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New survey data released this month reveals that trust in co‑operative businesses is high. Nearly two thirds of consumers (59%) say they trust co‑ops, compared to just 35% for PLCs. This could translate into sales at a time when major high street giants are folding, as nearly half of UK shoppers (49%) say they are likely to choose a co‑operative business over a conventional business when shopping for goods or services. The YouGov online poll findings we have released show that co‑operative businesses that are democratically owned and run by their members, may have an advantage over other types of business. This comes at a time when businesses are battling for survival and more and more consumers expect businesses to operate ethically. -The pandemic has shone a light on the inequalities across the UK. The truth is people are looking for ways to contribute to a fairer economy and support the creation of decent jobs for their friends and neighbours – especially in these testing times.– Rose Marley, CEO, Co‑operatives UK– The poll found the most popular attributes for a business earning trust is being a good employer (76%) and behaving fairly (72%). Nearly two thirds of respondents thought trustworthy businesses passed savings onto customers (64%) and supported the local community (63%). Caring for the environment and sharing profits with its employees/shareholders were also important across all ages at 60% and 59% respectively. Co‑ops meet all of these ethical expectations as they are based on a set of shared values and principles, with members having a stake and a say in how the co‑operative is run. From high street retailers to community owned pubs, fan owned football clubs to farmer controlled business, co‑ops are everywhere and together contribute over £38 billion to the UK economy. Rose Marley, CEO of Co‑operatives UK said, “high street closures, the Covid‑19 pandemic and continuing uncertainty around Brexit makes this an extraordinarily challenging period for British business.” “Co‑ops have been a force for good for over 175 years and it appears that consumers appreciate their continued commitment to supporting communities, customers, employees and the environment.” “The pandemic has shone a light on the inequalities across the UK. The truth is people are looking for ways to contribute to a fairer economy and support the creation of decent jobs for their friends and neighbours – especially in these testing times..” The YouGov survey follows on from a poll released in June that showed that eight out of ten consumers who shopped locally during the coronavirus lockdown intended to continue their new habit once the crisis was over . One in three (30%) said they used local retailers more since the pandemic struck and 80% of them aimed to carry on shopping this way in the future. Whilst a report released in October showed the resilience of community ownership, with 92% of businesses that raised funds through community shares (where investors have a say in how the business is run) still operating. All figures, unless otherwise stated, are from YouGov Plc. Total sample size was 2075 adults. Fieldwork was undertaken between 2‑3 December 2020. The survey was carried out online. The figures have been weighted and are representative of all UK adults (aged 18+). - On a scale of 1 to 10, where 1 is ‘I don’t trust them at all’ and 10 is ‘I completely trust them’, 59% chose 6 or above for co-op businesses compared to 35% for PLCs. - YouGov Plc. Total sample size 2019 adults. Fieldwork was undertaken on 4-5 June 2020. The survey was carried out online. The figures have been weighted and are representative of all GB adults (aged 18+). - Understanding a Maturing Community Shares Market, Co‑operatives UK, October 2020.
Materials for both lithium-ion and all-solid-state batteries Cathode materials essentially determine efficiency, reliability, costs, durability and the size of the battery. Their properties enable speed, acceleration and power – from compact cars to SUVs, from trucks to buses. BASF’s research includes the synthesis of cathode materials (including precursors), characterization of material properties and performance testing. At the same time, experts are working on components for next-generation batteries, such as all-solid-state batteries.
Here is the Twin Motorcycles Triple Tree Kit for replacement with the stock XR12100 triple trees and Fork legs. This kit is the triple tree. headlight bracket and speedo bracket clip ons are sold separatly for option normal handle bars Then you need to buy this Triple Tree Very nice aluminium top and bottom triple trees to fit all XR1200 models. Manufactured by Style and Performance in Italy exclusively for Twin Motorcycles with the highest quality CNC machines. This kit is made from high quality billet aluminium, these feature a super strong 3 bolt clamp on the lower trees and a single bolt top fixing. With 1,5 Deg. less angle to reduse the trail and make the bike steer better These are much stronger than the stock triple trees and look very nice This is a direct replacement kit for your stock front forks. please specify color silver or black when ordering expect 4 to 6 weeks for manufatoring and delivery Spare parts are available for this kit: Upper triple tree clamp 250 euro lower triple tree with axle 360 euro dashboard support clamp 45 euro set of risers (x2) 80 euro please mail us for ordering [email protected]
Local demand for te reo Māori learning has seen Te Wānanga o Aotearoa re-introduce classes to Taumarunui this year. Both courses, which are free of fees, get underway on 1 March, with 20 February being the deadline for enrolments. “Our te reo Māori programme is at beginning level, so it’s a great environment to begin your reo journey,” says Zina Manu, TWoA’s Kaiwhakahaere Ako (manager educational delivery) for Taumarunui. “We are looking for up to 50 tauira (students) who will have the option of classes on either Tuesday or Thursday nights.” The kaiako (teacher) for the one-year programme will be Taumarunui-based Teinakore Harawira. “You do not have to know anything about art to start – you just need to have an interest in how to do art,” says Zina. “All your resources will be provided for you too.” The 18-week programme involves noho (marae stays) under the supervision of kaiako Tiffany Makoare, who’s a relatively recent arrival in Taumarunui. There’s also general information available on our website or phone 0800 355 553. Also, people wanting information and a chance to meet the kaiako can keep an eye out for a TWoA “pop-up store” that’s due to open in Taumarunui soon. The venue and times are still being finalised.
Taruni Sachdev lost her life at the age of 14 The entire Bollywood industry is shocked by the death of 19-year-old Suhani Bhatnagar, this actress said goodbye to the world at a very young age. But do you know that the actress of the film Paa, who made a place in everyone's heart with her innocent smile, also left this world at a very young age and died in a plane crash at the age of just 14. Let us tell you today about the actress of the film Paa, who dreamed of becoming an actress since childhood, but her dream remained unfulfilled at the age of 14. Who was Taruni Sachdev You might remember the 2009 film Paa, in which Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan and Vidya Balan played the lead roles. You might remember actress Taruni Sachdev, who studied in school with Amitabh Bachchan in this film. Who had acted brilliantly in this film, not only this, Taruni Sachdev has been seen in many films and ads with actors like Shahrukh Khan, Karisma Kapoor and Amitabh Bachchan. Taruni stepped onto the big screen in the year 2004 with the Malayalam film Vellinakshatram and achieved name and fame at a very young age. He had also done many famous ads like Rasna, Colgate, Reliance Mobile, Shakti Masala. View this post on Instagram A post shared by TARUNI SACHDEV (@tarunisachdev234) Said goodbye to the world on my birthday Taruni Sachdev, born on 14 May 1998, said goodbye to this world on 14 May 2012. Actually, on her birthday, Taruni was going to Nepal with her mother. Then the Agni Air Flight CHT plane crashed and both Taruni and her mother died in this accident. The entire industry was shocked by Taruni's death at such a young age. Taruni's friend had also told that before going to Nepal, she had hugged everyone and jokingly said that I am meeting all of you for the last time. Who knew that what Taruni said would prove to be true and she would never come back again.
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Written by: Shawna Benson Julie Benson Art by: Claire Roe Cover Art by: Ben Caldwell "WHO IS ORACLE Chapter One: Batgirl and Black Canary are together again, working a case that strikes right at the heart of their partnership! Someone's uncovered the greatest secret Barbara Gordon ever kept: her time as Oracle, the most powerful hacker on the planet. And not only do they know her secret, they're using her name to sell dangerous information to criminals! Now one of those deals has brought some major heat to Gotham City. Helena Bertinelli is out of Spyral, wearing the hood of the Huntress, and making mafia blood run in the streets! Everything you thought was hidden will be revealed if the Oracle has their way." Release Date: 7/20/2016 Suggested Retail Price: $4.00 UCS Item #: UCSBI1537084 Product Code: 76194134015900121 All information is subject to change, including but not limited to description, creator credits, price, FOC and Release dates.
instrument shack. The UFO was seen by several people. When the "rock hounds" checked the recording tapes in the shack they found that several of the Geiger tubes had been triggered at 10:17A.M. The registered radiation increase was about 100 times greater than the normal background activity. Three more times during the next two months the "mineral club's" equipment recorded abnormal radiation on occasions when the grapevine reported visual sightings of UFO's. One of the visual sightings was substantiated by radar. After these incidents the "mineral club" kept its instruments in operation until June 1951, but nothing more was recorded. And, curiously enough, during this period while the radiation level remained normal, the visual sightings in the area dropped off too. The "mineral club" decided to concentrate on determining the significance of the data they had obtained. Accordingly, the scientist and the group made a detailed study of their mountaintop findings. They had friends working on many research projects throughout the United States and managed to visit and confer with them while on business trips. They investigated the possibility of unusual sunspot activity, but sunspots had been normal during the brief periods of high radiation. To clinch the elimination of sunspots as a cause, their record tapes showed no burst of radiation when sunspot activity had The "rock hounds" checked every possible research project that might have produced some stray radiation for their instruments to pick up. They found nothing. They checked and rechecked their instruments, but could find no factor that might have induced false readings. They let other scientists in on their findings, hoping that these outsiders might be able to put their fingers on errors that had been overlooked. Now, more than a year after the occurrence of the mysterious incidents that they had recorded, a year spent in analyzing their data, the "rock hounds" had no By the best scientific tests that they had been able to apply, the visual sightings and the high radiation had taken place more or less simultaneously. Intriguing ideas are hard to kill, and this one had more than one life, possibly because of the element of mystery which surrounds the subject of flying saucers. But the scientific mind thrives on taking the mystery out of unexplained events, so it is not surprising that the investigation went on. According to my friend the scientist, a few people outside the laboratory where the "rock hounds" worked were told about the activities of the "mineral club," and they started radiation- detection groups of their own.
CMHAWW offering 2nd part to Understanding Human Trafficking webinar GUELPH, ON – The Canadian Mental Health Association Waterloo Wellington, in partnership with the Upper Grand District School Board and several other community partners, is pleased to announce part two of the Understanding Human Trafficking series. During this webinar, join Cindy and Jaseth from Women in Crisis and Barb from Family Transition Place, as they help you build on the knowledge from the previous session. This presentation will give participants tools to address the risk of sex trafficking by helping young people build resilience. Following the presentation, there will be an opportunity to ask questions. If you didn’t attend the first session, don’t worry, you can still participate in this session. You can watch the first session by clicking here. This free virtual presentation is on Tuesday, February 13, 2024, from 6-7:30pm. To register for this webinar, click here.
'Shoes' by Danish artist & author Matilde Digmann 8 Layer Screen-print on Firenze cotton paper 300gms 34 x 49 cm Edition of 22 Created & Printed @uglyfoodhouse 2022 PRE-Release Sale ENDS Thursday 12th of May!! Ugly Food House met Mat in 2021 and we finally got her into the Ugly Food House kitchen. We experimented and cooked up this delicious Fine Art Limited Edition print with mouthwatering florescent colours which vibrate Mat's energy and style. Mat's work explores and elevates "working on outing shadow (in a Jungian sense) on a personal as well as on a societal level." She also works towards "healing a generation of men and women who have been radicalised by growing up in capitalist patriarchy - via the graphic novel Pseudo." Wednesday 4th - Thursday 12th of May Matilde Digmann is a multi-disciplinary Danish artist and author. For more of Mat's work:
Publications featured in include: Big Hospitality, City AM, The Telegraph, The Guardian, and The Caterer. Despite the end of coronavirus restrictions, the sector faces considerable challenges. The invasion of Ukraine and resulting sanctions on Russia are already causing a sharp spike in oil and gas prices. With Russia and Ukraine both major exporters of crops, such as wheat and corn, food prices are likely to increase dramatically. Restaurants will also have to contend with the upcoming hike in National Insurance rates, which means employers will be forced to pay an extra 1.25% per employee, per month from April 6. Rising interest rates will make borrowing more expensive for restaurants, as well as increasing the amount they need to pay back on existing loans. Given the huge number of restaurants that took on extra debt during the pandemic, this is likely to be substantial. The Commercial Rents Bill, which is due to come into effect on March 25, will enable commercial landlords to take action against tenants that have fallen into rent arrears during lockdown. Restaurants could be forced to pay rent for the periods in which they were unable to open, putting many in a financially precarious position. In addition to increasing overheads, there are also concerns that the rising cost of living will leave consumers with less money in their pockets to spend on eating out and socialising. Peter Kubik, T&R Partner in our London office says: “The restaurant sector has emerged from one crisis only to face an onslaught of other challenges.” “Covid restrictions may have ended but higher loan repayments, National Insurance increases and potentially lower demand as the cost of living crisis starts to bite could see an even greater number insolvencies within the sector.” “Restaurants could at least rely on Government support during the worst of the pandemic. Now that these protections have come to an end, they’re having to face multiple challenges with zero help.” “Given the enormous pressures the restaurant sector is under, the Government should seriously consider scrapping or at the very least postponing, the Health and Social Care tax.”
This was stated by Daniel Rice, Special Advisor to the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Valeriy Zaluzhnyi, who spoke with journalists on the occasion of his appointment as President of the American University of Kyiv, answering questions from an Ukrinform correspondent. "ATACMS is a political decision that has not yet been agreed on yet. My opinion is it should’ve happened last summer. You don’t fight a war to tie. You fight to win. This weapon could help deoccupy those territories," he said. Rice expressed hope that the decision would eventually be made, and explained that it would only take two days: “It’s just the pod on HIMARS, it’s just different. It’s one rocket instead of six. So that doesn’t require any additional training. It’s just basically a quick replacement." According to Zaluzhnyi’s special advisor, long-range rockets would allow to cut off Crimea from Russia and destroy the Russian military contingent on the peninsula. "What we have left with is F-16s and ATAMS. I think those are the two biggest decisions remaining and if we do that, I think we arm Ukraine with enough to win," Rice concluded. He also responded to criticism of such a decision suggesting that the transfer of longer-range rockets to Ukraine would result in Iranian sending ballistic missiles to Russia. According to the adviser, the Russians will get everything they want from Iran in any case. "We can’t make judgments – in my opinion – based on what we think Putin will do. He’s all in already, so we just have to kill Russians," said the American veteran. As reported earlier, on February 19, the Commander-in-Chief of NATO forces in Europe, US General Christopher Cavoli, said that providing Ukraine with advanced Western weaponry, including F-16 fighter jets, unmanned aerial vehicles, and long-range capabilities, would allow the nation to defeat Russia.
Ideas can come from anywhere. Sometimes they appear in a flash, as though someone’s just unscrewed the top of your head and popped a little spark of inspiration in there (hey, thanks! 👍). Other times, it takes hours and hours, and lots of creative people working together to come up with the killer idea. Some creatives thrive on the stress of the looming deadline, whereas others need to get out of the office and take a walk to clear their head – returning refreshed and ready to go. In fact, our very own Creative Director seems to think up 90% of her ideas in the time between leaving the office and getting in her car! My point is, there is no hard-and-fast rule for idea creation, but there are things we can do to at least get the juices flowing. One such idea is using creative prompts – a clever brainstorming tool for idea generation. With creative prompts, the idea is to get yourself thinking about a problem in a completely different way. When you consider new branding or advertising opportunities, it can be easy to find yourself stuck – what’s known as struggling with a ‘creative block’. This probably isn’t news to any of you in the creative industries: coming up with creative, original and effective ideas which will spark brand engagement and commitment can be pretty tricky at times! So, we can use creative prompts to get us going. To do this, we write out a series of pretty ridiculous questions, and use these as a new lens through which we can look at the problem. To show you what I mean, let’s create a scenario. Let’s say we own a vacuum cleaner company. Now let’s say that we’ve invented a new vacuum cleaner that’s better than anything else on the market (well done us!). Now let’s say that we want everyone in the UK to have one in their home. To do this, they’ll need to know how fantastic our product is. So, how do we achieve that goal? A TV advert? An outdoor advertising campaign? Sure- they’re solid ideas! The problem is, they’re also a bit obvious. We don’t always want to use the same old methods that everyone else uses. So, we can do better than that, surely? But to generate better, and more creative ideas, we need to force our minds to think differently. What we need to do here is to think about solving the problem in a way that we wouldn’t normally consider. This is where creative prompts, or our ‘what if?’ questions come in. For instance, we might ask: what if we had an unlimited budget? (Well, happy days: let’s just pay someone else to come up with all the ideas and go to the pub. See ya! Okay, okay, let’s take this seriously for a second.) So, we’ve got an unlimited budget. Maybe, then, we could create that TV advert we mentioned earlier- and book out all the airtime so our ad was on all major TV channels, all day long! Okay, this might be a bit annoying – but we’ve got the ball rolling. Our prompt has started us thinking about multi-channel, multi-platform advertising, as well as ways to reinforce a branding message. Great! Let’s take it a step further. With our pretend unlimited budget, we could give one of our vacuum cleaners to every house in the UK – for FREE! We could deliver it to their door, show them how to use it, give them £50 for their old vacuum cleaner and bribe James Dyson to pop round to their house and comment on how amazing their new piece of kit is, and how he really wished he had one. With an unlimited budget, everyone has one of our vacuum cleaners; they all love it – and they’re all happy. Of course, we know that back in the real world, there’s never an unlimited budget- not even for Mr. Dyson himself. So, what can we take from these pie-in-the-sky ideas? Let’s take one aspect of it, as an example: we might not be able to pay James Dyson to promote our product, but once again, there’s an idea here: paying someone trusted to promote our product. So, with our ‘what if’ scenario, we’ve hit on a great idea: social media promotion, from trusted public figures! What if we hired social influencers to post on Instagram and Twitter about how great our product is – now that’s something we can achieve. What else did we come up with through our creative prompt? Well, obviously we’re not going to give away our product for free, but what if an aspect of the service could be provided for free? To bring this creative prompt into the real world then – what if customers could buy our vacuum cleaner, have it delivered for free to their house, and if they decide they don’t like it, we could pick it back up and reimburse them the cost of the product? Again, that could work. Right, let’s tackle another one (now that we’re in the swing of things). What if we wanted NOBODY to buy our product? ‘Why would we ever want that?!’ I hear you ask? But humour me. In this creative prompt, how could we take preventive measures to ensure that nobody could get hold of one? Well, what if we imposed a ban on all our staff, forbidding them to tell anyone about our products? What else? Maybe we could destroy all our stock (that would be fun). I mean, if nobody knows about our product, or it’s smashed into hundreds of tiny little pieces, how can anyone buy it? Of course, stopping people buying our product isn’t the real end goal here. (We’d all be out of a job, for a start.) But let’s take a closer look at what this curious question has created – there’s an idea in here, I’m sure. Keeping schtum about our product would at the very least create a sense of mystery. I mean, no one can ever really keep anything to themselves, can they? So the thing that we’re looking for here is the mystery: this is the idea spark which has come out of our creative prompt. Working towards a sense of mystery gives us our fresh creative angle: we could hold a secret launch party, or create a social media teaser campaign showing only a hint of the product and its capabilities. From this ‘what if’ question, we’ve come up with an important aspect of original and fresh advertising. Even something as silly as our idea to destroy the stock can bring real sparks of inspiration. Obviously, we won’t be destroying our stock. But there might be something in keeping it limited, or exclusive, that can help us with our creative block. What if we kept the stock very limited, or we had an exclusive time-limited offer – this could create a demand and urgency for the product. Another creative ‘what if’ prompt which has thrown up a new way of looking at our problem. All these ideas came about by changing one aspect. By removing a restriction, or by flipping our objective on its head, we forced our mind off-road and we took the scenic route, picking up new ideas (and a couple of hitchhikers) along the way. So, as you can see, forcing yourself to consider a problem from a different angle gives a new perspective – helping to avoid the classic problems of clichéd advertising and well-trodden routes to market. Instead, you’ve got originality – grabbing attention and creating a real buzz around a product. It’s not the answer to the question which matters, but instead it’s the journey: the new perspective and the new thought process which has helped us to come to these fantastic and fresh new ideas. Creative prompts are just one of the ways that we at Ultimate are inspired to create new slogans, new campaigns and new strategies to ensure that our clients are always original, exciting and dynamic. Of course, even something like a creative prompt may not always generate that ‘spark’, so it’s always a good idea to keep a bank of ways you can get yourself inspired. Anyway, I’m off – I need to go and smash some vacuum cleaners…
This case was referred by renown researcher Jacques Vallee, and it is a strange one indeed. Occurring at Nouatre, Indre-et-Loire, France in 1954, it is a case unlike any other, and yet all of the witnesses to the event are considered trustworthy, and their strange sighting has never been debunked. UFO students have treated this case with little credibility, but serious investigators have embraced it as genuine. It began at a construction site at 4:30 P.M. on September 30, 1954. George Gatay, who was foreman of an eight-man crew, was unexpectedly drawn away from his crew, feeling a sense of “peculiar drowsiness.” He was walking, but did not know why or to where. A short distance from his construction site, Gatay was amazed to encounter a man standing on a slope, some 30 feet from him. The “man” was wearing an opaque glass helmet with a large visor which came all the way to his chest. He was wearing gray coveralls, and short boots. He also held an object in his hand, which Gatay described as a weapon of some kind, like a rod. There was a kind of electronic instrument on his chest. This strange looking man was standing in front of a dome-shaped object, which hovered about 3 feet above the ground. The craft had a cupola which had blade-like devices above it. While enthralled with the sight of the man and his craft, Gatay relates what happens next: “Suddenly, the strange man vanished, and I couldn’t explain how he did, since he did not disappear from my field of vision by walking away, but vanished like an image one erases. Then I heard a strong whistling sound which drowned the noise of our excavators, the saucer rose by successive jerks, in a vertical direction, and then it too was erased in a sort of blue haze, as if by a miracle.” Gatay had tried to run after first seeing the being and object, but was “paralyzed” during the sighting. Strangely, his seven coworkers were also in a sort of a daze during the incident. All eight of the men were “non-believers” before their strange incident. As soon as Gatay was released from his strange encounter, he ran back to the other workers, and cried, “Have you seen something?” One of the men, Mr. Beurrois, exclaimed, “Yes–A flying saucer!” Another of the men, excavator driver Mr. Lubanovic added, “There was a man dressed like a diver in front of it.” The other workers all added their confirmation to the strange event. Gatay was a well-known and respected man who had fought in the war with the Resistance, and was wounded in Luxembourg. After the sighting, he began to suffer from insomnia, strong headaches, and a loss of appetite. These symptoms lasted about a week. Even after this strange sighting, the men collectively believed that they had been witnesses to some type of experimental craft, probably from France itself. This explanation was not feasible given the details of the hovering of the craft, and the actual vanishing of the craft in front of the men. What was this other-wordly craft seen by these men? To this day, no reasonable explanation has been given, and this case is still listed as unexplained. This Story Was Taken With Permission From http://bjbooth.topcities.com/France.html
Penn State is known as one of the first land-grant schools and is reknown for its agricultural programs. Along with lots of research and studying programs that help innovate different fields, Penn State is known for its competitive athletics such as football at Beaver Stadium. The Nittany Lion cannot be left out as he is the university mascot and can be seen all over each campus either as a whole or he leaves his pawprints to show PSU pride. I believe my school is best known for it's diversity and acceptance. We at Penn State are very friendly and accept people from all different walks of nature. We are a very colorful school, and that' what makes us so special. Whoever plans to attend, expect diversity. Among students and young people, Penn State may be known most for it's football and other athletic programs. Recently, it has also been making headlines in ways that aren't so flattering. However, every Penn State student and graduate knows that work ethic and moral values are the trademark of a Penn State student. At Penn State, you don't just learn to be a effective person in the workforce, but you also learn how to be a valuable person in society. My school best know for partying. Small classes, personal attention Sponsored Meaning Explained EducationDynamics receives compensation for the featured schools on our websites (see “Sponsored Ad” or “Sponsored Listings” or “Sponsored Results”). So what does this mean for you? Compensation may impact where the Sponsored Schools appear on our websites, including whether they appear as a match through our education matching services tool, the order in which they appear in a listing, and/or their ranking. Our websites do not provide, nor are they intended to provide, a comprehensive list of all schools (a) in the United States (b) located in a specific geographic area or (c) that offer a particular program of study. By providing information or agreeing to be contacted by a Sponsored School, you are in no way obligated to apply to or enroll with the school. Your trust is our priority. We at EducationDynamics believe you should make decisions about your education with confidence. that’s why EducationDynamicsis also proud to offer free information on its websites, which has been used by millions of prospective students to explore their education goals and interests.
People are flooding to social media divided after a TikToker shared a video of a Karen's Diner waiter serving them. The restaurant chain may literally sell itself as an establishment which you go to in order to experience the rudest service experience possible, but apparently there's a line for some customers. Prepare to start practicing your grabbing skills for whenever you decide to brave a trip to Karen's Diner: In an Australian branch of the chain, one waiter decided to really excel themselves at achieving the company's goals of providing as rude a service as possible. A video posted to TikTok by a user named @larissacai shows what happened the moment a member of staff came over with their food, the waiter bringing over three baskets which included burgers and sides of onion rings and fries. In the video, the waiter whacks the baskets down on the table in front of the customers, before sticking two middle fingers up at both of them. And the waiter doesn't stop there either. After swearing at the customers, the member of staff then grabs an onion ring from one of the baskets, gives it a good dipping in the side sauce and shoves it in their mouth. Oh, and then they just walk back off to go and serve someone else. The member of staff's delivering of the food and conduct is met with a sharp laugh from the person holding the camera. Alas, the laughter doesn't mean the TikToker is necessarily genuinely amused, with the caption to the post - uploaded in 2022 - reading: "After a one hour wait for food the rude waiter threw it on the table and started eating our onion ring." And it didn't take long for people to quickly leap to the comments in debate. Some social media users argued the member of staff had taken the chain's rude service one step too far. One TikTok user wrote: "No cause why would you touch someone’s food that's unsanitary tbh." "I could never deal with that," another added. A third commented: "Why didn't you leave? 1hour is too long." "Okay I get vibes n I would laugh. But stealing off my plate before I even taste my food. Is an inch too far," a fourth said. Although, others stuck up for the waiter's behaviour. A user noted: "Exactly what I want to do to every rude customer I’ve ever had." And another resolved: "If I know it's their job to act like that and [if] they're making fun of Karens then I'm playing along lol, all in good fun." What do you think?
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? From Picture Books to YA! It’s Monday! What are you Reading? is a meme started by Sheila at Book Journeys and now hosted by Kathryn at The Book Date. It is a great way to recap what you read and/or reviewed the previous week and to plan out your reading and reviews for the upcoming week. It’s also a great chance to see what others are reading right now…you just might discover the next “must-read” book! Kellee and Jen, of Teach Mentor Texts, decided to give It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? a kidlit focus. If you read and review books in children’s literature – picture books, chapter books, middle grade novels, young adult novels, anything in the world of kidlit – join us! We love this meme and think you will, too. We encourage everyone who participates to support the blogging community by visiting at least three of the other book bloggers that link up and leave comments for them. Last Week’s Posts Click on any picture/link to view the post We are spending our Mother’s Day Sunday with our families, so we’ll catch you all up on our reading next week 🙂 We hope everyone who is a mother, identifies as a mother, or fills the roll of a mother had a wonderful Mother’s Day! <3 Upcoming Week’s Posts Tuesday: A Secret About Close Reading Wednesday: I Am Gandhi by Brad Meltzer Thursday: Guest Review: A Land of Permanent Goodbyes by Atia Abawi Friday: How to Code a Sandcastle by Josh Funk Sunday: Author Q&A with Lynn Brunelle, Author of Turn This Book Into a Beehive! So, what are you reading? Link up below and go check out what everyone else is reading. Please support other bloggers by viewing and commenting on at least 3 other blogs. If you tweet about your Monday post, tag the tweet with #IMWAYR!
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The West Palm Seafood Festival is an annual event that brings together vendors from all over the country, showcasing their very best seafood dishes. In addition to the delicious food, the festival also features a wide variety of artists, craftsman, and commercial vendors. As you stroll through the festival, you'll be able to see and purchase unique creations while savoring the flavors of the sea. Whether you're a seafood lover or simply looking for a fun weekend activity, the West Palm Seafood Festival promises an unforgettable experience that celebrates food, art, and culture. How do I sign up to participate in the West Palm Seafood Festival? But the question on everyone's mind is - how do you sign up to participate? It's simple! Just head over to www.westpalmseafoodfestival.com and fill out the registration form. Don't miss out on this opportunity to showcase your skills or sample some of the best seafood around. Sign up now and become a part of this amazing festival! What kind of vendors will be at the West Palm Seafood Festival? The West Palm Seafood Festival is set to showcase a wide array of vendors, all eager to share their specialties with festival-goers. Among the vendors, seafood aficionados can look forward to a variety of seafood vendors offering their fresh catch of the day. But that's not all, as the event promises to have something for everyone, with a range of artists, craftsmen, and commercial vendors all adding their unique flair. Whether you're a foodie looking for your next culinary adventure or someone seeking unique finds from local vendors, the West Palm Seafood Festival is the perfect destination to indulge your senses and support local vendors. How much does it cost to participate in the West Palm Seafood Festival? If you're a vendor looking to participate in this fantastic event, you'll be happy to know that vendor space prices start out at a reasonable $150.00 for the whole weekend. This gives artists, craftsmen, and commercial vendors a great opportunity to sell their products and connect with seafood enthusiasts from all around. With such an affordable price, there's no excuse not to apply and be a part of this amazing festival! So come on and join the fun, tastes, and adventure that the West Palm Seafood Festival has to offer! When is the West Palm Seafood Festival? September 2-3, 2023 8 AM to 5 PM Where is the West Palm Seafood Festival located? Held at the south Florida Fairgrounds, located at 9067 Southern Blvd in West Palm, Florida, What amenities will be available for vendors at the West Palm Seafood Festival? Vendors at the West Palm Seafood Festival will be pleased to know that there are a variety of amenities available for their convenience. Firstly, the festival offers 24 hour security to ensure the safety of all participants and attendees. Additionally, the layout of the festival has been carefully designed to make unloading and setting up as easy as possible for vendors. With a new layout, this year's festival promises to be an exciting and enjoyable experience for all involved. Whether you're a seasoned vendor or new to the festival scene, you can rest assured that your needs will be met at the West Palm Seafood Festival.
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- Learn best practices in curriculum and instruction in secondary education - Develop equitable teaching practices that support the learning of all students - Experience a field-based program that connects theory and practice USJ offers two pathways toward a MAT in Secondary Education and recommendation for licensure as a grade 7-12 subject teacher in the State of Connecticut. The MAT in Secondary Education is grounded in rigorous academic preparation in methods of curriculum and instruction and the preparation of teachers who support the learning of all students. We are guided by the values of equity, diversity, and inclusion, and seek to prepare the next generation of teachers to enact these values in their classrooms, schools, and communities. Applications are accepted until the beginning of September for a fall start date. Subject areas include English; Social Studies; Mathematics; Biology; Chemistry; General Science; World Languages; and Family and Consumer Sciences. Don Siler, Ph.D. Program Director, Secondary Education Email: [email protected] Come and tour our beautiful campus, learn more about our programs and discover firsthand what makes our University so unique!Contact Us
AUGUST 25, 2021 — Since San Antonio confirmed its first COVID-19 case more than one year ago, the pandemic and its subsequent social and economic fallouts have upended the lives of many. Although vaccine rollouts offer hope for a rapid economic recovery, many people are at risk of long-term economic distress. This factor of the pandemic was explored using data collected from the San Antonio Energy and Time Use Survey for residents in San Antonio zip codes 78202 and 78230. Launched in March 2021, Wenbo Wu, assistant professor of management science and statistics; Eric Shattuck, director of the Institute for Health Disparities Research; and Ying Huang, assistant professor of demography, began pulling key findings from the data and have released their first policy brief. The brief presents evidence of alarming racial disparities in economic hardships and stalled employment recovery during the pandemic. Not only do racial disparities in other socioeconomic dimensions exist, they are persistent over time and have been exacerbated during the pandemic. “It is the intersections of these dimensions that make communities and their residents vulnerable to catastrophes,” Huang said. “Mending them now can help ensure that these neighborhoods and the residents in these communities do not unjustly bear the brunt of future disasters.” The researchers initially made three key discoveries from the survey data. They learned that most participants experienced economic hardships during the pandemic, racial inequalities prevailed in job loss, and disadvantaged neighborhoods are facing stalled employment recovery. According to the survey, a considerable portion of households face challenges meeting their basic needs, such as making payments to mortgage/rent and utility bills. Hispanic families are much more likely than their non-Hispanic white counterparts to experience all types of hardships in both neighborhoods. Since the start of the pandemic, the most-frequently experienced material hardship in both neighborhoods has been having trouble paying rent or a mortgage. The least prevalent hardship experienced among residents of both neighborhoods was delaying needed medical care or prescription medication. According to the data, the rates of job loss vary little by neighborhood, but racial inequalities prevail regardless. Almost half of Hispanic households experienced job loss, compared to one-third of non-Hispanic white households. Although job loss varies little by neighborhood, the rates of job loss among non-Hispanic Blacks and Asian Americans are considerably lower than Hispanics and non-Hispanic whites. Regardless of neighborhood, Hispanics outperformed other racial/ethnic groups in employment recovery. Although Hispanics were disproportionately impacted by the pandemic, they also appeared to be the ones that first recovered. The researchers surmise that this could be due to the quick recovery of the employment sectors in which Hispanics tend to work, such as the leisure and hospitality sectors, education and health services. The UTSA professors reached several important conclusions from this data. The disproportionate social and economic impacts in Texas and elsewhere following COVID-19 reflect harsh, longstanding inequalities in employment, material hardship and other spheres of social life. They suggest that recovery efforts should seek to narrow existing disparities in housing, social capital, access to health care and other factors that collectively contribute to social vulnerability. For the next phase of the study, the researchers are embarking on several projects. Shattuck is comparing the results of the San Antonio survey to national data to determine if local patterns are similar to ones nationwide. Wu is looking at mobility data collected as part of the UTSA survey in order to create different profiles to possibly explain the disparities. Huang is looking more closely at neighborhood mobility patterns and how they are linked to household socioeconomic indicators. Although each researcher is retrieving data for their individual project, there is still more collaborative work on the horizon. Phase three will likely consist of using these preliminary data to apply for a larger grant to continue to study the far-reaching effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. While Wu, Huang, and Shattuck are leading the projects, they give most of the credit to the students involved in the research—ranging from undergraduate to doctoral candidates. “This was my first true experience working on a project of this magnitude,” said student Ricardo Joel Sanchez. “I am truly grateful for this opportunity not only because of the multitude of skills I’ve enhanced and the people I’ve met, but also because of the knowledge that I am able to make San Antonio a better place.” This was also a first-time research experience for public health undergraduate Marla Gutierrez. “This was my first internship in public health, and this experience has been nothing short of amazing,” she said. “I’ve learned from the entire team and I am truly seeing the power of teamwork help the community of San Antonio.” Students interested in working with the data from the Energy Survey are encouraged to contact any of the three researchers. Learn to use Zotero®, a citation manager that can help you store and organize citations you find during your research. Zotero can generate bibliographies in various styles, insert in-text citations and allow you to share sources with collaborators.Virtual Event "Resiliencia y Más Corazón: Las Tejanas, the Soul of Mexican American Music,” is a community event hosted by the UTSA Mexican American Studies Program. It is a lecture/performance that examines the contributions of Tejana musicians to the evolution of Mexican American music.Esperanza Peace & Justice Center, 922 San Pedro Ave, San Antonio, TX 78212 This workshop will introduce participants to the basics of text analysis using Python and Jupyter Notebook on the Constellate Lab platform. We will create datasets in Constellate to analyze patterns, trends, and relationships of contents and more.John Peace Library (JPL 3.02.32,) Main Campus What would Diane Abdo say if it were her last lecture? Join us for our annual Last Lecture series on Wednesday April 17, 2024 at 5:30pm in the Biosciences and Engineering Building Multipurpose Room BSE 2.102.Multipurpose Room (BSE 2.102,) Main Campus Día en la Sombrilla, formerly Fiesta UTSA, is a festival hosted each spring as a part of Fiesta® San Antonio events. Sponsored by Roadrunner Productions, the event features music, food, confetti, games, event t-shirts, and more.Sombrilla Plaza and Central Plaza, Main Campus Celebrate the accomplishments of College of Education and Human Development, College for Health, Community and Policy, College of Sciences and University College.Alamodome Celebrate the accomplishments of Alvarez College of Business, College of Liberal and Fine Arts and Klesse College of Engineering and Integrated Design.Alamodome The University of Texas at San Antonio is dedicated to the advancement of knowledge through research and discovery, teaching and learning, community engagement and public service. As an institution of access and excellence, UTSA embraces multicultural traditions and serves as a center for intellectual and creative resources as well as a catalyst for socioeconomic development and the commercialization of intellectual property - for Texas, the nation and the world. To be a premier public research university, providing access to educational excellence and preparing citizen leaders for the global environment. We encourage an environment of dialogue and discovery, where integrity, excellence, inclusiveness, respect, collaboration and innovation are fostered. UTSA is a proud Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) as designated by the U.S. Department of Education . The University of Texas at San Antonio, a Hispanic Serving Institution situated in a global city that has been a crossroads of peoples and cultures for centuries, values diversity and inclusion in all aspects of university life. 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A major five-year study led by researchers at the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) and Seattle Children’s Hospital will explore how best to improve healthcare and support services for individuals born with craniofacial microsomia (CFM), a complex long-term condition present from birth that most commonly affects the ears and jaw. The $3 million (£2.2m) research project, funded by the National Institutes for Health in the USA, will investigate the psychological and health impacts of the condition and explore the healthcare provision needed to treat and support individuals and families effectively. CFM is a congenital condition that occurs in approximately one in every 3,500 - 4,000 births in the UK. One or both sides of the face are underdeveloped, affecting the form and function of the ears, eyes, cheeks, jaw, and/or teeth. Individuals born with the condition can experience difficulties with hearing, breathing, feeding and speech development, and their facial appearance is often affected. The complexity of the condition means that many individuals undergo multiple surgeries and take part in a range of treatments throughout childhood and into adulthood. This, alongside an altered facial appearance, can greatly impact quality of life for individuals and their families. Despite the anticipated psychological impact of the condition and the complexity of treatment, healthcare and psychological research is scarce and previous studies have been small in scale. This project brings together an international team of experts in research, clinical care, and patient advocacy for individuals with CFM. Its mission is to serve the craniofacial microsomia community, which includes individuals born with CFM, their families, healthcare teams, researchers, advocacy groups, education providers, policy makers, and members of the public. The researchers will look to learn about the lived experiences of the community to improve wellbeing and to make a lasting difference to how individuals live with the condition. Senior Research Fellow Dr Nicola Stock, who is leading the project from UWE Bristol and works out of its Centre for Appearance Research, said: ‘‘This project represents a huge investment into an area that is significantly under-researched. We're delighted to be working with an international team with a wide range of expertise, and to be partnering with a number of prominent charities and advocacy groups. “Together, our community has the potential to make a significant contribution to knowledge and to the care that affected individuals and families around the world receive.’’ The study will see researchers speaking to individuals, parents, health providers, and advocacy leaders across the US, UK, Europe, and Australasia, and will involve interviews, surveys, and an international participant registry. Paediatrician and Professor Dr Carrie Heike, who is leading the project from Seattle Children’s Hospital and works in its Craniofacial Centre, said: “We have an unprecedented opportunity to hear from over 1,000 participants in this five-year project. I’m looking forward to learning throughout the study and translating this knowledge into improving healthcare delivery for individuals with craniofacial conditions.” Maarten Koudstaal, Consultant Craniomaxillofacial Surgeon at the Erasmus Medical Center in the Netherlands is one of several international partners working on this project. Dr Koudstaal said: “Surgery is a minor part of the life story of these individuals and this research really jumps into the gap of gaining knowledge about the psychosocial challenges and holistic needs. My view of the future is that individuals will be helped to make choices about what is most important for them and when, and that their journey is their own, not a fixed care pathway for all.” More information about the study is available on the CARE website. UWE Bristol becomes first university to earn Merit status for approach to mental health and wellbeing UWE Bristol has become the first university in the UK to achieve the University Mental Health Charter ‘Award with Merit’ for embedding mental health and wellbeing as a strategic priority and implementing a whole-university approach.
June 25, 2014 Press-service of MFA of the Republic of Uzbekistan Wine-Growing Industry’s Prospects Discussed in Tashkent The National Press Center of Uzbekistan has hosted a press conference to address the efforts undertaken by the Uzvinosanoat-Holding company to promote viticulture, modernize reprocessing enterprises and consolidate the raw material base. It was noted at the event that the significance constantly attached in the country to boost the crop capacity of vineyards and improve the quality of products serves to secure the abundance in markets and enhance export capacities. The resolution of the head of our state on measures to further promote viticulture in the nation for the 2013-2015, signed 13 March 2013, serves as an important factor in expanding the scales of works on this front. Currently, more than forty types of grapes are grown in Uzbekistan, and a particular emphasis is being placed on reprocessing the produce. The nearly 9 thousand farmer enterprises operating at this moment nurture around a million and 400 thousand tons of grapes a year. This year, the enterprises of the Uzvinosanoat-Holding company prepare to receive 130 thousand tons of harvest of grapes of commercial types. A special attention is paid to the technological re-equipment of enterprises functioning in the system of the company by extensive attraction of foreign investments. “Expansion of fields for commercial types of grapes and consolidation of the raw base allows for the increase of volumes and improvement of quality of the produce grown,” says Adolat Vostrikova, head of department at the company for modernization and introduction of advanced technologies. “As a result, our produce has been occupying an increasingly robust place both at the domestic and foreign markets. For the last five years, we have earned about 170 gold, silver and bronze medals and received more than 50 diplomas in a variety of contests.” The enterprises of the Uzvinosanoat-Holding company that specialize in reprocessing grapes have been attaching a particular significance to perfecting the quality of produce, ensuring food security and bolstering the fertility of soil. In 2011-2013, at these enterprises 5.3 thousand hectares of vineyards of commercial sorts were laid, on 330 hectares of which the technology of drip irrigation was introduced. Grape growing in intensive methods was launched on 700 hectares. New vineyards on additional 7.3 thousand hectares are projected to be introduced by 2015. 123.8 thousand tons of grapes were reprocessed in 2013, of which 18 thousand tons were grown at the plantations of the company. This figure is intended to reach 30 thousand tons this year. The event participants discussed the perfection of types of grapes, the enhancement of production of quality produce by way of technical and technological re-equipment of enterprises as well as the contract interactions with farmers. (Source: Uzbekistan National news agency – UzA) Loans to Back Business Ideas The total value of the loans made by Uzbekistan’s commercial banks to female entrepreneurs has grown by over 30 times within the past ten years, exceeding 2.6 trillion soums (Сurrency rates of CB from 25.06.2014 1$=2308.39 soums) According to the Central Bank of the Republic of Uzbekistan, these figures are clearly showing the results of the policies aimed at improvement of Uzbek women’s incomes, as well as developing the local loan making organizations and so strengthening the state’s economy. Today, there are thousands of stores, bakeries, beauty salons and other businesses run by enterprising women throughout the country, which proves the efficient use of the loans that have been taken out to open them. A loan received, however, never guarantees a successful business, so the banks support the female entrepreneurs throughout their whole projects being implemented: they provide them with consulting services, help them to develop proper business plans, obtain necessary licenses and export certificates, etc. Among these and other measures taken to select and fund promising business projects in the republic stands out the organization of socially important business initiative contests for women entrepreneurs. Uzbekistan’s banks also make soft loans to manufacturing business with over 50% of female employees. In the current year, the banks are allocating over 600 billions soums to the development of female entrepreneurship in the country. Besides loan making, they are funding production expansion, re-equipment and construction projects with regard to women’s small businesses. Foreign partners also take part in this process. Uzbekistan’s People’s Bank and Mikrokredibank, for instance, closely cooperate with German Savings Banks Foundation for International Cooperation. The foundation allocated a sum to set up a micro-loan fund in these Uzbek banks to make loans to local small businesses run by women or employing predominantly women, as well as finance manufacturing, food processing, home-based business and other important projects. Thanks to such loans and funding practices, business initiatives of thousands of Uzbek women are realized in agricultural and services sectors. (Source: “Uzbekistan Today” newspaper) Efficient Use of Natural Resources ‘Green economy’ is an economy aimed at preserving the welfare of society through the effective use of natural resources. One of the promising directions for its implementation in the agricultural sector of the republic was the development of production of ecologically organic agricultural products. The most advanced alternative to the use of pesticides in agriculture – technology of use of effective microorganisms and biological plant protection products. This is a practical transition from chemical to organic agriculture, i.e. the cultivation of products without chemical protection. For “greening” the water sector, it is a need to improve the drinking water supply and development of environmentally sound sewage systems. In areas with no sufficient development of centralized drinking water supply there is modernisation, attracting investment from international financial institutions. It is scheduled to conduct improvement of water mains, create local systems based on desalination plants in the zones of ecological disaster of Aral. In order to improve water supply and sanitation of settlements, as well as improve public health, it is necessary to strengthen the protection of drinking water sources from pollution and over-exhaustion, provide drinking water to inaccessible and remote rural areas, improve the system of treatment of industrial and domestic sewage of cities and towns. A special role in the process of Uzbekistan’s transition to a ‘green economy’ energy sector is played by the development of renewable energy sources (RES). Despite the great potential of renewable energy in our country, their share in the overall power capacity is too small. The factor of limited resource hydrocarbon energy sources, the scale and pace of their depletion in the world encouraged to take the necessary measures not to fall out of the global trend of large-scale development of alternative energy. We believe, to do this, one need to take some important steps. Among them are the development of the state incentive programs and the introduction of alternative energy for mid and long term, creation of required infrastructure for the implementation of renewable energy, training in this area. An important aspect is the organization of effective waste management. At existing landfills country has accumulated a few hundreds of million tons of municipal solid waste (MSW). Every year, their volume increases by 12-13 million cubic meters, of which 6.3 million cubic meters at the expense of the population. Given this, in order to improve the quality of waste management services and modernization, companies implemented regional programs to improve sanitation systems of cities in which the construction of new transfer stations and points. In order to eliminate the negative impact of waste on living conditions and welfare of the people, it is necessary to make transition to ‘green’ economy, which will enhance the efficiency of waste management, the implementation of effective incentive mechanism recycling and reuse, as well as the introduction of pre-sorting and separate collection warehousing. Due to the fact that one of the methods of processing municipal solid waste landfills will still need to build them at a waste recycling plant with pre-sorting of MSW. One of the components of the “green” economy is ‘clean’ vehicles. In the structure of vehicles used in the country is dominated by road transport. In their country registered about 1.7 million units. It is the second largest consumer of energy, which, along with industry, is one of the main polluters. To reduce emissions of greenhouse gases vehicles being transformed to alternative energy sources, in particular, compressed gas, hydrogen or biofuels, synthetic fuels from plastic. In conclusion, I would like to note the following. A special role in the process of Uzbekistan’s transition to ‘green’ economy plays education and science. And it will require improvement of state standards, training processes and training system for further future developments and scientific potential of the country. It is estimated that this change in the agricultural sector, energy, waste management, transport, education and science will allow to create 553 thousand new jobs by 2023, more than a million by 2030, which will provide employment especially in rural areas. Vice-Speaker of the Legislative Chamber of Oliy Majlis, Chairman of the Committee on Ecology and the Environmental Protection. (Source: “Uzbekistan Today” newspaper)
Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) stock keeps teasing investors but just can’t achieve a new 52-week high. On the other hand, it isn’t really heading in the other direction either, remaining range-bound for the time being. The current 52-week high is $128.33, and Facebook stock hasn’t traded below $120 per share since last month. So what would it take to derail the Wall Street darling? Twitter acquisition would damage Facebook (FB) stock InvestorPlace feature writer James Brumley has some ideas. Perhaps the most interesting is his argument that investors would severely penalize Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) if it were to acquire Twitter, and it’s easy to see why. Twitter has been greatly published for not being the next Facebook, and Brumley believes one reason is because Facebook “appeals to uses’ vanities,” while Twitter doesn’t. The social network is all about me, me, me, whereas Twitter is more about current events. In its effort to differentiate itself from Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB), Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) set a 140-character limit on posts and has been struggling to catch up to the social network since going public. It’s pretty difficult to say much of anything in 140 characters, and the average social media user doesn’t really understand how to use the micro-blogging platform or even why they might want to use it. Twitter cofounder Jack Dorsey has been trying to turn things around by introducing a slew of new features, but so all efforts have been in vain. If the micro-blogging platform ever does find a rescuer like LinkedIn found Microsoft, it might have a better chance with a fresh set of eyes. However, Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) seems like an unlikely candidate. It has no need to acquire a failing competitor, and investors certainly would take it out on the social network’s stock if it made a decision to do so. Then again, Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) has made acquisitions that others thought were questionable before, such as the pricey purchase of WhatsApp or the acquisition of Oculus, which left people scratching their heads for a long time. It seems so far that the company has made wise decisions in terms of acquisitions and found a way to make them work, but it seems unlikely that it would be possible to do the same with Twitter. Facebook challenged by messaging competition? Brumley also argues that a “killer alternative messaging app” could also weigh on Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) stock. Investors have been chattering about Snapchat for some time as concerns about whether it will be a Facebook killer swirl around Wall Street. However, analysts from multiple firms have tried to reassure them, saying that Snapchat is no real threat. It’s true that the social network was able to find the right price for WhatsApp and Instagram, both of which were threats in their own ways. However, what if serious competition arose and refused to sell? In this case, Brumley suggests that Facebook might drive users away by over-monetizing or simply showing too many ads. Indeed, television shows us just how much consumers hate ads, as cord-cutting has become a common practice. Why watch loads of ads and also pay expensive cable bills? The average consumer seems to be willing to either view some ads in exchange for free service or pay for a service in exchange for not seeing any ads. However, there will be a point where users will be apt to see another social network that’s just as good as but doesn’t have as many fewer ads and then decide to jump ship. Too much garbage? Brumley also suggests that users might become fed up with all the garbage that’s on Facebook (my words summing up his viewpoint). He notes that consumer satisfaction with the social network has declined 9% over the last year, according to the American Consumer Satisfaction Index. His view points more back to how much advertising the social network shows, but in reality, there is truly a growing amount of noise on the platform. Add to that the growing number of studies which show that Facebook use can cause or contribute to depression, and you may have a problem. Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) stock slipped by about 0.3% to as low as $123.51 in afternoon trades on Friday.
Recent 3D Character Animation graduate Emily Eslinger got the opportunity to interview Disney animator/director Eric Goldberg for her animation history project during her studies at VanArts. Eric Goldberg is one of the most prolific names in the animation industry, and the interview was conducted over the phone from Vancouver to Goldberg's office at Walt Disney Animation Studios in Burbank, California. Eric was very generous with his time and the entire student body was fortunate to have him available to answer questions on behalf of the class. It was a great interview to listen to, and a big thanks to Eric for his time! Eric Goldberg at Wikipedia
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A new VetCompass study, led by the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) and the University of Manchester, has revealed a relatively low risk of death from sedation and general anaesthetics for dogs in the UK. The research was carried out with the aim of generating up-to-date information to help improve shared decision-making between veterinary professionals and owners. The paper, “Mortality Related to General Anaesthesia and Sedation in Dogs under UK Primary Veterinary Care“, published in Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia, used data from more than 150,000 dogs attending first opinion veterinary practices around the UK. The study examined the overall risk of death for each dog which had at least one sedation and/or anaesthesia procedure over a set period of time. The study also specifically focuses on anaesthesia related to neutering (spaying and castration) in dogs because these procedures are so common in the UK and the worry about the anaesthetic risk can cause real concern for owners. The findings showed that currently this risk is 14 deaths in 10,000 dogs within two weeks of sedation/anaesthesia procedures carried out for any reason, of which 10 deaths per 10,000 are within 48 hours of these procedures. For neutering surgeries specifically in dogs, this risk was much smaller, with one death in 10,000 neuter procedures related to sedation and/or anaesthesia. No association was seen between the age of puppies at the time of neutering and risk of death. While in humans the risk of death linked to anaesthesia during surgery is minutely small, general anaesthesia carries higher risks for companion animals. Weighing up these benefits and risks for anaesthesia and surgery can be a major source of distress for owners. Some of the key factors associated with increased risk of sedation and anaesthetic-related death in this new study included: - Older age - Poorer overall health - More urgent surgeries - Certain breeds such as Rottweilers and West Highland White Terriers compared with mixed breeds Factors that were associated with decreased risk included breeds such as Cocker Spaniels compared with mixed breeds. The team also investigated whether flat-faced “brachycephalic” breeds were associated with higher risk. Surprisingly, longer-nosed “dolichocephalic” breeds showed four times the odds of sedative/anaesthetic-related death compared with medium-length nose dogs, whereas no additional risk was seen in flat-faced breeds. These results should provide some reassurance for the veterinary and dog-owning communities regarding the safety of neutering for young puppies, as well as the relative safety of sedatives and anaesthetics for more complex procedures. For older dogs, those with poorer health or undergoing planned complex surgeries, the results emphasise the value of careful planning to manage the anaesthetic risks. Urgent procedures, regardless of complexity, were shown to carry greater risk and therefore should be approached with high vigilance and caution. Dr Dan O’Neill, associate professor in companion animal epidemiology at the RVC and co-author of the paper, said: “This new VetCompass study can help owners deal with these fears by understanding the real anaesthetic risk is not that high: 14 deaths in every 10,000 dogs. “Decision-making based on the known can now replace fear of the unknown.”
Namco’s card-battling RPG returns to Nintendo GameCube in a prequel. Origins follows the adventures of a brand new set of characters, the main one finding himself fleeing from authorities after being framed for a nasty murder. Baten Kaitos Origins takes place 20 years before the first Baten Kaitos game. It explains how the diabolical Emperor Geldoblame rose to power, and it also fills in many details about the heroes from the first title. In addition, players will learn about the origins of the world itself and why the Lost Ocean is returning. Here’s the trailer:
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What are you looking for? Travel Advice for Wales vs Ireland on 4th February in Cardiff 27 January 2023 Wales will be taking on Ireland on Saturday February 4that Principality Stadium. With the kick-off taking place at 2.15pm – there will be a full city centre road closure from 10.15am until 6.15pm to ensure all ticket holders can get into and out of the stadium safely. To view the road closures please visit the following weblink –one.network The M4 motorway is expected to be very busy – please plan ahead – and avoid the congestion in Cardiff by using the park & ride at County Hall in Cardiff Bay. Gates open at 11.45am, those attending the rugby match are strongly advised to plan their journey and get in early. Please pay attention to the prohibited items listed at principalitystadium.wales, in particular the bag policy (no large bags permitted) before travelling into the city. From 7am, Scott Road and Park Street will be closed because of the need to prepare Gate 5 and protect queuing fans. The following roads will be closed as part of the full city centre road closure which will take place at 10.15am until 6.15pm. - Kingsway from its junction with North Road to its junction with Duke Street. - Cowbridge Road East from its junction with Cathedral Road to its junction with Westgate Street. - Tudor Street from its junction with Clare Road to its junction with Wood Street (access for residents and traders will be permitted via Fitzhammon Embankment.) - Plantagenet Street and Beauchamp Street from their junctions with Despenser Place to their junctions with Tudor Street (access for residents and traders will be permitted.) - The following roads will be closed in their entirety: Duke Street, Castle Street, High Street, Saint Mary Street, Caroline Street, Wood Street, Central Square, Westgate Street, Quay Street, Guildhall Place, Golate, Park Street, Havelock Street and Scott Road. - Station Terrace and Guildford Street from the junction with Newport Road to the junction with Churchill Way will be access for buses only during the times of the road closures. This is to ensure that there is reliable access for buses to the satellite points in Churchill Way. - Additionally, Penarth Road will be closed 30 minutes before the game finishes and up to hour after the final whistle on safety grounds for train passengers arriving and departing from the train station. Civic Centre: Access to part of the Civic Centre will be controlled throughout the day, with access allowed only for event parking, limited commuter parking, loading and access to private car parks. Roads affected include King Edward VII Avenue, Museum Avenue, City Hall Road, College Road and Gorsedd Gardens Road. Transport for Wales is running a full timetable in and out of Cardiff on Saturday February 4th, but services will be very busy so please allow plenty of time for your journey. Post-event queues for mainline services will be on Central Square and queues for Valleys services will be to the rear of the station. Visit tfw.wales or the new TfW app for the latest travel information. If you have any issues on the railway, please speak to a conductor or, for more serious matters, you can text the British Transport Police on 61016 or call 0800 40 50 40. In an emergency, always call 999. Note: Industrial action by members of the ASLEF and RMT unions on Friday February 3rdmeans some Great Western Railways services will not run. Visitwww.gwr.co.uk for further details. Transport for Wales are not involved in the strike action but its services are expected to be busier than usual on Friday February 3rd. Park & Ride facilities The event park & ride facilities will be at County Hall in Cardiff Bay. The drop of point in the city centre is Callaghan Square (Eversheds car park). Cost: £10 payable on the day. The park & ride site will open at 9am with the first bus leaving at 9.10am. The last bus from the city centre will be at 6.30pm with the site closing at 7pm. Civic Centre Event Day Parking (Cars and Coaches) Getting there: Exit Junction 32 of the M4, head south on the A470 towards the city centre and follow signage to the civic centre. Cost (cars): £15 payable on the day at the car park – card payments are also now available. Cost (coaches):£25 payable on the day. Parking time: The car park will open at 8am and closes at 12 Midnight. This roads around the Civic Centre will remain closed after the car park is empty until 1pm on Sunday, due to the Remembrance Sunday service. Event Day Parking at Sophia Gardens Sophia Gardens (cars) (Approximately, 0.5 mile walk to the Principality Stadium, Gate 2). Sophia Gardens Event Day Parking Getting there: Exit junction 32 off the M4 Cost: £15 payable on the day at the car park – card payments are now available. Parking time: Car park opens at 8.00am and closes at 12 midnight Please note: Sophia Gardens car park will be staffed until 7.00pm all vehicles are left on site at the owner’s risk. Cardiff Council will not be held responsible for any theft or damage to motor vehicles or personal possessions. Any vehicles left in the car park after closing time will be fined. Bus services will be diverted while the city centre road closures are in place Please visit the relevant bus operator’s website for more information about your specific bus routes. For Stagecoach services, please visit: Welcome to Stagecoach (stagecoachbus.com) For Cardiff Bus services, please visit: https://www.cardiffbus.com/principality-stadium For Adventure Travel services, please visit: https://www.natgroup.co.uk/ National Express coaches will use Sophia Gardens as usual. Can you cycle or walk? Those who live locally in Cardiff may want to travel by bicycle or walk. Research shows us that 52% of car trips made in the Welsh capital are less than 5km. This is a distance that can be comfortably cycled in 20 minutes. We also know that 28% of Cardiff residents who currently do not cycle would like to do so. When the roads are congested this makes cycling an even more attractive option as travel by bicycle would be quicker than a car during rush hours or during big events. Shoppers are advised to make use of the dedicated Shopping Park & Ride sites at Pentwyn or County Hall. Or city centre car parks are also available: North Road Car Parks, St David’s Shopping Centre, John Lewis, Capitol Shopping Centre, and NCP (Adam Street, Dumfries Place and Greyfriars Road.) Disabled drivers are advised to use Sophia Gardens. Disabled parking is also available at various private car parks. Please check individual websites for availability. St Mary Street taxi rank (outside the House of Fraser) will close at 10.15am and will re-open at 6.15pm.
The Authentic Asian Eats Tour is for adventurous foodies looking for a fun and accessible experience of Richmond’s world-renowned Chinese & East Asian food culture. During the 3-hour walking food tour of Richmond’s restaurant district, Vancouver Foodie Tours provides VIP access to authentic and delicious Chinese dishes, and helpful tips on navigating language and cultural barriers. From Asian food courts to dim sum institutions, Chinese bakeries to bubble tea cafes, join us for a personal introduction to a food culture found nowhere else in North America! This is an all-inclusive, progressive meal with insider access to world-class Chinese cuisine in Richmond, BC. The Authentic Asian Eats Tour is the newest tour on the roster, launched in 2022.
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NVIDIA’s AI software includes GPU virtualization software and a vast portfolio of cloud-native, GPU-optimized containers, models and industry-specific software development kits. The result is an AI-ready platform that runs all enterprise apps – VMs, containers, Kubernetes and AI – and a single set of operations, tools and processes for all apps – significantly expanding the reach of AI while simplifying operations. Even more, organizations can deploy this solution in the datacenter, cloud and edge, to support data gravity requirements, processing the data where it resides, for added speed and efficiency. New Hybrid Cloud Architecture for Next Gen Apps As part of VMware’s Project Monterey, VMware Cloud Foundation and NVIDIA BlueField-2 data processing unit (DPU) are helping to create a new architecture for the data center, cloud and edge, purpose built for the needs of next-generation apps. 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The United Nations Human Rights Office has called on Thailand to enact a torture and disappearance law that fully incorporates international standards. The U.N. office said in a statement Friday that draft legislation approved by the Thai Cabinet “is an important step, but the approved draft lacks essential international principles, including the absolute prohibition of torture and non-refoulement – both non-derogable rights in international law.” It also added the “definitions of the crimes in the proposed law are also not in line with international standards.” Cynthia Veliko, South-East Asia Regional Representative for the UN Human Rights Office in Bangkok, said, “A domestic law can provide effective judicial recourse to the victims and families if it is compliant with the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT) and the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (ICPPED).” Thailand ratified its CAT agreement in 2007 and its ICPPED pact in 2012. “Thailand’s willingness to enact a bill into law that fully incorporates the principles enshrined in international human rights law would show its commitment to zero tolerance of torture and enforced disappearance, as well as justice for victims of these crimes,” Veliko said.
The specified fuel consumption and emission data are determined in accordance with the measurement procedures prescribed by law. 1 January 2022, the WLTP test cycle completely replaced the NEDC test cycle and therefore no NEDC values are available for new type approved vehicles after that date. This information does not refer to a single vehicle and is not part of the offer but is only intended for comparison between different types of vehicles. Additional equipment and accessories (additional components, tyre formats, etc.) can alter relevant vehicle parameters such as weight, rolling resistance and aerodynamics, affecting the vehicle's fuel consumption, power consumption, CO2 emissions and driving performance values in addition to weather and traffic conditions and individual driving behavior. Due to more realistic testing conditions, fuel consumption and CO2 emissions measured according to WLTP will in many cases be higher than the values measured according to NEDC. As a result, the taxation of vehicles may change accordingly as of 1 September 2018. For further information on the differences between WLTP and NEDC, please visit www.volkswagen.de/wltp Further information on official fuel consumption data and official specific CO2 emissions for new passenger cars can be found in the "Guide to fuel economy, CO2 emissions and power consumption for new passenger car models", which is available free of charge from all sales dealerships and from DAT Deutsche Automobil Treuhand GmbH, Hellmuth-Hirth-Str. 1, D-73760 Ostfildern, Germany and at www.dat.de/co2
VorOtek will be exhibiting at the following events please come and see us for the latest product information. Skin Cancer Congress 24- SCC 24Event Date:May 3, 2024 - May 5, 2024Event Location:The Star-Gold Coast, QLD VorOtek is excited to be attending the Australasian Skin Cancer Congress at The Star on the Gold Coast, QLD from 3rd-5th of May 2024. The 2024 program offers opportunities to engage and elevate skills in skin cancer diagnosis and treatment. ACAud 2024 National Congress- ACAud National Congress 2024Event Date:May 8, 2024 - May 10, 2024Event Location:Cairns Convention Centre VorOtek is excited to be attending the 2024 ACAud National Conference at the Cairns Convention Centre from 8th-10th May. We are also supporting 2 introductory workshops to Ear Wax Management on the 8th. Hosted by the Australian College of Audiology, the theme "The Heat is On" will promote discussions and innovations for sustaining Audiology in a changing climate. The Sound Exchange ’24- The Sound Exchange '24-Audiology in ActionEvent Date:May 27, 2024 - May 28, 2024Event Location:The Pullman, Albert Park VIC VorOtek is thrilled to be attending Audiology Australia's Sound Exchange '24 being held from 26th-28th May at the Pullman Melbourne in Albert Park. A biennial masterclass conference with a two-day program of hands-on workshops, lectures and panel sessions. VorOtek will be supporting the Complex Wax Management workshops being conducted on 28th May. We look forward to seeing you there!
Participating funding bodies in Swecris Medverkande finansiärer i Swecris Swecris is a national database, where you can see how the participating research funding bodies have distributed their funds to researchers in Sweden. The database contains data from both governmental and private research funding bodies – 11 in total. Swecris is administered by the Swedish Research Council on behalf of the Government. How often is the content of Swecris updated? Some funding bodies supply data continuously to Swecris, while others do so once a year. Funding bodies supplying data weekly as from 2008: - Formas (Swedish Research Council for Sustainable Development) - Forte (Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare) - Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (for the Advancement of the Humanities and Social Sciences) - Swedish Research Council - Vinnova – Sweden’s Innovation Agency - Swedish Heart-Lung Foundation (data included as from 2018) Funding bodies supplying data once per year as from 2008: - Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy (IFAU) - Foundation for Baltic and East European Studies Funding bodies supplying data once per year as from 2010: - The Swedish Energy Agency (project leaders are not shown for the Swedish Energy Agency’s projects due to the principle on data minimisation in GDPR) No current updates: - Ragnar Söderberg Foundation (data available for 2011–2017) - Swedish National Space Agency (data available for 2009–2017) The research projects in the database are classified by subject according to Statistics Sweden’s classification standard from 2011. 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Schuetzen and DAK Kradschuetzen feedback February 8, 2019 at 9:20 pm #154754 This is my feedback on the new ‘Schuetzen’ and ‘DAK Kradschuetzen’ units from the Western Desert (WD) book. I play early war Germans. Namely elements of ‘Schuetzenregiment 7’ from 7th Panzer Division in France 1940. First off Id like to elaborate the point I’m trying to make here: Historically all German infantry were called ‘Schuetzen’ until ’42 when all infantry was renamed Grenadier/Panzergrenadier. So, my ‘Schuetzenregiment 7’ is in fact composed entirely of ‘Schuetzen’. Now ‘Schuetzen’ are introduced in Western Desert (WD) as a ‘new type’ of infantry for the DAK and I find myself wondering – why? I like the fact that more units get introduced. 100%, but this one rubs me wrong: 1.) Why bring out the ‘Schuetzen’ in strong association with the DAK, where this was never an DAK-only unit or anything close to that. I assume that this was done rules wise to introduce regular infantry able to carry 2x LMGs (an idea that I like as alternative to veterans only doing this) and is supported by infantry in the later part of the desert campaing having a lot of extra machine guns. But this leads straight up to the next point. 2.) Why, why, why, was the first LMG for Schuetzen made a FREE upgrade? The only reason I can come up with is that this was done to sell the new DAK boxed set (which is a wonderful set, I got it myself, don’t get me wrong) – but this is very concerning to me because what this is really doing is bringing out a new boxed set, then making rules to UBER the units therin to a degree they become a mandatory choice over other options (like normal regular infantry). This is a main reason I left the WH40k scene, as they introduced the ‘book of the month’ and every new model was the hands-down best option in the game (aside from the $100 price tag). I know BA is not intended to be viewed as a competitive game, but ‘Schuetzen’ effectively made my mainstay of the force, regular infantry, a terrible choice. – get 6 guys + LMG for 60 pts – get 5 guys + LMG for 70 pts They both describe the exact same unit type, fill the same force-selection slot and role in games… – chose now. I think the free upgrade is entirely unnecessary and just imbalances this unit for no reason at all. I am considering to run all my infantry units as ‘Schuetzen’ from now on (since they were) simply to take advantage of this nonsense powercreep. Now to the ‘DAK’ Kradschuetzen. Why are the DAK kradschuetzen able to fire on the move, yet my own early war ones are not? They cost the same and have basically the same loadout. Just that one is hugely more versatile by being able to shoot their LMG’s on the advance. (don’t get me wrong – I think this SHOULD be the case, but for ALL sidecar-mounted machine guns (if not even ALL sidecar weapons) – so why specifically brand this towards the DAK?) These were the exact same machines, technology and training as the men that went to France, many were there in fact – so why the rule-change and then the strong association with the DAK? (‘DAK Kradschuetzen’) – Again, I am thinking to simply run all my Krads as ‘DAK’ Krads to take advantage of the way better rules. For both units, the only reason I can come up with why NOT to exchange the rules would be that the WD rules can be seen as campaign-only unit rules… But I’m sure the next tournament I attend people will be using WD rules left and right, so why wouldn’t I? My point being: I love new unit that introduce some new concept, without becoming the non+ultra (think Panzerjaeger infantry, Stug riders, etc) What I don’t like is new units taking the place of existing units, being better (or cheaper) than them without historical or game-related reason – then limiting them to your newest publishing in what looks like a forced sales-mechanism. I truly hope this doesn’t become a trend and that I simply missed the reasoning for the decisions made.February 9, 2019 at 5:06 am #154763BraddocParticipant First let’s start about the Schuetzen part. I agree, the free LMG is ridiculous; now you got a 6 wounds LMG that can move and fire. I assume this is more to fit into mid-war in the Desert, when the doctrine changed a little and news from other fronts on how things are being played over there. The only sour note (if you can call it that) that I see is that you cannot have a full 10 men squad, no AT grenades as well, which are really weak disadventage as you will cough up 14 shots downrange (10 at 36″ no less) while your standard 10men LMG squand only shoots 13 shots (with only 5 at 36′), so you win the shooting match even with having less bodies. Only the LMG is allowed to shoot on an advance, I suspect due to the relative flat and open ground; good luck getting a decent burst while in some French Forest. Again, you get 7 men max in the squad over the usual 9, but the squad is really the same in terms of point value. The only thing is the added rule about shooting the LMG with an Advance. BUT….it does say ‘DAK Kradschuetzen’ so it is not the same as your bog-standard Kradschuetzen troops. Again, I think this only has to do with the terrain and nothing else. Side note- MG34 LMG squads are 50 pts regular in WD, same as a MMG, but they can move and fire and loosing a single shot. Battle of France; same unit, this time called German LMG squad, is 35 points regular…same thing two different names… As for tourneys, I know at my local scene they only accept Army-book units, so no concerns about having campaign specific units suddenly beating everyone. So it depends on your local scene. But I agree with you, why go for worse when you get better, and get it cheaper? Thought I am optimist, and thinking that they are writting down theater-specific units only to be more complete in terms of what happended in say Theater of War that cheap merchantile reasons. I would put either units with a side note such as ‘Can only be taken as part of a Western Desert theater army selector from the campaign book or the Army Book.’February 9, 2019 at 12:49 pm #154777Fred CartwrightParticipant North Africa isn’t flat and certainly no flatter than the Russian steppe or a French field, but Kradschutzen would stick mainly to roads anyway, which in France would be paved highways, in North Africa rough tracks. Attachments:February 9, 2019 at 5:49 pm #154785 One should not forget that the campaign books are not all written by the same persons. I can assure you that those that worked on the Battle of France book had no intention to allow LMG fire from moving sidecars. And added on p. 94 that the light mortar has to be dismounted. I can not speak for the Africa book team but think it is a mistake to allow LMG fire from moving sidecars. In Africa the movement of Kradschützen was often very slow, the heavy bike not being a good vehicle for soft sand.February 9, 2019 at 7:12 pm #154787 I need to get my hands on the Battle of France book. it seems not to be on easy army and I like some of the options I hear about it. (I’ve been using the armies of Germany generic reinforced selector and the Fall Gelb selector therein – guess I’m missing out, lol) and yeah, my feedback is just that. To me at least those two units are poorly designed (where others from the same book are great, balanced options). This also may not affect everyone, as many don’t play regular infantry or are interested in Kradschuetzen for their not-exactly-stellar point-power ratio – but to me this is something of a slap to the face. Now fielding my underpowered Krads and Schuetzen versus the somehow more powerful & mighty, thirsty, starving, ill-prepared, overstretched and exhausted make-shift-counterparts of the DAK… And while I totally understand that they might not be the same people writing, to me, in continuous (supplemental) rule writing it is paramount to be 100% aware of the meta and previous existing rules & (pt-)values to avoid exactly these kind of scenarios. – anything else looks like a sales-push to me.May 1, 2019 at 1:20 pm #160724 Why, other than the effective arcs of fire, is firing from a moving sidecar any different than from any other vehicle..? Do not agree with those who say it should not be allowed..!! Obviously modifiers should be applied due to the movement, but there is no technical or in game reason as to why not provided the sidecar seat is crewed. If the discussion was about the pillion to a motorcycle firing any weapon other than a pistol would be more apt to be dis-allowed.May 1, 2019 at 9:27 pm #160767Dr DaveParticipant Sidecars on bikes are notoriously unstable compared to a Sdkfz 251. Not all vehicles are the same. Plus, and this is the key point, they didn’t do it. Not in their doctrine. The mc combo was really just a mode of transport – not an infantry combat vehicle like a BMP. They binned both MC bttns in DAK by late 41 simply because the bikes were rubbish in the desert terrain anyway – and it’s not always soft sand. It’s small rocks. Not conducive to a stable ride.May 2, 2019 at 9:40 am #160803 this was never meant as feedback on historic background. when I said ‘I think they should all be able to shoot from sidecars’ – that’s just my personal opinion finding the idea cool of bikes riding around and blasting from the sides. The historical background of Schuetzen however does bug me for mentioned reasons. The point is being missed I fear: Its all about two units filling the same description and game-roll, yet one, being the newer one, is clearly the better choice. Not an alternative, but straight up the better/wiser choice. That’s the criticism/feedback I went for here. /// Also I don’t mean to attack the author for his work, obviously, I have the book at home and like the scenarios, the history and most of the units – its just that I don’t want unit-development to head down the wrong path. Not to see next introduced: US “Normandie Veterans” 4 Veteran Para’s with an NCO 65pt add up to 7 more Normandie Veterans for 13pts each add up to 4 BARs for 5 points each add up to 3 looted Panzerfaust for 5 points each The whole unit may add tough fighter for 1 point each special rules: Stubborn, Fanatics Oh, and here is a brand new boxed set for Normandie Paratroopers, 3 models for $55. This is way exaggerated and only meant as a bad example of sorts, lol. Cool that people still check this out, happy to see someone cared to read lolMay 2, 2019 at 12:25 pm #160833 I can just repeat: Different writing teams. The France team did it historical. Not like: It would be cool…….. . Mark (Author of Battle for France) is an author that likes to have it historical, not just from books but even getting the facts checked in archives in Germany and France. So no Kradschützen driving around with guns blazing. There was a reason why Kradschützen units got later converted to recce units with other vehicles. (Those getting Schwimmwagen still not racing around with MG blazing) That some units are more economic than others is historical. Even more if you compare early, mid and late war ones. They will not meet in Campaign based games. May 2, 2019 at 6:51 pm #160892 - This reply was modified 4 years, 11 months ago by invisible officer. Just read a couple of the last replies and started laughing… Ok, so why have motorcycle combinations to begin with – to get around faster – agree. The number of outfits fitted with MGs before and at the start of the war was minimal, as the main use was to get around. The fact that an outfit was not a stable platform compared to a 251 – not agreed with (and that’s being nice) – the 251, kubelwagen and schwimmwagen are not stable platforms while moving either as it is the same/similar gun mounting method!! Yes, I have often driven and have been a passenger in each of these vehicle types. An outfit is just as stable when stationary and not much worse when moving than a kubelwagen. It did provide a method of transporting a section MG and a base of fire while the rest alighted from the other outfits. Fuel use from a BMW outfit is very, very low in comparison to a 251, kubel or schwim but limited to carrying only three comfortably – the reason why I know – I own and regularly drive a BMW R71 outfit in the Scottish Highlands. Plus thanks to a good friend who is a Section 5 dealer have had the pleasure of firing a live MG42 in controlled bursts (with FMJ) from my sidecar while stationary in the UK. In addition, have fired an MG34 from a moving BMW R75 outfit in the USA, while serving, thanks to some good USN buddies and the wide open spaces of the swamp lands. The fact that recon didn’t drive around with guns blazing is more to do with the fact they were recon and conducting the tasks of such. If fired on and a with a weapon to hand wouldn’t you use it to supress in return?? So if they were never used while fitted to the outfit, why in the tech manuals does the sidecar passenger has an ammo kasten of two 50rnd ammo drums fitted in front of the seat for operational use??? If you have never seen such look at the original outfits which were period fitted with an MG (not retro fitted or reenactor copies), the later ones also had a frame bracket for holding the passenger’s MP40 so as to facilitate full range of gun movement while seated in the car. Looking at the gun mount to the car – if it was never intended to be used, why did they have a fully lockable system across the full forward firing arc, on a 360 deg swivel and also has the option of the AA extended mounting bar? In addition, there is also the gun cup mount for fitting on to the spare wheel securing bolt for using the MG in a rear facing role while moving??? Was this all only for show or simply for carrying the MG as well? When the MG was not being transported in the ‘ready use’ position (on the sidecar) the original MG fitted outfits were often fitted with a MG transportation frame – this was mounted between the sidecar and the bike along with the ready use spare MG barrel case and cleaning rod. Agree the latter bike outfits were not popular in Afrika due to the extra weight, approx. 100kgs for the BMW R75 over the earlier R12, R61 and R71 outfits. Parts for the earlier units were none existent so as they broke down (1930 technology was maintenance heavy) they were cannibalised and abandoned. Plus the filters and lubrication methods were not suited to sandy/dusty conditions. The cost to manufacture and maintain a BMW R75 was the most prohibiting factor compared to schwimmers and kubels – plus schwimers can actually swim across still/slow moving waters. So to place arguments on ‘it was not in the doctrine so it never happened’ is a little like the often heard comment of Assault Stug Gun Crews never wore black panzer uniforms after the field grey ones were issued… Appreciate Bolt Action is only a game…May 2, 2019 at 8:15 pm #160894 All German mot. firing tactics are based on the Schießhalt. In SPW with MG or with cannon in Panzer. The advantage in hitting was such that any theoretical gain from speed was neglectable. You can shoot in moving but hitting is a different story. Circus trick shooters (like Little sure shot A.O.) use to kill baloons riding fast. Impressive???? No, using dust shot instead of bullets. A trick. The MG firing from Krad was tested in pre war manoevres. And found to be useless. It looks good but did not pay. Sitting in an open car or on a bike is a good way to get killed in a firefight against well aiming men on the ground or in cover. Everybody able to kill a running deer with a Mauser will be able to kill the poor boys on bike. “Vorhalt” is it named in German Shooting, aiming by taking the move into account. In Kradschützen and lorry born German infantry tactic was like old dragoons. Dismount and let one man bring the valuable mounts out of the firing zone. Even in SPW firing was from standing vehicle. In 1944 the typical Panzergrenadier attack was on foot with the SPW giving covering fire from behind. They did it on move in breakout situations in Kesselschlacht. Not expecting to hit but to make the enemy keep the head down. May 2, 2019 at 8:50 pm #160897 - This reply was modified 4 years, 11 months ago by invisible officer. So for you have not added anything new with the last statements other than confirming the use of firing on the move was to supress with accurate firing was while stationary – as stated above. As you brought up the aspect of shooting at moving targets – a test of your in depth knowledge – shooting with Mausers (K98k, 934A, 937A or G98 variants) standard production items (not those selected for sniper modification) what was the max range practiced for shooting at moving targets..? I’m looking for the max range it was practiced at after which it was considered impactable to reasonably hit a moving target with iron sights…May 3, 2019 at 10:24 am #161121 The K 98 had a flat trajectory. The 1903 amo with “Spitzgeschoss” was designed in a time still dreaming of cavalry charges, so it was intended to be able to meet moving mass targets up to 600 meter with good effect. Setting the sight at 700 meter the bullet will fly in a “curve” not going higher than 2 meter or under 1m between 50 meter and 650 meter. (But Reglement 1909 still stated starting fire at cavalry with visor set at 900 meter, Ok against the over 2m rider) The 2000m iron visor settings of K98 are a relic of that time. The bullet flew 4500m. Something hunters shooting around should never forget. In WW II that was academic. Normally fighting enemy infantry that did short rushes of a few meter before going down again. At longer distance of ca. 300 m they are fought with LMG in short bursts of 3-5 rounds. Waiting for the men to rise again. So never do the breaks between rushes the same number of seconds. You can hit these rushing men on foot at 300 m with K 98 but following Wehrmacht tests the chance to hit them was 9 times bigger at 100 meter. (Against an immobile target well trained hit at 300m with every round, 10 a minute) So the Landser was tactical trained to start firing with K98 at 100meter or less. Not wasting amo and risking to get hit by enemy attack support MG. That was against Western army style attacks. Against the mass attacks of Soviet soldiers, not going down, driven forward by commissars, fire was started on sight. To break them every round that could be fired counted. That explains the extreme difference between German and Soviet losses. K98 snap shot fire chances against running infantry in street fighting had been poor. First man crossing a street was normally safe if he was not expected. For the rest of the Gruppe it was a bit different……. May 3, 2019 at 3:07 pm #161158 - This reply was modified 4 years, 11 months ago by invisible officer. Interesting but looks very copied from a text book and no actual experience. No bullet flies on a flat trajectory. This is confirmed by the text book stats quoted in the second paragraph. A 7.92mm x 57 round might theoretically travel 4500m at max distance, however the angle of offset would need to facilitate such to begin with. Using a K98k the magical distance is as quoted, that being 600 to 650m depending on the rifle, its wear, the charge powder and the bullet head size/weight/configuration is the distance the transonic point is reached and the MOA really starts to be amplified. In comparison the Mosin with its approx. 100m/s greater velocity stays supersonic until about 750m which is why a good Mosin 91/30 with matched (x3.5) PU optics and bracket or (x4) PEM optics was much preferred over the K98 with (x4) optics for distance work, especially amongst the Gebirgsjager community. Although the rare Zeiss x6 optics was also desirable for the K98k. For moving targets, it is a function of speed. For faster moving boar and deer 100m is a good rule for running/sprinting targets. For slower moving humans this is 200m; the max optimum with the actual speed being used to scale the offset to be applied as a function of body mass. The Americans call this Kentucky Windage, and the technique is still practiced at vintage service rifle shoots. Agreed accuracy at 100m is far greater than at 300m but this is to be expected. Static targets – hitting a full sized target at 300m with iron sights on a K98k is not a significant challenge, more a sign of competency. Hitting such at 500m is more a sign of significant skill levels, or 600m with a button hole sighted 5 or 6 groove Enfield. Snap shot shooting is difficult at any range against moving targets. This is usually a function of alertness and breathing preparation which is complicated by the stress of the moment. The follow and lead technique produces far greater hit chances, which is what most shooters naturally try with the second plus targets when appearing. Moral – pays to be a winner, so don’t be last… If you have a copy of the published photo images of the battle scenes around the first Kharkov there are some good primary images of LAH in 251/250s firing on the move, together with some PzIV doing the same – ooohhh not in accordance with the doctrine… One of the photo albums used for the krad in Russia publication sold at an Edinburgh auction house, it contained the remainder of the (now unpublished) images of the 24th PD Krad recon group in Russia. The scene showed the lead outfit (only one with an MG mounting) using its MG in a supressing role against a Soviet occupied farm at about 600 to 700m distance while the rest of the squad de-bussed into cover. Sadly the price settled to high…May 4, 2019 at 9:01 am #161171 Photos and Wochenschau movies are often staged. Like the MG blazing Panzer I in pre war manoevres in front of spectators and camera. Better are the training movies like Lehrfilm 480 from summer 1944. Panzergrenadiere in coordination with AT and artillery in counterattack. The SPW firing on the move are the flamethrower ones, driving along Soviet trenches. At Eastern front the wood and straw farm houses had been easy targets, easy to set on fire with tracer amo. MG fire, not expecting to hit the men inside. Targets bigger than barndoors, easy to hit even on the move. Suppressing fire was done a lot. And also recce by fire, trying to get green troops in ambush to fire back Not to forget firing to boost own moral. The guys in German SPW used to call the vehicles “Rollende Särge” / moving coffins. The rear doors had been prone to jamming and leaving over the front side was highly dangerous under fire. The SPW reduced the losses but had been no impregnable fortresses. So a bit of banging around…… BA is a fun game and a lot of real war can’t be simulated. But that should be no excuse for things that “would be cool”. Like firing an MG from running bike against men. Hardly having effect in real world and being rarely done. One will find sources for many surprising events. That happened. Once or twice. Like the infantry officer on a stroll with his girlfriend in Themse area at ebb time 1940. A HE 111 circling for curiosity. The angry officer used his .380 and hit the pilot by chance through the open window . The plane went down. I hope few will claim that makes the Enfield .380 an AA weapon. 😉 Fortunately there is no BA police. If the gaming friends like to have moving MG bikes or pink Panther tanks, why not. Have fun. I have some practical firing xperiance. I first fired a K98 on range in my early tenths. Static and moving targets. Learning from old soldiers and hunters. Hunting with older family members some years later, using Mauser system rifles among others. Hmm, my shotguns are British made, shame. No, just the best. I’m the first in family that became no soldier. But was trained as Heer guest days and nights with pistol, G3, LMG and Leo 2 120 mm gun. (Live amo, not simulator) Being professional military historian with good connections has some advantages. Like eating in officer’s mess and free sleeping in barracks in single bed room. No wake up by NCO. - This reply was modified 4 years, 11 months ago by invisible officer. - You must be logged in to reply to this topic.
Shooting From Cover April 10, 2019 at 12:36 pm #159733 P. 57 of the 2nd edition rule book in the breakout section on cover. Shooting from Cover, last sentence: “If less than 50% of the unit’s models are inside dense terrain, but not at the edge, the unit can see and shoot out, but their shoots will be affected by the cover modifier.” So, if I have a squad of 5 infantry, and 2 of the 5 models are inside the dense terrain, but not near the edge, does the whole unit have the -1 or -2 to hit, depending on light or dense terrain, or is it just the models inside the terrain?April 10, 2019 at 3:37 pm #159766 I read it and have heard it interpreted that If your unit is not touching the edge and with at least 50% within the rest 1″ of the edge of terrain the entire unit suffers the penalty. A diagram in the book would be helpful. So if your 5 man squad is in woods and 3 men are touching the edge and the other 2 directly behind suffer the -1 penalty. If it were reverse and only 2 touching then your target would have cover. HTHApril 10, 2019 at 11:38 pm #159788 The example it gives is that less than 5o% of the unit are in the dense terrain. So how does the terrain modifier apply if less than half the unit is in the dense terrain? Doesn’t cover modifier apply to the unit as a whole? And the rule book doesn’t say who “their shots” applies to. The models in the dense terrain or the whole unit.April 11, 2019 at 8:02 am #159793NatParticipant If more than 50% of the unit that can be seen by the firing unit is in cover then the unit is in cover. So you work out how many models in the target unit can be seen by at least one of the firing unit. You then use that amount to see if 50% or more is in cover. If not then the unit being shot doesnt gain the cover modifier. If the cover modifier is because of the firing unit then you discount the models who cant see the target unit.April 11, 2019 at 12:35 pm #159818 This is for the section on Shooting from Cover. Not cover for the unit receiving fire. The rule book says that a unit with less than half of the unit in dense terrain, and not touching the edge, their shots will be affected by the cover modifier.April 11, 2019 at 4:51 pm #159856 This is for the section on Shooting from Cover. Not cover for the unit receiving fire. The rule book says that a unit with less than half of the unit in dense terrain, and not touching the edge, their shots will be affected by the cover modifier. So it is just very poorly worded. Bottom line if the unit firing is in cover and not touching the edge it will take the minus when firing. In other words because you are firing through the Terrain the target unit has cover. HTHApril 11, 2019 at 5:09 pm #159859 Which would make sense if it was talking about the whole, or majority, of the unit in dense terrain, not touching the edge, and firing out. The book specifically says less than half the unit is in dense terrain, not touching the edge, and firing out. If modifiers are applied to the unit as a whole, then why is the modifier being applied when less than half are in the dense terrain.April 11, 2019 at 7:47 pm #159861 One of the many exceptions that is BA I guess. So if you have any part of a unit in terrain and not at the edge they suffer the penalty. Not the way we have been playing it, but despite playing from the beginning I seem to learn something new at every tournament or listening to a podcast. 😉April 11, 2019 at 7:50 pm #159862 That’s just it, it doesn’t make sense. Not sure if it is a typo or just my group is just not getting what they are saying. - You must be logged in to reply to this topic.
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The Importance of Proper Hydration Welcome, dear readers! In today’s world, maintaining proper hydration is a challenge due to the ever-increasing temperature and our busy lifestyle. Adequate hydration is fundamental to our overall well-being and good health. Water is essential for carrying vital nutrients to our organs, flushing out toxins, and maintaining a healthy body temperature. Many of us often ponder how many ounces in a bottle of water, and we are pleased to inform you that we have got you covered in this article. The Answer to Your Question: How Many Ounces in a Bottle of Water? The amount of water in a bottle varies with the different sizes and types of bottles available in the market. The most common bottle size in the United States is 16.9 fluid ounces or 500 milliliters. However, there are different bottle sizes ranging from 8 ounces to as much as 1 gallon. 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A deal to raise tax collection estimates by more than $4.2 billion and spend nearly $48.1 billion in fiscal year 2022 came together Thursday with House and Senate lawmakers filing a compromise budget that would also make the state's controversial film tax credit permanent. The budget deal, according to House and Senate officials, accounts for surging tax collections over the last six months that have far outpaced the projections agreed to by legislative leaders and the Baker administration at the start of the year. The expectation of additional tax revenue was used by budget negotiators, in part, to create a $350 million trust fund that could be tapped in future years to help cover the cost of a $1.5 billion school funding reform law passed in 2019, known as the Student Opportunity Act. The budget filed Thursday evening also reflects the decision of negotiators to cancel a planned draw on the state's reserves of at least $1.5 billion and proposes to make a supplemental deposit of $250 million into the state's pension system. House Ways and Means Chairman Aaron Michlewitz and Senate Ways and Means Chairman Michael Rodrigues announced the compromise Thursday afternoon, and leaders in both branches hope to pass the budget on Friday and send it to Gov. Charlie Baker for his review. Massachusetts is one of just four states in the country that started its fiscal year on July 1 and does not have an annual budget in place. Though the budget is already eight days late, the Legislature and Gov. Baker put in place a temporary budget totaling $5.4 billion to keep government operations funded through July. The Legislature and Baker postponed implementation of the seven-year school funding reform law during the COVID-19 pandemic, but the new budget increases Chapter 70 school aid by $219.6 million in fiscal year 2022 to $5.5 billion. The spending puts the state back on track to meet the state's funding commitment over the next six years, and one budget official said the new trust fund would protect against future setbacks. In addition to resolving disagreements over spending, leaders for the two branches came to an agreement that would permanently extend the state's tax credit for film production in Massachusetts, which supporters have defended as a job creator but critics have derided as too expensive. The compromise plan calls for the January 2023 sunset of the tax credit to be cancelled, but would increase the eligibility threshold for a production company by requiring at least 75% of its filming budget to be spent or at least 75% of principal photography days to take place in Massachusetts. The House had voted to simply eliminate the tax credit's expiration date, while the Senate proposed a four-year extension tied to an increase in the minimum number of filming days from 50%, a cap on eligible salaries at $1 million, and a ban on the transfer of credit. The salary cap and transferability ban were not included in the final compromise. The compromise budget also scrapped a Senate-backed plan to raise fees on Uber and Lyft rides to generate new money for the municipalities, the MBTA, regional transit authorities and other infrastructure needs. The House has voted in favor of tiered increases in transportation network companies fees in the past, but they were vetoed by Gov. Baker and the branch did not include the fees as part of its budget proposal this year. After fearing the worst at the start of the pandemic, legislative budget writers have largely avoided having to deal with the massive tax collection downturn forecast by economists at the start of the pandemic. Instead, Democratic leaders have had the opposite challenge — how to allocate billions in unbudgeted revenues. After agreeing in January to an estimate of $30.12 billion in taxes, Michlewitz and Rodrigues agreed in the budget filed Thursday to increase the tax revenue projections for fiscal 2022 to $34.35 billion, a whopping $4.23 billion increase. The new projection reflects what House and Senate budget official described as an increase of $362 million, or about 1%, above preliminary tax estimates for fiscal 2021 of roughly $34 billion. The Department of Revenue has not yet released final tax revenue figures for fiscal 2021, but lawmakers are expecting a sizable surplus to spend after leaders verbally rejected Baker's call for a two-month sales tax holiday. The new flexibility in the fiscal 2022 budget allowed negotiators to fund accounts across the board at the higher level of what was recommended by either the House or Senate, adding roughly $300 million in additional spending added to the $47.7 billion budgets passed by both branches this spring. That step led to larger bottom lines for higher education, nursing homes, local health departments, mental health programs and early educator salaries. The conference committee also agreed to boost funding for some accounts beyond what had been proposed previously, including an additional $17 million for the Workforce Competitive Trust Fund, $18 million for career-technical institutes, and $9.5 million for one-stop career centers. House Speaker Ron Mariano's initiative to incentivize training for jobs in the offshore wind industry also got included with a boost from $10 million to $13 million, and a new cyber security consortium will work community colleges and state universities to create careers opportunities in cyber security. Additionally, the compromise bill, according to officials, would cancel a planned withdrawal of at least $1.5 billion from the state's "rainy day" fund, and projects a deposit into the reserve account of more than $1.1 billion in capital gains taxes that would drive the balance of the emergency fund to $5.8 billion by the end of fiscal year 2022. Other highlights of the compromise budget include one-time raises for sheriffs of about $20,000, the extension of an historic rehabilitation tax credit, a new tax credit for the hiring of disabled workers and the conversion of a child care tax deduction into a refundable credit that would allow more low-income families to qualify. The final compromise also dropped a provision described in a letter last week by 40 House lawmakers as an "anti-worker" measure added to the Senate budget that would have reversed the state's law requiring triple damages in wage and hour lawsuits.
Thank you, President Obama, for announcing an end to discrimination in the military. This is the first Obama policy decision I can remember agreeing with. Why Obama would decide to start doing the right thing after nine months of pork, corruption, government expansion, and bailouts for Wall Street crooks is a bit curious. Maybe he wants to lock down a 10% voter base. Let's hope this promise isn't just another Obama lie, like: - No tax increases on families making under $250,000 - No one will lose their existing health care plan - Closing Guantanamo - Unemployment will stay under 8% if we pass the $787 billion porkulus bill Based on his track record, I'm not holding my breath. Apparently, neither are gays. I'm sorry if my praise of Obama was a bit effusive. Meanwhile, obviously closeted and self-loathing homosexual (come on now, a 54-year-old bachelor named Lindsey who is a McCain sycophant and cries like a little bitch in public when he doesn't get his way?) Lindsey Graham went on NBC to trash the proposal to try to show off his anti-gay credentials. UPDATE: Obama White House tells uppity homos to know their place.
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Maintaining your car battery is crucial for reliable performance, extended lifespan, and prevention of unexpected battery failures, ensuring your vehicle starts when you need it and avoiding costly replacements or inconveniences due to a dead battery. Ways To Maintain Your Car’s Battery Regularly inspect the battery Check your battery for any signs of damage, corrosion, or loose connections. If you notice any issues, address them promptly. Corroded terminals can be cleaned with a mixture of baking soda and water, followed by a thorough rinse with clean water. Keep it clean Dirt and debris on the battery can cause drainage and reduce its performance. Keep the battery clean by wiping it down regularly with a clean, damp cloth. Avoid using excessive water or cleaning agents that can damage the battery. Drive your car regularly If you let your car sit idle for extended periods, it can lead to battery drain. Regularly driving your car helps keep the battery charged and prevents it from losing charge due to inactivity. Avoid overloading the electrical system Excessive use of electrical accessories such as lights, radio, air conditioning, etc., can put a strain on the battery and drain its power. Limit the use of these accessories when the engine is off or the car is idling. Check the charging system Have your vehicle's charging system, including the alternator, checked regularly by a professional mechanic. A faulty charging system can result in an undercharged or overcharged battery, leading to premature battery failure. Turn off lights and electronics when not in use Make sure to turn off all lights, electronics, and accessories when the car is not in use. Leaving them on for an extended period can drain the battery. Avoid extreme temperatures Extreme temperatures, both hot and cold, can affect the performance and lifespan of your car's battery. If possible, park your vehicle in a covered or shaded area during extreme weather conditions. Consider using a battery maintainer or trickle charger If you don't drive your car regularly or if you park it for an extended period, consider using a battery maintainer or trickle charger to keep the battery charged. These devices provide a slow, steady charge and help prevent battery drain. Replace an old or weak battery If your car's battery is old or not holding a charge well, it may be time to replace it. Consult your vehicle's owner's manual or seek advice from a qualified mechanic for the right type and size of battery for your car. How To Change Your Car Battery Changing a car battery can seem daunting, but with the right tools and precautions, it can be a relatively straightforward process. Here's a step-by-step guide on how to change your car's battery: Note: Before attempting to change your car's battery, it's important to wear appropriate safety gear, such as gloves and goggles, and follow your vehicle's owner's manual for specific instructions, as battery placement and removal can vary among different car makes and models. Tools and materials needed: - Replacement battery (make sure it's the correct type and size for your vehicle) - Adjustable wrench or socket wrenchBattery cleaning solution or a mixture of baking soda and water - Wire brush or battery cleaning brush - Clean cloth - Battery terminal cleaner or a wire brush - Battery terminal protectant spray (optional) Step 1: Preparation - Park your car on a flat, level surface and engage the parking brake. - Turn off the engine, lights, and all electronics. - Open the bonnet of your car and locate the battery. - Identify the positive (+) and negative (-) terminals on the battery. Step 2: Removing the old battery - Use a wrench to loosen and remove the negative (-) terminal clamp from the battery. Typically, the negative terminal is marked with a black or "-" sign. - Repeat the process to remove the positive (+) terminal clamp from the battery. - Typically, the positive terminal is marked with a red or "+" sign. - Carefully lift the old battery out of the battery tray, taking care not to tip it over or drop it. Step 3: Cleaning the battery terminals and tray - Inspect the battery tray and remove any debris or dirt. - Mix a solution of water and baking soda or use a battery cleaning solution to clean the battery terminals, clamps, and tray. Use a wire brush or battery cleaning brush to remove any corrosion or buildup. - Rinse the battery terminals, clamps, and tray with clean water and dry them with a clean cloth. - Consider applying a battery terminal protectant spray to the clean terminals to help prevent future corrosion (optional). Step 4: Installing the new battery - Carefully place the new battery into the battery tray, making sure it is secure and properly aligned. - Connect the positive (+) terminal clamp to the positive (+) terminal of the battery and tighten it securely with a wrench. - Connect the negative (-) terminal clamp to the negative (-) terminal of the battery and tighten it securely with a wrench. Step 5: Final steps - Double-check that all connections are tight and secure, and there is no debris or dirt around the battery. - Close the bonnet of your car. - Start your car to confirm that the new battery is working properly. - Dispose of the old battery at a recycling centre or a battery retailer that accepts used batteries in accordance with local regulations. That's it! You have successfully changed your car's battery. Remember to follow proper safety precautions and consult your vehicle's owner's manual for specific instructions. If you're not comfortable performing this task yourself, it's best to seek assistance from a qualified mechanic.
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Blythe has a new poncho thanks to the dolly dolly book and now she’s looking for a new adventure. And still a new name. I’m trying to think of something 70s that’s not Jennifer or Michelle. Wait.. I got it, Mary Ann! Cassandra said Ginger and that got me thinking Gilligan’s Island and man, is this gal a Mary Ann or what?! Perfect. Now I just need to make her some short shorts. Thanks for all the great suggestions!
Los Angeles provides no limit of things to do, some awesome and some not so awesome. Since time is precious in this fast paced city we curate a list of things to do in Los Angeles for every weekend that’ll help you decide how you want to spend your limited supply of attention (not to mention dollars!). This weekend in L.A. from Friday, November 15 to Sunday, November 17 features L.A. Zoo Lights, Adult Swim Festival, Moonlight Forest, Burbank Winter Wine Walk, Descanso Gardens’ Enchanted Forest of Light and MUCH more. Remember you can always go to our L.A. events calendar page to get an updated rundown of what’s happening around the city. Hope you find the rundown useful and, as always, enjoy your weekend! Keep in mind that while we retain complete editorial control of our content, for some of the ticketing options provided we utilize affiliate links and receive a commission if you purchase through our links. Friday November 15th, 2019 1. One of L.A.’s most magical holiday traditions, L.A. Zoo Lights returns November 15, 2019 through January 5, 2020 with thousands upon thousands of LED lights illuminating the zoo. Check for discounted tickets before making your purchase. DISCOUNTED (via Goldstar) 2. Adult Swim Festival returns to the Banc of California Stadium in Downtown LA November 15-16 with a massive line-up of music, comedians and immersive fan experiences in true Adult Swim fashion. Musical acts include Helado Negro, Jamie XX, Lil Nas X. Activation highlights include a Rick and Morty “The Rickflector” machine that transports you into the show and the return of the popular Mechanical Hot Dog Ride. 3. The Get Together 2019 a Record Label Market & Music Fair taking place at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA brings together independent record labels for a day of live performances, a vinyl marketplace, DJs, exhibits, food and much more. 4. The Los Angeles Arboretum and Botanic Garden presents Moonlight Forest, where crafted lanterns line the garden grounds, some depicting animals, shimmering exotic flowers, and figures from Chinese legends. Happening Wednesdays through Sunday from November 9 through January 12, 2020. Check for discounted tickets before making your purchase. DISCOUNTED (via Goldstar) 5. Decompress at Mystic Journey Crystals in Venice with a crystal sound bath that combines original compositions and performances with crystal singing bowls. 6. Don’t Tell Comedy pops up in Santa Monica on Friday with some of the biggest names in comedy. Performers are kept under wraps and the location will be emailed to all ticket holders. BYOB! 7. Get up close and personal with sharks at the Aquarium of the Pacific during Shark Lagoon Nights. Guests will have the opportunity to touch bamboo sharks and view large sharks in an after hours setting. FREE 8. The annual AFI FEST November 14-21 returns to Hollywood for 2019 with an eight-day run featuring tons of film screenings, world premieres, and panels. 9. Restaurant Fest is back at Eataly L.A. November 1-17. Located inside the gorgeous Century City Westfield Mall, the event extends to all three restaurants housed at the Eataly L.A. complex. Diners get to choose two-courses from a set prix-fixe menu priced at $18 or $28 plus $25 bottles of vino. 10. Instagram favorite 29Rooms returns with a new experience dubbed the “Expand Your Reality” tour. The third iteration will take place at the Beverly Venue by HD Buttercup from November 8-17. 11. Metro Art Los Angeles present an all-new film screening series featuring animated films at Union Station. This Friday with a screening of Waking Life. The event is free and open to the public. Seating will be on a first-come, first-served basis. FREE 12. Constitution Happy Hour at AMMO at The Hammer continues this Friday with guided, topical conversations about the US Constitution and its role in our democracy. 13. Highways Performance Space & Gallery presents the inaugural Film Maudit 2.0 celebrating the work of outré filmmakers. The program will include six feature films and 40 shorts from around the globe making their Los Angeles premiere. The festival runs November 14-17. 14. TENDERFEST 2019 is a new festival celebrating the art of chicken tenders taking place at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills. The festival will feature some of the city’s best culinary icons offering up their own interpretations. 15. Grand Central Market hosts Friday Night Flights this Friday starting at noon. The special includes a flight of drinks or bites from GCM vendors and a round trip ticket on the historic Angels Flight Railway right across the street for $15. Saturday November 16th, 2019 16. This November is Adopt a Senior Pet Month and the Wallis Annenberg PetSpace is partnering with Camp Golden Years and the County of Los Angeles Department of Animal Care and Control to host an adoption party for senior dogs this Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Annenberg PetSpace will have family-friendly activities, complimentary food and drink, plus photo ops during the event. All are welcomed and it’s free to attend. 17. Celebrate the season with a Burbank Winter Wine Walk with wine tasting stations, live music, holiday lighting and even snowfall along the way. 18. There’s a Fall Star Party at Paramount Ranch hosted by rangers and astronomers, guests will partake in some stargazing through telescopes set up in the park. FREE 19. The fourth official Los Angeles City/County Native American Indian Commission Pow-Wow will take place at Grand Park with dancing, vendors, contests, arts and crafts, food and much more. FREE 20. Mercado Sagrado features artisan goods, healing arts and workshops, music and more, all designed to inspire a conscious living lifestyle. Happening at King Gillette Ranch over the weekend of November 16-17. 21. Night in the City: L.A. After Dark is a three-part series co-produced by The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and the Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West. Topics will include the noir landscapes imagined through films and novels, the science behind our evening skies, and more aimed to unmask our city after sunset. The full-day symposium from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. takes place at the Doheny Memorial Library. FREE 22. Get into the winter spirit when ICE at Santa Monica returns with a 8,000 square foot ice skating rink. Running November 1, 2019 through January 20, 2020. 23. Jackalope Indie Artisan Fair returns to Pasadena (November 16-17) with handmade makers ranging in products from home décor, food and houseware, to fashion accessories and body products. Admission is free. 24. Norton Simon Museum hosts a Drop-in Drawing every Saturday. Guests can pick up a drawing board, paper and pencil at the Information Desk and enjoy drawing in the galleries and Sculpture Garden. 25. The Skirball presents Through A Different Lens: Stanley Kubrick Photography opening October 17. Before he became one of the most prolific directors of our time he was a 17-year old man who in 1945 sold his first photograph to the magazine Look. The public will see photos, many of them unpublished all exposing New York life through the eyes of Kubrick. The exhibit closes March 8, 2020. 26. A colorful, winding installation called The Second Home Serpentine Pavilion is now open at the La Brea Tar Pits for the summer and its 100% free for the public to roam and explore. The pavilion is open daily and will run through November 24. FREE 27. On Saturdays, The Getty Villa hosts a Tea by the Sea from 1-3 p.m. inspired by the Mediterranean herbs, vegetables, and fruits that grow at the Villa. Admission to the Villa is free with a reservation, the tea service reservation comes with a fee of $39 per person. 28. The Natural History Museums latest exhibit dives into the scientific inspiration behind some of Hollywoods most terrifying creatures. “Natural History of Horror” opens October 10, 2019 through April 19, 2020 and will include rare movie props, film footage, activities and museum specimens. Sunday November 17th, 2019 29. Descanso Gardens’ Enchanted Forest of Light returns for another installment with a host of interactive displays and nighttime activities from November 17 through January 5, 2020. 30. There’s a San Fernando Valley Audubon Bird Walk taking place at Malibu Creek State Park this Sunday. FREE 31. Fit & Bendy will host a free Pre-Holiday Stress-Proofing Open House with a a 20-minute stretch and strengthen routine workshop and a variety of local vendors focused on self care will be on hand for you to discover and treat yourself. 32. The 18th Annual California Christmas at the Grove will feature a tree lighting ceremony, with magical snow fall, a fireworks show, an appearance by Santa and a special performance. FREE 33. The Patchwork Show is a large showcase of handmade and artisan crafts and creations. Support some of the best independent creators throughout Southern California by buying local this holiday. 34.The Bai Holiday Ice Rink returns to Pershing Square from Nov. 14, 2019 to Jan. 2, 2020 featuring a 7200 square foot outdoor ice-skating experience. A wide variety of events will take place throughout the duration of the rink. 35. Every third Sunday of each month The Autry presents a Western Music Association Showcase from noon to 3 p.m. where musicians and cowboy poets perform stories and songs of the Old West, the open range and the all American cowboy. This event is free with your admission to the museum. 36. Stop into Hamburger Mary’s for their Legendary Bingo night this Sunday. 37. Friendship Buddies a free stand-up comedy show taking place at the Verdugo Bar back patio features some of the best comics in Los Angeles and beyond. Show starts at 8p.m. FREE 38. E.P. & L.P. in West Hollywood continues their stylish cinema series Melrose Rooftop Theatre with a screening of The Princess Bride this week. Food Pick for the Week This week’s pick by Christina Champlin, Co-Founder of We Like L.A. Chez Jay celebrates their 60th anniversary by bringing back some of their 1959 menu items with 1950’s pricing this Saturday, November 16. Guest will be treated to live jazz, special cocktails, a photo booth, and more. The specially priced throwback menu will feature a New York Cut Steak ($5.95), Filet Mignon Béarnaise ($5.95), Grenadine of Beef with Mushroom Sauce ($4.50), Shrimp Curry A L’indienne Rice Pilaf ($3.95), Broiled Catalina Swordfish Béarnaise ($3.75) and a Surf ‘N’ Turf, featuring top sirloin and lobster tail ($6.95). Signature sides will also be available to accompany the throwback entrees. The celebration takes place from 4 p.m. to close. Reservations and 1950’s attire are encouraged for the event. All guests are limited to an hour and a half per table during this party. Cheers! Chez Jay is located at 1657 Ocean Avenue Santa Monica, CA 90401
Spa Village Resort Tembok, Bali Set against a landscape of soaring peaks, black volcanic sand and the Bali Sea, Spa Village Resort Tembok, Bali infuses the gentle spirituality of Bali and its rich culture in every encounter. Its philosophy of wellness extends beyond the daily spa treatments and encompasses every aspect from activities and lifestyle to architecture and cuisine. Learn the delicate art of lontar weaving from local artisans, watch the sunrise from the peak of the island’s sacred mountain or simply explore the traditional spa treatments with an opportunity to learn healing therapies through the Spa Academy programmes. Spa and Wellbeing from £850 pp Regain inner balance with a variety of holistic activities and treatments focused on health and happiness ... This intimate adults-only spa resort provides the perfect holistic retreat with the island’s gentle spirituality weaving through every aspect to provide a unique immersive experience that is the essence of the Spa Village philosophy. The peaceful atmosphere, warm sunshine, fresh air and soothing ocean sounds lend an ideal environment to de-stress and recharge. Indulge in a variety of activities whether you seek relaxation or activity. Enjoy a serene moment by the infinity pool or join invigorating morning exercises led by the in-house instructor; discover the art of enhancing yoga routines with specialized yoga swing classes; immerse yourself in the world of Pencak silat, an Indonesian martial art. Delve into the rich local culture with an array of craft classes, including cookery sessions, weaving workshops led by local villagers, and wood carving lessons. Honouring the healing traditions of the region, Spa Village Resort Tembok, Bali delivers an individual and authentic experience that combines the therapeutic properties of natural local ingredients and the healing practices of the area. Coupling these age-old practices together with modern approaches to health and wellbeing results in a tailored one-of-a-kind experience, delivering award-winning results to guests. With captivating views of the Bali Sea, set above the slate-hued beach, the unique setting of Wantilan offers wholesome, flavourful regional and international cuisine. Organic products, as available, are the first choice ingredients complementing freshly caught seafood and local produce while the plethora of indigenous fruits and flavours is the basis for an exotic drinks menu. The personal restoration starts as soon as you arrive with a welcome head & shoulder massage and foot bathing ritual followed by daily spa treatments to nourish the mind, body and soul. Located in a less touristic village in the North-East of Bali, the hotel has a particularly peaceful location in the local village of Tembok where there are no nearby shops, restaurants or bars. The black sand and pebbles of the beaches, and the backdrop of volcanic mountains and palm tree covered hills provide beautiful and relaxing surroundings. Flight Duration from UK Effortlessly blending with the island's natural beauty, the intimate 31 room spa resort merges simple Western elegance with traditional Balinese dwellings using local timber accented by neutral fabrics and locally sourced decorative elements. Long stay offer - 10% discount on stays 5+ nights (valid for bookings made by 30.06.24) (excludes stays between 20 December 2023 – 05 January 2024; 07 February 2024 – 18 February 2024 : 20 December 2024 – 05 January 2025; 26 January 2025 – 06 February 2025 Free night offer - Stay 7 nights, Pay 6 (already applied in guide price) (combinable with other offers) Honeymoon/ wedding anniversary offer - Blessing ceremony by the village priest, purification ritual and a traditional jamu herbal drink. Guests staying in a Villa will receive one private dinner with a classical legong dance (Anniversary must be within the month of stay) (Min 3 night stay) Spa Village Resort Tembok Tucked away amongst a row of coconut and palm trees along the stunning volcanic black sand beach in a secluded location ...
Trinity and Marinna play to your heartstrings with an ode to the perks of the job. Trinity Seely and Marinna Mori perform "Cowboy's Wage" during "The Sound of Horses" show at the 36th National Cowboy Poetry Gathering. ABOUT THE ARTISTS Marinna Mori is an 11-year-old singer, guitarist, and poet who lives and works on her family’s ranch near Tuscarora, Nevada. A fourth-generation rancher, Marinna brings her youthful perspective and personal experiences of ranch life to her original songs and performances. Music is a family affair, and Marinna learned to play guitar and sing from her grandfather. She has been performing at the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering since she was eight years old. She loves roping, branding, and working cows on horseback. She won the Junior Branding Champion title at the 2018 Carlin Bronco Bash in Carlin, Nevada. Trinity Seely grew up in the heart of cow country in the Chilcotin region of British Columbia. Inspired at an early age by this rugged sea of jackpine forests and grasslands, she learned to work hard from kitchen to corral on the family’s guest ranch. As a teen, Trinity moved to California to attend The Thacher School, and her love affair with the vaquero way was born. With humbling honesty and a honey-smooth voice, Trinity sings about loving cowboys and horses, and living “in the middle of nowhere.” She flourishes as a cowboy’s wife and mother to three buckaroos and a buckarette. "Cowboy's Wage" words & music by Trinity Seely. Filmed in front of a live audience at the Western Folklife Center’s G Three Bar Theater in Elko, NV, on Jan. 31, 2020. Made possible by the multitude of staff, artists, volunteers, and community members working behind the scenes to make this show happen. Brought to you by the Western Folklife Center, using story and cultural expression to connect the American West to the world.
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The Minister for Environment, Climate Change and Water is seeking expressions of interest for water corporation board director positions. https://www.westernportwater.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/WW_RGB-300x102.png 0 0 dev https://www.westernportwater.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/WW_RGB-300x102.png dev2015-04-01 06:45:372021-08-23 17:53:34Important changes to recycled water inspections The Minister for Environment, Climate Change and Water is seeking expressions of interest from suitably qualified and experienced people for board director positions for Victoria’s 19 water corporations from 1 October 2015. The Victorian Government is committed to ensuring our boards represent the diversity of our communities. Women, Indigenous people, people with a disability, young people, and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply. Applications open on Monday 20 April and close on Sunday 31 May 2015. Information on how to apply will be available at Department of Environment, Land, Water & Planning
How to support our work in the Parish of West Grinstead Everything we do is only possible because of generous donations in time and, of course, money by local people. Please download our 5-year financial plan here, and then take a moment to view the message below ... A message from the church warden, Mike Phillips, and the rector, Revd. Alison Letschka If you would like to support our work in the communities of West Grinstead and Partridge Green on a regular basis, you can download a standing order form here. Please complete this and send it on to your bank, or hand it to the rector or church warden. If you pay income tax, please also complete a Gift Aid declaration, which can be downloaded here. Or to make a one-off donation with a credit or debit card, please click here or scan this QR code and follow the instructions: Thank you so much for your support!
Thank you for your patience whilst we get a fully formulated plan into place in regards of opening Westwood Lakes back up. Following the government guidelines released as of 23rd June we have made sure that we are a COVID-secure business. We understand that they have advised for accommodation to house only members from two households. Due to our lodges being specifically made for us it means there is a lot more space than a typical caravan home, all single beds have a minimum distance of 1.2metres between them (this excludes our Swallow lodges, they have a much smaller area). If you are not comfortable with sharing a bedroom then we are happy for you to bring your own sleeping bag and blow up mattress to further social distance yourselves. We will not be supplying any additional bedding for those who bring their own blow up bed. We will be leaving our hot tubs running and will be maintaining them throughout the season, however it is at the customer’s discretion whether you choose to use it or not. All lodges will have disinfectant supplied for each bathroom, this is a measure supplied by us to help keep both our customers and employees safe. This will mean that you will have to clean your own surfaces down throughout your stay to keep the risk of any transmission down. The café will be open on 7 days a week from 7:30am until 3pm and then from 6pm until 8pm for all evening meals, you will be able to sit inside the café or take the food back to your log cabin. All tables inside the café will be spaced according to the social distancing measures, there is also our outdoor seating where you are able to sit. The mallard will be open on a Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 10:30am – 3:00pm and then again 6:00pm until 10:00pm, Saturday and Sunday will be open all day, 10:30am until 10:00pm. Again, all seating both inside and out will have full social distancing measures in place, there is plenty of room for everyone. These hours may be subject to change. The mallard and the fisherman’s rest have all the necessary systems in place for social distancing, there are clearly displayed entrances and exits to avoid the crossing over of members of the public when they are leaving and entering the building. If you are entering fishing matches or the WWL Opens, then all draws are done by WWL staff at 8:30am outside of the main reception and all weighing in is being done by WWL staff and there is to be no following round of the weighing in to reduce the risk of breaking social distancing. If you are shielding then you must follow all government guidelines that are in place for yourselves, we are unable to provide any additional protection for yourselves and others further than the outlined procedures of social distancing. If you may be showing any symptoms of COVID-19; a fever, sore throat or a loss of sense of smell or taste, or you have been in contact with anyone who may be displaying these symptoms you must isolate for 14 days. Please do NOT come to Westwood Lakes if you are displaying any symptoms for the safety of other holiday makers and our staff. All Westwood Lakes staff have been trained and understand the full cleaning procedures that must happen across the site and predominantly in the cabins. All cabins will be thoroughly sanitised and cleaned between each changeover of guests to ensure everyone is kept safe and well. Please read all guidelines we have laid out before you arrive for your holiday. We are unable to assist if you have forgotten or not read and understood our guidelines. We want to keep our employees and our guests safe and happy whilst they are here at Westwood Lakes. Thank you for your co-operation, we hope to see you soon. From all here at Westwood Lakes.
The first choice for strategy and fundraising In the current climate, and despite its often low ROI, community fundraising is still a great way to engage with donors and prospects, but to justify the time and effort you really need to ensure you are squeezing all the benefits from it you can. I heard a presentation recently by a well-known regional charity that described its flagship annual event that has been running for 20 years. This is a successful event, raising £80,000 of general funds each year, but I could not help thinking they were missing a few tricks. Although the charity manages to keep the PR fresh (no mean feat with an old event format), there was no focus on using it for donor acquisition or to cross sell other fundraising opportunities to participants. We learned that no development work was being done with potential major donors who took part and, despite fully one third of those registering not turning up, there was no policy to charge even a small admin fee upfront (which would help defray the cost of the no-shows). Don’t get me wrong. The event works well for this charity. However, it is clear they could be squeezing more value out of what is a labour intensive activity. As it is, it is seen as stand-alone and appears not to be integrated into the fundraising strategy. For the long term, they should be using it to support a range of fundraising, including of course legacies. So before you invest in new or risky initiatives, my question is this: Are you maximising the impact of your current activities and squeezing every drop of value out of them that you can? If not, I suggest you make a cup of tea and sit down with a colleague to review your activities – it might just make all the difference in the current climate! Would you like to receive regular email updates from Wootton George?
Who would have thought that Dundee would one day be leading the way in the world of technology? Well, that could be the case soon, if a new firm gets its way to lay its fibre cables for super-fast broadband in the city. Dundee, Bournemouth and Northampton are currently vying for favouritism and the title of the UK's first 'fibre town' thanks to company H2O. Speeds of up to 100Mbps could be just around the corner... Capable of offering speeds of up to 100Mbps, the news comes as the UK threatens to slip down the Internet speed league table compared to other European countries. These super-fast connections would hopefully herald much higher quality downloadable content, including high definition TV, films and games. The fibre connections offered by H2O have already been installed in local council buildings in Bournemouth, Northampton and Dundee, and will then be rolled out across the whole of the chosen town from September. The process is expected to take around 18 months, with the company aiming to add the service to another 14 towns over the next five years. Another bonus is that laying the cables doesn't require digging up the roads – hurrah! – as the fibre takes advantage of existing ducting in... our sewers. This should mean the process of delivering these high-speed connections is cheaper and faster. The service itself is delivered to homes using a four-inch box that attaches to the house. BT plans to trial its own fibre connections in Ebbsfleet in Kent, while also promising to connect all newly built housing estates in the UK – see more on this at BT's website here.
Yes, thatâ€™s right: SPEAKING. At the tail end of last year (and after much deliberation; is it poncy, is it not?) I added aÂ ‘Speaking’ tab to my blog. First, to record all the speaking engagements that I am lucky enough to get/give and second, to serve as a way for folk to not only see the way I work, but also get in touch should they wish to book me. Last year topped out at three different presentations and talks, and given that 2011’s end number was six, I really don’t think this is good enough. After reviewing last year’s fairly lacklustre efforts I decided that this year, 2013, I’m going to proactively hunt down new speaking opportunities and get back into the swing of things again. The best thing is, my new responsibilities at Ogilvy now allow me the freedom to pursue this goal, which means I can make the time where appropriate. Brilliant. Saying it is one thing, but doing it is another – a bit like running, really; you just need to put the effort in. Which is why, after only three weeks gone in the year, there are four slots already on the horizon! The two I can tell you about? TomorrowÂ I’m speaking at the SocialTV conference. The speaker line up looks great and, after my post last year about how hard TV-based social media integration is failing, I believe I’m being pitched in to add a bit of realism to the proceedings. I can’t wait! Then on Thursday, I’m one of the speakers at the SalesForce Social Success Mic-Up. This time speaking about social media trends looking forward into 2013. I made some predictions in August last year and for this sessions I’ll be building on those and trying to see what else we can see coming ’round the corner. Two confirmed, and two under discussion. If the latter come in, I’ve already beaten last year’s score. Perfect. It’s amazing what you can achieve when you set yourself a goal like that. Who’d a thunk it? Additional reading: being a better speaker, by Terence Eden
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At Whiz Kids Nursery we combine caring with education by following the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), which means that we carry out regular observations of every child, ensuring that their learning and development incorporates their interests and needs. Observation is the formal term for one of the most important aspects of day-to-day professional practice when working with children. This allows key persons to see a child by carefully looking, listening and noting the activities of a child or group of children. This will cover all areas of the EYFS, as well as recording special moments, like your child’s first steps, kindness towards others or even eating something for the first time. All of your child's experiences at nursery are recorded via ParentZone in their unique Learning Journal, enabling you to look over your child’s time at nursery for years to come. The evidence collected from these observations is analysed regularly to make assessments of the children’s learning and development. Under the EYFS all practitioners working with children are required to use formative assessments and observations to support the children’s individual planning. What is ParentZone? ParentZone is a system that allows you to view your child’s Learning Journal online. It is available via a PC or Mac by going to www.parentzone.me and is also available via a smart phone app. It is designed to bring you as a parent, closer to your child’s development in nursery. How can I access ParentZone? An email will be sent to your supplied email address which will allow you to register and create a password. You will then be able to log on and view your child’s online portfolio, so you see at any time what your child is achieving during their time in nursery. You can download apps for ParentZone on android and iOS devices by searching the Apple App store or Google Play Store using the term ‘ParentZone’ How safe are my details? The system is secure and the information contained within this system will only be accessed by you and our nursery team – under no circumstances will the information, observations or photos be shared with anyone else. Connection to iConnect and ParentZone is protected by industry standards just like your online banking which ensure nobody can eavesdrop on your connection. You can rest assured; your data is super safe. What are the benefits of ParentZone? There are many benefits to using ParentZone to view your child’s Learning Journal online. You can easily see your child’s daily activities like meals, sleep times and nappy changes. You will be able to see a timeline of your child’s day at nursery, with photos, videos and notes on your child’s daily activities that are logged by your child’s Key Person during their time in nursery. You can access the system from home or work, at any time you choose, as you will have a unique user name and password You will be able to add observations from home, which our staff teams can utilise in nursery. You can be involved in your child’s assessments, and by adding comments and other important information that you would like nursery to be aware of you can enhance communication between home and nursery to benefit your child’s development. For more information, please speak to your child’s Key Person or our nursery manager Fran. "Children's independence is promoted well. Children recognise their own needs, make choices about snacks, peel their own fruit and get themselves ready for outdoor play."
George II (George Augustus, 10 November 1683 – 25 October 1760) was a British king. He was born in Germany. He was the last British monarch born outside of Great Britain. New British law in the early 1700s showed that only his fathers mother, Sophia of Hanover and her Protestant children to inherit the British throne. After the deaths of George's grandmother and Queen Anne of Great Britain in 1714, George's father, became king of Great Britain as George I. This article does not have any sources. (July 2011) \|George II of Great Britain \|King of the United Kingdom and Hanover \|King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain Elector of Hanover \|11 June 1727 - 25 October 1760 \|11 October 1727 \|9 November 1683 \|25 October 1760(1760-10-25) (aged 76) Kensington Palace, London, England \|Caroline of Ansbach \|George I of Great Britain \|Sophia Dorothea of Celle He became King of Great Britain and King of Ireland in 1727 after the death of his father. He was also Elector of Hanover. His son, Frederick, Prince of Wales died before him, so Frederick’s son became George III of Great Britain. George II died of heart problems on the toilet on 25 October 1760. His body was buried on 11 November in Westminster Abbey next to his wife, Caroline of Ansbach
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Photographing Theodore Roosevelt National Park (TPNP) is a a rewarding experience. Because it is not heavily visited, photographers can capture unobstructed views without cars or people. Yay! It is important to know that there are three separate areas, or units, of the park: North, South, Elkhorn Ranch. And, they are many miles apart. In addition, along I-94 near Medora, there is the Painted Canyon Visitor Center and rest stop. These photos are from our visit to the North and South units. Photographs from Theodore Roosevelt National Park The North Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park The first area we visited was the North Unit, which is about 80 miles north of the South Unit. The entrance is along ND Highway 85. The scenery is a nice mixture of badlands topography, woodlands, and grasslands. And, the Missouri River runs through it. Since we were visiting in the fall, one of the spectacular scenes was the golden cottonwood trees crowded along the banks of the river and its tributaries. The 14-mile scenic drive is mostly paved and passes through all the main areas of this unit. Along the way you see classic badlands topography with rilled hillsides and giant iron-rich concretions. The road then climbs out of the highly eroded landscape onto rolling prairie grassland. Here you can find bison and wild horses. And, the best part is that there are very few other people! If you have the time, camp overnight in the Juniper Campground. To learn more: https://www.nps.gov/thro/planyourvisit/north-unit.htm. The South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park The South Unit is close to I-90 near Medora, North Dakota. This is the more popular unit of the park, so expect more competition for choice viewpoints. Much like the North Unit, there are eroded badlands, rolling prairies, bison, and horses. In addition, there are several Prairie Dog cities along the 36-mile scenic loop. The South Unit has a few more attractions for tourists. For instance, there is a Visitor Center, the remnants of a brick factory, and the rebuilt Maltese Cross Cabin. This cabin was moved from its original location at the Chimney Butte Ranch. Additionally, there is the town of Medora. Here, you can find food, drink, gas, and lodging. I recommend, however, that you try to camp at the Cottonwood Campground. It will be easier for you to take those luscious dawn and dusk shots. To learn more: https://www.nps.gov/thro/planyourvisit/south-unit.htm. Fantasy rock formations Once, this area was part of a vast sea and flood plain. Then, about 65 million years ago, tectonic forces uplifted the region. Rivers, such as the Yellowstone and its tributaries, started to flow across this uplifted plain. As a result, soil and rock were eroded away creating all kinds of fantasy formations. Looking out from the many overlooks, visitors can see balancing caprocks, rock spires, hoodoos, hogbacks, fluted hillsides, mesas, and buttes. We have photographed other locations with similar types of rock formations. These locations include: To purchase our photos All of our scenic photographs are available as fine art prints. Use the contact form to the right to get more information. Or, go to our Fine Art Print page to learn about various pricing options.
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By Solomon L. Wisenberg Solomon L. Wisenberg is a partner and co-chair of the white collar criminal defense practice group of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP. What do Martha Stewart, General Michael Flynn, and George Papadopoulos have in common? They were each charged, under Title 18, United States Code, Section 1001, with lying to federal government agents. Ms. Stewart was convicted of intentionally misleading SEC and FBI officials who questioned her about insider trading. Flynn pled guilty to deceiving FBI Special Agent Peter Strzok about phone calls to the Russian Ambassador. Papadopoulos was sentenced to 14 days for deceiving FBI Special Agents assigned to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia Gate investigation. Here are three criminal defendants from widely divergent backgrounds. Yet all of them were ensnared by Section 1001, a perennial favorite of federal prosecutors. Did you know that it is a crime to tell a lie to the federal government? Even if your lie is oral and not under oath? Even if you have received no warnings of any kind? Even if you are not trying to cheat the government out of money? Even if the government is not actually misled by your falsehood? Well it is. Title 18, United States Code, Section 1001 makes it a crime to: 1) knowingly and willfully; 2) make any materially false, fictitious or fraudulent statement or representation; 3) in any matter within the jurisdiction of the executive, legislative or judicial branch of the United States. Your lie does not even have to be made directly to an employee of the national government as long as it is “within the jurisdiction” of the ever expanding federal bureaucracy. Though the falsehood must be “material” this requirement is met if the statement has the “natural tendency to influence or [is] capable of influencing, the decision of the decisionmaking body to which it is addressed.” United States v. Gaudin , 515 U.S. 506, 510 (1995). (In other words, it is not necessary to show that your particular lie ever really influenced anyone.) Although you must know that your statement is false at the time you make it in order to be guilty of this crime, you do not have to know that lying to the government is a crime or even that the matter you are lying about is “within the jurisdiction” of a government agency. United States v. Yermian , 468 U.S. 63, 69 (1984). For example, if you lie to your employer on your time and attendance records and, unbeknownst to you, he submits your records, along with those of other employees, to the federal government pursuant to some regulatory duty, you could be criminally liable. Even in our age of ever expanding federal power, the breadth of this statute (and the discretion it lodges in prosecutors) is awesome. Congress has regulated so many areas of our lives and federalized so many functions that the reach of Section 1001 is virtually boundless. This is what caused many federal courts to create an “exculpatory no” doctrine, holding that falsely answering “no” to an inquiry from a federal agent was, standing alone, not a crime under Section 1001. In 1998, however, the United States Supreme Court rejected this doctrine (as being inconsistent with legislative intent) in Brogan v. United States , 522 U.S. 398, 805 (1998). Thus, the only avenue for reform with respect to Section 1001 is in Congress, where politicians seldom get brownie points for narrowing the reach of federal criminal statutes. But why, you may ask, should law-abiding citizens be alarmed about this statute? Don’t the feds only pick on big-league liars? Don’t we trust the federal government and its law enforcement officers and assume that they are responsibly trying to ferret out crime? Besides, if we meet an FBI agent that we do not trust, can’t we always decline to speak to him? It may be true that most federal agents and prosecutors are decent people who would not intentionally abuse Section 1001. Moreover, it is very important from a law enforcement perspective for federal agents to be able to informally question witnesses during the initial stages of an investigation. And certainly citizens are under no obligation to speak to a law enforcement agent in the first place, although, as shown below, it is essential to learn how to decline to speak to government officers. But power corrupts, and the potential for abuse of this statute is great, especially during periods of public outcry over corporate and other white-collar crimes. When we reflect upon how many petty rules and regulations get broken and how many white lies are told during the course of an average American business day, it is apparent that Section 1001 can easily be applied and misapplied to normally upstanding folk. Consider, for example, the following hypothetical. Assume you are the former employee of a corrupt home health care agency. You hated the place, left as soon as you could and did your best while there not to join in the fraud you saw being committed all around you. Nevertheless, you looked the other way and on occasion minimally aided the owner’s criminal behavior. Maybe you transported false vouchers to the mailbox or handed miscoded bills to a visiting auditor. (It is very easy under federal criminal law to passively aid another in his or her crime and thereby subject yourself to criminal exposure. All you need is to know of another’s crime and perform any act, even a minor act, that intentionally and knowingly facilitates the crime.) Assume further that you are a registered nurse and that your licensing state will revoke your license if they find that you were involved in fraud. One afternoon, two years after you quit, your neighborhood FBI Specail Agent comes calling. He needs damaging information about your former employer and you certainly know enough to help out. But revealing what you know could also expose you to revocation of your license. What do you do in that situation and what are the potential pitfalls? Your first instinct may very well be to feign lack of knowledge concerning the details of the former employer’s behavior, particularly if, as is often the case, the agent’s visit is unexpected. People often panic in these encounters and blurt out falsehoods to cover up past misdeeds, even very small misdeeds. Once you make that fateful choice the FBI agent and the Assistant United States Attorney (“AUSA”) who he works with may have you over a barrel. If they possess enough evidence to prove that you are lying they can bring or threaten to bring charges against you under Section 1001. In fact some AUSAs specifically send agents out to conduct interviews knowing that a witness will either tell the truth and help build a case against someone else or lie and subject himself to a Section 1001 charge . In such situations, the federal agent is typically well-informed about the facts of the case, but plays dumb in order to instill a false sense of confidence in the interview subject. And, unlike you, the agent has had time to examine all relevant documents. (It also bears noting that the FBI will usually not tape record the interview and that the only official interview report will be an FBI 302, which is the agent’s own dictated version of the conversation. Agents usually work in pairs as well, so in any later dispute over what was said in the interview, guess whose version is likely to prevail? Yours, or the two FBI agents who dictated the 302?) Even if the prosecutor does not really want to indict a little fish like you, by lying in the interview you may force him to do so. If he ultimately convinces you to tell the truth and indicts your former employer, he must still reveal your falsehood to the employer’s attorney, under Brady v. Maryland , 373 U.S. 83 (1963) and Giglio v. United States , 405 U.S. 150 (1972). This information will be used by the attorney to publicly and vigorously cross-examine you at trial. Since you are now going to be a tainted witness, because of your original falsehood, the prosecutor may feel obliged to indict you in order to show a jury (or other potential witnesses) that you have paid a price for lying to the FBI. Hence we see that even a decent person who tries to stay out of trouble can face criminal exposure under Section 1001 through a fleeting conversation with government agents. What else can be done (in our hypothetical interview) to avoid being placed in such a dilemma? Of course, you can simply tell the whole truth the first time, like your mommy taught you to do. Wouldn’t that be the easy thing to do, even if your nursing license ends up being revoked? Perhaps. But by telling the truth, and avoiding prosecution under Section 1001, you expose yourself to a potential indictment for aiding and abetting your former employer’s health care fraud. You don’t think it could happen? Trust me. It happens all the time, almost every week, all across this country. What if you are absolutely convinced that you didn’t do anything to help your former employer and that you are entirely innocent of wrongdoing? Since you have nothing to hide, is it safe to talk? There can still be real danger in speaking to a government agent in these circumstances. To begin with, you are not qualified to know whether you are innocent of wrongdoing under federal criminal law . I have already noted the minimal nature of the act needed to connect you to another’s crime if you have knowledge of that crime. But the danger goes beyond this. Not all federal crimes (particularly regulatory crimes) even require criminal intent. Moreover, you and your employer may have engaged in some widespread industry practice, acceptable at the time, which is now under stricter scrutiny. One offhand remark to the federal agent could turn into a damaging admission. Even assuming your absolute innocence of the wrongdoing being investigated, however, the agent has had the luxury of minutely studying all of the relevant paperwork surrounding that investigation. You, on the other hand, may not have thought about the subject matter, much less the underlying details, of his inquiry for years. You will probably not be shown any of the pertinent documents before the interview begins. You could easily make factual mistakes during your interview . What happens then? Maybe nothing, if you are dealing with an experienced agent who surmises that you are trying to tell the truth. But if the agent is inexperienced and unsure of your culpability or if you are not confirming his version of events, your mistakes can easily be interpreted as intentional falsehoods under Section 1001. Is there an intelligent alternative to lying or telling the truth that we have not yet examined? Yes. In our hypothetical interview, you can politely decline to be interviewed by the FBI Special Agent, telling him or her that you have an attorney and that “my attorney will be in contact with you.” If the agent persists, say that you will not discuss anything without first consulting counsel. Ask for the agent’s card, to give to your attorney. If you have not yet hired a lawyer, tell the agent that “I want to consult a lawyer first” or that “an attorney will be in touch with you.” The absolutely essential thing to keep in mind is to say nothing of substance about the matter under investigation. It is preferable to do this by politely declining to be interviewed in the absence of counsel. If the agent asks “why do you need an attorney?” or “what do you have to hide?” do not take his bait and directly respond to such questions. (Do not even say that you have nothing to hide.) Simply state that you will not discuss the matter at all without first consulting counsel and that counsel will be in touch with him. If the agent asks for a commitment from you to speak with him after you have consulted or retained counsel, do not oblige him. Just respond that you will consult with your attorney (or “an” attorney) and that the attorney will be in touch. And by all means do not get bullied or panicked into making up a phony reason for refusing to talk. You are not obliged to explain your decision to anyone. What if the FBI agent threatens to have you subpoenaed to the grand jury if you don’t talk? Simply repeat your mantra that you will not discuss the matter with him in the absence of counsel. (If you are already represented tell the agent that you authorize your attorney to accept service of the subpoena. That way you will not have to be embarrassed at work by the FBI’s service of a grand jury subpoena in broad daylight.) What if the agent already has a subpoena and serves you with it? Thank him and tell him that your attorney will be in touch. It is crucial to note that affirmatively declining to discuss the investigation in the absence of counsel is not the same thing as remaining completely silent . If you are not in custody, your total silence, especially in the face of an accusation, can very possibly be used against you as an adoptive admission under the Federal Rules of Evidence. Your invocation of counsel, however, cannot be used against you at trial. United States v. McDonald , 620 F.2d 559, 561-64 (5th Cir. 1980). Your refusal to talk substance in the absence of counsel will force the prosecutor to decide whether your information is important enough to justify a grand jury subpoena for your testimony. If the prosecutor responds to your declination by serving you with a grand jury subpoena, this will present you with an interesting range of options such as: 1) testifying; 2) refusing to testify, by invoking the Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination, which broadly applies to anyone , innocent or guilty, facing criminal exposure; 3) testifying (or talking to the government) only after receiving a grant of immunity; or 4) proffering to the government-that is, giving them a sneak preview of what you will tell them if they agree to grant you immunity. The important thing to remember is that declining to speak to the agent in the first place buys you time in which to weigh these alternative strategies with your white-collar criminal defense attorney . I am not suggesting that you should obstruct the FBI or invariably decline to answer an agent’s questions. If you are certain that you have committed no crime, and if the agent promises you that nothing will happen to you if you tell the truth, and if it is crystal clear that you are nothing but a peripheral witness, it may be appropriate to voluntarily interview with federal law enforcement officials. But don’t speak to them unless: you have discussed the matter thoroughly with your attorney; your attorney has called the prosecutor to determine your status as a witness, subject or target; and, your attorney is present during the interview. Neither am I suggesting that it is generally acceptable to be interviewed by federal agents as long as your attorney is present . In fact, it is usually unacceptable and is often quite risky. (Just ask Martha Stewart, who had counsel by her side when interviewed by the FBI and SEC.) Indeed, barring special circumstances, I never let a client with the slightest degree of criminal exposure submit to an interview by government agents . There are some instances in which you may effectively be forced to interview with law enforcement agents. If you are an employee of the government and you are assured that an inquiry is administrative only and that your interview will not result in any criminal action against you, you will usually be required , in order to keep your job, to submit to the interview. Furthermore, a private employer can require you to cooperate with a law enforcement or regulatory investigation as a condition of continued employment. If you are an officer or director of a company that operates in a regulated industry or does business with the federal government, your failure to submit to questioning by regulatory officials may result in significant economic sanctions against you or your company by the United States. But even in the above situations, you should avoid substantive conversations when law enforcement agents make surprise visits. If you have to submit to an interview, it is far better to do so after careful consultation with your attorney. If all of this sounds complicated, it is. Whether you speak, what you say and how and when you say it can have a profound effect on your future when you find yourself involved in a white-collar criminal investigation . The time to realize this, hire an experienced white-collar criminal defense attorney and develop a strategic plan is before the feds come knocking at your door.
LONDON (AP) — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has appealed the British’s government decision to order his extradition to the U.S. The appeal was filed Friday at the High Court. It's the latest twist in a decade-long legal saga sparked by his website’s publication of classified U.S. documents. Assange’s supporters staged protests before his 51st birthday on Saturday. His wife Stella Assange was among people who gathered outside the Home Office on Friday to call for his release from prison. Assange has been serving time in a British prison since 2019 when he was removed from the Ecuadorian embassy in London. Julian Assange has battled in British courts for years to avoid being sent to the U.S., where he faces 17 charges of espionage and one charge of computer misuse.
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A coyote was caught in Central Park two days ago, but only after leading New York City police, parks department workers and the media on a wild chase. I remember the last time a coyote appeared in New York City, in 1999. Coyotes are extremely intelligent and among the most adaptable of mammals - and their habitat is always being developed by humans - so you never know where they'll turn up. Even so, how an animal like this ends up in Central Park makes me shake my head in wonder. This one's bound for a wildlife rehabilitation farm in upstate New York. Last night we saw another adorable canine: Gromit. We watched "Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit". It's very enjoyable, and if you don't know Wallace and Gromit, this is a good place to start. We've been fans of Nick Park and his insanely detailed plasticine animation since seeing "Creature Comforts" and "A Grand Day Out" ages ago at New York City's Film Forum. The screening included a making-of documentary, about Park's painstaking animation techniques, and his incredible commitment to his vision. After toiling on "Creature Comforts" for more than five years, Park had finished about ten minutes of his movie. Once the film-school studio discovered his work and offered their resources, it took another two years to make the rest. Which means it took seven years to make a 30-minute film. Now, with a whole studio at his disposal, the work is just as finely detailed, but richer, more fleshed out. Although I didn't like "Chicken Run," the first Nick Park/Aardman/Dreamworks feature, I love all the Wallace & Gromit films: "A Grand Day Out," "The Wrong Trousers" (penguin!) and "A Close Shave" (sheep!). They're so much fun. The "Were-Rabbit" DVD has lots of extras, and in this case the "making of" featurette is really worth seeing. There's also a summary of Park's career, in which you can see snippets of the other films. As much as I admire Park's work and his dedication to his vision, I just adore Gromit. It's his face! Those facial expressions just drive me crazy. Check out this film, you'll enjoy it.
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In South Africa’s chase of 235, England desperately needed to break the partnership of 74 runs between Laura Wolvaardt and Luus. A flighted delivery from Dean drew an error from the right-hander, and the ever-alert wicket-keeper Amy Jones whipped the bails off before Luus could land her back foot. True to her reputation, Dean had snuffed out another big wicket. Interestingly, for Dean, the reputation of bagging the big wickets under pressure started with the wicket of Jones in the inaugural season of The Hundred back home in July 2021. Playing for London Spirit at Edgbaston in Birmingham, she rattled Jones’ middle stump to turn the innings in her team’s favor. Jones had cruised to 33 off just 16 balls and Spirit needed a breakthrough, which Dean duly provided. Her next two wickets in the competition were Fran Wilson and Danielle Wyatt, both international cricketers. Her reputation as a big-wicket taker was growing. “I didn’t even notice the pattern,” Dean told Women's CricZone last August when asked about this happy knack. “It is pretty cool to even bowl against the players of that caliber. To be able to pick up a few wickets is brilliant as well. Amy Jones was a special wicket for me just because it was my first wicket and I bowled her.” ALSO READ: England, Anya and Eminem: Till they collapse Heather Knight’s side fell short of the knockout stage of The Hundred, but Dean was second in the wicket charts for her team, behind Indian international Deepti Sharma. In her second ODI in English colors, she ran through New Zealand’s lower-middle order. A rain-affected match went in England’s favor after Dean’s four-wicket haul dented the Kiwi hopes while chasing a moderate total of 197. Knight praised the newest off-spinner in the post-match presentations. “Charlie Dean was exceptional with the ball. (New Zealand) were on top until the rain-break, then she came in and bowled like that, which was impressive,” she said. Dean followed up that four-wicket haul with a three-fer in the fourth ODI in Derby. This time she bowled former New Zealand captain Amy Satterthwaite and trapped current captain Sophie Devine in front to turn the momentum towards England. Playing her first-ever series for England, Dean topped the wicket charts with 10 wickets in five matches. It appeared like England had finally found an off-spinner with the potential to fill the giant hole left by Laura Marsh and Danielle Hazell. Following a dramatic debut, it came as no surprise that Dean earned a spot in England's World Cup squad, but she had to wait a while before she got an opportunity to take the field. After narrowly missing a victory against South Africa, England entered the re-match of the 2017 World Cup final against India, without a single point on the table. Dean was introduced in the 17th over and she made an immediate impact. Combining with Jones, she dismissed India’s vice-captain Harmanpreet Kaur, who had smashed a century against West Indies in the previous game, for just 14. Two balls later, Sneh Rana, India’s savior with the bat against Pakistan, had to trudge back to the pavilion without scoring a run. In her fifth over, Pooja Vastrakar was trapped in front, and India had been reduced to 88 for six. Dean bagged the Player of the Match award and earned a pat on the back from England pacer Anya Shrubsole as well. “I'm absolutely buzzing for Charlie – this is obviously her first World Cup - she is 20 I think - and to bowl as well as she did in obviously what was a really high-pressure game - two wickets in her first over and she just really I guess backed up the early wickets. I'm over the moon for Deano - she's someone who's really popular amongst this group - a seriously talented cricketer,” Shrubsole said. ALSO READ: Keep Calm and Carry On, England The match against hosts New Zealand was England’s only chance to stay alive in the tournament. A clash between the hosts and the defending champions with unpredictable weather just raised the stakes even more. England opted to bowl first and Dean broke the vital third-wicket partnership between Amelia Kerr and Satterthwaite. Kerr, who continued her purple patch since her return to the international cricket, mistimed a sweep shot and was caught by Shrubsole. Dean added Satterthwaite to her wickets tally once again by trapping her in front. After these blows in the middle-overs and with Devine out of the action due to back issues, New Zealand never really found a way to score runs in the first innings and were bundled out for 203. Dean had done her job with the ball by adding a few more big-name players to her kitty. In the nervy chase, Dean and Shrubsole held their nerve to keep England’s knock-out hopes alive. Knight once again, lauded the efforts of the 21-year- old playing her first ICC tournament. “She is a wicket-taker, which is sometimes rare for an offspinner. She goes for runs but (is) also very attacking and threatening, which we want her to be. She has been brilliant and picked up wickets at key times. Chuffed for her, she has come in and done really well,” Knight said. England pacer Kate Cross summarised Dean’s journey perfectly in the post-match press conference. “I guess, The Hundred that we've got domestically back home is what prepares these young girls now to come in and play international cricket. That step up now isn't as drastic as it used to be. So Charlie played in The Hundred probably, which wasn't too dissimilar to the kind of the crowd that we've got today and the pressure that was on her, but she keeps it nice and simple.” “We've got a lot of young talent, got girls out on the bench who haven't played much cricket for England, but when they come in, hopefully, they'll be able to put the hand up and get a good performance in - but Dean has been brilliant. She's great in the field. She's energetic, and like I said she just keeps it simple,” Cross added. Dean is the one of the first products of the system and one hopes not the last. She has stepped up beautifully in her short international career so far and there's much to look forward to.
Kathran Siegel builds some very unusual furniture. To call it artistic is too timid. She herself calls it imagistic. Making sure that her furniture works on a lot of levels is very important to Kathran. She does that by integrating her imagery into furniture that can be used every day. So while her coffee table may look pretty radical, it still functions quite well as a coffee table. She used to make pieces that were closer to art than they were to furniture, but she’s moving away from that in her current work. “I felt like I wanted to begin to address some other kinds of issues that have to do with living. [Work she did in the past] was very limited in the kinds of clientele that could go for it. You had to have a very big space and a big wallet,” she admits. Now she’s using the concept of still life imagery to create artistic furniture that works on a lot of levels. She will build a table and carve some accesories that go with the table so that the customer can set up a scene that looks like a still life, but can also disassemble the image and just use the table for breakfast. As Kathran puts it, “the furniture can have a life of its own in the real world. Or if you viewed it with the objects I carved around it…you could view it as part of a still life.” Her past works, she says, took up a lot of space and were more like sculpture. Consequently, only people with big houses could fit them in their lives. When she moved to smaller digs, she began to think about making pieces that fit into smaller spaces. That got her thinking about ways to break down larger pieces of furniture into separate, smaller pieces. For example, she has one table that can break down into two smaller tables and be reassembled using a wooden hinge. She jokes that her background in Tinker Toys helps her do some of this work. A lot of her joinery is done with dowels. Kathran has a background in painting and drawing, but admits she’s never been much good at it. She struggled with rendering images in two dimensions, but when she started woodcarving in college, it all came together for her. “I discovered that I could look at something and I could carve it and render it, but I couldn’t draw it,” she says. It’s no surprise, therefore, that she doesn’t build furniture from drawings. She first makes a maquette, a small model, of the piece and builds it based on that. “What I found was that if you do it small scale and you work everything out there, for the most part, it translates,” says Kathran, “whatever your problems with balance are in the small scale, it’s not that different when you go larger.” She prefers blonde woods for her furniture because she often paints a portion of her pieces. She also does a lot of carving on the pieces she creates. One of her favorite tools for carving is a die grinder. She was at a show trying to take off a lot of material with a small multi-tool, burning through a lot of motors in the process. One of the other woodworkers at the show introduced her to the die grinder and its attachments and it has become her favorite tool. She also uses a power hand planer for some of her work and a chainsaw when the work warrants it. “It’s actually a pretty gentle tool,” Kathran says of her chainsaw, “it looks like it’s just eating the wood up, but it only takes a layer and then the wood is good beyond that. It’s like a big file in a way.” – Bob Filipczak
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The 2017 WorldSBK title is heading ‘home’ to Australia! Well, at least partially, with Kawasaki factory pilot Jonathan Rea, who’s based in the Isle of Man but calls Australia home over summer, on the cusp of making history as the first rider to win three WorldSBK titles in a row. The 30 year old Northern Irishman who’s married to Phillip Island’s Tatia Weston, and has two half Australian children, is likely to achieve the feat this weekend (Sept 29-Oct 1) at round 11 of the 2017 Superbike World Championship at Magny-Cours in France. It’s the holy grail of WorldSBK competition, and Rea is in the box seat to secure his third successive title as he takes a whopping 120 pt (431 to 311) lead over teammate Tom Sykes into the third last round of the year, followed by Ducati pair Chaz Davies (296pts) and Marco Melandri (250pts). A victory in race one on Saturday would put the 2017 championship issue beyond doubt – a likely proposition after his brilliant clean sweep at the last round in Portugal – but even if that doesn’t materialise all the permutations point to Rea getting the job done in race two on Sunday. But he’s still not thinking that way, even with such a massive lead. “I want to put the championship out of my mind for now and go and do my best in both races. I’m confident with how the ZX-10RR is now, and that we can go and fight for race wins. I’m excited especially after such a strong weekend in Portimao where we remained for a day of testing after the race. We found some positives that we can perhaps implement this weekend to give me some extra confidence on corner entry. Magny-Cours is a great circuit and one that I’ve been strong at in the past. The circuit itself requires a little compromise when setting up the bike and we will also have to keep in mind the weather, as at this time of the year anything can happen.” Even if France doesn’t deliver the ultimate prize for Rea, there will be two more opportunities in Spain (October 21-22) or Qatar (November 3-4) to cement himself into WorldSBK history. The timing will work itself out, but the inevitable end result will add another layer of cream to a career that has gone from strength to strength since he joined Kawasaki in 2015. Over the last three seasons he’s racked up victories at such a rapid rate that his career total is now 49 – a figure bested only by Aussie Troy Bayliss (52) and Carl Fogarty (59). Three other riders have attempted the WorldSBK three-peat – Americans Fred Merkel (champion in 1988-1989), Doug Polen (1991-1992) and British bulldog Fogarty (1994-1995 and 1998-1999) – but none have been able to get the job done. Once Rea’s record-breaking season ends, he will again head back to Australia with his Phillip Island-raised wife Tatia and their two sons Jake and Tyler. Once they’re back in the Aussie sun, the family will divide its time between Phillip Island and the picturesque northern Victorian town of Bright, where Rea indulges in his passion for road cycling. It’s a family affair that has seen Rea become a clear favourite among local WorldSBK fans, especially with the absence of an Aussie rider at the pointy end of the production-based series in recent years. The 2018 MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship commence at the glorious high-speed Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit from February 23-25. Tickets on sale soon. For further information go to www.worldsbk.com.au or call the toll free WorldSBK Hotline 1300 728 007.
Raleigh science teacher wins presidential award Research shows that students start to lose interest in science as early as the third grade. One Wake County teacher is fighting that trend. Her ability to keep students interested in science has won her national recognition.Posted — Updated The kids of Hunter Elementary School in Raleigh are out for the summer, but teacher Carol Wooten is already planning for the fall and how she'll approach her favorite subject. “Science is more than just using a textbook. Science is hands-on. It’s inquiry-based,” she said. Wooten puts that philosophy into practice with her fifth-graders at Hunter. Students use science notebooks to design experiments, test theories and come up with conclusions. “We don’t provide them the answers. We let them discover the answers,” she said. Wooten’s efforts were rewarded recently when she was named a winner of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science. Winners were notified by e-mail, but Wooten missed it. She was busy giving birth to her first child. “I was a little otherwise occupied at that point,” she said. The presidential teaching award comes with $10,000. Wooten says she plans to use some of that money to buy classroom laptops. Wooten said her students have kept her occupied and motivated for the past 12 years. “You come in and the kids go, ‘(I) hope I’m doing science today.’ (I say), ‘This is a science day,’ and they all say ‘Yes!’ So, that’s fulfilling to see,” Wooten said. “We’re not going to find a cure for cancer by reading about it. We have to actually get in there and do something. So that’s what we’re working on with our kids, is making sure they have those experiences.”
NXT Tag Team Champions The Creed Brothers def. Edris Enofe and Malik Blade Enofe and Blade simping over Toxic Attraction for as long as they did was really dumb and I hope that's in the past because they're actually a very talented team. I see bigger things in Enofe's future as he has way more charisma than Blade, but they have nice chemistry as partners. They were made to look credible in defeat with how long this lasted. This was the perfect first title defense for Creed Brothers. Fallon Henley def. Tiffany Stratton This was a rematch from a few weeks ago when Henley willingly agreed to face Stratton in a Breakout Tournament semifinal match when she had no reason to. She lost and looked like an idiot for agreeing to it in the first place. I don't mind her getting her win back here and the fact she was aggressive out of the gate was a nice touch, but Wendy Choo being the one to cost Stratton the victory was lame. I have no desire to see Stratton and Choo rekindle their rivalry. Stratton is constantly improving, while the Choo gimmick has already hit a dead end. Wes Lee def. Xyon Quinn I was high on Quinn at the start of NXT 2.0, but he's really bored the hell out of me lately. There was something there with him as the silent badass babyface, but this heel turn has made him even more generic. They once again had a fun little sprint in the few minutes they were allotted. I feared Quinn would win to set up a rubber match, but Lee winning for the second straight time was the right call. He has way more upside and should continue to be built up. The Dyad def. Javier Bernal and Dante Chen The Dyad are who we've been referring to as Joe Gacy's druids for the last several weeks. I have to imagine that The Grizzled Young Veterans are under the hoods considering we haven't seen them on NXT TV in months and it's not like they've been released. Gacy's post-match promo hinted that the two people under the hood were forgotten about and discarded by the audience, so they would fit that bill. The match itself was a pretty standard squash, but I hope The Dyad unmask soon because I feel like the hoods will hold them back. NXT North American Champion Carmelo Hayes and Trick Williams Interrupted Tony D'Angelo If it wasn't already obvious, this show was taped last week, hence why Troy "Two Dimes" Donovan was present in this segment despite being released over the weekend for what was reported to be a "policy" issue. I'm curious how he'll be written off the show starting next week. Anyway, D'Angelo was in the process of giving his boys "promotions" and talking about wanting a title shot when Hayes and Williams interrupted. Hayes granted him a title opportunity and it will happen next week. It was a serviceable segment. NXT Champion Bron Breakker def. Duke Hudson Hudson beat Breakker by disqualification prior to In Your House and I like how that wasn't forgotten about because it makes sense for Hudson's character to brag about that. Breakker gave him what he wanted in the form of a title shot and made extremely short work of him. I would have liked a little longer of a match because I think Hudson has potential, but it's not like Hudson has been positioned as anyone important lately, so booking this as a squash wasn't that big of a deal. The promo Cameron Grimes cut on Breakker afterward was great and I'm looking forward to their title match at The Great American Bash. Giovanni Vinci def. Guru Raaj Of course, Vinci is the former Fabian Aichner, who we haven't seen in an NXT ring since he ditched Marcel Barthel on the edition of NXT following Stand & Deliver in April. I was critical of WWE breaking up Imperium out of nowhere and I still feel they could have worked on SmackDown as a trio, but I'm all for Vinci getting the singles spotlight. He shined in the ring, but the presentation of his new character was not very good. That will certainly need some work. NXT North American Champion Carmelo Hayes and Trick Williams def. Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo and Troy "Two Dimes" Donovan This was a fairly basic tag team match. Lorenzo and Donovan are still developmental prospects, and as I mentioned earlier, Donovan has since been released and thus his performance in this match didn't really matter. It would have been very fitting if he was the one pinned (so they could easily explain his inevitable exile on screen), but unfortunately, that didn't happen. Next week's NXT North American Championship match might also be in doubt with D'Angelo being injured over the weekend unless next week's show was also already taped. Indi Hartwell, Cora Jade and Roxanne Perez def. Toxic Attraction (NXT Women's Champion Mandy Rose and NXT Women's Tag Team Champions Gigi Dolin and Jacy Jane) The babyfaces are being primed for title shots and thus it was logical for them to win here. Perez has a guaranteed championship opportunity coming off her victory in the Breakout Tournament, and seeing as how her friendship with Jade has been heavily emphasized lately, that's probably the direction they're headed in. Does that mean Hartwell will challenge for the NXT Women's Championship? I'd love for that to be the case, but if it's not, who else could possibly dethrone Rose at this point? This was a rock solid main event with everyone getting their time to shine. As previously noted, this was taped last week, which was made pretty clear by the commentary at certain points. That said, it didn't really affect my enjoyment of the episode one way or another. With a lot of the established names from NXT now gone, the brand is starting to build a new core group of competitors with both the men and women. These shows are far from the most exciting, but they're becoming more bearable, which is a start. If they can focus less on the silly crap and more on the in-ring actions and the prospects with the most potential, then NXT should be a better show to tune into week to week.
by Sharon Sala Contemporary Romance: Romantic Suspense, Mystery March 26, 2015 Available in: e-Book An ex-cop protects a beautiful mystery author from a killer fan in this romantic suspense novel by the New York Times--bestselling author of Remember Me. As an heiress to a broadcasting fortune, successful mystery author Caitlin Bennett is used to people saying she bought her way into fame. But the taunts become terrifying when she starts receiving menacing letters from a deranged fan. Meanwhile, the news that a woman has been found murdered---her body lightly covered by the New York snowfall---only adds to the chill Caitlin feels in her elegant Manhattan apartment. Though she's not thrilled by the idea, Caitlin agrees to hire her good friend's stepbrother, ex-cop Connor "Mac" McKee, for protection. When two more women bearing a striking resemblance to Caitlin show up dead under the snow, Mac realizes the stalker is making his way to her, his final victim. Now Caitlin and Mac will have to get very close if Caitlin wants to stay alive. Sharon Sala is a Native Oklahoman and still lives within a two hour drive of where she was born. First published in 1991, she is a New York Times/USA Today, bestselling author with 132 plus books published in seven different genres, including Romantic Suspense, Mystery, Young Adult, Western, Fiction, Women’s Fiction and Non-Fiction. Industry Awards include: · Eight-time RITA finalist. (Romance Industry award) · The Janet Dailey Award. · Five-time Career Achievement winner from RT Magazine. · Five time winner of the National Reader’s Choice Award. · Five time winner of the Colorado Romance Writer’s Award of Excellence. · Heart of Excellence Award. · Booksellers Best Award. · Nora Roberts Lifetime Achievement Award RITA, presented by RWA. · Centennial Award from RWA for recognition of her 100th published novel. With two great-grandmothers of Native American descent on her father’s side of the family, one belonging to the Cherokee tribe, and the other a member of the Cree Tribe, she has followed the path of a storyteller, and considers it her gift from Spirit. Most of her stories come first to her as dreams, which then become the books she writes. She dreams in color, with dialogue, and when she writes, she sees the scenes in her head as a movie playing out before her. Writing changed her life, her world, and her fate.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Florida doesn't just want to let people stand their ground, it also wants to make the state prove they didn't commit violence in self-defense before taking them to trial. Florida has been seen as a leader in giving citizens immunity in cases of self-defense, with a "stand your ground" law that has been an emotional point of debate after a series of high-profile shooting deaths. While at least 22 states have similar laws that say people can use force - even deadly force - to defend themselves from threats, Florida could soon be the only one that spells out that prosecutors have to prove self-defense wasn't a factor before taking someone to trial. Currently, defendants bear the burden of showing self-defense was a factor. (Copyright 2017 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)
Recognizing growing evidence that inflammation influences many diseases — including diabetes, certain cancers and even Alzheimer’s — University of Florida Health has established the Center for Inflammation and Mucosal Immunology to foster collaboration among members of the UF biomedical research community with shared interest in inflammation and disease. “Though the center is very new, our members already number more than 40 UF scientists whose interdisciplinary research efforts explore the whole gamut of complex biological responses of inflammation and immunology,” said center director Mansour Mohamadzadeh, Ph.D., a professor in the UF College of Veterinary Medicine department of infectious diseases and pathology, and a faculty member in the UF College of Medicine division of gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition in the department of medicine. “The center’s primary goal is to foster research collaborations among these multidisciplinary scientists, leading to new discoveries that alleviate human sickness and death caused by immune-mediated auto-inflammatory diseases.” Inflammation has been found to influence many medical maladies. These include colon and other cancers, irritable bowel syndrome, eosinophilic esophagitis, chronic infectious diseases, systemic pulmonary fibrosis, type 1 diabetes, arthritis and Alzheimer’s. Facilitating interdisciplinary research of the inflammatory processes behind these conditions should accelerate scientific discoveries leading to improved prevention and treatment. To open doors for networking and collaboration among UF researchers, the center hosts a monthly seminar series wherein members share their research and learn about the research of others. In addition, a research retreat, anticipated to become an annual event, is planned for October and will feature a nationally prominent keynote speaker on inflammation and mucosal immunology. One of the greatest benefits of center membership may be access to core equipment and animal research platforms. “In addition to providing access to advanced technologies that are perhaps too expensive for individual labs to purchase, such as flow cytometry, confocal microscopy and cell analysis, one of the very important membership benefits is access to the center’s germ-free mouse and zebrafish models,” Mohamadzadeh said. “These germ-free animal platforms are free of contaminating microorganisms or disease, and can be deliberately modified with specific bacteria, making it possible to directly investigate the impact of colonization in a living organism. We believe these core resources will prove to be invaluable assets to UF scientists, giving them a competitive edge in the national research community.”
10 Principles For Managing Change In An Organization: Stay Relevant To Your Association Members Do you feel like your association welcomes change? Most associations are dangerously slow to adapt to change due to outdated traditions and poor volunteer management. The truth is, today’s association members aren’t looking for the same things that they were looking for 10, 20 or 30 years ago. Do you feel like your association welcomes change? Most associations are dangerously slow to adapt to change due to outdated traditions and poor volunteer management. The truth is, today’s association members aren’t looking for the same things that they were looking for 10, 20 or 30 years ago. Today’s associations need to learn to adapt to the changing business environment if they want to continue to stay relevant–to focus on providing value to members and spend less time on the association’s operations. In doing so, association leaders will see your job satisfaction increase and the association start to thrive again. This phenomena has lead to the phrase “Dynamic Association Leadership” which means that the organization is led by people who consistently evaluate their organization and steer the group’s collective activity toward creating more value for their members and their industry. If you’re spending your entire leadership term or executive career focusing on organizational operations, PAUSE and take a look at this process. I’ve identified 10 principles for managing change in an organization that provide the framework for steering your association through organizational change. And, as is custom of any good association leadership process, I’ve come up with an acronym to help you remember these 10 key factors. 10 KEY FACTORS FOR MANAGING CHANGE: Let’s look at the first 3 factors: 1. WHY: Recognize the emotional belief that drives the existence of your organization. Define your members’ “why.” Why are your members coming to your association? What is the feeling that your members get when your association fills their deepest professional needs? Clearly defining your member’s “why” will give you a clearer picture of what your organization should be doing. Example: An association is struggling to add new and relevant value to their members. When asked “why do individuals join your association?” the conclusion was made that their members really wanted the association to fill three basic needs: Connection: To be able to connect with, and rely on, a community in their field. They wanted to feel like they had a place where they were understood and felt a sense of belonging. Protection: To have a voice in the legislature to protect their profession. Growth: To be successful and fulfilled in their career. To feel like they are making a difference. Accordingly, this association’s new battle cry became “We believe in connection, protection, and growth for professionals in our industry.” This “why” statement reminded volunteers and members of the big picture. It’s the reason for every board meeting, every strategic planning session, and every decision the association makes. Action Step: A great video to solidify this concept is Simon Sinek’s TEDTalk “Start with the WHY”. It will help solidify the concept. Now, look at your mission statement and try to extract a few key concepts that might explain your members’ WHY. 2. WHAT: Identify mechanisms and create a system that addresses your members’ emotional belief. Does your structure support the “why” defined above? Set up systems and processes that ensure that your members’ emotional beliefs are remembered and supported and that your activity aligns with those beliefs. Example: A large and growing association was becoming less relevant because their traditional governance structure was not accepting of change. They had a 27-person board of directors, and regularly had over 28 tactical items on their board meeting agenda. By re-imagining their organizational structure they shifted to a 7-person governing board that specifically focused on strategy. They also installed a larger Operational Committee that was specifically responsible for the tactical implementation of the strategy set forth by the governing board. Action Step: Take a look at your organizations chart. Is there a clear hierarchy for focused strategy and a clear place for focused tactical work? What will happen within the structure when a change is proposed? 3. HOW: Use your system to produce products and services that align with your members’ emotional belief. Now that you have a purpose and a structure to support it, it’s time to align your programs, written content, online activity and other initiatives with the emotional belief. Example: ABC Association discovered through their data analysis that only 20% of their members are consistently reading their print newsletter. The majority of their membership still wants news about the industry, but was becoming accustomed to consuming content online. In addition, the members didn’t find the newsletter’s content to be valuable. To meet their member’s needs, the association reevaluated the value of their content. They restructured their publishing team and started interviewing members about how they run their businesses. They also started using blog posts, email campaigns, and social media to reach their members for effectively. Action Step: Think about your programs, products, and service. What is your organization afraid to change about these things? Write them down and use your org structure to help you make these changes. So there you have it; I’ve walked you through the first three factors in managing change in your association. What will you do to plan out the additional 7 steps? For help, check out the full 10-step process and download your free guide from IntrinXec, “The Secret to Staying Relevant.”
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WHITEHORSE – Yukon Liberals will enhance the Small Business Investment Tax Credit as part of a plan to diversify Yukon’s economy, says Copperbelt North candidate Ted Adel. The Yukon Small Business Investment Tax Credit (YSBITC) is a personal tax credit that reduces Yukon income tax for eligible investors who invest in eligible business corporations making qualified investments.Read more WHITEHORSE – A Yukon Liberal government will deliver significant tax cuts to Yukon employers said Liberal leader Sandy Silver today. "Yukon currently has the highest corporate tax rate of any jurisdiction west of Nova Scotia. A Yukon Liberal government will change that and level the playing field for Yukon employers while making it more attractive for businesses to operate in the territory," he said. "Reducing taxes for employers is part of our plan to promote a more diversified economy and create good jobs."Read more
After giving birth, your body will need time to recover from the physical stress of pregnancy and childbirth. After all, it’s just pushed out a whole human! The postpartum recovery timeline can vary from person to person, but generally, it can take several weeks to a few months for your body to heal completely. Depending on how smoothly your delivery went and how you gave birth, this could be a much longer process. Here’s a rough timeline of what you can expect in the weeks just after giving birth: During the postpartum period, it's common to experience a range of physical and emotional symptoms. Postpartum symptoms are so common that the first six weeks after giving birth is called the fourth trimester. Any symptoms you experience should gradually improve over these weeks, and it's important to be kind to yourself throughout this time. Here are some of the most common postpartum symptoms: While most women have a relatively smooth postnatal recovery and can feel their symptoms improving by the 6-week mark, some new mums can experience complications that require medical attention after giving birth. Here are some of the most common postnatal complications: While it’s just as good a way to welcome your little one into the world, giving birth through a caesarean section (C-section) is a major abdominal surgery requiring longer recovery than a vaginal delivery. As a new mum, you must care for yourself and your body to ensure a successful and comfortable postpartum recovery. Here's what you need to know about postpartum recovery after a C-section: Becoming a new parent is a significant and exciting event in anyone's life. Still, especially in the first few months with a baby, it is also a challenging time filled with many changes, adjustments, and uncertainties. The first few weeks after the baby arrives can be particularly tough. You may be exhausted, emotional, and struggling to adjust to your new role. But with some support and guidance, you can successfully adapt to your new life as a parent. As a new parent, you may feel like you need to do everything yourself. However, accepting help from family and friends can be a significant relief. Feel free to ask for assistance with household chores or a break so you can rest, and take a look at our advice on how to deal with unsolicited parenting advice. If you’re looking to make friends with other new parents, consider joining a parenting group or attending parenting classes can be a great way to connect with other new parents and seek support. Postnatal mental health is an essential aspect of your postpartum recovery, and it can be one of the most difficult issues that many new parents deal with. While many women experience "baby blues" in the first few weeks after giving birth, postnatal depression is a serious mental health condition that can affect up to 1 in 7 women after childbirth. Postnatal depression can show itself in many ways, meaning it can sometimes be difficult to recognise. PND is often seen as sadness, anxiety, and hopelessness that persist for weeks or even months after giving birth. It is crucial to seek professional help if you experience symptoms of postpartum depression or other mental health conditions. Your GP or health visitor can refer you to a mental health professional. In addition to seeking professional help, there are also steps you can take to support your mental health during the postpartum period. See our tips for postnatal health and well-being.
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Opera Daily 🎶 — Don Carlo Hello to our 205 new members that joined since last Friday! 🎉🥂 We will be moving to more formalized themes each week starting Monday. This will allow us to keep the emails short and sweet while having three opportunities to share a bit more on a specific composer, time period, singer, etc. I appreciate all of the suggestions that you are sending my way! I love hearing from you, so please continue to send thoughts and questions, comment on the posts, and share with your friends. Today we’re listening to… “Dio, che nell’alma infondere,” a duet from Act I of the 19th-century opera Don Carlo, composed by Giuseppe Verdi. Thank you to one of our OD subscribers, Bob Ciuffreda, for bringing this performance to my attention. When Bob sent me this live performance yesterday, he said, “it doesn’t any get better than this,” and I can concur after listening. Carlo Bergonzi (tenor) and Piero Cappuccilli (baritone) are singing a live performance here. Like the famous duet from The Pearl Fishers we featured in July, this duet follows in the 19th-century tradition of operatic “Friendship” duets, which feature tenor and baritone singing complementary musical lines. This performance is an elixir for the soul.🤎 🎧 Listen here (6 minute listen): YouTube (Live recording, Bergonzi and Cappuccilli in NYC) Don Carlo is Verdi’s most ambitious and complex work. The story of Don Carlo is fictional, but the characters are historical. The plot centers around the conflicts in the life of the heir to the Spanish throne (Don Carlo, son of the King of Spain) after the woman he is suppose to marry (Elizabeth de Valois, Princess of France), is married to his father instead. In Act I of the opera, Don Carlo (tenor) is reunited with his friend, Rodrigo (baritone), who has recently returned from a mission. They sing the duet “Dio, che nell’alma infondere”, in which they pledge themselves to the cause of liberty and swear life-long friendship to one another. Oh God, who wished to instill love and hope in our souls, Thou must kindle within our hearts a desire for liberty. Verdi is a genius and leaves Easter eggs for us everywhere in his music. When the baritone line comes up to the tenor range, and the singers meet on one note - you can feel the unity and friendship that Verdi was trying to convey. It is pure gold. I also love this performance of the duet with Placido Domingo and Sherrill Milnes. Don Carlo has no definitive version or standard performing edition. In its original form, first presented in Paris in 1867, Don Carlos was a five-act opera containing more than four hours of music, sung in French. In October 1867, the text was translated into Italian for production in Bologna. Verdi left the opera in Italian and French, but the opera is today most often performed in the Italian translation, usually under the title Don Carlo (Don Carlos in French). There was a revival of Don Carlo at the Metropolitan Opera in New York in November 1950, and the opera was picketed by protestors who objected to its anti-Catholic tone. Thank you for listening,
Drop by drop Distilling means patient selection, separation and extraction: one drop at a time to the isolation of the finest components. Concentrated, preserved and enhanced they become drops at anyone's disposal. Zanin 1895 is the distillate of purity, the Venetian brand, masterpiece of ageing. The history of ZANIN 1895 In the mid-800 Bortolo Zanin opened an inn, which offered, between the various local food and drinks, even the "white spirit". Zugliano people developped a passion for the "graspe" so much that Bortolo decided to begin to expand the production of distillates. In the '40s, with the inn all in all closed, the son Rino continued the expansion activity of the distillery and aging of destillates, leading to fame the Cavallina Bianca brand. In the '70s, with Fausto Zanin the company expands abroad, in 38 countries. Today the distillery is led by Piero Zanin and his brother-in-law Massimo Fontana, which have enlarged the production to new premises in Zugliano, restoring the old mill acquired by father Fausto. Four generations linked by the same passion, illustrated in the essence of every drop labeled Zanin 1895. The "white spirit" produced and sold at the Bortolo Zanin inn, in the mid-800, inspired the birth of Cavallina Bianca, today's crown jewel. Aging is the heart of Zanin 1895: oak barrels contain along thirty years the purity of the distillate in a place to which access is permitted only with customs technical officers. He used to distill in small quantities marc, that his vineyard gave him, after making table wine. Bortolo Zanin was the ''host master" of the inn, but in his spare time used to become the artisan of the distillery, by selecting the drops coming out from his alembic made of hand-beaten copper. In 1895 the distillery was founded, tranforming the passion into a business. The "white spirit" begins to be produced in large quantities. In the '40s Rino Zanin succeeded his father Bortolo. The Cavallina Bianca was born from his two passions, grappa and horses: Olga was his snow-white mare. The sale expanded throughout the province of Vicenza until the arrival of his son Fausto in the 70s, leading the company abroad in 38 countries, and industrializing the production process. In the late 90s it was necessary to increase the production space, and in 2003 came the acquisition of the former spinning mill Marini. In 1992 Massimo Fontana, husband of Alessandra Zanin, is hired by Fausto. He along with his wife and Piero Zanin carry on the company since 2004, coming to handle a good part of the grappa produced in Italy. In 2014 the headquarters of Zanin 1895 moved into the former textile mill Marini, continuing the spiritual father's legacy. At the end of 2016 even the aging stock moved from the historical site, becoming an important part of the historical sensory journey that can be covered inside the distillery. The spirit and the brick come together in one unique essence in the new headquarters of Zanin 1895. The former spinning mill Marini, in via Cinquevie in Zugliano, has been restored to its former glory with a renovation project that highlighted even more the industrial architecture of half of '800. Inside the building a museum welcomes the first copper alembics, a distillery of the 70s, the tester invented by the "grandfather" Rino Zanin anda lot of other ancient tools to process and distill grappa. Zanin 1895 in Zugliano In June 2014, the historical Via Roma seat, hence the brand "Via Roma Spirits" was born, closed and the entire company moved to Via Cinquevie. Walls with hundred and fifty years of history surround now the processing of grappa making unique and poetic the entire environment. Zanin 1895 shows up today in a form coupling tradition with innovation and consistent quality, in an inebriating dance. The perfume purity of the distillates runs inside sophisticated architecture, narrating the story of the one hundred twenty years company and of the four generations that have succeded. Zanin 1895 is one of the few Italian distilleries keeping on to wear the "white beard" to grappa. An area of 4 thousand square meters welcomes about six million liters of spirit, which age slowly from one to over forty years. The large oak barrels inebriate with a sincere scent narrating the earth, the vines and grapes from which every drop comes. The precious essence is also taken by small barrels (barriques), with the aroma of wine and wood. Access to the aging rooms is only permitted at the presence of the officials of customs agencies, which guarantee the quality and veracity of year. Years of patience and more than a century of experience: that's what makes Zanin 1895 brand unique and known in the aging world. The barrel room is a sensory experience: the history, the tradition and the origins of grappa are tangible in an unique fragrance. The company's policy is spread through our products: every bottle contains experience, passion and quality. The product range spaces from distillates to liquors, but the main legacy is grappa, wich has been honored with over 100 awards, both national and international, thanks to the quality of this all Italian distillate. The origin into a brand. The history of over a century narrated in a name that gather four generations together in a unique passion. The scent of history, tradition and passion is given off in a brand joining the origin to the bred product. The peculiarity of Genesis blending with the barrel, combining the taste of the grape to the scent of wood. The large reserves of grappa and brandy are enclosed in a single brand. A snow-white mare is the muse of this bred grappa, distinguishing from the beginning the distillery of Zugliano. The spirits of the street where it all began. The infusion of aromatic herbs and berries or the distillation make sensual tasting, telling the elegance of detail. The spirits who never tired gathered into a brilliant and innovative collection. The history of taste is enclosed in original glass, in a marriage of sight and retro-chic flavor. The interaction with Zanin 1895 The versatility of Zanin 1895 is shown by the continuous partnership with other companies. The experience and expertise in aging and distillation are skills shared by time even with other manufacturers with a view to mutual growth. The unique spaces showing the story host events and conferences, amplifying the importance with an unforgettable welcome. At Zanin 1895 distillery the importance of sharing was clear from the beginning. Helping others means progress and for the corporate this has become a target, continually shown throughout the production chain. From the preparation of destillates and liquors, to the bottling process and then to the aging, these are all services that Zanin 1895 offers, both for small and for large requirements, ensuring the highest quality and the max confidentiality.
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This latest revelation comes more than eight months since the allegations came to light via an ABC report, with former Hawks head coach Alastair Clarkson, assistant Chris Fagan and fellow staffer Jason Burt named by anonymous First Nations players and partners as having committed alleged atrocities. Now, with the protracted investigation providing little but pain to numerous parties, it is said that Clarkson, Fagan and Burt can soon expect to be exonerated. As reported by Jake Niall of The Age, a pair of anonymous sources have stated that the trio will have no case to answer. Niall also reported that the AFL will be taking necessary checks on the four-person panel before soon reliving them of their duties. The Age report comes less than a week after Clarkson enacted a leave of absence from his senior coaching post at North Melbourne, citing an inability to perform his role due to mental and physical strains associated with the investigation. Clarkson, Fagan and Burt were slated to attend mediation with cooperating parties in Adelaide next week, however, with Clarkson on leave and Fagan still leading the Brisbane Lions, it remains highly unlikely that any of the former Hawthorn employees will make appearances. Clarkson, Fagan and Burt have previously denied the allegations levelled at them, including claims that a partner of a former First Nations player at Hawthorn was allegedly asked to abort an unborn child. A timeline for the 55-year-old's return has not been provided.
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After being driven by your private driver to the Dubrovnik docks, you will meet your personal chef, private captain, and cabin crew who will be responsible for wining and dining you for the rest of the evening. As if it could not get any more luxurious, you will set sail on an authentic, 16th-century karaka replica. As the salty sea breeze blows gently through your hair and your eyes take in all of the aesthetic delights of the surrounding Adriatic, you will indulge in a feast that will completely solidify Croatia in your heart as being the right choice for this gastronomic getaway. As you satisfy your appetite with savory Dalmatian dishes and sip on multiple varieties of wine and champagne, you will marvel at the unmatched beauty of the Adriatic. While the sun sets and you watch the sky ignite in a kaleidoscope of colors, you will already be dreaming of what other wonders are in store for the next seven days. Upon your return to the docks, your private driver will be waiting to take you directly back to your luxurious accommodations, where you will enjoy an amazing night’s rest in order to be ready for tomorrow’s delicious adventure. 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This should come as no surprise because the country has a wealth of offerings to please any vacationer’s specific tastes. Speaking of tastes, that is exactly what this custom-tailored, one-week adventure celebrates: Croatia’s culinary treasures. From local wines and artisan cheeses to mouthwatering truffles and more, embarking on this exciting culinary excursion is sure to satisfy even the pickiest of eaters. Your gourmet getaway will begin in the beautiful, seaside enclave of Dubrovnik, where you will be provided with your first glimpse of Croatia’s stunning coast and the sparkling Adriatic Sea on an evening sunset dinner sail. You will then be whisked away on a full day’s wine tour of the picturesque Peljesac Peninsula. Then, after spending the next day wandering around Dubrovnik’s Old City that is complete with its entirely-walled, pedestrian-only streets and iconic landmarks, you will enjoy island-hopping to nearby Lokrum Island. 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