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In October 2020, the Local Government Regulation 2012 (“LGR”) was modified to change the process that a Council must follow before selling land for arrears of rates or charges.
While some local governments will have already used the new provisions of the LGR, many Councils have delayed commencing sale procedures while the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic continue.
The key threshold for when a sale process can commence is unchanged – Councils can still only pursue a sale when at least some of the rates or charges are overdue for 3 years (or 1 year if the rates or charges were levied on vacant land or land used only for commercial purposes and Council has a judgment, or 3 months for a mining claim).
However, after the local government issues a Notice of Intention to Sell Land, the LGR now imposes a “sunset date” on when the Council must end procedures – 1 year after the Notice is given. The existing provisions that confirm Council must end the procedures if it is paid the total amount of rates or charges plus expenses, or if the land is sold, remain.
A Council must still commence sale procedures not sooner than 3 months (or 1 month for a mining claim), and not later than 6 months, after the Council gives the Notice. Councils should bear in mind that the timeframes are calculated by reference to when Council gives the Notice – ie when the Notice is taken to have been served.
The Auction Process
Other key changes apply to the conduct of the auction process.
Local governments are still required to set a reserve price that is at least:
- The market value of the land; or
- The higher of:
- The amount of overdue rates or charges on the land;
- The value (ie, the unimproved value) of the land.
However under the amended LGA if the reserve price is not reached at auction, Council may enter into negotiations with any bidder (not just the highest bidder) who attended the auction, but may only sell the land for an amount equal to or greater than the reserve price (not merely higher than the highest bid).
Importantly, in what is a reform that local governments have cried out for some time, Councils are no longer taken to have purchased the land for the reserve price if negotiations with a bidder at auction are not successful.
There is also a new process for what happens if the land is not sold at auction. Councils can now decide to continue to offer the land for sale by another auction or sale by negotiation. If Council wishes to offer the land for sale by negotiation, it must serve and publish a Sales Notice.
The sale by negotiation or subsequent auction process is limited by the new 1 year limitation period – ie, if the land is not sold within 1 year of the Notice of Intention to Sell being issued, even following an unsuccessful auction and under the new subsequent auction or sale by agreement provisions, the sale cannot proceed and the process resets.
Finally, there is no longer a requirement to publish the auction notice in a newspaper circulating generally in the local government area. Instead, the LGR includes a requirement that local governments “take all reasonable steps to publish the auction notice in another way to notify the public about the sale of the land”.
The LGR refers to two examples – a newspaper circulating generally in the local government area or on a real estate trading website. However, there is no reason why Councils could not publish the auction notice via social media to discharge their obligation under this provision.
What about a sale process that started before the changes?
Finally, Councils should be aware that any sale process started before the new provisions came into effect – ie 2 October 2020 – will be subject to the former provisions until the process ends.
There will be a rapidly diminishing number of these types of processes, but a process that commenced in September or early October 2020 may still be active, and therefore will be subject to the provisions that applied at the time the process commenced.
How We Can Help
Preston Law has assisted local governments, large and small, across Queensland in all aspects of rates arrears matters – from large-scale sales and acquisitions for arrears, to assisting Councils with developing targeted debt recovery programs.
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SIK DW 2.0 C-Series Putter Review
SIK is the putter brand Bryson DeChambeau has used since 2017 and several other PGA Tour winners also employ its flat-sticks. The standard silky silver finish looks great, but we favour the new matte black PVD finish for 2022 as it frames the ball so beautifully and makes the sightline really stand out.
DW stands for ‘double wide’, as this is essentially the width of two Anser-style blade heads. The beauty of this design is that it’s a halfway house between blade and mallet, so could appeal equally to devotees of either style. It’s easy to align and delivers excellent distance control as a result of its Descending Loft Technology (DLT) face design.
SIK’s patented face technology is very clever, comprising four planar surfaces that descend in loft from 4 ̊ at the top of the face down to 3 ̊, 2 ̊ and 1 ̊. Even good golfers don’t always deliver the putter blade to the ball in the same way – leaning the shaft a little forward or back during the stroke and varying where and how they strike it on the blade dictate how well putts launch and roll. The DLT face is designed to moderate such inconsistencies, making it stand out from the best putters on the market.
If you make contact with the ball higher on the face, you’ve delofted your putter, so DLT adds the loft back higher on the face to get the ball rolling quicker. If you hit it lower on the face, you naturally add loft to the putter, so DLT corrects the launch the other way. The idea is that wherever you make contact, you always end up with an ideal launch angle of 1.5 ̊ to 2 ̊ and therefore better distance control and accuracy on the greens. You can also try the SIK DW C-Series putter in Armlock for more consistency and multiple hosel and sightline options are available to suit your stroke.
We can vouch for the consistency, which was impressive in our testing. On short putts, the ball seemed to hold its line, while longer putts tended to travel the appropriate distance more often than not. Of course, we could just have been striking all our putts perfectly, but somehow we doubt that!
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One of his career highlights came when covering the 2012 Masters he got to play the sacred Augusta National course on the Monday after the tournament concluded, shooting a respectable 86 with just one par and four birdies. To date, his best ever round of golf is a 5-under 67 back in 2011. He currently plays his golf at Burghley Park Golf Club in Stamford, Lincs, with a handicap index of 3.2.
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Despite having to face a tough Bethpage course, a raucous American crowd and even possibly Tiger Woods as captain, Luke Donald is up for the challenge of being back-to-back European Ryder Cup captain
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This week we have two visitors to the team in addition to Elaine Pimentel who has been here for some weeks already. They are Vivek Nigam (former team member, now a postdoc in Munich) and Giselle Reis (phd student in Vienna). Also, Stefan Hetzl is starting this week a 3 month post doc position within Parsifal as well.
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While many aspiring teen actresses have spent years endlessly auditioning or doing a tenure of perky over-performing on the Disney Channel, 17-year-old Taissa Farmiga came to acting solely at the request of her big sister, actor-director Vera Farmiga. Called upon to play the younger version of Vera’s character in this year’s sleeper hit Higher Ground (which Vera also directed), Farmiga not only held her own, but garnered rave reviews. “I never thought about acting before then,” she says. “I was 15 years old, so I had no idea what I wanted to do. I was sort of thinking about colleges and stuff.” This fall, the New Jersey native tackles television with a role alongside Jessica Lange and Dylan McDermott in FX’s American Horror Story, the brainchild of Glee creator Ryan Murphy. For Farmiga, the show’s subject matter wasn’t the only thing about the experience that would prove terrifying. “I finally had a scene with Jessica Lange,” she says. “I was so nervous that I couldn’t even act out the scene. I couldn’t believe I was actually there in the room.” As for the actual horror aspect of the show, Farmiga admits it’s taken some getting used to. “I get so scared so easily. In the pilot episode there is this very scary scene in the basement. I suddenly became really terrified because of the scenario—like, actual terror running through my body.”
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by Brian Hioe
Photo Credit: Terry Gou/Facebook
FOXCONN FOUNDER Terry Gou announced his intentions to run for president earlier this week on Wednesday. Gou emphasized that he believed that “Taiwan needs a great CEO” to serve as its leader.
During the press conference in which he made this announcement, he apologized for leaving the KMT four years prior in anger after the 2020 KMT presidential primary in which Gou unsuccessfully sought the KMT’s nomination. It is currently an issue of contention whether to allow Gou back into the party, as Gou left the party too recently be allowed to rejoin under current rules. It was already known that Gou hoped to run, with Gou claiming to have the approval of both the sea and war gods, seeing for his 2020 run, he claimed that the sea goddess Mazu had come to him in a dream and urged him to run.
Likewise, Gou stated that he would support anyone that the KMT puts forward as candidate. This is to indicate that he would not challenge the KMT’s candidate through an independent run, as it was speculated he might do. Given his billionaire status, Gou could potentially field a run on his own, without the backing of a major political party. At the same time, it has been speculated that Gou could potentially align with former Taipei mayor Ko Wen-je and his TPP, former KMT majority speaker Wang Jinpyng, or James Soong of the People First Party for a run.
Current KMT chair Eric Chu has to date demurred on the decision of whether to bend the rules to allow Gou to rejoin the party. Likewise, it was recently announced that the KMT would be deciding its choice of 2024 presidential candidate through a nomination process by its standing committee rather than an open vote.
Chu took the chairship promising to not run as the KMT’s presidential candidate himself and instead try and cultivate the strongest possible candidate for the KMT. However, it is generally thought that Chu has presidential ambitions himself, even if this would make for his third bid for the KMT presidential nomination and Chu unsuccessfully ran against Tsai Ing-wen in 2016.
Video of the press conference of Gou announcing his intention to seek the KMT’s presidential nomination
The announcement that the KMT would be deciding its presidential candidate through a nomination process was likely Chu having maneuvered himself into a position to shut Hou out. Although Chu was in the past seen as a more pro-American KMT politician, who was moderate on cross-strait relations, Chu has maneuvered himself into a position where he is more trusted by the KMT establishment than Hou.
The KMT establishment fears Hou as a potential turncoat, seeing Hou was close to the pan-Green camp in the past, and Hou’s relative moderation on cross-strait issues may sow distrust. While Chu faced many of the same criticisms as Hou in the past, Chu taking a more hardline stance on cross-strait issues as of late, as in allowing for vice chair Andrew Hsia’s visits to China, may be to politically differentiate himself from Hou in a way that leads to support from the party establishment.
As for Gou, his apology for leaving the KMT in anger and his promise to support any candidate put forward by the KMT is evidently a show of contrition for his prior actions. As Gou’s rejoining the party is contingent on Chu, Gou also may aim to make amends and indicate that he would be willing to accept Chu’s authority as party leader.
Gou only rejoined the KMT to seek the presidential nomination in the lead-up to 2020. With Gou having ruled out an independent run, likely due to being unable to rely on the KMT’s mobilization network, his independent standing from the KMT here proves both his greatest strength and weakness.
Gou may even be able to steer a course on cross-strait politics separate from that of the party, while not getting entrenched in the factionalism that is evidently working against Hou’s standing at present. Gou recently visited the US during a similar timeframe to Tsai Ing-wen’s two diplomatic stopovers in the US, while by contrast, former president Ma Ying-jeou of the KMT was visiting China. Recent comments by Gou warning against economic dependence by Taiwan on China also indicate Gou is aware of how the KMT’s pro-China image proves a liability to it in elections.
It is less clear whether Gou hopes to position himself as a compromise candidate between Hou and Chu. Gou may be taking advantage of the in-fighting between Hou and Chu in order to become the KMT’s candidate, with the closed nomination process that the KMT will use for its choice of presidential candidate providing for this sort of backdoor maneuvering. | <urn:uuid:134a406e-19f6-4216-9df8-c34aa0e2daf1> | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | https://newbloommag.net/2023/04/07/gou-kmt-presidential-nomination/ | 2023-12-08T13:33:39Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100745.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20231208112926-20231208142926-00158.warc.gz | en | 0.983408 | 1,002 | [
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This won’t be a surprise to anyone who’s plunked down next to a kid to help them color: studies have shown that coloring is linked to lowered stress levels in adults. According to psychologist Gloria Martínez Ayala, coloring combines the logic of filling in shapes and the creativity of mixing and matching colors, thus lowering the activity of the amygdala, which processes (among other things) stress and emotional reactions. Plus, it’s just plain fun.
In the spirit of scientific advancement, here are some beautiful and challenging coloring books designed for grownups to flex their creative muscles. Combine these with a nice set of colored pencils or art markers for a fun and thoughtful gift!
Oodles of Doodles: An Advanced Coloring Book For Adults Full Of Detailed Patterns
If you’re not sure how much you want to invest in your new coloring hobby, this is the budget-friendly choice at under $4. The large 8.5 x 11 inch pages are jam-packed with dense layers of charming little objects to color. Best of all, it comes with a printable PDF version, so you can gather some equally stressed friends and throw a coloring party.
Fat Ladies in Spaaaaace: a body-positive coloring book
The title alone should sell you on this fun, sci-fi-flavored coloring book. You’ll have to forgive the author’s use of Comic Sans throughout, but that’s a minor flaw in this otherwise delightful collection of curvy ladies kicking ass and busting aliens in outer space. Nerdy parents and their kids will enjoy this cute book equally.
Angie Grace Sampler
Angie Grace has lots and lots (and lots) of grownup coloring books, in four different series. But how will you know if “extreme,” “snazzy,” “classy,” or “wow” is right for you? With this value-priced sampler, of course! For $5, you get a sample page from each of her many themed coloring books to help you pick your personal coloring style. No surprise, I was drawn to the “Baubles” book with faceted geometric patterns that remind me of glittering jewels.
Art Nouveau Animal Designs
If you prefer to color scenes rather than abstract patterns and shapes, this might be the coloring book for you. Elaborate, gorgeous Art Nouveau-styled designs combine graceful animals and stylized botanical and floral elements to make lovely illustrations. The pages are printed on one side only, so you can use markers, and are perforated for easy removal.
Mexican Folk Art Coloring Book
Get a little art history education with your fun when you embellish the traditionally-inspired Mexican folk art designs in this book. Images include a Mixtec circular design from an incised gourd rattle, religious figures from a Metepec candlestick, and jaguars taken from a Guerrero lacquered chest. Animal, floral, and geometric motifs are fun to fill in with bright colors. If you’re looking specifically for sugar skull designs, there’s a coloring book just for that, too.
The Hipster Coloring Book For Adults: You’ve Probably Never Colored It
Feeling a little awkward about coloring as a grownup? Sidestep the weirdness and embrace the irony with the Hipster Coloring Book for Adults. Its whimsical, humorous animal-themed line drawings recall Ryan Berkley’s animal art. With the purchase of the coloring book, you also get a PDF download so you can share it with the other animal-loving hipsters in your life.
Color Me Drunk: A Drinking and Drawing Activity Book
Friends don’t let friends weepily drunk-dial their exes at 1 a.m. Instead, distract your drunk buddy with this boozy coloring and activity book! Color in beer bottles to track your drinking, complete partially drawn illustrations, and take drunk-vs-sober drawing challenges — this book has it all. Keep it on your coffee table at parties, or take it to a bar when you want to make new friends. Just don’t be too surprised when inebriated artists snap your crayons in half.
Body Art: Tattoo Designs Coloring Book
Before you fire up the tattoo gun, get some practice inking these bodies with flowers, birds, faces, and abstract designs. This book’s clever designs, with illustrations by Marty Noble, spill over from the male and female figures into borders and background designs, letting you get as colorfully creative as you want. If you’re looking for a cool coloring book, this is it.
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After rejoining a school slave, lots of objects are missing E.g. Students are missing on a educativ slave, or stuff objects are missing on an administrative slave, but the computerobjects are all replicated and useable.
In this case, the system crashed and had to be reinstalled. Maybe there wend something more wrong so the serverobject was deleted and readded manually.
The serverobject was created in the correct place, underneath the chool OU, but the server was not member of the absolutly required groups Dc-Verwaltungsnetz und OUsun-DC-Verwaltungsnetz, bzw. DC-Edukativnetz and OUsun-DC-Edukativnetz
You can put the slave in these groups via udm:
udm computers/domaincontroller_slave modify --dn 'cn=slave,cn=dc,cn=server,cn=computers,ou=sun,dc=schein,dc=me' --append groups="cn=DC-Verwaltungsnetz,cn=ucsschool,cn=groups,dc=schein,dc=me" --append groups="cn=OUsun-DC-Verwaltungsnetz,cn=ucsschool,cn=groups,dc=schein,dc=me"
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Let the clip speak for itself. Watch it, then come back.
This Monty Python sketch alone fueled Spam's amazingly prominent place in pop culture. Notice how the inclusion of Spam in every menu item interfered with the overall appeal of the food; that is how the technical term "spam" came about. You have Monty Python to thank for your spam filter. If it was called the "annoying e-mail filter," it would not have caught on nearly as well. The food is so talked-about that Weird Al even has a song about Spam.
The question is...what is it?
The tab is there to open the can...the can is there to hold in the Spam. Goggles on, everyone!
Spam was invented in 1937 by Hormel ham. It contains "spiced meat and ham" - of pigs, obviously. It should be spelled with all capital letters as per trademark laws. Other backronyms include "Special Product of Austin, Minnesota," "Something Posing As Meat," and "Spare Parts Animal Meat."
Silly nature aside, Spam consists of pig meat preserved with water, potato starch, salt, sodium nitrite, and, of course, the can. The gelatinous glaze on Spam is made from aspic, a sort of gelatin made from various meat sources. Aspic is, in itself, pretty gross; please, somebody tell us how this is supposed to be appetizing:
This is not Spam. This is the stuff that preserves Spam.
Spam is often confused with mystery meat, even though it's pretty obvious that everything came from a pig. It comes in several flavors and tastes "kind of like ham." Its status as a heavily-preserved canned food means that it was both popular in the military and is generally thought of as a "poor man's food" by people in the continental U.S. Just about the only people on the mainland who really get a kick out of Spam are the manufacturers in Austin, Minnesota and a yearly, parody Spam festival in Austin, Texas. It's the Texans' job to make Spam appetizing. Porky Pig help us all.
Despite the preservatives and its "who knows what's in that can?" nature, Spam has slightly fewer rabid fans than Lady Gaga. Korea, China, Okinawa (not technically Japan), Hawaii, the Philippines, and Guam all love Spam.The average person on Guam consumes 16 tins of Spam each year, and this is likely not counting the Spam in every McDonald's and Burger King on Guam. As if fast food could not be any worse for you.
As for Korea, China, and Okinawa...tip of the iceberg. They have done far weirder things with far weirder meats. We're going to let them slide on this one just because dog just so happens to be on the menu in some of those places, and Japan would eat the flesh of Dagon if they could wrap it in rice. Spam looks sane by comparison.
|This is actually from Hawaii, whose cuisine was HEAVILY influenced by Japan.|
Next week: Whaddya mean, "I haven't covered calamari yet?" It's actually pretty good!
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Daniel L. MacIsaac to be Recognized as a 2016 Recipient of the Homer L. Dodge Citation for Distinguished Service to AAPT
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
College Park, MD, April 25, 2016—AAPT has announced that Daniel L. MacIsaac will receive the association's Homer L. Dodge Citation for Distinguished Service to AAPT, during the 2016 Summer Meeting in Sacramento, California.
MacIsaac is recognized for his work at the section and national level. He was active in the Arizona Section of AAPT from 1998-2000 as a Section Representative. He has also served as the Indiana Section Representative. He served as a member of several AAPT Area Committees including: the Committee on International Physics Education, the Committee on Research in Physics Education, the Committee on Laboratories, the Committee on Professional Concerns, and the Committee on Teacher Preparation. He has also been a member of the AAPT Programs Committee and active as a Column Editor for The Physics Teacher from 2004-present. Outside of AAPT, MacIsaac has been a member the AIP Committee on Publishing Policy and the AIP Subcommittee on Serials.
MacIsaac earned his B.Sc. in Physics at Mount Allison University and his Ph.D. at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. He begin his career as a full-time teacher at Ebb and Flow School, Ebb and Flow Indian Reserve #52, Frontier School Division #48, Manitoba. He then had appointments as an Assistant Professor at both Northern Arizona University and SUNY-Buffalo State College. From 2005-present, MacIsaac has held the position of Associate Professor of Physics at SUNY-Buffalo State College where he has supervised over 100 students for their Master of Science in Education degree and has taught introductory physics as well as graduate physics for both physics and physical science teachers.
MacIsaac has also had several articles published in The Physics Teacher and other journals on the topics of certification programs for high school physics teachers and assessment. He has also served on the TPT Editoral Board.
About the Homer L. Dodge Citation for Distinguished Service to AAPT
Established in 1953 and renamed in recognition of AAPT founder Homer L. Dodge in 2012, the Homer L. Dodge Citation for Distinguished Service to AAPT is presented to members in recognition of their exceptional contributions to the association at the national, sectional, or local level.
AAPT is an international organization for physics educators, physicists, and industrial scientists—with members worldwide. Dedicated to enhancing the understanding and appreciation of physics through teaching, AAPT provides awards, publications, and programs that encourage teaching practical application of physics principles, support continuing professional development, and reward excellence in physics education. AAPT was founded in 1930 and is headquartered in the American Center for Physics in College Park, Maryland.
For more information: Contact David Wolfe, Director of Communications, [email protected], (301) 209-3322, (301) 209-0845 (Fax), www.aapt.org. | <urn:uuid:e7c6c3ac-ae41-45b1-8918-48f50e49cd1a> | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | https://www.aapt.org/aboutaapt/pressreleases/Dodge_2016_MacIsaac.cfm | 2023-12-10T20:09:45Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679102637.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20231210190744-20231210220744-00858.warc.gz | en | 0.965345 | 628 | [
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The newest reality TV stars aren't college kids thrown together in a group house, or a couple who race around the world to win a million dollars. They are the men, and occasionally the women, who do the jobs that many of us didn't even know existed: the axmen from the Pacific Northwest, the ice-road truckers in the Arctic, the reptile dealers from Florida. This type of reality series follows people as they do their daily jobs, documenting their successes and failures, their high points and heartbreaks.
Last night, seven years after audiences met a fleet of Alaskan crab fishermen via “Deadliest Catch,” National Geographic Channel premiered a show profiling the men and women who make their living on the ocean. “Wicked Tuna” follows five boats and their crews as they pursue bluefin tuna more than 100 miles from their home port of Gloucester, MA. Using only rods and reels, these fishermen set out in search of tuna that weigh hundreds of pounds. As you would expect, they meet their share of triumphs and disappointments: A few large bluefin are caught, but much of the time is spent waiting for a bite.
Promoting selective fishing that wastes little ocean wildlife is one key to the bluefin's recovery.-Lee Crockett, director of U.S. Ocean Conservation
When ads for the show began appearing, it was not surprising that “Wicked Tuna” attracted a lot of attention, both positive and negative. Some say National Geographic is glorifying the killing of a threatened species and the program will increase the demand for bluefin, further jeopardizing its survival. Others responded that the series simply portrays a group of hard-working fishermen going about their lives, following in the footsteps of generations of New Englanders who came before them.
As is often the case, the truth may fall between these two positions. I have written before that the Atlantic bluefin population has fallen dramatically in the past 50 years because of decades of unsustainable fishing. Although some people would like all fishing for the species stopped, the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT), which manages this species and operates by consensus, is not likely to shut down the fishery. Given that reality, how can we improve the chances of bluefin recovery? One way supported by the Pew Environment Group is to improve compliance with the annual quotas set by ICCAT through reductions in the significant amount of illegal and unreported fishing in the Mediterranean and unintentional catch in the United States.
Much of that incidental catch occurs south of New England along the Atlantic seaboard and in the Gulf of Mexico. Each spring, longline boats fishing for yellowfin tuna and swordfish in the Gulf, using 30-mile lines baited with hundreds of hooks, unintentionally haul in bluefin tuna at the height of their spawning season. Most of these fish are thrown back dead. The damage does not stop there, because this indiscriminate fishing method also captures and kills other nontarget species, including blue marlin, sailfish, and endangered sea turtles. Fortunately, more selective types of gear are available as alternatives to surface longlines, two of which are being tested now in the Gulf. Buoy gear and green sticks primarily hook the fish they target (yellowfin tuna and swordfish) while greatly reducing the number of bluefin and other ocean wildlife that are caught and killed.
Promoting selective fishing that wastes little ocean wildlife is one key to the bluefin's recovery. Fishermen who use rods and reels, such as those profiled in “Wicked Tuna,” can specifically target the species and release undersized fish alive. This is important, because fishermen using non-selective gear such as surface longlines are not regulated by the number of bluefin that are killed, but rather by the number that are kept. So, although quotas are needed for bluefin populations to recover, curbing total mortality by reducing incidental catch is also essential.
The rod-and-reel fishermen who catch bluefin tuna deserve to have their stories told. “Wicked Tuna” has the opportunity to introduce TV audiences to this magnificent fish, the men and women who pursue them, and the types of fishing gear they use. National Geographic is working hard to present a balanced view, highlighting both the fishermen and conservation concerns. | <urn:uuid:b86364d3-0bfc-4aa3-878e-85d9e29a700e> | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/2012/04/02/the-bottom-line-fishing-for-giants | 2023-12-10T19:59:49Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679102637.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20231210190744-20231210220744-00858.warc.gz | en | 0.959157 | 891 | [
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Poker is a game that requires a great deal of concentration and attention. It can also help you develop a number of other important skills, including patience and critical thinking.
Longer Concentration Spans
Poker players are known for their ability to focus for extended periods of time. This is partly because the game requires them to concentrate on several things at once, including their own hand, the hands of their opponents, the dealer, and the bets that are called by other players.
Mental training techniques commonly used by athletes have been found to help poker players develop these skills. Using these techniques can help players to improve their performance and stay focused on the game for longer periods of time.
Better Control Over Your Emotions
A recent study has shown that professional poker players are better able to control their emotions than amateurs. The expert players tended to use logic and intuition as their guides instead of letting their emotions get the better of them.
The amateur players also allowed negative emotions, such as frustration, to distract them during the game. This led to them making decisions that were less rational and strategic than those of the professional players.
Developing a Strong Strategy
One of the best ways to develop a strong poker strategy is to carefully examine your own playing style and results. This can be done by watching replays of your own hands and reviewing them against other players’ hands, or by discussing your playing style with others.
Avoiding Bad Hands
It is always a good idea to be wary of poor cards in poker. The flop is often the most crucial part of a hand because it can change everything. If you have a weak hand, you will want to consider folding before the flop comes up and you will need to be very careful about betting too early on the turn or river.
Fast Playing is a Good Strategy
You can learn to fast-play your best hands by studying how top players play them. These players have a tendency to bet the majority of their strong hands, regardless of how small they may be, so it’s a good idea to watch them carefully and take note of their habits.
Being able to fast-play your hands will not only build the pot, but it will also chase away other players waiting for a draw that could beat your hand. This will keep you in the game for much longer, increasing your chances of winning big money.
Becoming a Successful Poker Player
When you start playing poker, it is a good idea to pick a table with a wide range of skill levels. This will ensure that you have a variety of different opponents to challenge and a variety of ways to play each one.
This is because you can’t expect to win every single game at the same time, so you need to have a diverse arsenal of tactics to help you defeat your opponents. This can include everything from simple strategies to bet-sized moves that are designed to get your opponents out of the hand, to more complex moves like bluffing and misdirection. | <urn:uuid:61985d88-2016-4fc6-b9de-16b8736f04de> | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | https://www.aascalifornia.org/5-ways-to-improve-your-poker-hands/ | 2023-11-28T23:01:44Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100016.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20231128214805-20231129004805-00158.warc.gz | en | 0.977894 | 613 | [
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How to register as a student?
For students’ registration, both regular and IUP undergraduates, graduates, prefession, please access https://um.ugm.ac.id/# for admission information.
What about international students? What program should I take?
Supposed you want to take an undergraduate study program, please register on our IUP on Animal Science and Industry in which the class is fully in English. Please access for more information https://iup.fapet.ugm.ac.id/
For short course you can take Summer Course Program in which takes 15 days of summer program. We also offer internship and students exchange program. Please access https://oia.fapet.ugm.ac.id/ for more information.
What about the tuition fee?
Please access https://um.ugm.ac.id/# for admission information, including tuition fee for all study program.
Is there students’ dormitory?
For freshmen in first and second semester, dormitory is available with certain terms and conditions. Please access https://residence.ugm.ac.id/ for more information. | <urn:uuid:a20df129-8154-4e26-8e24-590dc92a025d> | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | https://fapet.ugm.ac.id/faq/ | 2023-11-30T04:43:14Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100164.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20231130031610-20231130061610-00058.warc.gz | en | 0.893309 | 238 | [
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Green Homes New Zealand can proudly say that they are the only Green Homes builder in the country that is compliant with the International Standards Organisation for the design and construction of energy efficient homes (ISO 50001). They are also members of the NZ Green Building Council and partner with other Industry leaders.
If you want to optimise your homes comfort and energy performance even further we offer HomeStar certification. All key team members at Green Homes are Homestar practitionors, with some being assessors too.
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This post has been updated on 1/07/2017. I decided to remake these no sugar strawberry muffins because Queensland strawberries are in the shops!
Strawberries are always a winner with the little Kidgredients and their sweetness means that these no sugar strawberry muffins are super sweet. With the goodness of yoghurt, they are also super fluffy as the yoghurt reacts with the self raising flour to make them really airy.
When I originally made these, I was making them for preschool 2.5 years ago! Can you believe it? They are still a favourite. If strawberries aren't your kids favourites, then sub with another fruit, the ratios remain the same!
Preschool is going back in under a week. My excitement can't be contained. But simultaneously, my fear of supplying the perfect lunch for my little kidgredients is coming out. What if they don't eat? What if they collapse in a heap due to starvation? I know, I'm kidding, but I want to make sure they have some sustenance in their lunchboxes, so I'm baking now to make the return to preschool a bit easier.
I've got a few punnets of strawberries, a bit of yoghurt and some freezer space- so here's some strawberry muffins for bake to school. Ideal to bake now, freeze and pop in the lunch bag for morning tea/ after lunch snack.
If your kids really have a really sweet tooth, you may need to add some sweetener, but we like them just the way they are, not too sweet for everyday and not a savoury muffin. We make these ones full size so they are a recess item rather than going in the lunchbox. Actually, not many of these end up going anywhere as they are perfect to have in the freezer at home and can be microwaved for a quick afternoon tea post school if everyone is starving!
Here are some of my strawberry muffin ideas that will definitely be a hit to your kids:
No sugar strawberry muffins
- 2 cup self raising flour
- ½ cup yoghurt
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- ½ cup melted coconut oil
- 250 grams punnet strawberries half punnet blitzed to a puree and half punnet chopped
- ½ cup milk
- Preheat oven to 180 degrees.
- Line or grease a standard cupcake tray or use a silicone cupcake tray.
- Combine the flour, vanilla, eggs, coconut oil, strawberry puree, milk and yoghurt.
- Mix to combine.
- Divide the batter into the cupcake tray.
- Top with the chopped strawberries.
- Distribute evenly in the cupcake tray.
- Bake for 18-20 minutes, checking with a wooden skewer (if it comes out clean they are done).
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Forecasters have warned people celebrating Father’s Day outdoors to take precautions as triple digit temperatures triggered heat advisories across much of the southern United States, sparked thunderstorms that knocked out power from Oklahoma to Mississippi and fanned winds that raised wildfire threats in Arizona and the New Mexico.
A suspected tornado struck near Scranton, Arkansas, early Sunday, destroying chicken coops and toppling trees onto homes, the National Weather Service said. No serious injuries were immediately reported.
Meteorologists said potentially record high temperatures will continue through midweek in southern Texas and much of the Gulf Coast. Storms producing damaging winds, hail and possibly tornadoes could hit the lower Mississippi Valley.
“If you have outdoor projects, this #Fathers Day, remember to practice thermal safety! Take frequent breaks, stay hydrated, NEVER leave people/pets alone in a car! the Houston Weather Service office said the Twitter.
Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards declared a state of emergency for his state’s north and central areas after high winds and extreme weather caused widespread power outages on Saturday. As of Sunday, more than 740,000 people were without power in Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas and Mississippi, according to PowerOutage.us.
About 30 people spent Saturday night at a cooling center in Shreveport, Louisiana. Residents were grateful to have a place to get out of the sweltering heat, said Madison Poche, director of the nonprofit Highland Center, which opened its doors to anyone who needed a place to cool off.
“We’ve definitely had a few people in tears because people have been stuck in pretty hot spaces and really just need space to be physically comfortable for a while,” Poche said. She added that storm damage appears to be widespread in Shreveport.
In Florida, the Weather Service issued another heat advisory on Sunday, this time primarily for the Florida Keys. Forecasters said heat index readings – the combination of high temperatures and oppressive humidity – could reach between 108 degrees Fahrenheit (42 degrees Celsius) and 112 degrees (45 degrees C) in places such as Key Largo, Marathon and Key West.
“These conditions will result in an increased risk of heat illness for people outdoors or in unconditioned spaces,” the weather service said in a statement.
In the Southwest, where fire crews are battling multiple wildfires in Arizona and New Mexico, forecasters said triple-digit temperatures and gusty winds will lead to critical blazes over the next two days. Sunday promised to be the hottest day of the year in Arizona, with highs of up to 110 degrees (43.5 C) in Phoenix.
Winds were forecast to be 30 to 40 mph (48-64 kph) Sunday east of Flagstaff, Arizona along the Interstate 40 corridor and up to 50 mph (80 kph) Monday, creating potentially critical fire weather across much of the northeast. New Mexico.
A large brush fire that started Friday afternoon south of Tucson, Arizona closed a state highway on Saturday. Arizona 83 reopened on Sunday and no homes were in immediate danger, authorities said.
The extended closure has taken a toll on local businesses over what is usually a busy Father’s Day weekend in an area with recreational lakes and reservoirs.
Dena Proez said the only business at her Corner Scoop ice cream shop along the freeway in Sonoita was serving a few travelers who stopped by to get updates on the fire “and feed all the firefighters.”
Much of Nevada was under a severe wind advisory with gusts of up to 88 km/h (55 mph) with blowing dust that could hamper visibility on highways, the weather service said.
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Last Thursday we launched our FALL 2010 line at our headquarters in Costa Mesa, CA. We had an amazing evening celebrating the new product and the growing number of ladies that make each hat.
In case you haven't heard yet... we are now employing 87 women in Northern Uganda!!! (Read about the first group here
As it has been from the beginning, it is the community around our organization, and the support YOU provide, that push our vision forward. The launch of our FALL 2010 product coincided with the birthday of one important person... the GODFATHER
Although he takes no credit, it's pretty cool to think that from one college student teaching his high school brother to crochet, the concept has since spawned into an international program for empowerment.
DJ Mike Bless was there making everyone move their hips (both knowingly and unknowingly).
And many thanks to our other partners on the night: Orangcounty.com
| Vita Coco
| Peligroso Tequila
| Nika Water
| Peet's Coffee
| Photos courtesy of Jesse Vargas
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Amber is a rare and treasured gemstone, made of fossiziled pine tree resin from millions of years ago. Despite its ancient age, amber can be soft and prone to damage if cleaned incorrectly. Our methods below will help you to remove dirt and restore your amber to its full, dazzling potential!
Read on to find out how to clean amber jewellery – safely and effectively!
- Amber can be washed in warm, soapy water, but make sure that you are using a mild detergent, such as dishwashing detergent or a delicate clothes detergent.
- Add a small squirt of soap to a dish of water and stir to incorporate – just enough that the soap disappears, but not so much that bubbles are formed.
- Next, simply wipe the amber with a soft microfibre cloth or chamois dampened in the solution and dry immediately afterwards. Make sure not to leave your amber wet for any period of time. If washing multiple treasures, do one at a time and don’t leave to dry on its own as the amber could potentially turn cloudy.
- It may sound strange, but you can polish your amber beads with olive oil! Almond oil is also a good alternative. The oil will remove any grease marks and make your amber absolutely shine!
- Don’t apply the oil directly to the jewellery. Instead, pour a small amount of oil to your palm and use the heat of your hands to smooth it over the amber. Buff the oil off with another soft, dry clothes straight afterwards.
Another easy way to clean your amber Trollbeads is to use a silver cleaning cloth. These can be obtained from any reputable jeweller, or even some arts supply stores. If you choose a cleaning cloth with two different sides then the cloth can be used to both clean and polish your gems!
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President George W Bush & First Lady Laura Bush
both b. 1946
43rd President of the United States & First Lady. Leading a controversial administration, he was president during both the 9/11 attacks and Hurricane Katrina. During the 2008 North American Leader’s Summit, hosted in New Orleans, President Bush attempted to tie maintaining NAFTA and trade to post Katrina recovery. Mrs. Bush enjoyed widespread popularity as First Lady championing causes benefitting children, women’s health and women’s rights.
President Barack Obama
44th President of the United States and the first Black person to hold the office. Beginning as a community activist in Chicago, before joining the state and then US Senate. His administration had many legislative successes, including the passage of the Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare), the expansion of federal hate crimes, the repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell.
USA VP Kamala Harris
49th Vice President of the United States. The first woman, first Black person and first Asian American person to hold the office. Having been District Attorney for San Francisco, then California Attorney General, she became a US Senator from California. Her legislation to preserve Historically Black Colleges and Universities was signed into law.
USA Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall
One of the most important figures of the Civil Rights Movement. From 1936 he worked for the NAACP, becoming its chief counsel and establishing the Legal Defense Fund. He won 29 of the 32 cases he argued before the Supreme Court of the United States, including the landmark Brown v. Board of Education and others that established equal protection for African Americans in housing, voting, employment, and education. He served as U.S. Solicitor General before being appointed in 1967 to the Supreme Court by President Lyndon B. Johnson, becoming the first Black Supreme Court justice. Marshall was a steadfast liberal during his tenure on the Court, and he maintained his previous views concerning the need for equitable and just treatment of the nation’s minorities. He retired in 1991.
USA Secretary of State & First Lady Hillary R Clinton
Starting out as a lawyer for the Children’s Defense Fund, she was later a lawyer on staff of the House Judiciary during the Nixon Impeachment Inquiry. As first lady she wielded power and influence almost unprecedented the role. In 2000 she was elected to the U.S. Senate from New York, thereby becoming the first former First Lady to win elect office; she was reelected in 2006. From 2009 to 2013 she served as Secretary of State in the administration. Clinton later ran in the 2016 presidential election and was named the Democratic nominee, making her the first woman to top the presidential ticket of a major party in the U.S.
USA House Representative William Gray III
Initially a minister, he served as the representative from Pennsylvania’s 2nd district from 1979-1991. In that time, he was chair of the Democratic Caucus, the first Black House Majority hip, and the first Black chair of the House Budget Committee. Yet, at the height of his political career, he abruptly resigned to become President and Chief Executive Officer of the United Negro College Fund, a role he maintained for 13 years. He was also director of many private sector companies such as Dell and Pfizer before co creating his own advisory and lobbying agency, Grey Loeffler LLC.
Representative John Lewis
One of the “Big Six” Civil Rights leaders and later a politician known as the “conscience of the congress”. In his youth he was most visible for his chairmanship of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and for leading the march in Selma that became known as “Bloody Sunday.” He also played a key role in the historic March on Washington and was the youngest person to give a speech that day. Later as A Democrat, Lewis was elected to Congress in 1986 and served 17 terms in the U.S. House of Representatives representing Georgia’s 5th district. Every year for 15 years he introduced a bill to create a national African American History Museum. It finally passed in 2003 and opened in 2016.
Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper
The 22nd Canadian Prime Minister, he was in office from 2006 to 2015 and was the leader of the Conservative Party. Represented Canada during the 2008 North American Leader’s Summit.
President of Mexico Felipe Calderón Hinojosa
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EAS makes the process a breeze! You will have your own IOSS number in minutes if needed
If the seller is located outside of the EU, EAS registers the seller for IOSS and takes the role of the Intermediary. EAS provides registration instructions and assistance for EU companies.
The registration process takes minutes, EAS provides the IOSS number once onboarding is complete, i.e., EAS application / plugin is installed and platform configured.
The following information is required for IOSS registration:
- Official company name
- Company address
- Postal address (if different)
- Responsible person on the record
- Contact person, if different from the responsible person
- Contact e-mail
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The following documentation is required for the IOSS registration:
- Authorised person valid ID
- Company / legal entity registration document
- VAT registration if applicable (EU and UK sellers only)
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Nearly every year, most of us set out to make it our “best year ever” and yet most of us don’t get off to the start that we want. We fall off track, and by February are either feeling discouraged, or have given up completely. Although this is all too common, it doesn’t have to be your reality in 2020.
In today’s podcast, Jon Berghoff and I are talking about how to get back on track and bring your goals, dreams, habits, routines, and values back into alignment for 2020. You’re going to hear about a number of practical steps you can take right now to have your best year ever, regardless of how your January went.
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According to the Awareness Times Newspaper, group of Sierra Leoneans based and working in the United States of America (USA) recently stormed the Embassy of Sierra Leone in Washington DC to stage a simultaneous counter protest against another group of Sierra Leoneans who took out a Police Permit to march in Washington DC against President Bio and Francis Ben Kaifala of the Anti Corruption Commission.
The protests are over the issue of Mayor.
Freetown. One group is calling on the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) to institute a prosecution of the Mayor of Freetown Yvonne Aki-Sawyer for corruption. The other group says she is being harassed because she is a Woman. The pro-ACC group agitated for the ACC to prosecute the Freetown City Council Yvonne Aki Sawyer, adding that she is not a sacred cow because she is a woman. “No one is above the law. Sierra Leone is a democratic country,and President Bio is highly respected at international level for human capital development, women’s right and gender parity, rural electrification, improvement in the mining sector, and the fight against corruption”
The angry pro-ACC protesters called that “Unfortunately, Aki Sawyer is using her ill-gotten wealth to hire women in the United States to demonstrate on her behalf. She failed in her agenda of giving a bad name to the government of President Bio. Surely, corruption is fighting back,” the pro-ACC protesters say adding that “President Bio has the full support of the people of Sierra Leone diaspora in United States”.
The Mayor of Freetown Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr was recently in America during which she blasted President Bio as running a regime that was on track to become worse than the dreadful RUF REBELS of Foday Sankoh back in the nineties.
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HARTFORD, Conn., Aug. 11, 2010 – 2008 Olympic silver-medalist Jonathan Horton of Houston came from behind to take the lead after the fifth rotation in the men’s all-around with a score of 90.350 on the first night of the senior men’s competition at the 2010 Visa Championships at the XL Center in Hartford, Conn. The final day of men’s competition is Friday, Aug. 13. Tomorrow, women’s gymnastics takes the floor.
Horton, who won the Olympic high bar silver medal, said, “It was a pretty good day. I felt a little tired on high bar. It’s a new high bar routine for me and I’ve been hitting about 75-80% in the gym. I hope to come back on Friday and hit it. I know what to adjust going into day two.”
Horton performed a handspring double front vault which scored a 16.050, his highest score of the evening.
Danell Leyva of Miami, Fla./Universal Gymnastics, scored an 89.350 to finish second in the all-around. His highest score of the day was on high bar, 15.650. Brandon Wynn of Voorhees, N.J./Ohio State University, held the lead after the first three rounds of competition, dropped a little in the rankings during rotations four and five then finished strong on his best event, still rings, to finish third in the all-around with a score of 88.700.
Top performances on each of the six events went to: Josh Dixon of San Jose,Calif./Stanford University, on floor with a score of 15.500; Daniel Ribeiro of Chestnut Ridge, N.Y./University of Illinois, pommel horse, 15.500; Wynn, rings, 16.000; Steven Legendre of Flower Mound, Texas/University of Oklahoma, 17.050 on vault, performing a front handspring double front half out vault to earn the highest score of the competition; Chris Brooks, of Houston, Texas/University of Oklahoma, 15.700 on parallel bars and 15.800 on high bar.
The final day of men’s competition will take place Friday, Aug. 13 and scores will be added together to determine the all-around and event champions.
International Gymnastics Camp is sponsoring the Champions Challenge, a newly created $50,000 prize pool for senior men’s gymnastics that awards $35,000 for gymnasts who rank in the top 10 in the all-around, with the champion receiving $10,000. Each individual event champion will receive $2,500. The Champions Challenge is designed to meet the ever-increasing demands of training for men’s gymnastics at the elite level. The $50,000 Champions Challenge was established to enhance their athlete funding and assist in covering year-round training costs. International Gymnastics Camp, based in Stroudsburg, Pa., combines premier gymnastics training and exceptional recreation activities to create the ultimate summer gymnastics camp experience.
Universal Sports will televise live the men’s and women’s senior competition on Aug. 12-13, respectively, on its television network and website, beginning at 7 p.m. ET. Live, prime-time coverage of the final day of the women’s competition on NBC Sports begins at 8 p.m. on Aug. 14. NBC Sports will broadcast action from the men’s competition at 2:30 p.m. on Aug. 15. 1984 Olympic gold-medalist Tim Daggett, Olympian Elfi Schlegel, Andrea Joyce and Al Trautwig are the announce team for both the NBC and Universal Sports broadcasts.
Hosted by 2008 Olympic all-around champion Nastia Liukin and three-time Olympian John Roethlisberger, “Around the Gym” will be a fun and informative way for TV viewers to see additional interviews and commentary from the Visa Championships. “Around the Gym” will air prior to the Universal Sports telecast on Aug. 12-13 and after competition concludes on Universal Sports on Aug. 12-14.
The Visa Championships determine the U.S. champions and the national team for each discipline for both the junior and senior elite levels in four disciplines. Tickets are on sale now and available through all Ticketmaster outlets. For more information, go to www.usagym.org/visa.
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Federal Government Protects Bat, Angers Industry
They may not be the most attractive creatures in the world, and they scare the life out of many people, but you have to feel bad for the bat.
Millions of them are dying across the Northeast, the Midwest and parts of the South, from a disease called White Nose Syndrome, named for a white fungus that crusts their faces.
Seven species of bats are being decimated by White Nose Syndrome; the hardest-hit species is the northern long-eared bat. Last week, the federal government listed it as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act.
Tony Sullins, an endangered species expert with the Fish and Wildlife Service, says the bat falls just shy of being listed as endangered. He says the northern long-eared bat is not on the brink of imminent extinction.
"But within the foreseeable future, we anticipate that the species will become endangered due to White Nose Syndrome, and that's the very definition of threatened under the Endangered Species Act," he says.
Designating the northern long-eared bat as threatened triggers new regulations and protective measures, such as restricting some tree removal from forested area, especially in the summer months when newborn bats are nesting.
But oil and gas, timber and farming associations say adhering to those rules could drive up costs and limit new projects. Mark O'Neill, spokesman for the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau, says the new regulations could prevent farmers from putting wind turbines or natural gas wells on their property, and affect components of how they grow crops, including the legal application of pesticides.
"We want to make sure that it's very clear that any decision that has been made does not impact [pesticide use], because that obviously would be something of major concern to farmers here in Pennsylvania and across the nation," says O'Neill.
O'Neill says businesses are being unfairly targeted by the new protections for the northern long-eared bat.
"We recognize there is an issue with the bat population, but agriculture has nothing to do with that. We want to make sure what's best for the bats, but we also want to make sure that we're not threatening the livelihood or the potential economic viability of farmers," he says.
The rules are set to take effect next month. O'Neill says the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau and other organizations will continue to voice their concerns to the Fish and Wildlife Service over these protections for the northern long-eared bat.
But Sullins, with the Fish and Wildlife Service, says the effort to conserve the bat is important.
"The service has awarded over $20 million in grants to explore the different facets of White Nose Syndrome, to try to better understand it, to treat it [and] to combat it," he says.
Jonathan Reichard, national assistant White Nose coordinator for the Fish and Wildlife Service, says the fungus causing White Nose Syndrome is found in caves and mines where bats hibernate. He says it was discovered back in 2007 by biologists doing surveys in a cave near Albany, N.Y.
"When bats are hibernating, they're hanging from the ceiling of a cave or mine and oftentimes all you can see are their faces ... the first observation was these noses all huddled together with fluffy white growth around their muzzles. It's a pretty sobering thing to look at."
He says the bats die in various ways, including starvation, dehydration and exposure, and that there is mounting evidence that the fungus causing White Nose Syndrome is not native to North America — that it was somehow transplanted here.
"There are numerous hypotheses out there of how this could happen; a bat caught in a windstorm from Europe, or a bat stowing away on a container that could have brought it," he says.
One reassuring sign is that some bats are surviving White Nose Syndrome. That's good news, as bats are an important part of the ecosystem.
There's no need for repellents if you have these flying mammals around; one bat can eat up to 1,000 mosquitoes in an hour.
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Pandemic highlights societal inequalities
This time, I’m coming to work from home for two weeks – which is a privilege that isn’t afforded to everyone, and one for which I am very grateful.
If the last 20 months of our shared pandemic experience have taught us anything, it’s that while we’re all created equal, we don’t all get the chance to live equally. Radio stations, as it turns out, have been quite resilient to Covid. Thanks to technology, all you need to broadcast in studio quality is a laptop, a good microphone and a solid internet connection.
Other workers, though, have not been so fortunate as to huddle in the corner of the bedroom at 5am to talk into a microphone for an hour.
Last week, I interviewed Steve Murrels, the CEO of the Co-op. He was telling us about the various schemes they have in place to look after “The Ghosted Generation” – young people who feel completely at a loss because of the pandemic. They feel like their lives have been brutally interrupted, with little chance of repair. Their confidence to succeed has been undermined. They’ve been “ghosted” – like when someone you’ve been talking to romantically just stops messaging. Gone without a trace.
I thought back to my summer and Christmas holidays working at the Co-op on MacAulay Road. While we used to have fun on the kiosk cashing people’s scratchcard wins, or making special tannoy announcements for colleagues’ birthdays – I was often asked to do this, I can’t think why I was so eager – retail workers were propelled to the frontline of this pandemic. They’ve never had the chance to work from home.
I read this week that offices in London are offering “free breakfast, candy floss on demand or a gift of corporate-branded merchandise” to entice workers back into offices after 18 months at home. We got a free bacon roll on New Year’s Day on MacAulay Road a few years back.
By no means am I critical of retailers, restaurants, gyms and other sectors that are not offering incentives. Far from it. In some ways, I think incentives for returning to work probably already exist in the form of, say, a salary.
However, it does highlight the drastic inequality of experiences across the country, and across workplaces, during the pandemic. Retail workers – often young, often on minimum wage – have been soldiering on, dealing with remarkable demand for groceries, for home delivery, and explaining to angry customers why panic-buyers have ravaged the shelves of toilet roll.
In decadent skyscrapers, office workers are being encouraged back into work with all sorts of incentives – in the case of PwC, it’s an extra £1,000 payment this month. This in the same week that there are suggestions from the UK government that guidance to work from home may return in the event of a winter surge in Covid. Will employees get another £1,000 when that guidance ends again?
The UK’s Work and Pensions Secretary, Therese Coffey, has gone viral herself, for suggesting the end of the £20 uplift in Universal Credit can be offset by people simply working for an extra couple of hours a week. The New Economics Foundation offered almost immediate analysis, highlighting that “due to the Universal Credit taper rate, even without the [upcoming] National Insurance increase, many working people – eg. a cleaner earning £13,600 and on Universal Credit – will lose up to 75p in £1 earned.” Therefore, “you would need to work an additional 8 hours, or a full day each week, to make up that £20.”
There is drastic inequality in experiences of work, there is inequality in benefits and credits – even when in work. This is fuelled by an apparent vacuum in knowledge from those in charge. Add in inequality when it comes to accessing green space, the fact that the poorest are hardest hit by Covid and its aftershocks and that the health effects of long Covid will be worsened by a strained NHS.
Most low paid jobs can’t be done remotely. Zero hours contracts still exist. House prices are astronomical and out of reach. The National Records of Scotland highlights a huge gap in life expectancy. Men born in the poorest areas can expect around 25 fewer years in good health compared to those in affluent parts of Scotland, and the gap is over 21 years for women.
In radio, the luxury of working from home won’t last forever – and that’s fine by me. In other areas, there has never been such luxury to begin with. I wonder how workers in those areas feel about the fact we once applauded them, and now, in some places, are reluctant to even wear a face mask to protect them.
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Where Does the Righteousness of God Now Dwell?
[EDITOR’S NOTE: This excellent short article was written by Terry Siverd, Minister of the Cortland Church of Christ, and sets about to highlight the essence of the message of Jesus and the apostles about the approaching change (end) of the “world” as it related to the Old Covenant over against the arrival of the New Covenant and the “righteousness” that was promised]
The end of the world predicted by Jesus in His Olivet discourse (Mt.24:3) heralded the soon coming removal of the old covenant realm. It was part of the all these things shall take place that Jesus declared would transpire before the passing of that first-century generation (Mt.24:34). The focus of the destruction of old age was not planet earth, but rather the old covenant. This promise was firmly rooted in the prophetic utterances of many Old Testament prophets. Many years prior to the incarnation of Jesus, Isaiah had prophesied: For behold, I create a new heavens and a new earth; And the former things shall not be remembered or come to mind (Isa.65:17). As noted by our Lord, this promise was trustworthy: Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words shall not pass away (Mt.24:35).
This world–ending event is described in the Scriptures with a wide array of poetic language. In Joel 3:16 and Heb.12:26-28, it is depicted as a SHAKING. In Ps.102:25-26 and Heb.8:13 the image is of THE WEARING OUT or WAX-ING OLD of a garment. Another colorful picture of the same event speaks of the ROLLING UP OF A SCROLL (Isa.34:4 and Rev.6:14). Still another envisions a FLEEING AWAY (Rev.20:11). While all of these are metaphors of demise, the figure that most captures our attention is the FIERY CONFLAGRATION described in 2Pet.3:10 – – the heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be destroyed with intense heat, and the earth and its works will be burned up.
Perhaps this latter depiction is best encapsulated in the words of Isaiah – – for the Lord will execute judgment by fire (Isa.66:15-16). This same thought is echoed in the Epistle to the Hebrews – – Our God is a consuming fire (Heb.12:29).
The Western mind (contrasted with the oriental) has come to be so fixated on a literal interpretation of 2Pet.3 that we have all but dismissed these other images – – all of which are very legitimate verbal expressions of catastrophic change. There is no doubt that fire had a literal presence in the fall of Jerusalem. In one of His parables addressing judgment on Jerusalem, Jesus stated: the king was enraged and sent his armies and destroyed those murderers and set their city on fire (Mt.22:7). In this instance, this terminology was both physical and symbolic (Heb.10:26-27). What we have failed to see in the verbiage of 2Pet.3 is THE COVENANTAL LANGUAGE BEHIND THE FLAMES. As implied by Hebrews.9:8, the AD 70 event was necessary: the death-throes of the Old Covenant became the birth-pangs of the New Covenant. The subject of this judgment was not the incineration of the literal heavens and earth but the setting aside of the old realm. The object of the fiery judgment was not to destroy the planet but to alter the covenant worlds. Peter’s words – – according to His promise we are looking for a new heavens and a new earth, wherein righteousness dwells dovetail with those of Paul – – therefore, since we receive a kingdom which cannot be shaken… (Heb.12:27-28). | <urn:uuid:dba97fa0-03aa-4533-9c21-14e373984afa> | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | https://fulfilleddynamics.com/wherein-dwells-righteousness/ | 2023-12-06T05:02:39Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100583.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20231206031946-20231206061946-00458.warc.gz | en | 0.945623 | 829 | [
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A few weeks ago I was invited to a screening of Embrace, a documentary created by Adelaide mum Taryn Brumfitt which explores the issue of body image in today’s society. In this ground breaking film the question ‘What is the first word that comes to mind when you think about your body?’ was put to 100 women from all across the world. Most of the women used words like imperfect, stumpy, average short, wobbly, not perfect, lose weight, I don’t like this body, not nice to look at, gross. Disgusting!
For me right now, my answer to this question would be ‘unique’ or ‘functional’. If you had asked me as a teenager, my response would’ve been ‘fat’ or ‘weirdly tall’. Heck, if you had asked me three years ago it probably would’ve been the same as when I was a teenager. Now that I think about it, I spent a solid 10 years really not liking the body that I was given. For a lot of that time I hated it. I would’ve given anything to be shorter or skinnier. Or to have a stomach that wobbled less. And what I’ve now realised is that I’m not alone.
As I have learnt from this film - 91% of women hate their bodies. So yes, it definitely appears that I’m not alone.
After having three beautiful kids Taryn hated her body too. She vividly describes how disgusted she felt with her ‘jelly belly’ while showering right after the birth of her baby (something that I have witnessed firsthand during my work helping women after birth). She decided that she was going to do something about it, and set about changing her lifestyle so that she could achieve the ‘perfect’ body and ended up entering a bodybuilding competition (read more about Taryn’s story here). She did it. She got up on the competition stage with her ‘perfect’ body, and as she says ‘nothing changed about how I felt about my body. I’m standing there in my perfect body and I’m not happy. Too much sacrifice, too much energy, too much time, too much obsession, and its just not worth it. This body of mine its not an ornament, it’s a vehicle.’
This is where the Embrace story really began. Taryn travelled around the world speaking with experts, women in the street and well-known celebrities about the body image issues that are seen in people of all shapes and types.
I knew this film was going to be good, but I didn’t quite realise the impact that it was going to have on myself and my family and friends who have seen it. I’ve had some brilliant conversations and learnt so much about how the media has negatively affected our body satisfaction. As they discuss in the movie, for years’ society has been telling women to be beautiful, like that’s the most important thing they can be. This really resonated with me. When I’m on my death bed I don’t want to be remembered for being beautiful or having a body that someone thinks is ‘perfect’. I want to be remembered for what I’ve done with my life, for how I made people feel, and for the relationships that I’ve made. Right now after seeing this film I want my body to be as healthy as it can possibly be so that it can be a vehicle for all the amazing stuff that I want to do. I have spent a good part of the last 10 years on various diets, with the focus on losing weight and exercising to alter how my body looks. Now my focus is different. I am focussing on eating foods to nourish my body and give me energy, and avoiding foods that I know make me feel unwell (while also being realistic of course and enjoying food and socialising). I am moving my body in ways that feel good and that are fun for me, like playing netball, walks on the beach and yoga. I am also really focussing on the mental wellness side of things, and making this a priority. As a Hypnobirthing Practitioner I know just how powerful our mind is, and am going to make sure that I spend time nourishing my own mind too!
You may be wondering what this has to do with pregnancy and birth? As soon as I saw Embrace I knew that I wanted to write a blog as so many parallels were popping into my head. For many women, as their pregnant belly grows and their body starts changing they becoming increasingly self conscious. Society has trained us to believe that the smaller we are the better, so when we start needing a bigger pair of jeans we often feel badly about our body. Getting bigger because you are growing a little human is beautiful, and should be celebrated! Medical terminology and a sense of unknown often means that women don’t feel like their body is theirs anymore. Society has encouraged us not to trust our bodies and instead to put all of our power into the hands of our caregivers. Not to mention the fact that many women have grown up just like me hating the body that they have been given. All of this makes for a pretty interesting time as far as body image is concerned.
From a midwife’s perspective I couldn’t care less about how big or small your belly looks to the general public. Or how much weight you have gained during your pregnancy. Or your varicose veins or puffy feet. I am purely focussed on how your body is working and how you are feeling on the inside. And guess what – your baby feels the same. They don’t care how you look or what size you are. All they want is someone to love, nurture and nourish them. And this goes for all the mums on a mission to get their ‘pre baby’ body back. Having a baby is probably the biggest change that your body is going to go through in your life, both emotionally and physically. Don’t be worried about going back in time, just focus on what your body has achieved – you grew that perfect little person! That’s pretty freaking amazing and not something that you need to be worried about erasing from your body.
Pregnancy and birth can be such amazing times for impacting body image. By focussing on what your body can do and how amazing it is, our feelings about our body can start to change. Your birth is such a powerful and transformative time. Many women who I work with speak about how they felt so strong and powerful after their birth, and that this feeling stayed with them for many years. This didn’t have anything to do with how their body looked during their birth, but was purely on what they had achieved and how they felt! Amazing. I caught up with another Hypnobirthing practitioner this week and she spoke about the fact that women really do have this inner instinct that comes out when they are pregnant, and it is really powerful. Focussing within and trusting your body is a huge part of positive birthing, hence why I believe having a healthy body image is a crucial part of women achieving a positive and empowering birth experience.
I’m not entirely sure how we can solve this issue, but I know that it definitely starts with everyone seeing this film, especially teenage girls. We need to start loving what our body can do and how amazing it is, and not just being worried abut achieving a certain body shape or a particular weight. These teenage girls will one day become mothers, and I really hope that they will embrace their body throughout their pregnancy and birth, as well as their entire lifetime that is ahead of them.
“[When a woman] has an ecstatic birth, you can’t talk her into taking drugs that aren’t good for her body. She loves this body. This body loves her…there’s nothing like the transformation available at birth…she becomes illuminated…” Dr Christiane Northrup, MD”
Click here to learn more about Embrace the Documentary and to find a screening near you. Take your sisters, friends, daughters - anyone really! I know you wont regret it!
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It is no big surprise that the coveralls are a common PPE equipment. The PPE coverall is most commonly used by people who does site visits. Therefore, people like your engineers, construction workers, or just about anyone who visits construction sites will have to wear one of those.
However, wearing a PPE suit does not limit to just you visiting a construction site. If you are visiting factories, woodwork sites, or any construction grounds – then you will have to wear PPE gears. Including the PPE coveralls too.People create the PPE suit for a very good reason. A lot of times when a worker or site visitor visits a construction site, they unintentionally take home dangerous asbestos fibers. These hazardous fibers are trapped in their clothes where they may bring it home to their house mates or relatives to breath in.
It isn’t limited to harmful dust particles. Coveralls are there to help prevent any chemical spills from eating into your skin (among other things). It basically does what every other PPE gear do – minimize or prevent most of the hazardous things from affecting you.
Tip 1: Opting for a coverall made from breathable fabric
Industrial leaders will recommend that you use type 5 and 6 coveralls. Type 5 and 6 coveralls use 3 types of fabrics. Refer to the table above for their general and key properties. The majority (if not all) of the brands on the market are based on any one of the fabrics. Or they can ben a variation or combination of it.
The most important point is that only one of those fabrics is entirely breathable: SMS or SMMS polypropylene. Flashpun Polyethylene and microporous film laminate have really low air permeability. Its permeability is so low that they have no breathability at all – for practical purposes.
Tip 2: Taping Up The Zip Flag
In all honesty, a high proportion of particles penetrate inside a suit through the zip. Either that or they go through the woven backing material of the zip or through its actual zipper teeth.
To be fair, it makes perfect sense. Zipper teeth gaps are possibly one of the biggest gaps in the garment’s construction. If the coverall is made of a non-breathable material, taping up the zip flap is one of the easiest ways to prevent airflow. You can also prevent particle penetration through the zip via this method too.
Tip 3: Choosing Coveralls with Sealed Seams
We have discussed about minimizing airflow and ingress through the fabric by opting for a non-breathable coveralls. Your next best choice is to prevent more dust contamination airflows is to pass through the seam holes in the stitched seams of your standard Type 5 coverall.
Your quick solution is to tape the seams of your PPE coveralls in the same method of the zip flap. In all honesty, this is realistically clumsy and time-consuming. So, if you can avoid this method, then it’s good.
Fortunately for many of you reading this, manufacturers will usually provide the option where they do this for you. They will stitch the seams, and then tape it over to seal up all the holes. They have basically just prevented airflows and dust particles from passing through.
These coveralls tend to have double-side tapes on the zip flap. It helps and enables sealing of the coverall without the use of more tape.
Tip 4: Tape Up Coverall and Other PPE Items’ Connections
Taping up your non-breathable coveralls through its zips can only do that much. To be honest, there can be little to no penetration through fabrics, zips, or seams. Therefore, you must ensure there are 0 gaps penetrated through your coveralls.
To put this in simple words, there must be no gaps (at all) between your coverall and other PPE gears that you are wearing. Keep the gaps between the cuffs, ankles, elasticated face close. The only method to tackle this is to tape up these gaps the same way you will with the zip flap.
Tip 5: Choosing a Gas-Tight Suit
Dust is a light particle that moves with the help of airflow. Air is gas. In the more extreme cases the best choice for you to maximise dust protection is choosing a fully gas-tight suit. This way, the user will not be exposed to any possible inward dust particle leakage.
The above 5 tips are to improve dust protection for the average PPE coverall wearer from hazardous concentrated dust. This is especially important when exposed to high hazard and high concentration applications. You just have to ensure to know the following to maximise protection of your workforce:
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About our School & our Approach
Established in 2015, The Dance with Cinti Academy of Performing Arts was formed on the dream of creating not only a dance studio, but a family environment. A place where student’s feel safe, supported and nurtured toward realistic goals, while creating lasting quality friendships. We firmly believe in this dream, and it creates the ethos around which we run
Dance With Cinti is based in Conwy County in North Wales, and runs dance, musical theatre and acrobatic classes for children and adults across all disciplines. Our purpose built dance and drama studio, located within Gyffin Conwy, is fully equipped. Classes are hosted by an outstanding team of tutors and guest tutors, each who bring their own unique passion, drive and professional experience to the class room.
With a wide ranging curriculum covering ballet, street dance, lyrical, tap, modern, acrobatic dance and various other styles of dance, our school hosts up to 35 classes per week for children aged 2 years and up.
Students are regularly invited to take part in competitions, shows and perform in many local events across North Wales. With each year we gain momentum, igniting new passion and sparking creativity . From the student who wants to dance for fitness and enjoyment, to the student who is dancing toward a dream and potentially a future professional dance career, we offer classes for all styles & levels.
We invite you to start your child on a journey at The Dance With Cinti Academy of Performing Arts and watch them grow with us!
Hope to see you soon
Cinti and Team x
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Gen Con 2022 was a great success for KeyForge and Ghost Galaxy! Our retail partner Gamezenter sold out of both KeyForge Adventures: Rise of the Keyraken and KeyForge Adventures: Abyssal Conspiracy on Friday morning. But don’t worry, we’re printing a lot more, and they’ll soon be available again at retail stores and online at Gamezenter.com. Gamezenter also sold a lot of standard KeyForge decks from Age of Ascension, Worlds Collide, Mass Mutation, and Dark Tidings, plus a handful of Call of the Archons 2-player starter sets. In fact, we sold almost everything KeyForge that we brought.
Over 240 people participated in demos at our booth, with roughly half demoing Rise of the Keyraken and half demoing the competitive game. Many people who received these demos had never played KeyForge before, which is definitely exiting! Everyone who participated in a demo walked away with a complimentary KeyForge deck. We are especially grateful to the 14 people who generously volunteered their time to help demo KeyForge in our booth. You were all great ambassadors.
Our friends at BoardCrunch ran success KeyForge events throughout the show, selling a total of 160 tickets. We were excited to be able to contribute to their prize pool. The BoardCrunch team definitely has a lot of great experience, and we’re looking forward to supporting their efforts more in the future.
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As you can imagine,a room is certainly not a simple task, especially in comparison to painting. And though experienced painters and decorators make it seem like it's as easy as pie, for the regular homeowner it is something of a nightmare. A professional will understand the precise steps that have to be followed in order to do a proper job and prevent catastrophes when putting up wallpaper.
With the surge in Bedlington householders opting for the do-it-yourself option in regards to decorating, it's not by any means surprising that tools, whereas a paint roller and a couple of brushes is all that is needed for doing painting.has been consigned to the back seat. In order to wallpaper a room you will need an assortment of equipment and
You are likely to require a taping knife, a seam roller, filling/stripping knifes, a trimming edge, a paper-hangers brush, a wallpaper smoother, a wallpaper perforator, decorating scissors, a wallpaper steamer, a paste brush, a plumb bob, scrapers, a pasting table, step ladder and a retractable knife, at a minimum, if you are going to even consider having a go at wallpapering yourself. If after you've considered this comprehensive list, you're having second thoughts about DIY, perhaps the best option would be to use the services of an experienced Bedlington wallpaper hanging specialist.
Finding somebody who is outstanding at wallpapering in Bedlington will not inevitably be that straightforward, as only properly trained painter and decorators are really adept at this. There are loads of folks in Bedlington who will have a shot at wallpaper hanging, but a lot of those are going to be "odd job man" types who can't necessarily be trusted to accomplish the sort of professionally wallpapered finish you should be after.
Now wallpaper hanging when it's to be done professionally, is not going to be cheap, so you should probably get a number of estimates in order to get a perception of precisely what wallpaper specialists in Bedlington are charging right now. Don't unthinkingly settle for the lowest quote if you're expecting a superior quality job, and ask to look at a portfolio of their work so that you're able to judge precisely how good they are.
There are several practical methods that you could apply both offline and on the web when it comes to tracking down a professionalin Bedlington. On the internet you can evaluate reviews, but bear in mind these can be manipulated by untrustworthy tradesmen, or you can head to one of the building trade portals like Rated People or My Builder, where you'll discover the most popular Bedlington wallpapering specialists endorsed by local customers. The preferred method generally is asking for recommendations from family and friends, because the tradespeople to hire are the ones who've on previous occasions proved their worth. Local radio stations and local newspapers are a much used resource for Bedlington decorators, yet there is no assurances of their quality of workmanship because anybody can promote their services on such platforms.
With so many designs and styles of wallpaper available, selecting which one to go with is no easy feat. If you are having problems coming to a decision, then you can always ask for the help of your nearby Bedlingtonexpert, who will be glad to help you. Because you can very quickly become fed up with a flamboyant design and particular patterns go out of fashion regularly, you should remember to pick cautiously. Wallpaper is more expensive to modify than paint, and it's not so simple to alter when you want a makeover.
The quality of the surface finish accomplished by even the most highly trained wallpaperer in Bedlington will correlate to the state of the walls themselves. Carefully applying theso that there are no air-bubbles, gaps or creases, and that the pattern matches faultlessly. If the final finish has got bumps and lumps or is at all uneven will be down to an inferior wall finish beneath the wallpaper. As part of the service the wallpaperer will sand, fill and make ready your surfaces, however any which aren't completely flat may require a skimming of plaster ahead of papering.
Wallpapering services are available in Bedlington and also in nearby places like: Cambois, High Pit, West Sleekburn, Stannington, Scotland Gate, Guide Post, East Cramlington, Clifton, Choppington, Shankhouse, Mitford, Hepscott, Loansdean, and in these postcodes NE22 5AX, NE22 5EQ, NE22 5LW, NE22 5JS, NE22 5HF, NE22 5DP, NE22 5BB, NE22 5ST, NE22 5QN, NE22 5HH. Local Bedlington wallpaperers will most likely have the postcode NE22 and the phone code 01670. Checking this can ensure that you are accessing locally based providers of wallpapering. Bedlington householders are able to benefit from these and various other decorating related services.
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To do all the tasks they'll come across wallpaperers have to carry a multitude of specialist tools including a wallpaper perforator, scrapers, decorating scissors, a sharp knife, a wallpaper pasting table, a plumb line, filling knifes, a taping knife, step ladder, a wallpaper smoother, a trimming edge, a pasting brush, a steamer, a paperhangers brush and a seam roller.
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Flock wallpaper is making a comeback in Bedlington and no longer conjures up images of dark Victorian drawing rooms and old men sitting with cigars and brandy. Flock wallpaper can have a great effect on any room in the house and provides an upmarket splendour unlike no other. Conversely, you can use simple geometricalfor that modern, sleek look.
The raised pattern on flock wallpaper adds an extra dimension to your walls, and designs can be readily blended in with your home's current decor. Larger and more traditional decorated rooms are ideally suited to floral or damask patterns, while smaller more enclosed spaces are look better with simpler flock compositions.
Hanging flocked wallpaper can be a bit more challenging that conventional wallpapers. If handled harshly the patterns of the raised flock can easily be ruined and harm the desired effect of the paper. This is one good reason why it's recommended to bring in an experienced decorator to hang flocked wallpaper. (Tags: Flocked Wallpaper Bedlington, Cream Flock Wallpaper Bedlington, Flock Wallpaper Bedlington).
You don't have to be confronted by boring walls ever again. To inspire, enchant and delight anyone who enters a room, you can bring it to life using themed wallpapers. If you have a child who loves space travel there are spacecraft, planetary and star themes to captivate any budding astronaut in Bedlington. You can bring the outside in by having a feature wall of a sun-kissed beach or a forest glade to create your own personal paradise.
The range of themes available is only limited by your inventiveness, and perhaps your courage to try out a bold feature in your room. The designs and sizes ofmakes them quite difficult to hang successfully if you don't have prior experience. For the best results when hanging themed wallpaper, it's suggested that you use a qualified painter and decorator who'll provide a perfect finish.
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When you've got a wallpapering project in mind, it is essential to get quotations from a number of wallpapering specialists. Obtaining 3 or 4 quotations allows you to grasp the current pricing dynamics in the market more effectively. Nevertheless, it is important to refrain from solely concentrating on the cost. Take the time to find a specialist who is well-respected, experienced, and produces high-quality work. Also, it is advisable to assess their portfolio and seek references to ensure their expertise aligns with your expectations. By evaluating the skills of the specialists and diligently comparing quotes, you can make an informed decision and pick the ideal professional for your wallpapering project in Bedlington.
In conclusion, wallpapering quotes hold the power to shape your project's direction. They give you the capability to reach an informed decision by weighing variables such as quality, professionalism and cost. You can establish a strong foundation for a triumphant wallpapering project that harmonises seamlessly with your vision and expectations by committing time and energy to acquiring and comparing price quotes. (35106 - Wallpapering Quotes Bedlington)
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Wallpapering Courses Bedlington - Many people in Bedlington think that wallpapering is easy, until they actually have a go. They very quickly learn that it isn't as easy as they initially supposed. Of course, you can head to YouTube and find countless video tutorials which will steer you in the right direction. Nevertheless, since wallpapering is a mainly practical skill, if you wish to learn it thoroughly, one-on-one instruction is much better. The real answer for any person in Bedlington who is keen on learning to wallpaper properly, is to take a training course. To learn things like trimming & cutting around obstructions, hanging round internal & external corners, mixing wallpaper adhesives, levelling & plumbing, folding techniques, keeping work areas tidy, identifying different patterns, measuring & cutting wallpaper, applying wallpaper paste and setting & marking out, you must search for a decent wallpapering course, and get it booked up.
Five day instructional wallpaper hanging courses are available from Able Skills, for those individuals looking to learn how to do it.
You can also check with your local colleges and schools to find out if they offer evening courses in wallpapering or painting and decorating.
Bedlington wallpaperers will likely help you with traditional wallcoverings, staircase wallpapering Bedlington, hanging lining paper, modern wallcoverings, wallpapering ceilings, bedroom , wallpapering around light switches in Bedlington, flock wallpaper, kitchen wallpapering Bedlington, , wallpapering small spaces, wallpapering lounges, wallpaper border installation, dust-free sanding, self adhesive wallpaper, cutting wallpaper around pipework, the stripping of old wallpaperold wallpaper stripping, cornices and coving, themed wallpapers in Bedlington, wallpaper matching, wallpapering around fireplaces in Bedlington, wallpapering around radiators, vinyl wallpapering Bedlington, wallpaper steaming, cutting wallpaper, , lounge wallpapering Bedlington, the installation of handpainted wallpaper, textured wallpapering in Bedlington, quotes for wallpaper hanging in Bedlington, cutting wallpaper around a door, feature wall wallpapering Bedlington, bespoke wallcoverings, wallpapering kitchens, domestic wallpapering services in Bedlington and other in Bedlington, . Listed are just a small portion of the activities that are conducted by people specialising in wallpapering. Bedlington specialists will tell you about their whole range of wallpapering services.
Family and Friends Recommendations
When you've got a wallpapering project or undertaking that necessitates hiring a contractor or service in Bedlington, asking for friends and family members recommendations is invariably extremely helpful. These personal references can be the most effective way to weed out inferior contractors and companies that have poor reputations, and help you to single out someone who's the ideal fit for your requirements.
Getting this sort of testimonial from a friend or relative will also give you insights into the wallpaperer's time keeping and reliability, and if things went wrong, how they were dealt with and how rapidly they were put right. They will be able to tell you whether the decorator offered a guaranteed price promise for their work, and if not, how accurate the final price was when compared to the initial estimate.
Finally, the folks that who you know and can depend on are your friends and family, so in regards to advice, rely on them. You might notice that they'll be reluctant to chat about them, if they have had a poor experience in their dealings with a specific wallpapering service. And, rather than 'casting aspersions on' a second-rate tradesman, a lot of people might even endorse a different company, because generally speaking most folks will be perfectly happy to talk about a decent quality tradesperson and less inclined to mention a mediocre one.
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Bedlington Wallpapering Questions
In recent weeks I have been examining the most common questions that homeowners in Bedlington ask with regards to wallpapering. A couple of our visitors have e-mailed in fascinating questions that might be relevant to this post. The best ones seemed to be, "When wallpapering where do you start?" "Why is wallpapering difficult?" "Should I paste the wall or the wallpaper?" "What is size in wallpapering?" "What are the things needed for wallpapering?" I hope the majority of these queries have been answered on this webpage, and if some are still to be answered we will shortly be putting in a wallpapering "Questions and Answers" feature. Our thanks go to these folks for taking the time to put their excellent questions; Jacob King, Micah Ferguson, Edison Willis and Lucy Peters. Pertinent contributions were likewise received from Ariana Donaldson in Clifton, Jude Kane in Cambois and Reagan Sutcliffe in High Pit.
Bibliography: Ortho's All About Painting and Wallpapering (Brian Santos), Start Your Own Wallpapering Business (Tim Roncevich), DIY Guide to Painting and Wallpapering: Complete Handbook by Michael R Light, Painting & Wallpapering, The Complete Guide to Wallpapering: Pro Secrets for Selection & Installation by David Groff, Home Decorating Manual, Wallpapering Tips: Beginner's Guide to Wallpapering, Tips to Pick the Right Wallpaper (Jeany Wall).
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We have promoted four of our tax and business services specialists to top roles.
Sarah Holford and Matthew Appleyard have been appointed as directors, while Chris Wright and Alison Smith have been promoted as associates.
Sarah Holford, who has been appointed as Tax Director has supported clients with a wide range of tax advisory services for more than 20 years. Born and raised in Lincolnshire, Sarah attended Skegness Grammar School before starting her career as a trainee at our company where she’s worked throughout her career. Having qualified with the CTA and ATT, Sarah has helped hundreds of businesses and individuals in the area with their tax affairs, helping clients to efficiently achieve their goals while ensuring compliance. She now leads on private client tax projects.
“When I finished school, Duncan & Toplis was known as one of the most reputable employers in my area and I was very proud to join the team. Since then, our business has grown as the company has evolved to become the dynamic and trusted organisation we know today. I’m honoured to have been appointed as a new director, and look forward to continuing to help our clients.”
Also becoming a director is Matthew Appleyard who joined our company in 2013. An expert in tax planning, Matthew will be specialising in international tax structuring for corporate clients alongside Head of International, Mark Taylor who leads our new international business services gateway, Kreston Duncan & Toplis.
Matthew is a member of our tax advisory team who works across our company to support clients. A specialist in tax advice, business tax and stamp duty, Matthew has particular expertise in corporate transactions and has been involved in a number of mergers and demergers as well as acquisitions and disposals. Matthew is also our head of property and construction.
Meanwhile, Chris Wright who works at our Stamford office and Alison Smith in Boston are both being promoted as associates.
Chris has worked in accountancy since 1999, working at several East Midlands firms before joining our team in 2018. Chris has supported companies in a wide range of sectors including childcare, consultancy and agriculture.
Proud Bostonian, Alison Smith joined our team in 1994 after completing a degree in Classics at Manchester University. After qualifying with our team, Alison left Duncan & Toplis to gain experience in the construction sector, Alison returned in 2013 to help develop our specialist Academies team before taking on a client management role at our Boston office.
The four senior promotions reflect the success our company has experienced despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Over the last year, our team members have taken on vital roles in helping companies in a wide range of sectors to adapt to the rapidly changing environment, protect their workers, and access the most suitable support schemes and packages.
In recent months, we have launched a new international gateway, Kreston Duncan & Toplis and have also launched a new legal services practice, Duncan & Toplis Legal Services.
“We take great pride in being the company clients choose to work with and where talented people belong. I’m delighted to welcome Sarah and Matthew as directors. With both of them having started their careers here, it’s a great achievement for them and for Duncan & Toplis for their talent, expertise and experience to have led them to these senior roles.
“I’m also very pleased that Chris and Alison are also moving into associate roles; I’m sure they’ll achieve great things and help to steer our business to an exciting and successful future.”
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As newlyweds in 1901 they were the first to climb the towering Montana peak, but when evidence of the feat surfaced after eighty-four years, nobody believed it
In July of 1901 my father and mother left St. Paul, Minnesota, on the second leg of their honeymoon for the Lewis and Clark Forest Reserve, which is known today as Glacier National Park. My father, Dr. Walter Bradford Cannon, was a young instructor in the Department of Physiology of the Harvard Medical School, and my mother, Cornelia James Cannon, a recent graduate of Radcliffe College with the class of 1899. They had been married some three weeks before and had with their usual energy and sense of adventure paddled a birch-bark canoe down the historic St. Croix River and then for sixty miles along the broad Mississippi between its impressive bluffs. As my father wrote in his autobiography, The Way of an Investigator, they were twice reported as Indians and occasionally regarded as harvest hands looking for jobs. Then, sunburned a dark brown and toughened by the hard work of propelling their heavily laden craft and making and breaking camp every day, they were ready for fresh adventure. So they set their faces west and boarded a train for Montana.
It was my mother’s first journey west, though my father had on various occasions taken the train from St. Paul to Kalispell, Montana, and back with his sisters on passes from their father, who worked for the Great Northern Railroad. They would sit up in the sooty day coaches and watch the great wheat plains of the Dakotas and Montana unfold before them, dotted with the remote huts of homesteaders.
In a letter back home my father reported my mother’s delight in all she saw, from these same oceans of Dakota wheat to the sweep of the rolling prairies of Montana, “but her enthusiasm knew no bounds when we clambered into the engine at Blackfoot and started up the slope to Summit. She could not suppress her cries of delight as new snow-capped peaks came into view.”
They got off the train at Belton, Montana, and spent the night under the pines by the shore of Lake McDonald. Next evening they took the boat for the upper end of the lake. It was piloted by Charlie Howe, described by my father as “a long, lank figure, with broad-brimmed hat and buckskin coat. He is a guide of the region but is of an easy going Rip Van Winkle variety, hunter by necessity, loafer by nature.
“As we were going up the lake,” my father continued, “Cornelia expressed a desire to climb all the mountains in sight.” Apparently Charlie Howe pointed out Goat Mountain, a massive peak standing at the head of the lake, and said it was “the worst” mountain in the region; no one had ever reached the top, and the first person reaching the summit had the right to put his name to it.
Howe’s tale must have fired my mother’s competitive instincts, for she persuaded her amiable bridegroom to consult a guide named Denis Comeau about trying the ascent of Goat Mountain. My father wrote, “Howe has told us that ‘time, water, and vitality’ were the essentials to climbing a mountain, and we thought if water could be provided, we could supply the others.” Although Comeau was slightly skeptical, not promising an ascent, he was willing to try. Neither my father nor my mother had ever climbed a mountain before, being natives of comparatively flat Minnesota.
On July 18, the night before the climb, they camped under the stars at the foot of Goat. They started their ascent at seven the next morning. At half past ten they reached the snow line and sat down to eat their morning snack. My father rather offhandedly remarked in a letter to his father that “the climbing had been hard, but, aside from a stone falling and grazing Cornelia’s face, had not been exciting.”
The excitement was not long in coming. After eating, the three started up again and had reached a height of five thousand feet when they were confronted by a perpendicular wall of rock, nearly a hundred feet high and stretching all around the mountain as far as they could see. Needless to say, they had none of the equipment of modern climbers like ropes, slings, wedges, and so forth, just boots and bare hands. They tried crawling up a narrow crevice; my mother went through, and so did Comeau, who was small and wiry. But my father was “too thick,” as he reported. “I was wedged in that narrow crack, unable to go up or down, and with a slide of smooth mountainside running almost directly below me for hundreds of feet. I finally felt my footing and got down.”
Comeau decided that the rock face was too perilous for them, and after scouting, he found what seemed to him to be a better place to climb the wall, a place from which the summit could be seen two thousand feet above. The climb from then on sounds excruciating. They passed along a mountain-goat trail only a foot wide on the side of a slide about a thousand feet long, and at last they reached a ridge, along which they scrambled toward a ledge in the side of a precipitous wall of rock. Walking along the ledge, at one point they had to negotiate a corner where the jutting rock was only six inches wide over a yawning void. At last they topped what they thought was the final ridge, and “suddenly there burst upon us the most wonderful and awful sight we ever hope to see,” my father wrote. “Stretching to the north for more than a hundred miles was the grandest profusion of snow capped peaks and jagged walls of rock, reaching into the sky, that the imagination could possibly picture.” They sat gazing at this glorious vision until Comeau called attention to the fact that what they thought was the top was not within five hundred feet of the summit. The top looked dubious to them, but they went on, picking out a stairway in the rock as they went.
As they neared the summit, my mother went ahead, and when the two men reached the highest point, she was there to welcome them with the cry, “This is Cannon Mountain.” My father had a bottle with him, and he wrote on a piece of paper a certificate of their being there and the name of the mountain, then placed the paper in the bottle, sealed it, and covered it with a pile of rocks.
They started their descent in midafternoon and made it down with just one incident, according to my father: An enormous boulder passed them, bounding through the air on a long jump of more than two hundred feet over the rock wall that had almost stymied their upward ascent.
They reached camp at nine o’clock and at noon the next day were back in the hotel at the foot of the lake, “astonishing the natives.” The mountain had been tried many times; members of the U.S. Geological Survey had attempted it only a week before and found it impossible.
My mother was apparently praised on all sides, Comeau swearing that she was as gritty a climber as he had ever seen, “including men.” Charlie Howe said to my father, “That’s a great woman, your wife,” to which my father modestly responded that she did have grit. “Grit!” Howe exclaimed. “She’s American clean through!”
“I never saw or heard of such wonders,” my mother commented, “and I am even resigned to looking like an ex-prizefighter just breaking out in smallpox for the sake of the glories that have been. We slept two nights before and after the ascent out under the pines as the poets advise us to do, but it is not at all what the poets say. The horrible No-see-ums, the invisible fly of the pines, bit from sunset to sunrise, and as they poison me frightfully, I am a sight for Gods and men. Then the mountain rock left the side of my face not what it once had been. But what of that, we are immortal! So long as the eternal mountains stand, Cannon Mountain will stand too.”
Cannon Mountain it was indeed named when the members of the Geological Survey who were mapping the region heard the story of the climb and reported it back to their Washington headquarters. And there it stood, for decades, the stunning peak at the head of Lake McDonald, the provenance of its name long forgotten except by a few members of the family, the story of its ascent recorded only in family letters, in a brief mention in my father’s autobiography, and in an article he wrote.
In late July of 1985, almost eighty-four years later to the day, two young Montanans, James Best of Kalispell and Ted Steiner of Whitefish, both experienced mountain climbers, scaled Cannon Mountain. At the top they found, partially concealed under a cairn, an old four-to-six-ounce clear glass bottle that had once contained a brand of malted milk bottled in Racine, Wisconsin. Inside, well preserved, was a folded note in pencil that read: “This is to certify that on Friday, July 19, 1901 Dr. and Mrs. W. B. Cannon climbed this mountain. Cornelia James Cannon was first to reach the top and named the mountain Cannon Peak. Denis Comeau was the guide.”
They left their find in place when they descended the mountain, but, having consulted with park officials, they returned the next day, retrieved the artifact, and substituted a plastic bottle with a new and identically worded message “for the benefit of future explorers.” They turned the original over to the Park Service.
There the response was more suspicious than enthusiastic. The chief of Glacier Park’s Interpretation Section told a newspaper reporter: “It appears there’s some inconsistency. The metal screw lid wasn’t used until the 1940s, and that type of bottle with pressed seams doesn’t seem to have appeared until 1920. And the writing looks like it could have been done yesterday.” There were dark hints of a hoax.
Even after it turned out that this type of screw-top bottle did exist in the early 1900s, park officials remained skeptical about the note, arguing that because it had survived in such good condition “after all those years,” another climber could have copied the Cannons’ note and inserted it in the bottle. Had these doubters simply looked in their own files, they would have found an account of the climb written by my father and published in the October—December 1955 issue of National Parks Magazine.
However, James Best, showing more initiative and curiosity than the suspicious park officials, set to work on his own to discover the identities of Dr. W. B. Cannon and Cornelia James Cannon. Microfilm records of 1901 newspapers and hotel records revealed nothing; but he did eventually find my parents listed in an old Who’s Who, which led him to my father’s autobiography, with its chapter describing the episode of the bottle.
The Park Service was undecided, apparently still fearing fraud. It was only after their historian contacted Professor Clifford Barger of the Harvard Medical School that the note was authenticated to the Park Service’s satisfaction. Barger, who was working on the first volume of my father’s biography, wrote: “There is no question that the handwriting is that of Dr. Cannon. As I read the note myself, I could not get over the fact that his handwriting as such a young man was so typical of his handwriting for the rest of his life.”
Some weeks after the excitement had subsided, James Best wrote to Professor Barger, “I feel this bit of history significant to Pre-Park history. A classic in Glacier’s romantic magic; honeymoon couple bags toughest peak in Valley! Nobody else has climbed it since.” In the end the park superintendent did give Certificates of Honor to Best and Steiner for their achievements.
The bottle and the note are now safely ensconced in the Apgar Information Center in Glacier National Park, where they are on display from time to time. To be sure, a few years ago, when a niece of mine was there and asked to see the artifact, it apparently had to be dusted off and brought out from some dark recess in which it reposed. Let us hope that it is not about to be lost for another eighty-four years. | <urn:uuid:c58264ee-2e53-41d6-86bd-ae2363f96597> | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | https://ftp.americanheritage.com/message-bottle-or-honeymoon-cannon-mountain | 2023-11-29T01:48:05Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100047.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20231129010302-20231129040302-00258.warc.gz | en | 0.983359 | 2,680 | [
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Prophecy is an important facet of all three Abrahamic religions, but the interpretation of the role of prophecy (& who the prophets are) is different in each. The experts who talked about it on In Our Time were Mona Siddiqui (University of Edinburgh), Justin Meggitt (University of Cambridge) and Jonathan Stökl (Leiden University).
For the modern incarnations of the three religions the bulk of the prophets are those attested to in the Hebrew Bible. Stökl was the expert on Judaism on the panel and so he talked most about these prophets. Prophets are divinely inspired and are in communication with God without being divine themselves. Nowadays when we think of prophecy we think of predicting the future, but this was only one of the sorts of messages that prophets could pass on from God. They also provided more general advice for the rulers about matters that the divine had some bearing on. They pronounced on the validity of old texts, they advised the King when to or when not to undertake campaigns, they’d advise him if God wasn’t happy with how the country was being run. Stökl was also saying that some figures in the Bible were retroactively designated as prophets – that Moses, for instance, was a charismatic leader and then later in Judaic history when prophets are more important he’s designated a prophet.
In terms of predicting the future most if not all of the descriptions of this in the Old Testament or Hebrew Bible were written after the events that were predicted – so “prophesying” after the fact. (And actually there are no written texts dating before 200 BC, which means we don’t know how it evolved before this.) It was a win-win situation for the prophets anyway – if they got it wrong, then either they had misunderstood what God told them or God had some reason for telling them the wrong thing. Not that they weren’t a prophet, or that God had got it wrong. Jeremiah was the example here – God told him to tell the people something that turned out to be false & this was because it set up the punishment that God was going to visit on the people for previous wrong doing. There are warnings in the texts about false prophets and discussions of punishments for this, but there are actually no records of this ever happening.
Meggitt was the expert on Christianity & he talked about the way that early Christianity used the Jewish prophets to legitimise their belief that Christ was the Son of God. Obviously the Christian tradition is that prophets weren’t really getting the message across, so God himself had to come to earth in the person of Christ. The way the Christian Bible has ended up being structured means that the Old Testament ends with prophecies that Elijah is going to return and proclaim the day of the Lord. Although this is in the Hebrew Bible the way it is structured means that this isn’t where the book ends. Meggitt was saying that there’s a strong sense that the authors of the New Testament were looking for the prophecies in the Old Testament and then making sure they could find a bit of the life of Christ to fit them. The narrative being created to reflect the prophecy rather than the prophecy predicting the narrative.
In the early church there were still people being referred to as prophets, but as the Church became more institutionalised the role of the prophet diminished & then vanished. Meggitt was saying this was because lone self-selected divinely inspired people don’t really fit in well with a hierarchical organised Church. Bragg brought up the Pentecostal Church which is a modern Christian tradition which has prophets – so it’s not something that’s completely absent from Christianity. Just that as with Judaism the bulk of the religion thinks that prophecy stopped some time ago.
Siddiqui talked about Islam & the role of prophets in that religion. She told us that from an Islamic perspective all the prophets including Mohammed were given the same message or revelation from God. This message is about the oneness and truth of God, and has needed to be repeated because people fall away from it or fail to understand it. The differences in what was passed on or written down by each prophet & their followers are due to the interpretation of the prophet themself & their cultural blinders & ability to understand the message. Mohammed was able to properly understand and pass on God’s revelation, so there’s no need for any more prophets after him. Siddiqui also mentioned a distinction between prophets and messengers in Islam – I think she was saying that all messengers are prophets, but not all prophets are messengers. There’s some debate about whether the Virgin Mary is a prophet in the non-messenger sense because she is sinless, and this is one of the criteria for a prophet.
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Because the cryptocurrency industry is still so new, there have been a lot of ‘firsts’ over the last several years: the dawn of token sales (in all of their varieties), the first entry of big tech companies into the space; the assortment of power struggles and the new cryptocurrencies that have come with them.
There are also a lot of ‘firsts’ in a legal sense. The cryptocurrency industry is being inundated with court cases and regulatory activity, seemingly with increasing frequency; as such, a number of legal precedents for the industry are constantly in the process of being established.
One of the most signficant court cases so far this year is the battle between the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and Kik, a Canada-based messaging service that held an ICO several years ago.
The SEC has accused the company of holding an illegal securities offering–but not only that: the SEC has also used the court case to slanderously paint Kik as a desperate, irresponsible company that used its ICO as a quick cash-grab. Kik has fired back with a fierce legal defense, as well as a very public criticism of the SEC’s strategies.
But who’s in the wrong here? When it comes to reputation, where should the SEC draw the line between legal proceedings and private opinions? And how can securities regulations be equally and fairly applied when it comes to crypto?
The background: here’s what happened
Kik’s ICO was launched in 2017, and was record-breakingly successful at the time it was completed. More than 10,000 backers contributed 168,732 ETH (worth around $47.5 milllion at the time); a pre-sale round for institutional investors brought in roughly $50 million, making the grand total of funds raised nearly $100 million.
Although the sale’s original goal was $125 million, Kik CEO Ted Livingston seemed to be perfectly happy with the amount that was raised: “We are really excited,” he told TechCrunch in 2017. “If you had told me back in January that we would sell $100 million of a new cryptocurrency in September, I wouldn’t have believed you.”
Flash forward to June of 2019–the US Securities and Exchange Commission alleging that
“By selling $100 million in securities without registering the offers or sales, we allege that Kik deprived investors of information to which they were legally entitled, and prevented investors from making informed investment decisions,” said Steven Peikin, co-director of the SEC’s Division of Enforcement, in an official statement. “Companies do not face a binary choice between innovation and compliance with the federal securities laws.”
Insult to injury
Getting sued by any branch of the US government isn’t exactly a walk in the part on any day of the week, but the real salt in the wound was the seedy light that Kik was painted in: the language in the SEC’s filing depicted Kik as a desperate, money-hungry company on its last legs–a depiction that Kik didn’t take lightly.
For example: although the SEC’s legal claims with regards to Kik are focused on the KIN token’s status as a security, the lawsuit also seems to insinuate that Kik used the ICO to cover up losses incurred throughout 2016 and 2017.
Specifically, the SEC’s filing says that In the wake of rapidly-shrinking revenues, “Kik decided to ‘pivot’ to an entirely different business and attempt what a board member called a ‘hail Mary pass’: Kik would offer and sell one trillion digital tokens in return for cash to fund company operations and a speculative new
Could there have been any validity to these claims? According to startup technology consultant David Pring-Mill, the company could have been desperately searching for a way to differentiate itself from other messaging services, particularly Facebook’s.
“Some politicians and regulators have suggested that Facebook has effectively monopolized digital interactions, so perhaps [the phrase] ‘crowded market’ is understating the dire situation faced by Kik Interactive,” he said to Finance Magnates.
“The word ‘monopoly’ is contestable but it’s very clear that through Facebook’s major acquisitions and even acqui-hires, the company now facilitates messaging across multiple platforms and has mastered the underlying technologies. Facebook’s ginormous revenue and long-term assets also represent a massive competitive edge. All of this means that Kik Interactive’s need to differentiate itself was real and pressing.
Indeed, “it’s easy to forget that an original token at one point did confer a corporate marketing advantage and had the potential to attract users toward decentralized yet strategically branded digital economies,” he said. “However, concurrent to this, initial coin offerings allowed for fraud, as well as the rapid influx of cash into companies that had not rigorously or transparently explained the merits of their proposals.”
The SEC went above its jurisdiction to criticize Kik’s business plan
But why would the SEC feel the need to moralize Kik’s behavior when its public obligations are specifically related to securities regulations, and nothing more?
Indeed, while there could be some validity to the SEC’s criticism, Virtual currency attorney Braden Perry pointed out to Finance Magnates that it has “the SEC went out of their way to judge the business actions and model of KIK, which is outside of its jurisdiction, especially where no fraud is alleged.”
Jay Arcata, BX3 Capital’s VP of client relations, told Finance Magnates that the criticism could be an attempt to sway public opinion: “…the inclusion of language insinuating that Kik was engaged in a cover up is certainly intended to sway the reader into believing that Kik’s motives were nefarious.”
Kik accused the SEC of “twisting the facts”
In response to the lawsuit and its offending tone, Kik seems to have pulled out all the stops in its efforts to fight back against the SEC. The counter-attack began with yet another fundraising effort (nevermind that Kik’s valuation was estimated at $1 billion in 2018.) The name ‘ was given to a fund that was designated specifically for the purpose of battling the SEC in court–a fund that has gone on to assist other crypto companies in need of legal help, a factor that has helped Kik reframe its legal battle as a valiant effort to bring justice to the crypto industry.
BREAKING: The SEC just announced they have filed a case against Kik. This is a big step forward in getting the clarity we all desperately need.
— DefendCrypto (@DefendCrypto)
However, a number of analysts have said that the fund is unlikely to have a major effect on the legal proceedings of the case. “The chance of the Howey Test going the way of all flesh as a result of a $5 million litigation fund is slim to none and slim just left town,” tweeted lawyer and self-described “toxic minimalist” Stephen Palley in regards to the formation of Defend Crypto. “But you do you.”
In addition to the fund, however, Kik’s 131-page formal response to the commission’s lawsuit last week “included a lengthy ‘introduction’ in its answer, aggressively counterpunching the SEC for misstating and twisting the facts, which form the basis of its complaint,” Arcata said.
Our full response to the SEC complaint:
— Kik (@Kik)
Specifically, the response reads that “the Commission’s Complaint reflects a consistent effort to twist the facts by removing quotes from their context and misrepresenting the documents and testimony that the Commission gathered in its investigation.”
“The result is a Complaint that badly mischaracterizes the totality of the facts and circumstances leading up to Kik’s sale of KIN in 2017,” the rebuttal continues. “These tactics may have gotten the Commission a decent news cycle, but they will not withstand meaningful scrutiny at summary judgment or trial.”
This kind of frankness “is a tactic in which we do not typically see defendants engage,” Arcata told Finance Magnates. “In the normal course, an answer contains either a straightforward admission or denial of the facts as pled, along with any affirmative defenses that the defendant intends on pursuing.” In other words, the defendant usually either pleads guilty or files a motion to dismiss the case.
Kik, however, seems to be trying to level with the SEC–perhaps even going so far as to call the commission’s bluff.
But how will this eye-for-an-eye language effect on the future of the case? Perhaps not as much as it might seem: “at the end of the day, the effectiveness of Kik’s defense strategy will have little to do with the aggressive introductory paragraph in its answer, and everything to do with the actual facts and circumstances of Kik’s token issuance and whether it meets the definition of a security under the Howey Test,” Arcata explained.
”Kik may have a chance in prevailing.”
And can KIN tokens be qualified as securities? Perhaps–but it depends on how the Howey Test is applied.
Arcata said that in its rebuttal, Kik claims that the SEC is applying the test too liberally: “[Kik stated[ that the SEC incorrectly assumes that any discussion of a potential increase in value of an asset—in this case the Kin token—is the same as promising profits solely from the efforts of others, which is a prong of Howey.”
Indeed, the SEC’s filing claims that “From the initial May 2017 announcement through September 2017, Kik relentlessly pitched Kin and the prospect that Kik’s future efforts to develop the Kin Ecosystem would drive an increase in Kin’s value. Kik emphasized that only a finite number of tokens would be created and that rising demand for the tokens would cause their value to appreciate.”
This may be the company’s only opportunity to win: “if these defenses can be proven with hard facts, Kik may have a chance in prevailing,” Arcata said.
However, he also noted that “the chances of this case proceeding to trial are very slim.”
‘The vast majority of cases such as this resolve short of trial. If Kik were to prevail at trial, however, it would prove to be a seminal moment in the regulation of cryptocurrencies in this country. It is entirely possible that a new Howey Test as applied to cryptocurrencies would emerge. A Kik victory could also serve as the ‘kick’ in the pants that Congress needs to enact sensible regulation in this space.”
This seems to be precisely what Kik CEO Ted Livingston is hoping for:
Our industry desperately needs a new Howey Test. It is time we get one
— Ted Livingston (@ted_livingston)
But could this actually happen? Maybe–but again, lawyer Stephen Palley shot down the possibility in: “the notion that “crypto” as a generic category should have its own special treatment under U.S. securities laws is a special kind of ridiculous,” he said.
‘Enforcement by regulation’
Regardless of how the outcome of the case affects Kik, Braden Perry pointed out that the way that this case proceeds could set some dangerous precedents for the future of regulations and the way they are enforced within the cryptocurrency industry.
“The last thing any industry wants is regulation by enforcement, in which agencies decide that some practices should have been illegal, and instead of declaring it illegal from now on through rulemaking, go back and prosecute the people who were doing it before.”
Key Howey Test measure is whether the is purchased w/ an “expectation of profit.” A functional product replaces profit w/ utility
— Chris Burniske (@cburniske)
But perhaps equally as problematic is the way that the SEC seems to be handling this particular case: “KIK essentially argues that this is a case of ‘enforcement by regulation’”: that the SEC may be ‘bending’ its interpretation of securities laws to make an example of Kik.
“They [Kik] aren’t wrong,” Perry continued. After all, “the Howey test is notoriously vague and many times based on a case-by-case basis.”
And indeed, preventing this kind of uneven interpretation in the future will likely require a more definitive set of regulations: “I generally do not advocate for additional regulations, but more concrete guidance is necessary for ICO issuance,” Perry said–but it will come at a cost: “that regulatory framework will likely [cause lags in] innovation, and frustrate those willing to adopt new technology.”
Regardless of what’s to come, “for now, it looks like KIK will have to convince the court that Kin was not a security, while rewriting what they believe the facts to be and facing a large legal expense,” Pterry said. “It’s going to be a long battle, with extensive discovery, but the main issue is pretty simple: was this a security or not? And that will be legal issue and likely ripe for a substantive judicial interpretation”–one that could have profound effects on the future. | <urn:uuid:3aeee692-9d63-4ecb-ae73-f844e265a2f8> | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | http://prescreen.info/2019/08/16/a-kik-in-the-pants-sec-s-kik-case-will-form-important-precedents/ | 2023-11-30T08:26:45Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100172.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20231130062948-20231130092948-00158.warc.gz | en | 0.966761 | 2,857 | [
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The CDC Conspiracy
Should the media cover anti-vaccination claims? Conventional reporting would probably do more harm than good if it did so by just reporting both sides and creating the impression of equivalency between weight of evidence and false claims. But what if the latest claim is a complex statistical analysis—and a senior CDC vaccine researcher appears to back it up?
This piece was going to start with a simple pie chart, one showing the number of news stories that explained the statistical issues in a controversial study claiming a link between increased rates of autism in African American boys and time of vaccination and those that didn’t. The object was to illustrate whether the evidence underlying a shocking claim was explained in such a way as to be comprehensible and comprehensive enough for a reader or viewer to make an informed decision as to its validity.
But after a trawl through the media coverage of Brian Hooker’s paper, it appears that not one news organization made an effort to explain—as Rebecca Goldin does here on STATS—what, precisely, Hooker did to come up with this claim and what, precisely, he did wrong.
When you find nothing, change the search parameters. Were there stories with some statistical explanation to contrast against those that just asserted some statistical error? Mostly not— as in, there’s barely a pie to slice up. Hooker had evaded the diagnostic attention of The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, and the explainer journalism vanguard at 538 and Vox—even though his paper pointed to the deliberate omission of critical data and a cover up at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).
More shocking still, shortly after Hooker’s reanalysis of the CDC data was published a veteran vaccine researcher at the agency who had worked on the original 2004 study claimed that the omission was intentional and wrong. “It’s the lowest point in my career that I went along with that paper,” William Thompson was recorded telling Hooker. “We didn’t report significant findings.”
The anti-vaccine movement had a smoking grail, a holy gun— and the surreptitious recording of Thompson was released in a YouTube video claiming that this “decade long cover up” was “arguably far worse” than Tuskegee, the notorious 40-year study of syphilis in poor African American men in which public health officials and, later, the CDC, not only failed to reveal the disease to those who had it, but failed to treat them.
Even after Translational Neurodegeneration, the journal that published Hooker’s paper, took it down in late August, pending an investigation, and then formally retracted it on October 4th, citing concerns about the validity of the methodology and statistical methods, the controversy failed to stimulate much journalistic attention.
A piece by CNN reported both sides of the controversy but provided little guidance to readers as to who was right on specifics; a few days earlier, its user-generated news feed, iReport had featured a piece headlined in flamethrower: “CDC Autism Whistleblower Admits Vaccine Study Fraud.” The iReport received 50,000 Facebook shares; the regular CNN news story, which ping-ponged between he said-she saids in an attempt to give each side its due, 23,000. Time expended much of its meager post on the retraction explaining what had been retracted rather than why, while an earlier piece on William Thompson’s claim provided more detail as to why it might be false, but not evidence as to why it was false.
There were two notable exceptions, the first by Russell Saunders (the pseudonym for a pediatrician) in The Daily Beast, which speculated on the errors in Hooker’s paper, and ventured that the whole thing was a “tempest in a teapot.” The second was a more substantial reported piece by health reporter Sydney Lupkin at ABC News. Even though Lupkin just summarized the statistical problems in Hooker, the headline suggested argued that against treating Hooker’s study as if it was just more anti-vaccine nonsense to be ignored: “How a Now-Retracted Autism Study Went Viral—Again.”
It wasn’t just the anti-vaccine movement’s homespun media that turned Hooker and Thompson into a viral phenomenon: the story also attracted the attention of conservative media outlets precisely because it had a news hook that freed the reporters from validating Hooker’s claims:
“It is highly unusual, if not unprecedented, for a sitting CDC senior scientist to blow the whistle on alleged scientific misconduct involving a study article that he co-authored,” wrote former CBS investigative reporter Sharyl Attkisson on her website. “In this instance, the impact of the charge is magnified by more than a decade of allegations from autism advocates who say the federal government and pharmaceutical interests have worked to downplay or hide associations between vaccines and autism.”
An article on Breitbart put it this way: “ a respected CDC researcher has alleged that the agency intentionally withheld important data from a critical study and then cited that study in testimony to Congress.” It ends by telling readers that there is reason to doubt the CDC assertion that vaccines are safe.
The Examiner ran several whistleblowing-focused articles, and a piece on Lew Rockwell.com criticized the media silence as evidence of complicity in “possibly the biggest government whistleblower revelation since disclosure of the Tuskegee Experiment in 1972…”
A post by the indefatigable surgeon blogger David Gorski, one of a several that covered the Hooker-Thompson story in great detail, argued that, actually, it was fortunate the news media largely ignored the story, and that, perhaps, journalists had learned that they “shouldn’t give undue credence to cranks.” One could agree if that coverage would have turned out to be more “on the one hand/on the other” reporting, shorn of any meaningful, which is to say statistical, discussion of the evidence.
But the one-two punch of a peer reviewed study and a credible whistleblower had just given the anti-vaccination movement an enormous boost. Thompson’s statements seemed to confirm that government was manipulating scientific data, a robust meme on the right thanks to climate change; they seemed to confirm longstanding claims of a government-CDC-pharma conspiracy on the left (promulgated by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and resuscitated in his new book which was published in August); and, perhaps worst of all, they came after a summer of screw ups at the CDC involving anthrax contamination, flu viruses and, notably, the agency’s stumbling response to Ebola. As Joe Nocera noted in the New York Times, these mistakes threatened to undermine trust in the CDC and turn it into “just another federal agency that can’t get it right.”
In this light, does it seem wise that, with the partial exception of ABC News, no news source systematically analyzed the statistics in Hooker’s paper, even though doing so would have provided an objective way to decide whether the claims about an increased risk for African American boys and a CDC cover up were valid?
The entire controversy over vaccination, and its consequences—diminishing vaccination rates—has been produced by people refusing to accept “trust me, I’m a scientist and here’s the consensus” statements, people who by all epidemiological accounts are well educated, people who genuinely worry about their kids; and people who are trying, on some level, to be scientific. The Hooker-Thompson conspiracy can only buttress their fears by framing a complex argument about statistical manipulation with a well-worn and powerful journalistic narrative of government whistleblowing and missing data.
Who knows how the idea that the CDC conspired to suppress data will play out in the viral marketplace of half-baked, half-analyzed claims, but it will gain ground if people believe the agency is compromised by either politics or ineptitude. Who knows, too, what William Thompson was thinking when he made his statements? But who cares? We have statistics; we just need to look at them.
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Returns matter a lot, it’s our capital”
As a multiple business owner and most importantly, female, I am no stranger to the financial risks every entrepreneur defies in starting up a business. No matter how carefully calculated and constructed our plans are, the best we can do is to minimise the risks. We can navigate the hurdles, however, by constantly anticipating them and strategizing ways to cushion their effect on our businesses. One powerful and proven way to achieve this is by investing.
Investment basically means the use of assets to earn income or profit. It is a good way to generate maximum returns on our assets that would otherwise have been sitting idle in the bank. With the returns from our investments, we can meet our company’s financial needs, timing and risk profile which could make all the difference in whether our businesses survive a short change or not.
Luckily, we are witnessing a shift in the market as more women are leveraging investment opportunities and yielding positive returns. We now have female fund managers, financial advisors who are women, women investment clubs.
Studies have also shown women to be better investors because they are more long term in their approach, well calculated with their risks and understand that it’s the time in the market and not timing that matters.
There are a host of investment options to go for from agro investments, stocks, bonds, fixed deposits, mutual funds and real estate, but as a business owner, it’s important to assess the financial needs and goals of your company in relation to your investment options.
Also, do not view investment from the lens of a doubling money scheme. Be smart about your investments, always put your businesses interests first and don’t get into what you don’t understand.
In this article, I have summarised five benefits that female business owners stand to gain when they invest.
1. Creates new opportunities: If women are to level the playing field in the business world, we need to have financial power and investments are a good way to achieve this in the long term.
When our investments yield rewarding returns, they provide opportunities for us to stretch our business capacities. With more money, we can improve our products and services, serve our customers better, expand into new markets, and negotiate seats at the table which encourages other women to aspire and stay motivated on their business journey.
2. Outperform Inflation: The rate of inflation will always be greater than the interest rate we get from a savings account. Yes, Investing takes more risks-even possibly losing money in the hopes of a higher return rate, but not without a possibility of greater growth.
Investments give our assets the opportunity to experience capital growth. These returns can provide us capital to run our businesses when we are shortchanged. Like I said, always weigh the risks of investments against the potential rate of return.
3. The world wins: It’s a common saying that when women invest, the world wins. This is because women are more ethically driven with their investment portfolios. They are sustainable in their approach and go for investments that reflect their values. With this, they can influence a company’s behaviour and contribute to sustainable development in society.
4. Enhances Decision-Making Skills: As investors, we are often faced with dicey decisions on whether to buy or sell our securities quickly. Sometimes these decisions have to be made in the absence of adequate information, but we make them anyway and stand by our guts. Even if it doesn’t work in our favour, we learn from the pitfalls and apply them to our futuristic decisions.
What’s true for investing is also true for our businesses. As entrepreneurs, we can incorporate lessons from risk/return relations to making strategic decisions for our businesses.
5. Personal development: The wealth of knowledge we gain from trading in the financial market cannot be underestimated. Knowledge will always stand the test of time and put us in the driver’s seat of our lives. With it, we can make better decisions concerning our finances, retirement, families and most importantly impact the communities of women around us.
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Date of Graduation
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)
School of Nursing and Health Professions
Healthcare Systems Leadership DNP
Brian M. Budds
Business Intelligence Competencies: Making Healthcare Data Come Alive While a wealth of healthcare related data exists, nurse leaders (NL) have yet to understand its implications and adopt analytical skills to lead in the transformation of care delivery. Information science is at a new frontier for nursing to embrace. It is critical for nursing leadership to advance and support business intelligence (BI) and interactive data visualization (IDV) skills across the organization and advocate for greater engagement of nurses in health system decision making. With these new tools and competencies, nursing and other health professions can innovate best practices, providing enhanced quality, safety, and value in healthcare. The aim of this Doctor of Nursing evidence-based project was to engage NL’s to improve and extend competencies in BI and IDV. A survey was administered to NL’s to assess their knowledge and use of these analytic tools and then guide a process for skill development via two workshops presenting an overview of BI and IDV to NL’s. The use of BI is still in its’ infancy, dashboards tools are beginning to be deployed across healthcare organization, however, data in real time is not readily available, nor is the ability to interact and conduct data discovery. The effectiveness of the education program was evaluated by the attendees’ willingness to participate in workshops covering the basic uses of BI and IDV and understanding of the opportunities to incorporate them into their current leadership role.
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One in three of us will develop dementia. That’s 209,600 people this year. But among these there will be thousands who aren’t getting the timely diagnosis they need to unlock treatment and support, who instead will stay stuck on waiting lists for memory assessments, or be misdiagnosed with another condition.
At the Alzheimer’s Society Annual Conference this year I chaired a panel on ‘Getting Diagnosis Right, Now and in the Future’, and while we talked about a whole raft of barriers to overcome, I left hopeful that we can come together as healthcare professionals to improve the dementia diagnosis experience. As a practising GP I know first-hand how crucial primary care professionals are in this mix.
The Alzheimer’s Society’s recent survey of Primary Care healthcare professionals showed that community nurses feel that they play a key role in initial assessments of people showing dementia symptoms, yet just 50% were confident spotting early signs and symptoms of dementia. Upskilling and professional development around dementia is vital so nurses can feel empowered and informed.
Early onset Alzheimer’s cases, and rarer types of dementia can prove a particular challenge to identify, and can slip through the net. Listening to families is so important – they are the experts in how symptoms are presenting in their loved ones.
This is where organisations like Alzheimer’s Society can step in, offering practical advice and emotional support, with dementia advisors just a phone call away, and available seven days a week. In many areas across the UK, dementia advisors also provide one to one and face to face support.
As we look to the future – and at potential new Alzheimer’s drugs like donanemab and lecanemab coming down the road – we need to make sure as many people as possible can get a timely, accurate diagnosis so they have a chance of accessing these, and future breakthrough drugs for other dementias. Blood tests hold a lot of promise once implemented effectively, but we still need to improve access to more conclusive tests, and scans will remain an important element of the diagnosis pathway.
To improve diagnosis both here and now, and in the future, I have worked alongside dementia experts to agree a Diagnosis Consensus Statement. In it we call for better funded and evidence-based dementia pathways that remove barriers to getting accurate, timely diagnoses for everyone, regardless of their type of dementia. Without this the door to vital treatment and support will stay shut for thousands of people with dementia.
To check your patient’s symptoms, use Alzheimer’s Society’s Royal College of General Practitioners accredited symptom checklist at www.alzheimers.org.uk/memoryloss
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Nettie Mae White was born November 4, 1922 in Alcorn County, MS the daughter of the late George C. Mullins and Dessie L. [Dixon] Mullins.
She was united in marriage to William Tolbert White on September 20, 1941 and celebrated 78 years of marriage.
Mrs. White worked for Sears, Denaux Interior Designs, and as a licensed cosmetologist until her late 80's. In the early 1990's she attended Southwest Community College and obtained an Associate's Degree in Business, and remained self-employed most of her life. She enjoyed gardening, arts and crafts, sewing, spending time with her family and traveling to attend various Primitive Baptist Church services, across the country with her husband. She and her late husband attended Raleigh Primitive Baptist Church in Memphis, TN.
Mrs. White departed this life February 16, 2023 in Memphis, TN at the age of 100. She is survived by her two children, son Ralph White of Germantown, TN and daughter Myra Kane of Memphis, TN; two grandchildren, Jennifer Hughes of Canton, MS and Lauren Kane of Memphis, TN; three great-grandchildren; Ayden, Ava and Waye Hughes of Canton, MS; two sisters; Juanita Mullins Johnson, Elizabeth Mullins Durbin and a brother Arnold Wayne Mullins, and many more extended family and friends.
In addition to her parents, Mrs. White was preceded in death by her husband, William Tolbert White, two sisters, Helen Mabry, Tish Farris, and 4 brothers, Hilburn Mullins, Ronald Mullins, Donald Mullins, and James Willard Mullins.
The family wishes to thank Avalon Hospice and the Gardens of Germantown staff, who cared for Mrs. White.
Memorial contributions in memory of Mrs. Nettie Mae White may be made to:
Alzheimer's Foundation of America
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ACT is goal-oriented, solution-focused, and follows a systematic step-by-step approach in helping clients reach their target in life. Download ACT for Impulsive Decision Making Protocol ACT for Clinical Perfectionism: This is an addendum for clinical perfectionism to be used with the ACT for OCD protocol. Based on cutting-edge methods and steeped in ancient wisdom, this book will empower you to live your life fully, and show you step by step how to reclaim your life from OCD. Required fields are marked *, About The use of metaphor in thought defussion is succinctly explained and highly useful in utilizing CR more effectively with learning theory. First, that classical and operant conditioning are not distinct processes, but can be derived from higher order models of brain functioning, or neural networks. CBT, in the therapy of OCD, has actually generally taken the form of Direct exposure and also Response Avoidance which originates from behavioural therapy. A crucial contribution of Dr. Steve Hayes was that he could successfully shift the focus of psychotherapy from treating what is ‘sub-normal’ to promoting what is ‘normal’. Commitment – to changing for the better and following the right chain of actions. With a robust scientific framework and lots of practical examples, this workbook can be a great self-help tool or a therapeutic adjunct for cultivating resilience and meaningfulness into our lives. Shadee Hardy, a certified clinical social worker, and a facilitator in Portland Psychotherapy have built adequate ACT training resources for depressed population, which is a most recommended online course for restoring balance in life. Finding the answer to this situation, as the theorists believe, encourages them to change the way they look at stress and negativities and eventually come up with better coping strategies spontaneously. studies for ACT as a treatment for OCD (Hayes, 1987). Whether we are distressed due to a physical illness, a mental condition, or a personal loss, it is usually these four aspects that make us unhappy. (+4 REBT Exercises, PDF), 33 Counseling Mistakes Therapists Should Avoid and How to Prevent Them, 15 Art Therapy Activities, Exercises & Ideas for Children and Adults, 7 Best Solution-Focused Therapy Techniques and Worksheets (+PDF), 23 Therapy Interventions and Techniques to Apply Today. The myriad of ACT techniques and interventions develop ‘psychological flexibility’ or ‘mental plasticity’ resulting in positive actions and life choices. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a type of cognitive-behavior therapy that promotes psychological flexibility. Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) is a type of psychotherapy gaining popularity in the treatment of anxiety disorders like generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). You may engage in compulsive or ritualistic behaviors, such as checking to make sure you’ve locked the front door, or endlessly washing your hands for fear of germs or contamination. The model on which ACT is based is covered, including its philosophy, basic research, targeted process of change, individual treatment components, and general manual. Do you think there is a way you could change the effect of each of these aspects? Some of the ACT metaphors, as suggested by Steven Hayes (2014), are: “What we resist, persist” – is the main idea that this metaphor promotes. People who are suffering from depression, melancholy, or other mood disorders (Wilson, 1996). She regularly incorporates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) into her clinical work, and has co-developed with Dr. Coyne a parenting protocol using ACT to help parents of children with OCD and/or anxiety to thrive in their parenting role. What is Acceptance and Commitment Therapy? The thoughts passing through his mind at the moment. OCD is a condition in which the individual suffers from recurring obsessive thoughts and feels compelled to carry out a certain behavior, or a compulsion, in order to experience temporary relief Group discussions where each member is encouraged to share his story and others listen to it nonjudgmentally. Registration Number: 64733564 Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) can play a role in OCD treatment, but the The name itself suggests that there are two essential counterparts of ACT: In its most basic form, ACT helps people accept their difficulties and move on, leaving the negativities behind. Researchers also found that people with OCD may experience a noticeable decline in OCD after adding ACT to their prescribed treatment plans. No matter how hard they try, the ball pops us as soon as they stop pushing. Diagnoses associated with clinical perfectionism include GAD, OCD, and OCPD. D and P’s interpretation of a radical behaviorism is precisely the same as that which governs science, which insists on strict mapping of data languages (syntax) to real world events (semantics). Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, is a mindfulness-based treatment modality. Studies have shown that ACT, both as primary and secondary lines of therapy, works well for uplifting mood and self-worth. It helps fight this debilitating disorder by creating a harmonious relationship with the innermost feelings and helps avoid the obsessions by building a secure connection to the reality (Hayes, Wilson, Gifford, Follete, and Strosahl, 1996). Beach ball works great for building acceptance and reality-orientation. Chamber of Commerce (KvK) Read Full Article Journalist or member of the media? Techniques and skills popularly used in ACT include: A variety of techniques addressing each of the six significant components of ACT is what marks for its effectiveness (Gifford and Hayes, 2005). What were you doing when you felt the sensations? Boston. Much like traditional CBT techniques, ACT uses cognitive and behavioral measures to change the way we look at adversities. Section 2 goes into the details of what Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is, how it blends with Exposure Response Prevention (ERP), and how it will help you to overcome OCD … This article addresses the use of exposure therapy for OCD as informed by an acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) framework. D and P’s analysis did neglect one fact, however. Values – what matters to you in the long-run? You can learn more about this activity and other ACT exercises by Dr. Harris. 10 Post Traumatic Growth (PTG) Worksheets & Practices, What is Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy? In common parlance, \\\"OCD\\\" is used to refer to someone who likes things a particular way, or who seems overly concerned with cleanliness. OCD is anxiety driven but it is also hypnotic. In particular, those who have found exposure-response prevention therapy, the gold standard for OCD, ineffective. It is usually a long intervention that lasts for a few weeks and follows acceptance and mindful awareness approach for healing. The Netherlands Controlled single-case research has recently demonstrated the effectiveness of ACT for OCD spectrum disorders. Ellen Bluett. Authors Timothy Gordon and Jessica Borushok have concocted the exercises in fascinating card formats, which makes the piece user-friendly and universally applicable. We are open for business and ready to ship your order: Marisa T. Mazza, PsyD, is a clinical psychologist and founder of choicetherapy psychological services, inc. She has utilized evidence-based treatments to help people with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and anxiety for over fifteen years. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, 2014. Eifert and Forsyth (2005) : Acceptance and commitment therapy for anxiety disorders: A practitioner’s treatment guide to using mindfulness, acceptance, and values-based behavior change strategies. ACT is not about eliminating intrusive thoughts. The value exercise, also known as ‘Clarifying your values’ technique is an introspective ACT intervention, suitable for group administration or as a one-on-one practice. These should not be used in replacement of therapy services, but rather as a supplement. Flashback and reminiscence therapy for extreme cases of trauma-induced depression and stress disorder. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders 6: 167-173. Your email address will not be published. The goal of ACT is to help people let go of the tension that they have been holding in for so long and look into life from a whole new perspective. New Harbinger publishes proven-effective self-help books and workbooks, as well as professional books on topics in psychology, health, and personal growth. The whole idea of acceptance techniques is to ‘unhook’ individuals and let them realize that all thoughts need not turn into actions, especially if they bring pain and stress. In fact, it has been around for decades, however, it has only recently become a “go to” treatment for OCD. Acceptance and commitment therapy-enhanced exposures for children and adolescents. When clients present for treatment of anxiety disorders, they are often struggling with an overly-rigid way of thinking and, thus, a constrained way of moving about the world. Think of modern physics or medicine, which precisely map their terminology to real empiric events. Alec Pollard, PhD, director of the Center for OCD and Anxiety-Related Disorders at Saint Louis Behavioral Medicine Institute; professor emeritus of family and community medicine at Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Please Sign In or Register to post a comment. Goals – how do you plan to restore peace? Acceptance, which is the basis of ACT, lies in being present in ‘now’ and being alert to what is happening at the moment. Boosting sensitivity to emotions of the self and others. I look forward to using this workbook within my clinical practice treating OCD.” Lillian Reuman. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is gaining evidence as a strong treatment option for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and related disorders (e.g., trichotillomania, excoriation, nail biting, tics/Tourette) for children, adolescents, and adults. The workbook addresses a wide range of OCD manifestations which are at times overlooked in self-help literature. For many people, group therapy works better than an individual therapy session. He initially called it ‘comprehensive distancing’ because ACT helped people get rid of the thoughts that pulled them back. ACT aims to change the relationship individuals have with their own thoughts, feelings, memories, and physical sensations that are feared or avoided. But the truth is, to really rebel against OCD, you need a complete overhaul of your attitude before you start actively practicing ERP (the evidence-based OCD treatment). Secondly, that reinforcement was the result of dopaminergic activity, which governs attentive arousal and neural activation. A combination of exposure therapy techniques and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) strategies were used to treat a 23-year-old pregnant female … His workshops, training programs, and online resources are full of practical tools and tips for successfully implementing ACT and enjoying its benefits for a lifetime. Throughout the training, the participants learn how not to act on the impulses. Individuals attending this ACT metaphor imagine themselves sitting by a green stream and letting their thoughts float away with the leaves. How ACT Fits Into ERP Treatment for OCD… Page 1 Jonathan Grayson, Ph.D. Then, he gently guides the client into thinking that he is letting all these selves walk away and try not to control them in any way. Efficacy’s CBT therapists are BABCP recognized attaining 92% full recovery prices with OCD. Would love to know more about it. While there is evidence to suggest that they could potentially be helpful in reducing OCD symptoms, they are not concretely proven to do so. Dialectical behavior therapy is a type of cognitive behavior therapy that may be effective for some people with OCD. OCD has a cycle: obsessions, anxiety, compulsions, and relief. Therapy must be tailored to the patient, not the patient to the therapy. November 11, 2020. What is OCD? It impairs judgment and cognition to the extent that we have thought blocks. She... Lisa W. Coyne, PhD, is founder and senior clinical consultant of the McLean OCD Institute for Children and Adolescents (OCDI Jr.), and assistant professor in the department of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. One promising source has been ACT. To contact her directly, email [email protected]. And you may be tempted to give up if treatment just doesn’t work for you. OCD has a cycle: obsessions, anxiety, compulsions, and relief. By filling out your name and email address below. Role-playing and role reversals between client-therapist or other members in a group session. Most group sessions in ACT begin with a clear explanation of the norms. —Ryan Vidrine, MD, director of the OCD program at TMS Health Solutions, and assistant professor at UCSF School of Medicine, “Considerable effort has been devoted in recent years to improve the efficacy and accessibility of the gold standard of OCD treatment: an intervention called ERP. The Most Common OCD Symptoms. Bob worried about being responsible for bad things that could happen. It originally developed within the concept of functional contextualism in Relational Frame Theory (RFT), and slowly grew to provide wholesome benefits to individuals in all walks of life. Listen to Dr. Lisa W. Coyne discuss strategies to help children and teens deal with anxiety and obsessive compulsive disorder during COVID-19. The work was highly appreciated by scholars and experts of this field and continues to be one of the most compelling reads for professionals who want to upgrade themselves for a better living. 2. With respect to obsessive-compulsive and related disorders (OCRDs), ACT assists people to better tolerate and accept the discomfort of their obsessions. Acceptance and mindfulness strategies are used to teach patients to decrease avoidance, attachment to cognitions, and increase focus on the present. Owing to its humanitarian approach, ACT can help people of all ages and backgrounds. His eyes seeing the therapist sitting in front. The therapist guides the individual to imagine that he has fallen into quicksand and is struggling to get out of it. We talk about the ins and outs of applying ACT for OCD. They called these the ‘F-E-A-R’ factors, which is an acronym for: By addressing these issues, ACT helps in reconstructing the ways we think. The workbook is written in a way that provides the reader with the experience of being in front of an understanding and wise clinician; gently guiding you through clearly stated clinical instruction. The Intensive ACT Online Course of Dr. Steven Hayes and Daniel Moran follows a systematic approach to train clinically depressed and anxious clients to overcome their negative thoughts and emotions. Seeing our thoughts and feelings ‘as they are.’. Whether used alone or in combination with other forms of psychotherapy, ACT works exceptionally well for: ACT operates on a theoretical framework that addresses basic human needs of happiness and pleasure. —Marina Bystritsky, PhD, is adjunct faculty in the department of psychiatry at UCSF, and a psychologist at the San Francisco Anxiety Treatment Center, “The ACT Workbook for OCD is a valuable self-help book for those wishing to commit to life change while moving forward in meaningful ways. His ACT-based books, for example, ‘The Reality Slap,’ ‘The Confidence Gap,’ and ‘ACT with love’ gained immense popularity across the globe and therapists of different specializations use his findings. Thanks, for the great article. If you’re one of millions of people who suffer from OCD, you may experience obsessive, intrusive, or even disturbing thoughts. Creating self-control and self-acceptance. Acceptance and commitment therapy for adolescent obsessive compulsive disorder. These interventions, also known as ‘Facing the current situation’ methods include parts of mindfulness, self-awareness, and insightful learning. 6229HN Maastricht Moore specializes in in exposure with response prevention (E/RP) for OCD, and she also uses exposure-focused, evidence-based cognitive-behavioral treatments to treat anxiety disorders such as social phobia, generalized anxiety, and separation anxiety. If you have been recently diagnosed with OCD, suspect having OCD, or have been dealing with it for a while, this workbook offers you hands-on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Exposure Response Prevention (ERP) skills for taming those disturbing obsessions and filling the gap where you are and where you want to go. The feeling of ‘letting go’ brings a sense of peace and transcendence, which in turn cultivates unconditional self-acceptance. Proponents of the ACT suggested that human minds ‘prefer’ learning through examples, which is why metaphors have become an essential part of ACT for clients of all ages and backgrounds. Fulfillment does not mean our difficult emotions disappear; it means we change our relationship with them. If you have been recently diagnosed with OCD, suspect having OCD, or have been dealing with it for a while, this workbook offers you hands-on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Exposure Response Prevention (ERP) skills for taming those disturbing obsessions and filling the gap where you are and where you want to go. The open discussion builds empathy and creates openness in them. 47-52 of my open source book on the neuroscience of resting states, ‘The Book of Rest’, linked below. ACT aims to change the relationship individuals have with their own thoughts, feelings, memories, and physical sensations that are feared or avoided. ACT theorists pointed out that most human struggles are the result of four factors. The method is systematic and includes four steps: This exercise starts with making a list of all the life situations that we think are responsible for our unhappiness. Hayes, Strosahl, and Wilson (2011): ACT as the process and practice of mindful change, Walser and Pistorello (2004): ACT in a group format – A practical guide, Yalom (2005): The theory and practice of ACT in psychotherapy. Dr. Russ Harris created a compilation of ACT exercises in one of his publications in 2007. People experiencing social phobia, obsessions, communication barriers, destructive self-thoughts, and limiting beliefs (Twohig, Hayes, and Masuda, 2006). Media Contact. ACT develops psychological flexibility and is a form of behavioral therapy that combines mindfulness skills with the practice of self-acceptance. Steven C Hayes (1982) was the proponent of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. The ACT Workbook for Teens with OCD tackles exactly this. “The treatment was found to be highly acceptable. Taxation (VAT) Number: NL855806813B01, PositivePsychology.com If you’re one of millions of people who suffer from OCD, you may experience obsessive, intrusive, or even disturbing thoughts. Portland Psychotherapy in Oregon is a dedicated organization for helping people achieve a happier life by embracing ACT. Can ACT Benefit those with Anxiety and Depression? The worksheet is shown below. PDF) and 3 Workbooks, Training Options and Certification Courses (Inc. Online Options), https://www.scribd.com/doc/284056765/The-Book-of-Rest-The-Odd-Psychology-of-Doing-Nothing, https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/berridge-lab/, https://www.scribd.com/document/447163649/Berridge-Reward-Learning-Incentives-and-Expectations, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1334450/pdf/jeabehav00220-0128.pdf, http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.667.7327&rep=rep1&type=pdf. Laura Fabricant. I have heard many therapists refer to it as \"a great tool that can aid recovery\", but more often than not I see people want to use it as a way to manage symptoms without doing any therapy or working on their OCD at all. It incorporates acceptance and mindfulness strategies alongside change strategies, in recognition that change is not always possible or desirable. The method shows them that by letting the urges flow and dissipate, they can study the thoughts objectively and realize how extremely harmful they can be. The interventions focus on training participants to consistently follow the actions that enhance feelings of positivity (Hayes, 2012). Usually, in a professional setup, where a large number of individuals attend to the group therapy, there is no space for open-ended techniques that might be hard to assess. Consistently acting on values with a close connection to the present. Here are some of the favorite ACT exercises that are useful for regaining the lost meaning and zeal in life (Harris, 2007). The ACT Workbook for OCD combines evidence-based acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) with exposure and response prevention (ERP) for the most up-to-date, effective treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).. Mazza has produced a practical and useful workbook that infuses ERP with the complementary components of ACT. Oakland, Calif.: New Harbinger Publications, 2020. The treatment of OCD, for some, can be difficult and frightening. —Elliot Kaminetzky, PhD, licensed clinical psychologist, founder and clinical director of My OCD Care, and adjunct clinical supervisor at Pace University, “The real strength of this book is that it goes further than just teaching you what OCD is or how to combat it—it also helps you to use your values and other meaningful aspects of your life as the anchors and motivation for treating your OCD. For Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), an anxiety condition with repeated irrational thoughts and actions, ACT follows a natural and meaningful approach to defuse the negative thoughts and behavior patterns. Choose the emotion that best describes your feeling listed above: Acceptance – of miseries, failures, and ailments. ACT for OCD (Adolescents): This protocol has been designed for youth 12 to 17 and is administered in eight to ten weekly sessions lasting one hour. Shull’s review of D and P and Tonneau’s article on why RFT is so darn incomprehensible Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) encompasses a broad range of therapeutic techniques proven highly beneficial in treating obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). I am a clinical psychologist and this is the first time I hear of this approach. Instead of trying to control or forcefully change our thoughts, ACT allows us to accept them in the first place and consciously replace the painful feelings with positive and uplifting ones. (2015) Exposure therapy for OCD from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) framework. ACT for OCD is a newer treatment and the research is quite limited compared to the work that has been done on ERP and ERP with cognitive procedures (often referred to as CBT). The ACT Workbook for OCD combines evidence-based acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) with exposure and response prevention (ERP) for the most up-to-date, effective treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). It is about learning to be at peace with them and … Steve is the founder of Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT). Sufferers often report … Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is one of the ‘third wave’ cognitive and behavioral therapies. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is gaining evidence as a strong treatment option for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and related disorders (e.g., trichotillomania, excoriation, nail biting, tics/Tourette) for children, adolescents, and adults. Treating OCD With Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) focuses on training your brain to think and act differently to stressors. 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US based Nigerian music minister, singer and songwriter, Tomi Favored releases another new single which she “Committed to You”, featuring Suanesha.
“Committed To You” is a song from the heart of a worshipper re-establishing commitment to the Lord Jesus Christ.
Ever so often, one thinks about life and ponders the good, the bad, the crazy, and tries to see how God’s hand has been there…helping, saving and giving grace.
“In one of those moments, when God’s goodness became apparent to me, I realized I needed to verbally declare my commitment to God all over again. Not that He left me, or I lost my salvation or anything, but I needed to tell myself, “I’M COMMITTED” to Jesus. He’s always been faithful, and I should also remain faithful to Him. Just like a couple renewing vows, or business partners reaffirming their partnership in an endeavor, as a believer in Jesus, I needed to proclaim that I’m committed to the Lord unashamedly. To myself, to others, to Jesus”, – Tomi Favored said.
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Personalization is essentially used to refer to a variety of algorithms and strategies that web-based businesses use to customize the experience on their websites for different segments of the audience. For instance, an online fashion store might want to automatically show the men’s collection if it detects that a male user has logged on to the website. Another example would be an OTT platform that wants to recommend content to watch based on your location and past preferences. Yet another example of personalization would be a website that automatically displays the homepage in the national language of your country.
Personalization efforts usually help businesses improve conversion rates on their websites, ease the search for an appropriate product or improve the visitor experience of the platform. Personalization efforts often vary from personalizing coarsely for a group of audience segments or personalizing one-to-one based on various user attributes.
There are different kinds of personalization algorithms available in the market and one needs to clearly understand if personalization is the right strategy to grow their business.
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To understand how a website can benefit from personalization, consider the following example. Suppose, you have the option to build your homepage either in English or Spanish. Also, suppose that you have two audience segments. Half of your traffic comes from the USA which only understands the English version of the website and has an average conversion rate of 10%. The other half of your traffic comes from Spain which only understands the Spanish language and has an average conversion rate of 8%.
If you were to choose between the English and the Spanish version, you would probably go for the English one since users from the USA have a higher conversion rate as compared to users from Spain. Your net conversion rate from the English version would be 5% (since 50% of the Spanish user traffic is completely ditched), and from the Spanish version, it would be 4% (vice-versa).
However, if you were to personalize based on the country the visitor is coming from, you could cater to both the Spanish and the English visitors and get a combined conversion rate of 9%. This way, you’re not only offering an improved experience to different segments of your audience, but you’re also going for higher conversion rates.
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- Rule-based personalization: A rule-based personalization engine takes as input the different variations of a webpage and a rule mapping to know which variation to display to which visitor. Such rules can be created using any attributes that are tracked over all visitors. As soon as a visitor is identified to belong to a particular segment, the personalization engine shows the corresponding variation to the visitor.
- AI personalization: An AI personalization engine takes as input the different variations of a webpage to show to different visitors and various visitor attributes. It then tries to learn which visitor attributes convert better on which variations. Hence, in the English-Spanish example (given above), an AI personalization would automatically learn that when the country is the USA, show the English version and when the country is Spain show the Spanish version. AI personalization usually works through multiple attributes and learns in real-time what would be the best version to show to your visitors.
- Recommendation engines: A recommendation engine is usually valuable for websites with a large inventory of different products or contents. Recommendation engines usually use visitor attributes to learn similarities between different visitors. When one visitor ends up liking a particular product/content, the recommendation engine learns and shows the same product/content to similar visitors. Other types of recommendation engines also utilize product-to-product similarity. So, if a visitor likes a particular product, similar or complementary products are recommended to the visitor.
- Survey-based personalization: A survey-based personalization engine often asks some questions to visitors before personalizing the page for them. For instance, an eCommerce website might ask visitors a couple of questions regarding what they are searching for. Based on the answers given by visitors, the website can automatically personalize the homepage so that visitors can conveniently find the product of their preference.
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While personalization efforts can be focussed towards generally improving the visitor experience on the website, usually personalization efforts are focussed on optimizing a KPI metric which can be anything like conversion rates or revenue on a page. The broader culture of experimenting with novel product ideas to improve conversion rates is called experimentation and has been popularized in the market with different names such as A/B Testing and Conversion Rate Optimization. In this regard, personalization is also a product of advanced experimentation, and companies that have achieved some degree of success with vanilla A/B tests move towards personalization to further optimize their KPI metrics.
Usually, this starts with companies trying to analyze their A/B testing data over different segments of the audience. Even on VWO, you can filter your A/B test data based on different visitor attributes and observe how the conversion rates across segments differ from overall averages. In such analysis, if you find interesting patterns where particular segments behave differently from the average, you can start developing hypotheses towards how to cater to these particular segments better by showing them a different page (than what is shown to the general audience).
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Matteo Garrone‘s Gomorrah, an Italian-mafia crime film, was perhaps the best 2008 Cannes Film Festival selection that I didn’t see. (Of course, not having seen it I can’t say this absolutely, but everyone spoke of it very highly.) IFC will distribute in this country. It’ll probably play Toronto and then open in late September or October. Here’s a 7.9 N.Y. Times story by Elizabetta Povoledo that discusses Gomorrah and another big Italian title, Il Divo.
But what’s this odd-looking photo that ran with the Times piece? It looks like the shooter on the scooter is using an anti-gravitational levitation weapon that stuns the victim and causes him to float two or three feet above the ground. Of all the photos and frame captures, someone selected a still that almost suggests some kind of dark comedy or sci-fi piece? I’m not saying it fits either bill, but it certainly flirts. | <urn:uuid:53b1c54a-f589-46bc-9962-0e843fc71e17> | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | https://hollywood-elsewhere.com/stun-gun/ | 2023-12-07T14:20:32Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100674.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20231207121942-20231207151942-00458.warc.gz | en | 0.946613 | 225 | [
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Then at some point, we learn shame and guilt around winning and losing. We either learn that we risk being criticized when we lose the game or we risk it when we win, maybe we learn we get criticized no matter what, so we seek to find a way to not play.
No matter the case, before long we stop playing to play, we stop playing to win, we play not to lose, not to lose love, trust, the warm feeling of pleasing those around us. We start to play a different game called manipulating the feelings of others. We learn it without ever knowing we’re learning it.
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We can play to win the game again, we can heal ourselves, we can learn to let others care for themselves, we can learn that losing ourselves in a game worth playing can help us find who we really are beyond winning and losing.
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What are our values?
BuyHousesBR operates with a few core values. If a possible course of action goes against our values, we eliminate it from discussion immediately. These core values are below.
- Integrity – We do what we say and say what we do. Transparency in our actions and clarity in our communication emphasized and we will strive for fair solutions for everyone we help.
- Commitment – We are fully committed to helping you find a solution for your housing problem, even if that solution is by referring you to a real estate agent, working on a short sale, or anything else that will not make us money. We want to help you first.
- Reliability – We will do our best, every time. We never will be late for a meeting or a call, and we always will be there for you when you need us. We will always create win win situations for everyone, or there is no solution.
- Compassion – We are in this business to solve your problems. It is a unique position to be in because you are going through very challenging circumstances, and we appreciate having the opportunity to help you through them.
- Respect – Things happen in life that are out of your control. We understand that and respect you and are happy to help any way we can.
For more information in addition to our values, feel free to click the link About BuyHousesBR.
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Finest Hour 145, Winter 2009-10
1939- 1945 : Poland’s Contribution to Victory in the Second World War
The only countries which fought from beginning of the war to the end were those of the British Commonwealth and Poland. There is room for many views about Churchill’s policies in respect of Poland, but there is no doubt he felt deeply toward that country, as this and the following article will describe.
By Winston S. Churchill
Sir Winston’s grandson is a Churchill Centre Associate, Trustee and Honorary Member.
The Polish people and nation will forever hold a warm place in British hearts. It was in defence of Poland’s freedom and independence that Great Britain drew the sword against Nazi Germany on 3 September 1939, within forty-eight hours of the German invasion of Polish territory.
The 145 Polish pilots named in the RAF Roll of Honour for the Battle of Britain constituted the largest non-British contingent engaged. They formed five percent of the RAF’s front-line strength in the struggle, and provided its most battle-hardened pilots. No. 303 Kosciuszko Squadron claimed the highest number of “kills” (126) of all the squadrons engaged in the skies over Britain. Given the knife-edge on which the outcome depended, it could be argued that the Poles played a key role in turning the tide of victory when the fate not just of Britain, but of the world, hung in the balance.
In the field of Intelligence Poland made an immense contribution by sharing with Britain and France, on 25 July 1939—just six weeks before war began—their six and one-half years’ work in cracking the German Enigma code. This enabled the code-breakers at Bletchley Park, at a very early stage in the war, to provide my grandfather with the “Ultra” decrypts—undoubtedly the most important single source of real-time intelligence available to the Prime Minister and the British Chiefs of Staff. “Ultra” played a crucial part in the successful prosecution of the war, and in ending it earlier than would otherwise have been the case.
After the dismemberment of Poland by the Nazis and the Soviets acting in concert, the Polish Resistance came into being, numbering 200,000 to 300,000
soldiers and many more civilian sympathizers. In the wider field of Intelligence, 43 percent of all reports received by the British secret service from continental Europe during the war originated from the Polish Home Army, which further-more provided the key intelligence that pinpointed and made possible the destruction of the Peenemunde V-2 Rocket launch-site by the RAF on the night of 17-18 August 1943.
On land Polish ground-forces, allied to the British (General Anders’ Army), or serving under British command, numbered 142,000 by war’s end. The Soviets recruited a Polish People’s Army numbering 200,000 under their command. Among the key battles in which Polish ground forces took part were Warsaw (1939), France (1940), Narvik (1940), Tobruk (1941), Normandy (1944), Monte Cassino (1944), Arnhem (1944) and Berlin (1945).
In the air, by the end of the war, 14,000 Polish airmen were serving in fifteen RAF squadrons or with the U.S. Army Air Force. Losses of Polish aircrew serving with RAF Bomber Command amounted to 929. Meanwhile, at sea, 4000 Polish seamen served with the Royal Navy, of whom 450 perished, most in the Battle of the Atlantic.
My grandfather was a great admirer of the Polish nation and a staunch defender of their national sovereignty. After the Great War, on 29 August 1920, Winston Churchill echoed William Pitt in 1805 by declaring: “Poland has saved herself by her exertions and will I trust save Europe by her example.”
A generation on, following the outbreak of World War II, in his BBC broadcast of 1 October 1939, he avowed: “…Poland has been again overrun by two of the great powers which held her in bondage for 150 years, but were unable to quench the spirit of the Polish nation. The heroic defence of Warsaw shows that the soul of Poland is indestructible, and that she will rise again like a rock, which may for a spell be submerged by a tidal wave, but which remains a rock.”
In a broadcast to the Polish people on 3 May 1941 he paid this tribute: “When the call came Poland did not hesitate…to risk all the progress she had made rather than compromise her national honour; and she showed in the spontaneous response of her sons and daughters that spirit of national unity and self-sacrifice which has maintained her among the great nations of Europe through all her many trials and tribulations.”
On 22 February 1944 he declared in the House of Commons: “I took occasion to raise personally with Marshal Stalin the question of the future of Poland. I pointed out that it was in fulfillment of our guarantee to Poland that Great Britain declared war upon Nazi Germany; that we had never weakened in our resolve, even in the period when we were all alone; and that the fate of the Polish nation holds a prime place in the thoughts and policies of His Majesty’s Government and of the British Parliament. It was with great pleasure that I heard from Marshal Stalin that he, too, was resolved upon the creation and maintenance of a strong integral independent Poland as one of the leading Powers in Europe.”
His hopes were frustrated. On 1 August 1944, with the Red Army on the banks of the River Vistula just sixty miles from Warsaw, General Bor Komorowski, Commander of the Polish Home Army—following repeated implorings by Radio Moscow—ordered a general uprising against the Nazi occupying forces. It was nothing but a cynical ploy by Stalin who, though nominally Poland’s ally, was determined to see the destruction, at the hands of the Nazis, of the Polish forces allied to the West, so as to install in power in postwar Poland a Communist puppet regime.
The Nazis concentrated five divisions of troops including three SS divisions in Warsaw to quell the uprising. But Stalin ordered the Red Army, which had swept westwards 400 kilometres in the previous month, to stand fast on the Vistula, arms-folded—a shameful betrayal of an ally. This permitted the Nazis to destroy the Polish Home Army, together with the patriotic forces allied to them. For sixty-three days the battle raged in the streets of Warsaw—even in the sewers beneath.
Desperate appeals flowed into London and Washington from the beleaguered Polish fighters, requesting urgent air-drops of weapons, ammunition and supplies. But Warsaw was at the extremity of the range of the RAF, and Stalin refused to allow Allied transport aircraft, after dropping supplies to the embattled Poles, to land and refuel in Soviet-liberated territory just 100 kilometres to the East.
Churchill, determined to help the Poles any way that he could, was outraged. He promptly proposed to Roosevelt that Great Britain and the United States threaten jointly to suspend convoys to Murmansk and Archangel, delivering aircraft, tanks and war materiel to the Soviets, until Stalin agreed to allow their transport aircraft to land and refuel.
President Roosevelt replied to the Prime Minister on 26 August: “I do not consider it advantageous to the long-range general war prospect for me to join you.” Without U.S. support, the proposal had to be abandoned and the Poles were left to fight on with minimal outside support against impossible odds.
Speaking in Question Time in the House of Commons, a month later on 26 September, the Prime Minister said: “I welcome this opportunity of paying tribute to the heroism and tenacity of the Polish Home Army and the population of Warsaw, who, after five years of oppression have yet fought for nearly two months to contribute all in their power to the expulsion of the Germans from the capital of Poland.”
Just a week later, the valiant but forlorn Polish resistance came to an end. A further three months were to ensue before the Soviet advance was resumed and Warsaw was “liberated” by the Red Army on 17 January 1945.
It is frequently alleged that Churchill and Roosevelt “gave away” Poland at the Yalta Conference (4-11 February 1945). The reality was that Poland’s fate had been sealed by the fact that the Soviet Red Army was by then already at the heart, and indeed at the throat, of Europe. Short of declaring war on the Soviets, which neither Britain nor the United States were in a position to do, there was nothing that could be done to save our gallant Polish allies, to whom so much was owed.
Neville Bullock’s following article provides eyewitness testimony to how excruciating the Polish tragedy was to my grandfather. In Poland’s defence Britain had drawn the sword against Nazi Germany, and Poland’s contribution to the allied victory of 1945 was important—indeed heroic.
I can say without hesitation that it was Churchill’s greatest disappointment of the war that Poland, in the very hour of her liberation, was to discover that five years of Nazi slavery was instantly replaced by a Soviet slavery that
The text is the author’s article in Poland’s Contribution to Victory in World War II, published in support of a new Polish War Memorial in National Memorial Arboretum near Litchfield, Staffordshire, England. The Arboretum comprises 150 acres of woodland and memorials dedicated to the fallen in wars of the 20th and 21st centuries. A detail of the Polish Memorial is shown above.
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You’ve got questions and/or dilemmas about your home renovation ideas? Alain has answers.
Alain is an RBQ-licensed finishing contractor with years of projects under his belt, from interior home renovations under his company banner A-Line Reno, Inc. to personal experience remodeling 3 of his own homes (including a 100-year-old one he is lovingly restoring).
Alain has insights into the realities of home renovations in a pandemic era and working around material shortages; creative problem-solving abilities; a good eye for design; a network of contacts and suppliers; and workable cost-cutting solutions to a vast array of issues that might come up during your home reno project.
Adept at troubleshooting, Alain works closely with homeowners to narrow down the options, brainstorm ingenious solutions to design dilemmas, solve renovation challenges, and offer unbiased product suggestions for your specific situation. He will help clarify where to start, understand your project scheduling and budget, and more.
You can expect Alain to:
Really listen to what you want to do
Brainstorm design and ideas with you
Identify what can and can’t be done with your space
Point out the potential challenges and easily-missed things (from a construction standpoint)
Give you an overview of the sequence of events you can expect
You can’t get this level of focused problem-solving at the big-box store, and it’s not likely that the big contracting companies can get down to this detailed nitty-gritty with you, if and when you can get them to come around to give you a quote.
Whether you are an enthusiastic DIYer with a big vision and lots of questions, are weighing your options for future projects, or are in a state of overwhelm on your project and need some focused guidance, this service is the perfect fit for you. Alain deeply enjoys coaching homeowners on this topic, and will bring clarity, solutions and creativity to your project.
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NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – Rosetta Genomics said today that it has priced a public offering of 1.9 million securities units at $1.40 each for gross proceeds of roughly $2.7 million.
The units consist of one ordinary share and a warrant to purchase half an ordinary share. The warrants to purchase an aggregate of 974,987 ordinary shares have an exercise price of $1.50 per ordinary share. The warrants will become exercisable immediately upon issuance and expire in five years.
Rosetta said it would use the proceeds of the offering, which is expected to close on or about August 9, for its operations and for other general corporate purposes, which include repayment or refinancing of indebtedness or other corporate borrowings, working capital, intellectual property protection and enforcement, capital expenditures, investments, acquisitions or collaborations, research and development, and product development.
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When it comes to ensuring a restful night’s sleep and building a special place to explore intimacy, focusing on one or two popular bedroom décor ideas may cause you to lose the proverbial forest for the trees. Sexual interaction, after all, is about more than one aspect, so your ideal bedroom shouldn’t be reduced to a color palette or a certain thread count of sheets. Here are some ideas that will set the mood and cocoon you and your partner in a lush romantic setting with only a little effort.
The pillow that you use under your head is only the beginning of setting up a bed that invites partners to linger and indulge. Pillows not only coax you into bed in order to get cozy, they provide comfort by giving you a handy tool to elevate your legs and hips – whether it be in the middle of lovemaking or simply to alleviate a sort back. While overwhelming your bed with pillows isn’t a good route to take – who wants to clear off armfuls of cushions just to go to bed? – adding a few small throw pillows with some “oomph” to their structure will pay off without feeling like a nuisance.
A single, harsh overhead light is anything but alluring. Even if you rent and can’t change the wiring of your home, you can still turn down the glare of wattage with smart accessorizing. Adding a frosted shade or foregoing overhead lighting entirely in favor of floor and table lamps is a great step towards a zen bedroom. If you are able to change wiring, consider adding a dimmer switch, which will let you get lots of ambiance from a single light source. Candles are a classic accessory for a romantic evening, too. If you’d like to use some, find high quality tapers or cylinder styles and set them up in a place where they won’t pose a fire hazard as they cast a warm glow. Even if you only use these candles once in awhile, having them set up ahead of time will keep the mood intact.
Do you have trouble walking smoothly from the door of your bedroom to your bed? If so, it’s time for a little re-arranging! If things are getting exciting with your partner and you want to relocate to the bedroom, navigating around a bookcase near the door or stumbling on a hamper will put a damper on passions. The energy, or chi, that you feel when walking through an unencumbered room gives your heart and spirit a wonderful boost on the path to intimacy, so be sure you invite it in with an “open” arrangement of furniture.
You will spend a full third – or more! – of your life in between the sheets, so if your bedroom is strictly utilitarian, you’re only cheating yourself. Indulge a little and take the time to “learn” the feel of your bedroom, as well as how to incorporate it into your intimate activities. With only a few love-centered improvements, your dreaming space can be transformed into a sensual dream come true. | <urn:uuid:ec4e835d-93b8-4a24-9cbc-0cd77ea2f729> | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | https://blissrising.com/2014/10/creating-a-sensual-sanctuary/ | 2023-12-01T17:06:10Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100290.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20231201151933-20231201181933-00158.warc.gz | en | 0.922983 | 635 | [
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Saturday marked our one-month birthday (Hooray!), and what an exciting month it has been. Filled with lots of lovely brides that we have thoroughly enjoyed meeting and getting to know.
It is strange looking back, to say it has only been four weeks is complete madness. It feels like we have always been here, I’m not quite sure what life was like before ‘House of Snow’! I would like to take a moment to thank every single bride that has walked through our door in the last month and for making it so special, we have had a whole lot of giggles, some tears and so many memorable moments.
To celebrate this bench mark I thought I would share some of the wonderful reviews/testimonials/comments (call them what you will) from our fabulous brides, from our birth month…
After getting engaged last June, I excitedly began my search for 'The Dress'. I have visited multiple shops and tried on countless dresses (we estimated 50+ but I am convinced it's more!) each time getting more frustrated when I walked out empty handed. Recently, I started to feel like I was never going to find something and felt embarrassed going in to look at dresses knowing how difficult I was finding it. Harriet (and her mum- my cheerleader for the morning) welcomed me into House of Snow making me feel like I was an old friend. They did not judge me and were confident that they could work with my budget. I picked out 5 dresses with some much needed guidance and the very first one had all four of us in the shop in tears. The accessories we picked out perfectly suited my gown- Harriet really does know her dresses inside out. We celebrated with fizz and I walked out with the perfect dress, accessories and a goody bag of treats. I cannot thank Harriet and House of Snow enough and can't wait to come in and visit you again when my gown arrives! Xx
I had a wonderful experience here. Harriet not only provides exceptional, personalised customer care but also has a wealth of knowledge. Plus, an incredible eye for which dresses suit you best. I will sing the praises of this bridal studio far and wide, because it deserves all of the positive attention it can get. I'm one very happy bride!
My first shop and I found the dress! Me and my family received 5* treatment from start to finish. Harriet made our experience truly magical and has so much knowledge when it comes to her dresses. If you’re looking for a beautiful dress and outstanding customer service then look no further. I really felt like a princess and found my dream dress. Thank you so much Harriet! I can't wait for my wedding day and to show of my gorgeous dress. Xxx
I Visited House of Snow yesterday with my mum, we were very excited about the appointment and it exceeded all expectations, We were greeted with a very warm welcome from Harriet and her mother, they have us all the time we needed to find THE DRESS, not only are the dresses perfection but the service could not have been better, we really felt it was the perfect "bride to be" experiance, the appointment was lots of fun had a real giggle with them too, all topped off with a glass of proseco , I recommend any brides visit House of Snow you will not be disappointed by dresses or service ...... I LOVE my dress and can not wait to show my husband to be on our big day, so glad I found it with the help of Harriet's expertise. Xxx
Thank you so so much Harriet, you’re so lovely, I had such a fab morning! Yay, I love my dress xxxxx
Lovely, extremely friendly shop. Small but beautiful exquisite collection - they always say less is more and it's true of this here! After approx 50 dresses my daughter in law finally found her dress in this shop. Such lovely Mother and Daughter team who made the experience a lovely one. Long may you continue!! Thank you x
Harriet is friendly, warm and welcoming and put me at ease straight away. Due to the theme of our wedding it has proved quite challenging to find a dress but she remained enthusiastic and was full of good ideas.
A huge thank you to Harriet. My daughter and I found the perfect dress last Saturday when you were so friendly and helpful. Your cancellation was meant to be for me and Nell. Although I cried - it was with joy. How extraordinary that we described a dress and hey presto, first dress on! Fabulous! I wish you all the best in your venture - tissues for mum maybe useful. You made two ladies incredibly happy - thank you. Your dresses are absolutely wonderful so is your service.
Such a helpful, friendly and professional service!! Highly recommend girls!
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The Spanish property market continues it´s recovery. GB Abogados are experiencing much more activity in the property market in recent months.
The movement in the property market, particularly in coastal areas, is led by foreign buyers. The mix of nationalities largely comprises the northern European nations.
Despite the aftershock of the Brexit decision, UK buyers remain very active in the market. One of the most significant issues faced by UK purchasers of Spanish property is the weakened pound.
The exchange rate has dropped quite considerably since the result of the UK referendum in June.
Many of our clients are countering this issue by taking advantage of the low mortgage interest rates in Spain.
What rates can I expect to obtain?
There are a range of fixed and variable rates available to foreign buyers. Variable rates can start from a little as 1.5% for the first year. Several banks are offering long term fixed rates from under 3%.
The loan to value can be 60% – 70% of the purchase price, depending upon lender and valuation.
Why should I consider buying with a mortgage from a Spanish bank?
The main benefits of obtaining a mortgage to purchase your property in Spain, are that it removes the need to exchange sterling into euros at a time when the exchange rates are lower than the historic norm.
The interest rates are very competitive, which means the cost of borrowing is very reasonable.
Purchasers who intend to rent out their property in Spain, can also benefit from tax relief on the mortgage payments. So in some circumstances there can be tax advantages to a mortgage with a Spanish bank.
How can you help?
Our accounts and finance department has been helping foreign clients to purchase in Spain for many years.
Our multi-lingual team of accountants are on hand to provide expert advice to ensure that you are aware of your options and how to best proceed in consideration of your circumstances.
Are you tied to one mortgage lender?
No, we work with several banks in Spain. We have strong working relationships with the banks in Spain who offer mortgages to foreign nationals.
This ensures that we know the best bank for our client´s needs. For instance, if a client requires a fixed rate mortgage, we are familiar with the lender who offer the best fixed rates.
You can read more about Spanish mortgages here including example rates and documentation requirements.
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First Security Islami Bank Limited is a private commercial bank registered on August 29, 1999, as a commercial bank.
However, the bank started its first business operations on October 25, 1999, with an authorized capital of 1 billion BDT. From 2009 the bank began to sharia banking.
The bank is specialized in banking services consumer banking, corporate banking, investment banking, etc.
The bank’s authorized capital is Tk.10,000 Million while the paid-up capital is Tk.7,840.99 Million.
The bank is serving the nation from its 184 branches across the country. In addition to that, it has 158 ATMs for rapid cash withdrawals and other business services.
Most importantly, the bank provides scholarships for meritorious students through its corporate social responsibility. Besides, the bank has established a charity hospital and school.
First Security Islami Bank Limited – Main/Head Office, Customer Care, Online Info, HelpLine
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|+880 2 9891915|
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The first of last week's Crane photographs at larger size are now on my main website - click the link below . Hopefully have two more pages on before the end of the week.
I have to say, you are a real artist, a great photographer!
ps, I saw a pair of lovely finches in the garden this morning, but unfortunately, I dont know what kind of finches they are
Thanks Ningning! They may have been Goldfinches... have a look here:http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/g/goldfinch/index.asp
Hi Fraser, thanks for the link. I think they were goldfinches. btw, the male and female birds do look different in color, right?
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Rev. Patricia Hart, with Melinda Lee, Rev. David Ruffin, Erika Reif, James Stewart, and Sam Whitesell
After the events of this past week, it seems important to worship together “live” (online) this week, to share thoughts and prayers, hopes and fears for our nation. What do you imagine your part might be, in this new time we are all watching come into being?
We will meet on Zoom at 10 a.m., worship together, and then move into a shared fellowship time/coffee hour (for those who can stay).
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The rich, fertile & expansive soils of South Eastern Australia, Western Victoria and Western Australia are a prime growing environment for our varieties of milling oats.
The rich, fertile & expansive soils of South Eastern Australia and Western Victoria are a prime growing environment for our varieties of milling oats.
Only superior oat varieties are selected for their taste & nutritional qualities. These grains flourish in the growing conditions & also offer a greater range of milling options.
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(n.) the oldest and often wisest inhabitant of a village or parish
The oldest and wisest inhabitant of somewhere, whose memory of it extends further back than all other local people, is the sithcundman.
This is a particularly ancient word, rescued from obscurity by the Scottish poet and writer Charles Mackay, in an 1874 dictionary of what he called Lost Beauties of the English Language. In Mackay’s words, a sithcundman is:
The oldest inhabitant; one who knows what has happened a long time since; one known for a long time. The chief man in a town, district, or parish.
But where does the word actually come from? Etymologists have been puzzling this one for decades, and its dissimilarity to practically every other word in our language today has led to lots of theories (some more reliable than others) being proposed over the years.
It’s true history stretches back to the very earliest days of the English language. After the Anglo-Saxon settlers of England ousted the native Celtic Britons from their land, there existed for several centuries in England a fluctuating network of Saxon kingdoms known as the Heptarchy. (The precise number and arrangement of these kingdoms shifted over time, but as the name heptarchy suggests, there were a core set of seven: East Anglia, Essex, Kent, Mercia, Northumbria, Sussex, and Wessex.)
Documents from around this time record this word, sithcundman, seemingly in reference to significant regional figures of slightly lesser importance or role than a higher-ranking earl. As one glossary of Anglo-Saxon English defines it, a sithcundman was a “petty gentleman” of middling rank, as opposed to a higher-ranking royal thane or nobleman.
Etymologically, a gesiþ in Old English was a “fellow, companion or follower of a chief or king,” according to Bosworth and Toller’s Anglo-Saxon Dictionary; the adjective gesiþcund (literally ‘like a gesiþ’, or a ‘gesiþ-kind’ person) ultimately described anyone of this rank; and so we can presume that a sithcundman was a man of this stature or nature.
There’s relatively little written evidence of this word at all (especially considering how much contemporary evidence there is of other Anglo-Saxon titles and ranks from this time) so we can presume it wasn’t a particularly well-known or widely-used term even back in tis heyday. As a result, it appears to have quickly fallen out of use—perhaps replaced by some similar rank or moniker after the Norman Conquest of England injected a host of French words into the English nobility in the eleventh century.
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Herrell’s Ice Cream serves handcrafted, made on the premises and kosher certified gourmet ice cream, No-Moo® dairy-free frozen dessert, sorbet, no-sugar added ice cream and frozen yogurt. Our founder invented the Smoosh-In® creating flavors like Cookies & Cream, Heath Bar Crunch, and Malted Vanilla which are staples in today’s ice cream scene. Herrell’s Ice Cream boasts over 400 flavors of ice cream and several flavors of specialty hot fudge in dairy and No-Moo® dairy-free varieties. Serving Award Winning products, Herrell’s uses only the finest ingredients and offers the best tasting ice cream and hot fudge available! The proof is in the eating! | <urn:uuid:292bef13-8715-4179-8952-b62e9affca96> | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | https://discoverymap.com/pioneer-valley-ma/northampton/where-to-eat/herrell-s | 2023-12-04T00:13:13Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100518.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20231203225036-20231204015036-00858.warc.gz | en | 0.894116 | 155 | [
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You can play the game while playing music on PS4 and PS5. PS4 and PS5 support music and video services such as Spotify, YouTube, Netflix, and Hulu, but not Apple Music services. There are quite a lot of users who are using PS4/PS5 and Apple Music at the same time, so there are many users who want to play games on PS4/PS5 while playing their favorite Apple Music songs as background music. In this article, we will show you how to play Apple Music songs on PS4/PS5 using USB drive and TuneKeep Audio converter.
How to Play Music Files on USB drive on PS4/PS5
To play music files saved on your computer on PS4/PS5, you can copy the music files to a USB drive and connect the USB drive to PS4/PS5 to play the music. See the steps and notes below.
Step 1: Connect the USB drive to the USB port of your Windows or macOS computer and it will be displayed as a removable disk.
Step 2: Create a "Music" folder in the USB drive.
Step 3: Copy songs in MP3, M4A or FLAC format saved on your computer to the "Music" folder.
Step 4: After copying the music files, remove the USB memory from your computer.
Step 5: Insert the USB drive into the USB port of PS4 or PS5.
Step 6: Select "Library" from the content area, then select "USB Music Player".
Step 7: Select your favorite music and play it. To play all of the music in the folder, highlight the folder, press the OPTIONS button, and then select "Play".
The above is the screen to play the music in the Music folder of the USB drive. The description of the marked button is as follows.
(A) Information on the song playing (B) Elapsed time/total time (C) Operation icons for play/pause, shuffle/repeat, adjust volume, etc.
Please note the following precautions when copying music to a USB drive and playing it on PS4 or PS5.
1. You need to format the USB stick to exFAT format. PS4/PS5 cannot recognize Windows NTFS file system or macOS HFS/APFS file system. For Windows, right-click the USB flash connected on your computer, click "Format", select exFAT in the "File system" list, and click "Start" to format it to exFAT format. For macOS, click Finder > Application > Utility > Disk Utility, select the USB stick, click the "Erase" button at the top, select exFAT in the list of formats, and select exFAT at the bottom right, then click the "Erase" button to start formatting.
2. You need to save the music in the "Music" folder. PS4/PS4 is unable to recognize music files in other folders.
3. Supported music formats are limited to MP3, M4A and FLAC. PS4/PS5 cannot recognize other music formats.
From the above information, we got the conclusion that if you need to play games and enjoy your favorite Apple Music songs on PS4/PS5 at the same time, you need to convert Apple Music songs to MP3, M4A or FLAC first. With TuneKeep Audio Converter, you can easily solve the problem.
TuneKeep Audio Converter: Solution for Playing Apple Music Songs on PS4/PS5
TuneKeep Audio Converter can convert Apple Music songs to MP3, M4A or FLAC which can be played on PS4, PS5 losslessly while retaining the song information. It's a perfect solution to the problem that you can't play Apple Music on PS4/PS5.
Great features of TuneKeep Apple Music Converter
- Convert Apple Music songs to MP3, M4A, FLAC that can be played on PS4/PS5
- Convert 256kbps Apple Music songs to 320kbps MP3 or 256kbsp M4A losslessly
- Convert up to 16X faster on Windows and macOS up to 10.12.6, convert at 1X speed on macOS 10.13 or above
- Preserve ID3 tags like song title, artist, album, track number and artwork
- Rename the output files in bulk by song title, artist, album, track number and hyphen
- Organize output files into folders by artist, album, artist/ablum or album/artist
- Convert on Windows and Mac just by adding songs to library without downloading
- Fully support latest versions of Windows, macOS, iTunes and Music app
Convert Apple Music to MP3/M4A/FLAC and Copy to USB Drive for PS4/PS5
It's very easy to convert your favorite Apple Music songs to MP3, M4A with TuneKeep Audio Converter. Please refer to the steps below.
Step 1: Launch TuneKeep Audio Converter
Launch TuneKeep Audio Converter, iTunes or Music app (for Mac Catalina 10.15 or later) will also be started. Apple Music songs and Apple Music playlists in your library will be automatically loaded and displayed in the left panel. Please do not close and operate the iTunes or Music app until the Apple Music conversion is completed.
Step 2: Select Apple Music Songs
From the playlist on the left panel, select your favorite song you want to play on PS4 / PS5. If you want to convert the whole Apple Music playlist, just select the checkbox at the top. Also, you can use song title, album or artist as a keyword in the built-in search box, the songs that meet the conditions will be displayed immediately.
Step 3: Select MP3/M4A for PS4/PS5
TuneKeep Audio Converter provides several output formats such as MP3, M4A, FLAC, WAV, AIFF, AC3, AU, etc. The formats that can be played on PS4 and PS5 are MP3, M4A and FLAC, so please select one of the 3 supported formats. Apple Music songs are 256kbps encrypted AAC files, so you can convert them losslessly by choosing the output format of 320kbps MP3 or 256kbps M4A. FLAC is recommended when you are converting Apple Music lossless and want 100% audio quality retained.
If necessary, you can click the "Options" button to adjust the conversion speed (Windows version only), adjust the volume of the output files, and set how to rename and organize the output files.
Step 4: Start Apple Music Conversion
Click the "Convert" button to start converting Apple Music to MP3/M4A format. After the conversion is complete, click the "Open Output File" button to open the output folder and locate the output files.
Step 5: Copy Output Files to USB Drive and Play on PS4/PS5
Connect the USB drive formatted in the exFAT file system to your computer in advance, create a "Music" folder, and then copy the MP3/M4A files from the output folder to the USB "Music" folder. After that, if you connect the USB drive to PS4/PS5, you can achieve the purpose of playing Apple Music songs on PS4/PS5.
So far, Apple Music services is still not available on PS4 and PS5 and it seems that Apple will never develop PS4/PS5 version of Apple Music app. The only solution to play Apple Music songs when playing games on PS4/PS5 is to convert Apple Music songs to MP3, M4A and then copy them to the Music folder on your USB drive. In case that Apple develops Apple Music service for PS4 and PS5 in the future, this method will not occupy any Wi-Fi bandwidth which helps you play the game more smoothly.
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St Edmund's College Ware Learning Centre
In the summer of 2022 NBA were approved by St Edmunds College to investigate the options for developing a Learning Centre in the grounds of their multi-grade I to II listed building campus. Within 6 months we had designed the proposed building and obtained both planning and listed listed building consent. Four months later the design is out to tender with a view to starting on site within 11 months.
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4 Examples of Companies Doing Incredible Customer Success Stories
Soundtrack for this post: Marvin Gaye’s “Can I Get a Witness”
These days, storytelling is all the rage (you might even say storytellers are the new marketers). But as Geoffrey James points out, finding compelling ways to tell your company’s story isn’t enough. In fact, you should be telling your customer’s story, not your own.
With that said, I think there’s a solid case to be made that no piece of marketing content is more powerful than an inspired customer success story. It’s an example of what my colleague Devon McDonald recently called “the pudding” content — proof that the solution really is going to add value. And best of all, it comes from someone other than you.
Those two factors make customer success stories an invaluable tool to put in the hands of your salespeople. As Devon puts it, “it is one thing totalk about value — it’s another to truly demonstrate it.”
The Case for Creative Customer Success Stories (in Addition to Your Case Studies)
Prospects want to see what success with your solution looks like. They want to see companies using your product to solve the problems they’re currently grappling with. And if you can present them with examples of how companies they respect and admire are doing amazing things with — and owe part of their success to — your solution then, well, when it comes to decision time let’s just say you have a great chance of being golden.
To clarify, we’re not talking about your boring, run-of-the-mill case study. Case studies can be incredibly valuable, too, diving into more depth and providing plenty of solid context, details, and statistical evidence of your solution’s impact in action. They certainly have their place, and they’re fantastic for providing buyers with ammo they need to justify a decision or a purchase towards the end of their buying journey.
But there’s no reason why your customer success stories have to follow that tried and true (but quite frankly a little dull) pattern and format.
The Big Differences Between a Case Study and a Success Story
In the examples below, four companies are breaking the mold by combining the “proof power” of the case study with the brevity and easy accessibility of the testimonial. In addition, they’re focusing more on making an emotional impact via compelling storytelling than making a comprehensive argument for their solution via research-backed data (though convincing stats certainly do make an appearance).
Specifically, they’re leaning heavily on the power of video to deliver a quick emotional win that can be supported and bolstered with more thorough info further down the line in the customer’s buying journey.
The result is easily consumable, highly sharable, big-impact content that sticks with prospects and can make a real difference in their decision making process, not to mention their perception of the company’s values and brand.
Here are three things I love about these companies’ approaches:
- Turning the spotlight on the customer: First and foremost, these pieces of content tell the customer’s story. They each highlight something that makes the customer special or something incredible that they are accomplishing, then they get into how the product or solution is helping to make that possible. As a result, many of these videos can serve as marketing content for the customer as well as for the product/service provider. That’s a big plus when it comes to requesting time/approval for future testimonials — it makes the proposition much more of a win-win rather than a pure ask.
- Centered around shared values and high-level goals rather than specific features: Another thing many of these customer success stories have in common is that they really concentrate on highlighting how the solution ties into the customer’s core beliefs, mission, and vision. It’s a great approach because things like “building deeper customer relationships” and “operating smarter and more efficiently” are highly relatable/accessible entry points that can capture a lot of general top-of-the-funnel interest. Again, save diving into the weeds for more in-depth content further down the line.
- Highly visual and focused on people: Not only are these videos high quality, the layouts of the pages they live on are also visually rich and appealing, with an emphasis on not only customer logos but — even more importantly — people. Being able to put a face to the names goes a long way towards humanizing these companies’ brands and making the stories that much more personal.
4 Incredible Customer Success Stories Examples
One thing you notice right away when you navigate the “Clients” section of ExactTarget’s website is that it is segmented. The company has created landing pages with customized messaging directed at each of ExactTarget’s customer segments:
Right off the bat, that’s a fantastic way to ensure prospects can easily find content that’s relevant to them. Visitors find a list of solutions/value propositions tailored to their specific needs, along with a featured success story video. The quality of the videos is spectacular. You can see two examples (one enterprise client and one small business client) below:
Microsoft: Discovering Email Marketing Solutions
Feeding Your Kids: Cross-Channel Marketing Client Success
Optimizing web experiences is Monetate’s business (disclosure: Monetate is an OpenView portfolio company), and when you visit the company’s website it shows. Their Customers page is highly visual and centers around its marquee list of customers and collection of customer success story videos.
Check out two video examples below:
Project management software provider AtTask (disclosure: another OpenView portfolio company) puts it perfectly when it says, “But why take our word for it?” The company’s Customers section lists its success stories in a clear and organized layout that breaks down the challenge, solution, and benefits demonstrated by each one. AtTask currently only has a couple of videos on the page (the Trek video below is a great one), but in addition to including links to more traditional case study PDFs the company has also turned quite a few into gated webinars, making them effective lead gen tools as well.
Google “customer success story” and Salesforce.com shows up at the top. The company has been big on customer success from day one and in many ways it sets the standard everyone else is attempting to meet. Sure, Salesforce.com has a leg up considering the wealth of stories it’s been able to glean from its who’s-who client list, but it’s also what the company does with those stories that sets it apart.
Not only are the videos top notch, the individual customer success story pages also break down which particular Salesforce.com products each customer uses.
GE’s Social Story
Facebook’s Success Story
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Help with filing a Virginia Liberty Mutual car accident claim
Having car insurance is an important responsibility every driver should fulfill in Virginia. More than 50,000 car accidents in the Commonwealth involved serious injuries in a recent year, most of which required expensive medical care. Auto insurance is key to helping accident victims pay their bills, recover their lost wages, and get back on their feet without unnecessary stress.
For many years, Liberty Mutual marketed itself as a responsible insurance company that was dedicated to helping drivers afford car insurance and file claims easily. Because it’s one of the largest insurance companies in the country, you would expect Liberty to offer accident victims fair deals for their injuries.
The truth is that big insurance companies do not always take responsibility for their driver’s actions, and Liberty Mutual is no different. If you try to file a claim on your own against another driver or through your uninsured/underinsured policy, Liberty Mutual may offer you a low settlement, question your injuries, or deny your claim.
When our neighbors are injured by negligent drivers, GibsonSingleton Virginia Injury Attorneys consider it a calling to make the claims process as easy as possible. We believe insurance companies should offer proper compensation to accident victims — and we hold them to that responsibility. As former members of the U.S. Marine Corps, Ken Gibson and John Singleton have served their country, and now they’re ready to serve you.
Call us at (804) 413-6777 or toll-free at (855) 781-6777 to tell us how you were injured and learn how we can help you with a Liberty Mutual accident claim.
Liberty Mutual allows accident victims to file claims over the phone, online, through its app, or at a local office here in Virginia. At first, you might think this process is easy and that you can quickly get your medical bills, property damage, and lost wages paid for, hassle-free. Sadly, insurance companies rarely share the reality of the claims process.
After a Virginia car accident, most drivers know they need to exchange insurance information, report the crash to the police, and talk to an insurance adjuster about getting compensation for their injuries. When you first call an insurance adjuster at Liberty Mutual, she may appear friendly, compassionate, and sympathetic. She may make small talk, ask about your injuries, and suggest that she can get you a great deal.
But when you finally get to see that deal, the number may be much lower than you had expected. Insurance companies often offer small settlements at the start of a claim in the hopes that victims will accept it right out the gate. If you agree to the first settlement, you lose the right to demand more when you have a better understanding of your injuries and medical bills.
But even if you try to ask for more, Liberty Mutual will only increase the settlement slightly. An adjuster may say she can offer a big bonus if you agree to it immediately, or he may ask for much more information before your claim can be approved. This may include requiring you to see an independent doctor recommended by Liberty Mutual, make a recorded statement, or fill out additional paperwork.
Agreeing to these demands can be a major mistake. Big insurance companies can use an independent doctor's reports and recorded statements as evidence against you, if you try to take your case to court later. Instead of letting an insurance adjuster shortchange you or deny your claim, your best option is to talk to an attorney about how to get the most from your claim.
Even customers of Liberty Mutual may face difficulties in getting compensation for their injuries. If you are filing a claim against another driver who has Liberty Mutual, you will still be treated as a number by its adjusters. Liberty Mutual will see your claim as chip in its profit margins and try to offer you a low settlement.
Another scenario you may face difficulties with is an uninsured (UM) or underinsured motorist claim (UIM). UM/UIM coverage is mandatory in Virginia and can provide important coverage if you are in an accident with an uninsured driver or a driver who does not have enough coverage to cover your losses. Given that 10% of drivers do not have car insurance in Virginia, UM/UMI policies are important to getting your bills paid after a crash. In these cases, you will have to make Liberty Mutual the at-fault party in your claim, which will put the insurance giant on the defensive.
Insurance companies want you to accept a settlement right after an accident to avoid having to pay more to you in a lawsuit. To get them to offer you a better deal, you will need to work with an experienced attorney who knows how to hold them to their policies.
At GibsonSingleton Virginia Injury Attorneys, our attorneys have met with many clients in the Middle Peninsula, in Gloucester, Mathews, Middlesex and King and Queen Counties, who were injured by negligent drivers and guided them through the claims process. We have had many cases with Liberty Mutual and know how difficult it is to get them to pay you a fair deal. We know how their insurance adjusters operate, the types of deals they offer victims, and, most of all, how to get you the best possible award.
If you sit down with us after an accident, we will explain how to get the most out of your claim in a free consultation. We will learn how you were injured, listen to the struggles you are facing due to your accident, go over the other driver’s — and your own — insurance policy, and prepare a plan to get you full compensation. We can use our knowledge of Virginia car accidents to:
- Collect evidence of negligence
- Calculate the full costs of your injuries
- Communicate with Liberty Mutual’s insurance adjusters
- Prepare your case as if we are going to trial
- Negotiate for full compensation
- Stand up for you before a judge and jury, if necessary
Taking on a big insurance company like Liberty Mutual on your own can be intimidating, stressful, and frustrating. Instead, let our Virginia injury attorneys handle the heavy-lifting for you. At GibsonSingleton Virginia Injury Attorneys, our partners, Ken Gibson and John Singleton, know firsthand what it’s like to be an injury victim. We have both been in serious car accidents and have dealt with dismissive insurance companies on our roads to recovery. So we bring empathy and compassion to every client.
We’ve experienced the frustrations our clients face — pain, suffering, fear, difficulty dealing with insurance companies, and the pressure to settle without a lawyer. That’s why we do everything possible to make the legal process easy for our clients, so they can focus on getting better and getting their life back.
If you need to file an injury claim with Liberty Mutual, call us at (804) 413-6777 or toll-free at (855) 781-6777 to get started on your case. We offer every client a free consultation and a Zero Fee Guarantee — we meaning do not get paid until you do.
It costs you nothing for our firm to represent you. We only get paid when you do. Learn more
Prevention, empathy, and diligence are hallmarks of everything we do at GibsonSingleton Virginia Injury Attorneys. Our community can see these ideals lived out in our work to prevent personal injuries from happening.
- Safety Education
GibsonSingleton launches “Texts=Wrecks” campaign to reduce the number of people injured or killed by distracted drivers.
- Annual Coat Drive
During the fall, our team works to distribute coats to people in need in our community.
- Hands-on Service
John and Ken join the Gloucester Point Rotary Club in cleaning up the community.
- Supporting Local Schools
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We offer on-site only rentals throughout the summer at our waterfront locations in Wickford and Charlestown. Paddle through picturesque Wickford Harbor and head to Rabbit Island for lunch and a swim, or explore the sandbars and flats of Ninigret Pond in Charlestown. Perfect for paddlers of all abilities!
Our rentals are by reservation only and can be booked on our website here. The time slots close for online booking 1 hour before they begin, so if you see we have to take the reservation by phone.
All of our rentals include the kayak or SUP, paddle, and life jacket. We also provide some quick basic instruction if you have never paddled before.
We recommend leaving as many of your belongings in the car as possible. We are not currently providing drybags due to the pandemic, however you can purchase one from our store.
Paddling is a watersport! But really, if there are high winds or thunderstorms we will cancel rentals and provide a full refund. If you'd rather not paddle in the rain we can either rebook you to a different day or send you a gift card you can use to come back a different day.
We have a 24-hour cancellation policy, so in order to get a full refund (minus a booking fee if you booked online), you must call us 24 hours in advance. If you call us a few hours before your reservation, we can only offer you a gift card or offer to rebook you to another day. We understand last-minute emergencies happen, so please just give us a call and we can work something out for you.
At our Wickford location we do not have any parking at our rental location (10 Phillips Street), so we ask that you park either in our main lot near the store or anywhere on the street (no time limit). After you parked you can head directly to our rental location (10 Phillips Street) to check in and get geared up, there is no need to check in at the store.
Our Charlestown location will be open weekends only for the first few weeks.
If there is an attendant on duty when you pull in just let them know you’re there to rent kayaks, then you can proceed to the left and park in front of the kayaks.
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|Hobie Fiesta 4 Person Boat*||$250 for 3 Hours|
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Positron emission mammography (PEM) allows for more accurate evaluation of breast cancer's response to chemotherapy, as well as residual tissue, according to findings presented March 2 at ECR 2023.
In her talk, Dr. Yassmin Nada from the Baheya Foundation for Early Detection & Treatment of Breast Cancer in Egypt presented her team's findings, which showed that PEM had perfect sensitivity and negative predictive values, as well as high accuracy.
PEM is a specialized application of PET that's used to visualize breast metabolic changes. The idea is that this method can view such changes with higher spatial resolution, allowing imaging readers to view smaller tumor cells. To gather images of these smaller cells, glucose attached to the isotope F-18 FDG is inserted into the cell, becoming trapped long enough to be imaged via radiotracer.
Nada said the indications for using PEM include enhanced lesion visualization, preoperative staging, and local staging in patients with renal impairment or contrast allergies. It can also be used to monitor response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy and post-breast cancer surveillance. Researchers are currently debating its use in visualizing tumors in dense breasts.
For this study, Nada and colleagues wanted to explore PEM's efficacy in monitoring neoadjuvant chemotherapy, as well as predicting residual disease in breast cancer. They tested their method on 38 breast cancer patients scheduled for chemotherapy. All patients underwent two PEM exams, one before and one after chemotherapy.
The team also used the Miller-Payne system for grading response of solid tumors to chemotherapy. The system uses a one-to-five scale, with one representing no reduction in overall cellularity and five representing no malignant cells being identifiable.
The researchers found that 36 of the patients showed response to chemotherapy, with 25 showing Miller-Payne grades of three and four (partial response) and 11 having a grade of five (complete response). The other two had grades of one and two, representing no response for this study's purpose.
As for diagnostic value, the team reported that PEM demonstrated high marks in several areas.
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Nada also presented cases showing PEM in action. In one case, a 45-year-old woman with pathologically proven cancer in the right breast presented with two lesions, shown clearly on PEM. After chemotherapy, PEM showed two faint FDG uptakes, indicating partial response (grade 3).
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Vietnam has one of the fastest growing online population in the region, probably globally too. Vietnam is also seeing growth in IT companies exploring the local market and setting up offshoring centers.
Vietnam-based entrepreneurs and FOSSASIA event organizers Dang Hong Phuc and Mario Behling are visiting Singapore and will be talking about the startup and tech scene in VN and what opportunities there might be for collaboration (tech events, open source, women in IT etc.).
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Nov. 23, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Cognizant (NASDAQ: CTSH), a leading provider of information technology, consulting, and business process outsourcing services, today announced the successful deployment of a comprehensive merchandise planning platform for the REDTAG Group, a Dubai-based chain of value fashion and home stores.
The platform will help REDTAG respond faster and more efficiently to the dynamic fashion retailing market by making better informed purchasing and pricing decisions based on detailed and executable merchandise plans. This will help REDTAG maximize sales, profits, and inventory productivity, while minimizing costs. By leveraging sophisticated analytical capabilities to deliver accurate forecasts linking market events and sales results, the platform will enable REDTAG to eliminate plan discrepancies, optimize inventories, reduce markdowns, and drive process consistency across its 77 value fashion and home stores.
Built using the Oracle Retail Merchandise Financial Planning application, the platform provides a flexible merchandise financial planning solution with which REDTAG can create strategic and detailed financial business plans and manage reconciliation and approval processes. Providing both pre-season and in-season planning, the Oracle Retail application supports retailers' budgeting and open-to-buy or re-forecasting processes, and will help REDTAG achieve the ideal product mix, and match demand and supply more accurately to deliver on customer expectations.
"The merchandise planning platform forms an important part of our efforts to adopt industry-leading solutions, technologies, and best practices that support and extend our business vision and strategy," said Ernest. J. Hosking, CEO of the REDTAG Group. "We selected Cognizant for its consulting-led and innovative solutions approach, deep expertise of the global retail industry, and extensive analytics, program management, and product implementation capabilities. As we expand our geographical footprint, this platform will foster rapid decision-making aligned closely with our aggressive growth targets, enhance operational agility in a highly competitive and fast-moving market, optimize capital and operational costs, and scale easily to effectively meet customer needs."
"We are pleased to have successfully deployed an advanced planning platform for REDTAG to create informed estimates of future business opportunities, infuse inventory movement decisions with customer insight, and realize optimal returns on inventory investment," said R. Chandrasekaran, President and Managing Director for Global Delivery at Cognizant. "We have combined our deep experience of developing business-aligned retail solutions for the world's top retailers, and our extensive knowledge of Oracle solution frameworks to deliver a platform that will support REDTAG's business strategies, enable competitive advantage, and help the company offer a more enjoyable shopping experience and an even stronger value proposition to its customers."
Cognizant is a Platinum level member in Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN).
About REDTAG Group
REDTAG is a refreshing concept in today's retail scenario. It is a chain of value fashion and home stores that offer a world of choice and an enjoyable shopping experience at unbeatable value. With 365 days of value, REDTAG stores launched in 2006 are now a big hit with families that look forward to the latest in fashion and style along with a truly enjoyable shopping experience. The pricing of the products, the stringent quality assurance, the availability of customer favorites, wide variety and choice, personal preferences in sizes, shapes and colors...everything makes REDTAG the first choice for value-conscious customers across the GCC. The REDTAG Group is part of BMA International, which has achieved important milestones in retail, fashion, and lifestyle over the last three decades. BMA is also the holding company for Retail Arabia which operates hypermarkets, supermarkets, convenience stores, and malls.
The REDTAG Group, currently with 77 fashion and lifestyle stores across the GCC, has been growing at a rate in excess of 20 per cent annually. The REDTAG Group has two main areas of operation—the newly launched REDTAG value fashion and home stores, which is poised for a quantum leap in the retail world, and Discount Fashion and Home Stores, which is a collection of well-known regional brands. The growth of the REDTAG Group is concentrated around the REDTAG brand. The discount fashion and home stores currently under various brand names will be upgraded into the REDTAG brand within the next eighteen months. This, coupled with an ambitious plan to open at least 17 new REDTAG stores per year in malls as well as high streets, will see the REDTAG brand become a leader in the value fashion and lifestyle market. For more information please visit: http://www.redtag.ae.
About Cognizant's Retail Practice
Cognizant's Retail practice, which works with 12 of the top 30 global retailers, leverages its deep domain, consulting, and enterprise architecture expertise to deliver competitive advantage to supermarkets, department stores, specialty premium retailers, and large mass-merchandise discounters across the grocery, general merchandise, apparel, home and office, and consumer electronics segments. The practice provides comprehensive business solutions in the areas of supply chain, merchandising, stores, e-commerce, and retail analytics to enable retailers to transform their businesses, drive innovation, and cater to the rapidly changing shopping needs, preferences, and methods of retail customers. The practice is enabling retailers to embrace the future of shopping with innovative platforms such as IntelliPeak™, which helps manage peak/holiday season sales, and IntelliStore™, which leverages technologies around mobility, cloud, social media, and analytics to deliver a superior in-store customer experience.
Cognizant (NASDAQ: CTSH) is a leading provider of information technology, consulting, and business process outsourcing services, dedicated to helping the world's leading companies build stronger businesses. Headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey (U.S.), Cognizant combines a passion for client satisfaction, technology innovation, deep industry and business process expertise, and a global, collaborative workforce that embodies the future of work. With over 50 delivery centers worldwide and 130,000 employees as of September 30, 2011, Cognizant is a member of the NASDAQ-100, the S&P 500, the Forbes Global 2000, and the Fortune 500 and is ranked among the top performing and fastest growing companies in the world. Visit us online at www.cognizant.com or follow us on Twitter: Cognizant.
This press release includes statements which may constitute forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, the accuracy of which are necessarily subject to risks, uncertainties, and assumptions as to future events that may not prove to be accurate. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied include general economic conditions and the factors discussed in our most recent Form 10-K and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Cognizant undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
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Smeg continues to celebrate turning 70 and we’re getting all the gifts.
It’s hard to believe the FAB fridge was conceived 21 years ago – it has featured in our kitchens for some time now and Smeg continue to delight us with new iterations of colour, collaboration and design for the model.
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Coordinates: 32.0768245°N, -92.1056914°W
Approx. Elevation: 233 feet (71 meters)
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Read Aloud America has been telling families about the best deal in town for decades. It’s a place where you can leave with your merchandise without paying a dime – that’s right, everything on the fully stocked shelves is FREE! If you haven’t already guessed, yes, we’re talking about the public library! Libraries play a huge role in helping parents nurture a love of reading in children. When you visit the public library, you get to take advantage of a wealth of benefits.
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When you visit your public library with your children, you’ll enter a world of discovery, magical stories, knowledge, and experiences.
For children, libraries are places where children can develop their love of books. The opportunity to touch, feel, and explore books impacts children’s brains and imaginations in immeasurable ways. Plus, libraries do a great job at cultivating children’s section that feels safe, comfortable, and inspiring.
From story-themed decorations, to interactive spaces, from story hours to a bottomless inventory of free books, your library’s children’s section is specially designed to inspire curiosity. Think about it:
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The library is a sanctuary of books, offering an unparalleled collection that spans every genre, age group, and interest. From classic tales to contemporary bestsellers, children’s picture books to young adult novels, and non-fiction resources on diverse topics, the library is a literary wonderland that caters to every reader’s tastes and preferences.
Plus, if one library doesn’t have a book in stock, they will most likely obtain it for you from another branch — and even put it on hold for you!
When you visit the public library, you provide your child access to an extensive range of books, ensuring they have the opportunity to explore, learn, and grow through reading.
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Libraries are not just repositories of books; they are hubs of knowledge, equipped with resources that extend far beyond printed pages. They offer access to digital resources, e-books, audiobooks, and educational programs that can enrich your child’s learning journey.
From online databases for research to language-learning tools, from child-focused magazines to engaging story hours, libraries provide the tools your child needs to excel academically and develop essential skills for life.
When you visit the public library, you give your children access to invaluable resources that will open up new opportunities and unlock their potential.
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The library is a place where a diverse community of readers and learners come together. It’s an environment that fosters social interaction and the sharing of ideas.
While story time is a first stop for most families, consider all of the other opportunities to build community at the library. Many libraries offer age-level appropriate special events, which often pair reading with a related activity. Still others offer regular reading-based activities, such as “Paws to Read,” in which children can read aloud books to dogs.
When you visit the public library, your child not only gains exposure to different perspectives but also has the opportunity to participate in book clubs, reading challenges, and events that celebrate literature and creativity. These experiences nurture a sense of belonging and encourage a love for reading that extends beyond the library’s walls.
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In an era where entertainment options often come with hefty price tags, the library stands out as a cost-effective alternative. Borrowing books other materials from the library is not only environmentally friendly but also budget-friendly. It allows your child to explore a wide array of content without the need for costly purchases.
Plus, your librarians can be some of your children’s strongest role models. Librarians curate book displays, organize reading programs, and provide a welcoming space for children to read and learn. Their expertise and dedication make the library a place where young readers can receive personalized guidance and support in their literary pursuits.
Consider how they can answer your questions, help you find a particular resources, or familiarize your child with a new concept! Seeking out the library’s resources and engaging with your librarian instills a sense of resourcefulness in your children.
Do these 5 things when you Visit the Public Library
Take the opportunity this month to show your appreciation for libraries and librarians. Here are a few ways you can get involved and make the most of everything your library has to offer.
- Visit Your Local Library: Make it a family outing to visit your public library. Explore the shelves, check out books, and inquire about upcoming events and programs. Let every member of your family get their own library card!
- Participate in Library Programs: Many libraries host special events and programs throughout the month. Attend a story time session, join a book club, or take part in library-sponsored activities with your child.
- Donate Books: Consider donating gently used books to your local library. It’s a wonderful way to contribute to the library’s collection and support reading in your community.
- Express Your Gratitude: Take a moment to thank your librarians for their dedication and hard work. A simple note or gesture of appreciation can go a long way in showing your support.
- Share the Magic of Reading: Encourage friends and family to visit their local libraries. Spread the word about the incredible resources and opportunities libraries offer.
Rediscover your Local Library
Your local library is undeniably the best deal in town, offering an expansive resource of books, knowledge, and community at your fingertips – for free!
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Logic Pro X 10.7.7 Crack & License Key Free Download Latest
Logic Pro X 10.7.7 Crack 2023 is an Apple-designed professional software for audio production. It provides musicians with everything they need to create a full-featured professional studio on the Mac. It brings you plug-ins for software tools and audio processing that are enough to make any music style! From Blues to HIP-POP, from POP to R&B, from House Dance to DubStep. Logic Pro X is Logic’s latest version ever. New advanced tools for professional music creation, editing, and mixing are developed around a modern interface to quickly get creative results and help you when you need them.
Logic Pro License Key supports the Touch Bar on the newest MacBook Pro models introduced back in October (and refreshed in the middle of 2017). Logic Pro can show a timeline view with appropriate region colors, track controls, or Smart Controls on a track-by-track or even plug-in basis (such as a compressor or EQ controls, or electric piano distortion). Tap on a knob, and you can slide a fader right or left to change its value, which makes sense given the thinness of the Touch Bar; you wouldn’t need to try and actually tweak a knob that small in a circular manner.
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Logic Pro X is a powerful audio editing and production tool for the Mac that can produce stunning results with only a few clicks. Logic Pro X the Motion and Compressor, two of Final Cut Pro’s free add-ons, were updated today as well. It’s now possible to play two streams of 8K video at a frame rate five times faster with Motion on the new MacBook Pro. To create beautiful visual effects, graphic designers may now use a combination of object tracking and other tools like masks and 3D objects with behaviors and filters. An additional new Neon filter enhances the vibrancy of photos and shapes while also adding text and other elements an eye-catching glow. It quickly formats your voice while using any software device from your iPad or iPhone.
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A Coast Guard report released Sunday says the primary cause of the 2015 sinking of the cargo ship El Faro, which killed all 33 aboard, was the captain underestimating the strength of a hurricane and overestimating the ship’s strength.
The report said Capt. Michael Davidson should have changed the El Faro’s route between Jacksonville, Florida, and San Juan, Puerto Rico, to avoid Hurricane Joaquin’s 150 mph (240 kph) winds. When the 790-foot (240-meter) vessel got stuck he should have taken more aggressive measures to save it.
Speaking at a news conference in Jacksonville, Florida, Capt. Jason Neubauer also said the Coast Guard would have sought to revoke Davidson’s license if he had survived.
Davidson “was ultimately responsible for the vessel, the crew and its safe navigation,” said Neubauer, who chaired the investigation.
He said Davidson “misjudged the path of Hurricane Joaquin and overestimated the vessel’s heavy weather survivability while also failing to take adequate precautions to monitor and prepare for heavy weather. During critical periods of navigation … he failed to understand the severity of the situation, even when the watch standards warned him the hurricane was intensifying.”
Davidson, 53, was recorded telling a crew member a few hours before the sinking, “There’s nothing bad about this ride. I was sleepin’ like a baby. This is every day in Alaska,” where he had previously worked.
The report also says the ship’s owner, TOTE Maritime Inc., had not replaced a safety officer, spreading out those duties among other managers, and had violated regulations regarding crew rest periods and working hours. The Coast Guard said it will seek civil actions against TOTE but no criminal penalties as there was no criminal intent.
TOTE Maritime released a statement Sunday saying the report “is another piece of this sacred obligation that everyone who works upon the sea must study and embrace. The report details industry practices which need change.”
The 40-year-old El Faro went down on Oct. 1, 2015, sinking in 15,000 feet (4,570 meters) of water to the sea floor near the Bahamas. No bodies were ever recovered. It was the worst maritime disaster for a U.S.-flagged vessel since 1983.
Voice recordings recovered from the ship show an increasingly panicked and stressed crew fighting to save the ship after it lost propulsion as they battled wind, shifting cargo and waves.
Davidson ordered the ship abandoned shortly before it sank but its open air lifeboats likely would have provided insufficient protection, the Coast Guard said. The agency said it would recommend that all ships now be equipped with modern enclosed lifeboats — if the El Faro had such lifeboats, the crew may have survived, Neubauer said.
El Faro was one of two ships owned by TOTE Maritime Inc. that navigated in constant rotation on shipping runs between Jacksonville, Florida, and San Juan, Puerto Rico. It brought everything from milk to Mercedes Benzes to the island.
Other findings included:
— A few weeks before the accident, TOTE stopped employing in port helpers who assisted its ships’ crews to safely load cargo. The Coast Guard said the El Faro’s crew had difficulty keeping up with the pace needed to get the ship out on schedule. A manager at the port took a photo of the El Faro the day before its final launch because unbalanced loading had caused it to lean heavily to one side, more than he had ever seen. He alerted stevedores, who added containers to the other side to rebalance the ship.
— When the El Faro departed Jacksonville the oil level in its main engine was below the manufacturer’s recommendation although still within the range for operation. That became crucial when the El Faro began leaning in the storm as the oil level no longer reached the pump. That starved the engine, shutting it down. The loss of propulsion left the El Faro helpless against Joaquin and its waves.
— Four of the five Polish workers who had been temporarily assigned to the El Faro spoke little English and none of them had been briefed on safety procedures. The wife of one of the men told investigators “he had never seen or worked on a hulk like this” and that as he worked, rust would fall into his eyes.
— A weather prediction system that would have sent emailed updates about Joaquin to Davidson had not been activated.
— Less than six hours before the El Faro sank Second Mate Danielle Randolph, who was in charge of safety, was recorded telling another crew member that drills were not taken seriously. She added that crew members rarely try on their survival suits to make sure they fit. As the ship was going down and Davidson ordered the ship abandoned, Randolph was heard leaving the bridge to find life vests either because none were stored there as required or she didn’t know where they were.
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If you see earthworks happening within 50 metres of your home, apartment or investment then it is very likely that the vibrations from that construction can travel to the foundations of your home too. Dilapidation reports or pre construction inspections are the quickest and most cost effective way to protect your home because they record the condition of your home prior to the work being carried out and post work being carried out.
If the earthworks are significant, they can cause cracking and shifts in your foundations that can reverberate through your whole property. We did an inspection recently where a man’s office door could no longer close due to the shifts in the foundations of his surgery practice. He had to leave it open until the builder agreed to rectify the damage.
Dilapidation reports or pre construction surveys take a snapshot of your property pre construction so that if any damage happens at any stage of the neighbouring development, you can take the report to the builder so they know what to fix for you. Without proof of the condition prior to the build the process of having anything fixed can be a long and expensive process. These reports protect you and the developer.
BCI have carried out more that 12 000 dilapidation reports or pre construction surveys in Perth and worked on major projects such as Gateway and the freeway extensions. They can take less than one hour to complete and are not invasive. The inspector will photograph any current defects or cracks and the images are compared post inspection. Individual reports are inexpensive and can save you thousands! | <urn:uuid:3e1cfcaf-6794-417d-88c0-1d3bea527e3a> | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | https://bciwa.com.au/dilapidation-reports-or-pre-construction-surveys-what-are-they/ | 2023-11-29T09:25:40Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100057.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20231129073519-20231129103519-00458.warc.gz | en | 0.961781 | 304 | [
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Rental LED Screen
A rental LED screen is an LED display used on stage to give the audience a clear view of what’s happening on stage can be magnified by even a single expression of an actor on the stage or an audience sitting in the last row. The LED screen is primarily used as a backdrop to play ambient video or to relay live feeds of the actor’s performance.
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There is no cables connection between the LED module and the receiver card, which makes the signal transmission more stable
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In our custom theme post series we will be posting some of the custom themes made for Xperia Android 4.3 running devices ( rooted ), till now we have shared Xperia Robocop custom theme and Xperia Darksiders custom theme. XDA user Pangkoy08 has come up with this new Xperia One Piece custom theme based on One Piece characters.
Xperia One Piece custom theme will change your homescreen / lockscreen wallpaper, custom soft navigation keys, transparent blue color user interface, custom icons. It will work on rooted handsets only running android 4.3 with stock Xperia theme engine. If tried installing on non rooted devices then only wallpaper will change, not skin UI.
Xperia One Piece custom theme
We tested it on our Xperia Z1, it installed successfully.
Do try the below Xperia Z2 mods on your Xperia device, if you want.
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We can often experience chest pain and there can be many causes for this. One cause may be angina, which is a serious health problem related to the heart. An electrocardiogram (ECG) is a common test which assesses the heart’s rhythm and electrical activity and it can indicate various cardiac conditions including angina.
Angina Pectoris (Often shortened to just angina) is a health problem that presents as chest pains, caused by reduced blood flow to the heart muscles. While can suffer from angina there is greater prevalence among People assigned female at birth (PAFAB) than in people assigned male at birth (PAMAB).1 Angina itself presents no life-threatening concern apart from uncomfortable chest pain. However, it greatly increases the chances of heart attack and stroke. These conditions can significantly affect a person’s quality of life or be fatal. Therefore, this condition must be recognised and treated.
An ECG is a diagnostic test that is often used by paramedics and doctors. It consists of electrodes that are placed on the skin and record the electrical activity of the heart. This will produce a graph which shows the change in voltage over time. For normal heart activity, this will present a graph that has distinct waves. During an angina attack , the graph will have several irregularities which allows a diagnosis to take place.
This article will now explore angina in depth by assessing its: causes and risk factors, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment. This article will also explore how an ECG can be vital in diagnosing angina and how a doctor can tell a patient has angina from the graph.
There are two types of angina: Stable and unstable angina. Stable angina is predictable and has known triggers for an attack. These triggers can include stress or exercise which trigger an attack. This type of angina is also predictable in that a few minutes rest after exercise can resolve an attack.
On the other hand, unstable angina is a lot more unpredictable. There can be no identifiable triggers for unstable angina and it may not be able to resolve with rest. This type of angina is uncommon compared to stable angina but some people can develop unstable angina from stable angina.
Causes and risk factors
The direct cause of angina is atherosclerosis. This is a technical term to refer to the narrowing of blood vessels due to the build-up of fatty deposits. Due to this narrowing, there is a decreased blood flow through the coronary arteries. The knock-on consequence of this is that there is less oxygen for the heart to use and this affects its ability to pump blood. Ultimately this leads to angina. If the fatty deposit was allowed to completely build-up to block the artery then this is a heart attack. Now we will move to assess the risk factors for atherosclerosis.
However, there are a myriad of causes and risk factors that can increase your chances of developing angina such as:
- Sex (There is a greater prevalence of angina in PAFAB than in PAMAB)1
- Age (in those aged 70 and over there is a 7.1% prevalence of angina)2
- Genetics (If there is a family history of atherosclerosis or angina then there is an increased chance that you might also develop the disease)3
- Lifestyle (unhealthy diet, lack of exercise, smoking and alcohol)4,5
In general, an individual should live a healthy life if they wish to minimise their risk of angina.
The main symptom of angina is chest pains. These chest pains are often described as a feeling of tightness or heaviness. Chest pains can spread to other areas of the body such as the jaw and heart and can be caused by triggers as discussed before with stable angina.
Once the trigger is removed and an individual rests for some time, the chest pains should subside. However, there can be no triggers for angina as was discussed with unstable angina. Chest pains also may not subside with this type.
While chest pains are the main symptom of angina there are others as well. These include:
Once symptoms appear, is it important to see a doctor to obtain a diagnosis or rule out the possibility of angina. There are many tools by which a doctor can diagnose angina in an individual.
A coronary angiography might sound quite complicated but it is a relatively simple procedure. The term can be broken down into “coronary” referring to the heart, “angio-” referring to angina and “-graphy” more or less meaning a test like an x-ray.
This procedure involves inserting a catheter into a blood vessel which supplies a dye. Afterwards, an x-ray is taken of the chest. The dye will allow the arteries of the heart to show clearly on the x-ray. Therefore, the structure and function of the heart, including any atherosclerosis, can be assessed
An exercise ECG
An ECG can be used when a patient is resting or during exercise. An ECG taken during exercise is preferred due to its sensitivity and its specificity to angina and coronary disease. There are several distinct patterns to these ECGs that would indicate that angina is the cause of chest pains.
One pattern is horizontal or downward-sloping ST-segment depression or elevation. This occurs in the early stages of exercise and will persist for ~3 minutes after exercise. An “ST-segment depression” sounds very technical and needs to be understood in relation to a normal ECG. The exact details of what this means are not needed but what should be understood is that your doctor can identify this to confirm a diagnosis of angina.6
How efficient is ECG in spotting angina?
An ECG is extremely efficient in spotting angina. If there are changes to the electrical patterns in the heart, an ECG will pick these up. While we have mentioned ST depression, there are a variety of nuanced changes that can occur to an ECG in angina. These are identifiable and distinct allowing an ECG to be efficient. Several repeat recordings of ECGs can be taken as well. Therefore even if a pattern is missed in one recording, it will be in another.
There are also several benefits to using an ECG that make it efficient. An ECG is a non-invasive technique unlike coronary angiography. An ECG consists of electrodes placed on the skin so it can be performed easily and at little risk to a patient. In addition, there are a variety of conditions related to the heart that can be picked up as well. The multi-modality of this test therefore makes it preferable.
Several treatment options are available for people with angina. While undergoing treatment carries a certain amount of discomfort, this is preferable to the heart attacks and strokes that it could cause if untreated.
Medicines with angina are prescribed with three main goals. The first group of medicines are aimed at treating attacks when they occur, such as glycerin trinitrate.
Another group of medicines is aimed at preventing attacks. This includes beta-blockers and calcium channel blockers.
Finally, another group is aimed to prevent heart attacks and strokes. This includes aspirin, statins and ACE inhibitors. However, these medicines may not work effectively enough and surgery may be needed.
It should be noted that the above medicines listed are for stable angina. In unstable angina, a slightly different set of medicines will be prescribed. These would be aimed at reducing blood clots and reducing the risk of heart attack or stroke. These medicines include aspirin and clopidogrel.
There are two main surgeries that an individual can undergo for angina: Coronary artery bypass graft, and coronary angioplasty and stent insertion. Coronary artery bypass graft reroutes blood around the blocked or narrowed artery to the heart. This is accomplished by taking a section of blood vessels from another part of the body and grafting it onto the problematic artery. Coronary angioplasty and stent insertion modify the problematic artery. The artery is forcibly widened by the use of a stent to keep blood flow at optimum levels.
Change in lifestyle and diet
Another treatment avenue is changing lifestyle so that the condition is not worsened. If you are a smoker, it is paramount to stop as soon as you can. Smoking is a risk factor in angina and continuing to smoke is not ideal. Smoking also has implications for your lung health such as increasing the risk of cancer.
Losing weight is another change to a person’s lifestyle that is needed. Often atherosclerosis is caused by the build-up in fatty deposits in the arteries. It makes sense to minimise the ability of the body to create these fatty deposits by losing weight. An increased weight also affects blood pressure so it is preferable to lose weight for this reason as well. One way of losing weight is by increased exercise. This has other knock-on effects on health than just losing weight.
In addition, changes to your diet can help you lose weight. Being in a calorie deficit is the main way to lose weight regardless of what the foods are that make up those calories. However, you should be aware to avoid foods that increase the low-density lipoprotein cholesterol in the food as this type of cholesterol contributes to the narrowing of arteries.
In summary, angina is a serious condition that affects a person’s quality of life. It has a variety of risk factors, some in our control and some out of our control. If you develop angina, the chief symptom you will feel is chest pains. However, other symptoms like breathlessness can occur. If you get these symptoms, you should visit a doctor who might administer an exercise ECG or coronary angiography. An exercise ECG is preferable as it is non-invasive and highly efficient. If you are diagnosed with angina, there are a variety of treatments available to you including surgery. However, changes in your lifestyle are also important.
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Blenders Notes Zhen Mei:
Chun Mei is a classic green tea from Anhui in the Huangshan Province in China. The Zhen Mei (Chun Mei) is named Precious Eyebrow Tea. Which suits it perfectly because it has a unique shape and arched look like “eyebrows”. Zhen Mei leaves are usually very thin and have a beautiful texture and color and not fermented. This will allow the leaves to keep its natural nutrients like it was picked fresh. When steeped, this tea has a very complex chestnut aroma and a dark jade green colour in the cup. Making it very unique and nothing needs to be added. This tea can also be steeped with cooler water to make a light cup of tea. But usually we will steep it with very hot water and long steeped increasing its astringency and flavor making a strong cup of tea with a dark colour and strong flavor. We don’t usually add many additions to this tea…it is fantastic on its own.
Features Zhen Mei:
- Leaves can be infused twice (Double the tea for same price!)
- Smooth and Grassy ~ Dark Jade Colour Cup of Tea
- Full of natural antioxidants and EGCG ~ Fat Burner
- Sample Size ~ 1 oz will make 8-10 16 oz teas
- Sealed Bag ~ 6 oz will make 48-60 16 oz teas
- Iced Tea ~ Always Double the amount of Tea for the same size of cup!
- Per Serving ~ 1 tsp per 6 oz of H2O
- Caffeine: Medium
Ingredients: Organic: Chun Mei Tea from Anhui in the Huangshan province in China and named Precious Eyebrow Tea for its unique shape. Zhen Mei leaves are very thin and beautiful. This tea has a complex chestnut aroma and a dark jade colour in the cup.
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The last five years have been some of the most challenging ones in Green Mountain Power Corp.'s history. Based in Colchester, VT, the traditional, fully integrated electric utility provides power and distribution services to 87,000 customers. When a rate decision in 1998 put Green Mountain Power Corp. into near bankruptcy, management realized very quickly that it would have to make some drastic changes in order to survive.
Jon Soter, manager of corporate services, says that after three years of financial crisis, the utility has made a complete recovery. “Our mission was to become the best distribution utility possible. One of the most obvious ways of doing this was by leveraging technology so we could do things better with fewer resources. By necessity, this included redefining jobs and reducing the workforce from 320 to 191 individuals.”
As the second largest utility in Vermont, Green Mountain Power Corp. serves about one quarter of the state's population. Its customers, and trucks, however, are scattered throughout the state, so managing the 167-vehicle fleet is a challenge.
“We have seven different service areas and just three mechanics,” Soter explains. “We've addressed the problem by developing partnerships with vendors in locations where we have no maintenance staff. Also when needed, and for purposes of quality control, we put our mechanics on the road one day a week to those areas to do work as required. We have one utility truck set up to do standard service and repairs in the field as needed.”
The utility fleet includes numerous trailers, smaller utility vehicles and pickup trucks. The primary truck, however, is the line construction truck, and the most recent additions to the fleet have been International 4400 Series medium-duty cab chassis with Altec aerial devices. The company also has an extensive inventory of GMC 7500 Series straight trucks with Telelect aerials.
“We have 34 of these medium-duty utility vehicles altogether, including both bucket and digger derrick trucks with booms ranging from 42 to 55 ft. We've been spec'ing longer booms as the trend today is for higher utility poles that are also placed farther off-road,” Soter points out.
“During our financial crisis, we were unable to invest in the fleet, so now that things are looking better we've got some catching up to do. Our goal is get the medium-duty trucks back on a ten-year trade cycle, and smaller vehicles on a five-year cycle,” he says.
Soter anticipates that by the end of 2004 the fleet will be back on a reasonable replacement program. Of course, he notes, any reinvestment in the fleet must be done prudently.
“What we're doing right now is trying to leverage technology by equipping our trucks with things like satellite transmitters and laptop computers. The satellite transmitters help our schedulers locate trucks that are nearest to an area that's having a power outage,” Soter reports.
“The laptops give driver/line workers access to important information, such as directions to the site and specifications about the lines and poles they are going to be working on, which helps them plan their work ahead of time,” Soter continues. To accommodate these additional communications devices and give drivers more room inside the truck, he says the utility has moved from a standard chassis to spec'ing extended cabs.
With no spare vehicles on hand, Soter says it's critical that every truck in the fleet is available for work when needed. “We've had a fair number of weekends here in the Northeast where line crews have worked around the clock getting power back on for customers,” he says. “One of the ways we've been able to keep going over the last few years has been through the genuine pursuit of a good preventive maintenance program. We're constantly updating our technology, and by adhering to our maintenance schedules, we're saving dollars while ensuring the reliability of our fleet.” | <urn:uuid:11ac1b57-574e-475f-879a-dce548fe3922> | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | https://www.fleetowner.com/news/article/21662145/catching-up | 2023-12-03T01:26:15Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100476.94/warc/CC-MAIN-20231202235258-20231203025258-00158.warc.gz | en | 0.968547 | 820 | [
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November 19 @ 9:15 am - 10:15 am
Ready to take the next step in your faith journey? Join us on 11/19 for a Baptism Class. The class will be from 9:15-10:15am at the Valley Church Sidney. All ages are welcome (children must be accompanied by a parent). Baptism Celebration will take place on December 3rd during both services. Email [email protected] to sign up for the baptism class or mark Baptism on your Connect Card. | <urn:uuid:85bff648-1785-4377-af4b-11bafda09edd> | CC-MAIN-2023-50 | https://www.thevalley.church/event/baptism-class-3/ | 2023-12-03T00:31:39Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-50/segments/1700679100476.94/warc/CC-MAIN-20231202235258-20231203025258-00158.warc.gz | en | 0.937746 | 117 | [
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