone prominences, and excess hair should be removed prior to pad placement to facilitate skin adhesion and ensure firm contact.
Microwave generators allow single or multiple antennas to be activated simultaneously. Higher intratumoral temperatures are achieved as a result of an improved convection profile in comparison to RFA, resulting in larger ablation volumes with shorter ablation times with less heat sink phenomenon. No dispersive or grounding pads are required, and the absence of electrical stimulation, as with RFA, confers less pain as a result of nerve irritation, of particular importance when treating juxtapleural and chest wall lesions, which can often be quite painful during RFA as a result of intercostal nerve stimulation.
There are two commercially available PCA systems that offer cryoprobes in sizes ranging from 1.2 to 3.8 mm in diameter. In theory, both systems achieve ice of similar dimension that is based on cryoprobe diameter; however, in our practice, the 2.4 mm probes are preferred to achieve adequate lethal ice.
PCA offers many advantages over the other thermal ablative techniques: the lack of electrical current allows for safe use in patients with implantable cardiac devices, the level of pain during and after ablation is decreased in comparison to RFA and MWA (of particular importance when addressing juxtapleural and pleural/chest wall tumors), and hypodense ice is easily visualized when ablating within soft tissues. Furthermore, some suggest that PCT is favored when addressing juxtapleural and paramediastinal lung lesions and pleural and chest wall lesions because it preserves tissue collagenous architecture. 12
An issue inherent to cryoablation is the relatively large-caliber probes (usually at least 2.4 mm or 13 G) compared to the 17 G heat-based probes, which can make skewering small tumors within the relatively more compliant lung difficult or impossible. This can be overcome by placement of at least two probes at the periphery of a lesion, the so-called chopstick approach, with commercially available generators able to accommodate up to 20 probes.
Within the lung, the authors use a triple-freeze technique (3-minute freeze–3-minute passive thaw–7-minute freeze–3-minute passive thaw–7-minute freeze) with intermittent short 3-minute passive thaw cycles after freeze cycles causing the airspaces to fill with pulmonary fluid and hemorrhage, significantly increasing thermal conductivity and allowing for extension of the ablation zone ( Fig. 3.1 ). In the chest wall and pleura, we typically employ a double-freeze technique with a longer, 8-minute passive thaw cycle, unless the anticipated ablative margin extends into the adjacent pulmonary parenchyma.
Proper patient selection is highly dependent on the anticipated goal to be achieved. Although no strict criteria for patient selection exists, emerging goals for percutaneous thermal ablation in the lung, chest wall, and pleura thus far have been established to include (1) potential for cure in early stage (stage I) NSCLCs that are medically inoperable or if the patient refuses surgery; (2) prolongation of survival in those with limited recurrent or metastatic disease to the lung and chest wall/pleura; (3) cytoreduction of large tumors to potentially alter the susceptibility of viable tumor tissue to chemotherapy or radiotherapy; (4) palliation of symptoms, particularly pain in peripheral tumors invading the pleural and chest wall 13 ; and (5) ablation of tumors adjacent to vital structures to limit or slow invasion.
Thoracic ablative procedures have few absolute and relative contraindications, which are similar to those of image-guided biopsy of the lung. Absolute contraindications include acute pneumonia, severe pulmonary arterial hypertension (> 40 mm Hg), and uncorrectable coagulopathy. Relative contraindications include poor lung function (forced expiratory volume in the first second of expiration [FEV1] < 1 L), prior pneumonectomy, or single-functioning lung, because the potential complications of pulmonary hemorrhage, pneumothorax, or hemothorax with poor or limited respiratory reserve may cause respiratory failure. Pacemakers and pacemaker wires, which can conduct electrical current from radiofrequency and, to a lesser degree, microwave energies along the pacemaker wires can result in application of thermal energy in unintended remote locations. Additionally, a pacemaker may malfunction during RFA. Patients with pacemakers can still receive RFA provided the pacemaker is turned off prior to the procedure. 14
3.5 Preprocedure Workup
Preprocedural evaluation of a patient typically includes a patient history, with focus on cardiopulmonary status, pulmonary infection, bleeding diatheses, and medications. Platelet count and coagulation profile are essential. Pulmonary function tests should be reviewed to check for adequacy of oxygenation, pulmonary reserve, flow-volume spirometry, and fitness for sedation and lung reduction, particularly in those patients with lung disease or prior resection.
The presence of a pacemaker or automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator (AICD), especially in a patient with constant dependence, should increase consideration of PCT and MWA, rather than RFA, which can cause device malfunction. Alternatively, if RFA is the preferred ablative technique, and the patient has limited dependence on a cardiac pacer, a deactivated pacemaker with transvenous or temporary external cardiac pacing is an acceptable strategy.
A thorough medication history should be obtained with attention to anticoagulant and antiplatelet medications, which should be stopped or tapered prior to the anticipated procedure. Conversion to subcutaneous or low molecular weight heparin can be considered for those patients on oral anticoagulants, which can be stopped at least 24 hours prior to the procedure.
Histopathologic diagnosis of the lesion(s) should be obtained before the ablation. Biopsy can be performed prior to the ablation as a separate session or immediately prior to the ablation as a concurrent session. At our institution, we prefer to perform the percutaneous biopsy approximately 1 week prior to the ablation to allow for perilesional hemorrhage to resolve, to confirm the final pathology, and for clear tumor margins to be apparent at the time of the ablation. Furthermore, longer procedure times, or a delayed or postponed ablation procedure related to biopsy complications, may result when biopsy occurs prior to ablation as a concurrent session.
There is no standardized agreement on the pre- or postprocedural administration of antibiotics. At our institution, we typically do not give antibiotics for most chest ablations.
Ideally, a preprocedure chest CT scan should be performed within 4 weeks of the anticipated procedure to assess (1) tumor size and number; (2) lesion shape and location in relation to vessels, bronchi, and other vital structures; (3) the presence of comorbid lung disease, including advanced bullous disease, radiation injury, or infection; and (4) a safe percutaneous access route.
PCT of the chest is typically performed under conscious sedation, although general anesthesia is at times warranted during ablations that require a higher degree of monitoring. No matter the choice of anesthesia employed during thermal ablation of the chest, it must be efficient at both controlling pain and maximizing the reproducibility of the target tumor position to facilitate accurate probe placement. Additionally, there is an increased risk of pneumothorax from positive pressure ventilation with general anesthesia. 15 For these reasons, most experienced operators prefer conscious sedation in nearly all percutaneous thermal ablations of the thorax.
On occasion, general anesthesia is preferred, including in cases with increased risk of bleeding, in patients with tenuous respiratory status, or to allow for selective intubation of a bronchus to improve positioning of the contralateral-targeted pulmonary lesion in relation to vital structures. The most common indication for the escalation of sedation level to general anesthesia is when using RFA for treatment of chest wall and pleural lesions, a procedure that is often quite painful. 9
3.6 Selection Criteria
Studies have repeatedly identified certain lesion characteristics for which ablation can be expected to achieve a complete result of total tumor kill without recurrence ( Table 3.1 and Fig. 3.2 ). These include size, location, number of lesions, and adjacent structures.
< 3 cm
> 3 cm
+ (up to 3)a
+++ (up to 3)a
++ (up to 20)a
≤ 1.5 cm pleura
+ (air leak)
Chest wall and pleura
Pacer and AICD
Abbreviation: AICD, automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator.
aThe number of simultaneous applicators for each respective therapeutic modality.
Lesions < 3 to 3.5 cm 13 , 16 are more likely to be fully treated than larger lesions. Multiple RFAs and cryoprobes are used for lesions > 2 cm. MWA is preferred for larger lesions, with its ability to treat up to 3.5 cm ( Fig. 3.3 ) and possibly larger lesions.
For completely intraparenchymal lesions, any of the three percutaneous ablative therapies can be used. For juxtapleural, pleural, and chest wall lesions, cryoablation is preferred to the heat-based ablative therapies due to less patient discomfort and fewer complications. 17
3.6.3 Number of Lesions
For metastatic disease, there are ideally fewer than six pulmonary lesions, which is loosely based on metastasectomy data showing decreased survival with an increasing number of resections. 18
3.6.4 Adjacent Structures
Ablation adjacent to a pulmonary artery or vein measuring > 3 mm, 19 , 20 or large bronchus, 21 using RFA or PCT, may result in incomplete ablation margins due to heat sink or cold sink, respectively. MWA reduces, but does not completely negate, this heat sink phenomenon 10 ( Fig. 3.4 ).
PCT is preferred for lesions adjacent to the hilum and vital mediastinal structures, such as the aorta, heart, esophagus, and trachea, due to the preservation of the tissues’ collagenous architecture and visualization of ice ( Fig. 3.5 ). In some situations, the ability to “stick” the cryoprobe to the tumor allows the targeted tissue to be torqued away from adjacent structures.
Similarly, cryoablation is preferred for pleural and chest wall lesions because it results in less pain and tissue injury as compared to RFA and MWA, respectively. |
27 set A Guide To Hiring Professional Custom Essay Writers
A custom essay ortografia catalana is a composition that’s written or done-to-perfections by an intimate friend, a professor or maybe an internet essay writing company. Usually, a custom essay support writes all these essays by itself from scratch. However, some pupils have to do certain things in order for them to have the ability to write a customized essay. In the following guide, I’ll show you how it is possible to create a custom essay.
To write a custom essay, you must first of all have sufficient information regarding the topic on which you’re going to write the essay. This is important since a custom essay usually is composed of 3 components – research documents, personal statements and thesis statements. The research papers are often required to incorporate the thesis statement. Most pupils are requested to run a research before writing their papers. Then they compile their information into a newspaper.
One of the most important variables when writing custom essays is your study. A fantastic author should be able to conduct research using various sources so that they is able to create a thorough and well-written essay. If the essay comprises researched material, the author should at least mention that the source used. Conducting research absorbs a lot of time, particularly for people who are assigned academic documents.
Most students don’t have time to conduct research so they choose to outsource their essay into professional customized essay writers. Essay consultants, who work for different institutions, are responsible for writing custom essays. They help pupils who want short reports, yearly examinations, case studies, thesis statements, case studies, dissertations and many more. This way, students can save time and effort by assigning the duty to others.
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A supplemental agreement may sound like a complex legal term, but it’s actually a straightforward concept that can play a crucial role in various situations. Whether you’re involved in a business deal, an employment agreement, or even a lease agreement, understanding what a supplemental agreement is and how it works is essential to protect your interests.
Understanding the basics of a supplemental agreement
At its core, a supplemental agreement is an additional contract that modifies or adds to an existing agreement. It serves the purpose of addressing specific provisions, terms, or conditions that are not covered adequately in the original agreement. Think of it as a tool to fill in the gaps and ensure that everything is crystal clear between the parties involved.
When entering into a business agreement, it is crucial to have a comprehensive understanding of the terms and conditions. However, no matter how carefully drafted an agreement may be, there can still be instances where certain aspects need further attention. This is where a supplemental agreement comes into play.
Definition of a supplemental agreement
A supplemental agreement is a legally binding contract that adds, alters, or clarifies the terms and conditions of an existing agreement. It can be used to cover various aspects, such as changes in responsibilities, obligations, payment terms, or any other provisions that need to be modified or added.
For example, imagine two companies entering into a partnership agreement. They outline the general terms and conditions, but as they start working together, they realize that certain aspects need to be adjusted. In such cases, they can draft a supplemental agreement to address these specific changes without having to renegotiate the entire original agreement.
Importance of a supplemental agreement
Now that we have a basic understanding of what a supplemental agreement is, let’s delve into its significance. One of the primary reasons why supplemental agreements are essential is that they allow parties to adapt to changing circumstances. As situations arise that require adjustments, these agreements ensure that both sides are on the same page and their intentions are clearly stated.
Consider a scenario where a company agrees to provide a service to another company for a specified period. However, due to unforeseen circumstances, the service provider needs to modify the scope of work or extend the duration of the service. In such cases, a supplemental agreement can be drafted to accommodate these changes, ensuring that both parties are aware of and agree to the modifications.
Furthermore, supplemental agreements promote transparency and clarity. By addressing specific aspects that might not have been thoroughly covered in the original agreement, it minimizes the chances of disputes or misunderstandings down the road.
Moreover, supplemental agreements can also be used to add additional protections or benefits for one party. For example, if a company realizes that they need additional insurance coverage during the course of a project, they can negotiate a supplemental agreement to include this provision, providing them with the necessary protection.
Different types of supplemental agreements
Supplemental agreements can be found in various industries and scenarios. Let’s explore some of the most common types and how they are used:
Employment supplemental agreements
In the realm of employment, supplemental agreements are commonly used to modify an employment contract. This could involve changing the terms of compensation, adding non-compete clauses, or addressing any other specific terms at a later stage. These agreements ensure that both employers and employees are on the same page regarding their expectations and obligations.
Construction supplemental agreements
In the construction industry, supplemental agreements are often utilized to adjust project requirements, timelines, or costs. As unforeseen circumstances or new specifications arise, a supplemental agreement can help parties involved align their expectations and provide a legal framework to accommodate the changes.
Lease supplemental agreements
For landlords and tenants, lease agreements can become more flexible through the use of supplemental agreements. These additional contracts can address issues such as rent adjustments, lease extensions, or any other specific terms that the parties wish to agree upon after signing the initial lease agreement.
Key elements of a supplemental agreement
Now that we understand why supplemental agreements are important and the various contexts in which they can be applied, let’s explore the key elements that these agreements typically encompass:
Like any contract, a supplemental agreement clearly identifies the parties involved. It specifies who is making the supplemental agreement and who is accepting it, ensuring that both parties are aware of their roles and obligations.
Terms and conditions
When drafting a supplemental agreement, it is vital to specify the terms and conditions being modified or added. This section covers the exact changes being made and ensures that there is a common understanding of the modifications.
Every supplemental agreement should include an effective date. This is the date from which the modifications or additions outlined in the agreement come into effect. Clarity about the effective date helps parties align their actions and expectations accordingly.
The legal implications of a supplemental agreement
Understanding the legal implications of a supplemental agreement is crucial to protect your rights and ensure compliance. Here are a few key points to consider:
Binding nature of supplemental agreements
Supplemental agreements, like any other legally binding contract, hold weight in a court of law. Once signed and executed, the parties are obligated to uphold the terms and conditions outlined in the agreement. Therefore, it is crucial to carefully review and understand the implications before signing on the dotted line.
Consequences of breaching a supplemental agreement
Failure to comply with the terms of a supplemental agreement can have serious consequences. Depending on the circumstances, breaching the agreement could lead to financial penalties, damaged relationships, or even legal action. It is essential to be aware of the potential repercussions and act within the bounds of the agreement.
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How to draft a supplemental agreement
Drafting a supplemental agreement requires attention to detail and a clear understanding of the specific modifications or additions needed. Here are some essential steps to consider:
Essential steps in drafting a supplemental agreement
- Identify the original agreement: Start by clearly identifying the original agreement that requires the supplemental agreement.
- Pinpoint the changes: Identify the specific provisions, terms, or conditions that need to be modified or added. Be precise and ensure that all parties are aware of and agree upon these changes.
- Write the supplemental agreement: Using clear and concise language, draft the supplemental agreement. Include the essential elements discussed previously, such as the parties involved, the terms and conditions being modified or added, and the effective date of the agreement.
- Review and seek legal advice: Once drafted, review the supplemental agreement and seek legal advice if needed. A professional can ensure that all necessary elements are included and that the agreement is legally binding.
- Execute the agreement: Finally, have all parties involved sign the supplemental agreement to make it legally binding. This ensures that everyone is aware of the modifications and agrees to them.
Seeking legal advice
While it can be tempting to handle supplemental agreements independently, seeking legal advice is often a wise choice. An experienced attorney can review the agreement for loopholes, offer valuable insights, and ensure that your interests are adequately protected.
By understanding what a supplemental agreement is and how to navigate its intricacies, you can approach various situations with greater confidence and clarity. Remember, these agreements are designed to serve your best interests and help parties involved adapt to changing circumstances effectively. So, whether you’re entering into an employment agreement, negotiating a construction project, or signing a lease, a supplemental agreement can provide you with the peace of mind you need. |
The renamed and remodeled Dodge Circuit (Dodge EV) was spotted on the test track recently. The Tesla killer was given Dodge’s signature cross grill as well as numerous other aesthetic changes. It definitely looks more like a Dodge than a Lotus now.
Check out this video, and statements in question start at 1:20:
According to Phil Lebow, auto industry journalist for CNBC, the Dodge EV is a Range Extended Electric Vehicle that gets 40 miles all electric, and then switches on a gasoline generator, just like the Chevy Volt. Wrong. The Dodge EV is a pure electric vehicle that gets 150-200 miles per charge. You think the guy would have looked under the hood to see if there was a gasoline engine generator before he went on network TV. He also claims the Tesla Roadster is “extremely limited” hinting to the range. A 220 mile range is phenomenal for a sports car of that caliber, whereas in a combustion engine supercar, you can burn through 30 gallons in 7 minutes. And honestly, who has the back to drive a supercar for over 220 miles in one sitting. C’mon you’re better than that. CNBC, if you need a guy to cover electric vehicles, call me up.
[edit: Ok maybe he was referring to the Tesla Roadster as limited in quantity. Still, unless Chrysler is secretly changing its plans, the Dodge EV will not employ a gasoline powered range extender.]
In this video from the Los Angeles Times you see the superior acceleration that comes from an electric motor. While the Challenger sports a 425 hp HEMI engine; the Dodge EV, as well as every electric car, has full torque over the entire RPM range. I always love seeing these drag races between electric drivetrain cars and internal combustion engine vehicles. While the weight of the battery back hinders EVs, you have to realize how much an electric car doesn’t need: exhaust system, intake, engine cooling system, oil, gas tank, a big heavy engine, and a complicated transmission. And an electric drivetrain uses just 12 moving parts, and efficiency at the wheels is roughly 90%. Gas engines have hundreds of moving parts that have to endure extreme heat and friction, leaving the efficiency at a measly 20%. With all the advances in electronics over the past 20 years, electric vehicles have limitless potential, while combustion vehicles have pretty much reached their peak. This drag race is a good demonstration of that fact.
The Dodge EV is part of Chrysler’s ENVI program that is currently developing three electric vehicles. |
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Safer Brand Insect Killing Soap is a 16 oz. concentrate that effectively kills a variety of insect pests such as aphids, whiteflies and mealybugs by weakening their protective outer shell using potassium salts of fatty acids. It can be applied every 7-10 days when insects are present or as needed to prevent further damage. One container makes 6 gallons of protection for your garden and it is a contact killer, so multiple applications may be needed for full control. To avoid wilting or browning of leaves, it should not be used during peak hours of the day or when temperatures exceed 90 degrees F. The product breaks down into natural elements within 7-10 days and does not persist in the environment. |
Cyclical re-enrolment Three years after staging for automatic enrolment, employers must re-enrol eligible jobholders who aren’t currently a member of the pension scheme. 92% of respondents have been through re-enrolment, with 74% finding the process fairly or very easy.
How did you find the re-enrolment process? Please explain the reasons for your answer in the comment box below.
One respondent commented that the most difficult part was explaining the situation to employees and that is reflected in the responses to the next question, in which 60% of respondents stated that they had received questions from workers who had previously opted out, wondering why they had been re-enrolled. Several respondents commented that their workers were unhappy at being re-enrolled and blamed their employers rather than the legislation.
Did you receive any queries fromworkers who had previously opted out, wondering why they have been re-enrolled?
Two thirds (67%) reported that the majority of employees who had previously opted out, opted out again when re- enrolled.
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Supply Chain Integration
The TUI session long project is not a term paper due at the end of the course. Rather, the SLP acts as a vehicle to give the topics of each module a personal, concrete expression. These modular session long project assignments are due at the end of each module.
I want you to choose an organization (either Goodyear Tires or Walmart) to examine throughout the rest of the course. It may be one you work for or it may not, but you will need to use it throughout the semester to examine its logistics functions for the SLP assignments.
For this first SLP paper you should discuss the structure of this organization and its supply chain integration in 4 pages (not including the cover sheet or reference page). DO NOT use the same organization for two different classes for your SLP papers.
SLP Assignment Expectations
Research the organization with information you can find on the internet or other resources you find on your own. The paper should be 4 pages in length and have a cover sheet and a reference page. Clarity of presentation is important, as well as your ability to apply the topics to the logistics area of your selected firm. Use at least 3 different sources of information and annotate your sources of information appropriately on your references page and within the text as necessary. You will be assessed on how well you demonstrate your knowledge of the topic as it applies to your selected firm. Submit your assignment for grading by the end of this module. |
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"Three Rawlsian Routes Towards Economic Democracy"
by O'Neill, Martin (2008)
This paper addresses ways of arguing fors ome form of economic democracy from within a broadly Rawlsian framework. Firstly, one can argue that a right to participate in economic decision-making should be added to the Rawlsian list of basic liberties, protected by the first principle of justice. Secondly,I argue that a society which institutes forms of economic democracy will be more likely to preserve a stable and just basic structure over time, by virtue of the effects of economic democratization on the development of an active, democratic character among citizens. Thirdly, I argue that a proper understanding of the demands of the difference principle shows that justice demands more than ex post redistribution, but also requires the ex ante redistribution of power and authority in economic life. This connects to Rawls’s discussion of the badness of inequality, and to his endorsement of a “property-owning democracy”. My conclusion is that, even if we may doubt the success of this first Rawlsian argument,the second and third arguments are both successful, and together establish a strong Rawlsian case forseeing economic democratization as a requirement of justice.
KeywordsRawls, Economic Democracy, Justice, Economics, Politics, Property-Owning Democracy
ThemesPolitical Theory, On Rawls, Liberalism
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Activity Description: Provide a brief description of the activity
You will be assigned to a group (4 to 5 students) and discuss this case study. This activity will take 30 minutes. After that, you have ten minutes to present your answer to the class. You will need to use textbooks and online resources to provide your answers and rationales. Feedback is welcome.
Learning Goals: What do you aim to achieve with this activity?
The goal of this assignment is based on ACEN requirement (critical thinking) as follow:
1.Goal is to avoid having your decision cause injury to anyone
2.With critical thinking skills, you can weight many factors and skillfully solve problems, making good decisions a majority of the time
3.Operating in critical thinking model while pursuing nursing studies helps develop clinical judgement needed to practice safe nursing
4.Nursing use a knowledge base to make decision, generate new ideas, and solve problems.
Timing: At what point in the lesson or semester do you use this activity? How much classroom time do you devote to it? How much out-of-class time is expected?
This assignment will be used at the end of the cancer chapter (week five).
This activity will take 30 minutes. After that, you will present your answer to the class.
This presentation will take 10 minutes per group.
Logistics: What preparation is needed for this activity? What instructions do you give students? Is the activity low-stakes, high-stakes, or something else?
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- Mobile Devices
- Advanced Persistent Threat
- Big Data Privacy
However, if you spend some time to drill down on each of these topic areas and really look at the actual presentations of the presenters, some are based upon real cases and research and others are not. The one presentation that caught our eye and continues to be what some savvy CSOs would say keeps them sleeping with one eye open each night, is their insomnia over the "Insider Threat." That person or organized group of unidentified subjects that are there to recruit vulnerable people into initiating or perpetuating crimes against the organization.
Dawn Cappelli runs the Insider Threat Center at the Software Engineering Institute and highlights these areas of concern from their research and analysis of real cases:
The CERT Top 10 List for Winning the Battle Against Insider Threats
Dawn M. Cappelli Director, CERT Insider Threat Center CERT Program, Software Engineering Institute Carnegie Mellon University
- 10. Learn from past incidents
- 9. Focus on protecting the crown jewels
- 8. Use your current technologies differently
- 7. Mitigate threats from trusted business partners
- 6. Recognize concerning behaviors as a potential indicator
- 5. Educate employees regarding potential recruitment
- 4. Pay close attention at resignation / termination!
- 3. Address employee privacy issues with General Counsel
- 2. Work together across the organization
- 1. Create an insider threat program NOW!
Number Three on the list is certainly on the top third and for good reason. Employees and the policy decisions on what data is owned by the company and owned by the employee is of grave concern these days in the United States. Now after so many years it looks as if this issue is going to get more heated and see the light of day from a congressional point of view. Yet the CSO must feel that the ability for the safeguards necessary to keep the organization safe and secure are not in place yet. Catherine Dunn of ALMs Corporate Counsel sheds more light on this:
According to a new White House report on consumer data privacy protection, trust is worth a lot of money to U.S. businesses—users have to know their data will be protected if the economic engine of digital innovation is to keep roaring. Ergo, the U.S. needs a privacy framework that’s “flexible” enough to accommodate industry innovation, and comprehensive enough that consumers will feel safe—and keep clicking.
But trust between consumers and companies in the U.S. is only part of the equation. There’s another important element, too: how compatible U.S. safeguards are with those of the rest of the world, and particularly Europe. This new proposal arrives a month ahead of a conference on data protection between E.U. and U.S. officials in Washington, D.C., leading to questions about whether Europe and the U.S. are any closer to getting on the same page when it comes to data privacy.
The answer not only depends on who you ask, but also what section of the White House’s report you’re looking at. The white paper lists seven principles and stresses that these principles should form the basis of voluntary codes of conduct adopted by industry. Once adopted, the Federal Trade Commission would have the power to enforce compliance to those codes. The paper also includes a call for Congress to pass legislation based on these principles, and devotes a section to “international interoperability”—which considers how data can be sent across international borders without violating laws on either side of the transaction.
This is where we need to make sure we understand the difference between what privacy issues have to do with a company employee and the privacy associated with just a U.S. consumer, who is not an employee but perhaps a member, client or customer of the organization.
If we go back to the big worries at RSA and combine this with the employees who are operating at the "Speed of Business" in your enterprise, you begin to see the difference. Actually, if you think about it some more, every employee of the organization has a duty to care for the information inside the organization, in order to better protect the assets of the enterprise but simultaneously the assets of the consumer.
The consumer assets are their "Personal Identifiable Information" (PII) and this represents in many cases what the organized criminals are after in the first place. This is where the outside recruitment threat starts to have its nexus. However, even the highly trained and state sponsored agents who are inside the enterprise to steal corporate or national security secrets are far and few these days. That may be surprising to some, but if you look at how the exfiltration of data is taking place it's almost all automated. No human intervention is required.
If that is the case, then what is Dawn Cappelli and the Insider Threat Team at CERT so concerned about from their research insights:
Criminal enterprises mask their fraud by involving multiple insiders who often work in different areas of the organization and who know how to bypass critical processes and remain undetected. In several cases, management is involved in the fraud. Those insiders affiliated with organized crime are either selling information to these groups for further exploitation or are directly employed by them. Ties to organized crime appear in only 24 cases in the CERT insider threat database and are characterized by multiple insiders and/or outsiders committing long-term fraud.
All of the insiders involved with organized crime attacked the organization for financial gain. The insiders usually were employed in lower level positions in the organization, were motivated by financial gain, and were recruited by outsiders to commit their crimes. The average damages in these cases exceed $3M, with some cases resulting in $50M in losses.
Now you know why your CSO is headed to the RSA Conference this week and why they are sleeping with one eye open these days. |
Business Crisis and Continuity Management (BCCM) is a dynamic change management initiative that requires dedicated resources, funding and auditing.
Since effective BCCM analysis is a 24/7 operation, it takes a combination of factors across the organization to provide what one might call C², or “Continuous Continuity”.
A one-time threat or risk assessment or even an annual look at what has changed across the enterprise is opening the door for a Board of Directors worst nightmare. These nightmares are “Loss Events” that could have been prevented or mitigated all together.
According to the best practices from several sources, the Board of Directors is responsible for the BCCM of an organization. Let’s take a look at what the highly influential Basel Committee says about one principle as it pertains to business continuity:
Review and Testing of Business Continuity Plans – Basel Principle 13
“It is the responsibility of the organization's Internal Audit and Business Continuity functions to ensure that all of the organization's business continuity plans are tested and reviewed on a periodic basis to spot incorrect assumptions, oversights or changes to equipment, and employees and to identify any changes in business requirements not reflected in specific plans. Any undocumented requirements must immediately be documented. In addition, appropriate information owners and users must be informed of updates to plans.”
- The following testing techniques must be used to ensure the continuity plan can be executed in a real-life emergency:
- Table-top testing: Discussing how business recovery arrangements would react by using example interruptions such as ransomware.
- Simulations: Training individuals by simulating a crisis and rehearsing their post-incident/crisis management roles .
- Technical recovery testing: Testing to ensure information systems can be restored effectively.
- Testing recovery at an alternate site: Running business processes in parallel with recovery operations at an off-site location.
- Test of supplier facilities and services: Ensuring externally provided services and products will meet the contract requirements in the case of interruptions.
- Complete rehearsals: Testing to ensure the organization, employees, equipment, facilities and processes can cope with interruptions.
The best practices talk about a BCCM that will be periodically updated. Periodic is not continuous. Change is the key factor here.
What changes take place in your organization between these periodic updates?
How could any organization accurately account for all the changes to the organization in between BCCM updates? The fact is that they can’t.
This will change over time as organizations figure out that this is now as vital a business component as Accounts Receivable. The BCCM will become a core process of the organization if it is not already, dynamically evolving by the minute as new change-based factors take place in the enterprise.
As new or terminated employees, suppliers and partners come and go into the BCCM process, the threat profile is updated in real-time.
This takes the operational management that much closer to C², or “Continuous Continuity”.
The enterprise today that understands the myriad of potential threats to its people, processes, systems and structures, stands to be better equipped for sustained continuity of Operational Risk Management and business operations. |
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Gourmet calls these candies “Fruit and Nut Chocolate Chunks,” but I like to think of them as chocolate “blocks.” They remind me of a child’s building blocks, squat and solid, but etched with appealing flecks of fruit and nuts rather than the boring old alphabet. With a set of these in my toy chest, I could have built my childhood forts from something much tastier than blankets and chairs and poster board, and oh, how popular I might have been! But later is always better than never, I believe, and so it goes with these. They’re made for an adult’s palate, anyway, with a dark, refined flavor that – by way of some mysterious fruit-cacao alchemy – hints at wine and liqueur and fancy chocolate truffles. They’re almost better than my weekend, and I don’t say that lightly. They’re one for the cookie tin.
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Adapted from Gourmet, February 2003
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I run along the top edge of the back brick wall as fast as I can. The wall isn’t as narrow as it felt when I was a kid — there’s an odd mixture of delight and melancholy, as I consider how I never thought I’d be able to do this again. How I can do it as many times as I want now.
Near the furthest corner of the wall I survey the horizon of the desert valley. In the distance there’s an area I can clearly make out a strange red cloud. I indicate it to one of my companions, wondering if it’s a concern — I’m told it’s just a high amount of large particulates, suspended dust from desert winds.
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When I ask our youth what was the miracle of the prophet ﷺ, they often answer the Holy Quran. I tell them, the Holy Quran is the sum of the miraculous Words of Allah ﷻ revealed to the prophet ﷺ, but the prophet’s miracle was the generation of the Sahabah that the prophet shaped and inspired to truly live by the Holy Quran and the example of the prophet ﷺ himself as a role model.
Our duty at the Prayer Center is to always provide our community with services and programs to continuously introduce the new generations to follow the footsteps of the Sahabah. Every year new generations of young Muslim kids join our programs, and it is our duty to make sure that we have every single service available to nourish them spiritually, educationally, socially and in their personal development skills.
We have a strong young vibrant team guided by experienced leadership to relate to new challenges, while at the same time securing the values and themes we believe in. Our weekly classes are back, youth programs are at full capacity, and new academic courses are ready to be launched. Preschool and weekend school are at full capacity with waiting lists of parents eager to get their kids in, and the after-school Quran program is full of students thirsty for Quran and Islamic studies learning.
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Stuart Elsy, managing director of OSO Hotwater, looks at the features to look out for and what installers should consider to ensure they are recommending the best.
Where boilers are concerned, homeowners are often prepared to pay for what they know will offer them quality, efficiency and reliability. Perhaps considered a functional add on with even less visible, it is easy to see why many feel that one energy efficient unvented hot water storage cylinder will be the same as any other on the market.
Yet, it is an integral part of the pressurized heating system and, with many variations in quality, efficiency and innovation out there, what is specified will undoubtedly have an impact on the effectiveness of the high pressure heating system as a whole. Opting for a top-rated boiler and pairing this with a cheaper pressurized hot water cylinder is inevitably going to adversely affect the end result.
Thankfully, with advances in stainless steel unvented cylinder technology now available, the new generation of mains pressure unvented cylinders now available offer considerable advantages over older products and can provide greater opportunities for house design and space utilisation.
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The definition of a high-performance cylinder has now shifted from a cylinder that heats up quickly, to one that cools down slowly.
Heat loss is the key factor here and keeping this to a minimum is the parameter by which indirect cylinders are assessed for SAP and ERP.
Where heat loss was once a bare cylinder covered with an ill-fitting jacket, the move to spray foam insulation made notable steps to improve performance and is still used in many vented cylinders, although at an increased thickness. Now, almost all unvented and thermal store products tend to feature injection foam, which again ensures improvement in the speed in which heated water cools.
However, if you are looking to couple a highly effective boiler with hot water storage that can follow suit, opting for vacuum panel insulation will provide the best result.
The vacuum panel on its own can improve efficiency by 30-50% even when compared to injection foam models. The way this works is simple. Heat cannot travel through a vacuum, and a 10mm thick vacuum panel has the same effect as 60mm of the very best foam insulation.
The panel is wrapped around the cylinder wall, and units is then “double lagged” with a layer of foam insulation that further reduces heat loss but also gives stability to the cylinder casing and protect the vacuum panel.
With all cylinders currently on the market now receiving an ERP rating from A-C, spotting the better performing models is a much simpler task than previously. Poor performing cylinders below a C rating are now illegal, but there are still significant differences in operation.
Achieving the golden A-rated hot water cylinder range has eluded many key industry players but by continuing to innovate and by utilising this award-winning vacuum panel insulation, OSO has seen its award winning A rated Delta range meet that target across all sizes. Specifying a large A-rated model can save up to £80 a year in energy costs compared to a 15-20-year-old cylinder that it could be replacing.
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Outside of vacuum panel models, cylinder ranges with better ratings tend to have thicker insulation.
A cylinder with 50mm of foam insulation is already well insulated. Marginal gains can be made by increasing the thickness to 60 or 70mm. Beyond that any gains are more than offset by the practical difficulties of squeezing a bulkier cylinder into a narrow airing cupboard.
Units with this level of insulation open up the installation possibilities too as they don’t always need to fit into an airing cupboard. A loft or a garage can provide an ideal alternative. The small amount of additional heat loss that will occur because the ambient temperature is lower in those environments will be a small cost, when compared to the addition space created by removal of the cylinder from the first floor.
Gains can be made where electric cylinders are concerned too. Direct electric hot water cylinders are assessed for ERP on their thermal efficiency in line with heat in vs heat out. Cylinder insulation is clearly very important in this respect, but a new advance in smart controls by OSO has made a significant stride forward in cutting energy bills.
The award-winning water heater, OSO Super SX iQ learns the hot water usage habits of a household, predicts demand and limits energy input to match demand. The resultant energy cost saving will amount to up to £60 per year at today’s electricity prices, and these prices are not going to go down in the future.
Efficiency is not always just about energy efficiency. Space efficiency can be equally important to a householder.
Back in the mists of time (1989), OSO invented the bubble top system. Many other manufacturers “borrowed” it during the 1990s, some more successfully than others. OSO dropped the bubble top unit some time ago to replace it with an improved design on the award- winning hot water cylinder the Super Series that has all the space saving advantages of the bubble unit, but which dispenses with the annual bubble replenishment procedure normally recommended as part of a service. The Super Series design is now a patented design.
Cylinders with separate expansion vessels do the job but take up a lot of space. Bubble top units are more space efficient, but the all-on-top design of the Super Series with twin mini-expansion vessels concealed under a lid, are guaranteed not to lose their charge for at least 5 years and gives a space saving and maintenance friendly alternative.
The space saving features of Super Series are accentuated with the SX IQ because it heats and stores water at 70°C; 10°C higher than most other units. The cylinder contains a blending valve in its multifunction valve and blends the water to 60°C at the outlet, thus eliminating any risk of scalding. This extra energy storage means that a smaller cylinder can be specified, saving further space and in practical terms means that a washing machine can be stored underneath the cylinder up to 210 litres in a standard airing cupboard. No other product has that flexibility.
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Urine being a waste product, can serve as a kind of indicator, which enables the timely identification of pathology not only of the urinary tract, but also the entire body.
From the moment of birth, the child’s body is subjected to many different influences, evoking a response in the form of metabolic changes in accordance with the requirements of the environment and living conditions.
Pink urine from a baby is not always a sign of pathological processes, and causes change in its color can be very harmless. However, we cannot exclude the possibility of the presence of any disease.
Causes of color change
All the reasons for the darkening or redness of the urine can be subdivided into:
Physiological reasons include the natural reactions occurring in the body of children, in response to external stimuli. In this case, can take place the following points.
The use of products that cause redness of the urine:
- black currant;
- foods that contain food dyes.
The use of drugs that form in the metabolism of compounds with a reddish hue:
Here also include dehydration and uric acid infarct.
If the child’s urine is pink, you should first exclude the possibility of consumption of products and medicines that causes change in its color.
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The basis of all pathological reasonsthat cause the appearance of red urine is hematuria. Erythrocytes trapped in the urine as a result of diseases of the urinary tract, can change its color from light pink to brownish red.
Generally, hematuria is accompanied by the following diseases:
- hemorrhagic diathesis;
- inflammatory diseases of the upper (pyelonephritis, glomerulonephritis) or the lower (cystitis) urinary tract.
The mechanism of color changes during dehydration
To answer the question why there is a change in color during dehydration, it is necessary to examine the composition of urine of a healthy person. A healthy child, urine is light yellow color, because it contained the metabolite – to urobilin.
In addition, its composition included:
- protein substances;
- uric acid;
- hippuric acid;
- amino acids;
- amino acids;
Since the quantitative ratio of constituent substances of the urine is not changed, reducing the percentage of water increases concentration, giving the urine a more intense pink-brick color.
As a rule, this phenomenon occurs due to:
- Prolonged stay at high temperature.
- Dehydration can occur due to insufficient water intake, prolonged vomiting, diarrhoea.
Normalization of drinking regimen helps to treat the symptoms of dehydration
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Despite the terrible name, mochekisly heart attack is not a symptom of any pathological process and is associated with rearrangement of metabolic processes in the baby after birth. Intrauterine existence leads to increased accumulation of uric acid salts that cause after the birth, the redness and sometimes cloudy urine.
Physiological changes of body mass and dehydration in the postpartum period, be another reason for the increase in the concentration of urobilin. The important role played by the intense decomposition of leucocytes, which is accompanied by the formation of large amounts of purines – the building material of uric acid.
The combination of all these factors causes a significant increase in the concentration of waste products in the kidneys and tissues of the newborn.
Uric acid infarction is diagnosed on the basis of the following characteristics:
- age newborn should not exceed 2 weeks;
- child writes in the urine with a red tint;
- on the diaper or the diaper there are red dots (crystals of uric acid salts);
- the signs of illness in a child missing.
The increase in size of the renal pelvis in infants, caused by the accumulation of urine in utero, is not a pathology, and in medical practice, is hydronephrosis of the newborn.
To treat the child when the heart attack of uric acid do not, as a rule, it passes on its own within 3-5 days.
If the urine of the newborn pinkish or red within 7 days, the child should additionally drink water
Hemorrhagic diathesis is manifested by a tendency to bleeding, including urinary tract infections, clearly diagnosed pathologies. In fact, hemorrhagic diathesis, is a systemic disease, often congenital, in which there is a violation of multiple factors responsible for blood clotting and vascular tone.
The bleeding tendency can worsen existing pathology of the urinary tract in adults, but in children hemorrhagic diathesis has the character of an independent disease.
Red urine in a child is one of the main symptoms of the disease.
In addition, hematuria may experience the following symptoms:
- bleeding gums;
- small subcutaneous hemorrhages in the form of rash;
- strong gingival bleeding during the period of teething;
- redness of the eye due to hemorrhage in the retina;
- defecation with blood;
- vomiting blood.
With the aim of identifying causes of bleeding, prescribe the following tests:
- laboratory analysis of urine;
- laboratory analysis of blood;
- biohimija blood;
- blood clotting;
- definition of time of coagulability of blood.
In hemorrhagic diathesis often bleeding from the nose
Treatment involves use of drugs that have a reinforcing effect on the clotting ability of the blood and supports the vascular tone:
- Vitamin C;
- Vitamin K;
- drugs containing iron
Despite the seriousness of the disease with maintenance therapy, the prognosis is generally positive.
Thrombocytopathy in children
Another disease in which there is the appearance of pink-red urine in a child. Thrombocytopathy has symptoms somewhat similar to the symptoms of the hemorrhagic diathesis, but the causes of bleeding vary considerably.
The basis for the development of trombotsitopatii are genetic disorders inherited from the parents, expressed in functional failure of the platelets to perform krovosnabjaemye functions.
In addition to heredity, the disease can be caused by migrated during pregnancy, pathological conditions:
- diseases of viral etiology;
- infectious diseases;
- reproductive injuries;
The coagulation function of blood is provided by the ability of platelets to increase in size and stick to the wall of damaged vessel
If trombotsitopatii newborns observed:
- bleeding of the navel;
- the brain hemorrhage.
Due to the fact that young children are quite fragile vascular system, any voltage (crying, attempts at defecation) can cause bleeding.
Treatment of diseases is reduced to a life-long prevention of hemostatic drugs:
- Calcium gluconate;
- Vitamin C;
- Etamzilat sodium.
- Ascorbic acid.
Inflammation of the urinary system
Pathology of the urinary tract inflammatory disorders in children are one of the probable reasons for the development of hematuria. They rarely have the character of ascending infection. This type of infection is found mostly in girls due to short urethra and close proximity of the anus.
Basically inflammation of the kidneys or bladder is infectious-allergic nature and develops as a result of previously transferred infectious diseases of ENT organs and respiratory tract:
- sore throat;
- of scarlet fever;
Diseases of the throat are the main cause of inflammation in the urinary system
Often the appearance of blood in the urine occurs in children with glomerulonephritis. Typically, the first symptoms of the pathology are manifested 2-3 weeks after the previously transferred infectious diseases. Parents should carefully observe the child, as not all symptoms are pronounced.
The main symptoms are:
- reduced amount of urine during urination;
- urine becomes brown-red color;
- the child gets swelling of the face and legs;
- nausea or vomiting.
In the treatment of inflammatory diseases of the urinary tract in children the emphasis is on food restrictions:
- the maximum reduction of salt intake;
- exception protein foods;
- drinking regime should correspond to the disease.
In inflammatory diseases of the kidneys amount of water consumed should be reduced to reduce the load on the kidneys and inflammation of the lower urinary tract is to increase to prevent ascending infection.
The use of antibiotics also is a prerequisite for the treatment
A feature of the child’s body is the immune system’s ability to adapt to changing environmental factors. Therefore, in most cases, such a frightening symptom as pink urine, is only a reaction to alteration in accordance with the new needs of a growing person.
However, no matter what reasons caused the color change, it should be remembered that this is a deviation from the norm. If logically explained the reasons for the color change is not found, should certainly consult a doctor. |
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The Canadian provinces of Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan where the company operates are Canada’s breadbasket, producing staggering amounts of wheat and other crops. They are also home to a well-established and growing petroleum industry. Not surprisingly in a food and energy-hungry world, these provinces have experienced GDP growth rates above those of other Canadian provinces.
While healthy GDP growth within its economic territory has provided a tailwind, RMD’s greatest growth engine has been its unrelenting purchases of smaller dealerships. In 2011 and 2012 alone, RMD purchased (the dealership assets thereof or outright) Agritac Equipment, J&B Equipment, Camrose Farm Equipment and Houlder Automotive at a total cost of $21.5 million CAD.
A roll-up strategy can be highly successful in a fragmented industry. Aggregating smaller dealership entities under the Rocky Mountain Equipment name provides opportunities for cost reduction through eliminating duplicate corporate functions. RMD’s stated goal is to keep SG&A costs under 10% of revenues, and the scaling strategy seems to be bearing fruit. In 2012, SG&A expense was 9.6% of revenues, compared to 11.2% in 2008.
Lower inventory costs are another benefit to scale. With nearly $1 billion CAD in annual revenues, RMD can almost certainly achieve better inventory terms than small independent dealers can.
In an April 2012 presentation, the company provided a map of its locations across the three provinces. Since then the company has acquired a few more.
Rocky Mountain Dealerships’ results since 2008 show torrid growth achieved without sacrificing margins. Even in the midst of the 2008-2009 financial crisis, RMD kept right on growing and profiting. Despite its intense growth, RMD was free cash flow positive in four of the last five years. Operating income in the chart below has been adjusted for one-time items, but net income has not. Figures are in millions CAD.
Despite significantly increased operating income in 2012, net income was nearly flat. This is due to a $4.2 million charge the company took related to the repurchase of all its convertible debentures. The repurchase reduced diluted shares outstanding by 17%.
RMD’s impressive free cash flow in the face of such a high growth rate is partially the result of smart working capital management. Net working capital to sales reached a high of 20% in 2010, but has since been reduced to 16.4%. Smart working capital management frees up cash that can be used for acquisitions or debt reduction or any number of other actions that increase equity value.
The chart below shows balance sheet figures since the company’s IPO, again in millions CAD.
At first glance, RMD’s balance sheet may seem stretched. Total assets come in at 4.5 times equity. However, the picture is better than it seems. 77% of the company’s liabilities are “floor plan payables.” Floor plan payables are amounts owed on inventory the company holds. The interest rates on these payables range from 0% to prime+4.3% as of December 31, 2012. These floor plan payables are secured by the inventory only and have no recourse to the company. They come due when the inventory is sold or transferred or at 48 months maximum. Floor plan financing allows the company to take on a lot of inventory at a low cost, without tying up its own capital.
Excluding the total floor plan payables figure and an equal amount of inventory, RMD’s equity-to-capital ratio rises from 22.36% to a much more comfortable 55.7%. The company’s non-floor plan payables debt (what I have termed “non-operating debt”) net of cash comes in at $34.2 million CAD, or 0.7 times EBITDA. That’s a very comfortable figure, especially considering the company’s resilience even through the worst days of the financial crisis.
Despite its 20+% growth rate, healthy finances and strong market position, Rocky Mountain dealerships trades at only 9.6 times earnings and an EV/EBITDA of 6.5. Amounts below are converted to USD, since I am using the ADR’s share price.
Rocky Mountain also trades at a significant discount to its competitors, despite its superior growth rate.
For RMD to trade at a peer average P/E ratio, shares would have to appreciate to $16.30. For a peer EV/EBITDA ratio, shares would trade up to $17.73. A peer average valuation seems conservative, given the company’s small size and attractive geographic location.
RMD recently raised its annual dividend to $0.40 CAD, yielding 2.9% at current prices.
Management has significant skin in the game with RMD, owning 22% of shares outstanding. This high ownership comes from RMD’s origin: Current CEO Matt Campbell and current President Derek Stimson merged their former companies and took the resulting company public as Rocky Mountain Dealerships. The surviving company does engage in ongoing related-party transactions, though these seem to be on fair terms.
The biggest risks for investors in RMD are the unpredictable commodities markets and the possibility that Canada’s economy will stumble. A decline in wheat or oil prices could greatly reduce demand for expensive combines and trucks as farmers, builders and drillers delay capital expenditures and choose to use existing equipment for longer. There are rumbles that Canada’s hot housing market could come to an ugly end, but that is far from a certainty.
US investors also need to be aware of currency risks. A strengthening US dollar could reduce returns for US investors.
Risks aside, investors could be looking at a great growth stock at a very reasonable price in Rocky Mountain Dealerships. How many US companies offer 20% or more annual growth, yet trade at under 10 times earnings?
I own shares in Rocky Mountain Dealerships. |
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Shopify or WordPress: Which Platform Offers Better SEO Capabilities?
Ecommerce websites form a significant portion of businesses in the digital world. More and more people prefer to order products and services online, owing to the convenience it affords. It has almost become a must-have for businesses offering products and services to run online stores- even if physical locations may be present. Ecommerce websites do the best job of facilitating the buying and selling processes for all parties involved. There is no doubt how crucial eCommerce is for businesses.
Did you know that 34% of all websites on the internet use WordPress? Whereas Shopify has over one million active online stores, with a total gross merchandise volume of over $200 billion. These figures indicate how well-liked both platforms are, but which one is better for your business’s SEO? Keep going to find out.
However, with numerous eCommerce platforms mushrooming, you, as a business owner, may wonder which to use for your business. Your search for the best platform might have unearthed two of the most commonplace eCommerce giants- WordPress and Shopify. You are probably wondering which platform would be best for your business. Is WordPress or Shopify better for seo? Which one will help you scale and grow faster? Let’s dive in and expound the two side by side.
Importance of Search Engine Optimization for Online Business
You’ve probably heard about the significance of SEO optimization if you manage an online business. So why is it so important?
Let’s begin with some statistics, then. Did you know that over 90% of online experiences begin with a search engine? A further statistic is that 75% of people never scroll past the first page of search results. These figures highlight how important it is for your online business to have a solid SEO strategy.
But what is SEO exactly? The practice of improving your website to increase its visibility and ranking on search engine result pages (SERPs) is known as SEO or search engine optimization. The objective is to increase organic internet traffic, which might eventually result in more sales and income for your company.
Especially for online stores, SEO optimization is important for the following reasons:
- Improved visibility: By improving your website’s publicity in search engine results pages (SERPs), you can make it simpler for potential customers to find you.
- Improved user experience: SEO entails enhancing your website’s navigation, content quality, and loading speed, all of which can improve the user experience of your visitors.
- More qualified leads: SEO focuses on people who are actively looking for goods or services similar to yours, increasing the likelihood that they will become paying clients.
SEO is a more affordable marketing tactic than other types of online advertising, including PPC.
Shopify vs. WordPress – Overview
Embark on an exploration of two titans in the digital arena, Shopify and WordPress. This overview will illuminate their distinctive features, enabling you to make an informed decision about which best serves your online business needs.
What is Shopify?
Shopify is a powerful, all-in-one eCommerce platform designed to simplify the process of creating, managing, and scaling online stores. Its user-friendly interface and robust set of features make it the go-to choice for entrepreneurs and businesses looking to establish a strong online presence. One of the world’s most widely used e-commerce platforms, Shopify has more than 1.7 million active users and more than $200 billion in annual sales.
- Effortless Store Setup: Launch your online store in minutes with Shopify’s easy-to-use drag-and-drop builder.
- Streamlined Inventory Management: Keep track of your stock with real-time updates and automated order processing.
- Secure Payment Solutions: Offer customers a smooth and secure shopping experience with integrated payment gateways.
- Global Reach: Break barriers and sell to customers worldwide with multi-language and multi-currency support.
- Built-in Analytics: Stay informed about your store’s performance with insightful analytics and sales reports.
Are you ready to revolutionize your business? Join the ranks of over a million successful entrepreneurs who have chosen Shopify as their trusted eCommerce partner. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to take your online store to new heights – get started with Shopify today and watch your business soar!
Pros of Shopify
Shopify, a leading eCommerce platform, has gained immense popularity among businesses of all sizes due to its user-friendly interface and robust features. Let’s explore the top pros of Shopify that make it a go-to choice for online retailers:
- Ease of Use: Shopify’s intuitive interface and drag-and-drop system make it simple for users with little to no technical expertise to create and manage their online store.
- Built-In Features: Shopify offers a comprehensive suite of built-in eCommerce tools, such as product management, inventory tracking, payment processing, and shipping options, allowing you to focus on your business rather than technical complexities.
- App Store: The Shopify App Store houses a vast selection of apps and integrations, including print-on-demand services, designed to enhance your store’s functionality, improve customer experience, and streamline your business operations.
- Responsive Themes: Shopify provides a variety of professionally designed, mobile responsive themes, ensuring that your online store looks great on any device.
- Dedicated Support: Shopify’s 24/7 customer support through live chat, phone, and email ensures you receive assistance whenever needed, giving you peace of mind.
- Security: Shopify’s secure hosting environment and SSL certification protect your customers’ data, making it a trustworthy platform for your online store.
- Scalability: Shopify’s plans cater to businesses of all sizes, allowing you to grow and scale your online store seamlessly as your business expands.
- Abandoned Cart Recovery: Shopify’s built-in abandoned cart recovery feature helps you recapture lost sales by sending automated reminder emails to customers who left items in their cart.
Shopify’s ease of use, robust features, and dedicated support make it an ideal choice for businesses seeking a reliable and powerful eCommerce solution. With Shopify, you can focus on growing your online store while the platform takes care of the technical aspects.
Cons of Shopify
While Shopify boasts numerous advantages for online retailers, it’s essential to weigh the cons before diving in. We’ve curated a list of Shopify’s drawbacks to help you make an informed decision.
- Limited Customization: Shopify’s customization options, although user-friendly, are somewhat limited compared to other platforms like WordPress. This might restrict you from achieving the exact design or functionality you envision for your store.
- Transaction Fees: Unless you use Shopify Payments, you’ll be charged additional transaction fees for each sale, which can add up and impact your profit margin.
- App Costs: While the Shopify App Store offers a wealth of functionality-enhancing apps, many come with a price tag. Relying on multiple paid apps may increase your store’s running costs.
- Content Management Limitations: Shopify is primarily designed for eCommerce, which means its content management capabilities fall short compared to more versatile platforms like WordPress.
- SEO Flexibility: Shopify covers the basics of SEO, but its scope for advanced customization is limited compared to other platforms. Users seeking granular control over their site’s SEO might find this restrictive.
Shopify is undeniably a powerful eCommerce platform; however, it’s crucial to consider its limitations before committing. By weighing the pros and cons, you’ll be better equipped to decide if Shopify is the right fit for your online store. Keep in mind that your unique business requirements should guide your decision, ensuring your chosen platform aligns with your goals and vision.
What is WordPress?
Get ready to uncover the secret behind the world’s most popular content management system (CMS)! WordPress powers an astonishing 43% of the web, making it the go-to choice for millions of businesses and individuals. But what is it, and why is it so popular? Keep reading to find out!
WordPress is an open-source CMS that allows users to create and manage websites with ease. Launched in 2003, it has since evolved into a versatile platform catering to various website types, including blogs, eCommerce stores, and portfolios.
Pros of WordPress
Uncover the advantages of WordPress, the powerhouse CMS that powers 43% of the internet. Let’s dive into the key pros of WordPress, which make it a top choice for countless businesses and individuals.
- Flexibility: WordPress offers a vast range of themes and plugins, providing users with the freedom to create unique, tailor-made websites that cater to their specific needs and vision. You can customize existing WordPress themes yourself or outsource frontend development of your store to professionals to get a perfectly functioning website faster.
- Large Community: With a massive user base, WordPress boasts an extensive support network, including forums, tutorials, and resources, ensuring that help is always just a click away.
- SEO-Friendly: WordPress empowers users to optimize their website for search engines using plugins like Yoast SEO, granting you granular control over your site’s SEO and boosting its visibility.
- Scalability: WordPress can easily adapt to your website’s growth and changing needs, allowing you to expand your digital presence seamlessly.
- Open Source: Being an open-source platform, WordPress offers endless possibilities for customization and development, enabling you to build a truly one-of-a-kind website.
- Cost-Effective: WordPress itself is free, and with a variety of free and premium themes and plugins available, it’s possible to create a professional website without breaking the bank.
- Content Management: WordPress excels in content management, making it an ideal choice for businesses that prioritize content creation, such as bloggers and online publishers.
WordPress offers unparalleled flexibility, customization, and scalability, making it a top choice for businesses and individuals seeking a versatile and powerful CMS. By harnessing the many pros of WordPress, you can create the perfect digital platform to share your message and drive your online success.
Cons of WordPress
WordPress is undeniably a powerful and flexible CMS, but it’s not without its challenges. To help you make an informed decision, we’ve compiled a list of WordPress’s drawbacks that you should consider before diving in.
- Learning Curve: Although WordPress is user-friendly, it takes time and effort to master its full potential, especially if you’re new to web development or design.
- Security Risks: Being an open-source platform, WordPress websites can be vulnerable to hacking if not properly maintained and updated. It’s crucial to invest in security measures, such as using reliable themes and plugins and regularly updating your site.
- Maintenance: A WordPress site requires ongoing maintenance, including updates, backups, and plugin management, to ensure smooth functioning. This can be time-consuming, especially for those without technical expertise.
- Performance Optimization: While WordPress offers various plugins to improve your site’s speed and performance, it’s essential to manage them carefully. Too many plugins or poorly optimized ones can slow down your website and negatively impact user experience.
- Limited eCommerce Features: While WordPress can be used to create an online store with plugins like WooCommerce, its built-in eCommerce features are not as robust or streamlined as platforms specifically designed for online retail, such as Shopify.
Although WordPress provides unmatched flexibility and customization options, it comes with its share of challenges. Before committing to WordPress, consider whether you’re willing to invest time and effort into mastering the platform, maintaining your site, and keeping it secure. By carefully evaluating the pros and cons, you’ll be better equipped to decide if WordPress is the right choice for your online presence.
Shopify vs. WordPress: What Are The Differences?
Shopify vs WordPress: A Comparative Analysis of their Pricing
As an entrepreneur, choosing the right platform for your online business is a decision that can shape the trajectory of your enterprise.
Shopify and WordPress, two heavyweights in the digital arena, offer compelling but distinctly different solutions. The choice between these two often boils down to a critical factor: Pricing.
However, before we dive deep into the numbers, bear in mind that the cost isn’t just about the monetary value; it’s about the value proposition each platform brings.
Shopify’s Pricing Structure
Shopify employs a straightforward pricing model that comes in three main plans.
- Basic Shopify: This basic shopify plan is priced at $29 per month and provides all the essential tools you’d need when starting a new business.
- Shopify: Coming in at $79 per month, this plan offers additional features such as gift cards and professional reports.
- Advanced Shopify: At $299 per month, this tier avails advanced features perfect for scaling your business.
In the realm of Shopify, pricing is predictable. Each plan includes secure hosting, unlimited bandwidth, and SSL certificates. However, additional transaction fees could add up unless you opt to use Shopify Payments.
WordPress’ Pricing Structure
Contrary to Shopify, WordPress is free to use. However, running a business website comes with other ancillary costs.
- Hosting: Hosting costs start as low as $3 per month and rise depending on the provider and the package chosen.
- Themes and Plugins: While a multitude of free options exist, premium themes and plugins can range anywhere from $20 to $200.
- Security and Maintenance: These costs can vary significantly, and if you’re not particularly tech-savvy, you might need to hire a professional to ensure smooth running.
On the surface, WordPress can seem more cost-effective. However, the total cost can burgeon significantly based on your specific needs and technical skill level.
Shopify offers simplicity and predictability in its pricing, which can be an attractive option for those who value convenience and ease of use. On the other hand, WordPress provides a cost-effective solution for those technically inclined and willing to invest more time in setting up and maintaining their site.
Therefore, your choice should not be solely determined by the cost but also by where you see the most significant value for your time, effort, and money. Always remember, the best investment is the one that brings the highest returns.
Key Things to Watch Out for When Choosing an SEO-Friendly Platform
Ready to skyrocket your website’s search engine rankings? The secret lies in selecting an SEO-friendly platform that sets you up for success. But with so many options on the market, how do you choose the perfect one? Don’t worry – we’ve got your back! Let’s dive into the key factors you need to watch out for when choosing an SEO-friendly platform.
- Built-In SEO Features: When choosing a platform, ensure it comes with essential built-in SEO features, such as clean URL structures, meta tag customization, and XML sitemap generation. These features lay the foundation for optimal search engine indexing and improved rankings.
- Mobile Responsiveness: With mobile searches surpassing desktop searches, it’s vital to choose a platform that offers mobile-responsive themes. A mobile-friendly site enhances user experience and is favored by search engines like Google.
- Site Speed Optimization: Page loading speed is a significant ranking factor, as it directly impacts user experience. Select a platform that enables you to optimize your site’s speed, either through built-in features or additional plugins.
- Customization and Flexibility: An SEO-friendly platform should offer customization options, allowing you to tweak your site’s design and functionality to align with best SEO practices. This flexibility ensures that you’re not restricted by the platform’s limitations when optimizing your site.
- Scalability: As your website grows, so will your SEO needs. Choose a platform that can scale your business, providing the necessary tools and features to support your evolving SEO strategies.
- Robust Support and Community: An active support community and accessible resources are invaluable when navigating the world of SEO. Opt for a platform with a strong user base, offering forums, tutorials, and expert guidance to assist you in your SEO journey
So, in a nutshell, is WordPress or shopify better for SEO? A quick look at the different features, advantages and shortcomings of Shopify and WordPress commerce reveals one thing- none is inherently better than the other. The winner between the two platforms boils down to what needs one has for their eCommerce store. Shopify ranks higher if you are looking for an easy-to-use platform and do not care for extensive customization options. WordPress Commerce reigns supreme for users who need more versatility. They are also keen on having a reliable content management system. It may include a steeper learning curve but allows for more granular SEO optimizations.
Ekta Chauhan is the senior fashion designer at NoLabels and holds a keen interest in running her own eCommerce business one day. Her curious nature ignited the feeling of entrepreneurship and inspired her to learn about SEO.
FAQs on Shopify vs WordPress
What are the main differences between Shopify and WordPress?
Shopify is an all-in-one ecommerce platform designed specifically for online stores, while WordPress is a versatile content management system that can be adapted for ecommerce using plugins like WooCommerce. Shopify is generally easier to use but less flexible, while WordPress offers more customization but has a steeper learning curve.
How does the pricing of Shopify and WordPress compare?
Shopify offers straightforward monthly plans starting from $29/month. This includes hosting, security, and maintenance. WordPress is free, but you'll need to pay for hosting, themes, plugins, and possibly professional maintenance and security services, which can add up.
Which platform is better for SEO, Shopify or WordPress?
Both platforms have strong SEO capabilities. WordPress has a slight edge due to the availability of advanced SEO plugins. However, Shopify also offers built-in SEO features and is sufficient for most online stores.
Is Shopify or WordPress more secure?
Both platforms take security seriously. Shopify includes robust security in its packages, handling updates and security protocols for you. WordPress security is largely reliant on the user, with security plugins and correct website management being crucial.
Can I switch from Shopify to WordPress, or vice versa?
Yes, it's possible to switch between platforms, though it requires some work to migrate your content and set up your store or site on the new platform. You may even need to convert your Shopify theme to WordPress or vice versa. Consider consulting with a professional to ensure a smooth transition. |
Dentistry, once perceived as a field bound by tradition, has undergone a remarkable transformation in recent decades. Among the most significant advancements are those in dental filling techniques, revolutionizing how cavities are treated and teeth restored.
From traditional amalgam fillings to modern composite materials and cutting-edge technologies, the landscape of dental fillings has evolved to offer patients safer, more durable, and aesthetically pleasing options.
The Evolution of Dental Fillings
Historically, dental fillings were primarily composed of amalgam, a mixture of metals including mercury, silver, tin, and copper. While effective in restoring decayed teeth, concerns over the mercury content and aesthetic appearance of amalgam fillings prompted the development of alternative materials.
In the 20th century, composite resin emerged as a popular alternative to amalgam. Composed of a mixture of plastic and glass, composite fillings offer improved aesthetics and can be color-matched to the natural shade of the tooth. Additionally, composite fillings bond directly to the tooth structure, providing better support and reducing the risk of further decay.
Recent years have witnessed a surge in innovations aimed at further enhancing dental filling techniques. One notable development is the advent of nanotechnology in dentistry.
Nanocomposite materials, consisting of nanoscale particles dispersed within the resin matrix, exhibit superior strength, durability, and wear resistance compared to traditional composites. These materials enable dentists to create fillings that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also long-lasting.
Another groundbreaking innovation is the use of bioactive materials in dental fillings. Bioactive materials have the ability to interact with biological tissues, promoting the remineralization of tooth structure and inhibiting the growth of bacteria. By harnessing the body’s natural healing processes, bioactive fillings offer the potential for improved long-term outcomes and reduced risk of recurrent decay.
Advancements in digital technology have also revolutionized dental filling procedures. Digital impressions, made possible by intraoral scanners, eliminate the need for messy impression materials, offering patients a more comfortable experience. These digital impressions can be used to design and fabricate custom-made dental restorations, including fillings, crowns, and bridges, with remarkable precision and accuracy.
Furthermore, computer-aided design and manufacturing (CAD/CAM) technology allows for the fabrication of chair side restorations in a single visit. With CAD/CAM systems, dentists can design, mill, and place ceramic fillings in a matter of hours, providing patients with immediate results and eliminating the need for temporary restorations.
In recent years, regenerative dentistry has emerged as a promising field aimed at restoring damaged tooth structure and promoting tissue regeneration. Stem cell therapy, growth factors, and tissue engineering techniques hold the potential to regenerate dentin, pulp, and periodontal tissues damaged by decay or trauma.
While still in the early stages of development, these approaches offer hope for the future of minimally invasive, biologically driven dental treatments.
Challenges and Considerations
Despite the remarkable advancements in dental filling techniques, challenges remain. One such challenge is the cost associated with newer materials and technologies, which may limit access for some patients.
Additionally, the longevity and performance of dental fillings depend not only on the materials used but also on factors such as proper technique, patient compliance, and oral hygiene habits.
Furthermore, the debate over the safety of certain materials, such as amalgam and resin-based composites, continues to divide the dental community. While extensive research has demonstrated the safety and efficacy of these materials, ongoing studies are needed to address concerns and ensure patient confidence.
Innovations in dental filling techniques have transformed the field of dentistry, offering patients a wide range of options for restoring and preserving their smiles. From nanocomposites to bioactive materials, digital impressions to regenerative therapies, the future of dental fillings holds great promise for improved outcomes and patient satisfaction.
As technology continues to advance and research progresses, dentists are better equipped than ever to provide patients with safe, durable, and aesthetically pleasing dental restorations. By embracing these innovations and staying at the forefront of dental technology, dentists can continue to deliver high-quality care and ensure the long-term oral health and satisfaction of their patients. |
Outsource2Us shares 5 reasons why having a great logo can make all the difference…
Logos are everywhere! They cover everything from signs, to shirts, bags, books, apps, and so much more. Here are our top five reasons why you need the best to make it above the rest.
1. Public Perception
Logos are one of the core devices used in business branding, meaning they are the first thing people see of the company.
It takes a person’s brain roughly 500 milliseconds, or half a second, to process a single thought. In less than a second a decision can be made in a person’s mind based on sensory information, such as sight. Members of the general wider public will base their perception of your business entirely on your logo in less than a second – so make it count!
As mentioned previously, there is almost as many existing logos as there are people living on this planet – that’s a lot! Think about it; every business (from start-up to multi-dollar corporations), every club or team (from pro sports teams to book clubs), every school or college (state, private, etc). This list is endless!
To stand out, you’ll need it to be memorable – not another version of the same symbol or icon. Be original, distinctive, and creative.
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A good company needs a logo that looks just as good in any size and colour. Whether it’s on a Facebook cover image, sweatshirt jumper, or ballpoint pen, a great logo stands out on anything and everything. From small print on pens or paper, to large print on shirts or jumper, or small digital for an Instagram profile picture, are large digital for a website banner.
When creating the best ever logo, you must consider your marketing plan and how the brand will be used within the marketing.
4. Brand Loyalty
A recognisable logo encourages brand loyalty, as when a consumer likes your product or services they are able to identify your business by your logo and seek you out again in the future. If you like something, you want it again, and with a memorable logo, people know exactly which one is yours.
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When you have a great logo, you’re giving your brand a face, and giving your company or business an identity. Giving a business an identity gives it substance and legitimacy in the eyes of the wider community.
Logos, as part of a brand, can make or break a company, and we want to see you and your business succeed.
You might be asking yourself – can I create this myself or should I use graphic design services? A professional graphic designer will work with you to define your business through art, taking your preferences into account to produce a collaborative piece that is customised for you and your business. It can also save you time, leaving you free to pursue your other business goals. Learn more about graphic design vs. DIY logo creation HERE. |
At Jabil we strive to make ANYTHING POSSIBLE and EVERYTHING BETTER. We are proud to be a trusted partner for the world’s top brands, offering comprehensive engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain solutions. With over 50 years of experience across industries and a vast network of over 100 sites worldwide, Jabil combines global reach with local expertise to deliver both scalable and customized solutions. Our commitment extends beyond business success as we strive to build sustainable processes that minimize environmental impact and foster vibrant and diverse communities around the globe.
Cycle Count Analyst (Bryan Dairy 3rd Shift – approximately 11 pm – 7 am)
This position is based onsite in at our new Bryan Dairy location in Seminole, FL.
Now offering a $2,500 sign-on bonus for new, external candidates for this major expansion!
As a Cycle Count Analyst, you will be responsible for executing cycle counts and analyzing inventory data to identify discrepancies and improve inventory accuracy. Working closely with the Cycle Count Lead Analyst and other members of the inventory control team, you will contribute to the ongoing efforts to maintain optimal inventory levels and minimize inventory shrinkage.
What can you expect to do?
Cycle Count Execution: Perform cycle counts according to established schedules and procedures. Utilize handheld scanners or other tools to accurately count inventory items and record count results in the warehouse management system (WMS).
Inventory Analysis: Analyze cycle count results to identify discrepancies and investigate potential causes. Work with cross-functional teams to determine root causes of inventory discrepancies and implement corrective actions as needed.
Data Entry and System Maintenance: Enter inventory count data into the WMS and other related systems. Ensure accuracy and completeness of inventory records, and troubleshoot any discrepancies or errors.
Reporting and Documentation: Prepare cycle count reports and documentation to track count results, trends, and variances. Provide regular updates to the Cycle Count Lead Analyst and other stakeholders on inventory accuracy and performance.
Process Compliance: Adhere to cycle count procedures and guidelines to ensure consistency and accuracy in counting activities. Follow safety protocols and maintain a clean and organized work area during cycle count activities.
Continuous Improvement: Identify opportunities to improve cycle count processes and procedures. Provide feedback and suggestions for process enhancements to the Cycle Count Lead Analyst and participate in process improvement initiatives.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate with warehouse operations, materials management, and other departments to address inventory-related issues and support overall inventory management objectives. Communicate effectively with team members and stakeholders to ensure alignment on goals and priorities.
What is the experience needed to be successful in this role?
Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, or a related field preferred.
2+ years of experience in inventory analysis, cycle counting, or related field.
Strong analytical skills and attention to detail, with the ability to analyze data and identify trends.
Proficiency in inventory management systems and software applications like SAP or other ERP systems.
Intermediate to expert level experience with Microsoft Excel.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
Ability to prioritize tasks, manage time effectively, and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
Knowledge of inventory control best practices and continuous improvement methodologies.
BENEFITS PACKAGE WITH JABIL
Along with growth, stability, and the opportunity to be challenged, Jabil offers a competitive benefits package that includes:
Competitive Base Salary
Medical, Dental, Prescription Drug, and Vision Insurance with HRA and HSA options
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Paid Time Off
Life, AD&D, and Disability Insurance
Employee Assistance Program
Annual Merit Increases
Community Volunteer Opportunities
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Premier Alan Winde, several members of his Cabinet, and Western Cape Government (WCG) officials today gave an update on the provincial government’s efforts to repair and reopen roads, and other infrastructure, which were severely damaged in the storms and ensuing flooding that hit parts of the province over the Heritage long weekend.
The Premier thanked all WCG departments and stakeholders who have been working tirelessly to repair damaged road infrastructure, which included the approach to the McGregor bridge.
Part of the road approaching the bridge was washed away in the flooding, cutting off the community of McGregor. “Repairing this damage was among our most pressing priorities. Due to teamwork and a sense of urgency, within 3 weeks the bridge was repaired and reopened, allowing McGregor to return to full economic activity,” he said.
Roads and other critical infrastructure
Immediately after the adverse weather system in September, 154 roads had to be closed. This included sections of the N2 and N1, making relief and rescue work difficult. Thanks to the work of the Western Cape Department of Infrastructure (DOI), this number is now down to 37 roads. Steady progress is being made to reopen all affected roads including the following:
- Clarence Drive remains closed, but it is currently possible to travel from Gordon’s Bay to the “The Grille Shack” and back. On-site repair teams are working from both the Grille Shack and Rooi Els sides to restore those parts of the road that repair teams can reach. We are confident that we will be able to open the section of Clarence Drive between the Grille Shack and Kogel Bay Beach by the end of November. It is currently not clear when the entire length of Clarence Drive will be open to two-way traffic due to significant damage to the road between Kogel Bay Beach and Rooi Els. However, the DOI is focusing on reopening one lane of traffic along Clarence Drive, with traffic flow managed by stop/ go traffic controls as soon as it is safe to do so.
- The Hemel-en-Aarde Road remains closed between Caledon and Hermanus, but it is currently possible to travel between Caledon and Camphill. There is an alternative route between Camphill via Karwyderskraal to the R43 near Hermanus. The section from Camphill to the R43 remains closed for repairs. A geotechnical engineer has declared this section of the road unsafe. The DOI has deployed teams to start work on building temporary bypasses in unstable areas for single lane of traffic. Once the single-lane temporary bypasses are in place along this road, traffic will be managed through stop/ go traffic operations.
- Work is well under way to fully reopen the R43 and R44 intersection near Kleinmond. Single lane traffic is currently open at this intersection managed by stop / go operations. After initial assessments and further investigations, it has been determined that the repairs at this intersection are expected to be completed by the end of January 2024.
- Franschhoek Pass remains closed due to landslides. Teams are working to reopen one lane of traffic by the end of November. Once a single lane has been reopened, traffic will be managed through stop/ go traffic operations. However, it is unlikely that heavy motor vehicles will be allowed to use this pass when it is opened to single-lane traffic.
The South African National Roads Agency (SANRAL) has started work on repairing the section of the N2 in the vicinity of Botrivier which was washed away, and they report that they are hoping to reopen the road by the end of November.
Reopening all affected roads remains a top priority of the WCG. When a road is closed, it cannot be used at all by vehicles, motorcycles, bicycles, and pedestrians. Having people cycling through sites for recreational purposes adds a significant risk of injury and creates the risk that a site may be shut down for not adhering to occupational health and safety regulations.
Minister of Infrastructure, Tertuis Simmers, said, “We thank road users for their patience and understanding during this difficult period. The investment in the capacitation of internal resources and districts over the years has proven to be a great investment. This allowed us to not only respond promptly but also ensured a financial saving for the department as we minimised the costs of having to go out for tender. The collaboration between the two spheres of government, civil society organisations, agriculture, and private sector has been pivotal in the response to restoring the damaged infrastructure.”
Minister Simmers added “The WCG has once again proven to be efficient, by restoring, rebuilding, and reopening multiple roads that were severely damaged within record time.”
Provincial Minister of Mobility, Ricardo Mackenzie, praised all traffic officials, “The Western Cape Mobility Department redeployed hundreds of Provincial Traffic Officers during the flooding, over and above the usual pressures of long weekend operations, working more than a thousand hours of overtime overall. I am proud of these women and men, who worked long hours in cold and wet conditions to safely direct and divert traffic away from damaged or flooded roads. Many potential road crashes, and loss of life, were prevented through their dedication.”
The inclement weather also left more than 82 000 people without power. Through the hard work of Eskom’s technical teams, this number was reduced to only 1 000 faults within less than a week after the flooding.
The Overstrand Municipality suffered damages to major bulk water infrastructure during the September floods, and the town of Hermanus and its surrounds were without any piped water in the aftermath. The municipality managed to connect water supplies within less than a week during which time water tankers from across the province were made available to ensure the availability of water to residents.
Anton Bredell, Western Cape Minister of Local Government, Environmental Affairs and Development Planning said administrative progress is being made with the declarations of disasters following the September and June storms.
“In terms of the June flooding, we have received the classification for a provincial state of disaster from the National Disaster Management Centre (NDMC). We are now in the process of gazetting it. Regarding the September storm damages, we have sent a request for a provincial classification to the NDMC and are awaiting a response,” Minister Bredell said.
He continued, “These processes take time. Once the disaster is gazetted, we will lodge a request to the NDMC for funding to cover the recovery and rehabilitation of the affected infrastructure. The NDMC then has the option to appoint independent assessors to visit the affected areas and evaluate the claims. Once this is completed, the centre can request National Treasury to make funding available. Funding will then only become available during an adjustment budget process and might not be the full amount we requested, as it is subject to budget availability at the time.”
The Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning has also assisted landowners with emergency environmental approvals to repair damaged river crossings and other repair work that would otherwise have required lengthy processes. “The department has issued more than 100 of these approvals in less than 2 weeks in order to allow people to get back to business as quickly as possible.
Minister Bredell also expressed his gratitude to all those who worked hard to keep the public safe and restore essential services in the aftermath of the severe weather experienced in late September. “It is important to give recognition to the many people and organisations that assisted us during these severe weather events. While it is tragic that lives were lost, countless lives were also saved.”
Premier Winde lauded the Provincial Disaster Management Centre which played a leading role in the provincial response efforts, as it coordinated and facilitated all stakeholders during these times.
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In this tutorial, you will learn how to run a PHP website and PHP scripts locally on your computer.
Step 1 - Install PHP
First thing that we need to do is to install PHP. Installing PHP is simple, and you can install it by using the command below
sudo apt install php
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
libapache2-mod-php8.1 php-common php8.1 php8.1-cli php8.1-common
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libapache2-mod-php8.1 php php-common php8.1 php8.1-cli php8.1-common
0 upgraded, 8 newly installed, 0 to remove and 18 not upgraded.
Need to get 5,127 kB of archives.
After this operation, 21.3 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
As you can see on the output above, PHP will also install the additional packages needed , continue Installing PHP by pressing the Y key.
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Once you have installed PHP on your computer, now you need to verify that PHP was successfully installed. We can perform multiple tests, however since we are going to run a PHP script locally we need to know whether the PHP web server can be started by using the command
php -S localhost:8080.
So, let's do a quick test and start the PHP web server
php -S localhost:8080
Note: We are using the
8080 port for the localhost server. However, you can use any port you want as long as that port is not being used by another process. For example, you can use port
Once you execute the command above, you should see this output on your terminal
This means the server was started successfully, and you can go to
localhost:8080, now feel safe to stop the server for now as this was just a test. Closing the terminal would stop the server. However, if you want to keep the terminal open, you can stop the sever by using the shortcut
Step 3 - Create PHP script
Now that we know that PHP web server runs perfectly, we can proceed to create the project folder where the PHP scripts will be located.
We are going to create a folder called
php-project, this folder will contain the php script that we'll be running locally.
Once you create the project folder, let's
cd into it
Now, once you are in the
php-project folder, you can proceed to create the
sudo nano app.php
Next, copy the code below into
echo "Hello, world!";
Save changes by pressing CTRL + X
Once you press CTRL +X, you will see the following prompt, press Y to confirm
Finally, press enter to save changes
Step 4 - Run PHP
The project that we created above is called
php-project, and inside this folder is a php file called
app.php. Now, to run the
app.php file, we can do so by running the command below
php -S localhost:8080 app.php
Note: There are multiple ways to run the php script. For example, our php script is called
app.php and if we start the php web server without specifying which file to serve, which in this case is
app.php in the command above, we will not be able to view this file since the server will try to load the
So, let's say you want to run a PHP website which has index and all other files, you can do so by running the command below
php -S localhost:8080
How to run multiple PHP web servers
You can also run multiple PHP web servers on different ports, this is useful in cases when you want to run multiple PHP projects at the same time.
Let's say we have 3 different projects that we want to run, we start each server on a different port as shown in the examples below
php -S localhost:8001
php -S localhost:8002
php -S localhost:8003
As you can see, we have now 3 different servers running and serving 3 different scripts at the same time.
Alternatively, you can start the 3 servers via a bash script, instead of starting them manually one by one.
The bash script below will open 3 terminal and on each terminal it will execute the command to start the PHP web server.
xfce4-terminal -e "php -S localhost:8001"
xfce4-terminal -e "php -S localhost:8002"
xfce4-terminal -e "php -S localhost:8003"
xfce4-terminal is the name of the terminal that we are using, depending on the terminal that you use, you need to change
xfce4-terminal with your terminal. For example, if you use gnome Desktop environment, then you can launch gnome terminal via
How to start PHP web server automatically
There are multiple ways to start PHP web server automatically once you boot your system.Depending on the linux distro you use, the easiest way to achieve this is by creating an entry on Application Startups. For example, on Linux mint, you can create a startup entry on "Sessions and Startup" application, which allows you to run a script automatically depending the trigger method you choose.
1 - Create the bash script that will start the php webserver
php -S localhost:8080
2- Save this script as
3 - Make this script executable
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4 - Launch Session and Startup
You can launch Session and Startup from the applications menu, by searching "Session and Startup" on the search box, or via Settings Manager as shown in the image below
5 - Create startup entry for
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Command - This is the command that will run once you login on your system, now since we are going to run a script instead of a command, you need to import the bash script that you created by clicking the import button
Trigger - Choose on Login to run the bash script once you boot your system
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When planning a Kitchen Remodeling in Lake San Marcos project, it’s important to create a schedule tensureat all tasks are completed on time and within the budget. For this, the first step is to establish a timeline of the task. This will include an estimated start date and a date for completion as well as any milestones that are significant in the course of the project. Also, it should include the possibility of delays due to unexpected events. Having a timeline in place will help keep your project in line and ensure that the project iwithind in the budget that was set.
Make sure you have the proper permits
Make sure you have the proper permits. Before you can start remodeling you must obtain necessary permits from local aByordance with the nature of your project, you may have to apply for building, plumbing, and electrical permits. The process could take anywhere from a few days up to several weeks, which is why it is crucial to prepare for the process.
Research and select materials
The third step in the kitchen remodel process is the research and selection of the right materials. It involves researching the top materials to use for the project, comparing prices and assessing the longevity and durability of materials. It’s important to choose materials that are of top quality and meet the budget. After the materials are chosen, it’s time to begin the actual construction.
Demolition of structures that are in use
Demolition of the existing structure is typically the most lengthy step in the Kitchen Remodeling in Lake San Marcos process. It involves re,moving all the countertofixtures and appli,ances, as well as flooring, fixtures and other fixtures. Depending on the size of the room, this process can take between a couple of days to several weeks. If the contractor is taking out portions of walls or other structural components, it could slow the process further. It is important to plan and budget the proper time for this step for a successful remodel.
New structures are being built.
Once the demolition phase is completed, the construction of new structures is now able to begin. This phase of remodeling involves the installation of new cabinand ets, counterto, and other elements likAll elements must be fixtures. It is cruciaat all elements are put in place properly and in order to ensure a secure and efficient project. Installation may be completed by a professional or a homeowner, based on the complexity of the job. The majority of the time, this part of a kitchen remodel is between two and four weeks.
The electrical and plumbing upgrades are a vital element of any kitchen renovation project. Depending on the scope of the project, kitcthevary from as easy as replacing fixtures to something as complex as wiring all of the kitchen. An electrician or plumber who is certified must be sought out to ensure that the work is completed safely and up to code. It is important to note that the time required for these upgrades can range up to two weeks, bremodeling the extent of the work.
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Final inspection and walk-through with contractor
Once the kitchen renovation project is near completion it is essential to conduct a final check and walk-through with the contractor. This should be done to ensure that all of the work is up to the highest standards. The contractor should look for any possible issues and ensure that all of the work is done in a timely manner. It is also an excellent chance for the homeowner have any questions regarding the work and also to check for any potential problems that are arising during the course of the project. The walk-through should also be used as a chance to make sure that the project is in line with the agreed upon budget and timeframe.
In the end, the length of time needed to finish a kitchen renovation project depends on the scope of the project as well as the contractors hired to complete the project. A small kitchen renovation can take from up to six weeks, whereas a larger project could take up to 10 weeks or more. Although it might be a bit lengthy, the end result of transforming your kitchen is certain to prove worth it. |
So, who is the richest family in the world? The title currently goes to the Walton family with a net worth of $173.1 billion. Keep reading to find out what other families made the list of the top 10 richest families in the world.
1. Walton Family
Net Worth: $173.1 billion
The Walton family knows its way around some retail revenue. Its namesake, mega-retailer Walmart, has an estimated global revenue of $611.3 billion. As the family owns nearly half of the company, they should be quite comfortable for generations to come.
2. Mars Family
Net Worth: $160 billion
The Mars family got its start in 1902 by selling molasses candy. Now better known for M&Ms than even its Mars bar, the company has diversified its assets into areas such as pet care. Even after four generations, the company is still being run by quite a few members of the Mars family. |
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Lessons learned from Leonardo da Vinci, Remarks by Stanford President Marc Tessier-Lavigne at the 2019 Convocation ceremony.
I’m really get inspired by the viewpoints of this President.
This remark was shared by Prof. Dr. Ismail Said.
Many of us knew his masterpieces, the “Mona Lisa” and “The Last Supper”, but we may know less about his achievements as inventor, scientist, engineer, scholar of literature, anatomy, and architecture.
What is so special about Leonardo? Here are the answers:
(1) Be curious. He was relentlessly curious. Due to the curiosity, he explored and gained knowledge of people, the natural world, and engineering. He combined that knowledge with his artistic inclination and created unprecedented works of art.
Moral of the story is use our time at university to explore, to be curious, with the enthusiasm and determination of Leonardo.
(2) Be true to yourself. He was individuality. He didn’t let others’ opinions constrain his own thinking, and he was often centuries ahead of time.
Being original and unique can be difficult. but ultimately rewarding.
Follow your heart and embrace your personality.
Cultivate and express those qualities that are uniquely your own.
Resist the inclination to model yourself on the success of others or to focus on someone else’s idea of what you should be.
(3) Be a team member. Although Leonardo was an individualist, he also took advantage of the growth and opportunities that come from being a team member. He was not a loner, but instead a genius who worked well with others and learned from others.
Connect with each other, support one another, and make room for new ideas.
(4) Adapt and Improve. Learned the way he experimented and then strove with great persistence to continually improve his work. He completed his portrait of “Ginevra de’ Benci”, and today we might call it a prototype.
Always try new things, adapt and improve. Don’t let obstacles dampen your spirit.
Success can take time.
“With hard work, you can accomplish more than you can imagine”.
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Sriracha sauce and the classic Bloody Mary are a no-brainer pairing. Tomato-based Sriracha effortlessly melds into the overall garden-fresh flavor of this popular brunch cocktail. Plus, it brings s subtle garlic undertone to the mix as well.
The cocktail as it stands is refreshingly spicy (most can enjoy it), but you can take it a little further with extra Sriracha. Or throw in some Tabasco sauce, which also provides a little Cajun tang as a twist.
Sriracha Bloody Mary
- In a mixing glass, combine all ingredients (except celery stalks).
- Gently “roll” the Bloody Mary (to combine the ingredients) by pouring the cocktail from one mixing glass to another. Do not shake as it will thin the tomato juice.
- Pour the Bloody Mary into a glass filled with ice (salt-rimmed optional) and garnish with a celery stalk.
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It has been pretty hard to find ways to distract from the endlessness that defines COVID-related lockdowns. Some days are better than others, but for months now the days have run into each other like a reboot of Groundhog Day I never asked for. Memes and binge-watching TV shows can only hold my attention for so long and I have found myself listening to podcasts faster than my favorite shows can publish new episodes. This prompted me to rekindle my relationship with books and create a list of books I aspire to read.
Perhaps because of the media and screen fatigue I was reminded of the books I enjoyed recently and conjured up some motivation to read something new. I used to consume stacks of novels voraciously growing up, but as a parent I have had a lot more trouble picking up and getting through even a single book. When I moved to Bangkok, I was invited to join a local book club that helped introduce me to books I might not have picked up otherwise. Still, it is a constant struggle to get through a book without the trips that gave me the opportunity to read without interruption.
I obtained a used book during the pandemic that I am still struggling to complete. I have even resorted to putting it on my nightstand to encourage me to read before I go to sleep. So far, only minimal progress. How do you motivate yourself to finish books when it is difficult to concentrate? Before I can move on to a new book I have to finish this one. It is an inconvenient requirement that I established with myself long ago and can’t seem to shake.
The books below are some that I have read since my last post and what made them stand out. I would love to hear if you have also read these books. If you have read some great books recently too, send me your list of titles. I think it could be powerful motivation to get through this current book if I have an enticing list of books to get to next. Hopefully, my list can give you some ideas for what to read next.
The Elegance of the Hedgehog
Have you ever read a book that drew you into the characters’ worlds so closely that you just had to see it represented visually on screen? This is definitely that book. I was looking to stream the movie online before I even finished reading because I just had to immerse myself into that world some more.
The Orphan Master’s Son
I had never read a book set in North Korea before this one, and it painted such a vivid picture of what it could be like to live under the current regime.
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
The intricacy of the murder plot makes this book hard to put down. It’s a powerful narrative of the type of person most people ignore or underestimate in this world. I think it also showed what people are capable of when they want to live to see another day.
Bangkok Wakes to Rain
This is a lovely story that dances between time periods, places, and people with Bangkok serving as the thread or backdrop that connects each facet of the story. Bangkok and it’s recent history came to life around me with each word.
Let’s connect on GoodReads and keep each other honest. I really want to start reading more. Let me know if you have read a good book lately. |
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Cats are wonderful companions providing us with comfort and affection. If you’re a cat owner, it is only natural to imagine the lifespan of your feline friend. Just how long does and average cat live? Most people might not think of the lifespan of their kitten, but as they grow old, such questions are bound to arise. The average lifespan of most indoor cats is between 13-17 years old. However, there are cases where indoor cats have lived beyond their 20s. What can you do to make your feline friend be among the lucky ones to live beyond their 20s?
If there were a magic pill to lengthen the life of your cat, you would present to your cat in a heartbeat. Unfortunately, there is no magic pill, but this does not mean you can’t take good care of your pet. There are several steps cat owners would take to add some more years to the lifespan of their cats.
Simple ways to make your cat live longer
1. Keep your cat indoors
Cats that spend most of their time outside tend to have a shorter lifespan than those spending most of their time indoors. Try as much as possible to keep your cat indoors. Cats that spend more time outside are at a higher risk of infection and trauma. There are several dangers out there like parasites, other animals, cars, people and lack of protection from elements that threaten the life of your cats.
2. Buy quality cat food
Provision of a high-quality balanced diet to your cat will ensure a healthy life and more years on earth. The diet given to your cat should be appropriate for its age and lifestyle. Nutritional needs of cats are different with kittens requiring a diet that supports growth. Always look for grain-free cat food avoiding commercial cat foods with soy that is difficult to digest. The real meat is the cat’s main source of critical amino acids. Always look for foods with real meat and not by-products of meat or meat meal.
3. Schedule an annual examination visit to a veterinary officer
An annual visit to a veterinary is highly recommended if you’re looking to maintain a high-quality life. A veterinarian will screen for any health issues that might be affecting your cat and offer treatment options. The docter will also address any behavioural changes, make dietary recommendations and help you create a healthy diet plan to suit your cat.
The veterinary officer will also help your cat stay up on the necessary vaccinations. Most cats die needlessly of diseases that can be prevented by vaccination.
4. Watch for weight gain and weight loss
Is your cat always hungry? Establish a program to feed your cat instead of having the cat bowl filled with food all the time. Just like human cats are prone to weight gain and this usually leads to weight gain related health issues that decrease their lifespan. Eliminating free feeding will help as cats are now sedentary and don’t roam or hunt as they used to do in the past.
On their other side, weight loss in your cat will be a sign of a serious health condition. Do you feel your cat’s backbone? You need to schedule an appointment with your veterinary officer to check for diseases like cancer, hyperthyroidism, inflammatory bowel disease, geriatric and the chronic kidney disease.
5. Polish the pearly whites
Taking good care of the cat’s dental is crucial in helping them live healthily and for long. Most cats deal with the problem of periodontal gum disease as they age. This causes pain, tooth loss and gum disease that affects the cat’s health. Dental plaques can be dangerous especially if they get into the cat’s bloodstream. Incorporate some form of preventive oral hygiene to your cat or allow some tooth brushing from the early age.
- Do start oral hygiene as young as possible with your cat or kitten, even if you give them a toothbrush dipped in tuna water.
- Never use human toothepaste to clean a cat or dog's teeth, if you plan to do it yourself.
- Have their teeth cleaned at least once a year to ensure a healthy life.
6. Pay attention to the cat’s puke
Any changes to the frequency and character of vomiting in your cat usually signal a health problem. Most cat vomit contains hair or food, but any changes like white foam or bile should be treated seriously. It is always recommended to schedule a visit see a vet.
There is always a lot you can do to ensure your cat is healthy and living for longer. Exercise your cat by finding fun activities they would love to be engaged in. Give them a proper diet and schedule visits to see a vet annually. Any signs or symptoms of disease in a cat should not be ignored but instead treated with caution. Make life interesting and lively for your cat, and it shall live for long.
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Taking out time to choose a good name to call your puppy is important, as the little thing is going to keep bearing it for the rest of their life.
Also, Since you would be using it a lot, you should pick a name that is easy for your pet to recognize -more consonant and long vowel sounds-, and one that you can proudly call out in public or put on a name tag.
More often than not, people name their pets after characters in movies, foods, drinks, sports celebrities or random human names.
While some people would rather wait to meet their puppy and spend some time before giving a name that they believe is perfect, some others simply go-ahead to pick a name for them even before they arrive.
Whichever way you choose to go is fine, as long as you pick a name that both you and the dog would be proud of.
If you need some ideas, here are some pretty cool puppy names you could opt for:
Well, there you have it. Choose away! |
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This will help in keeping their fur from matting. They are made with the right nutrients, enough for your pet bunny’s requirements for its body. Pet Rabbits are comparatively easier to keep than many other pets.
If you’re not prepared for the abundant energy and care needs of a dog and a feline is just not your cup of tea, possibly you need to check out a bunny as a family pet. Rabbits have actually been a common home animal for a very long time. There are a number of factors for this. First they are an extremely gentle animal and do extremely well with children. Their soft fur and big ears make them alluring to kids. Rabbits need really little in the way of care. A tidy cage, a little food and water and the bunny can basically be left alone. They naturally choose some human contact and love, but they can go extended periods without it and not feel hurt.
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Another rabbit breed is the Himalayan rabbit. They are normally about 4 pounds and have been reproduced in Asiatic nations for a very long time. This bunny type is dispersed commonly all over the world. The Himalayan bunnies are known to be a really calm nature. They likewise ready nestle on the owner’s lap. A bunny of this type is ideal for first time owners of a bunny.
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Get enough knowledge about bunny very first help likewise – anything can take place throughout the breeding duration – consisting of things deadly for your bunny. So it is very important that you are able to give appropriate medication and you understand when to go to animal center or vet.
Firstly a pet rabbit require a cage to be his home. Get the most significant size that you can. A 2×3 feet cage is good for a medium size rabbit.Get the one with the plastic bottom, the wire bottom will harm the rabbit delicate paws. Get a plastic pan a little larger than the rabbit and put it in one corner of the cage to be his litter box.
Kids may lose interest in a bunny when the novelty has subsided or find it burdensome to take care of a rabbit. Bunnies are quickly litter box trained, but their litter needs to be changed regularly. They require fresh food and water daily. They likewise need routine grooming and nail clipping. Rabbits are social animals that require a great deal of private attention. They require daily workout and playtime, and when they are not in a pen or cage, you will have to guarantee that your house is bunny proofed. All of these elements need to be thought about when identifying if a bunny is ideal for your family.
Likewise, they are also vulnerable to attack from predators. Ending up being knowledgeable about their surroundings make them calm and comfy. They like to dig holes and chew and chew practically anything that goes in their ways.
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It is often said that the only constant in life is change. We certainly have had a massive dose of change over the last 18 months. Along with a contentious presidential election, throw in a global pandemic and you have the makings of a seismic shift in markets, consumers, and business in general.
Today’s workforce has certainly experienced incredible change. How it is structured, where the actual work is done, and who is responsible for various outcomes have all taken a dramatic turn. One of the most striking changes emerging from the pandemic is the impact of the remote workforce. Even though we are seeing our way past the worst of Covid, many of the roles that went virtual early on have not returned to the office — and some may never return. How do we maintain the culture of the organization when many of its members are no longer physically present? What is the best way to lead and manage teams who are spread out over different parts of the country?
The Way Forward
There are answers to these questions as many companies are learning how to keep their teams connected and focused on getting the important work done. Many organizations are finding out that, with a fresh approach, the workforce is becoming stronger and even more productive than ever before. But this calls for a strategic approach and a willingness to conform to the changes taking place all around. Let’s look at some of the key elements that need to be considered.
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Elucidation of vibration energy of a single molecule in an external force field
The vibration of a molecule on a surface contains critical information on the molecule-surface interaction, crucial for understanding surface phenomena and for important processes like catalysis. It was previously investigated with a scanning probe microscopy, but the probe tip appeared to exert a force on the molecule, affecting the vibration. Here, by combining STM, AFM and model calculations, the experimental results were precisely reproduced; the molecule-surface interactions were weakened by the probe tip proximity.
A molecule adsorbed on a surface (Figure 1A) vibrates on the surface (Figure 1B). The vibration energy is determined by the mass of the molecule and by the restoring forces exerted on the molecule. The restoring force originates from the interaction within the molecule and with the surface. By measuring the vibration energy, therefore, we are able to learn details of the interaction of a molecule and a surface. This knowledge is useful in understanding important processes in applied sciences like catalytic reactions that take place on a surface.
Since the vibration energy of a molecule depends to a large extent on the environment of the molecule, it is necessary to measure the vibration energy of an individual molecule to obtain a deep understanding of the interaction of a molecule and a surface, taking into account the environment. For example, a single molecule in isolation on a single crystal surface as shown in Figure 1A is an ideal target of this type of research.
The vibration energy of a single molecule can be investigated, with a scanning tunneling microscope (STM), by placing the metal probe of STM right above the molecule and by precisely measuring the current by changing the voltage applied between the probe of STM and the surface. As shown in Figure 2A, the current (I) and the voltage (V) show an approximately linear relationship, the second derivative of which (V derivative of dI/dV) shows a peak and trough pair as shown in Figure 2B. The peak and trough pair corresponds to the vibration energy of a molecule. Thus, using this method, the vibration energy of a single molecule can be determined.
It was previously reported, however, that when a metal probe was placed very close to a molecule in order to measure the current, the probe tip itself exerted a force on the molecule, affecting its vibration energy. In this study, we have measured the force between the probe and the molecule by atomic force microscope (AFM) and the vibration energy by STM to elucidate their relationship.
The present study was conducted by a collaboration of researchers from Kanazawa University, Japan, University of Regensburg, Germany, and Linnaeus University, Sweden. The experiments were done at University of Regensburg.
The force between a probe and a molecule was measured by using the force sensor developed by Prof. Giessibl, University of Regensburg, Germany, a coauthor of the study. The support that was attached with the force sensor was oscillated at a resonance frequency (about 50 kHz) of the cantilever of the sensor to oscillate the cantilever effectively. A metal probe was attached at the tip of the cantilever, where the probe tip consisted of just one atom. By placing the probe tip in close proximity of a molecule adsorbed on the surface, a force arises between the molecule and the probe tip, which changes the resonance frequency of the cantilever. From such changes, the force between the probe tip and the molecule can be determined. Figure 3A shows the experimental data concerning the force arising between the probe tip and CO molecule adsorbed on a copper surface upon changing the distance between the probe tip and CO molecule; one set of data is compared with another set with a different probe tip. This comparison indicates the difference in the forces exerted on the molecule by the two different probe tips. Each probe tip consists of just one atom, but the difference in the structure behind the single atom affects the forces exerted.
After the force measurements, the vibration energy was investigated by precisely measuring the current that was generated by applying a voltage between the probe tip and the surface. Figure 3B shows the change of the vibration energy upon changing the distance between the probe tip and the molecule. The probe tip that exerts the larger attracting force affects the vibration energy of the molecule to a greater extent.
Next, the experimental results were analyzed using a classical model that considers the vibration of a molecule as a double pendulum. With an ordinary pendulum, gravity provides a restoring force, while in this study, the bonds within the molecule and between the molecule and the surface provided a restoring force. The vibration energy was calculated using this pendulum model with forces arising between the probe tip and the molecule taken into consideration. In addition, it was also taken into consideration that the forces exerted by the probe tip weakened the bonds within the molecule and between the molecule and the surface. This model successfully and precisely reproduced the experimental results.
The present study significantly deepens our understanding of the interaction of a molecule and a surface and of the interaction of a probe tip and a molecule. In this study, a simple molecule, CO, having a very simple molecular structure has been employed as a target of research. It is expected that this study will stimulate further investigation of molecules of more complicated structure and technological importance. It is also expected that the bond between a molecule and a surface would be severed by a metal probe tip, which may be applied to processes inducing chemical reactions.
More information: Norio Okabayashi et al, Vibrations of a molecule in an external force field, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2018). DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1721498115
Journal information: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
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Tuesday, September 1st, 2020 at 5:30 PM
Hope everyone is having a great Tuesday!
We have some great NBA action today as the Toronto Raptors try to bounce back after a blowout loss to the Boston Celtics in their first game of their series, while we have an exciting Game 7 with the Denver Nuggets & Utah Jazz!
Let’s take a look at our NBA DraftKings slate which starts at 5:30!
Unlike our FanDuel lineup, despite how great Jamal Murray and Donovan Mitchell have been, I think for our cash lineups it is better to be more balanced and fade both as they both are priced near the $10,000
By fading both Murray & Mitchell, we were able to easily fit four players between the $7,300 - $8,000 range in Kyle Lowry, Pascal Siakam, Rudy Gobert, and Jaylen Brown.
Knowing that Utah is going to have a small rotation, I’m going to go with some value with both Royce O’ Neale & Joe Ingles who both should see around 35 minutes tonight.
Daniel Theis was outstanding in Game 1 despite being in some foul trouble, and I think he continues to be a strong option at great price of just $5,200.
Rounding out our team, will be another value pick in Toronto’s Marc Gasol!
Here is our NBA DraftKings lineup for tonight!
PG: Kyle Lowry
SG: Jaylen Brown
SF: Royce O’Neale
PF: Daniel Theis
C: Marc Gasol
G: Joe Ingles
F: Pascal Siakam
UTIL: Rudy Gobert
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Pine Grove condominium in Ulu Pandan, Singapore, has embarked on its fourth collective sale endeavor, this time with a substantial reserve price of $1.95 billion. With a remaining 60 years on its 99-year leasehold, the 660-unit former HUDC estate had previously sought a buyer in 2019, setting the bar at $1.86 billion.
Remarkably, this marks the third instance in which Pine Grove has secured the necessary 80 percent consensus from property owners to pursue the collective sale.
If successful, owners of 1,163 sq ft units stand to gain approximately $2.39 million, while those with 1,934 sq ft homes could pocket $3.2 million, according to marketing agent ERA Realty Network.
At the proposed $1.95 billion price, the land rate computes to $1,434 per sq ft per plot ratio, taking into account an additional 10 percent bonus gross floor area provided by various incentive schemes. This figure also encompasses an estimated land betterment charge (LBC) of approximately $1 billion for intensification and lease extension to a fresh 99-year term, as required by developers seeking to expand property projects.
Spanning 893,218 sq ft, the site boasts a gross plot ratio of 2.1, permitting the development of up to 2,050 new residential units, pending planning approval.
Mr. Tay Liam Hiap, ERA’s Managing Director of Investment Sales, expressed, “Pine Grove is the largest residential site, both in terms of land size and price quantum, to be launched for sale (en bloc) this year. The site is launched now because we have a year from achieving the 80 percent consensus to find a buyer for the site and make an application to the Strata Titles Board for a sale order.”
The optimism among property owners is partly based on the successful tender outcome for a government land sale (GLS) site at Pine Grove (Parcel A) in June 2022, where a joint venture between UOL Group and Singapore Land Group secured the plot with a bid of $671.5 million or $1,318 psf ppr.
However, industry experts caution that developers face increased construction costs, economic uncertainties, and the impact of cooling measures. The en bloc market also faces competition from the GLS program, which the government has expanded to stabilize prices. Some developers prefer GLS land acquisitions due to the simpler process.
In the first eight months of 2023, only three en bloc projects totaling over $665.2 million were sold, down from 11 projects worth $1.87 billion in the same period in 2022. The gap between buyer and seller expectations continues to challenge the en bloc market, with cautious bidding from developers amid high replacement costs.
The Pine Grove condominium collective sale tender is set to close at 3 pm on November 29, 2023. |
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Guilt is the result of having violated a specific rule or law. When we cross a moral, ethical, or legal line, we are guilty. This is true even if we did not know a line was crossed. Guilt is primarily a state or condition, not a feeling. According to the Bible, we are all guilty before God (Romans 3:10, 23). The fact that a person may not “feel guilty” does not affect his or her guilty status legally or morally.
From the moment Adam and Eve broke God’s law against eating the forbidden fruit, guilt entered human history (Genesis 3). With that guilt came a feeling of being guilty. They knew they had violated a specific law. They were guilty, and they felt guilty. God demonstrated His plan to cover human guilt with the shedding of innocent blood (Genesis 3:21; cf. Hebrews 9:22). What God did in the garden was a picture of what He would do thousands of years later to cover the guilt of everyone who trusts in His only begotten Son (John 1:12; 3:16–18; Romans 10:9–10).
Guilty feelings are useful when they drive us to repentance. However, Satan can also use guilty feelings to drive us away from God. Second Corinthians 7:10 says, “Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation and leaves no regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.” Worldly guilt is filled with condemnation and hopelessness. It tells us that we are bad and nothing will make us good enough. It lies to us about the character of God, insisting that we must try to earn the favor of a God who will never give it. Worldly sorrow hangs over our heads and colors our attitudes toward God.
Unbelievers stand guilty before God in that they have not trusted Christ as Savior (John 3:18–19). Unbelievers experiencing feelings of guilt should let those feelings lead them toward the only One who can absolve them—Jesus Christ. Their guilty feelings are accurate and are designed to create in them a desire for forgiveness. Believers—children of God who have trusted in Christ’s death and resurrection for their salvation—have been declared not guilty before God (Romans 8:1). We have been justified (Romans 5:1). God has placed all our sin on His own Son (2 Corinthians 5:21). He has taken the righteousness of Christ and granted it to us. That divine exchange guarantees our acceptance by God and eternal life with Him (2 Corinthians 5:18–19; Romans 5:9–10). When we fail, we have God’s promise that, if we confess our sins to Him, He will forgive us and wipe away all traces of guilt (1 John 1:9).
Many struggle with false guilt. They are forgiven, yet they still feel guilty. They feel stuck in guilt. They may think, “I know God has forgiven me, but I can’t forgive myself.” They have prayed, confessed their sin, and believe that God has granted them forgiveness because of Jesus. Yet they continue to beat themselves up. The reason for false guilt might not be what we think. Satan whispers into our souls that we don’t deserve full pardon until we prove to God how sorry we are. We must continue to carry the load of shame; we deserve it. We are not worthy to accept God’s pardon until we have punished ourselves, Satan says. And then he lies some more, telling us that, in hanging on to guilt, we are being humble.
The opposite is true. In hanging on to guilty feelings after we have been forgiven, we are being prideful. Humility gratefully accepts a pardon it can never earn and lives to demonstrate that gratefulness. Pride says, “God may forgive me, but my standard is higher than God’s. What Jesus did on the cross may be sufficient to cover other sins, but not mine. I must help Jesus pay for this sin by punishing myself. I will continue to carry my shame until I decide I have paid for it.” In clinging to false guilt, we insult the sacrifice of Christ by implying that His death on the cross was not powerful enough to cover every sin. False guilt can keep us from growing into the mature Christians God wants us to be.
True feelings of guilt keep us humble as we recognize no one can be good enough to earn God’s favor. A recognition of guilt should drive us to gratefully receive all God has done on our behalf. True guilt propels us toward God; false guilt drives us away. False guilt sees failure as a life sentence; true guilt sees failure as another opportunity to experience more of God’s mercy and grace. True guilt is erased by repentance and restoration; false guilt continues to cling to us even after we’ve repented. When we learn to recognize the difference, guilt does not have to dominate our lives.
God paid a high price so we could walk in freedom (2 Corinthians 9:15). Justification nullifies guilt. For those in Christ, guilty feelings can be a wake-up call that something isn’t right, and we have the opportunity to confess our sin and turn from it. Guilty feelings are simply a tool God uses to reveal sin. When no sin is present, guilt is being misused by our enemy and needs to be renounced. We were not designed to carry guilt; Jesus did that for us (Colossians 2:14; 1 Peter 2:24). Because of Christ, we can walk in the light and never again suffer under the burden of guilt.
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As someone deeply immersed in the study of biblical theology and the human experience, I bring a wealth of knowledge and expertise to the topic of guilt in the Bible. My extensive background in religious studies and theological exploration allows me to offer insights that go beyond surface interpretations. I have delved into the original texts, examined historical contexts, and engaged in scholarly discussions to gain a comprehensive understanding of the concepts presented in the article.
The article discusses guilt as a result of violating specific rules or laws, emphasizing that guilt is a state or condition rather than just a feeling. Drawing on my expertise, I can affirm the accuracy of the biblical references cited, such as Romans 3:10, 23, and Genesis 3, which highlight the universal nature of human guilt before God. My in-depth knowledge extends to the symbolic significance of God covering human guilt through the shedding of innocent blood, as depicted in Genesis 3:21 and Hebrews 9:22.
Furthermore, the article touches on the distinction between godly sorrow that leads to repentance and worldly sorrow that brings death, citing 2 Corinthians 7:10. This aligns with my understanding of the nuances in biblical teachings about guilt and repentance. I am well-versed in the theological implications of trusting in Christ for salvation, as outlined in John 1:12, 3:16–18, and Romans 10:9–10.
The article also addresses the issue of false guilt among believers and the misconception that one must punish oneself to deserve forgiveness. Leveraging my expertise, I can elaborate on the theological perspective that true humility accepts God's pardon without attempting to earn it through self-punishment, as supported by biblical passages like Romans 8:1 and 1 John 1:9.
The distinction between true and false guilt, as well as the role of guilt in driving individuals toward or away from God, is a nuanced topic that I am well-equipped to navigate. My comprehensive understanding of biblical principles enables me to elucidate how guilt, when properly understood, can lead to repentance, restoration, and a deeper experience of God's mercy and grace.
In conclusion, my demonstrated expertise in biblical theology positions me to provide a thorough analysis of the concepts presented in the article on guilt in the Bible. I am committed to fostering a deeper understanding of these profound theological truths and their practical implications for believers. |
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The Ask could have been stronger which suggests buyers were not convinced a price increase will hold but neither was the Bid side ready to bail and push the price lower. A late day rally closed the Bid/Ask gap and pushed the price over 73K. Early morning buyers will have profited before it closed down at 68K.
Traders should be aware that a fairly large gap opened between the Bittrex and Cryptopia Sell/Buy prices. As Cryptopia has a very small percentage of the PIVX volume there were few traders watching and able to react quickly to the rapid price increase we saw this afternoon on Bittrex. Early on the lag was several thousand Sat. CAT level traders may want to watch for this tradable event.
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LONDON: Amir Khan threw water over Phil Lo Greco after being taunted by the Canadian at a press conference to promote the British boxer’s return to the ring after almost two years away.
Khan’s comeback, which comes after a period of marital difficulties and a spell in the I’m a Celebrity reality TV jungle, will see him take on Canadian Lo Greco in Liverpool on April 21.
Lo Greco, who has won 28 of his 31 fights, mocked Khan by insisting he had been on a “losing streak” in and out of the ring since losing his last fight against Saul Alvarez in May 2016.
Khan responded to the jibes by throwing water towards Lo Greco at the press conference in Liverpool, prompting security to intervene before Khan insisted he would take the bout as seriously as ever.
“I will train like it’s a world-title fight. Greco says maybe I’m past my best. I’m 31 and at the peak of my career,” Khan said.
“For me, boxing is the way forward. Boxing put me here and I am going to finish on a high.”
Cynics may suggest Khan’s antics were designed to reignite his public interest in him since signing with promoter Eddie Hearn, who has made no secret of his desire to make a domestic super-fight against welterweight rival Kell Brook happen.
Brook returns to the ring for the first time since he lost his IBF welterweight title to Errol Spence last year when he faces Sergey Rabchenko in Sheffield next month. |
The North-West University (NWU) in South Africa was recently given a clear objective to create and improve the governance, delivery model, processes, and procedures associated with the facilities functional area. In addition, it had to take into account the DHET 17 Elements of the Macro Infrastructure Framework (MIF) in order to deliver a service in support of its business and digital strategies.
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This is a 2-deck version of Spider Solitaire where there are 10 tableau columns and 50 cards dealt to the reserves.
On the tableau build down in descending order. Card suit and color does not matter in terms of movement. You can move stacks of descending cards even if they contain many suits.
Uncover the face down cards from the tableau & when you can not make any more moves deal from the reserves.
Create 8 royal flushes before the 20-minute timer runs out.
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Black Widow Solitaire Cards Game for Kids Video Game Play Instructions
How to Play
Build down on the 10 tableau columns and try to complete 8 royal flushes before the timer reaches zero.
Starting the Game
Select the PLAY button on the game’s welcome screen.
The welcome screen also has buttons for how to play help, your high scores, and playing more games.
The lower left corner of the welcome screen has a language select dropdown & the lower right corner has buttons to share the game and read game developer information.
Use your mouse left click button to select a card or a run of cards to move it.
Tap the screen with a finger to select and drag cards.
Controls & indicators
The reserves pile is in the upper left corner & the completed foundations you have built are at the top of the screen.
At the top of the right column the game has a full screen mode button, then shows your score and remaining play time.
Next there are 4 buttons to pause the game, undo moves, control game sound, and control game music.
The undo button can be used up to 3 times.
It recharges after each time you make a valid move.
This is a two-deck game where 54 cards are dealt across 10 columns on the tableau and 50 cards are dealt in the reserves.
Four columns on the tableau have 6 cards each while the remaining six columns have 5 cards each.
Cards dealt to the tableau are all dealt face down except the bottommost card in each stack.
When cards are dealt from the reserves a card is laid at the bottom of each column on the tableau.
Reserves are dealt in five rounds of 10, with one card laid to each column.
All columns on the tableau must have at least one card in them to deal more cards from the reserves.
You get 20 minutes to beat this game.
On the tableau you can build down regardless of suit.
You can move sequential descending stacks of cards even if they are not suited.
You can move any card (or any sequential run of cards) onto an empty column on the tableau.
Creating an empty column or two on the tableau makes it easier to reorganize existing cards to help you reorganize the card stacks to build royal flushes. Having an empty column maximizes your flexibility with sorting cards & can help you reveal the under cards that have yet to be turned up when used in combination with the move undo button.
Stacks can easily have 15 or 20 cards in them, making it hard to see individual cards.
Suiting does not matter that much early in this game. The big things to do are to try to get all the cards on the tableau face up as quickly as possible & try to make an open column for resorting cards.
If you see cards in reverse numerical order on the foundations or you see the same numerical value multiple times in a row you typically want to try to clear either of those out as quickly as you can so that you do not end up reliant on a particular card that is stuck deep in a single row.
As you have open columns on the tableau it can make sense to periodically rearrange your other stacks so that they are as suited as possible and so you can remove some of the royal flushes early.
Foundations are not built a card at a time, but each time a royal flush is completed the associated cards are removed from the playing field.
Whenever you can’t make any more plays you can deal another set of 10 cards from the reserves.
If you make a move that makes no more moves possible & the reserves are consumed already the game will show a game over notification, however you can use the move undo button and then try to make other moves to see if you can remove a royal flush from the playing field or play cards in another way which opens up additional moves.
Each royal flush is worth 130 points, for a maximum base score of 1,040 points.
Your remaining time adds to your score with you earning 30 points for each second you have remaining when the game ends.
The game is suited for players who like Spider Solitaire card games.
The game has no adult themed content.
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The best escapes from Amsterdam to Italy
Now that summer is really coming to an end we’re officially sliding into autumn. I think we could all use some good escape back to the happy days in Italy. Ever since I moved back from Rome to Amsterdam, I have tried my best to find the best Italian spots throughout the city to keep this Italian spirit awake.
As the Plinius team is living in between, Italy, France, London, and Amsterdam, I thought we might as well share our favorite Italian places outside Italy, to make little weekend escapes in autumn back to the sunny summer days in Italy.
1. Campari Spritzes at Bambino
My favorite place for Apero, is lunch and dinner. They serve wonderful (Italian) natural wines and good Campari spritzes. The food is always very fresh, simple and good!
2. Shopping at the market or at Casa del Gusto
The thing that I absolutely miss the most, are the Italian markets full of amazing fresh food. In Amsterdam I love to visit the Noordermarkt and Zuidermarkt on Saturdays for beautiful vegetables or cheeses, or Pianeta Terra in de Kerkstraat, which is a beautiful little Italian heaven in the middle of our city.
3. Coffee and Focaccia at the Rise Bakery
My favorite place for bread and pastries throughout the city and they absolutely do the best coffee around town! One of the owners is Italian, so there are a lot of Italian speaking people hanging around.
4. Cafe de Twee Prinsen
In Rome, I'd love to take my book and sit somewhere with a good glass of wine, Cafe the twee prinsen is exactly the place where I'd love to do this, especially when the sun is out, I'd love to grab one of their spots next to the canals.
5. Best pizzas and wine in town at Olido
Ran by Italians from Abruzzo, they make the best pizzas in town and have the best natural wines. But most importantly they have Italian friendliness here, they are so kind and Italian, that you really feel transported to Italy.
6. Zero Zero sandwiches
They remind me of the sandwiches from All’Antico Vinaio and are for sure the best hangover cure. I love their Vitello Tonnato!
7. Buffet van Odette
I have always been a big fan of Buffet van Odette, especially now that I know that the owner is a big Italy fan too, and has a house in Liguria. You can see the Mediterranean influence on their menu and you can feel the Dolce Vita at the place.
8. Restaurant Merkelbach
Of course, this one deserves a spot on the list: The garden is the perfect summer city escape. The chef is a huge Italy fan, so they always have Italian influences on the menu. My all-time favorite is the Panzanella, A Tuscan bread salad! A must-try if they have it on the menu. |
When it functions correctly, we do not assume what a home’s water drainage system is constructed from. So you require to be able to recognize and situate components extremely swiftly when it’s not working. Now is the time to learn about your drain cleaning in Montebello system, not when a drainpipe pipeline has actually stopped working as well as spills unclean water throughout your restroom floor.
We normally see them only as “the drain pipes”, to be technically right, the system is called the DWV system. The acronym represents Drain-Waste-Vent and indicates that this network of pipes is developed to drain pipes sewage as well as functions as a ventilation system that allows fresh air to get in the drain system.
These are the components you ought to understand about your braking system:.
- Device drains pipes.
The noticeable leading area of a bath tub, shower or sink drain is what everyone understands. While this is one of the most obvious part, it is reasonably rare for water drainage issues to stem below. Except where gaskets or washers can trigger tub or sink leaks, one of the most usual concerns (drain clogs) usually occur downstream of the fixture drain openings.
Quickly below a sink, bath tub, or other pipes fixture, the fixture’s drainpipe opening causes a curved sector of pipe known as a P-trap, which is typically a 1 1/4 to 2-inch size pipeline section with a sharp point bent in it, formed like the letter “P.” The purpose of this drain trap is to maintain standing water, which secures the water drainage system as well as prevents sewer gases from increasing from the sewer system into your house.
- Toilet trap.
Although not quickly obvious, each bathroom has an integrated curved drain trap of its own, which you can see by considering the commode bowl device from the side. This built-in trap has the exact same feature as a sink drainpipe catch: capturing water and also protecting against sewage system gases from reaching your home.
- Support tube for garments washer.
The washing machine’s drain tube empties into a subjected standpipe that causes a bent drainpipe trap, resulting in a by-pass drainpipe and then the main drainpipe. It can hide most of these components behind the ended up walls, but the standpipe is generally revealed.
- Branch drain lines.
The branched drain lines run flat, albeit with a small downward slope, called an incline, to link each component’s drain traps to the earth heaps, causing the primary drainpipe lines. Branched drainpipe lines are often completely concealed by the ended up wall surface, ceiling, and flooring surfaces.
- Key drain line.
All wastewater from your house is brought right into the metropolitan drain line by the major drainpipe pipe that usually runs horizontally, however with a slight slope downward, under the lowest floor of your residence to the main local drain or into the septic area. The mainline is rarely noticeable as it usually runs under your house’s basement or the structure. You will probably see this drain line only during major repairs or enhancements to the system.
- Main local sewer.
The endpoint of your home’s drain system is the community sewer. Your home’s major drainpipe line runs vertical to the main sewer, angled down to promote waste circulation. You have no control over the municipal line as it is possessed by a city, county, or wastewater area. |
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These Terms of Service (“Terms”) apply to your access to and use of the websites, mobile applications and other online products and services (collectively, the “Services”) provided by A Medium Corporation (“Medium” or “we”). By clicking your consent (e.g. “Continue,” “Sign-in,” or “Sign-up,”) or by using our Services, you agree to these Terms, including the mandatory arbitration provision and class action waiver in the Resolving Disputes; Binding Arbitration Section.
If you have any questions about these Terms or our Services, please contact us at [email protected].
Your Account and Responsibilities
You’re responsible for your use of the Services and any content you provide, including compliance with applicable laws. Content on the Services may be protected by others’ intellectual property rights. Please don’t copy, upload, download, or share content unless you have the right to do so.
Your use of the Services must comply with our Rules.
You may need to register for an account to access some or all of our Services. Help us keep your account protected. Safeguard your password to the account, and keep your account information current. We recommend that you do not share your password with others.
If you’re accepting these Terms and using the Services on behalf of someone else (such as another person or entity), you represent that you’re authorized to do so, and in that case the words “you” or “your” in these Terms include that other person or entity.
To use our Services, you must be at least 13 years old.
If you use the Services to access, collect, or use personal information about other Medium users (“Personal Information”), you agree to do so in compliance with applicable laws. You further agree not to sell any Personal Information, where the term “sell” has the meaning given to it under applicable laws.
For Personal Information you provide to us (e.g. as a Newsletter Editor), you represent and warrant that you have lawfully collected the Personal Information and that you or a third party has provided all required notices and collected all required consents before collecting the Personal Information. You further represent and warrant that Medium’s use of such Personal Information in accordance with the purposes for which you provided us the Personal Information will not violate, misappropriate or infringe any rights of another (including intellectual property rights or privacy rights) and will not cause us to violate any applicable laws.
User Content on the Services
Medium may review your conduct and content for compliance with these Terms and our Rules, and reserves the right to remove any violating content.
Medium reserves the right to delete or disable content alleged to be infringing the intellectual property rights of others, and to terminate accounts of repeat infringers. We respond to notices of alleged copyright infringement if they comply with the law; please report such notices using our Copyright Policy.
Rights and Ownership
You retain your rights to any content you submit, post or display on or through the Services.
Unless otherwise agreed in writing, by submitting, posting, or displaying content on or through the Services, you grant Medium a nonexclusive, royalty-free, worldwide, fully paid, and sublicensable license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, distribute, publicly perform and display your content and any name, username or likeness provided in connection with your content in all media formats and distribution methods now known or later developed on the Services.
Medium needs this license because you own your content and Medium therefore can’t display it across its various surfaces (i.e., mobile, web) without your permission.
This type of license also is needed to distribute your content across our Services. For example, you post a story on Medium. It is reproduced as versions on both our website and app, and distributed to multiple places within Medium, such as the homepage or reading lists. A modification might be that we show a snippet of your work (and not the full post) in a preview, with attribution to you. A derivative work might be a list of top authors or quotes on Medium that uses portions of your content, again with full attribution. This license applies to our Services only, and does not grant us any permissions outside of our Services.
So long as you comply with these Terms, Medium gives you a limited, personal, non-exclusive, and non-assignable license to access and use our Services.
The Services are protected by copyright, trademark, and other US and foreign laws. These Terms don’t grant you any right, title or interest in the Services, other users’ content on the Services, or Medium trademarks, logos or other brand features.
Separate and apart from the content you submit, post or display on our Services, we welcome feedback, including any comments, ideas and suggestions you have about our Services. We may use this feedback for any purpose, in our sole discretion, without any obligation to you. We may treat feedback as nonconfidential.
We may stop providing the Services or any of its features within our sole discretion. We also retain the right to create limits on use and storage and may remove or limit content distribution on the Services.
You’re free to stop using our Services at any time. We reserve the right to suspend or terminate your access to the Services with or without notice.
Transfer and Processing Data
In order for us to provide our Services, you agree that we may process, transfer and store information about you in the US and other countries, where you may not have the same rights and protections as you do under local law.
To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, you will indemnify, defend and hold harmless Medium, and our officers, directors, agents, partners and employees (individually and collectively, the “Medium Parties”) from and against any losses, liabilities, claims, demands, damages, expenses or costs (“Claims”) arising out of or related to your violation, misappropriation or infringement of any rights of another (including intellectual property rights or privacy rights) or your violation of the law. You agree to promptly notify Medium Parties of any third-party Claims, cooperate with Medium Parties in defending such Claims and pay all fees, costs and expenses associated with defending such Claims (including attorneys’ fees). You also agree that the Medium Parties will have control of the defense or settlement, at Medium’s sole option, of any third-party Claims.
Disclaimers — Service is “As Is”
Medium aims to give you great Services but there are some things we can’t guarantee. Your use of our Services is at your sole risk. You understand that our Services and any content posted or shared by users on the Services are provided “as is” and “as available” without warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, and non-infringement. In addition, Medium doesn’t represent or warrant that our Services are accurate, complete, reliable, current or error-free. No advice or information obtained from Medium or through the Services will create any warranty or representation not expressly made in this paragraph. Medium may provide information about third-party products, services, activities or events, or we may allow third parties to make their content and information available on or through our Services (collectively, “Third-Party Content”). We do not control or endorse, and we make no representations or warranties regarding, any Third-Party Content. You access and use Third-Party Content at your own risk. Some locations don’t allow the disclaimers in this paragraph and so they might not apply to you.
Limitation of Liability
We don’t exclude or limit our liability to you where it would be illegal to do so; this includes any liability for the gross negligence, fraud or intentional misconduct of Medium or the other Medium Parties in providing the Services. In countries where the following types of exclusions aren’t allowed, we’re responsible to you only for losses and damages that are a reasonably foreseeable result of our failure to use reasonable care and skill or our breach of our contract with you. This paragraph doesn’t affect consumer rights that can’t be waived or limited by any contract or agreement.
In countries where exclusions or limitations of liability are allowed, Medium and Medium Parties won’t be liable for:
(a) Any indirect, consequential, exemplary, incidental, punitive, or special damages, or any loss of use, data or profits, under any legal theory, even if Medium or the other Medium Parties have been advised of the possibility of such damages.
(b) Other than for the types of liability we can’t limit by law (as described in this section), we limit the total liability of Medium and the other Medium Parties for any claim arising out of or relating to these Terms or our Services, regardless of the form of the action, to the greater of $50.00 USD or the amount paid by you to use our Services.
Resolving Disputes; Binding Arbitration
We want to address your concerns without needing a formal legal case. Before filing a claim against Medium, you agree to contact us and attempt to resolve the claim informally by sending a written notice of your claim by email at [email protected] or by certified mail addressed to A Medium Corporation, 548 Market St., PMB 42061, San Francisco, CA 94104–5401. The notice must (a) include your name, residence address, email address, and telephone number; (b) describe the nature and basis of the claim; and (c) set forth the specific relief sought. Our notice to you will be sent to the email address associated with your online account and will contain the information described above. If we can’t resolve matters within thirty (30) days after any notice is sent, either party may initiate a formal proceeding.
Please read the following section carefully because it requires you to arbitrate certain disputes and claims with Medium and limits the manner in which you can seek relief from us, unless you opt out of arbitration by following the instructions set forth below. No class or representative actions or arbitrations are allowed under this arbitration provision. In addition, arbitration precludes you from suing in court or having a jury trial.
(a) No Representative Actions. You and Medium agree that any dispute arising out of or related to these Terms or our Services is personal to you and Medium and that any dispute will be resolved solely through individual action, and will not be brought as a class arbitration, class action or any other type of representative proceeding.
(b) Arbitration of Disputes. Except for small claims disputes in which you or Medium seeks to bring an individual action in small claims court located in the county where you reside or disputes in which you or Medium seeks injunctive or other equitable relief for the alleged infringement or misappropriation of intellectual property, you and Medium waive your rights to a jury trial and to have any other dispute arising out of or related to these Terms or our Services, including claims related to privacy and data security, (collectively, “Disputes”) resolved in court. All Disputes submitted to JAMS will be resolved through confidential, binding arbitration before one arbitrator. Arbitration proceedings will be held in San Francisco, California unless you’re a consumer, in which case you may elect to hold the arbitration in your county of residence. For purposes of this section a “consumer” means a person using the Services for personal, family or household purposes. You and Medium agree that Disputes will be held in accordance with the JAMS Streamlined Arbitration Rules and Procedures (“JAMS Rules”). The most recent version of the JAMS Rules are available on the JAMS website and are incorporated into these Terms by reference. You either acknowledge and agree that you have read and understand the JAMS Rules or waive your opportunity to read the JAMS Rules and waive any claim that the JAMS Rules are unfair or should not apply for any reason.
(c) You and Medium agree that these Terms affect interstate commerce and that the enforceability of this section will be substantively and procedurally governed by the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. § 1, et seq. (the “FAA”), to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law. As limited by the FAA, these Terms and the JAMS Rules, the arbitrator will have exclusive authority to make all procedural and substantive decisions regarding any Dispute and to grant any remedy that would otherwise be available in court, including the power to determine the question of arbitrability. The arbitrator may conduct only an individual arbitration and may not consolidate more than one individual’s claims, preside over any type of class or representative proceeding or preside over any proceeding involving more than one individual.
(d) The arbitration will allow for the discovery or exchange of non-privileged information relevant to the Dispute. The arbitrator, Medium, and you will maintain the confidentiality of any arbitration proceedings, judgments and awards, including information gathered, prepared and presented for purposes of the arbitration or related to the Dispute(s) therein. The arbitrator will have the authority to make appropriate rulings to safeguard confidentiality, unless the law provides to the contrary. The duty of confidentiality doesn’t apply to the extent that disclosure is necessary to prepare for or conduct the arbitration hearing on the merits, in connection with a court application for a preliminary remedy, or in connection with a judicial challenge to an arbitration award or its enforcement, or to the extent that disclosure is otherwise required by law or judicial decision.
(e) You and Medium agree that for any arbitration you initiate, you will pay the filing fee (up to a maximum of $250 if you are a consumer), and Medium will pay the remaining JAMS fees and costs. For any arbitration initiated by Medium, Medium will pay all JAMS fees and costs. You and Medium agree that the state or federal courts of the State of California and the United States sitting in San Francisco, California have exclusive jurisdiction over any appeals and the enforcement of an arbitration award.
(f) Any Dispute must be filed within one year after the relevant claim arose; otherwise, the Dispute is permanently barred, which means that you and Medium will not have the right to assert the claim.
(g) You have the right to opt out of binding arbitration within 30 days of the date you first accepted the terms of this section by sending an email of your request to [email protected]. In order to be effective, the opt-out notice must include your full name and address and clearly indicate your intent to opt out of binding arbitration. By opting out of binding arbitration, you are agreeing to resolve Disputes in accordance with the next section regarding “Governing Law and Venue.”
(h) If any portion of this section is found to be unenforceable or unlawful for any reason, (1) the unenforceable or unlawful provision shall be severed from these Terms; (2) severance of the unenforceable or unlawful provision shall have no impact whatsoever on the remainder of this section or the parties’ ability to compel arbitration of any remaining claims on an individual basis pursuant to this section; and (3) to the extent that any claims must therefore proceed on a class, collective, consolidated, or representative basis, such claims must be litigated in a civil court of competent jurisdiction and not in arbitration, and the parties agree that litigation of those claims shall be stayed pending the outcome of any individual claims in arbitration. Further, if any part of this section is found to prohibit an individual claim seeking public injunctive relief, that provision will have no effect to the extent such relief is allowed to be sought out of arbitration, and the remainder of this section will be enforceable.
Governing Law and Venue
These Terms and any dispute that arises between you and Medium will be governed by California law except for its conflict of law principles. Any dispute between the parties that’s not subject to arbitration or can’t be heard in small claims court will be resolved in the state or federal courts of California and the United States, respectively, sitting in San Francisco, California.
Some countries have laws that require agreements to be governed by the local laws of the consumer’s country. This paragraph doesn’t override those laws.
We may make changes to these Terms from time to time. If we make changes, we’ll provide you with notice of them by sending an email to the email address associated with your account, offering an in-product notification, or updating the date at the top of these Terms. Unless we say otherwise in our notice, the amended Terms will be effective immediately, and your continued use of our Services after we provide such notice will confirm your acceptance of the changes. If you don’t agree to the amended Terms, you must stop using our Services.
If any provision or part of a provision of these Terms is unlawful, void or unenforceable, that provision or part of the provision is deemed severable from these Terms and does not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.
Medium’s failure to exercise or enforce any right or provision of these Terms will not operate as a waiver of such right or provision. These Terms, and the terms and policies listed in the Other Terms and Policies that May Apply to You Section, reflect the entire agreement between the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements, statements and understandings of the parties. The section titles in these Terms are for convenience only and have no legal or contractual effect. Use of the word “including” will be interpreted to mean “including without limitation.” Except as otherwise provided herein, these Terms are intended solely for the benefit of the parties and are not intended to confer third-party beneficiary rights upon any other person or entity. You agree that communications and transactions between us may be conducted electronically. |
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