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I’m always making an issue
I have just gone to visit my parents and been sat face to face with a rapist. Not only have my parents happily invited a rapist into a house knowing full well there daughter was raped they have done it when she has come around to visit; not sure which is most offensive. I am understandably I am upset, or at least i feel i its understandable. When i raised it they apologised, I am still not happy since only about 30 mins has passed and i am stressed and feel sick. I complained and i was told: 'you're always the one making an issue'. I cried and i was making a fuss.
Not rapists, not my family inviting them into the house with their daughter who has PSTD... the daughter, the victim, she is the one always making an issue and crying.
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Mass Gathering of People Saved by Politicians’ Thoughts and Prayers
Kenneth Bone: Undecided Voter or DNC Surrogate Planted to Woo Libs into Thinking Logically?!
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Happy Wedding Wednesday! It's been a hot minute since I shared a wedding with you all on an actual Wednesday! It's busy season here at Katie O' Weddings and Events, but we're really getting into the swing of things and I couldn't be happier about it!
Today I'm featuring an awesome couple who were married in 2012, Lydia and Jaan, over in Lenox, Massachusetts. Lydia and Jaan's wedding is a perfect example of why you should seriously consider hiring a wedding planner. The night before their wedding we had a change of venue! OMG. It was crazy and stressful (some might say crazy stressful), but the Katie O' Wedding and Events team was there to make sure it all ran smoothly, even if it wasn't according to plan! Check out their day below!
I love this image, starting off the day with Lydia and her girls…Eric Limon Photography did an AMAZING job!
And ready to go in her dress…
Gorgeous! I LOVED Lydia's gown.
Such a fun crew!
Time to get married…Lydia walked down the aisle with her Mom and Dad.
And they're married! Yay!
Such amazing details (And, hey, there's me in the mix, too)! Lydia and Jaan had a natural / organic feel to their decor with lots of burlap and jute. They made it visually interesting by using a myriad of flowers–colors, sizes, etc. and was tied together with hints of silver and mercury glass. Designer Ariella Chezar did a fantastic job!
Lydia and Jaan's original wedding venue didn't work out, but they ended up at the Lenox Public Library…not too shabby!
Even though the wedding day did not go as we originally planned (having spent 18 months providing full service to this client)…in the end it was absolutely perfect.
Thoughts from Lydia on her day and the KOWE team:
Katie O’ was a pleasure to work with from the very beginning, but her professionalism and skillfulness really shone when we had a last minute catastrophe. I believe we gave Katie O’ and her team one of the greatest challenges they’ll ever face! After a year of careful planning, our venue informed us on Friday afternoon that we would not be able to hold our wedding there on Saturday. The entire weekend was supposed to take place at a beautiful estate, and the last minute cancellation meant everything had to change. Katie and her team got to work immediately on finding us new locations, all the while remaining calm, warm, and reassuring. Because we had Katie working on our behalf, we were able to relax and be with our guests. It wasn’t until 10:00pm on Friday evening that they were able to find us a place to hold the wedding, as most venues were already booked, but it was perfect. Not only were they able to find us locations for the wedding, reception and other events of the weekend, they were able to communicate expertly with all of our vendors, so that our wedding weekend actually went very smoothly. We were so impressed, and are forever grateful to Katie and her team for all they did to get us married despite the last-minute setbacks. It couldn’t have been more beautiful.
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Tonight I was scrolling through old Facebook posts and I came across this note I made in 2011. I have no idea where I originally found this (supposedly true) story, but it made me laugh just as much this time around as the first time I read it. Given my blog is PigTales and this is a story about the Three Little Pigs, its very appropriate to share. Here goes…
A teacher was reading the story of the Three Little Pigs to her class. She came to the part of the story where the first pig was trying to gather the building materials for his home. She read. ‘And so the pig went up to the man with the wheelbarrow full of straw and said: ‘Pardon me sir, but may I have some of that straw to build my house?’
The teacher paused then asked the class: ‘And what do you think the man said?’
One little boy raised his hand and said very matter-of-factly… ‘I think the man would have said – ‘I’ll be a son of a bitch!! A talking pig!’
The teacher had to leave the room.
(I’d like to give credit to the teacher who shared this story with friends years and years ago and allowed it to make its way around the internet. Or to the dude who made up the story because he thought it would be funny. You were right, dude. It was funny. Thanks for being creative.) | <urn:uuid:35f7bae4-3d54-4ff5-a020-88fd78c8b984> | CC-MAIN-2022-40 | https://pigtalesblog.com/2013/08/07/the-three-little-pigs/ | 2022-09-24T15:32:39Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030331677.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20220924151538-20220924181538-00675.warc.gz | en | 0.990524 | 311 | [
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In December 2012, armed groups began a campaign of sectarian violence in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic (CAR). The looting, raping and killing briefly made international headlines, amid speculation of a failed state and possible genocide. But then the story sank from view.
A brutal bloodbath in 2013, and now a resurgence
Now the few early signs of recovery and rebuilding in CAR have given way to a dramatic resurgence in fighting that has enveloped parts of the country previously spared from the violence. Today, life is even more perilous for children than it was at the peak of the crisis:
- Some 1.5 million children now require humanitarian assistance, an increase of 300,000 since 2016
- One in four children is either displaced or a refugee
- More than 43,000 children under age 5 are projected to face severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in 2019 — a condition which, if left untreated, is fatal
- Thousands of children are trapped within armed groups
- Thousands more are subject to sexual violence
- Practically every child in the country needs protection from the armed groups who now control 80 percent of the country
Terrified families are being driven from their homes. Conditions for children are desperate.
"This crisis is taking place in one of the poorest and least developed countries in the world, and one of the most dangerous for humanitarian workers," said Christine Muhigana, UNICEF's Representative in the Central African Republic. "Conditions for children are desperate."
The crisis in CAR is driven largely by fighting between a dozen or so armed groups over cattle routes and lands rich in diamonds, gold and uranium. More often than not, the armed groups target civilians, not one another. They attack health and education facilities and personnel, mosques and churches, as well as sites where displaced people have taken shelter.
Terrified families are being driven from their homes. As of late September, nearly 643,000 people — at least half of them children — were displaced across CAR, and more than 573,000 had sought refuge in neighboring countries.
CAR ranks 188 out of 189 countries for life expectancy, income and education
There is only one pediatric hospital in CAR. The nation has the world's second highest newborn death rate and maternal mortality ratio. Fewer than three out of five children complete primary school, and almost half the population lacks safe drinking water. The country ranks 188 out of 189 countries (ahead of Niger) on the United Nations Human Development Index, a composite indicator measuring life expectancy, income and education.
UNICEF is working to reach children in desperate need in CAR, even as aid workers themselves are being targetted. The number of attacks against aid workers has more than quadrupled from 67 incidents in 2017 to 294 in just the first eight and a half months of 2018. UNICEF's work includes:
- Providing lifesaving Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF), medicine, equipment and training to treat tens of thousands of children suffering from severe acute malnutrition, and working with partners to reach 890,000 women and children to prevent malnutrition
- Immunizing children against deadly diseases
- Providing safe, clean water
- Setting up temporary learning and protection spaces, providing emergency education and recreation supplies and training community teachers to help get children back to learning in safe spaces
- Helping children who have been released from armed groups or subjected to sexual violence to recover and reintegrate into the community
- Reaching vulnerable communities affected by acute shock quickly with basic, lifesaving supplies and support — tents, mats, anti-malarial bednets, jerry cans and cooking utensils, as well as safe drinking water and sanitation services
UNICEF provides virtually all the therapeutic food and emergency education supplies in CAR — even as attacks on aid workers have quadrupled
UNICEF provides virtually all the RUTF required to treat SAM and almost all the emergency education supplies in CAR. UNICEF also supplies half of the vaccines required in the country, and procures the other half on behalf of partners and the government.
Despite the major upsurge in fighting and displacement, only 44 percent of UNICEF's US$56.5 million funding appeal for 2018 had been met by the end of October. "The children of the Central African Republic have been abandoned for too long," said Muhigana. "They need attention and help now, and they will need it for the long run."
UNICEF and partners are working tirelessly in the Central African Republic, Syria, Yemen, South Sudan, Bangladesh and around the world to save and protect children. With a presence in 190 countries and territories, UNICEF has helped save more children's lives than any other humanitarian organization in the world.
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SOCCO Jr. Kids | Black and Red Striped Socks | White
ALL NEW SOCCO Jr. Kids Socks!
SOCCO Black and Red Classic Three Striped Socks are a top seller in our adult sizes so we're rolling it out for the lil' shredders for our new SOCCO Jr. line.
SOCCO Jr. children's socks have everything you could want for your kids with long-lasting comfort, durability, and the classic red and black three striped colorway.
Sized to fit 10-13 in kids and up to size 3 adult, which covers most 4-9 year old children.
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Once again we turned to our good friend (and amazing composer) John Frizzell to help us craft the track for the video. In addition to making our goofy 2 minute shorts sound AMAZING John has also been known to score a movie or two. And if you think he just gathers musicians to jam, think again. This guys actually writes real sheet music for us!
And of course no track is complete without amazingly talented singers and actors! Mr. Jim Meskimen has been our good luck charm for the past 7 years. He has had a hand in every major video that we’ve done since This Land and it’s always a pleasure to watch (and listen) to him work. | <urn:uuid:78f41d29-0072-4d00-81ea-175dafba2fb7> | CC-MAIN-2022-40 | https://blog.jibjab.com/2011-buh-bye-recording-session/ | 2022-09-28T16:03:42Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030335257.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20220928145118-20220928175118-00675.warc.gz | en | 0.965375 | 145 | [
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Federal employees who face retaliation for blowing the whistle have an option for redress: the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB).
The only problem is — there’s currently no one on the board and their hasn’t been a quorum since 2016. It has a backlog of more than 2,000 cases and a record of siding with the boss.
The MSPB, whose three board members are appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate, reviews the whistleblower cases of federal employees and makes the final determination. Somebody has to have the back of the federal employees who have been marching into the Capitol to testify each day. A piece in Mother Jones talks about how recent concerns over whistleblower protection have highlighted the role of the board — and the problem of not having one.
When it’s working, the MSPB protects whistleblowers who reveal wrongdoings in the management of most federal agencies, covering more than 2 million civilian federal employees. The board was created in 1979 to address retaliation against whistleblowers. When whistleblowers were demoted, stripped of responsibilities, or fired, they were able to turn to the three-member board of the MSPB for intervention. Recent members of the board have been labor lawyers with experience in government.
In an op-ed in The Hill, Rory E. Riley-Topping with National Veterans Legal Services Program notes that MSPB review is offered as an option for those who want to avoid the dysfunctional Veteran’s Affairs whistleblower office.
However, the MSPB is far from an idyllic portrait of justice; federal employees won relief in just three percent of cases over the last three years, and federal employees are temporarily without an option for a mid-level appeal, because the three-member, presidentially appointed board at the MSPB is currently without any members, and has been without a quorum for the past two years, creating an exhaustive backlog of cases.
Staff at the National Whistleblower Center have been tracking developments at the MSPB for years. They argue that, unlike private sector workers, federal employees have to go to the MSPB. They cannot take their cases to federal district court.
That means that these employees cannot appeal to a court for justice; only a single administrative law judge, or at most the three-person panel of the MSPB, can make a decision on their case. There are no options for federal court access, and certainly no hope of having a jury of their peers.
More on the NWC position and the case of Toni Savage. | <urn:uuid:5432ac86-e037-49f2-8161-cb6411c0dd88> | CC-MAIN-2022-40 | https://whistleblowersblogboutique.lexblogplatformthree.com/2019/10/articles/government-whistleblowers/merit-systems-protection-board-a-crack-in-the-whistleblower-protection-system/ | 2022-09-28T16:44:55Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030335257.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20220928145118-20220928175118-00675.warc.gz | en | 0.968562 | 526 | [
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Spring Hair Styles for 2015
Spring hair styles for 2015 are filled with all sorts of fresh new takes on old classics.
Now is the perfect time to start thinking about your style and color for spring. As the winter winds down, we are getting excited for new looks, shorter lengths and lighter colors. From bobs and lobs to boho waves, we love the messy undone looks and air dried textures.
The Lob (or Long-Bob) is one of the hottest spring hair styles!
Medium length hair and the long bob are back and cooler than ever. Trends are embracing the natural state of your locks by air dying and letting your hair do as it pleases. Your hair will get a break from heat styling, and you’ll save time in the morning. Running a brush through your hair and perhaps a leave-in conditioner or mousse is all that is needed to stay right on trend with the spring hair styles.
Spring Hair Styles: Sleek Pony
Going sleek with a low pony tail is by far the easiest of the spring hair styles, and the perfect night out look. By gathering every strand of hair and slicking it back you can achieve this look easily. Take a small section of hair, wrap around the elastic, and secure with a bobby pin for polished look.
Spring Hair Styles: Perfectly Undone
Finally, undone is in! Now you can spend less time getting ready and more time doing the things that you love. All you need is time to air dry and little bit of styling product. Let your tresses run wild and leave the styling irons in the drawer.
Spring Hair Styles: The Braid
Nothing captures spring hair styles like a simple as a braid. Whether it is on the side or wrapped around your entire head, braids are in. A braid is perfect for a night out or even a day at the office. The best part about this look is its versatility.
Spring Hair Styles: Big Buns
If you are looking to mix it up, a bun should be your go to look. If you are not loving the undone look, sleek and structured spring hair styles are also on point. Pull all of your hair back and finish with a full and lovely bun in the back.
Spring Hair Styles: Boho Waves
Keep it simple and keep it lovely with boho waves. This look is a bit different from the undone look because it takes more effort to achieve. This look can be achieved with a curling wand and a bit of styling product. Keep your curls loose and smooth!
If you would like to achieve any of these spring hair styles, Gore Salon can help! Our salon in Irmo, South Carolina is dedicated to helping our clients throughout the Columbia area achieve the looks that make them feel confident and happy! Let us assist you with a spring makeover. Book your appointment today. | <urn:uuid:9c7a33be-0a52-4aa6-a9ab-4169182ec521> | CC-MAIN-2022-40 | https://www.goresalon.com/hair-style-news/spring-hair-styles-2015/ | 2022-09-30T00:36:53Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030335396.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20220929225326-20220930015326-00675.warc.gz | en | 0.939168 | 590 | [
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We’re still in retrograde season, Aries, so the start of the month could bring all kinds of complications. Those who are single, however, may attract a soulmate connection.
Coupled Taureans could find that the balance between giving and receiving is feeling a bit off. Don’t be afraid to speak up. Besides, sweeping things under the carpet has seldom helped anyone.
For Geminis who have already exchanged vows, July 2021 promises to usher in all kinds of blessings. The gifts of love, harmony, and balance will prove to be your greatest assets this month.
There are times when everything is right on paper, yet you’re unable to build something concrete. Don't lose your sense of hope, Cancer. This is just a temporary phase.
Leo, it’s been made amply clear to you that certain relationships are just not worth your time. Observe the old patterns, cut the cords wherever necessary, and step into the unknown. You’ve got this!
This is a month of many firsts for you, Virgo. A month of hope, optimism, and new beginnings. You know they’re the one and you want to do what it takes to make things work.
Looks like that happily-ever-after is no longer a distant dream, Libra. What’s more, you and your beloved are able to view your differences as an opportunity to broaden your perspectives and grow as individuals.
You’ve transformed drastically over the past six months, Scorpio. There’s no reason for you to relate to the other person the same way. Give them the permission to meet you where you are.
Following the norm has never been your style, Sagittarius. Yet, here you are, in the mood to break your own rules, confess your undying love, and commit for the long haul. A divine union is on the cards.
Capricorns who are experiencing separation from their soulmates are being reminded that this is just a temporary phase. Trust that what’s written in the stars will manifest for you in due course of time.
It’s true that you have taken a few wrong turns in the past, Aquarius. However, there is no reason for you to accept anything less than what you deserve today. Work with the tourmaline to transform your relationship with yourself.
You have attracted this relationship into your experience for a reason, Pisces. So honour what’s taking place right now as an opportunity to do the work and evolve on a soul level.
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Fabric: 100% Rayon
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Wash: Hand or gentle wash cold/air dry for the best care.
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U-Fuel fleet stations offer drivers the ultimate in convenience while giving built-in control, security, and cost savings.
Flexible, Custom Fleet Fueling Solutions
Allow your drivers to spend more time on the road and less time waiting at gas stations when you install a U-Fuel aboveground fuel system at your location.
Enable your workers to fill up their vehicles on-site. When they fill up their vehicle, the fuel system automatically records how much fuel they used and what type, as well as the time, date, driver ID, and vehicle ID.
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In the last decade, businesses have struggled to ride the wave of information and technology, with most of them finding ways to cope rather than leverage the innovation that hit the market
2019 brings us almost to the turn of a decade that was tumultuous in more ways than one. An economy that struggled to crawl after the tsunami of recession washed out businesses, jobs and disposable income. A market that saw the unabashed use of technology that thinned lines between the virtual and real world. Political shifts that shook things up around the world. What has this meant in the context of organizational and people development?
In the last decade, businesses have struggled to ride the wave of information and technology, with most of them finding ways to cope rather than leverage the innovation that hit the market. With knowledge bases becoming obsolete and the appalling skill gap in the industry, learning has taken the centre stage for most future focussed companies.
2019 is going to be a year that witnesses an overhaul of learning & development across the board – innovation and creativity in L&D will no longer be limited to large organizations, it’s time that smaller companies jump on the wagon and put sustainable and effective bets on enhancing the capabilities of their people.
These are some of the trends that will shape the Learning & Development space in 2019:
Ease and Accessibility
One of the biggest trends of 2018 continues well into 2019 and possibly in subsequent years too. Learning has slowly morphed from an inflexible, one-way format to an easy-to-digest, interactive exercise that attracts the end user time and again. This year is going to see it become even more accessible and simple to consume than ever. Using tools of virtual reality, automation and simulation, companies will seek innovative ways to empower and engage their workforce.
Out of the Box becomes the norm
Organizations today are faced with the peculiar challenges that come with a multi-generational workforce. A unique mix of baby boomers and millennials make differentiated strategies the need of the hour since both the talent pools have such distinct needs and tendencies. Millennials in fact, have forced HR leaders to re-look their L&D strategies and make them customized to their consumption patterns. Out-of-the-box thinking is going to be the norm needed in 2019 to curate learning according to the needs and tendencies of each generation.
Small bites keep it attractive!
We live the world of short attention spans and distracted minds. That’s where the relevance of bite-sized learning comes in. Standing in a queue? Learn sales through simulation on your mobile. Travelling somewhere far? Listen to a short podcast on communication skills. These short bursts of relevant information have been shown to work much better than a tediously long manual that seems like a chore to disengaged learners.
Learning as a way to engage
Learning becomes effective only when it’s engaging. And when it becomes engaging, it also gives employers a solid tool for sustainment and retention. Over the years, learning has taken the avatar as an essential component of the employee experience and talent retention. This becomes especially relevant to a generation that demands to be consistently stimulated and updated with information. 2019 will witness HR managers and professionals use L&D in better and cleverer ways to engage the workforce.
Curated learning paths with the help of AI
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning have been the buzzwords for some time now. But companies were not really sure about where these developments fit in the organizational framework. As AI becomes more accessible and cost-effective, businesses will soon start integrating it in their L&D framework to curate learning experiences. This is likely to lead to organizations providing not just blended learning but blended experiences that lead to optimal results.
Mobile is the way to go!
Smartphones have by far been one of the biggest triggers of a change in the last decade. As their penetration across social strata becomes deeper, it will further cement their position as the primary touch point for every marketing, sales or development initiative. If not already in line, 2019 will force organizations, big and small, to align their learning initiatives with this trend. Whether it’s apps or games, organizations will have to integrate mobile as the primal focus of learning & development.
Learning as a way to a better organizational culture
Learning and development is an extremely effective way to percolate the intended culture in the organization. An organization that invests in learning reflects as a place that not just nurtures it’s workforce but is also invested in their well-being. An engaged and learning-oriented workforce is a happy workforce. 2019 will be the year when even smaller organizations adopt learning as a part of their culture instead of making it an event-based need. Systemic learning will help create a positive workplace culture for all kinds of organizations; big or small.
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BY ALEKSANDRA MICHALSKA
As shut-in Americans long for the days when they can once again enjoy simple pleasures like dining out, one New York City steakhouse has provided a possible glimpse of how reopened restaurants might look in the post-coronavirus age.
When the Brooklyn Chop House reopens in Lower Manhattan’s Financial District this summer, diners will encounter temperature checks at the door, plastic dividers between tables, sanitizer-infused towels, and wait staff wearing restaurant-branded fishing caps with plastic face shields.
“We created a fishing cap to make it a little fun, because I’ve got to convince my staff to wear it, and it’s actually very comfortable,” said Stratis Morfogen, the restaurant’s director of operations, as he donned a face shield.
As the COVID-19 pandemic swept the United States, restaurants closed their doors, with 5.5 million restaurant industry workers losing their jobs in April alone, according to the National Restaurant Association.
The virus hit New York establishments especially hard, where, the industry group says, restaurants accounted for 9% of employment in the state in 2019 and brought in $51.6 billion in sales in 2018.
The Brooklyn Chop House, known for its fusion of American steakhouse and Asian food, is working hard to prepare for reopening and Morfogen estimates the changes will cost $15,000.
Tables will be separated by plastic partitions, and plates and glasses will be wrapped in plastic to prevent contamination.
The restaurant will also use small paper strips to measure the level of disinfectant on surfaces.
In addition, the restaurant’s former 200-seat capacity will be 30% lower, to satisfy social-distancing criteria.
“We don’t want you to feel like you’re eating in a hospital or prison,” Morfogen said. “But we have to respect the healthcare workers” and prevent people from becoming infected.
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Kelly Clarkson responds to Taylor Swift's record-label defense: 'Take a lesson'
Big Machine Records head Scott Borchetta said, in part, of Taylor, “”She is the voice of this generation. She speaks directly to [her fans], and they speak directly back to her. This is not American Idol. This is not a competition of getting up and seeing who can sing the highest note. This is about a true artist and writer and communicator. It’s not about that technically perfect performance.”
“Maybe,” he went on, “she’s not the best technical singer, but she’s probably the best emotional singer because everybody else who gets up there and is technically perfect, people don’t seem to want more of it.”
Clarkson, who has taken her own knocks in the press before, seems to have genuine sympathy for Taylor but is none too pleased with Borchetta’s defense—or the accidental Idol insult it implies.
This afternoon on her blog, Clarkson posted the following note:
“Wow …..Dear Scott Borchetta,
I understand defending your artist obviously because I have done the same in the past for artists I like, including Taylor, so you might see why its upsetting to read you attacking American Idol for producing simply vocalists that hit ‘the high notes’. Thank you for that ‘Captain Obvious’ sense of humor because you know what, we not only hit the high notes, you forgot to mention we generally hit the ‘right’ notes as well. Every artist has a bad performance or two and that is understandable, but throwing blame will not make the situation at hand any better.
I have been criticized left and right for having shaky performances before (and they were shaky) and what my manager or label executives say to me and the public is “I’ll kick butt next time” or “every performance isn’t going to be perfect” ……I bring this up because you should take a lesson from these people and instead of lashing out at other artists (that in your ‘humble’ opinion lack true artistry), you should simply take a breath and realize that sometimes things won’t go according to plan or work out and that’s okay.
One of those contestants from American Idol who only made it because of her high notes”
Honestly, Borchetta seems to have done Swift more harm than good today; the best defense is not, in all cases, one that is actually offensive to not only your own star, but also any artist who sings better than she does.
Things he could have emphasized—Swift’s songwriting chops, her relative youth and inexperience, general human frailty in a high-pressure situation—were played down in favor of, well, coming off like kind of an ass.
But you tell us, readers—Team Kelly or Team Scott? Ultimately, they both seem to be on Team Taylor, though Swift herself might prefer the less-divisive rule book Kelly is using to play the game.
(Follow the Music Mix on Twitter: @EWMusicMix.)
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A final decision on controversial plans to amend the opening hours of a waterside pathway in Southampton is set to be taken next week.
The waterside walkway near homes at Quay 2000 in St Denys could be closed as early as 4pm.
It comes as residents fear that extended opening hours would result in anti-social behaviour.
In 2019 plans were approved to allow the closure of the pathway between 9pm and 7am from April 2 to September 29 and from 6pm to 7am between September 30 and April 1.
But new proposals have been put forward asking for the pathway to stay open between 8am and 8pm from April 1 to October 31 and from 8am to 4pm between November 1 and March 31.
A final decision on whether to reduce the opening hours will be taken by the Planning and Rights of Way Panel at Southampton City Council next Tuesday.
Council bosses said public consultations on the plans provided a response which was “distinctly split” between those in favour and those against the amended opening hours.
In official documents civic chiefs said: “Those in support of the proposal, generally residents of Quay 2000, were concerned that the anti-social behaviour experienced previously would return due to the later opening hours.
“However, the contrary view is that the revised hours are too restrictive and do not provide a reasonable level of waterfront access for all.”
The plans are recommended for refusal.
In the report set to be discussed next week planning bosses said: “The difference in hours would not be expected to create an environment which would lead to the return of the antisocial behaviour issues.
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Ryoko Tsukamoto is accused of suffocating her son Kohei at the family’s apartment in Yokohama’s Kita Ward on Tuesday, Fuji TV reported.
According to investigators, Tsukamoto turned herself in to the police at around 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, saying that she had killed her son by suffocating him, Fuji TV reported. Tsukamoto's husband was at work at the time.
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Newburgh shuts down pool citing costs
NEWBURGH, Ind. — Newburgh town officials voted to shut down the town's community pool because of low revenues and high costs.
Some Newburgh residents were shocked to learn about the closing. Others are already working toward a new pool.
Newburgh Town Council voted Jan. 10 to close the Newburgh Community Pool, 402 Park Drive.
Town Manager Christy Powell said the pool wasn't generating the revenue it once was.
The pool costs about $100,000 to run each year, and revenues had dropped from $90,000 in 2010 to $48,000 in 2017.
The Warrick County Standard first reported the closing. The community was quick to react online. An online petition circulated asking the town to continue to keep the pool opened.
Newburgh Parks Board member Wanda Kavanaugh said the town couldn't sustain that much loss.
"It just breaks our hearts to not have a pool, but there comes a time you have to face the facts. ... There’s just no funding available for it. It lost a tremendous amount of money last year," Kavanaugh said.
The 45-year-old outdoor pool was open three months a year. It has mounting problems, including a needed piece of equipment to comply with code before reopening that would cost $14,000.
In the last five years, the Newburgh Community Pool cost $501,000 to run, but only brought in $279,000 — a deficit of $222,000.
Kavanaugh urged people to donate money to the city's park foundation, "Park Pals," if they want to keep the pool open another season, or put the money toward a new facility.
Newburgh resident Melinda Mitchell is planning to meet with other residents Saturday to discuss plans for a new pool and splash park.
Mitchell said it wasn't feasible to keep the pool open.
"I don’t blame the town council for making this decision. Even though it seems abrupt to most people, it really was not," she said.
The Newburgh Community Pool was privately funded when it was built in 1972. Mitchell led a fundraising effort to pay off unpaid student lunch debt last year, and she thinks that same community spirit could lead to a new pool.
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Hello all, some follow-up on how you can have a voice THIS WEEK if you're concerned about the state's budget for mental health & substance use programs and school-based health centers.
The Appropriations Committee will hear testimony related to the Governor's proposed budget for DMHAS and DPH this Friday, February 16, 2018 in Room 2C of the Legislative Office Building (LOB) in Hartford. The state agencies will present their testimony in the morning (DMHAS starts at 11am). The public hearing will begin at 4pm--what better way to kick off your weekend?!
What's at Stake?
Since FY13, including holdbacks and past reductions, DMHAS has already been reduced by over $70 million dollars (approximately a 22% reduction). Now the new budget proposal includes:
a new reduction of $3.0 million to the mental health grant accounts, $1 million substance abuse grant accounts. These grant accounts cover case management services, peer support services and psycho-social clubhouses.
a cut of almost $4 million to DMHAS Young Adult Services. These services provide specialized, age and developmentally appropriate supports to approximately 1350 young people annually. Services include clinical, residential, educational/vocational supports and life skills training.
an almost $2 million reduction in Home and Community Based Services, Housing Supports & Services (for supportive housing), and Discharge & Diversion Services. This funding supports the delivery of services in the community, as opposed to state institutions.
The DPH budget proposes cuts to the School-Based Health Centers, which are known to be both effective and cost-effective.
On the positive side, the governor's budget proposes to preserve the CT Legal Rights Project (CLRP) funding at the current level. And legislators have already shown their commitment to helping protect the Medicare Savings Program (MSP), at least for the time being--thank them for that!
It's important to ensure that all these programs are preserved by explaining their value and impact and demonstrating how much the cuts that have already been made have affected our communities. Also send a message that any funds that are reinstated shouldn't come out of another budget pocket that affects the same people. And if you support the legislature in looking into ways to increase revenue, let them know!
What can you do?
You can provide written testimony before 2pm on Friday, but preferably tomorrow. Use this sample template. Your document should be in Word and should be emailed to [email protected]. Please note that your document will be posted electronically on the CGA website unless you specify not to.
Even better, you can speak for 3 minutes at the public hearing.
The public hearing usually goes for many hours, so there is a lottery to determine the order of speakers. Let Maura at Keep The Promise (KTP) know if you are planning to speak and email her a written copy of your testimony by tomorrow (Thursday) at noon so she can sign you up and also make copies of your testimony.
On Friday morning there will be a lottery to draw people's names to determine the order of speakers; if you arrive after 1pm you'll be at the end of the speaker list.
The list of who will speak when will be posted outside Room 2C by 2pm Friday.
There will be a separate sign-up sheet for persons with special needs. Those speakers will be registered on a specialized list on a first-come first-served basis. The Committee Chairs will alternate speakers between the specialized list and the standard list until the specialized list has been exhausted.
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Cucumbers are one of my favorite foods, they’re low in calories and contain a lot of water and valuable nutrients. I love them for their hydrating properties and crispiness and could eat them like potato chips. English cucumbers are one of the easiest to use because their skin is thin and they don’t need to be peeled to eat. We always have one in the fridge, simply slice and serve with just about anything.
I’ve read there are 15 types of cucumbers that fit into three groups, slicing cucumbers, pickling cucumbers, and specialty cucumbers. I do like to quick-pickle my cucumbers occasionally, by adding a little apple cider vinegar or rice vinegar to a bowl of slices. It doesn’t take long to enjoy that tangy vinegar flavor along with the crunch or add a little flaky finishing salt when serving them completely raw.
The cucumber’s peel is where a lot of the nutrients are so avoid peeling them if you can. It contains fiber and beta-carotene, which is an antioxidant that helps boost the immune system. Cucumbers also contain important nutrients like vitamin C, magnesium and potassium, as well as anti-inflammatory compounds. This “fruit” is a huge part of my Embracing A Healthy Immune Boosting Lifestyle program.
Make a wonderfully healthy Real Food cucumber salad with tomato, torn spinach leaves, fresh squeezed lemon juice, dried oregano and olive oil or a cucumber, avocado, celery, grated ginger, avocado oil and fresh lime juice salad. Or serve sliced cucumbers with or on a sandwich or as a side with a lot of main dishes. They also go perfectly in a summer smoothie or use them in an infused water beverage. | <urn:uuid:70ad7e18-54fc-4d49-9846-9bf55ff2ebe3> | CC-MAIN-2022-40 | https://easyrealfoodrecipes.com/2021/07/18/cucumbers-are-refreshing-healthy-too/ | 2022-09-30T06:13:37Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030335444.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20220930051717-20220930081717-00075.warc.gz | en | 0.944619 | 370 | [
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Insights gained from customer satisfaction surveys can help you discover both your business’ flaws and strengths. Whether your website is difficult to use or your merchandise is too expensive, customer feedback can give you an overview of which business areas need immediate attention. But once you re done conducting customer surveys, the challenge now boils down to how you use the feedback as basis for company-wide improvements or changes.
Surveys should never be viewed as reports that describe how well your business performed in the previous months. Customer-centric and proactive organizations use customer satisfaction surveys as means for improving customer loyalty and boost revenues. More importantly, in order to see actual changes, survey results must be communicated internally so that every employee becomes aware of the things that matter to your customers.
Why internal communication is necessary
Exerting efforts in gathering customer satisfaction information and then setting these insights aside without visibly working on the identified problems could lead to a complete waste of time and financial resources. It can also make your employees view your future company-wide improvement plans with skepticism.
Employees, especially those who directly interact with customers, are going to be of greater value to the company if they are equipped with the knowledge or resources that enable them to respond to customer concerns.Not following through with the results of your surveys can negate the many benefits of soliciting customer feedback.
Internal dissemination of results can be your first step in taking concrete actions to correct some, if not all, of the identified problematic areas of your business. Neglecting this step of making everyone in the organization aware of your focus areas can result to having less people working on improving them and, eventually, weaker customer service culture.
Keeping employees involved in the survey process
The first task after conducting a survey is to get back to your respondents and thank them for providing you with valuable feedback. Taking this step will strengthen your relationship and communication ties with your customers, since you re confirming that you listen to what they have to say and that you re going to make improvements accordingly.
Raw survey data can then be analyzed and processed by a third-party expert or a dedicated team. The goal must be to condense the survey finds and produce a shorter output or synopsis. This condensed report is what you send to every member of your organization. The moment your employees receive this, they will realize that customer feedback is being taken seriously by the management.
The best time to disseminate survey reports is right before your employees, especially those handling customer support, participate in skills reinforcement trainings or workshops. The customer survey results will help the participants become more aware of the pressing issues and focus on them during the training program.
Take time to gather input from your front-line employees and supervisors. Asking for their opinions can empower them to be part of the solution and make them view themselves as valuable to the company. Lay out your plans and show them how they can be part of the initiative to transform your business into a more customer-centric one.
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Bloomberg -. The Chicago Bears took a major step towards leaving their hometown on Wednesday with an agreement to buy a suburban horse-racing property, a move that a fiscal watchdog says threatens the tourism-reliant city s finances.
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Churchill Downs Inc. has agreed to sell a 326 - acre farm in Arlington Heights, Illinois, the site of Arlington International Racecourse for $197.2 million to the National Football League team, according to a statement Wednesday.
The closing is expected to be in late 2022 or early 2023. The transaction isn't a surprise, but does still concern the city of Chicago, which is still trying to claw back from the economic and pandemic downturn that slammed revenues from entertainment venues, hotels and restaurants.
It s another challenge to Mayor Laurence Msall and her administration, Lori Lightfoot, the president of the Civic Federation, said in an interview. This is a much longer-term issue than the immediate interruption of the pandemic and the reopening. Soldier Field, opened in 1924, is the oldest stadium in the NFL. While the Bears call it home since 1971, Chicago Park District owns the property and rents it to groups including the team. The park district has already been hurting financially from the pandemic. Revenue for the stadium in 2020 plunged from an initial budget estimate of $40.2 million to $14.8 million, according to bond documents.
Lightfoot, who is trying to close a $733 million budget deficit, has said she remains open to working with the Bears but is trying to do what's best for the economic interest of taxpayers to generate revenue. The administration cited contracts with the Chicago Fire soccer team and Soldier Field events such as the Shamrock series, a football game between the University of Notre Dame and University of Wisconsin this month, as examples of the stadium’s appeal.
We also have to make a business decision here in Chicago, Lightfoot told reporters. I also need to make sure that first and foremost I am doing what is best for taxpayers. Bears President & Chief Executive Ted Phillips called the finalization of the sale agreement the critical next step in the team s exploration of the property and its potential.
Much work remains to be completed, including working closely with the Village of Arlington Heights and surrounding communities, before we can close on this transaction, Phillips said in a statement. Our goal is to chart a path forward that allows our team to thrive on the field, Chicagoland to prosper from this endeavour, and the Bears organization to prosper a strong future. S&P Global Ratings analysts Scott Nees and Jane Ridley say it is unclear what would be the effect of a departure by the Bears on the city, which has a broad economy. They added that they see the potential to recover lost revenues at Soldier Field from other events. The direct fiscal effects would be limited, they said in an interview Wednesday.
The Bears pay approximately $6.5 million annually in lease payments through an agreement that runs through 2033, and the district mainly benefits from parking fees at Bears events, according to S&P.
Msall said the issue is bigger than simply revenue from the lease or finding replacement events. It s difficult to see how the Bears are having a negative impact on the city's tourism, marketing and reputation. The issue affects the state as the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority sold bonds for Soldier Field renovation years ago and then refinanced that debt, Msall said.
If this is a win for Chicago, there will be another loss to Arlington Heights in Chicago financially and reputationally, Msall said.
Amid the furor over the Chicago Park District, the Chicago Bank District plans to issue $143.56 million in bond payments for capital projects and refinancing the week of Oct. 5.
It would not be a positive for the credit if the Bears move into the suburbs, but it has to be taken in context with the full amount of revenue coming into Park District, said Dan Solender, director of tax-free fixed income investments for Lord, Abbett Co.
While revenue growth is important to the credit outlook, the major focus for park district has been dealing with their pensions, he said.
The district pension fund has raised the 2020 tax charge to 15.3% and it is preparing for higher contributions in the coming few years, according to S&P. The funding is on distressed levels, according to the ratings firm.
Lord Solender holds Chicago debt as part of its $36 billion in muni assets and its interest in the park district sale will depend on pricing, Abbett said.
The Bears taking this step is not a positive for the credit, but they still should be able to get a good market reception for their deal if they value it appropriately, he said.
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The Department of Labor and Employment’s online portal, PhilJobNet, is offering over 10,000 jobs for Filipinos.
Jobseekers can access the internet based job seeking and matching site PhilJobNet to find local job vacancies.
Job vacancies for call center agents topped the offerings at 1,876 according to Labor officials.
In a published report on the Inquirer the posted jobs are ranked according to demand:
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- retail trade salesman (255)
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A jobseeker who is at least 15 years old may register as a job applicant in the PhilJobNet (www.philjobnet.gov.ph).
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Zach LaVine’sshowing at the 2015 Slam Dunk Contest in Brooklyn was so dominant and engaging that he immediately received the ultimate compliment from the media afterwards: “Will you be back again next year?”
The high-flying Timberwolves guard is indeed back to defend his crown in Toronto on Saturday. The 20-year-old is the odds-on favorite to become just the fourth player to win back-to-back Dunk Contests, joining Michael Jordan (1987 and 1988), Jason Richardson (2002 and 2003), and Nate Robinson (2009 and 2010).
Although his three challengers—Denver’s Will Barton, Orlando’s Aaron Gordon and Detroit’s Andre Drummond—covers all the bases with their different physiques and dunking styles, none has previously competed in the Dunk Contest at All-Star Weekend. LaVine, then, will enter the competition with the best hang time, the deepest bag of tricks, and the most experience on the big stage.
As such, the oddsmaking service Bovada.LV has pegged him as a massive favorite:
• Zach LaVine: 1/4
• Will Barton: 7/2
• Aaron Gordon: 5/1
• Andre Drummond: 9/1
The four participants will (thankfully) be participating in a straightforward Dunk Contest format. There will be no teams. There will be no “freestyle” or “battle” rounds.
Instead, like last year, the contest will feature two rounds without time limits. Each player has up to three attempts to complete each dunk. A panel of five judges will grade each dunk on a scale from 6 to 10, making for a perfect score of 50. Each player will get two dunks in the first round and the two dunkers with the highest combined total will advance to the final round, where they will go head-to-head for two more dunks. The player with the highest combined score in the final round will be deemed champion.
While the format couldn’t be better, there is a decided lack of buzz around this year’s event, in large part because LaVine’s competition didn’t come together as many hoped.
Andrew Wiggins, a native of Canada who plays alongside LaVine in Minnesota, declined to participate, thereby preventing a Vince Carter/Tracy McGrady Part II north of the border.
The Raptors’ deep corps of high-flyers—including former Dunk Contest participants Terrence Ross and DeMar DeRozan—are also sitting out, circumventing the possibility of a hometown angle.
Finally, there’s simply a lack of star power: While Drummond was selected to his first All-Star Game, he’s known more for his brute force rather than his artistry, and he’s certainly not a megawatt attraction like LeBron James, Russell Westbrook, and the other true superstars who continue to duck the competition. Recent Dunk Contests have included the likes of All-Stars Paul George, John Wall, and Damian Lillard. This year’s crop just doesn’t stack up for the casual fan.
But, as the videos below make clear, all is not lost. Not by a long shot.
Let’s take a look at each of the four competitors.
Zach LaVine, Timberwolves
The 2014 lottery pick has been dazzling crowds for years with his absurd leaping ability. At Barclays Center last year, he repeatedly showcased his ability to levitate off the ground, completing complicated around-the-back and through-the-leg moves before finishing with authority.
LaVine possesses everything you want to see from a great Dunk Contest champion: he’s creative, explosive, forceful, technically precise and a little bit cocky.
Hopefully, LaVine has spent the past 12 months perfecting some new material. The worst-case scenario for this year’s event is that his sequel act fails to meaningfully build off last year’s performance, leaving the audience unexpectedly disappointed.
Will Barton, Nuggets
Barton, a 2012 second–round pick who is in the running for this year’s Most Improved Player award, was dubbed “The People’s Champ” during his first two seasons in Portland thanks to his easy-going personality and unpredictable game. The 6'6" wing is all arms and legs, but he rarely looks awkward or gangly once he elevates.
The 25-year-old Barton has a number of posterizations to his name, and he has even thrown down a 360 windmill or two during game action. Given that he is an intensely proud native of Baltimore, it wouldn’t be surprising at all if Barton finds a way to incorporate a shout out to his hometown into his performance.
Aaron Gordon, Magic
The 6'9" Gordon drew some comparisons to Blake Griffin before he was selected in the 2014 lottery. While he hasn’t yet delivered on those expectations in Orlando, Gordon has a muscular approach and forceful take-off style that recalls the 2011 Dunk Contest champion.
At 20, Gordon has plenty of pop in his young legs, as he gets up high off the hardwood for double-clutch reverse dunks and graceful one-handed pile-drivers. If there’s a concern, it’s that Gordon’s ability to maneuver while in the air will pale in comparison to LaVine’s in a showcase format. That said, don’t sleep on Gordon completely, as he participated in a memorable McDonald’s All-American Dunk Contest back in 2013.
Andre Drummond, Pistons
Drummond, 22, is listed at 6'11" and 279 pounds, making him the biggest and most imposing Dunk Contest participant since Dwight Howard in 2009. (More recent big man participants like JaVale McGee, Serge Ibaka and Mason Plumlee simply possess different body types.)
While Drummond can’t sky Superman-style like Howard, he has sneaky ups. During USA Basketball camp last summer, the Pistons center regularly drew oohs and aahs with his simple, but effective arsenal of slams.
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A 9-month study on the course of COVID-19 related perceived post-traumatic stress disorder among Italian community-dwelling adults
Journal of Psychiatric Research — Somma A, Krueger RF, Markon KE, et al. | June 16, 2021
Researchers aimed at determining base rate estimates as well as the course of COVID-19-related post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in community-dwelling adults during the pandemic. In addition, they investigated the psychopathology and personality risk factors for this condition. From a sample of 811 Italian community-dwelling adults, they assessed 203 individuals who agreed to participate in a 9-month, three-wave (Wave 1: March 2020; Wave 2: June 2020; Wave 3: December 2020) longitudinal study. At each wave, participants were administered the PTSD scale of the International Trauma Questionnaire (ITQ), DSM-5 measures of acute stress, dissociation, depression and anxiety, as well as a maladaptive personality domain measure at Wave 1. At each wave, COVID-19 related PTSD point prevalence estimates ranged from 11% to 13%; however, this was up to roughly 23% of the participants experiencing clinically relevant PTSD features during 9 months of the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy. In multiple logistic regression, they identified experiencing internalizing symptoms (i.e., mostly acute stress) and selected personality features (i.e., Negative Affectivity and Psychoticism) at Wave 1 as a risk factor for PTSD symptoms at later waves. These findings provide further insight on COVID-19 related PTSD and support the necessity for preventive and treatment interventions for PTSD during the COVID-19 pandemic. | <urn:uuid:0accd518-e148-42a9-a783-a8073540df14> | CC-MAIN-2022-40 | https://cfapi.mdlinx.com/journal-summaries/viral-infections-post-traumatic-stress-disorder/2021/06/16/8154676?spec=infectious-disease | 2022-10-04T06:14:28Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030337480.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20221004054641-20221004084641-00075.warc.gz | en | 0.944036 | 352 | [
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Labyrinth of Refrain: Coven of Dusk Hands-On
Dungeon crawling, NIS-style.
02.12.18 - 11:07 AM
It's surprising to think that Labyrinth of Refrain: Coven of Dusk will have been out in Japan for over 2 years by the time we see the English release this fall. The title earned a warm reception from the press when it was shown at NISA's event on Friday, so it's clear that some folks have been awaiting this one. | <urn:uuid:063ab072-75dc-4189-8086-539f3be8f1a5> | CC-MAIN-2022-40 | http://classic.rpgfan.com/news/2018/7255.html | 2022-10-05T16:24:28Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030337631.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20221005140739-20221005170739-00075.warc.gz | en | 0.943036 | 109 | [
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Texas-based Hennessey Performance Engineering (HPE) has announced its plans to introduce a new limited-edition based on the new 2021 Ram 1500 TRX. The new limited-edition “Mammoth 1000” models will incorporate HPE’s HPE1000 kit for the Hellcat engine in a turn-key package that also features a number of advancements.
The HPE1000 performance upgrade has already seen its way under the hood of several Challenger and Charger SRT Hellcat models, as well as the Hellcat-powered Jeep® Grand Cherokee Trackhawk. Most recently, HPE announced the package would be available for owners of the upcoming limited-edition 2021 Dodge Durango SRT Hellcat as well.
The performance upgrade includes an upgraded supercharger, pulley upgrades, stainless-steel headers, high-flow exhaust, and HPE tuning. The package should be good to push the TRX’s Hellcat engine to 1,012 horsepower and 969 lb.-ft. of torque. That is an improvement of 310 horsepower and 319 lb.-ft. of torque over the stock output.
The Mammoth 1000 also includes the Mammoth Off-Road Stage 1 package, numerous off-road goodies including a 2.5-inch lift, custom front bumper with integrated LED lights, 20-Inch Hennessey 10-spoke wheels, 35-Inch off-road tires, and a front suspension leveling kit. A retractable electronic bed cover and power fold-out steps are also included.
As a turn-key product, the Mammoth 1000 cost includes the 2021 Ram 1500 TRX in which it is based upon. The Mammoth 1000 has a U.S. MSRP of $135,350 not including delivery. While HPE didn’t say which spec of the Ram 1500 TRX its package will be based on, we expect it to be based on the entry-level TR Equipment Package.
HPE expects the new truck to be capable of putting down a 0 to 60 mph time of 3.2 seconds and able to run the quarter-mile in 11.4 @ 120 mph. In its stock form, the TRX is capable of 4.5 seconds and a quarter-mile of 12.9 seconds at 108 mph.
- Upgraded 2.65-liter Supercharger System
- Lower Pulley Upgrade
- Upper Pulley Upgrade
- Stainless-Steel Long Tube Headers
- High-Flow Catalytic Converters
- Upgraded High-Flow Fuel Injectors
- High-Flow Mid Pipes
- High-Flow Fuel Injectors
- High-Flow Air Induction System
- Crank Case Ventilation System
- HPE Calibration Upgrade
- MAMMOTH Custom Front Bumper
- LED Lights in Front Bumper
- MAMMOTH Rear Bumper
- Retractable Electronic Bed Cover
- Upgraded Electronic Fold-Out Steps
- 20-Inch Hennessey 10-Spoke Wheels
- 35-Inch Off-Road Tires
- Front Suspension Leveling Kit
- All Necessary Gaskets & Fluids
- Professional Installation
- Chassis Dyno Testing
- Road Testing (up to 200 miles)
- Hennessey Exterior Badge
- MAMMOTH1000 Exterior Badges
- Serial Number Plaques
- Limited Edition of 1 of 200
- 2-Year / 24,000-Mile Warranty
The Mammoth 1000 will be limited to 200 units according to HPE. Orders can be placed through authorized Ram retailers or by contacting HPE directly.
We reached out to HPE about its limited-edition run of 3 “Mammoth 6×6” pickups that the specialty tuner it announced back in September and if it intends to still sell those units with the announcement of the Mammoth 1000. As of the writing of this article, we have not heard back from them. The Mammoth 6×6 was to feature the 1,000 horsepower Hellephant engine as well as 6-wheel-drive (6×6) for a price of $500,000. To us, that package makes so sense considering what you are getting with the much cheaper Mammoth 1000 package. | <urn:uuid:647ed214-f5a9-4cb9-b368-f9bbc988fc6a> | CC-MAIN-2022-40 | https://moparinsiders.com/hennessey-to-introduce-ram-1500-trx-mammoth-1000-package/ | 2022-10-05T15:19:53Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030337631.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20221005140739-20221005170739-00075.warc.gz | en | 0.917771 | 885 | [
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Chester M. Franklin
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American film director Chester M. Franklin developed a reputation early on as a "children's" director. At Fox studios in the years between 1917 and 1919, Franklin was prime mover of the "Fox Kiddies" series, a group of feature-length pastiches of famous literary properties (Alladin's Lamp, Jack and the Beanstalk etc.) with all-moppet casts. He abandoned this sort of fare in favor of grown-up projects in the 1920s, starring such certified adults as Bebe Daniels, Norma Talmadge and Betty Bronson. Though Chester M. Franklin had difficulty re-establishing himself in the talkie era, he finished on a high note with the 1935 "great outdoors" endeavor Sequoia, and the 1936 MGM programmer Tough Guy, a lightning-paced melodrama co-starring Jackie Cooper and Rin Tin Tin Jr. Bizarrely, the sources that list Franklin's death date vary by as much as 8 years, veering between 1948, 1949 and 1956; the year listed in our main record was taken from the British Film Institute database.
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Monoprix trusts QualityFry to expand its offer “prêt a manger”
The French supermarket chain Monoprix continues to reinforce its strategy of offering ready-to-go food with QualityFry equipment.
Monoprix extends its offer: “Prêt a manger”
The French chain of supermarkets Monoprix, belonging to Grupo Casino, seeks to reinforce its strategy of offering take away food, in all supermarkets belonging to the chain, including among its equipment the automatic fryers without smoke and without odors from QualityFry. The purpose of using the QualityFry equipment is to offer Monoprix supermarkets, make any type of fried products in record time, with high quality and with an excellent organoleptic appreciation.
The model chosen by Monoprix for its strategy is the iQ 640 FES Carrousel with integrated Fire Extinguishing System, the most innovative, complete and safe equipment on the market. QualityFry equipment is designed based on high energy efficiency, which guarantees a 24% reduction in electricity consumption, a 37% reduction in oil consumption and a 27% reduction in frying time, a characteristic that makes them ideal for FoodService and retail.
The objective of the French chain is to install 150 machines iQ 640 FES Carrousel distributed among all its establishments, its first installations will be in the supermarkets of the capital in Paris. In addition, as part of its international development, Monoprix expects to double sales to 10 billion euros in the next decade, expanding the business in Scandinavia, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain. | <urn:uuid:7940e8ed-f1e8-4e70-ac15-7c8e7044affe> | CC-MAIN-2022-40 | https://www.qualityfry.com/en/monoprix-trusts-qualityfry-to-expand-its-offer-pret-a-manger/ | 2022-10-05T14:44:29Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030337631.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20221005140739-20221005170739-00075.warc.gz | en | 0.941785 | 339 | [
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Conscious Consumers is a social enterprise that helps people make ethical purchasing decisions.
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Winter is coming, and we are working for some special winter map (Winter Forest), but we need your help!
Few weeks ago, we decided to create special winter map, Winter Forest. We are working on the system of mobs and bosses, but we need help with building the map!
What is your mission
We need a small winter cabins (small houses with winter theme) to our new map, so that's all you need to know, it's a decoration, but we will be glad to see the interior of these cabins/cottages.
Where to build and when event ends
You can start build right now on our Creative 1.16.4 server (we support mc versions from 1.15), and you can also use WorldEdit, you can build even multiple cottages/cabins, big or small with some small surrounding (fireplaces etc.). Winners will be announced 16.11 (10 days from now), so you have a lot of time.
What can you win
Main price are 3 VIP accounts for 1 month, if you already have VIP, your rank will be extended for another month. Other players (up to next 10) will be rewarded with special survival items such as keys, backpacks, grappling hooks, or some new item from winter collection.
How to let us know that you are building
In our discord, send your nickname to channel #contest.
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Writing is something we do every day from work emails to shopping
lists to texting with friends and family. Writing is a craft and practice makes perfect. With time and effort your writing will improve each time.
Here are 14 ways to start improving your writing:
- Write everyday
Good writing takes practice. The number one writing tip is to simply write as
regularly and often as you can. This exercises the part of your brain responsible for your writing prowess. Writing every day does not have to mean churning out thousand word-long articles. Try documenting your day on paper to get started.
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Making a habit of reading will expose you to different styles of writing and ways of structuring articles and content, which will benefit your own work. Reading fiction will help you learn about narrative structure, while non-fiction can provide lessons on writing concisely and clearly.
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Government announcement on move to Plan A – 19 January 2022
England is returning to Plan A coronavirus restrictions:
Working from home guidance ends on 19 January and from 20 January, pupils will no longer have to wear face masks in classrooms. Guidance on the rest of schools is due from the government’s education department.
From 27 January there will be:
- an end of mandatory face masks
- the end of mandatory Covid passes in England
- easing of care home restrictions.
And while there will still be a legal requirement to self-isolate, the prime minister says he does not expect to renew the regulations beyond 24 March when they currently expire.
Government announcement on move to Plan B – 8 December 2021
The Prime Minister has announced a move to Plan B measures, as outlined in the Covid-19 Autumn/Winter Plan.
In summary, the measures announced on 8 December are:
- From 10 Dec, mandatory face covering rules are extended to most indoor settings (but will not include hospitality settings).
- From 13 Dec, guidance is for people to work from home if they can. Anyone who cannot work from home should continue to travel to their workplace.
- From 15 Dec, introduction of mandatory certification for certain settings. This will mean a requirement to show vaccination status or a recent negative test to enter certain high risk settings.
These measures are in addition to:
- A continued push on testing. This includes people testing before they meet others, socialise or go to crowded or enclosed places.
- A continued push on vaccines and boosters.
- Continued messaging on ventilation – let in fresh air when meeting indoors.
New safety measures – 30 November 2021
New and temporary measures have been introduced from 30 November as a precaution to slow down the spread of a newly identified variant of COVID-19, Omicron.
- All international arrivals must take a Day-2 PCR test and self-isolate until they receive a negative result.
- All contacts of suspected Omicron cases must self-isolate, regardless of their vaccination status or age and will be contacted by NHS Test and Trace.
- Face coverings are now compulsory in shops and other settings such as banks, post offices and hairdressers, as well as and on public transport unless you are exempt. All hospitality settings will be exempt.
- All staff, visitors and pupils or students in secondary school years 7 and above are strongly advised to wear a face covering in communal areas, unless exempt.
- South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Eswatini, Zimbabwe, and Namibia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Angola have been added to the UK’s travel red list. Passengers returning from any of these countries will need to isolate in a quarantine hotel. Quarantine exemptions due to compassionate and medical reasons apply. More details here.
Rules on face coverings are being updated in England – 30 November 2021
The public and staff in public facing areas will be required to wear face coverings in these settings from 4am on 30 November 2021:
- shops and supermarkets (places that offer goods or services for retail sale or hire)
- shopping centres (malls and indoor markets)
- auction houses
- post offices, banks, building societies, credit unions, short-term loan providers, savings clubs and money service businesses
- estate and letting agents
- premises providing personal care and beauty treatments (barbers, hair salons, tattoo and piercing studios, nail salons, massage centres)
- premises providing veterinary services
- retail galleries
- retail travel agents
- takeaways without space for consumption of food or drink on premises
- public transport (aeroplanes, trains, trams and buses), taxis and private hire vehicles
- any car, van or HGV, during a professional driving lesson, a formal driving test, or during one of the practical tests for giving driving instruction
What a face covering is
In the context of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, a face covering is something which securely covers the nose and mouth. There are many types of face coverings available. Cloth face coverings and disposable face coverings work best if they are made with multiple layers (at least 2) and form a good fit around the face. Face coverings should be made of a material that you find comfortable and breathable, such as cotton. Bandanas or religious garments may be used but are likely to be less effective if they do not fit securely around the face.
Find out more about the differences between surgical face masks, PPE face masks, and face coverings.
The reason for using face coverings
When someone with COVID-19 breathes, speaks, coughs or sneezes, they release particles (droplets and aerosols) which may contain the virus that causes COVID-19. These particles can be breathed in by another person. Surfaces and belongings can also be contaminated with COVID-19 when people who are infected cough or sneeze near them, or if they touch them after coughing or sneezing onto their hands.
By covering your nose and mouth with a face covering, you’ll reduce the spread of droplets and aerosols carrying the virus by limiting the amount of the virus being released when you talk and breathe, helping to protect others.
You and your household should self-isolate at home If you develop any of the most important symptoms:
- a new continuous cough
- a high temperature
- a loss of, or change in, your normal sense of smell or taste (anosmia)
You should arrange to have a PCR test to check for COVID-19. Wearing a face covering does not change this.
If your test is positive, you must self-isolate until 10 days after the day on which you first developed symptoms.
When you should wear a face covering
Members of the public should continue to wear face coverings in crowded and enclosed spaces where you come into contact with people you don’t normally meet. For example, on public transport. Businesses, including transport operators, can also ask their employees and customers to wear face coverings. You should check with operators of services, venues, and settings that you use.
The Department for Transport has updated its guidance on safer travel for passengers.
Infection Prevention Control (IPC) guidance advises that patients and visitors across all healthcare settings should wear a face covering, providing it is tolerated and is not detrimental to their medical or care needs. They should also be worn in care homes to protect residents from the risk of infection.
The Department for Education (DfE) has its own guidance on the use of face coverings for schools and other education institutions that provide education for secondary school-age pupils, young people and adults in England.
Face visors, shields and transparent face coverings
A face visor or shield only provides limited protection compared to a face covering. This is because they do not adequately cover the nose and mouth, and do not filter airborne particles. Transparent face coverings can aid communication for those that require lip-reading or facial expressions. However, their effectiveness is not supported by evidence. To be most effective, a face covering should fit securely around the face to cover the nose and mouth. It should be made of a breathable material capable of filtering airborne particles.
If you’re not able to wear a face covering
Face coverings are expected and recommended in indoor spaces where you come into contact with people you do not normally meet. However, there are some circumstances where people may not be able to wear a face covering. Please be respectful of these situations. Some people are less able to wear face coverings. The reasons for this may not always be visible.
This includes (but is not limited to):
- children under the age of 11 (Public Health England does not recommend face coverings for children under the age of 3 for health and safety reasons)
- people who cannot put on, wear or remove a face covering because of a physical or mental illness or impairment, or disability
- where the putting on, wearing or removing a face covering will cause severe distress
- instances where people are speaking to or providing assistance to someone who relies on lip reading, clear sound or facial expressions to communicate
- to avoid harm or injury, or the risk of harm or injury, to yourself or others
- police officers and other emergency workers – this may interfere with their ability to serve the public
There are also situations when you may be asked to remove a face covering, for example:
- when in a bank, building society, or post office for identification purposes
- when asked to do so by shop staff or relevant employees for identification purposes, for assessing health recommendations (for example. by a pharmacist), or for age identification purposes, such as when buying age-restricted products, such as alcohol
- if required to receive treatment or services, for example when getting a facial treatment
If you have an age, health or disability reason for not wearing a face covering you do not need to show:
- any written evidence of this
- an exemption card
This means that you do not need to seek advice or request a letter from a medical professional about your reason for not wearing a face covering. However, some people may feel more comfortable if they are able to show something that explains why they’re not wearing a face covering. This could be in the form of an exemption card, badge or even a homemade sign. Carrying an exemption card or badge is a personal choice and is not required by law.
If you wish to use an exemption card or badge, you can download an exemption card template. You can then print these yourself or show them on a mobile device. Please note that the government is not able to provide physical exemption cards or badges.
How to wear a face covering
Face coverings with multiple layers and which fit closelly around the face work best. It is important that any face covering is worn correctly and handled with care. A face covering should:
- cover your nose and mouth while allowing you to breathe comfortably (a nose wire may help with fit)
- fit comfortably but securely against the side of the face
- be secured to the head with ties or ear loops
- be made of a material that you find to be comfortable and breathable, such as cotton
- ideally include at least 2 layers of fabric (the World Health Organization recommends 3, depending on the fabric used)
- unless disposable, it should be able to be washed with other items of laundry according to fabric washing instructions and dried without causing the face covering to be damaged. Single-use disposable masks should not be washed and reused
When wearing a face covering you should:
- wash your hands thoroughly with soap and water for 20 seconds or use hand sanitiser before putting a face covering on
- avoid wearing on your neck or forehead
- avoid touching the part of the face covering in contact with your mouth and nose, as it could be contaminated with the virus
- change the face covering if it becomes damp or if you’ve touched it
- avoid taking it off and putting it back on a lot in quick succession (for example, when leaving and entering shops on a high street)
When removing a face covering:
- wash your hands thoroughly with soap and water for 20 seconds or use hand sanitiser before removing
- only handle the straps, ties or clips
- do not give it to someone else to use
- if single-use, dispose of it carefully in a residual waste bin and do not recycle
- if reusable, wash it in line with manufacturer’s instructions at the highest temperature appropriate for the fabric
- wash your hands thoroughly with soap and water for 20 seconds or use hand sanitiser once removed
Face covering rules for businesses, venues and the workplace
Businesses and employers must complete a risk assessment, and take reasonable steps to manage risks to the health and safety of their workforce and customers in their workplace or setting, including the risks of COVID-19.
Businesses can require or encourage customers, clients or their workers to wear a face covering.
When completing a risk assessment, you would need to consider the reasonable adjustments needed for staff and customers with disabilities.
If your business chooses to implement certain health and safety measures, you would need to consider carefully how this fits with:
- your business’ general health and safety duties
- other obligations to staff and customers arising from employment rights and equalities laws
All businesses should follow the principles set out in the working safely guidance.
Where businesses require their workers to wear face coverings there are some circumstances where people may not be able to wear a face covering. Businesses should be mindful and respectful of these. If your workers (including contractors) or customers choose to wear a face covering, you should support them in using face coverings safely.
Normal policies relating to occupational workwear and PPE will continue to apply.
Maintaining and disposing of face coverings
Do not touch the front of the face covering, or the part of the face covering that has been in contact with your mouth and nose. Once removed, store reusable face coverings in a plastic bag until you have an opportunity to wash them. If the face covering is single use, dispose of it in a residual waste bin. Do not put them in a recycling bin.
Make sure you clean any surfaces the face covering has touched using normal household cleaning products. If eating in a cafe, for example, it is important that you do not place the face covering on the table.
Wash your face covering regularly and follow the washing instructions for the fabric. You can use your normal detergent. You can wash and dry it with other laundry. You must throw away your face covering if it is damaged.
The government has also published guidance on the safe disposal of waste for the public and businesses.
Roadmap to Recovery – 12 July 2021
The UK will move to the next stage of the roadmap on 19 July. The Government will remove outstanding legal restrictions on social contact, life events, and open the remaining closed settings.
This means that at Step 4:
- All remaining limits on social contact will be removed and there will be no more restrictions on how many people can meet in any setting, indoors or outdoors.
- All settings will be able to open, including nightclubs.
- Large events, such as music concerts and sporting events can resume without any limits on attendance or social distancing requirements.
- The legal requirements to wear a face covering will be lifted in all settings.
- Social distancing rules will be lifted.
- Businesses will be encouraged to display QR codes for customers to check in using the NHS COVID-19 app, although it will no longer be a legal requirement.
- It is no longer necessary for the Government to instruct people to work from home and employers can start to plan a return to workplaces.
The health secretary stated that it is important people act with caution. This means:
- A gradual return to work if people are working from home
- Trying to meet people outside
- It is recommended people wear face coverings in crowded indoor settings unless they are exempt
The requirement to self-isolate if you are contacted by NHS Test and Trace will remain in place until 16 August, when it will be relaxed for people who have had both vaccine doses.
Guidance is available on the Government website.
Roadmap to Recovery – 14 June 2021
The Government has announced a four-week pause at Step 3 of the roadmap out of lockdown, meaning that existing restrictions remain in place. It is expected that we will now move to Step 4 on 19 July, though the data will be reviewed after two weeks.
However, some Step 3 restrictions will see rules changes on 21 June, including:
- weddings and civil partnership ceremonies and receptions/celebrations
- commemorative events following a death such as a wake or ash scattering
- large events pilots
- care home visits
- domestic residential visits for children
Please see the latest GOV.UK guidance for further information on these changes.
Roadmap to Recovery: Key Dates and Phases – 22 February 2021
On 22 February the Prime Minister announced the timetable for easing lockdown in England. The roadmap outlines four phases for easing restrictions. Before proceeding to the next step, four conditions must be met at each phase of lockdown easing:
- The coronavirus vaccine programme continues to go to plan
- Evidence shows vaccines are sufficiently reducing the number of people dying with the virus or needing hospital treatment
- Infection rates do not risk a surge in hospital admissions
- New variants of the virus do not fundamentally change the risk of lifting restrictions
Phase 1 (part 1): 8 March
All schools will reopen, and outdoor after-school activities will be allowed. Secondary school pupils and older will have to wear masks in classes.
Care home residents will be able to have one regular named visitor, with whom they can hold hands.
One person can sit down with another individual from outside their household or bubble for a coffee, drink or picnic. Children will still count towards this.
The “stay at home” order will otherwise stay in place.
Phase 1 (part 2): 29 March
Outdoor gatherings allowed of up to six people, or two households if this is larger, in parks and gardens.
Outdoor sport for children and adults will be allowed including outdoor swimming pools.
The official stay at home order will end, but people will be encouraged to stay local.
People will still be asked to work from home where possible.
Phase 2: No earlier than 12 April
Reopening of non-essential retail, hair and nail salons, indoor leisure facilities such as gyms and pools, public buildings such as libraries and museums, and zoos and theme parks.
Most outdoor venues will reopen, including pubs and restaurants but only for outdoor tables and beer gardens. Customers will have to be seated but there will be no need to have a meal with alcohol.
Reopening of holiday lets with no shared facilities, but only for one household.
Funerals can have up to 30 attendees, while weddings, receptions and wakes can have 15.
Wider social contact rules will continue to apply in all settings, meaning no indoor mixing between different households will be allowed.
Phase 3: No earlier than 17 May
Most mixing rules lifted outdoors, with a limit of 30 people meeting in parks or gardens.
Indoor mixing will be allowed, up to six people or two households.
Indoor venues such as pubs and restaurants, hotels, cinemas and group exercise classes will reopen. The new indoor and outdoor mixing limits will remain for pubs and other hospitality venues.
Domestic overnight stays will be allowed and this will be the earliest date at which international holidays could resume.
For sport, indoor venues can have up to 1,000 spectators or half capacity, whichever is lower; outdoors the limit will be 4,000 people or half capacity, whichever is lower. Very large outdoor seated venues, such as big football stadiums, where crowds can be spread out, will have a limit of 10,000 people, or a quarter full, whichever is fewer.
Weddings will be allowed a limit of 30 people, with other events such as christenings and barmitzvahs also permitted.
Phase 4: No earlier than 21 June – Delayed to 19 July
All legal limits removed on mixing will be removed and the last sectors to remain closed, such as nightclubs, will reopen. Large events can take place.
There are likely to be changes to wider social distancing measures.
National Lockdown: What You Can and Cannot Do – 4 January 2020
On 4 January 2021 the Prime Minister announced a third National Lockdown across England, in light of the rising COVID-19 infection rates due to the new variant of the virus.
Stay at home
You must stay at home. The single most important action we can all take is to stay at home to protect the NHS and save lives. You should follow this guidance immediately. The law will be updated to reflect these new rules.
You must not leave, or be outside of your home except where necessary. You may leave the home to:
- shop for basic necessities, for you or a vulnerable person
- go to work, or provide voluntary or charitable services, if you cannot reasonably do so from home
- exercise with your household (or support bubble) or one other person, this should be limited to once per day, and you should not travel outside your local area.
- meet your support bubble or childcare bubble where necessary, but only if you are legally permitted to form one
- seek medical assistance or avoid injury, illness or risk of harm (including domestic abuse)
- attend education or childcare – for those eligible
Colleges, primary and secondary schools will remain open only for vulnerable children and the children of critical workers. All other children will learn remotely until February half term. Early Years settings remain open.
Higher Education provision will remain online until mid February for all except future critical worker courses.
If you do leave home for a permitted reason, you should always stay local in the village, town, or part of the city where you live. You may leave your local area for a legally permitted reason, such as for work.
If you are clinically extremely vulnerable you should only go out for medical appointments, exercise or if it is essential. You should not attend work
You cannot leave your home to meet socially with anyone you do not live with or are not in a support bubble with (if you are legally permitted to form one).
You may exercise on your own, with one other person, or with your household or support bubble.
You should not meet other people you do not live with, or have formed a support bubble with, unless for a permitted reason.
Stay 2 metres apart from anyone not in your household.
You can view the full details including international travel, overnight stays and work here.
London to enter Tier 4 on 20 December 2020
The Prime Minister has announced tougher restrictions for large parts of South East England with a new Tier 4: ‘Stay at Home’ alert level. The decision follows a rapid rise in infections attributed to the rapid spread of a new variant of Covid-19.
People should not enter or leave Tier 4 areas, and Tier 4 residents must not stay overnight away from home. Where people cannot work from home, they should still travel to work, for example in the construction and manufacturing sectors.
Non-essential retail, indoor leisure, indoor entertainment, and personal care sectors must all close.
Tier 4 rules will be reviewed on 30 December, as part of the wider review of all restrictions. Full details of the restrictions can be found here.
Given the risk the new variant poses, the Christmas bubble policy will no longer apply in Tier 4. For Tiers 1, 2 and 3, Christmas bubbles can continue with up to three households able to meet, but for one day only on Christmas Day.
Businesses and venues which must close
To reduce social contact, the regulations require some businesses to close and impose restrictions on how some businesses provide goods and services. The businesses required to close include:
- non-essential retail, such as clothing and homeware stores, vehicle showrooms (other than for rental), betting shops, tailors, tobacco and vape shops, electronic goods and mobile phone shops, auction houses (except for auctions of livestock or agricultural equipment) and market stalls selling non-essential goods – these venues can continue to be able to operate click-and-collect (where goods are pre-ordered and collected off the premises) and delivery services
- hospitality venues such as cafes, restaurants, pubs, bars and social clubs; with the exception of providing food and drink for takeaway (until 11pm), click-and-collect, drive-through or delivery
- accommodation such as hotels, hostels, guest houses and campsites, except for specific circumstances, such as where these act as someone’s main residence, where the person cannot return home, for providing accommodation or support to the homeless, or where it is essential to stay there for work purposes
- leisure and sports facilities such as leisure centres and indoor gyms, indoor swimming pools, indoor sports courts, indoor fitness and dance studios, indoor riding centres, and indoor climbing walls
- entertainment venues such as theatres, concert halls, cinemas, museums and galleries, casinos, amusement arcades, bingo halls, bowling alleys, skating rinks, go-karting venues, indoor play and soft play centres and areas (including inflatable parks and trampolining centres), circuses, fairgrounds, funfairs, zoos and other animal attractions, water parks and theme parks
- indoor attractions at venues such as botanical gardens, heritage homes and landmarks must also close, though outdoor grounds of these premises can stay open
- personal care facilities such as hair, beauty, tanning and nail salons. Tattoo parlours, spas, massage parlours, body and skin piercing services must also close. These services should not be provided in other people’s homes
- community centres and halls must close except for a limited number of exempt activities, as set out below. Libraries can also remain open to provide access to IT and digital services – for example for people who do not have it at home – and for click-and-collect services
Some of these businesses and places will also be permitted to be open for a small number of exempt activities, including:
- education and training – for schools to use sports, leisure and community facilities where that is part of their normal provision
- childcare purposes and supervised activities for children
- hosting blood donation sessions and food banks
- to provide medical treatment
- for elite sports persons to train and compete (in indoor and outdoor sports facilities), and professional dancers and choreographers to work (in fitness and dance studios)
- for training and rehearsal without an audience (in theatres and concert halls)
- for the purposes of film and TV filming
Businesses and venues which can remain open
Other businesses and venues are permitted to stay open, following COVID-19 Secure guidelines. This includes those providing essential goods and services, including:
- essential retail such as food shops, supermarkets, pharmacies, garden centres, building merchants and suppliers of building products and off-licences
- market stalls selling essential retail may also stay open
- businesses providing repair services may also stay open, where they primarily offer repair services
- petrol stations, automatic (but not manual) car washes, vehicle repair and MOT services, bicycle shops, and taxi and vehicle hire businesses
- banks, building societies, post offices, short-term loan providers and money transfer businesses
- funeral directors
- laundrettes and dry cleaners
- medical and dental services
- vets and pet shops
- animal rescue centres, boarding facilities, and animal groomers (may continue to be used for animal welfare, rather than aesthetic purposes)
- agricultural supplies shops
- mobility and disability support shops
- storage and distribution facilities
- car parks, public toilets and motorway service areas
- outdoor playgrounds
- outdoor gym, pools, sports courts and facilities
- golf courses
- archery/driving/shooting ranges (outdoors)
- outdoor riding centres
- places of worship
- crematoriums and burial grounds
Travelling within a Tier 4 area
If you live in a Tier 4 area, you must not leave your home unless you have a reasonable excuse. If you need to travel you should stay local and look to reduce the number of journeys you make overall. The list of reasons you can leave your home and area include, but are not limited to:
- work, where you cannot work from home
- accessing education and for caring responsibilities
- visiting those in your support bubble – or your childcare bubble for childcare
- visiting hospital, GP and other medical appointments or visits where you have had an accident or are concerned about your health
- buying goods or services from premises that are open in Tier 4 areas, including essential retail, but these should be within your local area wherever possible
- outdoor recreation or exercise. This should be done locally wherever possible, but you can travel a short distance within your Tier 4 area to do so if necessary (for example, to access an open space)
- attending the care and exercise of an animal, or veterinary services
If you need to travel, walk or cycle where possible, and plan ahead and avoid busy times and routes on public transport. This will allow you to practise social distancing while you travel.
Avoid car sharing with anyone from outside your household or your support bubble. See the guidance on car sharing.
If you need to use public transport, you should follow the safer travel guidance.
Travelling out of a Tier 4 area or to a Tier 4 area
You should not travel into a Tier 4 area from another part of the UK, other than for the below reasons.
You must stay at home and not leave your Tier 4 area, other than for the legally permitted reasons below:
- to travel to work where you cannot work from home
- to travel to education and for caring responsibilities
- to visit (including staying overnight with) those in your support bubble – or your childcare bubble for childcare
- to attend hospital, GP and other medical appointments or visits where you have had an accident or are concerned about your health
International travel to or from a Tier 4 area
If you live in a Tier 4 area, you can only travel internationally – or within the UK – where you first have a legally permitted reason to leave home. In addition, you should consider the public health advice in the country you are visiting.
If you live outside a Tier 4 area you may still transit into or through a Tier 4 area to travel abroad if you need to, but you should carefully consider whether you need to do so. In addition, you should follow the public health advice in the country you’re visiting.
If you do need to travel overseas from a Tier 4 area (and are legally permitted to do so, for example, because it is for work), even if you are returning to a place you’ve visited before, you should look at the rules in place at your destination and the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) travel advice.
UK residents currently abroad do not need to return home immediately. However, you should check with your airline or travel operator on arrangements for returning.
Staying away from home overnight
You cannot leave your home or the place where you are living for holidays or stays overnight away from your main home unless you have a reasonable excuse for doing so. This means that holidays in the UK and abroad are not allowed. This includes staying in a second home or caravan, if that is not your primary residence, or staying with anyone you do not live with (other than those with whom you have formed a support bubble)
You are allowed to stay overnight away from your home if you:
- are unable to return to your main residence
- need accommodation while moving house
- need accommodation to attend a funeral or related commemorative event
- require accommodation for work purposes or to provide voluntary services
- are a child requiring accommodation for school or care
- are homeless, seeking asylum or a vulnerable person seeking refuge
- are an elite athlete or their support staff or parent, if the athlete is under 18 and it is necessary to be outside of the home for training or competition
If you are already on holiday in a Tier 4 area, you should return to your home as soon as practical
Guest accommodation providers such as hotels, B&Bs and caravan parks may remain open for the specific reasons set out in law, including where guests are unable to return to their main residence, use that guest accommodation as their main residence, need accommodation while moving house, are self-isolating as required by law, or would otherwise be made homeless as a result of the accommodation closing. Accommodation providers are also encouraged to work cooperatively with Local Authorities to provide accommodation to vulnerable groups including the homeless in Tier 4 areas.
London to enter Tier 3 on 16 December 2020
London will be placed in Tier 3 from 00:01 on Wednesday 16 December. Please see below an overview of the restrictions in Tier 3:
Meeting friends and family
You must not meet socially indoors, in a private garden and at most outdoor public venues with anybody you do not live with or have a support bubble with. A maximum of six people can meet in some outdoor public spaces such as parks.
Businesses and venues that must close
- Hospitality venues, such as bars (including shisha bars), pubs, cafes, restaurants, and social clubs must close except for takeaway, delivery and click and collect services. This includes restaurants and bars within hotels or member’s clubs.
- Accommodation such as hotels, B&Bs, campsites, holiday lets and guest houses must close with limited exceptions.
- Indoor tourist attractions and indoor entertainment venues – such as casinos and cinemas.
Venues that can stay open
- Outdoor entertainment venues
- Gyms and sports places but group activities and classes should not take place
- Hairdressers and nail bars
- Community centres and libraries
People are advised not to travel to and from Tier 3 areas, other than where necessary such as for work or education.
Please visit the Government website for further guidance on Tier 3 restrictions.
Use this tool to find out the coronavirus restrictions in your local area.
London to be placed in Tier 2 from 2 December 2020
On 23 November the Prime Minister announced that non-essential retail, gyms and leisure centres will reopen, and outdoor sports will be allowed on 2 December.
On 26 November it was confirmed London will enter Tier 2 once lockdown ends on 2 December. The tiers will next be reviewed on 16 December. Please see below an overview of the restrictions in Tier 2:
- Pubs and bars can only remain open if they serve alcohol with substantial meals.
- Households aren’t allowed to mix indoors and a maximum of 6 can meet outdoors. This applies to public spaces, gardens and hospitality businesses.
- The previous 10pm curfew for hospitality venues will change to a 10pm ‘last orders’ call with closing times at 11pm.
- Hospitality businesses can continue to sell food and drinks after 10pm through delivery service, click-and-collect or drive-through.
- Hospitality businesses must provide table service only and close between 11pm and 5am (hospitality venues in airports, ports, transport services and motorway service areas are exempt).
Venues and Events
- The 11pm closure applies to casinos, cinemas, theatres & museums. Cinemas, theatres and concert halls can stay open beyond 11pm in order to conclude performances that start before 10pm.
- Public attendance at outdoor and indoor events is permitted with spectator capacity limits. At tier 2 these will be 50% capacity or 2,000 outdoors and 1,000 indoors, whichever is lower.
- Weddings and funerals can go ahead. 15 people can attend wedding ceremonies and receptions, 30 people can attend funeral ceremonies.
- Travel to work, venues and amenities is allowed but people should aim to reduce the number of journeys made where possible.
- If you live in a tier 2 area, you must continue to follow tier 2 rules when you travel to a tier 1 area. Travel to a tier 3 area should be for essential reasons only, such as work, education or for medical treatment or care.
The full list of local restriction tiers by area can be found here.
The Government has published its Covid Winter Plan for managing COVID-19 through the end of 2020 and into the start of 2021.
Forming a Christmas bubble with friends and family – December 2020
Between 23 and 27 December:
- you can form an exclusive ‘Christmas bubble’ composed of people from no more than three households
- you can only be in one Christmas bubble
- you cannot change your Christmas bubble
- you can travel between tiers and UK nations for the purposes of meeting your Christmas bubble
- you can only meet your Christmas bubble in private homes or in your garden, places of worship, or public outdoor spaces
- you can continue to meet people who are not in your Christmas bubble outside your home according to the rules in the tier where you are staying
- you cannot meet someone in a private dwelling who is not part of your household or Christmas bubble
Read the full guidance here.
Four Week Lockdown from 5 November 2020
On 31 October the Prime Minister announced a four week lockdown for England, from 00:01 Thursday 5 November to Wednesday 2 December. At the end of the four week lockdown period the position defaults to the three tier system.
During lockdown, people will only be allowed to leave home for specific reasons, including:
- For education
- For work if you cannot work from home
- For exercise and recreation outdoors
- For medical reasons
- To shop for food and essentials
- To care for others
Which COVID-secure businesses can remain open?
- Food retailers, including food markets, supermarkets, convenience stores and corner shops.
- Off licenses and licensed shops selling alcohol (including breweries).
- Pharmacies (including non-dispensing pharmacies) and chemists.
- News agents.
- Schools, colleges, and universities.
- Hardware stores.
- Building merchants, and building services.
- Petrol stations.
- Car repair and MOT services.
- Bicycle shops.
- Taxi or vehicle hire businesses.
- Banks, building societies, post offices, loan providers and money transfer businesses.
- Funeral directors.
- Laundrettes and dry cleaners.
- Dental services, opticians, audiology services, chiropody, chiropractors, osteopaths and other medical or health services, including services relating to mental health.
- Veterinary surgeons and pet shops.
- Storage and distribution facilities, including delivery drop off or collection points, where the facilities are in the premises of a business included in this Part.
- Car parks.
- Garden centres.
Which businesses must close?
- All non-essential retail. These venues can continue to operate click-and-collect and delivery services.
- Hospitality venues; with the exception of providing food and drink for takeaway before 10pm, click-and-collect, drive-through or delivery.
- Accommodation such as hotels, hostels, guest houses and campsites. Except for specific circumstances, such as where these act as someone’s main residence, where they cannot return home, for homeless people, or where it is essential to stay there for work purposes.
- Indoor and outdoor leisure and sports facilities such as bowling alleys, leisure centres and gyms, sports facilities including swimming pools, golf courses and driving ranges, dance studios, stables and riding centres, soft play facilities, climbing walls and climbing centres, archery and shooting ranges, water and theme parks.
- Entertainment venues such as theatres, concert halls, cinemas, museums and galleries, casinos, adult gaming centres and arcades, bingo halls, bowling alleys, concert halls, zoos and other animal attractions, botanical gardens.
- Personal care facilities such as hair, beauty and nail salons, tattoo parlours, spas, massage parlours, body and skin piercing services, non-medical acupuncture, and tanning salons.
Everyone who can work effectively from home must do so. Where people cannot do so – including but not limited to, people who work in critical national infrastructure, construction, or manufacturing – they should continue to travel to their workplace.
You should avoid all non-essential travel by private or public transport.
Essential travel includes, but is not limited to:
- Essential shopping;
- Travelling to work where your workplace is open or you cannot work from home;
- Travelling to education and for caring responsibilities;
- Hospital GP and other medical appointments or visits where you have had an accident or are concerned about your health.
Overnight stays and holidays away from primary residences will not be allowed, including holidays in the UK and abroad. This includes staying in a second home, if you own one, or staying with anyone you do not live with or are in a support bubble with. There are specific exceptions, for example if you need to stay away from home (including in a second home) for work purposes.
You can read the full guidance published here.
Three-Tier Lockdown System – 12 October 2020
On 12 October the Prime Minister announced a new three-tier lockdown system for England:
- Most areas of England are on medium alert, which covers most of the country and consists of current national measures – including the rule of six and the 10pm curfew.
- The high alert level, consists of no social mixing between households indoors. London moved to Tier 2 Covid-19 measures on Saturday 17 October 2020, find out more below.
- The very high alert level prohibits social mixing indoors and in private gardens, with pubs and bars also closing in these areas. Please note that all retail, schools and universities will remain open, even at this highest level.
COVID Alert Level: HIGH – October 2020
You must not meet indoors with anybody who doesn’t belong to your household or support bubble. This includes someone’s home or in an indoor public place. There are certain exceptions, which are detailed below.
Outdoors, you can meet friends and family (who are not from your household or support bubble) in groups of up to 6 people, including a garden or other outside space. This limit of 6 includes children of any age.
You should aim to reduce the number of journeys you make where possible. If you need to travel, please consider walking or cycling where possible. If you need to take public transport, please plan ahead, wear a face covering and avoid busy times and routes.
If you are required to travel into an area at a different local COVID alert level (for example to go to work or school), you should follow the guidance for whichever area has the higher alert level.
Natalia Clifford, Deputy Director of Public Health for Westminster explains the Tier 2 rules:
Exceptions to meeting indoors
There are certain exceptions where people from different households/bubbles can meet indoors:
- For business. Government confirmed that indoor business lunches & dinners are still permitted for up to six people
- For work in someone’s house or volunteering to provide voluntary or charitable services
- For registered childcare, education or training
- For arrangements where children do not live in the same household as both their parents / guardians
- For supervised activities provided for children, including youth groups and activities, children’s playgroups and informal childcare through childcare bubbles
- For birth partners
- To see someone who is dying
- To provide emergency assistance, to avoid injury or illness, or to escape a risk of harm
- To provide care or assistance to someone vulnerable who cannot cope without support
- To fulfill a legal obligation, such as attending court or jury service
- To facilitate a house move
- For outdoor exercise and dance classes, organised outdoor sport, and licensed outdoor physical activity
- Indoor organised team sports for disabled people, and youth sport
- Support groups of up to 15 participants – formally organised groups to provide mutual aid, therapy or any other form of support (not to take place in private dwellings)
- For a wedding or equivalent ceremony and wedding receptions where the organiser has carried out a risk assessment and taken all reasonable measures to limit the risk of transmission of the virus – up to a maximum of 15 people (not to take place in private dwellings)
- For funerals – up to a maximum of 30 people. Wakes and other commemorative events are permitted with up to 15 people present (not to take place in private dwellings)
- For prospective adopting parents to meet a child or children who may be placed with them
- For protests – if organised in compliance with COVID-secure guidance
Venues such as pubs & restaurants, leisure & entertainment centres, community facilities and places of worship can host more people in total, following COVID-secure guidance, but you cannot mix or mingle with anyone who is not from your household or support bubble in these venues.
Meeting people outside your households in pubs and restaurants is not allowed but Government confirmed that indoor business lunches & dinners are still permitted for up to six people.
You should provide your contact details to the venue or check-in using the official NHS COVID-19 app, so that NHS Test and Trace can contact your group if needed.
Going into work
If you can work from home, please do so. If you cannot work from home, you should go to your place of work.
There is no limit to the group size when you are meeting or gathering for work purposes, but workplaces should meet COVID-secure guidelines.
Essential work meetings of up to 30 are permitted indoors.
In-home workers can continue to go into someone else’s house for work, such as repair services, cleaners, childcare providers etc.
Going to university, college, schools or nurseries
The advice for attending schools, nurseries and other educational settings has not changed.
However, adults, staff, and pupils are now asked to wear face coverings when moving around indoors within secondary schools, such as in corridors and communal areas where social distancing is difficult. Face coverings are not needed within the classroom. This advice applies to secondary schools only.
Group sport and physical activity
- Adults can continue to take part in outdoor organised sport and licensed physical outdoor activity in groups of more than six, provided it is organised by a national governing body, club, registered instructor/coach, business or charity. In all cases, the organiser must conduct a risk assessment and ensure compliance with COVID-19 Secure guidance.
- You should ensure you socially distance with people you do not live with (or have formed a support bubble with) and must not mingle in groups of more than 6 before and after the activity.
- Organised events of more than six people can take place outdoors in any public place (with the owner’s permission).
- Organised indoor sport and indoor exercise classes can continue to take place (at a facility such as a gym, leisure centre or community hall) with larger numbers present, provided groups of more than six do not mix.
- You cannot hold a session with more than six people within a private home.
- There are exceptions to enable disability and youth sport and physical activity indoors, in any number.
- Please refer to the group exercise guidance here.
Advice for shielding / clinically extremely vulnerable groups:
Anyone who is clinically vulnerable:
- Must not meet with people indoors in any setting unless they are part of your household or support bubble. But they may continue to see friends and family you do not live with outside, but in a group of up to 6 people.
- Can go outside as much as they like but keep their overall social interactions low.
- Can visit businesses, such as supermarkets, pubs and shops, whilst keeping 2 metres away from others wherever possible (or 1 metre plus other precautions),
- Should continue to wash their hands carefully and more frequently than usual and maintain thorough cleaning of frequently touched areas in their home and/or workspace.
At each local COVID alert level, there is additional advice that clinically extremely vulnerable people must follow.
Social Distancing – June 2020
Retail and public premises which remain open must:
- Ensure a distance of two meters between customers and shop assistants (From 4 July the 2m distancing rule is being reduced to 1m plus.)
- Let people enter the shop only in small groups, to ensure that spaces are not crowded.
- Queue control is required outside of shops and other essential premises that remain open.
While our business members and partners are busy taking care of internal social distancing arrangements, the BID has led on the external environment. By the 1 June, we installed over 250 queue markers for more than 70 businesses, in over 100 different locations.
We canvassed as many businesses as possible and were delighted with the take-up, as businesses grapple with the new social distancing challenges inside their premises and the external queues that this creates. Every business in receipt of our purple queue markers benefited from an advance site survey and discussion with our team about queue direction and length. Neighbouring businesses were able to collaborate on queue direction, to prevent queue collision and entry blocking.
Westminster City Council has also published guidance on queue management to support businesses reviewing queuing arrangements for their respective premises.
Failure to hold an appropriate SIA licence where required to do so is a criminal offence contrary to the Private Security Industry Act 2001.
The SIA have produced a useful document, Advice to Retailers Hiring Additional Staff to Manage Queues, which provides guidance as to licensing requirements.
Find out more about queue management with social distancing here.
We also invited businesses from a variety of sectors to join us on 6 May 2020 for a virtual discussion on social distancing. You can read our findings here.
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You make a planner for work or personal, they want to print it out from Notion. You are still struggling to find a way to fulfill this desire. We’ll show you how to print a page from Notion.
You cannot print a page directly from Notion, but have to do some operations on the page to be printed, unless you are using Notion from the web. Otherwise, you are required to export the page to be printed to PDF to perform the printing operation you want.
Print a page as a web
You open the Notion page with any web page. Then execute the print job using the web page itself by clicking the option in the browser. If printing is done this way, you will need to scale it appropriately to align the printed version the way you want it.
Print a page as a PDF
With that said, if printing this way, the first thing you need to do is export the page to PDF. To do this, you need to perform the following steps:
Step 1: Click the three dots in the right corner of the screen. A panel of options appears, click ‘Export’.
Step 2: A window will appear on the main screen. You change the page format you want to export to PDF. Then specify the element to export, be it anything or excluding images and files. This depends on your needs. Select the page format (paper size) you want. Adjust the scale to ‘Percentage’ if you need to.
Step 3: Click ‘Export’ and choose where you want to save the file. The file will be downloaded as a PDF.
If you are using the Enterprise plan of Notion. You can choose to export to include subpages within the large site. This will create a zip file containing all the pages nested within the page you are currently opening. And all of them will be in PDF format. Notion will send you an email notification with a link to download this zip file. This printing of a page as a PDF is applicable to phones as well. Once done, you can send the file or link to another device. Print as a regular PDF file.
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Featuring the highest-resolution display yet on a VR headset, the 900 USD HTC Vive Cosmos is a PC-powered VR headset that smashes away both the Oculus Rift S (1280×1440 per eye) and the new Valve Index (1440×1600 per eye) with an LCD display that boasts 1440×1700 per eye (in addition to six on-board cameras for inside-out tracking and a 90 Hz refresh rate). Best of all, they’ve given it an element of future proofing too, as the Cosmos features a modular faceplate that can be popped off and replaced. For example, as it stands, two of its six cameras are on the faceplate, so future replacements could possibly add more cameras or some other sensor to the headset and there’d be no need to replace the whole thing. Now that’s more like it.
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Notice for one-to-one Language Exchange program with Yonsei student
Hello, We are Yonsei Global’s Language Exchange (LE) Program. LE provides a one-to-one matching program between a Yonsei student and an exchange student in which the matched buddies can experience cultural exchange. Moreover, we hope this program help build friendships among Yonsei and exchange students.
You can apply for LE by filling out the application form, which you can find on our website.
2017-1 semester’s LE applications will be available from February 27th – March 10th.
An exchange student will be matched to a Yonsei student, based on the application.
Exchange students who want to apply for LE, click the link below and fill out the application form.
The matching result will be announced on March 15th at Yonsei Global Office (Baekyang guan S202) and you can know the detailed schedule on our website (http://www.yonseiglobal.com).
Also, there are some programs, such as “Walk and Talk” and “Meet Up” that matched students can participate together and have fun with each other better.
If you have any question, please do not hesitate to contact us! ([email protected])
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Lincy Ayala, Xiomara Figueroa, and Neysha Borrero are the co-founders and developers behind BookSloth, the app where book lovers convene. They’ve raised upwards of $300,000 in capital, garnered the love of over 33,000 users and positioned themselves as leaders bridging an important gap in the online reading space:community. With more than 30 years of combined experience under their belts, the female coding trio has released their mobile app in stores for both iPhone and Android.
Military artillery, zoos, and Silicon Valley: the brain power behind BookSloth
Lincy Ayala is CEO and co-founder of BookSloth, overseeing the design and business aspects of the operation. With a bachelor’s degree in applied science and biology from the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras campus, her approach to entrepreneurship and business management is precise, systematic, and continuously engaged in an iterative process to improve their product. Following her graduation from college, Ayala formerly worked for Tiger World in North Carolina and in our interview, mentioned that she still considers zoology a possible career path.[INSERT SPOTIFY WIDGET: Listen to the full interview at http://www.joinbased.com, for details on how her zoology experience helped the team choose a name for the app: Insert Spotify Widget.]
Before starting BookSloth, Ayala worked as a web developer and design freelancer for six years, and as a front-end developer for two years at GFR Media, one of the largest media companies in Puerto Rico. GFR Media includes brands such as El Nuevo Día, Primera Hora, Magacín, Por Dentro, Construcción, Oferta Del Día, Clasificados PR, SAL! and many others. During her time at GFR Media, Ayala met co-worker Xiomara Figueroa, a fellow avid reader, who would ultimately become her co-founder at BookSloth.
Figueroa is CTO of BookSloth, as well as a World Economic Forum Global Shaper for the San Juan hub, an advocate for Girls Who Code and the tech lead behind BookSloth. With a bachelor’s in computer science from the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras campus, Figueroa spent the years before founding her current venture working for a series of startup companies in Silicon Valley and Puerto Rico. Responsible for optimizing the iOS apps of ThinAir, Polsense, Pair, and ZipKick, she also collaborated for two years with computer science researcher Dr. Patti Ordonez as a research assistant. Following her time in the startup world, Xiomara joined GFR Media as a software developer in 2017. At this media conglomerate, fate brought her to co-founder Lincy Ayala.
A year later, Neysha Borrero became the third member of the BookSloth team. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the Universidad Politécnica de Puerto Rico in Hato Rey and says the years leading up to her time with BookSloth were paved with fascinating learning opportunities. As a programmer for Helvetia del Caribe, Borrero developed and maintained web applications for ATM systems and private branch exchanges. Later on, she joined Axon Puerto Rico Inc., where she served for five years as a senior consultant for clients in the aerospace industry. She then transitioned from Axon to Honeywell, where she stepped into a leadership role as a software engineer testing scripts for navigational systems within aircraft and military artillery. Badass, right!?
Borrero has the unique experience of working not only for well-established Fortune 500 companies, but also for smaller startups. After her time at Honeywell, she spent three years working as a freelance web developer and helping other startups, such as StageBoom, thrive. It was after her project at the musician-for-hire digital platform ended that she met Ayala and Figueroa.
A unique tool for cultivating community
When you think of streaming music, you think of Spotify. When you think about video streaming, the red logo of YouTube comes to mind. The same goes for other streaming platforms – with radio, Pandora; with movies, Netflix. What about books? For 30 million avid readers, the answer is a combination of all these platforms, plus a website founded 15 years ago called Goodreads and a couple dozen reddit forums. That’s because reddit forums have been the go-to place for enthusiastic readers to find their next title and initiate conversations with others currently reading books of similar interest. The subreddit for r/books has grown from 179,000 subscribers to over 18 million subscribers in the past seven years. Averaging 95 new book titles in review per day, over 1200 comments per day and consistently ranking as one of the top 25 forums on Reddit, this subreddit points to the fact that that readers crave online space for exploring new titles, fostering community and discussing books.
When Ayala stumbled upon the idea of founding BookSloth, however, it wasn’t from a business or market data perspective. In fact, BookSloth didn’t start out as a business at all. Instead, it was a passion project that Ayala and Figueroa worked on for fun. Ayala described her frustration at what she saw as a lack of community space for readers with similar interests to gather and discuss the books they liked. Before founding BookSloth, Ayala explained, she would talk with her mom about books, but even that outlet had its limits – if the title were in the Sci-Fi or Fantasy genres, her mom wouldn’t be interested.
Ayala began spending time online researching new books she could read, looking for details in stories that she might have missed and engaging in book discussions led by YouTube channels, reddit boards and Facebook groups. Ayala isn’t alone in her desire to share reading experiences. The second most visited book-related subreddit is r/suggestmeabook, with over one million subscribers, a thousand comments per day and over 140 book suggestions per day.
Building the first iteration
Apart from sharing titles and occasionally discussing books with her mom and fiancée, Ayala knew of another passionate reader, Figueroa. The two would talk during their breaks about different books they were reading and how fun it would be to create a solution that gave book recommendations based on previous titles, supporting readers with ways to connect more deeply with their favorite book series. Ayala and Figueroa knew that many readers followed series by authors such as George R. R. Martin, J. R. R. Tolkien and J. K. Rowling, but also that there was no way to receive notifications about new book releases and availability.
Like many Puerto Rican companies founded in 2018, BookSloth began to grow as a business through Pre18. The co-founders quit their jobs at GFR Media, registered their company (BOOKED LLC), and began working on a mobile app. From an early stage, they were clear on what they needed to build and made a checklist of “must-haves” and “future features;” product management at its best.
With $20,000 in equity-free funding under their belts, they built the first iteration of the Booked app. They started collecting early user information in March of 2018 with a simple MailChimp-powered landing page. They launched a version of the app in September 2018 and rapidly iterated using reviews left by early adopters. Following a fast-paced launch, they realized that the approach of building a prototype and going to market quickly created two distinct issues that inhibited the success of their app.
First, their initial domain name was getbookedapp.us. When the time came to market an app using the keyword “Booked,” they found it costly. The keyword is mostly associated with booking engines for tours, flights, and hotel stays. The bid price to purchase and drive potential leads to their page was therefore prohibitive. Optimizing their web page to compete with the SEO of the international travel, tourism and hospitality industry was, simply put, too darn expensive. The team addressed the issue by rebranding the app to BookSloth and saw results quickly as the app began attracting its first users. In the first year alone, the app achieved over 4,000 sign-ups.
The second issue the team faced was that the app struggled with technical bugs that hindered its functionality. The bugs were cause for multiple bad reviews of the new app. Undaunted, the team used quick iterations and tight feedback loops to fix the technical bugs and earn the trust of their user base. Users can now easily navigate through the app pages and there’s not a single piece of feedback that they haven’t addressed, responded to or incorporated.
The team behind the app truly innovated in order to create a unique and original experience for their users, going where no app had gone before by creating a platform that specifically caters to the community aspect of the reader experience. The BookSloth team couldn’t see what Facebook, or YouTube, or Google were doing, and then replicate that. There wasn’t a precedent in their niche for them to determine what would or wouldn’t work. Lessons gleaned from BookSloth’s experience getting started include the fact that a key part of building a company in this unique position is to focus on the essentials and then add features one by one. You never know what might happen when you add too many elements at once, but it’s a safe bet that you’ll end up with angry customers. In this sense, companies like BookSloth continually engage with their community to build on each feature, a little at a time.
Where they’ve landed
After the initial release of the mobile app, BookSloth’s founders won a place in Parallel18. They received an additional $40,000 in equity-free funding and decided to build the next three features of the mobile app. They built in the ability to search and follow other users, tools to connect readers based on similar books read, as well as services for publishing houses, bookstores and online retailers to create BookClubs.
Their approach has unlocked new potential tools for book owners to interact with their readers. With more than 6,500 book establishments in the U.S. with a combined annual revenue of $9.6 billion and a global book market of $143 billion, the team’s ”BookClub” approach aims to nurture each bookstore owner’s community. In many cases, these are communities that they’ve been growing for years, if not decades. The ability to gather storeowner’s customers, paired with a release calendar of book series and noteworthy books, as well as exclusive invitation capabilities and staff profiles, all combine to create a space that brings a fresh and exciting new experience of community building in the book industry.
While still in a pre-revenue stage and growing their user base at a month over month rate above 73% in the company’s first 15 months, the team raised $215,000 of outside financing by June of 2019. With seed capital received from investors at Parallel18’s demo day, Figueroa and Ayala were able to hire their first full-time team member, Neysha Borrero. With Borrero onboard handling all the backend development, the team could split roles evenly and focus on the successful deployment of the BookClubs. Both Figueroa and Ayala noted how proud they were of the team chemistry and of each team member’s openness to follow each other’s lead in their respective areas of expertise.
Growing from Puerto Rico
Although four of the top five publishing houses in the United States are in New York City, when BĀSED asked the team at BookSloth, “why build from Puerto Rico?” they answered without hesitation. First, they value anonymity. Second, cities like New York are just a short distance away. Third, living in Puerto Rico allows them to keep costs down. Last, they know a secret about the island: the incredible wealth of sophisticated, educated, and well-trained technical talent that resides here.[IMAGE: data of PR’s Talent & Statistics]
Since Borrero leads the BookClubs vertical within BookSloth, Figueroa and Ayala are working on an additional iteration to the app that might prove even more useful for their corporate clients. The intention is to leverage readers’ purchasing and behavior metrics to predict what book they might purchase next. Think of it the same way Netflix suggests new series or movies based on a viewer’s watch history. BookSloth is approaching this opportunity the same way, with the aim of improving the app’s relationship to each customer and helping publishing houses understand what genres, titles, series and books are in demand.
As the team continues to keep living and research costs down by maintaining operations in Puerto Rico, they recently raised one final round of equity-free funding on the island. Through the Orlando Bravo Family Foundation Rising Entrepreneurs Program, BookSloth obtained an additional $25,000 in early 2020. The program, founded by the SAAS and private equity entrepreneur Orlando Bravo, actively committed $100 million to supporting the next generation of entrepreneurs in Puerto Rico. BookSloth is a member of the first cohort and as a result, has been able to increase their user base to 20,000 members, expand their team and begin the search for new developers.
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Season 2 of HOOD starts today for my lovely subscribers. I’m pretty pleased, even if I might need three seasons instead of two after all, to get the arcs to fall right. Ah well, never rains but it pours, and that gives me more time to plan other things, I suppose.
The stress of the last week and a half is receding, though not nearly as quickly as I’d like. As I get older, it takes more time to bounce back from the killing worries, both financial and personal, that go along with this career–and, let’s face it, being a single mother. I suppose from outside it looks successful enough, but that semblance hides the fact that our household is hovering barely above the poverty line and it only takes a single bad event–or a single publisher refusing to pay what they owe–to trigger catastrophe. It doesn’t help that I spent the early part of last week working furiously, almost to the edge of burnout, to make sure HOOD: Season One was out properly and to get Incorruptible prepped for release. (The latter won’t be out until September; don’t worry, you’ll know as soon as preorders are up.)
So I’m a little shaky, and even though the worst of the disaster has been addressed, I’m still vibrating in place. (Not quite fast enough to be a squirrel twin, but… close.) The kids were a little worried, since normally I tend to keep a pretty granite poker face; they know that when that calm cracks it means things are Very Bad Indeed.
Anyway, I am recovering, and there are good things. Like the ebooks of my Beauty & the Beast retelling, Rose & Thunder, being on sale for the month of August. (You get about 28% off the regular price.) Also, I may be writing some more romances to keep the wolf from the door, but that’s good because I have a couple stories that fit that treatment perfectly and the editor interested in them is a gem.
The saving grace of the last week and a half has been my subscribers and patrons. That trickle of monthly support provides a thin cushion I’m ever grateful for, and means I can write still more for their delectation. It’s a virtuous circle–I produce better and more when I can sleep at night instead of lying awake in the darkness, my heart pounding, worrying about losing the house.
Funny how that works.
Anyway, I’ve this week’s fiction offerings to put together, and as soon as the cover for Incorruptible lands, the finishing touches can be put on September’s release and I can start thinking about November. Not quite sure if I’ll have anything finished and prepped by then, but hope springs eternal. I have a rather punishing publication schedule.1 A lot will depend on if publishers decide to snap up one or two projects my agent is making the rounds with.
I like self-publishing, but it would be a relief to outsource some of the brute work–formatting, listing for sale, editing–to a company that has deeper pockets and more labor than my own small, sweet self. A vacation’s out of the question, but a break, now that would be nice.
But today there’s coffee to finish, subscription stuff to get up, dogs to walk, a kitchen to clean, and maybe some laundry to do. The fun never ends chez Saintcrow, and I suppose I’d better like it, since it won’t change anytime soon. Making a virtue out of necessity is a writer’s survival strategy.
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Aug. 02, 2017 | Gerald Vander Pyl
In Calgary's competitive rental market, homeowners looking to make a few extra bucks must set themselves apart
Short-term home renting has been going on for decades, but has now become an entrenched part of the economy, and a popular way to generate a bit of extra income, thanks to rental services and facilitators, such as Airbnb, VRBO, Kijiji and property management companies.
When Angela Casale lost a long-term tenant in the Ramsay property where she runs a wellness clinic on the lower floor and has a rental unit upstairs, it meant adjusting to Calgary's competitive rental market.
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Solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en First Nation and the Unist’ot’en house group
Student workers stand in solidarity with Indigenous people in their struggle.
The Union of Grinnell Student Dining Workers stands in solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en First Nation and the Unist’ot’en house group in their struggle against the construction of Coastal GasLink pipeline (CGL) on their sovereign, unceded territory in so-called “British Columbia” without their consent. Since 2007, the Wet’suwet’en First Nation has been resisting the encroachments of all pipeline developments. In their fight, members of the Unist’ot’en house group have repeatedly been subject to violent raids by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Grinnell College operates on land stolen from Meskwaki, Sauk, and Ioway Nations, and many of the student workers are settlers on this land. It is our responsibility to support movements that defend the right of Indigenous peoples to their land.
We encourage student workers to educate themselves and others on the historical and ongoing processes of settler-colonization against Indigenous peoples both where we live and across the world, and to support efforts that seek to disrupt settler-colonial systems.
Learn more about the fight of the Wet’suwet’en First Nation here.
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Got avocado and bacon leftovers, I thought of making something that I can have for breakfast or snack or afternoon tea. With my sour cream going to expire in two days best use it. Then use up the remaining three eggs. So, I can get more eggs that will last me a week perhaps.
This is savoury healthy dessert. Be adventurous create something to keep your mind out of lockdown and at the same time have something to enjoy cooking or baking and being active too.
It can be a picnic food to take it to the park and share it with your family and friends. My cupcakes is not pretty looking but the taste is satisfying to my soul, delicious and enjoyable to eat. Let’s bake!!!
230 g plain flour, sifted
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp sea salt
1 whole green soft avocado, seed removed
300 ml sour cream
1 c castor sugar
3 extra-large eggs
3 Tsp grated lemon zest
1/2 Tsp vanilla essence
1/2 cup olive oil
200 g bacon, diced
Preheat the oven to 180 deg C. Grease the big muffin tray. Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt into a bowl. Using electric blender, blend together the avocado, sour cream, sugar, eggs, lemon zest, vanilla, and oil.
Slowly blend the dry ingredients (a ladle at a time) into the wet ingredients. Add the bacon; fold them into the batter. Spoon a ladle of the batter into the prepared tray and bake for about 50 minutes, or until a cake tester placed in the center comes out clean.
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4823 De Paul St, San Antonio, TX
Well maintained, quaint "garden home" in a quiet, neighborhood close to UTSA and La Cantera. Updated over time - including ceramic tile in living, breakfast, kitchen & hall. High ceilings in living area with fireplace. Whether you are downsizing, have a college student that needs a quiet place to study or looking for Rental potential, this home fits all of those needs.
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'Van Helsing' is part special effects, part bad sitcom
"Van Helsing" is the guy Dracula, the Wolf Man and Frankenstein's monster whisper about around the campfire. He's the thing that goes bump in the night for ghouls, the hunter of the hunted.
In Universal's new action-adventure thriller, Hugh Jackman is the supernatural vigilante who must stop Dracula from hatching thousands of deadly beasts from his vampire brood, while battling the Wolf Man and Frankenstein in the meantime.
Writer-director Stephen Sommers, who also rejuvenated "The Mummy" and "The Mummy Returns" with Brendan Fraser, adds a similar dose of campiness and special-effects overkill to this tale, which swings breathlessly from action set-piece to set-piece on a bare thread of a story.
The movie begins with a black-and-white homage to Universal's horror films of the 1930s and '40s, when Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff were provoking the ire of torch-wielding villagers. This sets the tone for what turns out to be a Frankenstein style of moviemaking: homage after homage after homage patched together.
There's a reference to Jackman's Wolverine superhero from "X-Men," a death scene in which the dearly departed appears in the clouds like "The Lion King," a helper monk (David Wenham) who is like Q the gadget-creating character from the James Bond movies, some rope swinging scenes that recall "Spider-Man," and a Dr. Jekyll-Mr. Hyde who looks and sounds a lot like the Dr. Jekyll-Mr. Hyde from last year's "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen."
Dracula (played as a frustrated mad scientist by Richard Roxburgh, who was the sniveling villain The Duke from "Moulin Rouge!") and his three vampire brides have thousands of pods containing little, bitty vampires that they want to hatch.
But -- no matter how hard they try -- the baby monsters tend to die by popping apart in a goopy green splat after only a few hours of life.
Somehow, if Dracula can channel lightning through Frankenstein's monster ("Oklahoma!" Broadway star Shuler Hensley), that amplified wave of energy will prevent the wicked little critters from premature bursting. To fulfill his evil plan, Dracula recruits werewolves to do his bidding.
One of those werewolves is Velkan (Will Kemp, ballet dancer and Gap jeans model), the brother of a village woman who leads the crusade against monsters in Transylvania. This is Anna Valerious (Kate Beckinsale), and these two siblings are the last survivors of the family that's sworn to stop Dracula.
Here's where Van Helsing steps in. See, the Valerious clan is cursed, and no member of the family can get into heaven unless one of the descendants kills Dracula. With descendants running low, the Vatican steps in to save their souls by sending their top black-ops agent.
Van Helsing has no memory of his past life, apart from the recent years slaying monsters for the pope. He has vague memories of fighting in the battle of Masada (but that was more than 1,700 years ago -- which suggests he's bit more magical and mysterious than your average monster masher.)
While the Van Helsing from Bram Stoker's "Dracula" was an aging scientist who advised the younger heroes in their quest to stick it to Drac, this Van Helsing is a macho hunk who does his own staking. And Van Helsing and his buddies spray arrows all over Transylvania while tying together the various elements of Dracula's plan.
There's an extraordinary cliffside carriage chase involving fire, wolves and death-defying plunges, and scenes with the sexy vampire brides feasting on peasants are exhilarating, but too often the thrills are undercut by attempts at modern humor that turn the movie into a bad sitcom.
In the midst of a furious rant, Dracula turns on his henchman Igor and demands to know why he perpetually tortures the Wolf Man with an electric cattle prod. "It's what I do?" Igor shrugs.
What remains unexplored in this film is possibly it's most interesting subplot: Who is Van Helsing? We get a few offhand references to him being "the left hand of God," whatever that means -- but is he really an ancient, immortal warrior? What sin did he commit that requires so much work toward redemption? Where does he get his super strength?
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Bert Langerwerf’s farm, Agama International, has been sold.
Agama International, started by well-known lizardkeeper and breeder Bert Langerwerf, has been sold. After Langerwerf passed away in August 2008, his family kept the farm running until selling it to Steven and Lauren Brooks this summer.
The Brookses moved from New York to the 7-acre lizard farm in Alabama, where they are still unpacking and completing repairs and maintenance. They are continuing Langerwerf’s work with Eastern water dragons (Physignathus lesueurii lesueurii), Chinese crocodile lizards (Shinisaurus crocodilurus) and Solomon Island prehensile-tailed skinks (Corucia zebrata) while expanding with African crag lizards (Pseudocordylus melanotus subviridis), spiny-tailed monitors (Varanus acanthurus) and Gran Canaria giant lizards (Gallotia stehlini).
Bert Langerwerf was well known for the Australian water dragons he bred at Agama.
Although the couple do not have previous experience breeding lizards, they come from an exotics background. Steven has kept herps for most of his life, and Lauren, who was a licensed wildlife rehabilitator in New York, began keeping herps in high school and has seen them as wildlife patients in her work. She has been breeding arthropods for many years. Steven, who left behind a career in zoos, said he’s read “everything I could get my hands on” concerning reptiles. They are both grateful for the enthusiasm and support they’ve received from fellow herpers since buying Agama International.
Despite a slow-to-recover economy, Agama International is getting inquiries after lizards almost every day. Steven said they have barely started advertising, but attributed their early success to Agama’s solid reputation and the farm’s uncommon lizards. “People who want them only have a handful of places to find them,” Steven said. “Thanks to Bert’s exceptional breeding efforts, we often have a greater availability than other sellers.”
Chinese crocodile lizard at Agama.
But taking over Agama International has not been without its challenges. Due to a feeder problem, the Brookses had to buy about 100,000 feeders to get them through the rest of the year. And general maintenance and upkeep around the farm has not been easy in a hot Alabama summer.
Aside from making their own improvements and alterations to the facilities at Agama International, Steven and Lauren plan to play an active role in the preservation of Alabama wildlife. Langerwerf, who built the farm in 1988, made it a “green” facility from the start, and a large portion of the land is untouched wildlife habitat.
The Brookses plan to create even more wildlife habitat with native plantings. And after Lauren obtains her wildlife rehabilitation license for the state of Alabama, the couple will work with native herps that have been injured or otherwise harmed due to human encroachment on wildlife habitats. The couple also plan to modify the animal education/outreach program they started in New York to incorporate some of Alabama’s native wildlife.
The Brookses have added spiny-tailed monitors to the stock at Agama.e
For now, Agama International is only selling animals in the United States, but the Brookses would like to ship internationally again one day.
“We would like to once again make Agama one of the biggest and the best, and do justice to Bert’s passion and commitment to advancing herpetoculture,” Steven said.
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How To Minimize Financial Exposure During Divorce
The emotional side of divorce is challenging enough – add financial complexity to that, and divorce quickly becomes overwhelming. However, protecting your financial exposure now can be vital to your post-divorce well-being and happiness. If you don’t take the appropriate steps, you risk missing out on a fair distribution of your marital assets, potentially putting yourself in the hole as you move on to your next stage of life.
What does “financial exposure” mean in divorce?
Financial exposure in divorce is the potential risk of loss you face during asset distribution. The more vulnerable you are to financial exposure, the greater your risk of financial loss.
Property division in divorce can lead to one spouse receiving an unequal share of the marital assets. While courts are required to follow laws and regulations that make property distribution as fair and equitable as possible, you may negotiate the terms of your own divorce. If your spouse uses an aggressive divorce lawyer, they may try to strong-arm you, resulting in an unfair distribution of your marital property.
It’s also possible that your spouse could be hiding assets from you. If you don’t know about certain assets, this could result in unequal distribution of your marital property … the ultimate financial exposure.
Tips for minimizing financial exposure
Complete financial disclosures
To minimize your financial exposure, don’t skip any steps in your divorce. One of the most important steps in any divorce is financial disclosure. In some cases, one spouse may try to persuade the other to skip this step – especially if they’re trying to hide assets. Don’t skip this step.
You and your spouse must complete financial disclosure forms and share them with each other or your legal advisor: This is the discovery process in divorce. You’re not required to file these forms with the court in most cases, but you are required to complete them accurately. Some states even require you to sign them under oath so that if you’re found to lie or misstate your finances, perjury comes into play.
Understand how assets can be “hidden”
What should you do if you think your spouse is hiding assets? Hopefully, this will never happen to you, but if it does, you need to understand how assets are often “hidden.”
Moving money: In the most common scenario, a spouse knows divorce is on the horizon and starts moving money. They may transfer money to a friend or even to a child, hoping their partner won’t notice. They may have their paychecks deposited into a different bank account. A person could do this by paying off a nonexistent “debt” that a friend claims to hold.
Using marital funds to purchase assets: A spouse might use marital funds to purchase assets after the divorce has begun. For example, they may suddenly have a new Italian sports car or an expensive painting. If assets are purchased with marital funds, you’re entitled to half of their value … but your spouse may claim they were purchased with non-marital funds.
Financial disclosure is vital to ensuring you get your fair share. Without it, you may not know where the money came from to purchase these items, and you could miss out on fair distribution.
It’s important to be honest in your financial disclosure, too. If a discrepancy exists between your disclosures, you may need to investigate more deeply. If you’re both found to be withholding assets, it could lead to legal troubles.
Hire a forensic accountant
If you think your spouse is hiding assets, hire a forensic accountant. Their job is to comb through your marital finances and find where the money is going. In some cases, people get creative. If your spouse owns a business, they may “hire” nonexistent employees, pay them, but divert the money to a new bank account they’ve set up. A forensic accountant can uncover these hidden assets, saving you losses in your marital distribution.
Trust your gut
Above all, trust your gut. If something doesn’t seem right or doesn’t add up, say something. If you have a lawyer, talk to them. If you don’t, speak with a legal advocate who can advise you on what to do next.
Many divorcing couples just want their divorce to be over so they can move on. While that’s understandable, you’re better off working now to uncover any hidden assets instead of waiting months or years to try to recover your fair share.
Financial disclosure is a crucial step in minimizing your financial exposure – your risk – but the documents are complex and time-consuming. Not only must you provide all the required details, but you must also compile and review lots of your own financial information in the process. If this feels overwhelming, consider spending an hour with a certified divorce financial planner (CDFA) through Hello Divorce. We’ve helped lots of people in your position make the most of their property division and marriage settlement, and we can help you, too. | <urn:uuid:caef16c4-a33f-41f8-bce6-387a8bc14aec> | CC-MAIN-2022-40 | https://resources.hellodivorce.com/how-to-minimize-financial-exposure-during-divorce | 2022-10-04T11:14:57Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030337490.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20221004085909-20221004115909-00275.warc.gz | en | 0.948649 | 1,048 | [
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Tree trimming is an important part of lawn care and home maintenance in Kahului. Safe and effective tree pruning demands experience, tools and machinery and time a lot of homeowners don’t have available. That’s why it’s a good idea to call on an insured and professional tree trimming service in Kahului. That’s where we come in! HI Tree Trimming offers trimming and tree pruning from certified arborists throughout the entire state of Hawaii – including Kahului & more! Your trees will never look better than after our service.
Benefits of Tree Trimming
Tree pruning isn’t just important for aesthetics and upkeep. Trees left ignored for too long typically lead to many exterior problems in the long run. Tree trimming to remove dead and loose limbs and branches is one of several tree care services Kahului homeowners need to perform on an annual basis. Learn some of the benefits of tree pruning here:
- Trimming dead limbs from a tree allows the tree to spawn and grow new blossoming branches. Dying limbs also result in rotting and disease.
- Eliminating loose limbs and dead branches lowers the chance of an accident or significant damage to your house, your neighbor’s home or nearby power lines.
- Trimming allows homeowners to alter sun and shade levels throughout their lawn to improve their landscaping aesthetic and curb appeal.
- Pruning is helpful for reducing and stopping troublesome pest infestations in the tree.
- Trimming trees leaves the remaining branches stronger and better able to protect and shield a home from storm damage and strong winds.
Need Tree Trimming in Kahului?
Don’t wait too long for tree pruning in Kahului. In short time the branches will become overgrown or an accident might occur. If you’re curious if right now is the time to schedule tree trimming, consider any of these signs below:
- Tree branches and limbs are getting too close to power lines
- Trees and limbs are coming into contact with your house
- Limbs are hanging loosely or appear to be dying
- Limbs are growing into your neighbor’s property
- Pruning hasn’t been performed in three years or longer
The Kahului Tree Pruning Process
HI Tree Trimming ensures a step-by-step process for tree trimming in Kahului, with steps including:
- Exterior inspection to examine your home’s trees and determine what amount of pruning is necessary or if tree removal is needed.
- Removal of dying limbs and branches, including water sprouts and suckers, focusing on potentially dangerous branches and diseased limbs, leading to more light and air and a healthier tree in general.
- Restoring the tree to good health with precise pruning where needed.
- Deciding the optimal plan for annual trimming and the ongoing health of the tree.
- Maintaining your property and eliminating damage with the use of lightweight and professional equipment for safe and optimal results.
HI Tree Trimming is Just a Call Away!
Is it time to trim your trees in Kahului? HI Tree Trimming is here to help! We have certified arborists available with many years of experience serving Hawaii homeowners just like you. Your trees are in skilled hands when you call HI Tree Trimming for tree trimming and maintenance.
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A spiritual war is going on for the soul of the U.S. Host Stephen Strang talks about Pastor John Kilpatrick's prophesy of how the spirit of Jezebel is unleashed after President Donald Trump. Learn what you can do to pray for the U.S. and for President Trump. Listen now.
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Preparing and having a meal on an RV grill is probably the most memorable experience when we are on a trip. But what if the grill is dirty? What do you do to clean an RV grill? This is a very common question. So, how do you clean an RV grill?
How Do You Clean an RV Grill?
There are many methods of cleaning your RV or camping grills. Each method will require different materials and time to complete. Before deciding on a method, it helps to know what type of material is on the grill and what condition it’s in when you start attempting to clean it.
Read More: Top 9 Best RV Propane & Charcoal Grills
#1 Cleaning a Rusty Grill with Wire Grill Brush
A wire grill brush will be the most effective method for cleaning a rusty grill. This method requires a scraping-type brush with a steel or brass handle. The wire brush used must have fairly rigid bristles and should scrape the surface of the grates to remove debris, rust and old food. A wire brush can also be used on cast iron porcelain coated grills but with much less pressure, as these grills are often delicate in nature and may break if it is used too aggressively.
#2 Cleaning with Soap
A rich, smelly barbeque sauce is great for cleaning gas grills, but not so good for oil-fueled grills. Oily-based cooking oil will wreck any high-temperature coating on your grill or steamer while leaving a coating of grease on the grill if flushed down the drain. This type of oil stain can be cleaned with soap, but it often doesn’t get all of it out completely.
#3 Using Grill Cleaners
There is a wide variety of high-quality grill cleaners on the market that will make this job much easier. Simply spray them on, allow the cleaner to sit for a few minutes, and scrub with a wire brush or sponge. These products can be purchased in most home stores and at many RV or camping stores. Keep in mind that these cleaners will eat away at any coating on your grill if it remains on the surface for an extended period of time.
Other methods of cleaning a grill include the use of different kinds of chemicals. The most effective method is to spray the grill and let it sit for about 30-60 minutes. Most of these products will not eat away at the coating that keeps your grill looking good, as long as you properly clean it right after use.
A thorough scrubbing with a stiff bristle brush or wire brush is necessary to remove caked-on dirt and grease from your grills.
A good scrub and rinse with plain water will leave your grill looking brand new. The key here is to use as little water as possible to avoid rusting the metal.
#4 Using Acid Dip for Professionals
An acid dip is for iron grills or stainless steel grates that are in bad condition. This may be the best method if you’ve got many holes or pits in your grill surface, but it should only be done by a professional plumber or an experienced do-it-yourselfer that knows how to handle acids and caustic materials safely. | <urn:uuid:8d205a47-a272-4afb-99ac-a0895e577e7d> | CC-MAIN-2022-40 | https://automotivegearz.com/how-do-you-clean-an-rv-grill/ | 2022-09-26T13:16:46Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030334871.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20220926113251-20220926143251-00475.warc.gz | en | 0.939863 | 685 | [
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Speaker: Professor Yi Guo
Faculty Host: Professor Jiang Zhong-Ping
Manipulation of friction at the nanoscale is been traditionally approached by chemical means (lubrication). Recent surface force apparatus (SFA) and atomic force microscopy (AFM) experiments demonstrated that it can be done mechanically by applying small perturbation such as vibration to accessible elements of the system. In this talk, I will first present analytic understanding on why vibration can reduce friction based on a 1D model imitating the AFM tip moving on a substrate. Open-loop stability is first studied, and a feedback vibration control is then designed using the accessible variable, i.e., the position of the center of the mass of particles. Control theoretical methods including Lyapunov stability theory and separation of motion in vibration mechanics are applied for the stability analysis and control design. I will further show that with a modification of the sliding friction model, an artificial atomic scale engine can be constructed utilizing the dynamic competition between the intrinsic lengths of the moving object and the supporting carrier. Simulation results will be shown to verify our analytic results.
About the Speaker
Dr. Yi Guo is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology. She obtained her Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Information Engineering from University of Sydney, Australia, in 1999. She was a postdoctoral research fellow at Oak Ridge National Laboratory from 2000 to 2002, and a visiting Assistant Professor at University of Central Florida from 2002 to 2005. Her research interests are mainly in nonlinear systems and control, autonomous mobile robotics, and control of multi-scale complex systems. Her research is supported by NSF, ARMY ARDEC, and DoD. Dr. Guo is a Senior Member of IEEE. | <urn:uuid:ef4d125d-29e2-4ab6-a98d-4bee5e585936> | CC-MAIN-2022-40 | https://engineering.nyu.edu/events/2010/10/21/friction-control-nanoscale-and-beyond | 2022-09-26T13:54:05Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030334871.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20220926113251-20220926143251-00475.warc.gz | en | 0.92584 | 367 | [
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Tomáš Jungwirth was awarded the MEYS award for science and research
On Wednesday, December 2, 2020, prof. Tomáš Jungwirth, Ph.D. received The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports Award for Science and Research - the František Běhounek Award, from the minister Robert Plaga for the promotion and popularization of Czech science in the European Research Area.
Prof. Tomáš Jungwirth, Ph.D. heads the spintronics and nanoelectronics department of the Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic and also works at the University of Nottingham. Professor Jungwirth is one of four members of an international team that announced the discovery of the so-called spin Hall effect and its practical use. In 2018, his team announced the invention of a significantly faster method of storing electronic data using antiferromagnetic crystals. He is the author of 230 international publications, which have more than 16,000 registered citations.
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Bumicom's helpdesk focuses on providing service, support, maintenance and management of recording, voice logging, quality monitoring and interaction analytics systems for clients. Our helpdesk employees are ready for you during office hours, but also before and after.
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Is your organization experiencing a malfunction? Please report this malfunction to our helpdesk. After reporting the malfunction, it is immediately registered and you will be contacted quickly and competently by the right expert, after which we will improve the situation as well and as quickly as possible. The Bumicom service department has experienced and well-trained employees. All helpdesk employees have the right knowledge, experience and expertise to support you and your organization where necessary.
Bumicom has its own helpdesk team whose employees are in possession of the VCA certificate. The Bumicom helpdesk department uses a ticket tool for the registration of service requests, so everything is registered and it ensures complete and error-free processing of service requests. In addition, a service management tool and planning tool are used. Both tools are used to follow up and monitor service notifications. Together with the configuration management system, we ensure that our service engineers always have the complete and correct information, regardless of their location.
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Businesses use consumer data to understand their customers’ needs and improve relationships.
However, businesses should be aware that customers trust them to keep their data safe, and year after year customers’ interest in data safety grows.
This growing interest has seen many customers become more intentional about the personal information they share with businesses.
Moreover, consumers are also taking steps to understand and learn about privacy policies, consent management, and other issues related to data privacy.
Because of the growing awareness of customer privacy issues, organizations have to do better when it comes to data and customer privacy.
To help ensure your customers’ information is safe, here are a few measures your company can take.
1. Store the Data Safely
A crucial way of ensuring your customers’ data is safe is to store it safely.
Poor data storage increases the risk of it being accessed by people with malicious intent. Having a modern data infrastructure is one way to ensure data safety.
Additionally, putting in place data security measures such as Virtual Private Network (VPN), data encryption, and two-factor authentication can help keep the data safe.
2. Be In Full Control of Your Data
Consumers are becoming more interested to know how online organizations such as Google and Amazon use their data. Proper control of consumer data leads to the correct utilization of the data.
Your organization will collect lots of customer data, but not everyone should access it. The organization needs to manage the people who can access the data. This protects the data from purposeful or accidental misuse.
Control also relates to your ability to limit users’ access to sensitive data parts. You also need to have complete control when it comes to deleting data that is no longer in use.
To make it easier to control the use of your data, have a modern infrastructure that makes it easier to monitor the data every time, everywhere.
3. Adhere to your Customer Privacy
Consumer data is powerful, and organizations may be enticed to use it maliciously.
However, remember your data points represent real people and disregarding their privacy may put their lives at risk.
Organizations that share data with third parties should be careful to ensure that the data they share doesn’t land in the wrong hands. To protect the privacy of their customers, organizations can remove all PII from the data before sharing.
Personal Identifiable Information (PII) is any information that can be linked to the data owner. Some PII examples include:
- Phone number
- Email address
- Passport number
- Bank account number
- Social media handle
- Social security numbers
The use of features such as de-identifying and data masks can allow for data collaboration without exposing your customers’ identities.
Further, organizations should be careful about the data they share. Confidential and sensitive information can be used for all kinds of harm if it lands in the wrong hands.
To prevent such happenings, companies should have an infrastructure that allows for the sharing of such data without the need to copy or move it.
4. Be More Transparent with Your Customers
Consumer awareness is growing on the amount of data that organizations collect and how they’re using it. The result is that more consumers are concerned about the safety of their data.
It has become harder for customers to trust that their data will be protected and used appropriately.
This concern has seen even governments get involved in data privacy issues. For instance, the EU has come up with the General Data Protection Regulation to protect the use and security of consumer data.
The regulation requires companies located in the EU to be transparent when it comes to collecting and using consumer data.
Being transparent with your customers will not only help you comply with data privacy regulations, but you will also earn their trust.
5. Adhere to Data Privacy Regulations
Customer data privacy is a serious issue with legal repercussions. Get familiar with the laws and regulations that pertain to data privacy and adhere to them.
Some of the most common consumer data privacy regulations and laws are explained below:
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
This law applies to all organizations and persons with access to private data in the EU. The law requires that you be transparent in your data collection.
You must also collect a minimal amount of data to serve your needs. Organizations are also expected to keep their customers’ data accurate and up to date.
The organization should also have proper security measures to ensure confidentiality and integrity of data and not store data once it has served its intended purpose.
According to this law, data handlers are also accountable in case of any breaches.
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)
This law gives California citizens four rights that relate to the collection and use of their data. They have a right to know when businesses collect their data and how it’s used and shared. Individuals also have a right to delete personal data that organizations collect.
The residents also have a right to opt out of the sale of their data. Lastly, they have a right against discrimination if they choose to exercise the above rights.
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
HIPAA is a law related to medical data privacy. Organizations or individuals that handle medical data are expected to adhere to the guidelines of this law. This law helps control the access and use of individuals’ medical data.
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The gravel is calling for Emily Newsom, Lauren Stephens and Maddy Ward this Saturday.
Newsom and Stephens will take the start of Gravel Locos, a weekend event in Texas with free entry geared toward raising money for the local Hico Volunteer Fire Department. Ward will take part in the Grasshopper Adventure Series“Huffmaster Hopper” race in Mendocino National Forest, California.
Both events have attracted some of the best gravel racers in the country.
“It’s a free community event, but donations are accepted, and there are also VIP events to raise money,” Stephens said. “Emily and I did a Q&A dinner last night and VIP ride this morning to help raise money.”
“For me, it’s just cool because it’s a big race in Texas and the best gravel riders thought it was cool enough to come to and it’s relatively local for me and Emily, so a lot of my friends will be here at this event.”
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- The candle ending time information is helpful mainly for price movement traders. Because they need the candle closing to confirm candle patterns. To explain, the formation is a trading opportunity for this kind of trader.
- The spread information is more helpful for scalpers who trade short timeframes like M1, M5, and M15. Because it is an embedded trading cost. To clarify, the opened order should cover this charge to be profitable. In short, Forex traders incur spreads when they initiate any position.
How to trade with candle timer and spread ?
We use the candle time end and spread indicator for two reasons. On the one hand, scalpers make faster decisions than swing Forex traders. Thus they are more exposed to stress. In fact, they initiate hundreds of orders on a daily basis. Moreover, they frequently check trades all day long. However, swing traders open fewer orders and check less their trades. Consequently, scalpers are always looking for technical indicators that enable them to manage pressure and boost their concentration.
On the other hand, Forex traders should understand that crucial issue. Even if you are trading in the price direction and making pips, your position could be very expensive. In fact, every trade has an additional cost that most Forex traders ignore. It is the spread!
Only one indicator solves those two problems. It is the candle time end and spread indicator. To explain, this candle timer indicator assists your strategy by timing your trades correctly and surveying the spread continuously.
How does the candle time and spread indicator work ?
The indicator works as a candle timer and a forex spread scanner in the MetaTrader terminal.
Candle Timer indicator
From one part, the indicator works as a candle timer for MT4. To explain, the candle time and spread indicator in MT4 charts is a candle timer indicator that shows the time difference between the current and the next candle. In fact, it Indicates when the recent candle will close. Alternatively, it indicates when the next candle will open. To explain, this timing is exhibited at the MT4 chart’s bottom right.
Also, this time difference is entitled “Next bar in”. And it follows the simple calculation:
- Time difference = “Next bar in” = Open Time of the Next Candle – Current Time
Forex spread Indicator
From another part, the indicator works as a forex spread scanner. To clarify, the candle time and spread indicator in MT5 charts shows also the spread. Thus, in addition to time differences, this MT5 indicator scans and computes price differences. To clarify, this spread is shown at the chart’s bottom right. Also, it is labeled “Spread”.
The Ask-Bid spread stands for the difference between the broker’s Ask & Bid prices. As its name designates, we get the spread following the simple calculation:
- Ask-Bid Spread = Ask Price – Bid Price
How to analyze spread using candle timer indicator ?
Before analyzing the spread with the MT5 candle timer indicator, traders should deeply understand the Ask-Bid spread. The Ask is the offer price. To clarify, it’s the lowest price that a seller is ready to receive for a trading instrument. Contrarily, the bid is the demand price. To explain, it’s the highest price that a buyer is ready to spend on a financial instrument.
Note that the ask is always beyond the bid. Also, the difference between those two prices is called the spread. Thus, every trader incurs the spread as an indirect cost. In addition, this embedded charge is variable over time and across trading instruments.
A high spread indicates a big difference between ask and bid prices. Generally, this is the case for currency pairs in emerging markets. Usually, they have a higher spread than major forex pairs. High spreads may indicate either high volatility or low liquidity in the FX market. Ask-Bid Spreads can broaden considerably due to a change in fundamental and economic variables. That is why technical analysts prefer to exchange during low Ask-Bid spreads.
Impact of the spread on the profitability of the trade
- Long positions
In this case, traders overlook recognizing a bullish formation such as a bullish acceleration. Then, they judge whether the take-profit target will cover the spread cost or not. If yes, they initiate a long position at the close of the current pattern candle. Furthermore, they set the stop-loss level below this entry candle.
- Short positions
In this situation, chartists tend to determine a bearish formation such as a bearish accelerating movement. Then, they evaluate whether the take-profit target will cover the spread cost or not. If yes, they open a short order at the close of the current candle. Also, they set the stop-loss level above this entry candle.
Note that the take-profit target can be based on a reasonable risk and compensation proportion or near the last swing level. Let us illustrate this in the next section through an example in order to learn how to use this candle timer indicator for MT4.
How to use the candle time and spread indicator ?
Let us take the example of the EURCAD currency pair. On the one hand, we have 48 points spread, thus 4.8 pips. On the other hand, we have an inverted hammer formation that is about to close. Remind that this is a reversal pattern that occurs at the end of a downside move.
Consequently, we do the following:
- Initiate a buy order at the close price of the current candle at 1.44845
- Set a stop-loss order below the current candle at 1.44830
- Set a take-profit target at the last swing point at 1.45120
The projected profit of 275 points would cover the spread cost of 48 points.
Now let us see the market realizations of the forex pair. A bullish trend reversal just occurred. Consequently, it was a successful candle timer and spread buying strategy with:
- Theoric profit = 1.45120 – 1.44845 = 275 points = 27.5 pips
- Real profit = Theoric profit – Spread = 27.5 – 4.8 = 22.7 pips
In conclusion, the theoric profit includes a real profit and an embedded spread.
Download Candle time and spread indicator for MT4
The Candle Time end and Spread indicator for MT4 is a forex trading system for further direction confirmation signals. In fact, it conducts you the remaining time in the present candle along with the spread. Hence, this MT4 indicator makes you prepared for the next candlestick opening, liquidity, and volatility. In short, traders consider this candle timer information to forecast trade profitability in the MetaTrader 4 platform.
Does MetaTrader show the spread ?
MetaTrader platforms can display the currency spread on the market watch. But, to activate this option you should follow these steps. First, right-click on the market watch anywhere. then, activate the spread option. Thus, the spread will be displayed next to the asking price.
Note that MetaTrader platforms are quoting the spread in points. Thus, in order to get the pip spread, you have to divide the points spread by 20. As an example, 20 points spread are equivalent to 2 pip spread. An easier way to get the spread is to free download the candle time and spread indicator for MT4 platforms.
Download Candle time and spread indicator for MT5
Candle Time and spread indicator for MetaTrader 5 is a forex trading system to trade entry or exit levels. Thus, for scheduling entries and exits as trading opportunities. Timing is a key indication to seize scalping opportunities. That is why scalpers use this informative candle timer to understand when the current candle will close and the next one will start on their MT5 chart.
The Candle time end and spread indicator for MT5 immediately provides this information. To explain, this technical indicator checks:
- Bid price: The trader sells at this demand price
- Ask price: The trader buys at this offer price
- Ask-Bid Spread: the difference between Ask and Bid prices
- Elapsed Time: CountUp time
- Remaining Time: CountDown time
Does MetaTrader show the remaining time in the current candle ?
The remaining time in the current candle may be very helpful in many ways. MetaTrader platforms display the current time on the market watch. However, they do not display the remaining time since the candle started. The candle timer and spread indicator have the ability to display the remaining candle time on your MT5 chart.
The Candle time and spread MT5 indicator is very proper for scalping traders. From one part, this enables them to comprehend if their potential profit target is able to cover the spread cost before initiating a new order. In fact, the technical tool allows them to continuously monitor the spread and its evolution, which reflects market conditions as volatility and liquidity. On the other hand, price action traders should be notified when the next candle will start on their platform. Because this allows them to monitor renowned chart and candle formations before the opening of the next candlestick. This assists them in timing their next positions efficiently. In conclusion, the candle time end and spread indicator is an interesting time management tool for forex traders in their MT4 charts. | <urn:uuid:534a9c18-25c8-4863-a351-120034b64cce> | CC-MAIN-2022-40 | https://finansya.com/candle-time-and-spread-indicator-for-mt5-mt4-and-tradingview/ | 2022-10-04T12:37:00Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030337504.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20221004121345-20221004151345-00475.warc.gz | en | 0.909411 | 2,155 | [
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Starkville, MS 39759
3 beds | 2 baths | 1499 sqft
Beautiful New Home under construction in Laura's Cove, one of Starkville's newest premier developments. This Power Plus Home also has Fast Net Internet service available. Open Floor Plan. Split Bedroom Plan. Pretty Kitchen with Granite Countertops and Quality Cabinetry. Fabulous Primary Suite with 2 Sinks, Soaking Tub and Separate Shower. Plus a Walk In Closet. Well located, near the Highway 82 Bypass.
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Last Updated: September - 19 - 2022
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So, um, I never quite know what to say after a post where I’ve worry-vomited all over the keyboard and the majority of you are so sweet and kind about it, holding back my hair and assuring me that it’s okay. I want to follow it up with OH HEY FALSE ALARM, IT’S ALL GOOD! but that isn’t really how it goes.
On Saturday morning, Otto left at the crack of dawn for a work thing, I packed the children off with their dad for the weekend, and then I spent the entire day being responsible to no one and not talking about anything. Not solving any problems! Not discussing my feelings! Just being silent. Blessedly silent. And possibly shopping for shoes and watching bad television.
So Saturday was kind of a break from being “on” and it was just what I needed. Eventually the dog and I crawled into bed and when we woke up on Sunday morning, Otto was back! Hooray!
Otto is concerned about me. You see, he knows that when things get rough with the kids I have a hard time letting it go (HAAAAAAAA!) (something I crack myself up with the use of my subtle understatements) and I may be just a little, you know, kind of depressed. So he was ready to ask me how my Saturday was and also TALK ABOUT FEELINGS to make sure I was okay. But that was not what I wanted to talk about.
I wanted to talk about COFFEE. And also bacon. Because—like any red-blooded American female—I believe in sublimating my angst in food. So I thanked Otto for his concern, asked him how his workshop went, and then demanded that he take me out for brunch because BACON I NEED BACON FIND ME SOME IMMEDIATELY.
Otto is a man of action, so in very short order I was sitting in a cafe, slurping coffee and waiting for my bacon. This is why I married him, readers. (Well, that and his health insurance.) We had a lovely brunch and then I was prepared to return home, so that I could resume doing nothing and speaking to no one, but Otto had the brilliant idea that we should go get frozen yogurt. So we did that!
As we sat outside, enjoying our dessert, there were two young women sitting at the table behind us with their food from a nearby sub shop. I assume they were college students. And as one of them ate her little package of Doritos she went ON AND ON to her friend about how GOD IS SO GOOD and HIS BLESSINGS ARE ENDLESS and how following him seems hard until you realize EXACTLY HOW AWESOME HE IS and Otto and I sat there, eating our yogurt, trying really hard not to laugh.
Now, I’m all for personal beliefs. I’m kind of… well, I’m on the fence about evangelism. I tend more towards the “be a shining example” side of the equation than the “shout it from the rooftops until the heathens repent” kind of thing. But this young lady was 1) really loud, 2) eating Doritos (I’m sorry, I can’t take you seriously about how God calls us to perfection while you’re eating neon cheese dust, I just can’t), and 3) saying… absolutely nothing. I mean, she kept talking about HIS INFINITE BLESSINGS and THE WONDER OF RIGHTEOUSNESS and I began to wonder if maybe she was on drugs. No examples were given. Never did I hear her say, “And here’s what happened as a result of that choice.” She did, however, spend fifteen minutes talking about HOW AWESOME it is to know that I NEVER HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT KISSING MY BOYFRIEND, THANKS TO GOD and then another half an hour expounding on her roommate search, because in the past her roommates have been “Christians who are really still just finding their way” and that was “interfering with having a home that’s a haven” and I went from being amused to just thinking that her roommates must’ve spent a lot of time fantasizing about killing her in her sleep.
Hers is the path of righteousness and meaningful cheese dust.
As we headed back to the car I confided to Otto that I am probably a terrible Christian because I derived waaaaay too much amusement out of that conversation, and he kind of patted me and said that the young lady in question seemed happy, and I had to agree that this was true. But then I kissed Otto in the middle of a busy block and said “YEAH BUT SHE’S NOT ALLOWED TO DO THAT WITH HER BOYFRIEND” and then I felt quite smug. So. (Then again, Otto and I are married, so I think we’re allowed. Or maybe we’re not. I’m not sure. IT’S SO CONFUSING.)
Back home again, Otto brought all of the leftover snacks from his workshop into the house, and suddenly there were snack-size candy bars everywhere, luring me with their siren song of chocolate deliciousness. I resisted for about an hour, but then the Reese’s Minis and I became… very close.
Today I still don’t have a plan or better outlook on life, but I do have a nice little sugar hangover to remind me that food doesn’t cure problems, it just makes them slightly more delicious, temporarily. Or something. | <urn:uuid:acd541af-d280-4cd9-9024-59acc96dbe7c> | CC-MAIN-2022-40 | https://wouldashoulda.com/2011/10/03/on-the-seventh-day-we-pigged-out/ | 2022-10-04T14:30:48Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030337504.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20221004121345-20221004151345-00475.warc.gz | en | 0.978625 | 1,207 | [
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A Hat Trick for Inclusion
The project “A hat trick for inclusion: recognizing, preventing and contrasting hate speech for more inclusive sport”. Hate speech covers “all forms of expressions that spread, incite, promote or justify racial hatred, xenophobia, anti-semitism or other forms of hatred based on intolerance”.
The Partners organizations are:
-Svenska Ungodom League
-Asociatia Se Poate
-Aicem Italia https://www.aicem.it/chi-siamo/
Against this background, the project has the following objectives:
1) create, test and experiment an educational sport programme involving young people, youth leaders, educators, trainers, coaches in the sport field at grassroots level to improve their personal and professional competences to develop sport activities also contributing to raise awareness hate speech effects;
2) Favoring a new attitude among young generations playing sport at grassroots level, as a way to support the creation of an open and inclusive environment in which everyone can benefit from the effect of doing sport activities. | <urn:uuid:dacbbeb1-d6d9-4c96-9ce5-3c0670b5522c> | CC-MAIN-2022-40 | https://www.noa-project.eu/project/a-hat-trick-for-inclusion/ | 2022-10-04T14:23:48Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030337504.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20221004121345-20221004151345-00475.warc.gz | en | 0.917995 | 229 | [
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So there we are, me and a couple of pals running a Fort of Fortune. We've already sunk a Reaper Sloop which tried to ambush us and survived a kegging attempt by another Sloop, but we defended ourselves, stuck with it and got it done.
As we're loading our hard-won loot, a Brig comes screaming at us over the horizon; we grabbed what we could and hopped to battle stations. There was a little to and fro, and eventually we both had to peel off to lick wounds. As we had a breather, I got in our rowboat and rowed back over to the FoF and loaded the rest of the loot (sans kegs, a couple of captains chests and sugar crates) and managed to catch up and dock back on our ship. We did a sharp harpoon turn around a rock into a crosswind and NYOOM we were off.
Would they leave us alone? Of course not dear reader! They were very distant but set after us anyway as we beelined for Morrows Peak. As they were so far behind, I floated the idea of loading up all the loot onto the Rowboat and 2 of us making for the Outpost on it whilst the 3rd played distraction on our Brig. They wouldnt notice, surely? My crewmates agreed and we loaded the rowboat and dropped off. And the best part? It worked!! Even though we had to about face and make for Ancient Spire instead as they decided to head for Morrows themselves.
We somehow slipped by them despite our Rowboat having a glow visible from orbit.
And it gets even better... one of them tried to trash talk me afterwards, an exchange which has given rise to our new in-joke "Where loot?"
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Is Lex Luthor really a villain?
Created by Dellmamy45, 2 y 8 mo 4 d ago.
So I was thinking about this , is Lex Luthor really a villain? I mean granted he tries to take out Superman and teams up with super villains. But in real life if someone from another planet, that was an alien with superpowers come to this world, would you not do the same thing to try to stop him? I'm just curious on everybody's opinion. | <urn:uuid:f23d0d0f-d3f3-4f49-bf3c-f8a6c1d5c0d9> | CC-MAIN-2022-40 | https://www.superherodb.com/is-lex-luthor-really-a-villain/100-4130/ | 2022-10-04T13:06:33Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030337504.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20221004121345-20221004151345-00475.warc.gz | en | 0.970992 | 98 | [
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Portable sensor will alert you if you stink
Being alive is a smelly business and unfortunately some of the smells we emit are beyond our control and in some cases, detection. It goes without saying that this can be a problem in a country where smelling good (or inoffensive, at the very least) is up there with godliness and cleanliness. Fortunately, one Japanese company has come up with a device to give users peace of mind by telling them whether they have BO before they become unwitting social pariahs.
Called KunKun (or "sniff sniff"), the pocket-sized sensor is designed to detect diacetyl, ammonia and isovaleric acid and 2-nonenal – chemicals commonly associated with acrid smells such as stale cooking grease, sweaty odors and what the Japanese call kareishuu (old-person smell) and midoru shishuu, which is typically associated with middle-aged people, particularly men.
Users place the device near the part of the body that they think might be smelly and get the results, which include a breakdown of the different components causing the odor as well as its intensity, via a companion app.
The device is the brainchild of 43-year-old Hiroshi Akiyama, who is part of Konica Minolta's Business Innovation Center, the firm's business development think tank. The seed for the idea was planted on a warm spring day two years ago when he realized that there was no way of objectively telling whether he smelled or not, save for asking his friends directly.
Smelling a market opportunity, he and his colleagues started studying odor-related problems and found that there was more to smelling bad than they had originally thought.
"We found that there's a large variety of body odors, like sweat, underarm, aging body, and middle-age fat odor," he told the Brain Portal Journal in an interview. "The components that make up the smell are all different. What we have to do first is analyze the components to recognize which kind of odor it is so that you can choose the correct type of deodorant [to get rid of it]. I believe it is important to analyze not just the strength of the stench but the different types of smell."
Working with researchers from the Osaka Institute of Technology, they developed HANA (High Accuracy Nose Assist), a platform that allows them to analyze and evaluate different kinds of odors objectively. That platform is what powers KunKun, which will be launched in Japan this summer.
Coping with the smell of growing old
While Akiyama and his colleagues' preoccupation with smell might seem extreme to many, for men living in a society that extols cleanliness and order, it is something that that they have to contend with once they hit the big 4-0. In fact, there's even a term for it: jikoshu-kyofu or the fear of offending others with your body odor.
The KunKun is not the first gadget or product to address the issue of kareishuu, nor is it likely to be the last. Japanese cosmetics giant Shiseido kickstarted the creation of a lucrative niche industry dedicated to stamping this offensive odor out when it announced in 1999 that it had discovered the cause of middle-age stench – a chemical called nonenal. Men in their 40s, it seems, produce more of this compound than anyone else, causing them to smell like fertilizer and – in the words of one 20-something woman – "a cheap sleazy hotel." Ouch.
While this situation might, er, reek of ageism, studies have actually confirmed that our body odor changes with time and that middle-aged men do have a distinct smell. This is due in large part to how active our skin glands are. The higher the level of output, the more material there is for bacteria to break down, causing us to smell. In one particular study, scientists at the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia wanted to see if people could detect a person's biological age with their sense of smell and carried out a blind sniff test involving absorbent pads that had spent five nights marinating in the armpits of test subjects of various ages.
The researchers found that despite all the negative connotations associated with the term "old people smell," the geriatrics had a whiff that, while distinctive, was the least offensive of all the age groups. The most pungent one, on the other hand, belonged to – you guessed it - male test subjects in the middle-age bracket. That said, the pong is not permanent and gets milder as one grows older. In fact, old men had the least intense odors, proving that some things do get better with age after all.
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The house is pretty in pink, the table is set for a romantic dinner & love is in the air via my new peony smelling candle!
Now what to give my manly man on this feminine holiday?
What about a relationship road map!! This will give him all the nostalgic feels.
I started by looking up important places we’ve been on a map.
- Where we met
- Our first date
- Where he asked me to be his GF.
- Where we moved in together.
- Where he proposed.
- Our wedding venue
- Our first house
I took a screen shot, labeled them & printed them out. Next I cut them into hearts and used a banner strand with tiny clothes pins to display them on his bathroom mirror.
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P (Panjabi MC) started in the music industry in 93.
He began by writing lyrics and rapping at uni gigs.
This is when people around him started calling him the Indian MC. P explained to them that there was no such language as Indian and in actual fact; the non English words that he would use in his raps were in Panjabi.
The name Panjabi MC was born.
P put together a demo tape in 93 and tried to find the best way possible for his name to become known.P invested his money into equipment and began producing his own beats to rap on,
From this P advanced further and began re producing old classic Desi songs and created something new and vibrant for the fans he was gaining.PMC took inspirations from people such as James Brown, Krs One, Dr Dre and Bob Marley, which were his influences from the western world and from his own cultural background he was influenced by Kuldip Manak, Surinder Shinda and Amar Singh Chamkila who are some of Indians greatest legends.
There were very few Asian rappers at that time and it was PMC who took traditional Panjabi music and merged it with hip hop and R&B records.
A new sound for bhangra was born and the PMC brand began to spread to countries all over the world.
PMC has released 10 albums via independent Bhangra labels from the UK. These albums were sold through outlets which were based around the Asian communities. Even though these albums seldom found their way into mainstream shops, they turned out to be bestsellers in his own community.
It was in 1999 when PMC began to experience that the western world people other than that of Asian or Indian backgrounds were actually listening to his music.
Then the record that broke PMC to the mainstreme, was heard by the likes of DJ Swing, Tim Westwood (from Radio 1's Rap show, one of the biggest Black music show's outside the USA), who were among the biggest Dj's in the R&B / Hip Hop club scene began to play one of PMC’s tracks, "Mundian To Bach Ke".
From this point onwards more and more mainstream DJ’s and radio stations began to pick up on Panjabi MC’s style of Music.
In 2002 mainstream record companies all over the world released Mundian To Bach Ke as a single and followed up with an album which was put together from all of Panjabi MC’s previous work released via the independent Bhangra labels.
Following on from the release PMC travelled across the globe DJing in clubs, on festival stages and for TV audiences.
P’s music was now being listened to by people of all colours, cultures and races all over the world.
The sound of Bhangra had finally crossed over to the mainstream. Panjabi MC was one of the first Asian artists to take Bhangra to the next level, thus gaining him an award at the World Music Festival in Monte Carlo.
The success of Mundian To Bach Ke was taken to another level when Jay Z one of the biggest rappers from America featured on the record and rapped two verses.
This led to a white label craze and artists such as BabySham, Twista and Beanie Man all wanted to be a part of the Bhangra sound.
In the last two years PMC has picked up numerous awards winning Best Dance Act at MTV Europe, UK Act of the Year at the Mobo’s and Best Dance Track in Germany, Italy and Switzerland.
The record charted Top Ten in most countries around the world reaching the number one spot in Italy.
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In all the realms over this wide world there is one feature that unites everyone: sleep. However, as with every other resource of life, some get more sleep, some get less. Everyone needs sleep to live a full life, and the better we sleep, the better we live. This week we share what makes us sleep well at night, or not.
For me, it all comes down to the mattress. I feel like a tired, grumpy character in a fairy tale always searching for the right fit — this one too hard, this one too soft, none of them just right. When I think back to the best sleep of my life, it has to be my childhood years. Throw down a skinny pad on the ground on school camping trips and we were lost in sleep until morning. Why does it all change with age?
In some modern lives, sleep is a precious resource, a subject talked about with longing and reverence. What I wouldn’t do for a good night’s sleep… If we search the internet: 151 million hits on how to improve on the practice of sleep.
And if we’re lucky enough to get that shuteye, the body restores itself, and it needs a goodly amount of time to run through its various system reboots. It’s the reason we can fall asleep with tired sore feet, and wake up ready to walk 10,000 more steps.
But, for the unlucky in sleep, the folks who toss and turn at night like fish stranded on unfriendly decks, it seems it’s because we have too much stress in our lives. All the good night’s sleep tips in the world won’t help if we don’t reduce our stress levels first. And that can feel like an impossible task — life is complicated and hard after all.
So, I’ll continue my search for restorative sleep by incorporating more yoga and breathing practices into the day, as well as leaving work at work–very hard, I know–and I continue my quest for the perfect mattress pad, the one that’ll bring on the best sleep, ever.
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For many people in the U.S., Thanksgiving marks the first day of the holiday season. While that Thursday is spent enjoying a delicious meal with family and friends, the days and weeks after are a special time for spreading holiday cheer and giving back to the people we care about most. And that’s what Giving Tuesday is all about.
The Global Day of Giving
What Is Giving Tuesday?
In the spirit of giving, Giving Tuesday kicks off the charitable season by encouraging people to donate their time, money, and resources to organizations serving their communities. With support from influencers and leadership partners, including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Giving Tuesday has helped reach thousands of philanthropic organizations around the world. In 2017, more than 50 countries participated in Giving Tuesday and more than $300 million was raised online.
When Is Giving Tuesday?
Giving Tuesday was first started back in 2012. It’s not a federal holiday, but it’s considered to be in the same family as Black Friday and Cyber Monday. In fact, Giving Tuesday actually takes place the day after Cyber Monday. This year, the global day of giving falls on November 27th, 2018.
How Can I Participate in Giving Tuesday?
One small act of kindness goes a long way. If everyone makes a donation on Giving Tuesday, no matter how small, we can start to see a ripple effect that incites real change. You can be a part of that. On November 27th, think about challenges facing your own community. Are there certain populations who need help? What causes do you care about? If you’re not familiar with the nonprofits in the Raleigh area, you can find a list over on the Giving Tuesday website.
To help, consider volunteering at a local soup kitchen or donating money. You can also spread awareness and get your friends and family involved by sharing #GivingTuesday on social media.
CASA Celebrates Giving Tuesday
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by Matt Heller
Around 10 years ago, students began taking four, four-credit classes each semester, the same system that is in place today. That meant most faculty taught a 3-3-3-2 course load, which means they would teach three classes for three semesters and then only two classes for a fourth semester. Over time, stresses such as faculty constraints under a tightening budget led to a 3-3-3-3 system, according to Professor William Karstens, the chair of the Faculty Welfare Committee.
Now, there is a chance that additional requirements will increase faculty loads. During open forums, the majority argued that a 3-4 or even a 3-3-3-4 could be detrimental to the well-being of the faculty. While nothing has been decided upon, a decision is likely to come this week, according to Karstens.
“We’re trying to work on something that tries to minimize the amount of extra work that has to be done, in the midst of solving issues of getting more students on campus and stuff like that,” Karstens said.
When requirements were increased to a 3-3-3-3, some faculty thought that it would eventually go back to a 3-3-3-2. After a few years, it was clear that due to budget constraints and declining enrollment, this was not going to happen.
Either way, an increase in teaching requirements will require faculty to make sacrifices. For Karstens, it’s a tradeoff with the high demands, and that’s what the committee is trying to help with.
“We know we have to step up and do something because of the stressors we are undergoing, and it’s just how are we going to do it in such a way that spreads the pain as fair as possible and not overwhelming what’s already a pretty packed plate,” Karstens said.
An added course in a semester involves more than lectures in the classroom. “There’s homework, assignments, discussions, and meetings with students. That’s where I think the true learning happens, and we don’t put a time limit on that, nor a limit of effort,” said Dean of Faculty Tara Natarajan.
“As people get stretched further, the things that get dropped off the plate are the ones that aren’t in the contract,” said Patricia Siplon, professor of political science, who, outside of teaching, is the treasurer for St. Michael’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors, the faculty advisor for the school’s chapter of the Student Global AIDS Campaign, and an instructor for the Adventure Sports Center. She worries that there aren’t enough faculty to fill positions, and she worries about what will be cut first due to the limited personnel.
“Social justice pieces [are] not what we are contracted to do, so that’s what’s going to get shorted,” she said.
Natarajan said she is currently involved in faculty searches for several departments, including political science, sociology, criminology, environmental science and studies, biology, and art and design.
Like Karstens, she acknowledges there’s a problem, but is hopeful that dedicated faculty can pull through. Over the summer, an ad-hoc committee was developed to help better allocate resources.
While Natarajan believes faculty need time away from school, it’s far from a conventional job.
“It’s not just a nine to five. I call it getting on the running train that never stops.”
For some professors, however, it’s just part of the job. “I wouldn’t call it stressful. I’m here to teach, so I’m going to teach,” said physics professor Alain Brizard, who teaches both physics courses and core science courses.
With all the talk around the number of courses and time spent, quality of work can get lost, especially when it comes to interaction with students, say some faculty.
“We’ve made a big mistake, in my opinion, as a culture, in believing that productivity is more important than quality… that quantifiable output is more important than quality connections and quality expression,” Siplon said.
The quality connection and expression usually comes in the form of interaction with students, especially those that come outside of the classroom. In the end, faculty hope that the existing stress and increased workload won’t deter these relationships with their students.
“A lot of people feel pretty stressed at this particular moment in time. We’re professionals, we try not to let it affect what we do with our students. But I’m not going to lie, it’s a tough time, and we’re working hard,” said English professor Elizabeth Inness-Brown. | <urn:uuid:f6d2ac9a-4edf-4065-bde7-db32054ac51c> | CC-MAIN-2022-40 | https://defender.smcvt.edu/2019/10/17/faculty-say-increase-to-teaching-requirements-would-stretch-them-even-further/ | 2022-09-26T15:38:04Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030334912.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20220926144455-20220926174455-00675.warc.gz | en | 0.962009 | 1,047 | [
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Connecting Math, Science and a Paycheck
Posted on July 15, 2016
Inside a darkened classroom at the University of South Alabama, 49 high school students and several teachers peered at bright computer screens, focusing on coding, cryptography, malware and digital forensics.
For the second straight year, the National Security Agency and the National Science Foundation funded the USA School of Computing’s GenCyber Camp, one of 133 held nationwide. USA's camp introduces rising 9th graders, generally ages 13-14, to the potential of cyber security as a career and shares the latest methods for teaching cyber security to their teachers. All participants in this week’s camp were from Davidson High School in Mobile.
“This group is Davidson’s cream of the crop, and they have competed hard for this camp,” explained Dr. Todd Andel, professor of computing. “The NSA is trying to spark interest in cyber security at a young age because there is a tremendous need in both the private and government workforces. It’s a great career choice with excellent potential. The NSA also aims to increase diversity with these camps.”
According to 2015 statistics from the U.S. Department of Labor, cyber security graduates with a bachelor’s degree earned a median salary of $90,120. Also, job prospects for security analysts are expected to increase faster than average through 2024.
Andel said exercises during the week have helped the students make the connection between math and computing, an important step for their futures, especially if they choose cyber security.
“We’ve experienced things in this camp we would have had no other way to know, like hacking,” said Paige Love, 14. She said the camp did open up the possibility of cyber security as a career choice.
Most students said learning about hacking was one of their favorite parts of the camp. However, Andel noted the hacking portion of the curriculum was only positive.
“It’s all part of learning about cyber security,” Andel said. “I don’t think the Pentagon has anything to worry about from this group now.”
Even though Emily Martin, 14, wants to become an FBI agent, she praised the camp for how it helped her.
“As an FBI agent, I’ll need to understand computers and cyber security because someone on my team will be a computer specialist,” Martin said.
Tony Bondora, a science teacher at Davidson, said the students also enjoyed learning about coding.
“During the first hour of the first day, they all dived into coding, really embracing it, and I think it sparked an interest in a lot of them, and they may take it further,” Bondora said. “This camp has been great for all of us.”
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Driving efforts to find a cure for diseases caused by a mutation of the VCP gene including IBMPFD and ALS.
WHAT IS VCP DISEASE?
VCP Disease is a rare genetic disease, which can affect a patient's muscles, bones and brain. There are less than 500 people currently diagnosed with this disease worldwide. Leading researchers believe there may be significantly more patients with this mutation, but they are being misdiagnosed as MS, MD, ALS, myositis or myopathy.
VCP Disease is caused by a mutation in a gene called Valosin Containing Protein (VCP or p97). The VCP gene provides instructions for producing the VCP enzyme. The VCP enzyme is involved in a wide variety of important cellular activities such as cell division and mitochondrial function. One of VCP's most critical jobs is to help break down proteins that are abnormal or no longer needed. When the VCP gene is mutated, these cellular functions are disrupted leading to several possible symptoms and disorders.
VCP Disease primarily manifests as IBMPFD, which identifies the three primary disorders originally associated with the disease: Inclusion Body Myopathy, Paget's Disease of Bone, and Frontotemporal Dementia. A person with IBMPFD may have one, two, or all of these disorders. There are no known cures or treatments for myopathy or dementia, but there is an approved treatment for Paget's disease of bone. Early testing is very important.
A genetic connection has now been established between IBMPFD and more common disorders such as ALS and Parkinson's Disease. Learning more about IBMPFD may not only help advance the treatment of IBMPFD but also several disorders.
WHO ARE WE?
Our patient advocacy group was founded to drive efforts in finding a cure for VCP Disease. Our organization has four primary initiatives:
1. Educate: Promote awareness of VCP Disease in the medical community and among patients.
2. Identify: Manage a registry of patients with VCP disease. Having an accurate database is the only way to advance research, funding and understanding of the disease. We encourage all patients to register.
3. Support: Provide support and resources for patients, caregivers and their doctors. We are also working with clinicians and researchers to advance possible treatments for VCP Disease.
4. Give: If you are interested in getting involved, please contact us. There are many ways to volunteer and give.
There are some very promising advancements in understanding this disease, and new potential treatments are on the horizon. If you think that you may have this disease or you would like to help, please reach out to us at [email protected].
2019 PATIENT CONFERENCE
The Cure VCP Disease Patient & Caregiver Conference takes place April 12-13, 2019 at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.
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Departments: Pediatrics - Adjunct Assistant Professor
Divisions: Pediatric Genetics
Academic Office Information
- American Board of Medical Genetics (Clinical Cytogenetics)
Dr. Toydemir received his medical degree from the University of Ankara School of Medicine, and completed his Clinical Cytogenetics Fellowship at the University of Utah. He joined Department of Pathology after completing his fellowship in Clinical Cytogenetics. Dr. Toydemir is board-certified in Clinical Cytogenetics through the ACMG.
Dr. Toydemir is currently a medical director for the Cytogenetics and Genomic Microarray at ARUP Laboratories. He reviews a wide spectrum of cytogenetic tests including chromosome, FISH, and genomic microarray analyses, on constitutional, oncological, and prenatal samples.
Dr. Toydemir’s research interests focus on understanding the genetic basis of congenital musculoskeletal abnormalities, especially those affecting the distal joints. He also conducts research on non-syndromic developmental dysplasia of the hip, utilizing classical mapping methods as well as next generation sequencing technology. Another interest of Dr. Toydemir include implementation of advanced genetic technologies in detection and characterization of chromosome aberrations in hematological malignancies.
University of Utah, Department of Pathology
University of Utah, Department of Human Genetics
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Many proponents and Hodls of bitcoin have made the argument that bitcoin is (or would be) a “digital gold”. Mike Novogratz, ex-Goldman Sachs partner and founder of the crypto merchant bank Galaxy Digital, has been quite vocal, reiterating his view on bitcoin, in past interviews – bitcoin would be “digital gold” and would function as “store of value”. It seems that the underlying assumption for “digital gold” is that “gold” functions as “store of value”. But is it? Is gold a “store of value”? is it indeed the way gold functions in the economy?
Novogratz in his interview to Bloomberg on February 13th, further added that bitcoin is going to be “sovereign money” – “there’s 118 elements of the periodic table and only one gold… Bitcoin is going to be digital gold, a place where you have sovereign money. It’s not US money. It’s not Chinese money. It’s sovereign. Sovereignty cost a lot. It should”.
Now we have three characterizations of Bitcoin – “digital gold”, “store of value” and “sovereign money”. Are these three interchangeable? Do they have the same meaning? Furthermore, could bitcoin truly encompass these characteristics?
To answer these questions, we should first understand the meaning of these characteristics.
What is Store of Value
A store of value is an asset that maintains its value without depreciating. What is considered store of value could differ among nations. Under certain circumstances or when demand exists, almost any physical asset can be considered a store of value. In most developed economies, the local currency can be counted as a store of value. U.S. dollar or British pound or the Swiss franc are deemed stable currencies, which enhance their economies. However, when hyperinflation occurs, fiat currencies may not be considered as a mode of store of value. Others that could be considered as store of value are gold, silver, real estate, and fine art. Their relative value may fluctuate over time. But, they retain their store of value, especially if they are a scarce commodity with a finite supply.
The Role of Gold in the Economy
Gold is a worldwide commodity, such as oil or coffee. But unlike those commodities, it is not consumed. Almost all gold that was ever mined is still around. The industrial use of gold is very minimal, mainly jewelry or electronics. So why the price fluctuation? In a sense, gold is a reflection of the state of the health of the economy, especially in developed countries such as the US, UK and Western Europe. When a financial/economic crisis hits the economy, there is a “flight” to gold. Investors start moving their investments from stocks and bonds to gold. We have seen that during the financial crisis in 2008, the eurozone debt crisis in 2009-2011 and most recently when Great Britain voted to leave the European Union in June 2016. In each of these occasions, the gold price has surged. Particularly, during the ongoing Eurozone debt crisis, the gold price has almost doubled. Gold is a commodity used by speculators, such as George Soros, to bet on economic uncertainty and investors’ behavior. Hence, hedgers or speculators would use gold to bet on worsening economic conditions. The chart below demonstrates the inverse relationship between the S&P 500 prices and Gold prices for the past year.
Correlation between gold and S&P500 was -56%. During that time the correlation of bitcoin with both gold and S&P500 has been quite low – 21% and 26% respectively.
What is Sovereign Money?
The phrase “Sovereign Money” is now widely used to refer to a system where only the state, (i.e., government or central banks) can create or issue money, in contrast to the banking system in existence today where commercial banks issue most of the money in circulation. In today’s banking system, demand deposits are backed up with central bank money, but only a very small fraction of 1.5% in the UK, 2.5% in the Eurozone and less than 8.5% in the US. That’s the reason the system is called fractional reserve banking. Sovereign system, on the other hand, has full reserve banking or 100% reserve banking. In today’s fractional reserve system, the money in a bank account is not “real”, it’s not legal tender but rather a mere claim on money. Thus, in a banking crisis, the money in the bank account might disappear.
Most likely, when Mike Novogratz used the phrase “Sovereign Money”, he did not mean “money that is 100% issued by the government or central bank”. Because, that goes counter to the notion of bitcoin – a decentralized immutable system ungoverned by any entity. He probably was referring to the meaning of “sovereign” in the sense of “possessing supreme or ultimate power”. So, we ought to be careful when using the phrase “sovereign money”.
Are these three phrases or characteristics interchangeable?
From the above explanations of the three phrases, it seems that they are probably not. Gold does not necessarily function in the economy as a “store of value” nor it is falling under the definition of “sovereign money”. Therefore, using all three as if they mean the same, is quite misleading.
Could bitcoin fall into one of these characteristics?
Let’s examine each of these characteristics – “digital gold”, “store of value” and “sovereign money”.
“Digital Gold” – the idea is that bitcoin would function as gold functions today in the economy.
- In terms of a tool for speculators, then bitcoin has already been falling into this category. Since mid-2017 bitcoin trading has increasingly been controlled by speculators.
- In terms of a reflection of the health of the economy. Bitcoin is a decentralized currency, ungoverned by any entity, let alone an economy.
- When it comes to hyperinflation economies such as Venezuela, we have seen that people in this type of economies use bitcoin (and other cryptocurrencies) as a “flight to safety”. Yet, there isn’t much of a distinction or preference between bitcoin and other altcoins.
It’s a matter of accessibility and value. If other altcoins are easy to access (i.e., trade, economic use) and their value is stable, then whether it’s bitcoin or some other altcoin would depend on transaction costs, speed, and security.
“Store of Value” – the idea is that bitcoin would serve as a store of value.
- We mentioned that many local currencies in developed economies are considered a store of value, as they maintain their value. The high volatility of the crypto market has been the main reason for the recent proliferation of stablecoins pegged to fiat currencies, such as the US dollar. If the usage of stablecoins increases, as it’s very likely to happen, there might not be a need for bitcoin as a store of value. Stablecoins are in fact “store of value”.
- Because bitcoin has some historic value as being the first cryptocurrency, the first blockchain experiment, for that reason it might become a store of value. This is quite similar to the reason people collect art or old coins or old baseball cards – scarcity and historic value.
If bitcoin stops its mining and as long as people view it as valuable “art” or “memorabilia” then bitcoin might increase its value.
“Sovereign Money” – the idea is that bitcoin possesses “supreme or ultimate power”.
Superiority has nothing to do with being a “store of value” or “digital gold”. It could be superior regardless.
But, if bitcoin is superior to other cryptocurrencies or functions as “gold” rather than a currency, then maybe it should be removed from the cryptocurrencies’ basket all together. Very much like the reason we do not have “gold” or “fine art” in the S&P 500 index.
Let’s follow this thought even further:
Regardless of whether bitcoin is “digital gold” or whether it possesses any supreme powers, it should be set aside, de-touched from any other cryptocurrency for the following reasons:
- It was the first blockchain pilot. The first experiment and thus has been around more than any other altcoin or token. The other altcoins are either less known or have not had the opportunity yet to establish a following.
- Comparing (or pegging) all altcoins to bitcoin is wrong. First, they provide completely different use cases to bitcoin – e.g., smart contracts (ETH), unbanked economies (XLM), transactions’ speed (EOS). They solve real-world problems that have nothing to do with bitcoin. Second, they have never stated that they are here to compete with bitcoin, but rather solve a real-world problem using the blockchain technology. Third, they are very different than bitcoin in terms of infrastructure, features, protocols, use cases, etc. Therefore, any comparison is not only wrong but does not make any economic or logical sense.
- Because Bitcoin has been around longer than any other cryptocurrency, it’s the most familiar one and gets the most attention in the media. The focus on bitcoin makes it seem as if the other cryptocurrencies do not count. Thus, bitcoin wrongly becomes the pulse of the crypto market.
- Bitcoin problems of scalability, speed, and costs have been addressed with other blockchain projects and altcoins. If other altcoins are able to resolve these problems, then it is very likely that they would end up the most adapted and used by the mainstream.
- If bitcoin is not going to be the most adopted coin then either it would go bust or becomes a memorabilia item, a part of history in the evolution of blockchain technology. In the former case its value would go to zero, and in the latter case, it becomes a store of value or a collection item.
Therefore, bitcoin should be separated and removed from any cryptocurrency basket. It should stand on its own, whether as “memorabilia” or “art” or any other separate category. By removing bitcoin from the “rest of the pack”, we might observe more realistic valuation in the crypto market and less volatility. It’s time each altcoin and token stand on its own and reflect its own potential value.
That excludes any physical asset that depreciates in value over time. Such as machinery, automobiles, electronics and in some cases real estate. It should be noted that when it comes to real estate, it’s the land that appreciates (or maintain) its value, not the assets built on top of the land.
Many crypto stablecoins, such as True USD, Circle, Gemini dollar and Paxos are pegged to the US dollar, for that exact reason – the US dollar maintains its value and serves as a store of value.
Most developed economies have not experienced hyperinflation since world war II. Germany’s hyperinflation in the 1920s led by high unemployment was the main cause for the rise of Nazism in the early 1930s.
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One of the effects of the recovery anointing is the ability to overtake even those who have gone ahead of you. This was the case with Elijah as we read in the opening scripture. Even though Elijah seemed to have started later than Ahab; we see that when the hand of God
came upon him, He outran the chariot of Ahab, who seemed to have the physical advantages of both riding on a chariot and starting off early.
Elijah had the spiritual advantage and so do you as well. If you have experienced delays or you seem to have lost time, worry no more because just like Elijah, the hand of the Lord will cause you to gain back time by granting you supernatural speed to overtake many who started earlier.
Get ready therefore to be recognized and celebrated in your field of endeavor. Get ready for an announcement because you will no longer be where you used to be. The Lord is set to move you from the backside to the forefront. It is His will. Glory to God!
PRAYER FOR THE DAY
Dear Father, thank you for the supernatural speed to overtake this month in Jesus name
PRAYER FOR ISRAEL
Father, I ask today that there will be peace in Jerusalem and that your purposes be established in that city. Amen (Ps 122:6)
PRAYER FOR NATIONS AND LEADERS ( CANADA )
Background: The strong legacy of parliamentary democracy has been influenced and shaped by the Christian faith across all major parties. The proportion of elected members of parliament who are committed Christians is much higher than the average population.
Y: We are thanking God for the involvement of Christians in the parliament of Canada.
Z: Dear Lord, we pray for the leaders that they will be honest, morally upright, and have strong principles in line with your standard of righteousness; for the benefit of the people.
PRAYER FOR THE UNITY OF THE CHURCH
We repent on behalf of the church for displeasing you, we choose to pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, and oneness.
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Newly cast letterpress type of 12pt. Garamond Bold Italic with the special "swash" characters. Just in time for all your holiday printing needs. Cast in a limited edition, so don't delay!
Note: only the font is for sale and not the display and ornaments as shown in the specimen. The item "New Letterpress Type 12 point Garamond Bold Italic with swash characters" is in sale since Wednesday, June 19, 2019. This item is in the category "Business & Industrial\Printing & Graphic Arts\Printing & Graphic Essentials\Type, Cuts & Printing Blocks". The seller is "laboache" and is located in Sebastopol, California.
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Who would have known that there’s so much more to learn? You do your lessons once and think you’re done but you’re not. Do those lessons a 2 and 3 time (maybe more) and I guarantee you’ll learn something you missed before.
I was trying to do it all and found myself digging a deep hole, I’m climbing out now. I wanted to do videos and blog posts as well as post to some social media sites but I had to stop trying to do it all. I needed more than the 1440 I have in order to get it all done.
Now I am down to 5 days in which I wish to complete all my tasks and at least my blog posts. So to do this, over the next few days I will be combining my tasks for a few days in one post. Today I am covering Days 17 thru 19, I hope this doesn’t get too long for you.
Click Track Profit
To complete in click track profit we learned about being everywhere, being evergreen and getting to know everyone in not only your circle but also everyone in your community.
Get out there and show yourself, do a video, do a live stream, just be everywhere you can. Show your face so people will know that you’re a real person.
List nerds reminds us just how impotant email marketing is because there are always new people getting into online businesses and looking for to grow their business. List Nerds had 15 new people sign up in the previous 24 hours. This is why we need to be using email marketing every single day.
List Nerds is good practice for your email marketing development. It let’s you know that when you mail your list, it will convert. On day 19 we were encouraged to sign up to other lists of successful email marketers in our niche. Watch the style of their emails and see how the develop them. See if they just jump right in and offer you what they got or do they sweet talk you first. My next email is out and on the way! This is my 6th email since I started this Journey (I email every 3 days).
Plus One Success ……… These 3 days go very well together. You must D17) put people first and profits second. D18) be visible, get out there and show people that you are real, D19) Make the most of your 1440!
I have mention 1440 in this post several times, so now I elaborate. 1440 is the total amount of minutes we all get each and every day. We must use that 1440 wisely beause there’s not 1 second more. So get out there and be visible by doing a video or live stream, make a post on social media and don’t forget to add your video and post to #Hive and #CTPtalk. And always remember to put the people first.
Come join me in the 3 Step No Excuse Plan and take the journey yourself. Here’s everything you need ………
Click Track Profit:
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UCT's Centre for Materials Engineering (CME) recently acquired a state-of-the-art Gleeble 3800. The machine, valued at around R10 million, is described as a "fully integrated digital closed-loop control thermal and mechanical testing system". In other words, it can – at lab level – closely simulate metal processes seen in manufacturing. It will allow engineering students to work on a piece of metal while controlling variables such as temperature, strain, strain rate and time, essential in the manufacturing and testing processes. The Gleeble's purchase was made possible by a special equipment award from the National Research Foundation. In picture, Dr Sarah George conducts an experiment.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
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China’s airline industry is being buffeted by turbulence from the global economic crisis and has also felt the heat of high fuel prices. Air China and China Eastern Airlines said they would post losses for the first nine months of 2008, and analysts are tipping them to end the year in the red.
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Using a Choice Partners contract for electrical installs and maintenance will keep your facility’s electrical wiring up-to-date and provide more affordability for upkeep of lights, outlets and other electrical systems.
All electrical installs and services provided through Choice Partners electrical contractors are performed in strict accordance to the latest edition of the National Electrical Code by a registered electrician. Electrical contractors are responsible for providing sketches for future electrical plans, proper installs and their proceeding maintenance. From wires and switches to fire alarms and security systems, contractors install all of a building’s electrical needs. Testing and repairing a current system are also available.
Contractors can give schools and buildings modifications in their pre-existing systems to minimize equipment or to use “green” energy. Contractors will also handle all of the modifications to the structure (such as holes for wiring and new switches) on site without the need of a second contractor. All electrical services are held to a high standard and to building and safety codes established by the state of Texas (or residing state). | <urn:uuid:baec5814-7ace-4424-8399-85b74eee5d1b> | CC-MAIN-2022-40 | https://www.choicepartners.org/category/electrical-contractor-services-joc-idiq | 2022-09-30T17:05:35Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030335491.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20220930145518-20220930175518-00675.warc.gz | en | 0.924722 | 213 | [
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Lacoste Pour Femme Légère by Lacoste Fragrances is a Floral Woody Musk fragrance for women. Lacoste Pour Femme Légère was launched in 2017. The nose behind this fragrance is Olivier Cresp.
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The purpose of this study is to assess the validity and usefulness of omics signatures for improved identification and risk stratification of patients with endocrine hypertension and stratification of patients with primary hypertension.
Study Name: Omics Signature in the Diagnosis of Hypertension
Interventions: Other: omics
Locations: European Georges Pompidou Hospital, Paris, France|University of Padua, Padua, Italy; University of Torino, Torino, Italy; Raddboudumc, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands; University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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