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A functional accent for any space, this power high-leg recliner will be a great addition to your home. Casually rolled arms, a bustled back and tapered legs give this piece an updated look while the smooth power reclining and headrest mechanisms provide the functionality you need most. Additionally, this recliner is equipped with a lay-flat mechanism and topped in a leather cover everywhere your body will lean.
With power motion, your comfort takes priority. You have complete control over your positioning, so finding the perfect, relaxing angle is easy every time.
Power Adjustable Headrest
With the push of a button, you can adjust your headrest to find the perfect angle for reading or watching TV. This control over your comfort helps you avoid neck strain and keeps your head supported.
Leather Match Upholstery
Leather match upholstery gives you the comfort of leather at a price you can afford. It's designed using top grain leather on the parts you can feel and split-grain leather or color-matched vinyl on the back and sides.
With lay-flat recline, you can lay back and relax in a completely horizontal position. This relieves any tension and promotes circulation, which is exactly what you want when you're relaxing at home.
Footrest OperationThis model features a footrest extender when reclined
This model features a footrest extender when reclined
Reclining ReleasePower Recliner
Upholstery FeaturesPower Headrest
Custom OptionsCustom Upholstery
Leg or Base DescriptionTapered legs
Leg or Base Description
Seat Back Type - UpholsteryAttached Back
Seat Back Type - Upholstery
Fabric OptionsManufacturer stocked in Flax and Kobe top grain leather match covers. Other leather colors available through special order.
Manufacturer stocked in Flax and Kobe top grain leather match covers. Other leather colors available through special order.
Arm Type - UpholsteredRolled Arm
Arm Type - Upholstered
Construction & Materials
Seat SupportSinuous wire
Item & Dimensions
The Club Level - Elliot Transitional Power High-Leg Recliner with Power Headrest, made by Bassett,
is brought to you by Virginia Furniture Market. Virginia Furniture Market is a local furniture store, serving the Rocky Mount, Roanoke, Lynchburg, Christiansburg, Blacksburg, Radford, Virginia area. Product availability may vary.
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The Club Level - Elliot collection is an amazing option if you are looking for Transitional furniture. Our store serves the Rocky Mount, Roanoke, Lynchburg, Christiansburg, Blacksburg, Radford, Virginia area.
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Fabrizio, our artistic sponsor, managed to surprises us once more during his evening "Live and see" on Saturday 13th June 2015, in Luxembourg.
A great project titled "Me", a way to leave his footprint, of sharing his universe through his paintings. Paintings exposed alonside his music to welcome us.
Once light was dimmed, darkness slowly took over to expose what the light was hiding. In fact, the colour games and contrast leaves place to traces that can only be seen exposed to neon lights, effects in 3D, perspectives ... It's a true game of contrasts, of opposites, od duality that reveals the complexity of the work.
"When the night and day are mixed with each other, only the light can make the difference", such is the message.
Thank you, Fabrizio, to be that light amongst us that makes the difference. VASCAPA is lucky to have you as an artistic sponsor, thanks for all that you do for VASCAPA, thanks for all that you are!
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CONNECT WITH US THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA!
Victory Christian Ministries International is a church without walls! Our ministry reaches far beyond the boundaries of our local house. One of the ways we accomploish that is through Social Media. From our daily interactive Facebook posts, our tweets and Instagram pics, you can stay up-to-date on what's happening in the house, what we're doing in our community and stay encouraged and inspired!
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Fruit Fortune Slot Machine
As the name tells, Fruit Fortune is one more fruity video slot from the leading service provider in the land-based casino market, Novomatic. It seems to be another game in the Novomatic fruity series starring the samejolly joker from Grand Jesterand Jolly Fruits slots. He is back to cause mayhem on the reels with plenty of stacked symbols, Wilds, free spins and a progressive jackpot. Hopefully, he won’t keep all the diamonds to himself! It is playable for free or real money across desktop, tablet and mobile devices.
Theme & Icons
The jester themed online fruit machine is all very traditionally set up and loaded with your standard fruit symbols on plain black reels; lucky red sevens, green, blue and red bars, and two sets of fruits and bells (which are separated as they carry different values).The icons on this slot are stacked, meaning that plenty of them fill up the reels – sometimes even packing the whole screen – making it far easier to make winning combinations of 3, 4 or 5-of-a-kind. The Wild is that mischievous jolly who is also the highest paying symbol (five in a row gives 16,000x your bet) andis also the key to winning the jackpot. He replaces all symbols except for the Scatter and is the only icon who pays out on 2, 3, 4, and 5 of a kind. The other symbols all pay out on 3, 4 and 5. The Scatter is the jester’s precious diamond. It is the second highest paying icon (five of which gets 8000x your bet) and the trigger to the bonus feature.
Gameplay & Features
The free and real money slot has the very popular 5x3 reel layout which is common on most slots today. It’s classified as medium variance, meaning you’ll have winnings every now and then and the amounts will reflect it. The slot has 10 adjustablepay-lines and a rather low RTP 95.00% (how much the slot pays back). I always recommend that you play on all pay-lines for maximum action. It is playable for as little as 4 credits per line and as much as1,000 credits (the credit range may vary from casino to casino). You can adjust your bet to see the value of each symbol in the pay-table.
The online video slot’s bonus feature is activated by three or more diamond Scatters anywhere on the reels. You are awarded 10 free games and plenty of Stacked Wilds (much more than were present in the base game), along with a chance to break the jackpot. Retriggers are also possible if you hit another three or more Scatters, taking your total up to 20 free spins!
Like in Grand Jester, this slot also has a progressive jackpot. The jackpot prize can be yours by filling all 15 positions with Wilds. If you play the maximum bet you will win the entire jackpot. However, the lower the size of your bet, the smaller the size of the jackpot, as it is calculated proportionally.
The gamble feature is also traditional in style with a set of gold steps. It’s a win/lose situation, except on the last gamble-step. Upon clicking the ‘Gamble’ button, your fate is decided. Win and your prize is doubled, lose and you get zilch.
The video slot bears a very close resemblance to the Grand Jester slot; the symbols and gameplay are similar. The difference lies in the games’ Wilds; three Scatters in Grand Jester trigger Wilds which hold for one spin and expand to fill all three positions on the reels. In Fruit Fortune, the symbols in both the base and bonus games are stacked. Furthermore, during the free spins feature, the jolly Wilds are stacked in order to unlock the jackpot.
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Free Sade Sati Calculator
Saturn as a planet is always scaring at large & people generally hate words like Sade Sati or Shani ki dhaiya. So best is, first of all, one should know about these two words & how to check Shani sade sati in kundli or calculate the period of Shani dasha on a person. Please make use of Shani Sade sati calculator & also learn more about it.
इस पेज को हिंदी में पढ़ने के लिए “साढ़ेसाती कैलकुलेटर” पर क्लिक करें।
What is Sade Sati Dosha?
Sadhe Sati is the seven-and-a-half-year period, during which Saturn passes through three signs—the moon sign, one before the Moon, and the one after it. Sadh Sati starts when Shani (Saturn) enters the 12th sign from the birth Moon sign and ends when Saturn leaves the 2nd sign from the birth Moon sign.
Saturn takes two and a half years to transit a sign called Shani's Dhaiya, it takes around seven and a half years to transit three signs, which is why it is called Sade Sati.
Shani Sade Sati Period
The duration of Shani sade sati, as the name itself spells, is seven and a half years. This period starts when Shani (Saturn) enters the 12th sign from the moon natal chart & ends when it leaves the 2nd sign of your natal moon chart. It remains for 2.5 years in a sign, so in three signs, it has 7.5 years.
Phases of Shani Sade Sati
Shani Sade sati has three phases. Transit of Saturn from Natal moon to three houses i.e namely Twelfth, First and Second is categorised into following three phases:
First Phase of Shani Sade Sati: In its first phase, Saturn enters the 12th house from your natal moon chart & stays there for 2.5 years. In this phase, the main issues a person face is alienation and relationship issues with father and elders.
Second Phase of Shani Sade Sati: In this second phase, Saturn transits from the 12th house from the birth chart to its First house. Here again, it remains for 2.5 years, and this is the peak phase of Sade Sati. During this phase, the person can face health issues, financial losses, big differences with friends and relatives & sudden money outflow.
Third Phase of Shani Sade Sati: It is the third and the final phase of Sade Sati. It occurs when Saturn transits from 1st house from the Natal Moon birth chart to its second house. This phase of 2.5 years starts giving relief to the person from miseries that person faced in the last two phases of sade sati. Being a malefic planet, Saturn can cause some minor issues but overall, this phase should benefit a person.
That is how I said in the beginning of this page that Shani dosha calculator helps person know the period of sade sati and prepares to reap the best benefits during the third phase of Sade Sati.
Effects of Sade Sati
The opinions of astrologers differ from one another regarding the effect of Safe Sati on the individual. Some claim that Shani's transit through the signs mentioned above is inauspicious and is accompanied by challenges and troubles. Others have to say that Sade Sati is a period like any other event about which one need not worry.
Do’s and Don’ts during Sade Sati
Saturn we know is the Karmic planet so all do’s and don’ts during this Sade sati also will be karmic based. Sade sati calculator tells you the period of Sade sati on you so one should give the best respect to the parents, elders in the family & love the animals & birds as far as possible.
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Find the rare parts you need for your timeless ride
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The 2024 Annual Chamber of Commerce Gala in Matthews, NC, marked a significant milestone in local community events. As a Marine Corps veteran and native of Matthews, I had the privilege of DJing this prestigious gathering, an experience that held personal significance.
Held at the Emerald Golf Lake Club, the venue provided an elegant backdrop for the gala, contributing to the overall ambiance of the evening. Attendees were treated to a seamless experience, thanks to meticulous planning and execution by event organizers.
The dance floor had some jump after the formalities, fueled by a mix of music that catered to diverse tastes. Requests from attendees added a personal touch to the evening.
Overall, the event was a great celebration of the businesses in our town. Combined with music, memories, and community spirit, this gala produced a fun result. Thank you for letting me share this incredible experience.
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An adventurous girl walks through a secret door in her new home and discovers a strangely idealised version of her frustrating home, but it has sinister secrets. A stop-motion animated horror film based on the Neil Gaiman book.
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Explore Maine’s Coastal Charms This Summer
Hidden Gems, Uncharted Treasures, Camping Adventures
Embark on an unforgettable camper adventure across Maine. Discover everything from local landmarks to hidden gems along the rocky coast. Immerse yourself in a carefully-curated itinerary that combines nature, local flavors, and captivating experiences. From picturesque parks and scenic hikes to upscale dining and daytrips, get ready to create memories that will last a lifetime. Grab your road snacks and get your playlist ready—it’s time to hit the road.
We partnered with Amy + Dan from @capshore to peek behind the curtain of local favorites and off-the-beaten path destinations across the state.
Day One – Friday
Unleash the adventurer within and explore the untamed beauty of Maine with an off-grid camper van. With features like all-season efficient heat, full off-grid electric system, and an indoor shower—these vans offer comfort and security in remote locations. Explore Maine’s rugged landscapes and immerse yourself in nature with Maine Adventure Company.
Experience the natural beauty and tranquility of Wassamki Springs Campground, nestled just outside of Portland in Scarborough, Maine. Surrounded by lush forests and offering access to a serene lake, this idyllic retreat is the perfect basecamp for your adventures in the Greater Portland area. When you’re ready to kick off your journey, you’ll drive roughly 15 minutes to Downtown Portland for the day.
Swing by Rosemont Market & Bakery in Scarborough, a local gem, to pick up a grab-and-go lunch to fuel your exploration. Expect fresh sandwiches, pizza, and other bakery delights along with a rotating menu to keep things interesting. With local fare in hand, head up to picturesque Payson Park and Back Bay Cove in Portland for some iconic city views. Find a cozy spot to picnic and savor your meal while enjoying the serene surroundings.
Photo Credits: Capshore Photography
No visit to Downtown Portland is complete without experiencing the local beverage scene. You may know about our craft beer boom and local wineries and distilleries, but we have also mastered the art of the mocktail and non-alcoholic beverage. Indulge in a Root Wild Kombucha tasting session on Washington Avenue, where you’ll discover the refreshing and flavorful world of fermented tea. Visit their East Bayside tasting room for a patio party with live music and food trucks this Summer.
Afterward, continue your evening with the warm hospitality of Ri Ra Irish Pub on Commercial Street. Catch a trivia night or traditional Irish music while you try their tasty pub fare and watch the night unfold. Make sure to head upstairs for some panoramic water views while you’re there.
Not ready for the night end? We love the nightlife in Portland, Maine. Explore the Working Waterfront’s indoor and outdoor seaside establishments for its lively atmosphere. In the Old Port you’ll enjoy late-night bites + brews or a patio party at iconic spots like Boone’s Fish House & Oyster Room, Portland Lobster Company, and Porthole Restaurant & Pub,
Day Two – Saturday
Wake up to a beautiful morning through the oversized windows adorning your off-the-grid Maine camper van. Make sure to pit stop at Holy Donut in Portland before starting your day. They have several locations in Portland and one in Scarborough. Made with fresh Maine potatoes, their donuts come in a variety of delectable flavors like Dark Chocolate Sea Salt, Maine Blueberry, and Maple Bacon. Indulging in these irresistible treats is to experience a true taste of Maine.
Energized and ready for adventure, make your way to Bradbury Mountain, located in Pownal. Just about a 30 minute drive from Scarborough. Once there this natural gem offers scenic trails and breathtaking views, perfect for a refreshing hike or a leisurely stroll. The park also has a playground and a large open field for recreational activities such as frisbee, kite flying, and family games. During the winter, the park is a popular destination for cross-country skiing and snowshoeing.
Recharge with a seafood feast at Linda Bean’s Maine Kitchen & Topside Tavern – oysters, lobster rolls, chowder, and any other local fare you can dream-up. Or head over to the Harraseeket Inn’s Broad Arrow Tavern for the classic and the unique. Like, their BBQ Cauliflower Steak and Roasted Cornish Game Hen. All just a quick 15 minute stopover from Pownal. Indulge in outdoor eats and savor the flavor of Maine’s renowned foodie scene. Take some time to explore the L.L.Bean Campus and Downtown Freeport, known for its charming Main street, unique boutiques, and seaside activities. Learn more on Visit Freeport.
Photo Credits: Capshore Photography
As the day transitions into evening, head to Gather in Yarmouth for a locally-curated meal (10 minutes south of Freeport). This farm-to-table restaurant focuses on the culinary craft by sourcing local and seasonal ingredients. Delight in its creations that showcase the best of Maine’s agriculture. Indulge in it’s culinary journey while soaking in the inviting ambiance of the charming town.
Day Three -Sunday
Awaken to the peaceful coastal surroundings and start your day with a hearty Sunday breakfast. Take some time to explore the recreational offerings and enjoy the serene beauty of the lake and Wassamki Springs. Or take your camper van on the road again enjoy snacks with a sea breeze at one of our sandy beaches.
Whether you choose to relax by the water, go for a leisurely stroll, or engage in your favorite outdoor activities, this is the perfect time to immerse yourself in nature and reflect on your memorable getaway.
Nearby in Scarborough is the iconic sweets shop, Len Libby. Discover a selection of chocolates, truffles, and treats. It’s the perfect finale to your Greater Portland getaway. Take a stroll through their charming store, filled with unique Maine-inspired candies and gifts. You’ll meet Lenny, the beloved Chocolate Moose weighing over 1,700 pounds, he’s an iconic local attraction. Don’t miss the chance to snap a photo with Lenny (and friends) as well as satisfy your sweet tooth.
Greater Portland, Maine, with its vibrant blend of culture, nature, and flavors, is a destination that leaves a lasting impression on those who visit. Not ready to leave vacationland behind? Make your coastal stay last even longer by extending to our neighboring regions.
Extend Your Trip
Embark on your journey up the coast and let Maine enchant you with its wonders. Discover the beauty, indulge in the flavors, and create memories that will stay with you long after you’ve left. Discover picturesque lakes and mountains as well as quaint towns, outdoor adventures, and a rich maritime heritage.
Things to Do in Greater Portland, Maine
ROMANTIC WINTER WEEKEND GETAWAY
Want to take a deeper dive into what you can do across all seasons in Greater Portland? We partnered with local lovebirds Amy + Dan to give you a peek behind the curtain of what to do during Winter.
We don’t let snow slow us down around here. Greater Portland keeps world-class food and drink flowing and the arts and entertainment hook-up lively year-round. So, why not bring your favorite person along for a weekend of cozy, winter romance?
Locals Love Winter in Maine! So, we asked Amy + Dan of Capshore Photography to come along for a week of Winter exploration across the state of Maine.
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On August 4-6, 2014, President Obama will be hosting the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit; a historical event that will bring together over 50 African heads of state to discuss current trends and US-Africa relations going forth. Building off of the President’s visit to the continent in 2013, the summit will take place in various well-known locations in Washington, D.C. and aims to set the stage for an emphasis on trade and investment, security, development, and the engagement of African civil society.
In order to truly take advantage of the heightened buzz in regard to Africa, FEMNET, DAWN and OXFAM have decided to use the #TheAfricaWeWant hashtag to allow the Diaspora as well as Americans to get involved. #TheAfricaWeWant will be a call to action for the African leaders, a social media platform where you can communicate your ideas and leaders can learn what their citizenry wants for their countries and continent. In doing so, participants are holding their leaders accountable for the promises and statements made over the course of the three-day summit. Use this hashtag on your social media accounts to make your voice heard!
To kick this off, Vital Voices Global Partnership reached out to its partners on the continent and asked them about the Africa they want to see.
“We now understand the importance of utilizing our resources well. Our potential also continues to be maximized. If we use our resources to implement our bold ideas, we will undoubtedly achieve Africa’s full potential.” –Monica Malega, Advocacy Officer, Uganda Women Entrepreneurs Association Limited
“The U.S. experience and support can greatly help these countries achieve their goals, especially in areas of economic growth, democratization, & good governance; most of which are still in their infancy stages on the African continent.” -Dr. Victoria Kisymobe, Founder, Sero Lease and Finance Ltd (SELFINA)
“Despite efforts from various corners of the continent, transparency and accountability, and Africa’s development remain a contradiction.” –Hameda Deedat, Advocacy Program Consultant, Businesswomen’s Association of South Africa
“With a private sector lead economy demand for transparency will be great. The tax payers are now demanding accountability and transparency. We still need a lot of civic education so that our people can learn to vote on ideas and hold our leaders accountable to our vision and plans.” -Gudula Basaza, Chairperson, Uganda Women Entrepreneurs Association Limited
“We need vibrant women leaders that will support economic empowerment of women living in rural areas. When you empower a woman, you are empowering a community, and ultimately a nation.” –Joy Eze, VVLead Fellow, Nigeria
“I’d like to see constructive youth engagement and involvement, specifically young women to come up with realistic solutions to a myriad of challenges the continent faces. When leaders involve this group they will own these solutions and follow through to ensure sustainability of programs.” – Tamala Sarah Chirwa, VVLead Fellow, Malawi
“Our leaders need to discuss, and come up with practical ways of providing skills development to the youth, across sectors.”–Agnes Fallah Kamara Umunna, VVLead Fellow, Liberia
We have heard their voices. Now it is your turn to join the conversation using #TheAfricaWeWant
What is your perspective on:
- Africans making positive changes in their nations and neighborhoods?
- the state of US diplomacy and development assistance with African countries?
- why the US government or its citizens should address poverty and inequality in Africa?
- transparency, accountability, and the future of civic engagement in Africa?
Vital Voices supports the work of African women leaders through a number of programs:
- Vital Voices Grow (VV Grow) Fellowship Program
- Vital Voices Lead (VV Lead) Fellowship Program
- Supporting Public Advocacy for Regional Competitiveness (SPARC) Program
- The Fortune/U.S. State Department Women’s Mentoring Program | <urn:uuid:c4b59291-61c6-4a0f-950b-165d453a67fe> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://www.vitalvoices.org/the-africa-we-want/ | 2024-04-25T09:08:12Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712297290384.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20240425063334-20240425093334-00668.warc.gz | en | 0.926547 | 860 |
Aurora Medical Clinic
Aurora Medical Clinic sees patients of all ages at is North Farnsworth Avenue location. The clinic specializes in family medicine and acute care for minor illnesses and injuries.
Providers at this clinic are currently accepting new patients, and accept Medicare and Medicaid.
The Aurora Medical Clinic is open Monday- Friday from 9:30AM-5:30PM, and on Saturday from 9:30AM-1PM. | <urn:uuid:ee75a1b0-2c21-4a96-8b33-70b1fb9f63b8> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://www.vlaw.com/practice-areas/personal-injury-attorney-illinois/aurora-personal-injury-lawyers/aurora-medical-clinic/ | 2024-04-25T07:10:25Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712297290384.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20240425063334-20240425093334-00668.warc.gz | en | 0.940506 | 90 |
David Nisivoccia serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for Volunteers of America National Services (VOANS), overseeing the organization’s affordable housing and healthcare operations. He provides critical leadership and expertise to support VOA’s strategic plan to further integrate healthcare with affordable housing services, and continue growth in community-based senior programs such as PACE (Program for All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly). An affiliate of Volunteers of America, Inc., VOANS employs approximately 2,080 professional staff nationwide, and its senior healthcare operations own and operate 38 senior living and care communities’ programs. VOANS affordable housing owns approximately 250 properties in 38 states and Puerto Rico, and is one of the nation’s largest nonprofit developers of affordable and workforce housing.
Nisivoccia brings to VOANS an impressive background in operational leadership and strategic planning. In his most recent role as President and CEO of Denver Housing Authority, he was responsible for the oversight and operation of the largest public housing authority in the State of Colorado, the Rocky Mountain region, and one of the largest in the nation. During his tenure, Nisivoccia led several major operational transformation initiatives that increased efficiency, cost savings and resident satisfaction.
With more than 25 years as a leader in affordable housing, Nisivoccia also has served in senior executive positions for housing authorities in San Antonio, Fort Pierce, Fla., Clearwater, Fla., and Fairfax County, Va. He is active in the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials, Public Housing Association Executive Directors Association, Council of Large Public Housing Authorities, and Denver Health Community Engagement Committee. A native of northern Virginia, Nisivoccia earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in Public Administration from Thomas Edison State University. | <urn:uuid:b34c53d5-b2b5-4628-a075-804597f7a1ea> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://www.voans.org/executive-management-team/david-nisivoccia/ | 2024-04-25T07:08:45Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712297290384.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20240425063334-20240425093334-00668.warc.gz | en | 0.950118 | 365 |
Since officially launching back in May, our team has been busy working with developers around the world to build
out Vultr Marketplace.
Today we wanted to highlight some new apps and the Arch Linux distribution, along with enhancements to ease
New Marketplace Apps
Vultr Marketplace allows independent software vendors to directly distribute their software via Vultr. Over the
past few months, a number of vendors have submitted their applications to us.
These are just some of the apps that we've added in Vultr Marketplace since launch.
Browse apps by category >>
- ClusterControl - self-hosted database
cluster control plane
- ServerWand - web host control panel
- Jelastic - self-hosted PaaS (Platform as
- Cloudron - deploy and manage numerous app
installs and users on a single server
- Microweber - Laravel based CMS for blogs,
eCommerce, business, and personal websites
- Chevereto - self-hosted image sharing and
- Helpy Pro - self-hosted support and ticket
desk for customer support.
- AzuraCast - self-hosted web radio management
Arch Linux: Keeping Linux Simple
We created an image of the Arch Linux Operating System and published it on Vultr Marketplace making it easier to deploy with 1-click to a Vultr VPS or Bare Metal server. Arch Linux adheres to the KISS principle and is focused on simplicity, modernity, pragmatism, user centrality, and versatility. Check it out, and stay tuned for more OS flavors to come! Learn more about Arch Linux.
Submitting your app to Vultr Marketplace is even easier
It's easy for software vendors to submit their applications to Vultr Marketplace.
Just fill out a short
form, and then follow our documentation regarding
how to package and submit your application.
We've made the process even easier by enhancing cloud-init, the industry standard for cross-platform
cloud instance initialization.
Cloud-init comes automatically installed with the following Vultr operating systems:
If you make software (especially open source!), we really encourage you to submit to Vultr Marketplace. With over
a million registered users, Vultr can help you reach more customers around the globe. And, unlike other
Marketplaces, we don't collect any revenue from your participation in Vultr Marketplace.
Get started with Vultr Marketplace today
Vultr Marketplace is growing fast, and it's super easy to deploy
any app within it.
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Ani Ioana Cotar
EUPHEM fellow, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
Dr. Ani Ioana Cotar started her career as microbiologist in November 2001 in the “Cantacuzino” Institute from Bucharest. From 2005 she started to work as young researcher in the teams of different research projects gained by competition in “Cantacuzino” Institute, and in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology of the Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest, being responsible for development and optimization of the molecular diagnosis methods of bacterial pathogens (Legionella spp, Coxiella burnetii, Rickettsia conorii, Leptospira and Borrelia burgdorferi) (PCR, real-time PCR, sequencing). During the PhD thesis and postdoctoral fellowship she acquired experience in new research fields: antibiotic resistance, i.e., the investigation of resistance mechanisms in clinical and environmental isolates as well as their genetic determinants; bacterial virulence, i.e. phenotypic investigation of the microbial virulence potential, the detection of the virulence genes and of their regulators; study of the virulence and quorum sensing regulators expression in the presence of microbicidal (new antimicrobial agents, plant extracts, probiotics) / anti-pathogenic ones (quorum sensing inhibitors, heat shock proteins immunization) for the development of new anti-infectious strategies; the investigation of host-infectious agent (highlighting ways of communication between bacterial and eukaryotic host cells); investigation of bacterial interactions with inert substrata in order to select biomaterials with potential use in medicine; the study of interactions of different types of nanoparticles and microspheres obtained from biodegradable natural polymers with prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, in planktonic and adhered state, in order to achieve optimized surfaces with anti-biofilm properties, of systems for stabilizing active principles with antimicrobial activity, and of systems for controlled release of antibiotics.
Dr. Ani Ioana Cotar intersted in research projects concerning molecular methods in diagnosis of bacterial and viral infections. | <urn:uuid:7cb7765c-d3b4-41ca-8fa9-835eb2673f76> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://www.walshmedicalmedia.com/editor/ani-ioana-cotar-13890 | 2024-04-25T07:04:16Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712297290384.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20240425063334-20240425093334-00668.warc.gz | en | 0.914095 | 446 |
Pairing wine with cuisine is commonly known overseas, but sake enthusiasts are looking to introduce sake pairings with well-known Japanese dishes. This article will introduce readers to the different types of sake while comparing it with wine, the basic rules for sake pairings, and the role of sake in food pairings. Finally, we will share some of our favorite sake and food pairings!
There are four main types of sake: pure rice (Junmai), ordinary (Honjozo), Ginjo and Nigori. Junmai is created solely from rice, yeast, and water and is heralded as the drink’s purest form.
The brewing principles of Honjozo Sake are the same as those of Junmai. However, instead of generating its entire alcohol content from fermentation, brewer’s alcohol is added to fortify the rice wine.
What differentiates Ginjo sake from Junmai is the level to which the rice used is milled, or polished. Around 60% of the existing bran remains, and with the addition of a little brewer’s alcohol, the result is a dry, aromatic beverage. Finally, Nigori sake is characterized by its cloudiness resulting from coarse pressing.
Basic rules of thumb for sake flavor profiles
First and foremost, you must define the flavor profile of the sake to build a picture of the foods or dishes it might complement. There are four key flavor profiles: (1) rich and sweet, (2) rich and dry, (3) light and sweet and (4) light and dry.
Rich and sweet sake is very aromatic and best enjoyed with umami-packed dishes. Rich and dry sake works well with meat because of its robust rice flavor. Light and sweet sake perfectly complement sashimi, sushi and other delicate fish dishes. And light and sweet sake marry well with tempura, grilled fish, and white meats.
In the end, the type of sake you choose must be one that you find palatable, regardless of what you wish to pair it with. Ultimately, if you don’t enjoy the flavor profile of the sake, you won’t enjoy its impact on your meal.
The role of sake in elevating cuisine
While wine has long been the leader in food pairings, sake is hot on its heels. Why? Because of its versatility. Sake isn’t confined to Japanese cuisine, and any cuisine can welcome sake as an accompanying beverage using the principles and flavor profiles outlined above.
Beyond this, sake’s versatility comes from its drinkability. It isn’t acidic, like wine, and is gentle on the stomach, enabling diners to enjoy their meals more comfortably, with the bonus of a refined and complex combination of flavors in the mouth.
Instead of giving a flavor punch, as many wines do, taking a sip of sake between bites will cleanse the palate. This enables diners to savor both the meal and the beverage in equal measure.
Our sake pairing recommendations
With the rice flavor defining Junmai sake, pairing it with foods that go well with steamed white rice is ideal. This opens up the floodgates, but we think the best dishes are hearty meat curries, like Beef Rendang, fried chicken, and grilled meats.
Honjozo sake is refreshing and best served cool. We think the best way to enjoy it is with a fresh sushi roll or a chicken Caesar salad. With its refined, fruity taste, Ginjo sake is best paired with light appetizers like carpaccio of beef or simple sashimi.
Finally, Nigori sake, with its creamy finish, is an excellent cooling accompaniment to spicy noodles and Mexican chili dishes and a perfect partner with deserts too. | <urn:uuid:1204bfcf-3762-4c61-a986-72e9680e9540> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://www.wami-japan.com/article/307/ | 2024-04-25T07:02:54Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712297290384.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20240425063334-20240425093334-00668.warc.gz | en | 0.946014 | 774 |
Wanderu is the simplest way to book bus and train travel in North America and Europe. We partner with more than 300 bus & train companies around the world to help you search, compare, and find the best travel deals all in one place.
Coahuilenses is part of Grupo Senda, one of Mexico's leading transportation companies. As such, Coahuilenses has a pedigree that reaches back to its parent company's founding in 1930. With an emphasis on keeping prices as low as possible, Coahuilenses coach facilities are limited to onboard restrooms, although vehicles provide space for holding luggage too.
Check out the latest Coahuilenses schedules and prices with Wanderu, an official Coahuilenses partner since 2017. Get the cheapest bus tickets possible on your next trip!
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stations | 6 |
cities | 5 |
countries | 1 |
No, unfortunately Coahuilenses does not offer WiFi aboard its buses at this time. However, we find that a good book makes the time fly by and streaming services like Netflix allow you download TV shows and movies that you can then watch during your trip. Plan ahead and you will stay entertained during the entire bus ride.
Coahuilenses does not offer power outlets on their buses at this time. We suggest you charge up your laptop ahead of time and bring a power bank for your phone to extend its battery life for the duration of the trip. And remember - a good book doesn’t require any power.
On a typical day, Coahuilenses has 6 scheduled bus trips in total. However, the exact departure and arrival times vary depending on the day and route. The best way to find the exact schedule for your trip is to use the search tool on this page.
No, Coahuilenses does not offer will call tickets. You should purchase your tickets online and make sure you have everything you need to board before you arrive at the station.
No, Coahuilenses does not require an ID to board its buses at this time. Of course, it is always a good idea to carry a government-issued ID whenever you hit the road.
Yes, there are bathrooms on Coahuilenses buses. The bathrooms are pretty basic and include a toilet, toilet paper and hand sanitizer. Most bathrooms don’t have running water. As you will be using a bathroom on a moving vehicle, please use caution and hold on to a rail at all times.
Coahuilenses does not offer meals or beverages onboard. We recommend you bring a drink and some snacks for your trip. We also suggest packing a reusable water bottle with you to reduce your impact on the environment. However, note that most buses do not allow you to bring your own alcoholic drinks.
Yes, Coahuilenses requires that all passengers have printed tickets to board the bus. When you book with Wanderu and activate your account, you will be able to easily find and download your tickets for most buses.
Coahuilenses focuses on delivering a great travel experience at a low price and currently does not offer premium features like extra legroom or onboard entertainment. But these days, between your laptop, tablet, smartphone and e-reader, you’re the master of your own entertainment even on longer journeys.
Wanderu is the best place to score cheap Coahuilenses tickets with the lowest available fares every day. Plus, you can compare Coahuilenses prices with trips offered by other bus companies to be sure you’re getting the best deal on your tickets!
Pro travelers know that booking your ticket well in advance is key to finding the lowest price. Ticket prices normally go up the closer you get to the travel date, so don’t miss out on a good deal when you see one. If you can be flexible with your travel date, you can also get cheap tickets by traveling on weekdays instead of weekends.
When you’re ready to book, type your departure city and destination city in the search bar above, select your travel date, and let Wanderu work its magic to show you all of the best bus and train ticket prices available for your trip. Pick the ticket that’s best for your budget, schedule, and preferences, and complete the booking right on Wanderu to secure your great deal.
With just a quick search on Wanderu, you can compare bus and train schedules and prices from hundreds of travel companies in one convenient place to find the trip that works best for you. Wanderu’s simple checkout process makes it easy to book cheap bus and train tickets hassle-free. Most importantly, as Wanderu is an official partner of all leading bus and train companies, we always have the best deals out there. | <urn:uuid:2caf5077-884c-45e4-9370-7808832f2d95> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://www.wanderu.com/en-us/carrier/coahuilenses-170/ | 2024-04-25T08:01:52Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712297290384.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20240425063334-20240425093334-00668.warc.gz | en | 0.941575 | 982 |
Council’s incoming administration commits to London Living Wage requirement in all new town hall contracts
Published: Monday, May 16, 2022
The councillor set to be elected the official leader of Wandsworth Council later this month has emphasised his group’s commitment to fulfilling a manifesto pledge to ensure all new contracts signed by the council will guarantee its workers the London Living Wage.
Cllr Simon Hogg, who leads the majority party on Wandsworth Council, says all new town hall contracts signed with external companies will include requirements that they pay their staff an enhanced level of pay.
His commitment to increasing wages for the people who deliver a range of crucial frontline services will support lower paid workers struggling to make ends meet in the cost of living crisis.
Cllr Hogg said: “We are committed to making sure that anyone working on a council contract in Wandsworth is paid a decent wage for a decent day’s work.
“This includes people who do some of the borough’s most difficult and challenging jobs, including those who clean our streets, collect our refuse and recycling and care for the sick and elderly in care homes.
“There is no moral justification for paying people less, especially at a time when household bills are going through the roof and families are struggling. Under my administration, any company that tenders for a council contract will need to guarantee that their workforce is paid the London Living Wage as a minimum.”
Cllr Hogg says his administration will be based on fairness, supporting communities and putting residents at the top of the agenda.
His message comes on the day a new London-wide steering group has been established to persuade employers across the capital to pay their staff the London Living Wage.
Supported by London Mayor Sadiq Khan and a coalition of civil society, business and public organisations, the new ‘Making London a Living Wage City’ project Steering Group, aims to put £635m of wages into the pockets of Londoners and lift tens of thousands of workers out of in-work poverty by boosting the number of accredited Living Wage and Living Hours employers across the capital
The steering group will be co-chaired by the Mayor, the Rt Revd and Rt Hon Dame Sarah Mullally DBE, Bishop of London, and Anna Purchas, London Office Senior Partner at KPMG. The project, led by Citizens UK and the Living Wage Foundation, has already seen 450 newly accredited employers in London.
Despite a steady rise in the number of employers committing to a London Living Wage, low pay remains a big issue in the capital with nearly a fifth of jobs - representing 700,000 Londoners who still receive lesser amounts in their pay packets.
Mayor Sadiq Khan said: “I’m proud that since becoming Mayor, the number of employers committed to paying the London Living Wage has quadrupled – with 450 more signing up just in the last eight months. But with Londoners facing the cost of living crisis, I’m determined to do more to support lower paid workers. That’s why I will ask the steering committee to adopt ambitious new Spring 2024 targets for the Making London a Living Wage City programme. This includes accrediting a further 1,000 new Living Wage Employers, which will ensure 50,000 more Londoners are uplifted to the London Living Wage each year.
"Boosting the incomes of low paid workers makes sense – it’s what’s best for employees as well as the productivity of businesses and organisations as a whole. As Mayor, I’ll continue to do all I can to support lower paid Londoners as we seek to build a better, fairer London for everyone.”
Rt Revd and Rt Hon Dame Sarah Mullally DBE, Bishop of London, said: “Civil society institutions such as churches, mosques, synagogues and community groups hear the stories on the ground about how workers and their families are struggling to get by on low pay. We see first-hand how it affects those in our communities and the impact it has on their lives, which is why we must be part of the solution. Everyone deserves a wage they can use to live off – not just survive.” | <urn:uuid:c61ac791-728c-4c83-a2ac-891ebc50d820> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://www.wandsworth.gov.uk/news/2022-news/news-may-2022/council-s-incoming-administration-commits-to-london-living-wage-requirement-in-all-new-town-hall-contracts/ | 2024-04-25T08:53:06Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712297290384.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20240425063334-20240425093334-00668.warc.gz | en | 0.955887 | 875 |
FREE iQOO Back Cover & FREE Screen Guard For All iQOO Devices | iQOO service Days
iQOO service Days
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iQOO service days are live from 13th May & it will conclude at 14th May. In this period of 2 days, you can grab various iQOO services for free for your iQOO smartphones.
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A brilliant opportunity has arisen for an experienced Conveyancing Assistant to join our busy Conveyancing team. The ideal candidate will have previous experience in a Conveyancing department.
This role offers a range of benefits, including:
- 23 days holiday + Bank Holidays + 3 extra days at Christmas (the company closes for the week of Christmas) + Duvet Day on your Birthday = 35 days holiday
- Company sick pay
- Death in service scheme
As part of the Conveyancing department you will:
- Provide full support to your appointed Conveyancer to enable them to operate efficiently
- Attend to clients and estate agents by telephone, email and in person
- Prepare correspondence and documents using a case management system
- Supporting colleagues and the wider team as required
The successful candidate will:
- Have excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Have a positive working attitude with the ability to work to tight deadlines.
- Have good organisational skills and attention to detail
- Have the ability to manage their own workload.
- Be a strong team player
Ward & Rider Solicitors is a progressive legal practice with over 80 staff members offering a full range of legal services. We have a team of expert lawyers and support staff who genuinely care about our clients and their affairs and who provide the highest levels of legal services. Ward & Rider was established in 1948 and was awarded the Law Society’s prestigious Lexcel Accreditation in 2004, which we are proud to have maintained to date for our quality legal services.
Job types: Full time, permanent
In the first instance please send CV and covering letter to our Manager of HR, Lin Claridge at our postal address or to: [email protected] | <urn:uuid:dba899fa-a82e-41c6-b17c-6332e8410e0c> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://www.wardandrider.com/about-ward-rider/current-opportunities/conveyancing-assistant/ | 2024-04-25T08:19:26Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712297290384.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20240425063334-20240425093334-00668.warc.gz | en | 0.946719 | 356 |
November saw the introduction of a new child protection regime for children from the UK who live beyond the EU’s borders, following the adoption of the 1996 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, otherwise known as the ‘Hague Abduction Convention’. Previously, children of EU member states were only protected within the EU.
Any child who moves to a country outside the EU that is a signatory to the Convention will now be covered by the requirement for that country to enforce any child protection order made by a UK court. Non EU signatories to the Convention include Albania, Australia, Croatia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Morocco, Switzerland and Uruguay.
Justice Minister Lord McNally promised that the Government would ensure that children from the UK and other countries are protected no matter where they or their parents live. He said, “By enforcing child protection orders we are ensuring that children from the UK will receive the best possible care as decided by the court.”
The Hague Abduction Convention is a multilateral treaty developed by the Hague Conference on Private International Law. The Convention provides a method to return a child abducted by a parent from one signatory state to another. The Convention was drafted to ensure the prompt return of children who have been abducted from their main country of residence or wrongfully retained in another country. The aim of the Convention is to deter a parent from crossing international boundaries in search of a sympathetic court. It only applies to children under the age of 16.
From 1 November 2012, a whole range of court decisions involving children moving to and from participating states has been enforced under the Convention. These include decisions as to who has parental responsibility, to what extent and how it can be used, custody rights, the right to decide the child’s place of residence, and rights of access.
The Convention is not retrospective, however, and only applies to decisions about the protection of a child taken on or after 1 November. Recognition and enforcement of judgments between the UK and EU Member States has applied since March 2005 and will continue to be used. | <urn:uuid:44e94987-85bf-4f21-a588-56aacf4e250d> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://www.wardandrider.com/blog/international-abduction-children-now-protected/ | 2024-04-25T08:16:35Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712297290384.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20240425063334-20240425093334-00668.warc.gz | en | 0.960279 | 424 |
Slavery and human trafficking statement 2024-25
This statement is made on behalf of water2business limited ("W2B") pursuant to section 54(1) of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (the "Act") and constitutes its slavery and human trafficking statement for its current financial year (1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025).
W2B is a water retailer business serving 82,500 customers across the United Kingdom.
W2B is committed to meeting the aims of the Act and to having a work environment that is free from human trafficking, slavery, servitude and forced or compulsory labour. We strongly oppose slavery and human trafficking in our supply chains and in any part of our business.
W2B has no subsidiaries and all statements made relate to the W2B trading entity.
The employment and procurement practices which we operate contribute to identify, assess and monitor potential risk areas within our business and mitigate the risk of slavery and human trafficking occurring in our engagement of external contractors and suppliers. Being trusted in all things, including the moral obligation set out in the Act is one of our core values. We would never knowingly engage with suppliers or contractors involved in slavery or human trafficking.
W2B rigorously checks that all of its employees have the right to work in the UK and are paid at or above the minimum wage. The same rigour is applied to ensure that agency workers are subject to the same checks.
As well as setting out the rights and benefits which are available to W2B employees, the employee contracts of employment make it clear what actions and behaviours are expected of them.
Where possible, we have built and maintained longstanding relationships with trusted suppliers/contractors, making clear our expectations of business behaviour. The water sector trading environment means our largest supplier relationships are formed of the water wholesalers whom are heavily regulated, and all openly confirm compliance to the Act.
W2B's expectations for our supply chain are always clearly included in all procurement processes and where possible we source all our required goods and services from the local economy to match our ethical stance (Sourcing Ethically Policy) and to reduce risk of slavery.
Outside of regulated wholesale water purchase, W2B's supply chain is small with the major spends being on people, accommodation and a small IT cost. People based procurement remains our largest risk and the focus for both the prior year and the coming year.
The Managing Director oversees the approval of any new contractors and completes an annual update of training on Modern Slavery to ensure continued compliance. All existing contract employing people have an annual review to ensure the commitments signed up to at the start for the framework arrangement are still current and correct. A risk assessment is in place for all 'people related contracts' and in the financial year we were 100% compliant with checks on suitability for work in the UK.
Supplementing these check we have a suite of employment policies aimed are fairness recruitment and removal of modern slavery including equal opportunities and diversity policy, safeguarding of children and adults policy, agency workers policy, internal recruitment policy and whistleblowing.
During this financial year all supplier shortlisting, covering both new or renewed supplier relationships have required statements and confirmation of monitoring arrangements to ensure compliance with the Act. These have featured in all considerations prior to engagement.
All our procurement is concluded as part of our accredited quality management system which ensures full checks are undertaken and routinely reported on.
This statement is available to all our staff to ensure a high level of understanding of the risks of modern slavery and human trafficking and we provide training to staff as and when it is deemed appropriate and necessary.
We have embedded our ethical obligations in our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) policy, including human trafficking and modern slavery expectations which all W2B's people are introduced to in the induction process.
We also aim to promote a company culture where the reporting of any concern is encouraged. Alongside our CSR policies we have a very clear Whistleblowing policy for our employees and supply chain.
Due Diligence Process
W2B has and will continue to review its own operations and supply chain to evaluate human trafficking and slavery risks with processes embedded in our ISO9000 accreditation. This includes our people risk assessment. At present W2B has uncovered no evidence of slavery and human trafficking within its own operations and those of its suppliers and contractors and therefore considers the risk to be low.
This statement was approved by the Board of Directors and will be reviewed on an annual basis.
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Delta Pumping Plant Fish Protection Agreement
The Delta Pumping Plant Fish Protection Agreement stems from an early effort to balance the needs of fish protection and State Water Project operations. Negotiated in the mid-1980s, the agreement foreshadowed future battles over fish protection and pumping. [See also Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.]
Today, California’s Department of Water Resources works closely with the Department of Fish and Wildlife to implement the agreement and mitigation projects funded under the agreement.
According to DWR, “The agreement provides for offsetting adverse fishery impacts caused by the diversion of water at the Harvey O. Banks Delta Pumping Plant, a key part of the State Water Project located at the head of the California Aqueduct. Direct losses of Chinook salmon, steelhead, and striped bass are offset or mitigated through the funding and implementation of fish mitigation projects.”
These fish protection projects include
- water exchange projects to provide salmon passage flows
- stocking of salmon, steelhead and striped bass
- fish screens and ladders; guidance barriers
- salmon habitat enhancement projects.
The Delta Fish Agreement guidelines give priority to habitat restoration and other non-hatchery measures in order to protect genetic diversity and avoid over reliance on hatcheries. In selecting salmon measures, priority is given to measures on the San Joaquin River system.
There is currently work ongoing to amend the Delta Fish Agreement to include mitigation for the direct and indirect loss of Delta smelt, winter-run salmon, and spring-run salmon.
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We are full service digital marketers. Our team provides the creative and technical skills necessary to develop brands and deliver sophisticated multimedia business communication.
We are artists and data scientists. We create visual media and manage algorithms. The internet is our workspace. Our tools are primarily intellectual property and software.
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We develop brands, graphics, videos, and written content. We manage our client’s online presence including social and websites. Our marketing campaigns get results by delivering interesting assets that people want to look at, click on, and explore.
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All clients get a WebOffice Studio. A WebOffice Studio is a virtual workspace where we create, collaborate, and share the content we develop. This allows us to work directly with our clients. We focus in three primary areas:
Your brand is peoples perception of you – Your reputation. Brands identify and distinguish your goods and services from your competitors. Stakeholder perceptions of a brand include fondness, reassurance, quality, personality, and generate familiarity with your entity or product. Great brands are memorable and create value.
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The Historic Quarter of Santa Cruz de Tenerife
When it was founded in 1494, the city of Santa Cruz was just a quaint fishing village. Who would have thought centuries later this peaceful spot would rise to become the Island's vibrant capital city? Now, the city is constantly buzzing. Huge cruise ships dock at the port, and the state-of-the art Adán Martín Tenerife Auditorium is the symbol of modernity that now represents the city. Yet in spite of this, Santa Cruz has not lost its traditional charm.
Its historic quarter is a triangle drawn between the street of Calle La Noria, the adjacent squares of Plaza de España and Plaza de Candelaria, and Plaza de Weyler. Its emblematic buildings are surrounded by a great variety of shops selling the very latest in fashion, electronic gadgets, photographic equipment and much more, plus an assortment of restaurants and taverns.
The La Concepción church is one of Santa Cruz's architectural treasures. It was erected in 1500 and rebuilt 150 years later after it was destroyed in a fire. Not far from there is a whole host of other sites that are not to be missed on a tour of the city, including the San Francisco church, Plaza del Príncipe de Asturias, the Nuestra Señora de África marketplace and the García Sanabria park.
The soon-to-be refurbished Masonic Temple will also become a must on the tour, together with Palacio de la Carta and Castillo Negro (the Black Castle) on the coast. Travelling down from Plaza de España you can visit the ruins of the castle of San Cristóbal, which explains the name of the street that sets off from that point: Calle del Castillo (Castle Street). | <urn:uuid:9c42d498-9a6c-4ef6-9e12-3d6892accddb> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://www.webtenerife.co.uk/what-see/historic-sites/historic-quarters/centro-historico-de-santa-cruz/ | 2024-04-25T06:52:36Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712297290384.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20240425063334-20240425093334-00668.warc.gz | en | 0.946633 | 375 |
In a recent incident that unfolded on the highways of Derbyshire, a vigilant patrol from the Derbyshire Roads Policing Unit swiftly intervened upon spotting a flatbed truck hauling an oversized trailer, setting off immediate alarms among the seasoned officers.
The vehicle, from its first glance, appeared like a ticking time bomb to the officers in question, demanding them to take a closer scrutiny, in order to avert a potential looming catastrophe.
Upon pulling the suspect vehicle over and subjecting it to a meticulous examination at a nearby check site, the suspicions of the law enforcement officials were confirmed in alarming proportions.
The truck and its accompanying trailer were found to be significantly overweight, surpassing legal limits by a staggering margin. What’s more, the trailer alone was burdened with a load nearly a tonne beyond what was safe, raising serious concerns about its structural integrity and roadworthiness.
With unwavering commitment to public safety, the officers wasted no time in taking decisive action. The driver was promptly reported, and the vehicle was prohibited from further movement, preventing a potentially disastrous scenario from unfolding on Derbyshire’s already congested roads.
The dangers posed by overloaded vehicles cannot be overstated. Excessive weight not only compromises a vehicle’s manoeuvrability but also amplifies the risk of accidents, especially during emergency braking or sudden manoeuvres.
Moreover, it places undue stress on critical components, such as brakes, tires, and suspension, increasing the likelihood of mechanical failures that could lead to catastrophic accidents.
Driving an overloaded vehicle is not only foolhardy but also a blatant disregard for the safety of oneself and others sharing the road. It not only violates legal regulations but also jeopardises the well-being of all road users, turning what should be routine commutes into potential hazards.
This incident serves as a stark reminder of the indispensable role law enforcement plays in upholding road safety standards. Through their vigilance and proactive intervention, the Derbyshire Roads Policing Unit has once again demonstrated their unwavering commitment to protecting lives and ensuring the smooth flow of traffic on the roads.
Let this incident serve as a wake-up call to all motorists, urging them to prioritise safety above all else when behind the wheel. Only through collective adherence to safety standards can everyone mitigate the risks posed by overloaded vehicles and create safer roads for everyone.
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3-Function Handheld Shower With Slide Bar And 59-Inch Hose
Matte Black Handheld Shower System With Slide Bar
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Experience sophistication in your shower room with our meticulously crafted handheld shower kit, boasting a stunning matte black appearance. Not only does it exude timeless elegance, but it also resists surface corrosion, making it ideal for humid environments.
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Experience hassle-free installation with our comprehensive kit. Equipped with clear instructions and a template, setting up your new handheld shower is a breeze. Bid farewell to complicated installations and embrace the convenience of DIY with our user-friendly setup process.
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Saturday 20 February was the 50th day since Boris Johnson’s Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) came into effect. Anyone expecting it to settle all questions, or even most of the details, of how we will do business with the EU from now on will be mightily disappointed. The proverbial expression of something being ‘as full of holes as a colander’ is inadequate to describe the TCA. It is not so much a colander as a shooting range target full of bullet holes or, in some sectors, gaping vents left by cannon fire.
Not to be confused with the Irish Protocol, which is part of the Withdrawal Agreement treaty, and has problems of its own, the TCA was always intended to be a framework, on to which other, sectoral agreements could be bolted. In terms of content, it is similar to the EU’s deal with Canada and Japan, two countries thousands of miles away, with free trade deals with their large neighbouring markets and no land border or roll-on-roll-off ferry routes with the EU. Oh dear. Spot the first design flaw.
The government is dismissing complaints about the TCA as ‘teething problems’. In some instances, this may be true. However, there are also structural problems, and the government’s head-in-the-sand denial of their existence won’t fix them. For example, the new Brexit red tape, which Michael Gove estimated would cost business £7–15bn, is not going to disappear. This is a massive structural non-tariff barrier – a direct consequence of having left both the single market and the customs union.
While businesses may find process improvements to shorten the time it takes to complete the form-filling, they can’t magic it away altogether. When banging on about ‘alternative arrangements’ (in the form of technology) during the Irish backstop discussions in parliament, Tory MPs neglected to mention that most of this wondrous technology has yet to come into existence and the industry has forecast it won’t be available for 10–15 years.
Salient flaws in the TCA
There are certain items the TCA does not address at all. These include:
Recognition and enforcement of UK court judgements in the EU, and vice-versa
This will hurt us more than the EU, because the attractiveness of English law and English courts for dispute resolution, even if the case involves an EU component, supports our £60bn legal services industry. The remedy is to apply to re-join the Lugano Convention, which the UK has done. Approval will take a long time because each country has to give consent according to its constitutional norms, and consent must be unanimous. A protracted teething problem, then.
Third countries used London and other centres of our broadcasting infrastructure as a base for the whole of the EU. They’ve now had to physically relocate to the EU to maintain their licence to broadcast in the territory. Its omission is not wholly unexpected, as the EU has never included this in any of its previous trade deals, but another thump in the gut for poor Britannia nonetheless. Broadcasting was another of our golden industries.
Mobility The EU offered to include its standard mobility provision (a degree of freedom of movement) in the TCA, but the UK government refused, and then lied about the refusal to the public when the clamour – which is ongoing and growing in volume – arose. We’re already seeing ‘EU passport holders only’ job ads. Welcome to two-tier Britain, where those who still have freedom of movement as EU citizens have far greater opportunities to prosper.
The government is encouraging working-class voters to ‘hate’ the middle classes and feel no empathy for those whose business model or career is destroyed by the end of freedom of movement. Resist this narrative! It’s not just fancy business people who can no longer travel freely to the EU for work. Musicians and their crew, those working in fashion, creatives, those working in filmmaking, hospitality workers (receptionists, chamber maids and bar staff), tour operators, teachers, construction workers, and so on are also cut off from opportunities in the EU. These are openings working-class people have traditionally been able to take advantage of to escape the lane in which the Tories would restrict them. It’s a form of ‘know your place and stick to it’. Not exactly levelling up.
A lighter-touch sanitary and phyto-sanitary (SPS) regime
Our government could have opted for a phyto-sanitary agreement like the one New Zealand has with the EU. But no. Our exporters are subject to a full-on WTO-style SPS regime. We now have the ridiculous situation where it’s easier to export lamb to the EU from New Zealand than from Wales.
A grace period for goods’ trade
The transition period was meant to be for businesses to prepare, since preparation may involve relocation, recruitment, upskilling, reconfiguration of processes, IT system modification or even new systems. This is not something businesses can just do from one day to the next. It takes months of planning and even longer to implement. Unfortunately, our government is hostile to business. It ensured the transition to new arrangements would be as bad and brutal as it was possible to be by squandering the entire transition period to ‘negotiate’ this damaging deal. That said, the government has accorded itself a grace period because it simply isn’t ready to fulfil the third country requirements the UK had once helped to define. As a result, we are possibly in breach of WTO regulations.
There are other items the TCA addresses only partially.
Separate talks will have to be held on granting UK financial services ‘equivalence’. This is an EU system that gives single market access to the financial firms of a third country, if their regulatory environment is considered to match EU requirements. It’s not as good as passporting, as third-country firms have to seek approval in each individual member state, which adds delay and cost, but it’s far better than nothing. An outline as to how these discussions will proceed is expected by the end of March. In the meantime, the UK continues to haemorrhage businesses, assets and highly skilled people to the continent.
There was a sense that some of the more extreme Brexit elements wanted to bring the City down a peg or two. This is the ultimate nose-spite-faceism, as the City contributes 10 per cent of the UK’s overall tax take. Given that 40 per cent of the City’s revenues are derived from the EU, that tax take is now under pressure. Dominic Raab dismissed this as the EU being able to ‘nick a bit of business’ off us.
Many people might not realise that we are benefitting from a grace period in the general data protection regulation (GDPR). It ends on 30 April, but can be extended by up to two months. The EU is yet to rule on the ‘adequacy’ of our data protection provisions. It is all very well saying that, since the starting point is the same, they should just go ahead and grant us adequacy. The issue is not the point of departure, but the destination, and our government has been vociferous about its intent to diverge.
Normally, countries sign trade deals because they want to converge, not diverge. Johnson has made a song and dance about our sovereign right to diverge, without ever considering how divergence will impact trade. Indeed, this damaging divergence for divergence’s sake appears to be a complete farce. He has no clue where we could diverge and has called on business leaders to make suggestions. Some business associations have reported being ‘badgered’ by the government to come up with ideas and have actually stressed the imperative for close alignment. Not what Johnson wanted to hear, but then he’s never known enough, or been interested enough to learn, or he would have expected this response.
A former Tory cabinet minister involved in a previous red tape repeal exercise told the Financial Times: You cast around and find virtually nothing anyone wants to repeal. Then you find there was a reason it was put there in the first place.”
When we see all the division, disruption and loss caused by Brexit, we are entitled to ask, “What was the point?” Brexit was a Trojan horse. Even though they are still lying about it, our government (and especially our international trade secretary) knew full well that Brexit was not a trade optimisation strategy. They went ahead anyway because they knew it would give them cover to inflict a far-right agenda on the country. Small state, big rewards for the chosen few, low tax for the rich and corporates, skeleton public services and slavery to debt for the masses – with a large chunk of that debt being healthcare costs. Oh, but the Tories have said over and over again that our #NHS is not for sale. Yeah, and they’ll repeat that over and over again, until the day we realise that it has been sold off piecemeal, with only the brand remaining. And that is how they’ll claim that they did not sell off the NHS.
This wasn’t on the EU referendum ballot paper
Say what you will about the EU, but it strives to balance the competing demands of corporates, consumer protection, social rights and the environment. Our government wants to skew everything towards protecting only the highest echelons of society. This is why, for example, it is moving away from the ‘precautionary principle’, which placed a burden on those selling products to ensure that they were safe before coming to market with them.
The alternative is the American-style ‘evidence principle’. Don’t be fooled by the use of the positive descriptor ‘evidence’. The evidence principle shifts the responsibility to the regulatory authority to show why a product may not be sold on the market. Unlike the precautionary principle, outright bans are usually frowned on as disproportionate – in other words, a degree of collateral damage is tolerated to allow the business to operate. Too bad if you’re one of the ones who gets killed.
What hope for the future?
Can this deal be improved? Not a lot, is the short answer. It can be tinkered with around the edges and new sub-agreements might help but, ultimately, we’re stuck until the review in 2024, which is likely to come after the next general election. It could mean either closer alignment, and therefore fewer problems, or no deal. The bad news for all of us is that Johnson has put Lord Frost in charge – he of the North-Korean-style view that nothing should temper sovereignty, especially not British citizens’ happiness, prosperity and opportunities.
There is a quick fix, which would allay a lot of the problems, although not all. Only membership can do that. However, joining the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), which includes Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland, would ‘respect’ the referendum result, while restoring our freedom of movement and allowing for a more pragmatic trade and customs’ regime. Liz Truss should stop wasting time on the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) and consider it. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves. It takes two to tango and EFTA members have said they’d only be willing to let us join if we were willing to make a long-term commitment. They’re not about to be used as a ‘rebound’ relationship. | <urn:uuid:048f58fe-384e-49f9-8d93-b42c5ceaeac1> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://www.westcountryvoices.com/50-days-on-boris-johnsons-brexit-deal/ | 2024-04-25T08:42:21Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712297290384.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20240425063334-20240425093334-00668.warc.gz | en | 0.966336 | 2,458 |
Recorded on July 14, 2020
This recorded session is the first in a series of online conversations, Perspectives on English Language Learning, that highlights scholarly perspectives on the education of students who are English learners across a wide variety of settings. Led by Aída Walqui, Senior Research Scientist at WestEd, the series highlights major research advances to help educators support learning and achievement for English learners.
The session features Guadalupe Valdés, Bonnie Katz Tenenbaum Professor of Education at Stanford University. Dr. Valdés has led the field of educational linguistics with her research and insights on a diversity of topics including sociocultural diversity and identity, theories and methods of instruction for English learners, measurement of progress, and the role of educational policies on the attainment of minoritized youth and their communities. Among her numerous publications, Con Respeto: Bridging the Distances between Culturally Diverse Families and School, An Ethnographic Portrait and Learning and Not Learning English: Latino Students in American Schools are classics in the field. | <urn:uuid:3bc15121-d9e3-489e-9393-e52dd8239ff5> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://www.wested.org/resources/whats-in-a-name/ | 2024-04-25T07:19:18Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712297290384.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20240425063334-20240425093334-00668.warc.gz | en | 0.939995 | 212 |
Throughout the year, First Independent Bank supports High Sierra Industries and their mission to develop and deliver systems that benefit people with disabilities. We look forward to their annual Xtreme Ability Challenge where each participant is provided a simulated disability to gain a better perspective on life with disabilities and the importance of the services provided by High Sierra Industries.
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First Independent Bank, a division of Western Alliance Bank, Member FDIC, delivers relationship banking that puts clients at the center of everything. Founded in 1999, First Independent Bank offers a full spectrum of tailored commercial banking solutions delivered with outstanding service. With offices in Reno, Sparks, Carson City and Fallon, First Independent Bank is part of Western Alliance Bancorporation, which has more than $70 billion in assets. Major accolades include being ranked as a top U.S. bank in 2023 by American Banker and Bank Director. As a regional bank with significant national capabilities, First Independent Bank delivers the reach, resources and local market expertise that make a difference for customers. | <urn:uuid:d16f8bc1-fcfd-4a84-8472-ac56961c36e3> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://www.westernalliancebancorporation.com/first-independent-bank/community-commitment/high-sierra-industries | 2024-04-25T07:00:26Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712297290384.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20240425063334-20240425093334-00668.warc.gz | en | 0.945864 | 207 |
When a loved one has OCD, it can feel daunting. You are stuck with not knowing what will help, make it worse, strain the relationship, or worsen your own mental health.
OCD is a different ball game. What we think makes it better, actually makes it worse. This is tricky at first, but once you understand the cycle it will become clear.
At its core, OCD is maintained by compulsions. These are behaviors (either physical or mental) that the sufferer engages in to try to manage the distress from obsessions. In exposure with response prevention (ERP) treatment, the individual is working to reduce compulsions and respond to their obsessions differently.
They are likely doing this gradually, working from least distressing to most distressing. It takes time, patience, and resilience. Giving your loved one credit for each step of recovery is important.
Where do family members / loved ones come in?
Symptom accommodation gets in the way of treatment and can derail progress. Learning how you may be participating in rituals, or accommodating symptoms is important for all parties. It can take a toll on your own mental health, but it's also moving your loved one further away from their goal of recovery. Here are some examples:
Sean has harm OCD. His obsessions come as questions, such as “what if I am too dangerous to be holding this knife?” “What if I snap and harm my friend?”. In response to these obsessions, Sean asks his dad for reassurance. Sean’s dad responds, multiple times a day, “don't worry you would never do that, I promise.” Without realizing it, Sean’s dad has reinforced the OCD.
Mollie has hit & run OCD. Her OCD tells her she may have hit someone without realizing it, and is too dangerous to drive. Mollie’s partner accommodates by doing 100% of the driving, even when he doesn’t feel like it. In addition, he gives Mollie reassurance that he hasn’t hit anyone, when he's driving.
Toby has contamination OCD. It makes it difficult to eat out at restaurants and go to public spaces. To lessen the stress, Toby’s mother opens all doors for him, and makes sure she always has hand sanitizer. When she notices Toby becoming distressed, she quickly pulls out the hand gel to mitigate the situation.
All of these loved ones have good intentions: to lessen the stress of their child, partner, sister, father, etc. Unfortunately, they are all helping the OCD, not their beloved family member. The goal is for you two to be on a team together, against the OCD.
Tip #1 - Reduce Accommodation Gradually
Accommodation refers to participating in rituals or attempting to mitigate the anxiety of the sufferer. Accommodation has likely built up slowly, over time. What was once a quick help to defuse a stressful morning became the norm.Therefore, it's important to reduce it gradually. To start, identify what accommodation is occurring and come up with a plan to reduce. The Family Accommodation Scale for OCD (by Anthony Pinto, Ph.D., Barbara Van Noppen, Ph.D., & Lisa Calvocoressi, Ph.D.) is a good place to start.
Tip #2 - Talk to your loved one openly and with compassion
It's natural to be frustrated by your loved one’s OCD. You may have seen their spark diminish under the weight of the disorder. It may be taking a toll on your relationship or family. All of those feelings are valid. And, taking out frustration and anger on your loved one won’t help. Aim to have compassion and understanding, while also holding firm boundaries for what you will / will not engage in.
For example: “I can see how much the OCD is affecting you. It is affecting me too. At this moment, xyz compulsions are taking a toll on our family, what is our game plan with treatment? How can I support you in recovery? I believe in you.”
Tip #3 - Encourage, not reassure
Supporting without giving reassurance is an important skill to develop. This can look like providing validation and encouragement. Examples…
Instead of “Don’t worry it will all be okay” → Try “I can see how hard this is for you. I know you can make room for this feeling right now, I believe in you”
Instead of “Those things will never happen stop worrying about that” → Try “This is so challenging. I can’t provide reassurance but I can support you and cheer you on. What skills can you use in this moment?”
Tip #4 - Ask their therapist how you can support with treatment
It can be very helpful to join a session or book one on your own. Hearing from their provider where they are in treatment, what the treatment goals are, how you can support them without doing compulsions, can do wonders for recovery. We can't help what we don’t understand.
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I love the still of summer. I know the distant hill is September with all its chaos. No more fun Fridays! I made deliberate life choices so that my family could be far removed from the frenetic energy and remember that the NYC life is not the norm. My son grabbed my hand a few weeks ago, when we reached the summit of a hike in Alaska, and said, “You really like it here don’t you?” Oh yes, this is everything. It’s imperative we re-learn to chill during the warm months because we’ll need to reach for that sense of calm throughout the year. It will all start to hit the fan in large doses and we need to be prepared.
Recently I’ve seen a significant number of people in our orbit lose their jobs. The startling notice and behind-the-scenes corporate machinations have truly come out of the blue and have felt like a gut punch to those around us. We talk a lot about making lemonade from lemons but we forget that it’s not a two-step process. Finding the sugar, bowl, ladle and patience may take months and for those in leadership positions, it can take well over a year. Making peace with change comes after shock, sadness, and anger. And it’s an even scarier ride if you are the sole provider of the family. All you want to do is speed up that process. Being methodical in the face of fear is a learned skill. When things start to click, they will click fast. That’s when you will start making a plan and network the hell out of it. You WILL get that offer, and when you do, NEGOTIATE THE HELL OUT OF IT.
Alex did just that. After years of nurturing and growing a company it went under, and at 42 Alex needed to think through how to pick up the pieces. However, this time around, Alex was determined to sort this out under the right conditions. One piece that was looming over the whole process was the reality of high school and college costs. The big takeaway, NEGOTIATE LIKE A BOSS and pay attention to the details. Read the details of this journey below.
By the way...WAGER is creating services and content to help individuals develop their compensation skills wherever they are in their career. We are also starting to partner with Fortune 100 companies to bring compensation conversations to employees directly at the office. That’s a huge leap forward for WAGER and companies! Check out our website and help us grow! We have interesting partnerships developing in the very near future so stay tuned.
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Learn 'How to Instagram' with f(x)'s Amber in this week's 'What the Pineapple'
It's another 'What the Pineapple' Sunday with f(x)'s Amber!
Since most of us have Instagram accounts, Amber and Scott are here to give us some tips and guidelines on how to use it and be a better Instagramer~
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Rage Against The Kakistocracy
(Government by the least qualified or least principled citizens)
Climategate I and II
December 3, 2011
by Karl Uppiano
Evidence continues to accumulate, that global warming (or the more recently adopted non-falsifiable and self-fulfilling moniker "climate change") is an outright fraud.
Jim Lacey writing in National Review Online states in his article Scientists Behaving Badly,
Last week over 5,000 new e-mails, already dubbed Climategate 2, were released. Anyone still desiring to contest the assertion that only a few persons controlled the entire warmist agenda will be brought up short by this note from one warmist protesting that his opinions were not getting the hearing they deserved: “It seems that a few people have a very strong say, and no matter how much talking goes on beforehand, the big decisions are made at the eleventh hour by a select core group.” Over the years this core group, led by Phil Jones at East Anglia and Michael Mann at Penn State, became so close that even those inclined toward more honest appraisals of the state of climate science were hesitant to rock the boat. As one warm-monger states: “I am not convinced that the ‘truth’ is always worth reaching if it is at the cost of damaged personal relationships.” Silly me, how many years have I wasted believing that the very point of science was to pursue the truth in the face of all obstacles. On the basis of this evidence the scientific method must be rewritten so as to state: “Science must be as objective as possible, unless it offends your friends.”
One by one, scientists are beginning to speak up. Karin McQuillan writes in Scientists in Revolt against Global Warming over at American Thinker,
More and more scientists are revolting against the global warming consensus enforced by government funding, the academic establishment, and media misrepresentation. They are saying that solar cycles and the complex systems of cloud formation have much more influence on our climate, and account for historical periods of warming and cooling much more accurately that a straight line graph of industrialization, CO2, and rising temperatures. They also point out that the rising temperatures that set off the global warming panic ended in 1998.
It takes a lot of courage. Scientists who report findings that contradict man-made global warming find their sources of funding cut, their jobs terminated, their careers stunted, and their reports blocked from important journals, and they are victimized by personal attacks. This is a consensus one associates with a Stalinist system, not science in the free world.
But, there is a real possibility that if humans ever are legitimately linked to global warming or climate change -- anything -- that real scientists and principled public servants will have a much harder row to hoe in order to convince people to take the necessary steps to reverse it.
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A thromboplastin activator (catalysing factor) present in blood plasma which is necessary for normal formation of thromboplastin, and thus for normal coagulation. When Christmas Factor is missing from the blood, it causes Christmas’ Disease. The name came from the patient in whom it was first determined that the hereditary haemophilia B was a different disease from the classical hereditary haemophilia caused by the absence of another clotting factor, Factor VIII.
We thank John Smith III for information submitted.
- R. A. Biggs, A. S. Douglas, R. G. MacFarlane, J. V. Dacie, W. R. Pittney, C. Merskey and J. R. O’Brien:
Christmas disease, a condition previously mistaken for haemophilia.
British Medical Journal, London, 1952: 1378-1382.
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The WildJar team has been busy building out the most advanced Call Intelligence platform and we are so excited to share it with you. So excited, that we decided to add in some more features at the last minute!
So many updates in the one release :)
New tracking script – our biggest core update! Too much to write in one line, however it is super fast, super light, super flexible and will give you access to better insights!
Database and security – in line with PCI, GDPR, HIPAA and our global expansion we have made your data even more secure and stable. Multiple redundancies and connections to multiple global carriers will make sure your business stays up and generating revenue! Available, scalable and secure. (Big shout out to Maurice, our in-house AI bot who constantly monitors and updates us of any issues!)
Advanced Call Routing and Call Flow Builder - our new drag and drop call flow builder will not only save you time, it will also save you money on existing expensive routing. Create IVR's and Menu's, time based routing, location based, post code prompting, round robin and multi transfers.
Microsoft Ads – formerly Bing Ads, now view call data alongside your Microsoft search data in their dashboard
Facebook – view offline phone conversions in your Facebook Ads manager account. Create lookalike audiences for callers and optimise to drive revenue.
Salesforce (Realtime integration) – create a Lead in Salesforce as soon as a call is initiated. Lookup records or create records in real time.
Pipedrive (Realtime and Post call integration) – one of the fastest growing CRM’s, with WildJar have the ability to push calls live or post conversation. Create and update leads.
Realtime API availability – gain access to our new API, which enables you to push call data as soon as a call is initiated.
Webhook – have a platform to integrate with we don’t have an out of the box solution for? No worries! Use our Webhook to create whatever integration you would like.
Fusion SD AMS – view call data in your automotive lead management tool.
Agency Analytics – easily monitor your important call KPIs and metrics in your Agency Analytics reports.
Web Phone – create Sip phones in our dashboard and start calling your customers back directly from our dashboard. No clunky 2 leg dialer calls. Easy, click and dial! Just plug a headset in and you are good to go!
One click SMS – simply click on a mobile number in the dashboard and send them an SMS
SMS BulkGateway – send bulkSMS to databases for marketing and promotions
SMSAutomation – set rules around responses and automate SMS workflows
MMS Gateway – a picture tells 1,000 words! Use MMS to create a great impression for your brand
SMS Follow Up - Re-engage with customers via SMS, making it easy to follow up and save lost opportunities.
Smart Tags - Gain instant lead quality by automatically tagging and scoring your leads, based on your callers behaviours.
Call Intelligence - Transcribe calls, identify specific words spoken and uncover your customer’s emotion and sentiment.
Easy number and account ordering – we know it was already easy, but we made it even better! Set up accounts and numbers in less than 30 seconds.
Address Book – want to know who is calling you? The new Address Book feature will save the contacts details so you can see the name of your customer as they call you (available for multiple calling numbers).
Customer journey – no more single line data sources. We want to show you how often your customers are contacting you, or you contacting them. View your customers interactions on a timeline and engage with them in a more meaningful way.
White Label - completely white label the WildJar dashboard with your own branding
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Welcome to Episode 176, a riveting episode where we bring on board renowned wine writer, Natalie MacLean. Dive into the enriching conversation reflecting on her latest book, “Wine Witch on Fire”, a narrative artfully portraying her journey through the tumultuous trials of divorce, defamation, and confronting her over-consumption of alcohol. This episode is not only about a memoir but a testament of human resilience and renovation, professionally and personally, in the wake of adversities.
Tune in as we discuss the poignant stories of women winemakers, their pivotal roles in the industry, and how their stories echo her own experiences. Get a new perspective on managing social media, the need to prioritize mental health amidst online criticism, and Natalie’s evolution through her journey. This episode does more than just scratch the surface, it promises an exploration into the depths of a woman’s resilience told through her own lens.
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PAPUR® CASCADA — UNIQUE DROPLET IMPRESSION
«No two drops of water are the same, and that is what makes this paper so surprisingly different,» says Product Manager Danny Grossenbacher. «It is the first time we have used this bold finishing technique. We wanted to try something new to appeal to young buyers. It was accordingly important to us that the paper looks authentic, natural and handmade. With a 40% recycled content, it also makes a contribution to the environment.»
PAPUR® CASCADA impresses with its honesty. Reminiscent of handmade paper, it combines a fresh look with an authentic feel. The material is ideal for the packaging sector or on a stationery item. It could also be used for book endpapers. The vegan product contains 40% post-consumer waste. Like all papers it is 100% recyclable. It is also FSC™ certified and free of heavy metals.
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Unmanaged diabetes can cause problems with your blood vessels and your nerves, particularly in your extremities.
As a result, minor injuries don’t heal and worsen over time, increasing your risk of infection and other complications. That’s why if you have diabetes, you must take care of your feet.
We believe that education is critical to protecting your health, so let’s review how diabetes affects your feet and how you can protect your feet from diabetes-related complications.
Diabetes and your feet
Diabetes increases your risk for peripheral artery disease (PAD). PAD narrows the arteries in your extremities, which reduces circulation — particularly in your feet.
Reduced circulation means that your skin, muscles, and connective tissue don’t receive the platelets and growth factors that help your cells regenerate. As a result, you might not heal as you should and have an increased risk of infection.
For example, if you get a small cut on your foot, it could become a diabetic foot ulcer, which is an open wound that doesn’t heal.
If not treated correctly, a foot ulcer can deepen and eventually reach your bone. The open wound is also susceptible to infection, gangrene, and necrosis.
Statistics show that foot ulcers precede 85% of amputations caused by diabetes.
Neuropathy is another common complication of diabetes that can affect your feet. Nearly half of people with diabetes have peripheral neuropathy from continuously elevated blood sugar levels.
Neuropathy causes various symptoms, including sensation loss. If you don’t have sensation in your feet, you won’t know if you develop a blister or injure your foot in any other way.
Fortunately, you can take a few steps to protect your feet when you have diabetes.
See your podiatrist regularly
Our podiatrists offer diabetic foot care services and exams so we can catch minor problems before they become potentially dangerous complications. Let us deal with corns or calluses on your foot. We can even trim your nails to prevent injury.
Examine your feet at home
Look your feet over every day. Check for abrasions, cuts, corns, calluses, redness, swelling, or nail problems. If you can’t see the bottoms of your feet, use a mirror.
Use lukewarm water in the bath
If you prefer baths, use a thermometer to test the water before you get in. Nerve damage could increase your risk of stepping into scalding water without realizing it until too late.
Take care of your feet
Do your best to keep your feet clean and dry, and wear appropriate socks. If you know you’re going to spend a long time on your feet, such as when going on a hike or having a long shift at work, bring extra socks and change during the day. Take care not to let your feet sit in hot, sweaty socks and shoes for hours.
Take time to carefully clean and dry your feet every day, including between your toes. Choose diabetic socks with loose elastic tops that don’t constrict blood flow.
Wear well-fitting shoes
Choose shoes that fit correctly, with plenty of room available for your toes. Stay away from high heels or shoes with pointed toes. These shoes can compress your toes and cause pressure points that can lead to blisters and other injuries.
We recommend that if you find a particular brand of shoe that you love to buy more than one pair if you can afford it. This way, you can give each pair a chance to breathe and dry out after each wear.
Wear shoes all the time
Even at home, you should wear shoes. Going barefoot increases your chances of getting a cut on the bottom of your foot. Your risk of injury is even higher if you’re outside or in the locker room at the gym.
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The Rule of 72
Do you know how long it may take for your investments to double in value? The Rule of 72 is a quick way to figure it out.
Sound estate management includes creating financial and healthcare documents. Here's an inside look.
An overview of some fundamental steps when a loved one passes.
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Milk chocolate praline, caramel and tangerine
Jongo represents the myriad of sounds that emanate from Brazil. Jongo underpins every music genre Brazil has given to the world and our single origin coffee is right at the heart of the rhythm.
Mio Fazenda is a family-owned farm in Monte Santo de Minas, Brazil and in 2014, Mio decided to step up its core practices. The farm itself is 1589 hectares. Approximately 1/3 of this is used for milling and processing (as well as a eucalyptus plantation and some pasture areas) The farm became technology driven ever dedicated to improving the farmworkers quality of life and increasing coffee quality. It’s a real pleasure to have a relationship with the Fazenda family. | <urn:uuid:6f3ea3ef-3158-40db-9bbe-8cf4e0ff23c3> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://www.wise2coffee.com/product/mio-brazil/ | 2024-04-25T08:49:42Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712297290384.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20240425063334-20240425093334-00668.warc.gz | en | 0.948205 | 162 |
My perhaps dangerously overladen Forester performed magnificently on the long drive here, 20 hours all told with the planned overnight stop in Cleveland. Morning found us back on the highway and we gobbled up the miles, did the RuShip and I, the way a hungry Pac-Man chomps down the ghosts. The highlight of the trip was crossing the Mackinac Strait on the six-mile long bridge. Mighty Mac, they call it, and combined with the view toward Lakes Huron and Michigan it was simply the most awe-inspiring sight I have seen in many long years. Upon completing the crossing, you find yourself in St.Ignace where the local folk are pulling out all the stops to welcome us here.
During the opening ceremony at St.Ignace Middle School, we were treated to performances of Ojibway drumming and dancing by members of the area's Native community. The performances were im part to welcome us, and in part to "honor in loving memory, a quiet hero", Senior Chief Petty Officer Special Warfare Operator (SEAL) Heath M. Robinson who gave his life in Afghanistan in service to this nation. Are not all true heroes thus? A moment of silence, if you will, and perhaps prayers for his family. We were invited to join in the Friendship Dance, to dance in a full circle around the drum they called the Grandfather, because all grandfathers enjoy seeing their children and grandchildren around them dance and be happy.
Another of the Ojibway performed a hoop dance with such agile footwork I wish to see him on skates with a wing. Then he would intertwine the hoops along his arms and spread them as though they were eagle's wings. Which was exactly his intention as another of his nation who was sitting near me said. When I told him I had seen eagles on my trip here, he said it was a sign of a good day. And so it has been. Dinner after the ceremony was hearty and filling, and we spent a little time afterward looking at all the young children's drawings about WISSA with their impressions of ice and snow sailing.
Regrettably, ice here has been as fickle as back home. We can neither sail on Moran Bay, just across the street from where most of us are staying at the Driftwood Motel, nor on the strait beside Mighty Mac, but on a small inland lake close by. Chain Lake has plenty of ice and we will make it work. The Show Will Go On.
Skipper's meeting tomorrow at 9:30, and then off to the race. I will try to post again tomorrow, maybe around mid-day.
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A Wife's Courage: The BRAND NEW Battersea saga for 2023 from the Sunday Times bestselling author by Kitty Neale
London, 1944. With bombs raining over London, keeping the Battersea Tavern open is no easy feat for owner Winnie Berry - but the community need the warmth and familiarity of the pub more than ever.
After marriage, Maureen Fanning had moved out to Wandsworth with her bad-tempered husband Brancher. But when he loses both his job and their lodgings, the only people who will take them in are her kindly grandparents, Len and Renee. Getting a cleaning job at the Battersea Tavern is the least she can do to pay them back. It would all be fine... if it weren't for Brancher.
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Age diversification in forestry
The forest industry is well aware of the importance of diversity when it comes to forest management through the general understanding of the importance of having a diversity of trees, species, and habitat types. However, when it comes to diversity in the workplace, this has been an evolving conversation in our sector. While there has been great strides in creating a more inclusive environment for women and individuals from many different backgrounds and ethnicities, it seems that age diversity or age diversification is often missed or forgotten about in this conversation.
In particular, this can be witnessed during the hiring process when employers focus on filling the position with the best, most qualified person. While this seems logical and will meet the need in the short-term, it does not support age diversification in the workplace.
Age diversification can result in many benefits. One of the upfront benefits are reducing employee turnover while creating a stable workplace. It provides the opportunity for experienced employees to teach and impart wisdom on younger generations while helping the younger generations gain experience, become well trained and more knowledgeable employee. Often having a diverse age structure will lead to what is referred to as positive spillover effects. Spillover from older workers is a wonderful way to save on formal training costs and mentorship between different age brackets can ultimately lead to stronger company culture.
Age diversification can lead to a variety of skill sets and perspectives. Undoubtedly the older employees will have extensive knowledge on a subject. We see this a lot in forestry. Forests are complex ecosystems that develop and transition over time. Not all changes are seen in one season. Some lessons in forestry are not learned until 5 years later when you see the impact of a choice made on a forest stand. Older employees will have a stronger grasp on the changes they see in forest dynamics. They will be able to identify mistakes before they are made because maybe they made those mistakes before.
Younger employees, on the other hand, may have a tighter grasp on technology. They may have a better understanding of new innovation and how it can be applied to the job. Younger employees are often up to date on current science and research. All the qualities and knowledge older and younger workers have to offer will drive innovation and foster creative, forward-thinking ideas. There are studies that suggest that age diversity increases productivity and are more innovative.
How do we create an inclusive, age diverse work environment? This is a question I can only provide thoughtful suggestions for as I am no expert. Companies, organizations, or groups could evaluate their successional planning to ensure that the knowledge that their older employees have get passed down to younger employees. They can ensure that their younger employees are engaged and encourage to bring new ideas to the table. Even evaluating internal processes and benefits may be a good way to attract younger employees. Older employees may be more interested in RRSP contributions while younger generations may be more interested in health and wellness benefits - including insurance for their pets.
Just like a forest, age diversity is beneficial to the health of the ecosystem making it resilient and allows for the forest to succeed over time. Companies that embrace all ages are more likely to succeed.
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Red Roses set new record in style
England’s women become the first test team to win 25 tests in a row after beating Wales 73-7 at Ashton Gate in Bristol on Wednesday.
None of the 32 players named in England’s Rugby World Cup 2021 squad this week would have worn a broader smile on hearing the news of their inclusion than Laura Keates.
Prop Keates will board the Red Roses’ flight to New Zealand on Friday, in contention to appear at a second Rugby World Cup, five years after a ruptured Achilles ended her hopes of playing at RWC 2017 just six weeks before the showpiece tournament.
It has been a long journey back for the Rugby World Cup winner, who subsequently suffered a serious knee injury within weeks of winning her 62nd England cap, against France in November 2020.
Keates has not represented her country since, and a place on the plane to New Zealand appeared improbable as recently as three weeks ago, when she was omitted from a 35-player training squad to prepare for the match against the USA in Exeter.
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Red Roses coach Simon Middleton was ultimately convinced to include Keates in his final squad due to her experience and the confidence he has in her to perform when called upon. It is a faith she will be keen to repay next month.
“I’m absolutely buzzing to be back in the mix this time around and just over the moon to be included in the squad,” Keates told World Rugby.
“Obviously, it was a pretty tragic time. Six weeks out [from RWC 2017] and I wasn't really sure of the injury. I just thought six weeks out, strap it up, crack on, just get through the World Cup.
“But with the nature of the injury, it was pretty hard and since then obviously, I've had a couple of injuries.
“It definitely makes it all the more special getting into the squad and just being part of it again. It's been so incredible to be back in the squad.”
Although she couldn’t play any part in England’s Rugby World Cup title defence five years ago, Keates made the decision to travel to Ireland rather than watch on from home.
“We started in January as professional athletes and we'd obviously done that whole journey together as a really, really tight squad,” she explained.
“I knew no matter how I was feeling that I would want to be around the squad, and I'd be out there supporting the girls.
“So, I went to go and watch it, and it was definitely the right decision. For me, being around the squad, it really lifted me and then I was able to go and deal with my injury and rehab after that.”
Keates was at Kingspan Stadium in Belfast to witness England’s RWC 2017 final defeat to New Zealand, and although she insists it was a “weird feeling”, not as hard to take as for those involved on the pitch, it did give her a drive to make another tournament.
That was a dream that would have seemed further away than ever when she suffered an ACL injury only weeks after winning her first England caps in more than three and a half years at the end of 2020.
It precipitated a 10-month lay-off and would almost certainly have ended her hopes of appearing at RWC 2021 had it not been postponed.
Keates eventually returned to action for the University of Worcester Warriors on 9 October 2021, only seven days before the original date of the RWC 2021 final.
“Mentally, it was really, really strange. Obviously, it was incredible to get back in after my Achilles [injury], I wanted to do that. I wanted to prove to myself that I could actually get back in and compete at that level,” Keates said.
“I felt really good off the back of the two games we played against France. I felt really good, really fit, really ready to hopefully crack on.
“And then obviously as soon as I did my ACL, I remember speaking to the coaches and it was really tight.”
She added: “For me, the World Cup being postponed was a good thing because it meant I had that time.”
Rugby has not been Keates’ sole focus since 2017. In June, she graduated from the University of Birmingham having completed a five-year degree in dentistry.
Keates immediately put her plans to enrol in Dentistry Foundation Training, and a potential career in the NHS, on hold when Middleton offered her the chance to come back into England camp.
“Who knows what will happen after the World Cup,” she says about her future professional path and for now her only concern is helping England win RWC 2021.
Keates came off the bench to help the Red Roses beat Canada in the RWC 2014 final in Paris, and she says she sees a similar drive to succeed in her current team-mates.
“It’s an incredible squad,” she said of a group that includes five other Rugby World Cup winners. “I think the real similarity from 2014 to this squad is it's a real tight-knit group.
“There was a real sense of that cohesiveness in 2014 and coming back into the camp now you can feel it as well.
“Obviously, you've got people that you get on with better or you've got club [mates] that you know a bit more. But across the whole squad you can have a chat with anyone and that I think is a real key to us being together and playing for each other.
“And then obviously from 2014, you add the professionalism that's come in… We've got the time to be those professional athletes and it makes such a difference.”
What would it mean to lift the Rugby World Cup trophy for a second time on 12 November?
“It would be incredible, and I don't even think you could put into words what it would mean,” Keates said.
“It was the best experience I've ever had to win in 2014. Everything that happened in the lead up to it and everything that happened after it, it genuinely was the most special moment ever.
“So, to think about that again, I just don't think I could put it into words. But we are definitely taking it game by game, it's one of those where we can only put out our best performance and hopefully that will be enough to bring it home.” | <urn:uuid:1782ee2d-fc46-4ef7-8664-e93a350ee761> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://www.world.rugby/news/757696?lang=en | 2024-04-25T07:34:39Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712297290384.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20240425063334-20240425093334-00668.warc.gz | en | 0.990424 | 1,389 |
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It would appear more and more that the Green Bay Packers are going to give Johnny Jolly a chance
to make their football team this season.
Packers head coach Mike McCarthy said this weekend that Jolly has been in Green Bay but is still working through some matters relating to his three-year suspension from the NFL for violating the league’s substance-abuse policy.
The 30-year-old Jolly served six months of a six-year term in jail for violating probation following multiple arrests for felony codeine possession. He was reinstated by the NFL in February and placed on 10-years shock probation.
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China’s new president, Xi Jinping, traveled to Trinidad and Tobago, Costa Rica and then Mexico last week, on the eve of his weekend meeting in California with US President Barack Obama.
Xi’s trip comes just a month after Obama’s own visit in early May to Mexico and to Central America. Xi arrived in Trinidad just as US Vice President Joe Biden finished a six-day trip to Colombia, Trinidad and Brazil aimed at shoring up US economic interests in the region.
Xi’s trip is part of a stiffening response by China to US attempts to undercut Chinese efforts to assure itself worldwide access to critical mineral resources, and to encircle China under the guise of its “pivot to Asia” policy. There the US has stoked Japan, the Philippines and Vietnam into increasingly abrasive relations with China over competing claims to various islands in the oil and gas-rich East China and South China Seas.
“China wants to remind the US that just as the US has influence in regions close to China, China too has rising influence in the Americas,” according to Matt Ferchen, a scholar at the Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy in Beijing.
Past Chinese presidents were deferential to the US, making reference to Latin America as “Washington’s backyard,” as US Secretary of State John Kerry himself recently called it in testimony in April before the US Congress. But Xi’s Latin America trip, coming early in his presidency, shows “little concern for American reaction,” Evan Ellis, a professor at the National Defense University in Washington, told Bloomberg News.
China had already invested heavily in South America in recent years, striking major trade deals with the region’s governments. Beginning in 2009, it supplanted the US as the number one trading partner of Brazil, Latin America’s foremost economy, as well as its number one source of foreign direct investment.
In the decade spanning 2000 to 2010, trade between China and Latin America as a whole increased 1,500 percent. By 2010, it had risen to $261.2 billion, gaining steadily on US-Latin American trade, which amounted to $351 billion last year. Between 2002 and 2011, Chinese foreign direct investment in the region rose 100-fold from $22.6 million to $22.7 billion.
The areas where US capitalism has retained clear dominance, Mexico and Central America, were the focus of Xi’s trip.
Relations between China and Mexico have been tepid in the past, and they worsened after former President Felipe Calderon hosted the Dalai Lama in 2011.
More fundamentally, their economic relations have been unbalanced. In 2012 the value of China’s exports to Mexico were ten times those of Mexico to China, $57 billion to $5.7 billion. Mexico exported to China copper and other minerals, oil, cotton and car parts, and imported electronics, toys, plastics and furniture.
Mexico and China also have been direct competitors in supplying the US market with manufactured goods. Mexican businessmen have long felt threatened by China undercutting them as a cheap labor platform, particularly in electronic and consumer products industries.
A decade ago Mexico’s average labor costs were nearly three times higher than China’s. Recently that labor-cost differential has narrowed sharply, eating into Chinese cost advantage, so Mexico has regained some US market share. According to at least one report this year, hourly wages in Mexico are now lower than in China.
Mexican companies still complain that Chinese workplace rules on “flexibility”, lower quality control and lack of respect for intellectual property rights continue to permit unfair competition.
Mexico’s new president, Enrique Peña Nieto, visited China two months ago, seeking to change this state of affairs. The reciprocal visit by Xi this week was an unusually quick diplomatic follow-up.
Upon his arrival, Xi said that he wanted to help with Mexico’s huge trade deficit. This means oil, which China needs to fuel its economy and the cars of its middle class.
“Access to strategic raw materials is key to understanding the dynamic of relations with China,” said Hugo Beteta, director for Mexico and Central America of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. “Clearly there is an interest by China in Mexican oil.”
“China is the principal consumer of coal, gas, oil, of secondary industries like cement, steel, concrete,” said Juan Carlos Rivera, director of Mexico’s Center for Business with Asia at the private Monterrey Technological Institute. “Evidently (China) is looking to satisfy their market needs.”
Not coincidentally, Xi’s visit to Mexico comes just as the Mexican government is bent on opening up the state oil company Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, to private and foreign investment in order to stem decreasing production by funding deepwater drilling. Peña Nieto will soon present an energy reform bill to the Mexican Congress allowing that.
Of the roughly 2.5 million barrels of crude a day that Pemex presently produces, about 1.2 million are exported. Some 75 percent of those exports go to the US, but only 7 percent to the Far East, including China. China is looking for much more.
During Peña Nieto’s April visit to China, Pemex signed its first long-term contract with a Chinese company, agreeing to ship 30,000 barrels a day to the state oil company Sinopec.
This week Pemex said the Export-Import Bank of China would provide it with a $1 billion credit line to buy ships and offshore equipment. It also signed a memorandum of understanding with state-owned Xinxing Cathay International Group to explore ways to work together on pipelines.
For its part, Mexico is looking to diversify its trade and investment, which have long been dominated by the US. It also recognizes China’s rise as a geopolitical player far beyond Asia.
“In the new global geopolitical and economic map, China is, and I think it has arrived to stay, the world’s second economic power," Mexican vice minister of foreign affairs Carlos De Icaza said. Mexico “has to understand and strengthen relations with a nation that has such great strategic value.”
In a speech before the Mexican Senate, Xi said the Sino-Mexican relationship stands before “unprecedented opportunities”. “China is willing to work alongside Mexico to improve the strategic association between the two countries,” Xi added.
Xi also called on the two countries to oppose protectionism and try to resolve trade disagreements through consultation. He and Peña Nieto agreed to end a dispute over Chinese textiles that had led to litigation.
The Chinese sought to sign at least a dozen agreements in the fields of trade, energy, tourism (a huge Mexican industry), science and technology during Xi’s visit. All that was accomplished, however, were agreements to cooperate on commercial defense, and on access for Mexican tequila and Mexican pork to the Chinese market.
Mexican Foreign Minister Jose Antonio Meade said it was “too soon” for a free-trade agreement between the two countries, perhaps reflecting caution as to the effect of courting China on Mexico’s neighbor to the north. Mexico, along with the US and other Pacific Rim countries, but not China, is party to the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations, an effort to increase trade among the Americas, Asia and Australasia. Mexico is keen not to jeopardize those talks.
Xi also visited Trinidad and Tobago, with which China has had diplomatic ties for almost 40 years. Trinidad is also a major trading partner in the Caribbean for China. Xi’s meetings in Trinidad were aimed at buying up liquified natural gas (LNG). China’s LNG purchases rose 20 percent last year; it is eying Trinidad’s surplus now that the United States is shifting from Caribbean LNG imports to greater reliance on domestic shale gas extracts.
During this phase of Xi’s trip, China utilized the “checkbook diplomacy” it has pursued in Africa. It promised $3 billion in concessionary loans for 10 Caribbean countries, whose leaders flew in to meet with Xi.
Costa Rica is the only Central American country with diplomatic relations with China; the other Central American countries recognize Taiwan, a legacy of US dominance of the region. Xi ended his trip with a visit there with Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla.
The Chinese announced $2 billion in deals with Costa Rica, including $1.3 billion for joint construction of a refinery on the Caribbean coast, and hundreds of millions for a new highway. Chinchilla said her country was pursuing additional agreements on investment in clean energy and student exchanges.
In contrast to China’s Xi, Obama, accomplished nothing concrete on the economic front during his May trip to the same region, and brought no investment dollars.
Similarly, Biden’s trip garnered only a vague accord to boost investment and economic cooperation with 15 Caribbean nations, and a one-year free trade agreement with Colombia. The US offered no concrete plans for investment or economic aid.
In contrast, according to a report published last year by Inter-American Dialogue, a Washington-based think tank, China has made $75 billion in loan commitments in Latin America over the last six years, topping total lending by the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank combined.
China is increasing its funding in the region just as the US has been pressured by its dwindling economic position to cut aid and investment. Confronted with a rising challenge to its longstanding economic hegemony, the US inevitably leans more heavily on military and intelligence pacts and training to assert its influence in the region. | <urn:uuid:47a8053d-2b36-44fd-b53d-64e417c3191b> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/06/10/xime-j10.html | 2024-04-25T08:00:47Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712297290384.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20240425063334-20240425093334-00668.warc.gz | en | 0.968552 | 2,028 |
On May 6, 2022, the Washington Post published a chilling report that the Biden administration was warning the United States could see 100 million coronavirus infections with a “potentially significant wave of deaths this fall and winter.” The unmentioned by name senior administration official explained the predictions were based on “a range of outside models of the pandemic.”
Other public health experts agreed that with Omicron’s dominance and waning immunity from vaccines and infections, in conjunction with complete loosening of all pandemic mitigation measures, such a prediction is in line with expectations. Justin Lessler, epidemiologist at University of North Carolina Gillings School of Global Public Health, told the Post, “What they’re saying seems reasonable—it’s on the pessimistic side of what we projected in the COVID-19 scenario modeling run.”
In early April, Fortune magazine interviewed Fractal Therapeutics CEO Arijit Chakravarty about a recent modeling study that was uploaded to the Lancet-affiliated preprint journal medrxiv: “Endemicity is not a victory—the unmitigated downside risks of widespread SARS-CoV-2 transmission.” In the paper, their modeling analysis was in congruence with the White House’s prediction for the fall/winter infection rates. They also warned that hundreds of thousands of deaths could result from these infections annually. Chakravarty told Fortune, “It’s not a specific prediction about the future. We’re not saying the world will end on Tuesday, April 7, 2024. But the goal is to make people say, ‘Gee, some scenarios out there are really quite ugly.’”
Fractal Therapeutics is a science services company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that “offers model-based drug discovery and developmental services that help make drug R&D more efficient.” When the COVID-19 pandemic emerged as a global threat in early 2020, the company decided to employ its modeling expertise in “building a clearer understanding of the public-health risks” associated with the policies being implemented by the CDC and White House, and international health agencies in general.
The World Socialist Web Site contacted CEO Arijit Chakravarty for an interview to discuss the pandemic and their numerous reports whose results and accuracy in prediction have far reaching implications.
Benjamin Mateus [BM]: Good afternoon. Thank you for taking the call to discuss your work on COVID-19. Where are you now?
Arijit Chakravarty [AC]: Happy to speak. We are based out of Cambridge, Massachusetts, but I split my time between Cambridge, between Boston and D.C. I’m in D.C. right now.
BM: My first question for you begins with a caveat. I looked through some of the studies your team at Fractal Therapeutics have conducted. I was very surprised. They are quite innovative and thoughtful. How did a company working on modeling-based drug development move to working on modeling the COVID pandemic?
AC: So, we still are a model-based drug development company and what we do is sell mathematical modeling services to pharma and biotech companies who are looking to move their molecules forward.
But when the pandemic started, though, personally, I’ve been a biologist in the industry for many years—I have a mathematical modeling background—independent of that, the pandemic impacted everybody directly.
I had a serious conflict of interest! Nobody really wants to get COVID over and over again!
So, when we were watching from the sidelines initially and deep diving into this stuff and going, “Gee, this is interesting,” because already very early on there were gaps in the literature and gaps in what people were saying. Some of it didn’t make sense.
BM: For instance?
AC: For instance … People kept talking about the “six-foot rule.” We are scientists. So, we dug into the question, “What’s the science behind the six-foot rule?” And we were realized there was no science behind the “six-foot rule.” [The CDC recommends that unvaccinated or high-risk individuals in indoor public spaces maintain a six-foot distance to mitigate against COVID-19 infection. However, the airborne nature of the disease makes the recommendation a moot point as there is no safe distance.]
And then later they said you don’t need masks. We asked again, “What’s the science behind that recommendation?” And, again, there is no science. And little by little, my team’s and my anxiety needle kept ticking upward.
When it became clear that where we were headed … that we were going to give everyone the vaccine and then return to normal, that was when we started scratching our heads, because we knew at that time (this was in the spring of 2020) that it was a coronavirus, and we knew that you could get coronavirus diseases repeatedly. And here, you had people talking about herd immunity. And we knew the coronaviruses and vaccines are not a good fit.
We really started looking at all of this and said, “We should get involved in this.” What we ended up doing initially was coming up with a bunch of different grant proposal ideas, putting them out there. We basically had three solutions in mind at the beginning. One was you need a widely distributed intranasal prophylactic that people can spray in their noses as often as they need. The second was a therapeutic for acute disease. And the third was a therapy for chronic disease. And we thought, “Let’s get going on that because, pretty soon, the market will be flooded with these therapeutics because everybody will be doing that.” We thought we would be awash in funding because this is a crisis and everybody, all the pharma companies, are going to be working on this. So, we though, “Let’s get the jump on that!”
It didn’t play out that way. Our grants got rejected. We put in many grants. They got rejected. We got feedback from reviewers saying that this is a problem in search of a solution because the vaccines will solve this.
And that’s when it slowly started getting to the point where we realized that it wasn’t a matter of doing our drug development thing and waiting for public health to sort this out. It came down to us as individuals. If you were personally invested in the idea of not drowning in your own juices [i.e., choking to death as your lungs overflow from the attack of SARS-CoV-2], then you had to roll up your sleeves and do something about it. So, then we got sucked into basically the public health piece of it because there’s what we’re thinking about or how we’re viewing the science of the virus and the pandemic and then there is what is getting said or the policy of dealing with the pandemic and they’re very different.
By the summer of 2020 we had developed three hypotheses. The first one was that evolution would be a big problem with the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Second one was that vaccines are not going to work to bring it under control. And the third one was what people were then referring to as the COVIDiots or people who were refusing to take precautions were going to cause a huge problem.
BM: If I may, I’d like to read from your webpage. On your COVID brief you wrote, “From very early on in the pandemic, we identified three major challenges. 1. That SARS-CoV-2 was likely to evolve quickly in response to spike-targeting antibodies, and the preprint posted to medrxiv was dated November 2020. 2. That rapidly waning natural and vaccinal immunity meant the vaccines alone could not control the disease, preprint in January 2021. 3. That individually rational choices, in other words, the refusal to mitigate SARS-CoV-2 spread, would lead to a high disease burden in society, posted on medrxiv in December 2020.
These were very far-reaching observations. And each one of these have come true.
AC: Unfortunately, I wish we had been wrong about all of the predictions.
We were working on these things in the summer of 2020, but it’s not our day job. We were dragging our tails across the finish line with these manuscripts. It took many months to put the manuscripts together. If it was posted to medrxiv in December of 2020, we were working on it in the summer of 2020.
Our “Ah, ha!” moment came in the summer of 2020 when we looked at … there’s some really nice work done by Jesse Bloom’s lab and by Regeneron where they looked at the mutations on the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein that impact binding [to the host cell] and what are the mutations on the spike protein that impact antibody binding.
In other words, what mutations screw up the spike protein’s ability to do its job and what mutations screw up the antibody’s ability to block binding. And what we did was a very simple, silly thing. We just overlaid the two and when we looked at it, we realized that the virus could readily mutate to avoid antibodies while not being impacted in its ability to bind [to the ACE2 receptor]. And that was the moment when the penny dropped for us and we said, “We’re in a rough ride here.”
People I know socially outside of work were looking at me like I had two heads because I was saying the vaccine might not play out the way they were thinking it might.
Again, I wish I lived in a world where we as a service provider selling mathematical modeling to biotech companies weren’t doing this with our time. But this is what we were doing because we were looking at what was getting said publicly and thinking, “That’s not making sense.”
BM: Were you able to bring any of these findings to public attention? Did anybody listen to you?
AC: I hate to put it this way, but it’s the curse of Cassandra, right? When you say something that later is correct, it’s only later that people will listen to you. [In Greek mythology, Cassandra, Priam’s daughter, was given the gift of prophecy by Apollo. As she refused his advances, he placed a curse ensuring that no one would believe her warnings.]
When we had that “aha-moment” about the spike protein mutating quickly to evade vaccines, we drafted a manuscript and sent it to Science. A month later we received a form rejection from the editor saying, “Thank you but we only choose things that are of broad interest to our readers.”
And I thought, “Geez, there must be something of a broader interest than the fact that this is all going to hit the fan in a few months.”
BM: Since many of the predictions and stated implications of your modeling studies have come true, are they listening to you now?
AC: So, Fortune has been taking up a lot of our work. We’ve been very vocal about the implication of our findings. But we aren’t a public policy shop, right? We’re individuals who have a strong vested interest in not ending up with Long COVID or having friends and families die because the country is in a disastrous spot.
At the end of the day, we still have a day job to do. We’re putting stuff out there, but we aren’t a public policy shop. Hopefully people who are shaping public policy are reading what we’re saying and thinking about it. If we can make people who are working in public policy think for a minute and if we can break through the groupthink, then great, right?
Mutation, selection and the evolution of viruses
For instance, when the question of evolution came up there were a lot of experts who said evolution shouldn’t be a problem because this thing has a proofreading mechanism. Well, dogs, for example, are not very mutation prone, but if you look at dog breeds, they don’t look like each other at all. And you know why that is? It’s not because they are mutation prone but that they do very well with selection.
Evolution works that way in that you don’t always need a high mutation rate as long as the genome can tolerate selection.
BM: And from what I understand, the SARS-CoV-2 genome is quite adept at tolerating selection.
AC: Precisely. So, you had to put those two pieces together.
The minute people came and said it has a low mutation rate and evolution shouldn’t be an issue then that was it, it was settled. We had some experts say that and everybody washed their hands of it. They said, “That was the news we wanted to hear.” It was reassuring. It was a salve to our concern. And everyone said, “Okay, we’re done with that.”
[Given the environment] when we were putting papers out there, we knew we were going to be ignored. But we were okay with doing that because we just wanted to call it as we saw it. And we are still publishing papers. And we’re still taking the position saying, “Guys, if you’re in public policy, if you’re responsible for public health outcomes, take a look at our papers and think about it.”
But we’re not actively marketing it. We have no commercial stake in this.
At this point we have a collaborative team—a bunch of academics—writing because of interest and concern. But not because we want to make a career out of COVID. We really don’t and it’d be awesome to not have to keep doing this. But because somebody needs to say these things.
BM: I asked you this in the email, but maybe you can explain it again. The White House had recently announced that they were expecting a hundred million infections this fall and winter. And when I looked at your paper stating that endemicity is a bad idea, the modeling of your study came up with a similar range of infections—50 to 100 million—and in the best estimate scenario possibly even 300 million COVID infections per year, almost the equivalent of the US population. Were you the source of the Washington Post story?
AC: We weren’t. We were interviewed by Fortune. I don’t know if there was any back and forth with the Washington Post and Fortune meaning the Post read the Fortune article and then looked at the White House numbers, but nobody contacted us. [In his email AC also thought that the numbers quoted by the Post came internally from the CDC.]
One of the other side points, if you look through our papers and read through the introduction and discussion, what we were doing each time was to pick a critical issue to do the mathematical modeling on and then put an essay together on the subject. If you read all our papers from the beginning, including the one about individual rational choices, we were going into political theory. We were doing this quite deliberately because [we wanted to show] what the math said [about these policies] and what that meant in practical terms.
And as much as possible, we were trying to leave a paper trail of “this is why we think this or that is going to happen” with the expectation on the hope that we weren’t just shouting into the void; that there was somebody at the other end reading what we were writing. It hasn’t always panned out, but time to time …
BM: Having been looking at the research quite extensively for some time, I happened to find your papers only recently and by chance. And I was glad to have taken the time to read them because their implication is quite stunning and in context of the third year of the pandemic, quite accurate predictions.
Long COVID and “endemicity”
The other important aspect of the Fortune article was the discussion on Long COVID. Can you speak about the number of people expected to develop Long COVID? Can you put it into context?
AC: Absolutely. I got asked by Fortune to justify the numbers. We dug into a bunch of references to understand the incidence of Long COVID from these studies. And then we justified it citing chapter and verse in terms of the references; I can back each of those numbers.
But here’s the bottom line. I think when people talk about Long COVID they miss one point and that is under an endemicity strategy everybody is going to get COVID every year or two repeatedly. That means under an endemicity strategy, even if Long COVID has a low risk at any given time, we’re going to be doing it again and again, which means with repeated COVID infections Long COVID will eventually catch up with you.
[AC sent me the following email explaining the numbers, incorporated here in the discussion.]
If everyone goes back to living their pre-pandemic life and doesn’t take precautions to limit their risk of getting COVID, our modeling suggests that you can expect to get COVID about 1–2 times a year.
The risk of getting Long COVID (post-acute sequelae of COVID, or PASC) each time has been reported as being anywhere between 10 and 80 percent (1,2,3,4). Let’s say your risk of getting Long COVID each time you get COVID is 10 percent, to be conservative.
If you’re fully vaccinated, that reduces your risk of getting Long COVID by about 50 percent (6,7). (Estimates for reduction of risk from vaccines range from 13 to 78 percent, with one outlier study, so we could say 50 percent as a median estimate).
So now, that means you have a 5 percent risk of getting Long COVID each year, to be conservative. The average American is 38 years old. Say you can expect to live to be 78. So, after 40 years of “learning to live with COVID,” you have an 87 percent chance of “learning to live with Long COVID.”
Put differently, if the whole world was vaccinated tomorrow, and we spent just three years “learning to live with COVID” under the current strategy, we could well have over a billion people living with Long COVID.
Of course, it’s possible that this might not come to pass. There are things we don’t know yet about the virus. But failing to plan for a scenario because you might get lucky doesn’t seem like a very good strategy.
By analogy, research on drunk driving shows that most drunk drivers drive around 200 times before they get into a fatal collision. You could always use the argument that my odds of dying in a drunk driving accident is one in 200. You might say, “I’m just gonna down four shots of tequila and get behind the wheel.”
It’s a valid argument because on any given day your odds of dying in the crash on that day are low. What we realized was that the risk of Long COVID is low on any given go-around of COVID. But if you’ve committed to a strategy where everybody is getting COVID every couple of years or every year then it’s going to catch up with you.
We are working on a paper on Long COVID right now, which is looking at it a more holistic way, including looking at the natural immunity numbers.
BM: Have you looked at the potential financial burden of this kind of disease in your model?
AC: We haven’t looked at it. Again, just to explain, the numbers I went over with you are not the results of any modeling. They are results of basic calculations using the data provided in these studies and I justify them. We are building a model that is looking at Long COVID risk over time under different strategies. There is a preprint coming out on that in a little while.
The point I’m stressing here is that leaving Long COVID as an unmitigated risk on the table and then choosing to “let her rip” could be orders of magnitude worse than people are thinking it will be. And now just to justify that the GAO [Government Accountability Office] already has numbers for Long COVID. If I remember correctly around 23 million people [7 percent] in the US are living with it.
There is a chunk of the Great Resignation that’s not necessarily people being lazy, but people simply having Long COVID. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) in the UK released a study and I think they’re looking at 3 percent of their population have Long COVID already. [As of April 2022, approximately 1.8 million people in the UK are suffering from Long COVID, accounting for 2.7 percent of the population. Source ONS.]
And here’s the important part. Whatever’s happened with Long COVID until now doesn’t tell you what’s going to happen with Long COVID going forward. Why? First, because the virus is a lot more contagious than it used to be two years ago. Second, because the vaccines don’t work as well at preventing infection as they used to a year ago. Third, because we are consciously taking the decision not to mitigate the risk of infection.
So, if you have everybody running around like COVID is over and the vaccines don’t work to prevent infection and the virus is super contagious, everybody’s going to get COVID. In other words, the Long COVID we have seen so far, the rate of production of Long COVID we have seen up to this point in the pandemic, could be a lot lower than the rate of Long COVID we will see based on the current strategy [moving forward].
BM: Those are great points. Not to preempt a study you said you were publishing soon on “let it rip” policy, if I understood correctly? Would you speak on it?
AC: We’ve kind of already done that with the endemicity preprint, which is really “let it rip.” We’ve looked at “let it rip” in many ways.
There was a paper that we wrote that came out in preprint in January 2021 called “Beyond the new normal.” And in that paper, we looked at what would happen if we “let it rip” using the old numbers for the virus, which was a lot less contagious then. We asked what would happen if we let it rip and we estimated we’d have about 400,000 dead. And in 2021, that was where we ended up.
Again, we never made these predictions (and we don’t make these predictions now) as specific indications of what the numbers are. All our modeling studies are just thought exercises asking if [a particular policy] is a good or bad idea. What are the risks? We’re not in the business of giving hard numbers, but we are very much in the business of saying, think about it for a minute what the downside risk could be.
One of the things we’ve repeatedly seen that’s been very concerning to us as private citizens is that for some reason downside risk is not considered and people are very worried about fearmongering or creating panic. I’d love to see a little more concern given that we’re at a million dead already. This is the single largest mass casualty event in the history of the Republic. I think some concern may be warranted.
What strategy for fighting COVID?
BM: I 100 percent agree with you. President Joe Biden acknowledged today that 1 million Americans have died from COVID. He prerecorded a very brief statement to the fact. During his tenure more than 560,000 people have died. The Democratic Party has attempted to blame former President Trump, the anti-vaxxers, the Republican Party for the lack of funding, even the virus. But they don’t take any responsibility for their policies, which have mirrored the Republicans’ and led to the wholesale dismantling of all public health measures against the pandemic. For two weeks, the District of Columbia hasn’t reported a single COVID statistic, essentially achieving Zero-COVID because no one is tracking it. Can you comment?
AC: Unfortunately, I would not like to comment on that. Here is the deal. We’re scientists and what we’re doing is we’re putting on the table the things that people can do if they choose to be rational.
I agree with you about the Democrats. I agree with you about the Republicans, but why stop there? It’s the World Health Organization, it’s every other country in the world. Nobody has got this figured out. And the main reason nobody’s gotten this figured out, in my opinion, is because we keep framing it as a false dual choice—Should we lock down? Or should we deal with COVID?
It’s not like that.
The tools that worked in the beginning—lockdowns, masks, social distancing—were there to buy us time. We bought that time. We got to a vaccine. The vaccine too bought us time. The vaccine gave us six to nine months of a decent amount of disease control. But then we needed to have transitioned from the vaccine to other biomedical interventions and we missed that bus. Where we should have had effective biomedical interventions in place today that went beyond the vaccine, instead, the whole world indulged in magical thinking. And this is everybody’s fault. This is beyond a partisan issue.
It’s a complete failure of the imagination in the political process, in the scientific classes. The unthinkable and the impossible, these are not the same thing.
BM: You noted back in September 2020 that if schools were to reopen it would lead to widespread disease propagation, which it did. You also wrote that the CDC metrics for assessing disease spread in schools are deeply flawed. You had even written that when the CDC announced that the pandemic was over for the vaccinated, the relaxing of restrictions prematurely would lead to variant-driven rebound in cases. Then Delta appeared. Now we are even seeing more vaccinated people dying. The observations you made were quite far-reaching at the time.
But there were many principled scientists during the same time saying that if schools were reopened it would fuel the pandemic. Data from multiple countries proved that schools were accelerators of infection waves. One of the largest studies came from India that looked at transmission amongst children as a leading factor for community spread.
Yet, people like Emily Oster of Brown University, Rochelle Walensky of the CDC, even Biden when he was elected, said that children wouldn’t get infected, and children wouldn’t transmit COVID. Can you comment on this issue?
AC: Yes. In the summer of 2020, we started modeling from first principles the behavior of COVID in schools. All of this was driven by our day-to-day conflict of interest. I have two kids and I really didn’t want them to go into in-person learning unless it was safe for them. I didn’t believe at that time that getting COVID was just a cold. So, we asked, “Is this a good idea?”
The first question was narrowly selfish: “Is this safe for my kids?” But as we started modeling it, we realized two disturbing things. And one is that schools … Let’s put it this way. Children are mostly asymptomatic. If you don’t do contact tracing, you won’t be able to spot spread in schools. And second, it dawned on us that like roughly half the country, I don’t know the exact number off the top of my head, but roughly half the country is either in school as a student or in school as a teacher or staff or has a relative who’s in school for one of those reasons.
It dawned on us that not only is this an issue of “is it safe for my kids,” but it’s a question of, “is it safe for the community?” So, the very first paper we wrote in the fall of 2020 said, “If you keep schools open, you will seed chains of transmission.” And those chains of transmission will spread undetected through the community because children are mostly asymptomatic. So that was our first paper.
And then we went from there to an even more disturbing observation, which is a preprint which we did with Lauren Ancel Meyers [Director of the University of Texas COVID-19 Modeling Consortium] from the University of Texas, who is a well-recognized epidemiologist where we realized that even if schools were spreading very aggressively, the metrics that the CDC were using were not going to pick that up.
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They were looking at this ratio of the rate of COVID in schools to the rate of COVID in communities. And they were saying it’s correlated so schools cannot be driving spread in communities. They were using correlation to imply a lack of causality, which is a simple and straightforward logical fallacy. And I wrote to the CDC at the time to the MMWR [Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report] and I said, “Guys, logical fallacy.” And they wrote back saying, “We’re not implying causation or lack of causation.” And I followed up saying that that was how people were going to read it.
[Correlation and causation can seem deceptively similar. While causation and correlation can exist at the same time, correlation does not imply causation. Causation explicitly applies to cases where action A causes outcome B. On the other hand, correlation is simply a relationship. We cannot simply assume causation even if we see two events happening, seemingly together, before our eyes. One, our observations are purely anecdotal. Two, there are so many other possibilities for an association. In the case of the CDC, they were implying that equivalent COVID rates at school and in communities meant schools could not be seeding the community. In other words, they did not prove this.]
BM: Just for clarity on these statistical terms, when you say correlation is not causation, what you are trying to say is that because children are predominantly asymptomatic, when you’re measuring COVID cases among them in the schools and compare it to the community, you’re missing a massive number of infections that have been undetected?
AC: No. Actually, it’s even worse. So, what happens is if a kid gets COVID, somebody at home is going to then get it. The kid will be recorded as “school transmission.” The person at home will be recorded as “community transmission.” Basically, the fact that it’s correlated can mean one of two things, either schools are not driving community transmission or schools are driving community transmission so well that the two rates are correlated.
BM: Meaning that the CDC is not tracking the community transmission as a by-product of a school transmission that led to community transmission?
AC: Yes, but it gets even worse. If you read the paper, we wrote you’ll see it gets worse because the way the CDC was doing contact tracing was going to make it very difficult to spot transmission chains.
To put it to you simply, the way they were doing contact racing was essentially semi-voluntary. First, you had to have symptoms. Then if you had symptoms, you would contact them. Then they would contact everybody that you were in contact with, and they had a very narrow definition of that. And then you had to volunteer to be tested. What all this means is that the way that we’re doing contact tracing was guaranteed to miss most of the transmission to begin with.
If you look at things like the Sturgis motorcycle rally, where a massive number of bikers showed up in South Dakota, Sturgis didn’t create chains of contact-traced transmissions. And everybody said it was safe to have a million bikers hanging out together in bars. It won’t spread that way. But the other inference, the other way you could have interpreted the data, was to say, “Is your contact tracing working?”
Another case—there were two hairdressers in Missouri cutting hair while with active COVID for a week and nobody got COVID. Either it’s extremely safe to get your hair cut by someone who has COVID, or contact tracing is not working, especially in voluntary contact tracing, because if you think about it, who is more likely to get infected? Who is more likely to be part of the follow-on chain? It’s going to be the people who are not taking precautions, but the people who are not taking precautions may also be not enthusiastic about talking to contact tracers.
BM: Before I go to my last question regarding your drug modeling, do you have a modeling for a spray vaccine and for secondary antivirals?
AC: Yes, we are working on those, and we’re very interested in them. And again, the reason we put these things on the webpage is in the hope that somebody else picks up those ideas and works on them as well. It’s not typical that you will do that to encourage competition, but frankly speaking, we all have a personal stake in this.
We have published some work like how to optimize nasal sprays and how to identify drugs that would make good repurposing candidates. We are working on a nasal spray vaccine and anti-viral. But it’s still in the very early days. [Later AC wrote that things look really bleak. “We are also working on solutions to the problems, but all of those need an acknowledgment that there is a problem before funding becomes available. At present the well is bone-dry when it comes to COVID research, particularly on the question of new drugs and vaccines.”]
Zero-COVID or “infinite” COVID
BM: Shifting topics, on the question of China. We have been tracking cases and they have done a remarkable job bringing down the number of infections through their comprehensive pandemic prevention measures. In your opinion, why has elimination been discarded?
AC: I’ll put it to you this way. We’ll never be able to get rid of pollution. That doesn’t mean we should all build the biggest bonfire we can in our backyard and pollute as much as we want. We will never get rid of drunk-driving deaths, but that doesn’t mean we should abandon seatbelts.
To say we will never get rid of COVID is not synonymous with encouraging rampant spread. Everybody talks about how Zero-COVID is a bad strategy. Maybe it is and maybe it isn’t. But we are nowhere near that. The strategy, the path that we are on I like to call infinite COVID. And infinite COVID is going to be a more expensive strategy than Zero-COVID would be. The idea that we will all get COVID once a year and we will be fine is recklessly optimistic.
BM: What do you hope to gain from your work on COVID?
AC: I think in the larger picture we’re hoping to be influential. We are hoping that policy makers and decision makers are reading them and thinking for a minute about the consequences of what they’re doing. We’ve had a lot of talk about how Zero-COVID is a bad strategy. But there’s been no balance in that discussion about why infinite COVID might not be a great idea.
BM: The perspective the Socialist Equality Party and the WSWS supports is a Zero-COVID policy on an international scale. Not in one country, but through a coordinated effort to end COVID in all the regions of the globe. This is feasible …
AC: There’s a different way of thinking about it, right? Instead of framing it as Zero-COVID, the first step is to look for less COVID. Less COVID is going to be better than more COVID at any point along the way. A steppingstone to Zero-COVID (whether that is feasible in the end is another question). It is almost a philosophical question because it’s an extremely contagious disease.
So, it may never be possible to get to Zero-COVID, which is my opinion if you ask me. But whether Zero-COVID is possible or not, we should treat COVID as a highly dangerous, highly communicable deadly disease, because that is what it is. First, we should come to terms with the reality that it is a highly contagious, highly communicable and deadly disease. And then ask the next question—If we are faced with such a highly communicable and deadly disease, does closing our eyes make the monster go away?
BM: Another question I wanted to ask you regarding the US dismantling all their COVID dashboards, cutting back on testing centers, no contact tracing, etc., all the while we are back to pre-pandemic social movement. What will the fall and winter look like?
AC: Well, it’s going to make it much harder for us to see when the next wave is coming. And I think, again, this is the problem with the infinite COVID strategy. The virus is evolving very fast, and the virus is changing the terms of the deal on us from time to time.
If we don’t have a good way of tracking variants, we won’t have a good way of tracking infection and fatality rates. We won’t have a good way of tracking how well the vaccine is working. If we only use hospitalization and death rates, those are lagging indicators. The problem is that there may come a point when you realize the vaccines aren’t working so well. But by the time you get there you’ve lost all the levers at your disposal from a public health perspective to deal with that.
As a private individual, if we are not able to … we are told we must manage our risks … but one of the tools that I need as a private individual to manage my risk is accurate daily case counts. Without that I have no way of doing anything rational.
The stated public health strategy, which is individuals manage their risk, also means that the vaccines continue to work well to prevent disease and death and we will course correct when needed. The tools that are needed for us, both at an individual and at a public-health level, to enact that strategy are slowly fading, exiting stage left. So, from a rational perspective, that’s not going to put us on a good footing to handle whatever curveball the virus throws at us next.
BM: An epidemiologist once said, and it stayed with me, that a pandemic/epidemic is a community disease. The pathogen needs a community to survive and only a community can fight it. But the way the CDC is treating it is like a boutique. You can choose to go in or not, I can wear a mask or not, I can test or not.
But for working people, they must work closely with each other. They must take public transportation.
You go with. They live in multi-generational homes. They have children, grandparents, extended family all sharing the same space. They don’t have the luxury of taking time off to go get a PCR test, let alone isolate or quarantine under the current conditions. There is this massive disconnect between what the CDC is telling the population and what the population can do.
What should the CDC do? What do you want to tell the readers the CDC must be doing to keep them safe?
AC: The first thing that the CDC, and beyond even the CDC, the first thing that global public health needs to do is call it based on the facts. We have often seen that there is a disconnect between the facts and what public health says. Though I can name a half dozen off the top of my head, the best example was when the WHO didn’t want to accept that COVID was aerosol spread for the longest time.
And on that note, accepting that this is an aerosol-spread disease is crucial because the minute you accept that, you must put your attention to mitigating spread. When you have an aerosol-spread disease, you can’t opt in or opt out à la carte. Like you said, right? We don’t tell people smoking causes lung cancer and that secondhand smoke is bad, but if you go into a building where somebody else is smoking, hold your breath because it is aerosol spread. Your choice impacts me. So, the first thing that the CDC and global public health needs to do is after acknowledging it is aerosol spread then go through your recommendations step-by-step and ask if they are rational considering the airborne nature of the disease. And again, the position that we may never be able to eliminate it completely absolves us of any responsibility to control the spread, simply doesn’t compute.
BM: You said in the endemicity paper that SARS-CoV-2 isn’t going to become less virulent. There’s no evolutionary drive to make it less virulent. Push for it to become less violent. However, it has two mechanisms by which it can become worse. It can become more contagious, and it can evade immunity better. Can you comment?
AC: Our work suggests that the virulence is free to float up or down, drift upward or downward. That means any given viral variant will either be better or worse than the previous one, or the one that we are dealing with now.
And what that means is you keep rolling that dice long enough you’re going to come up snake eyes. This is basically Russian roulette with evolution. And just in the same way with Russian roulette, I cannot predict with great certainty whether the next roll of the chambers is going to be the last one for you. But I can predict that if you keep playing it long enough, it’s not going to be a happy ending story.
BM: Can we return to the issue of drug development. There is very early data coming out that once Paxlovid is used in large quantities, resistance could be selected against it by SARS-CoV-2. How is modeling drug development helping with these issues?
AC: It is still in the very early days. But what we are doing is we are looking at multiple different targets on the virus for antivirals, and we encourage people who are thinking about antivirals to think about it.
There are two key principles here if you’re coming up with antivirals for this disease. One is you need antiviral prophylactics because antiviral prophylactics can help vaccines, any vaccines, because they provide a different evolutionary pressure on the virus. It would be good for us to be thinking about having antiviral prophylactics at the same time as vaccines. It’s not either/or.
The second thing is when you’re looking at antiviral treatments, consider having antiviral treatments that are hitting multiple targets on the virus because I think we’re still underestimating the ability of the virus to escape from any kind of evolutionary pressure.
And that is also the problem with the variant-specific vaccine strategy. Chasing variants is not a good idea. What we are recommending is looking for vaccines that target parts of the viral protein that impose a cost on the virus to evade the mutation.
I’ll explain what I mean.
This is what they did for HIV, they looked at the evolutionary barrier, that is, the disadvantage to the virus from creating mutations that evaded the therapies. We should be thinking about the evolutionary barrier each time we design vaccines, or monoclonal antibodies, or even therapeutics for this virus. And at the same time, we must be prepared for the fact that any set of biomedical tools (vaccines, therapeutics) we bring to bear against the virus at present will be defeated very quickly. So, we have to have other tools in development as well—it’s an arms race right now, and we are losing so far. (By the way, slowing down transmission will slow the evolution of the virus—one more reason why less COVID is always better than more COVID).
Everything against this virus needs to be designed with evolution in mind. The public health strategy needs to be designed with evolution in mind. The biomedical interventions need to be designed with evolution in mind because evolution keeps changing the deal on us with this virus. It has become five times more contagious, different profile of side effects, different profiles of long-term effects. So, everything we do both from public health and from a drug discovery and development perspective should be designed with that in mind.
BM: Thank you so much for your comments and time. It has been my pleasure.
AC: Thank you.
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Right now we are surrounded by so much fear and uncertainty. Life doesn’t offer anything predictable at the moment. Despite our best efforts to carve out some kind of structure and routine, curve balls can hit as at any given moment. To be fair – they already are.
Everywhere you look people are adjusting. Working from home. Exercising from home. Teaching from home. Socialising from home. Shopping from home. Self-care from home. Life is being lived via a screen. Our only outlets are daily walks or runs.
So much change. So much adjustment. And every week it changes. We are continually told new information. We are constantly waiting for the next set of instructions. We all know why we are doing it, and we are all committed to keeping ourselves and others safe. Yet that doesn’t take away the challenges we face.
Right now, there is so much isolation. There is such an impact on psychological wellbeing. There is so much fear and uncertainty around us. People have lost their outlets. There sense of human connection. The ability to touch, to hug, and to be close to loved ones. That sense of belonging. The essence of community. Its all changed. Its all been taken. There is so much overwhelming loss.
So what if right now all we need to do is survive??
Therapeutically we often talk about keeping it in the day. We focus particularly in recovery on taking things one day at a time. This is so important – now more then ever.
Right now we cant plan too far ahead. We can’t make decisions about social events, holidays etc. We can’t plan when we will see our friends or family. There is so much distance and so much sadness. We do not know when we will be able to do these things. And as Christmas showed us all. It is too painful to plan and then have those plans taken away from you.
Even day-to-day things can change. While we may try to put routine and structure in place the rules and guidelines are constantly changing. As are the lives of those around us. Nothing is certain, nothing is set in stone and that is leaving people with an overwhelming sense of vulnerability.
- Maybe now is not the time to set yourself new goals.
- Maybe now is not the time to put immense pressure on yourself around things like food, drink or exercise.
- Maybe now is not the time to plan too far ahead.
- Maybe now is not the time to stress about the things you cannot control.
- Maybe now is not the time to set new targets.
- Maybe now is not the time to say yes to everything.
- Maybe now is not the time to work to excess
- Maybe now is not the time to worry about not getting it right
Maybe now IS the time to focus on your survival.
Take it day by day. Slow it right down. Focus just on today. Think about what it is that you need today. What would help you right now? What would make things more challenging right now. Remove as much stress as you can. Strip it back the basics.
- Make sure you eat regularly.
- Listen to your body and give it what it needs – everything in moderation.
- Take time for yourself – even half an hour can make such a difference.
- Slow down where possible.
- Switch off from social media when you can.
- Switch off from the news when you can.
- Communicate when you want too – but be quiet when you want too.
- Be still when you can.
- Get outside and take in nature.
- Remember to breathe. Even If your sick of hearing that. Its so important to focus on it.
- It isn’t always that easy to sleep. But try to create a routine that enables you to rest and re charge as much as possible.
- Focus on the things you are grateful for.
- Reach out when you need support.
- Do something that makes you smile every day.
- Re charge those batteries as much as you can.
- Above all – be kind to yourself.
And remember – right now, life is about survival. It isn’t about excelling. It isn’t about perfection or achievement. It is simply about surviving.
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In this week's FinMail we are going to cover IPL - India ka Tyohaar on how is it such a big deal. We are also going to cover its impact on the Indian Economy and how it has emerged as a Platform for brands to make an impact.
So, IPL is back! This time it's back and it's back soon to yet again keep us entertained while the world outside is burning. We don't know when IPL turned from just another cricket league to a Festival. Now it stands as a business so big, one just can't ignore it. Think of skipping a season of IPL and you are staring at losses in thousands of crores. And this is what happened last year, IPL wasn't skipped. More like it couldn't be skipped. And it happened in September.
Now that the IPL is back, you might have also noticed that advertisements are changed too. With SRK in Vimal ad (uhhh, couldn't get worse) to Dravid in the new Cred Ad (who haven't watched it more than dozen times), IPL brings out a new set of ads every season. IPL is the time when brands reboot or reshoot their ads and launch them to gain the attention of more and more people. So in today's FinMail we discuss how IPL gained the status of "Haven for the Brands" and how the marketing game looks like. Let us begin.
(IPL Trumpet playing in our minds)
It all began back in 2008 when Lalit Modi, the then Vice President of BCCI thought to attempt the cricket version of NBA or the Premier League and in no time IPL became popular in India. It soon turned to be a hit amongst the Indian Audiences who just want to be entertained (sounds odd). Cricket which is India's religion now has its festival to celebrate the religion - IPL. Within a few years, watching IPL became the most fun activity in the summer vacations and now we can't imagine a summer without an IPL.
But how did it attain so much popularity?
Let's just agree on one thing. No matter what news we hear about IPL matches being fixed or scripted to make it more entertaining, we still watch it. It is because it has now become a part of our life. How it gained so much importance in our lives? Let's look at some of the reasons.
- Mega league of our favourite sport where our favorite stars unite.
- Is scheduled at the best time - Summer Vacations
- Is scheduled at Prime Times - At Night
- Too much Excitement and Entertainment
- Shortest Format of the sport. Quick Results.
Now that we have understood the reasons that it is popular for, let us take a look at some data to check how IPL stands financially.
Last year when BCCI wanted to conduct IPL by any means we understood the importance IPL has for BCCI financially as well as for the sake of reputation too. BCCI was staring at losses up to the levels of ₹3600 crores. This was the loss of BCCI alone and we haven't taken into account the indirect losses of not conducting an IPL in the picture like Tourism Industry loss, loss of related products and services etc. But finally, it was conducted in UAE. Still, it was a relief for the investors, for BCCI, for UAE, for players, and for viewers as well. An interesting fact to note here is that the government of Maharashtra believes that there will be no need for stringent lockdowns as IPL season starts and the cases too would start to cool down as people would find comfort in their homes watching IPL matches. How interesting fact is that! The government believes this because last year too IPL was favourite during the time and last year too, the cases did take a downturn.
Last year as there were no live spectators in the tournament all eyes were on the IPL on how it would turn out because a huge chunk of revenue comes from spectators who pay to see IPL in the stadiums but IPL surprised everyone with record viewership. There were 405 Million Viewers of IPL last year which is half of the TV Watching Viewers in India. Imagine half of the population watching one single broadcast. Imagine the platform it creates for the Brands associated with IPL and this is the main course of this FinMail.
Let's jump on to how IPL is helping brands gain their user base.
As we looked at the viewership data, we can now understand that IPL is a huge opportunity for brands to get recognized. When half of the population watches TV or Digitally through apps, you need to make a seat for yourself. What's a better chance to get recognized when all kinds of age groups are watching the matches. As per reports, in the last year's IPL 162 brands had advertised themselves across 31 new categories like Wafers, Telecom, Smartphones, E-commerce etc. And now we can see new kinds of brands entering the advertising space. These new brands include CRED, Groww, Upstox, PhonePe, Mutual Funds Sahi Hai, RBI, JD Mart, Dream11, Gamezy, Jio etc.
IPL is now a part of our pop culture and it is a part of every Indian Household. You can either like it or dislike it but you can't ignore it. The Brand Value of IPL was $6.7 Billion or ₹475 Billion as of 2019. Imagine being associated with a brand like that. Unlimited Potential. And as we looked earlier, recently startups have started to get in line to be associated with IPL no matter what. What matters to a startup is to get recognized and gain more user base and what is better than having a platform that speaks to the whole country.
Now, having a platform and making full use of it is also needed, and here is what Brands compete again for - to attain unique attention and this is where I personally feel FinTech Startups like Cred, Upstox, Groww, and PhonePe has made the difference. Just look at their ads and how do they stand out against other brand ads. FinTechs are particularly hustling to gain more attention because India is a country where Money and Finance are taboo and need more attention and interest to be invoked from people. What do you think? Which brand's ad looks more compelling to you? Tweet to us @YourFinMan
To sum up there are more than 40 Crore Audience, 162 brands advertising themselves over 60 days on one single Platform - IPL. Imagine skipping a single season of IPL and we look not just at the loss of BCCI but the loss of the overall economy. BCCI in a report said that IPL contributed ₹11.5 Billion to the GDP in 2015 and this is the data 6 years ago. Surely it will be more by now. Because BCCI has paid ₹3500 Crores to the government in taxes as well since IPL launched. (2018 Data)
So, to conclude, IPL is much much more than just cricket. It has more Financial and Economic Importance just than sport. And this is why we at Your FinMan love to call IPL as Indian Paisa League.
That is it for this week's Newsletter, stay safe, stay home, enjoy IPL and we will see you in the next week.
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ŽĎAS, a.s Measurements Accredited Testing Laboratory offers professional measurement services within engineering industry on accredited levels ensuring the quality and verifiability of test measurements and results through the accreditation according to ČSN EN ISO/IEC 17025:2018.
The accredited tests stated below are carried out according to professionally approved test procedures in compliance with currently valid standards and regulations.
The sound pressure and vibration measurements are performed in external sites and working environments according to particular standards (ČSN EN ISO 5349-2, ČSN ISO 2631-1, ČSN EN ISO 11202, ČSN EN ISO 9612, ČSN EN ISO 3746, and Government Regulation no. 272/2011 Coll.)
The subject of the test is the measurement of the sound pressure emission level at operator´s workplaces and of sound pressure immission levels at specified places within operating conditions.
Determination of sound pressure equivalent value level A at operator´s workplace is the output of the test. The sound pressure value A at operator´s workplace is used for Declaration of Conformity of particular machine equipment in compliance with Government Regulation no. 272/2011 Coll.
The subject of the test is the measurement of equipment sound power at operating conditions.
The determination of the sound power value A emitted by the noise source is the output of the test. The sound power value is used for Declaration of Conformity of particular machine equipment in compliance with Government Regulation no. 176/2011 Coll. and no. 22/1997 Coll.
The test is carried out in accordance with the standard ČSN EN ISO 3746 (Acoustics – Determination of sound power levels and sound energy levels of noise sources using sound pressure — Survey method using an enveloping measurement surface over a reflecting plane)
The subject of the test is the determination of exposure of humans to vibrations transmitted to hands and to total vibrations onto a standing person.
The determination of summary weighed vibration value for 8 hours is the output of the test; this value is then compared with the limits set in the Government Regulation no.272/2011 Coll. on health protection from adverse effects of noise and vibrations.
The subject of the test is the measurement and evaluation of human exposure to noise in the working environment.
The output of the test is the 8-hour standardized noise exposure level A including 8-hour standardized noise exposure A in all high-frequency third-octave bands, which is compared with the limits in the Government Decree on health protection from adverse effects of noise and vibration No. 272/2011 Coll.
The Measurements testing laboratory uses Brüel & Kjær instrumentation and control equipment for measurements of sound pressure and vibrations.
The subject of power measurement is the determination of equipment load amount (any machine furnished with power source for working activity). The equipment power size is determined using mechanical, hydraulic and pneumatic presses and other machinery namely for:
The testing laboratory Measurements uses industrial hydraulic jacks (measured power range 250 kN – 40 000 kN) and power sensors (measured power range 2 kN – 25 000 kN) for power characteristics measurement. DEWETRON multi channel measuring system DEWE-43 is used for value recording.
We perform Measurements of safety parameters in compliance with application of the Government Regulation no. 378/2001 Coll., defining detailed requirements for machine safe operation and use. The measurement of safety parameters (running-out of machinery or parallel session of buttons when a two-hand synchronous control is used) finds application not only in the process of conformity assessment of product design according to Act no. 22/1997 Coll. as amended, but especially during regular inspections of safety of operated machinery according to Government Regulation 378/2001 Coll. According to the Government Regulation the safety check shall be carried out before putting particular equipment into operation and subsequent check must be performed within 12 months.
(stopping time and running-out travel of equipment working part) to set safe distances of controllers and safety equipment (light curtains, covers, etc.)
The subject of the test is the determination of machine controller types (one-hand, two-hand, foot-operated, AOPD-active optoelectric protection devices = light barriers etc.). Determination of real distances of machine controllers and other safety devices from machine dangerous zone. Setting of protection device safety distances in accordance with particular standards ČSN EN upon the measured braking time.
The subject of the test is the determination of machine controller types (one-hand, two-hand, foot-operated, AOPD, etc.) and type specification (I, II, IIIA, IIIB, IIIC) according to the function catalogue data. I addition that also the measurements of parallel session time (synchronization) of controllers of all electrical two-hand operating elements type III which the particular machine is furnished with are carried out.
The subject of the test is to obtain information on functioning of forming machine brake and clutch separated systems upon which it is evaluated whether the brake and clutch functions overlap or not.
The machine stated safety parameters must move within the range specified by standard value (particular technical requirement included in relevant Czech standard).
For the measurements of safety parameters the Measurements testing laboratory uses its own developed measuring system together with commercially available system Safetyman DT2 from hhb Electronic.
The subject of the test is to find the amount of residual stress in material generated due heat and mechanical (machining) treatment. A single hole drilling method is used for determination of residual stress.
Main stresses amounts and orientations (directional angle of main stresses) are the test outputs.
The laboratory uses for the residual stress measurement HBM drilling appliance including HBM RY61-120/1,5 strain gauges and accessories. DEWETRON multi channel measuring system DEWE-43 is used for value recording.
In addition to the above stated accredited tests the Measurements testing laboratory carries out many other non-accredited tests:
The subject of temperature measurement is mostly the measurement of temperature distribution in chamber and cart-bottom furnaces during the entire heat treatment of a given batch including the course of cooling (free / flowing air, oil or water.
The laboratory uses for temperature measurement K-type sheathed thermometers (NiCR-Ni) of 2 -15 m length with temperature range -220°C to 1150 °C. For data recording Krypton multichannel gauge system from DEWETRON is used.
The subject of tensometric measurements is to determine the mechanical stress in various parts of machine structure:
For tensometric measurements the laboratory uses various types of foil resistant strain gauges (linear strain gauges etc.) with universal multichannel measuring system DEWE -43 from DEWETRON.
In addition to the accredited measurements of vibrations having effects on humans the laboratory also carries out multichannel measurements of vibrations including value analysis for:
The laboratory uses Brüel & Kjær multichannel measuring instrumentation for measurement vibration.
The laboratory carries out the pressure measurements mostly as a part of more complex measurements like:
The laboratory uses for pressure measurements various types of resistance pressure sensors (measurement range 0,5 MPa – 100 MPa) with DEWE-43 universal multichannel measuring system from DEWETRON.
The laboratory carries out the travel and speed measurements mostly as a part of more complex measurements like:
The laboratory uses various types of sensors for the speed and travel measurement:
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4 Ingredients to Creating a Bliss Point in your Sales Meetings
There is always a point in a purchase where your customer will probably not go back. It’s the Bliss Point. Everything they want and imagine around your product is happening inside their brain, inside the conversation that YOU are creating with them. The brain does not distinguish between what is real and imagined.
What is the Bliss Point?
Howard Moskowitz is an American scientist of experimental psychology and coined the phrase The Bliss Point. He discovered the three magic ingredients that got people addicted to food; salt, fat and sugar. Moskowitz discovered through lots of tasting and testing with people that a perfect ratio of salt, fat and sugar would tip people over the edge to The Bliss Point of loving a particular food. It created a feeling that they could never get enough of it, not unlike an addictive substance.
He was the mastermind behind the explosion and love of convenience and junk food. He consistently identified the Bliss Point for enjoying food, while being asked to find a way to limit the waste of food among army staff. This has been a boon for the creators of snack and convenience foods manufactures. Ever tried to eat only two or three crunchy, tasty, irresistible Pringles from that brightly-colored tube?
It got me thinking, well, if that works foods we love… surely there is a cross-over with things we buy in everyday life and the business world. There has to be a magic blend of “ingredients” or actions going on for the buyer to reach their own Bliss Point when they decide to buy something.
The Bliss Point doesn’t have to mean that your buyer is falling over you or your product. But…there is a point where they do positively experience and imagine what life or business could be like if they did make the decision to buy what you are selling. Inside their minds, something does flick the switch. It’s all based on the sights, sounds and emotions evoked while they are in a conversation with you.
What does The Bliss Point have to do with Sales Meetings?
In thinking about sale conversations I have analysed over the years, I started thinking there is maybe more than one Bliss Point in any conversation. Just a thought! You don’t need to buy my idea here.
Your prospective buyer is making tens, if not hundreds, of micro-decisions around the purchase as they speak to you. If you want to test this, watch yourself in a supermarket when you get to checkout; then ask how you got to have products in your basket you didn’t need! As you talked yourself into and justified that extra item staring back at you, you made at least 3 to 4 micro-decisions in the process, where you got the “rush” of how good it would feel to have it. This is what I am talking about in a buying scenario.
So what could the bliss points for your product be? Here are only my suggestions of The Bliss Points in a sales meeting. They may relate to your product or not. Try them out next time your talk to a prospect. You may be surprised at how predictable people are, as Howard Moskowitz discovered, when he looked a little closer at his results.
Bliss Point number 1: Solving the Buyer’s Problem
Everybody feels better when a problem is solved. Right? So start by putting 100% of your focus on the buyer. Make it all about them. Help them solve a burning business or personal issue that make life so much better. When I talk about a burning issue, it’s not necessarily a negative. It could be a problem they can live with, but life would be SO much better if they solved it. A great example is the insatiable appetite for smartphone upgrades. The iPhone 5S is great, but life is SO much better with the iPhone 6 Plus, or so people believe!
For your buyers, it may be a case that they may want to grow faster, do something faster, use technology more efficiently, improve their reputation, expand their customer base, or outsource a process to a third-party more cost-effectively. Before any sales conversation, try and identify at least 3-5 possible burning business issues your buyer might be having that you could solve with your solution.
Bliss Point number 2: Buyer Insights arise from Questions
Ask questions buyers don’t ask themselves. It can sometimes give them insights into their business. Introduce your buyer to new ways of thinking about themselves or their business. The most valuable sales professionals are those who can bring their business acumen and understanding to the table by asking intelligent, thought-provoking questions and insights to the buyer . Above and beyond the price, would your buyer still get enough or more benefits to make them feel like they are getting value, if they were asked questions from a different view point? Here is an example “What could your business create and generate differently with a new way of managing X, Y, Z?” Questions are powerful catalysts for waking up your buyers.
Bliss Point number 3: The Social Proof and the Future Promise
Share real success stories of what your buyer could become, if they bought your offering. Create the scenarios of the future promise that is in store for the buyer. It is important to only use references of what has already happened for other businesses and people who are similar to them. This is where you demonstrate how the burning business or personal issue could go away, just like it did for other people. You show them what they could have. In your marketing platforms, this would be your testimonials, case studies and videos of other happy customers. In your sales conversations, these are the real, verifiable stories and case studies of other people’s success, who bought from you before.
Bliss Point number 4: The Motivated Buyer wants to Buy
Motivation is what gets people to take action. In the buying decision, there is a point where a buyer will be motivated to take the next step and not go back to what the have OR they will halt the buying process. It is important to explore how motivated your buyer is, by exploring what they want less of (pain points) and what they would like more of (gain points) compared to their current solution. This will be captured in how you ask your motivational questions. The questions you ask will trigger the anticipated feeling they are beginning to associate with your product. Here are some “out of context” examples of motivational questions: “What business opportunities could you be missing by doing what you’ve done for the last 2 years?” A positive motivational question would be”What would your business be capable of in the next 12 months with this solution in place?
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1. What is the significance of International Women’s Day to you?
After graduating, I remember being told that as a woman I should work harder and perform better if I wanted to be evaluated based on the same standards as a man. Fortunately, I have been in many good companies and have worked with great bosses that have taught me well and supported me through my career.
To me, celebrating International Women’s Day is important to remind all young women out there that they should not have to work harder and put in more effort simply because of their gender. They should instead focus on doing a good job, work hard and constantly learn new things.
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I do not have a specific role model but I am always inspired by the other female leaders in Zuellig Pharma that are all very capable and down to earth. They are always willing to share advice and provide support to anyone in the organisation.
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CIO50 2020 #11 Gerard Florian, ANZ Bank
ANZ’s group executive for technology, Gerard Florian was at the forefront of the bank’s pivot to remote working and operations when COVID-19 hit. Services like mobile banking had been available for some time, but the assumption was that physical corporate offices and branches were a necessary part of “the system” changed suddenly in March 2020.
“The problem statement was simple – find a way for customers, employees and partners to reliably and safely keep doing what they needed to do,” he tells CIO Australia.
Yet the scale of the actual challenge was formidable, in particular understanding the local status in all of ANZ’s 32 markets, and responding to the needs of 40,000 employees and millions of customers.
The restrictions of social distancing meant customers needed alternatives to visiting branches and for all staff to work from home.
This had to be done safely and securely while continuing to support hundreds of billions of dollars in daily payments and transactions, approving mortgages and loans and handling high volumes of customer inquiries.
The response of Florian and his team was three-fold: engineering safe, workable solutions quickly and at scale; making key leadership decisions and organising resources effectively and executing priority work in a way that was mindful of risk.
Since March, ANZ has mobilised 89 percent of contact centre staff to work from home, while implementing carrier solutions in places like Manila where reliable home internet is not a given.
At the same time, ANZ needed to ensure the over 90 percent of employees who could work from home had the technology tools to do so.
“In addition to system access, our people needed to collaborate virtually at an unprecedented scale,” Florian says.
Video traffic rose 40-times in March, demanding rapid assessment of available conferencing options and capacity.
Some external tools were popular but had security vulnerabilities, Florian tells. Ultimately, Microsoft Teams was rolled out and, by May 2020, it was playing a major role in employee collaboration and engagement.
The internal IT service desk was obviously in high demand. However, with Manila heading into lockdown, the team in Chengdu (Southern China) had to step up fast. Engineers there quickly retrained to respond to IT issues.
“Importantly, we had to do all of this safely and securely in an environment where cyber threats were increasing,” Florian says.
During this time ANZ received more than 500,000 COVID-related emails, with the number of malicious emails blocked doubling since October 2019.
Dealing with social distancing requirements meant rethinking the fundamental reasons for customers visiting actual branches. This gave rise to the development of two important new innovations: electronic signatures for contract signing (for loans, etc) and fully digitised onboarding, including identity verification for new accounts via ANZ’s mobile banking application.
Now supporting more than 3 million users, the ANZ app was recently awarded Money Magazine mobile banking app of the year.
“Our response to COVID required a technology leadership team that could understand business priorities, think differently, and operate in a genuinely agile way,” Florian says.
The team was reorganised to focus on essential services, working from home, new requests and risk management, working in two-week sprints, “swarming” around specific problems as they arose. This saw ANZ’s ‘New Ways of Working’ agile practises tested like never before.
With a real emphasis on agile, human-centred design and lean practices, the bank now reports that more than 12,000 employees from technology and business functions have a greater collaborative focus on addressing real customer needs.
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Florian reports directly to the CEO, is part of the executive committee and has enterprise responsibility for technology and IT security.
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You might want to bookmark this article and review it in six months time once you start making keeper selections for next year. But I felt it is important to write this now because this is the time of the season where those that are way out of leagues will start making trades to maximize their probability to win next year. This includes acquiring draft picks and making two-for-one and three-for-one trade to acquire valuable keepers.
Who should you look at for keepers? Well, it appears that you should avoid goaltending when looking at who you want to add to your keeper list.
A Few Points
There are few positions in fantasy sports that are as volatile as goaltending in hockey. In fact, for you fantasy baseball enthusiasts, it’s probably akin to the closer role. So much depends on how your team plays defensively in front of the goalie that it can be tough to predict how a goalie will do in the coming season. To show you the volatility, here are a few things of note:
- In the top-5 in goaltending on ESPN’s player rater right now are Craig Anderson, Corey Crawford, Sergei Bobrovsky and Viktor Fasth. None of these guys were top-10 goaltenders (in my rankings, at least) before the season started. In fact, Bobrovsky and Fasth were almost definitely waiver wire adds in your league.
- Five goalies ranked outside the top-20 as of today: Mike Smith, Cory Schneider, Jaroslav Halak, Jonathan Quick, Brian Elliott. These five goalies were all in the top-6 last year in terms of save percentage. The highest ranked of these five goalies this year is T-23rd (Schneider, .910 SV%)
- The only goalie to finish in the top-10 in save percentage the last two years who is also a top-10 so far this year is Henrik Lundqvist.
- Team defense plays a huge factor in goalie value. The top five goalies in terms of shots against this year are Ryan Miller, Ondrej Pavelec, Evgeni Nabokov, Devan Dubnyk and Semyon Varlamov. None of these goalies are inside the top-20 so far this season. It’s not a steadfast rule – Ottawa is second-worst in shots against this year but are first in the NHL in team save percentage while St. Louis has the best shots against total per game but the second-worst team save percentage – but it’s one I like to follow in general.
- Wins are a terrible indicator of a goalie’s value. In the top-10 last year for wins were: Pekka Rinne, Marc-André Fleury, Henrik Lundqvist, Mike Smith, Jonathan Quick, Jimmy Howard, Miikka Kiprusoff, Ilya Bryzgalov. None of these goalies are top-5 goalies so far this year and only Rinne, Lundqvist and Howard are in the top-10.
- Split-start situations are to be avoided at all costs. Teams like Vancouver, St. Louis and Pittsburgh are all in a playoff position as of today and none of them have a goalie inside the top-10. These were all teams that had flashing warning signs around their goaltending situation heading into the season, too. Acquiring a goalie like Jaroslav Halak in a keeper league isn’t a terrible idea, but until there is clarity with their goaltending situation, you won’t get full value.
So now you have a good idea of the volatility that the goaltending position brings. In fact, unless you have Henrik Lundqvist, Pekka Rinne or Tuukka Rask as a keeper, you can probably make an argument for keeping a top skater over any other goalie.
But here’s the conundrum: Goaltending is extremely volatile but it’s the most important position in fantasy (and real) hockey. I can tell you this from personal experience. I’m in eight fantasy hockey leagues this year, ranging from 10-team home leagues to an 18-team writer’s league with four roto and four head-to-head leagues mixed in there. Without fail, teams that I drafted goalies like Miikka Kiprusoff, Jonathan Quick, Jonas Hiller, Cam Ward or Ryan Miller are not doing well at all. Also without fail, teams where I drafted Pekka Rinne, Henrik Lundqvist, Tuukka Rask, Antti Niemi or Kari Lehtonen are at the top or close to it.
You have to remember this: In a standard rotisserie league, goaltending categories will account for at least 30% of your stats (3/10 categories). They could account for maybe 40% of your overall stats. This is despite the fact that you might use four goalies in the run of a season out of 30 players or so which is around 13% of your overall roster for a full regular season. Having good goaltending is crucial to winning fantasy leagues. There’s no real way around that. If you drafted Jonathan Quick, Miikka Kiprusoff and Anders Lindback, which would have been perfectly acceptable on draft day, you probably haven’t looked at your team in two weeks.
What To Look For
So what should you look for in a keeper goalie? Let’s go through a few things:
- Track record is critical. You’ll notice guys like Pekka Rinne, Henrik Lundqvist and Kari Lehtonen (when healthy) in the top 15 almost annually.
- How good is the team defensively in front of them? It was a no-brainer when thinking about goalies like Mike Smith and Ilya Bryzgalov before the season that they wouldn’t succeed. On the flipside, we expected much better out of Jaroslav Halak and Jonathan Quick. In the last two instances, their respective teams are the two best teams in shots against/game but are having sub-par seasons. You won’t get it right all the time but you should have a good idea of who should be bad defensively even if there are a few surprises.
- Power-play save percentage is a good indicator of who should regress the following year. Among the leaders in power-play save percentage last year, with at least 25 starts, were: Cory Schneider, Brian Elliott Martin Brodeur and Jonathan Quick. You’ll notice none of those players are in the top-15 for goalies so far this year. An excellent save percentage when a man short is anything over .900, so anything over that is not sustainable over the long-term. This can have a huge impact in a goalie’s statistics. Cory Schneider has already allowed more power-play goals this year (9) than he did all of last year (7) despite Vancouver’s penalty-kill only being 5% worse than last year (so far). It’s not that Schneider is a bad goalie, it’s just that he was over-hyped.
- This last point can’t be overstated; penalty killing is critical to a goalie’s statistics. The top four teams in PK% are Ottawa, Boston, San Jose and Columbus. Who are four of the top-six goalies in fantasy hockey so far this year? Craig Anderson (OTT), Tuukka Rask (BOS), Antti Niemi (SJ) and Sergei Bobrovsky (CBJ). But again, who is to know? None of these four teams were in the top-10 last year in penalty kill percentage.
Realistically, there’s only a handful of goalies I want as a keeper. I would definitely keep Henrik Lundqvist, Pekka Rinne, Tuukka Rask, Jonathan Quick and probably Carey Price. I say these guys specifically for two reasons: Firstly, they are the clear-cut number one goalies. Jonathan Bernier has been taking starts from Jonathan Quick, but they re-signed Quick to a long-term deal and Bernier is an RFA after this year. Secondly, there is some sort of track record here. Rask has been good for a few years now (albeit mostly in time-share scenarios), as has Quick, while the other three are perennial all-stars.
But that’s where my personal list ends. Here are my thoughts on a few of the better performing goalies this year that you might think to target in a keeper:
- Tuukka Rask has a really high power-play save percentage this year (.931) so his true value probably lies somewhere between his 2010-2011 season (.918 SV%, 2.67 G.A.A.) and his 2011-2012 season (.929, 2.05). He’s very solid and playing for a team that is built to win for years to come but probably isn’t quite as good as his stats indicate so far this year.
- Craig Anderson’s PPSV% this year is .945 while the last two years have been .885 and .898. So before you break the bank thinking Anderson will be a long-term viable keeper, keep that in mind. And remember the name Robin Lehner.
- Viktor Fasth is T-3rd in the NHL in overall save percentage despite an .886 PPSV% so he might not be in for a big regression. However, until either he or Hiller leaves Anaheim he is not a valuable keeper.
- Corey Crawford’s PPSV% this year is .872. Last year it was a paltry .829 (to go with Chicago’s fourth-worst penalty kill percentage league-wide) but was .870 back in 2010-2011 when he had a .917 SV% and 2.30 G.A.A. So in reality, Crawford might just be somewhere close to this good.
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The new departure would be using federal money to buy qualified health plans on the new ACA exchanges for those covered by the ACA's Medicaid expansion. It's important to note the context in which HHS will consider "demonstration projects" of this sort: it will do so to "inform policy for the State Innovation Waivers that start in 2017." In 2017, states can apply to "pursue their own innovative strategies to ensure their residents have access to high quality, affordable health insurance" providing the proposed plan
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- Covers at least as many residents as would have otherwise been covered under the Affordable Care Act.
- Will not increase the federal deficit.
The problem, as Aaron Carroll recently lamented, is that private insurance always adds cost, particularly in comparison to Medicaid. The CBO, moreover, has estimated that insurance for a Medicaid-eligible person on the exchanges will be 50% more expensive than Medicaid itself:
For the average person who does not enroll in Medicaid as a result of the Court’s decision and enrolls in an exchange instead, estimated federal spending will rise by roughly $3,000 in 2022 -- the difference between estimated additional exchange subsidies of about $9,000 and estimated Medicaid savings of roughly $6,000 (p.4).In response to that expectation, proponents of privatizing the Medicaid offering through the ACA have posited that private equivalent will 1) reduce "churning," that is, flitting between Medicaid and the exchanges by those at the upper end of eligibility; 2) increase competition and so reduce costs within the exchanges; and c) slow increases in Medicaid reimbursement rates that a swelling of the ranks would necessitate to prevent even more doctors from refusing to accept Medicaid.
While requiring "cost effectiveness" in these proposals -- that is, "budget neutrality," or no additional cost to the federal government picking up the Medicaid expansion tab, HHS will allow states to forecast savings from at least two of these factors:
With regard to premium assistance demonstrations, HHS will consider states' ideas on cost effectiveness that include new factors introduced by the creation of Health Insurance Marketplaces and the expansion of Medicaid. For example, states may quantify savings from reduced churning (people moving between Medicaid and Exchanges as a result of fluctuating incomes) and increased competition in Marketplaces given the additional enrollees due to premium assistance. As with all demonstration proposals, the actuarial, economic, and budget justification (including budget neutrality) would need to be reviewed and, if approved, the program and budgetary impact would need to be carefully monitored and evaluated.Alan Weil, executive director of the National Academy for State Health Policy, implies support for the privatization experiments:
As they should be,CBO’s estimates are based upon historical realities. But aren’t we unleashing a whole host of changes that will make these numbers converge? Don’t we expect premiums in the exchange to fall as competition takes hold, new, more efficient delivery models emerge, and as carriers are able to negotiate better prices from hospitals and doctors on behalf of this large, new, price-sensitive population? Won’t Medicaid rates have to rise in the face of millions of new enrollees if states are to meet the federal requirement of Section 1902(a)(30)(A) that they have sufficient providers to make care available on par with the general population?Personally, I'd put my money on Aaron Carroll: offering private health insurance in place of Medicaid is likely to add cost and perhaps provide coverage less well suited to those under or near the poverty line. First, the ACA really is a bipartisan bill without bipartisan votes, in Nancy Pelosi's odd formulation. That is, its success rides on the success of managed competition within a private market -- an idea with a Republican pedigree, adopted by Democrats in an attempt to win Republican support. If the exchanges don't succeed, the ACA doesn't succeed, so having some Republican governors "invest" federal Medicaid dollars and their own credibility in the exchanges does add some bipartisan commitment and is perhaps an acceptable tradeoff.
At the end of the day, we are talking about the same people with the same benefit package, so why would we expect the cost of meeting their needs to differ by 50% depending upon which program we put them in? We may start with a gap, but it seems destined to close over time. And once it does, the cost-effectiveness test is met.
Second, the ACA is designed also as a state laboratory -- another nod, perhaps, to Republican propensities -- and a laboratory more generally, replete with pilot programs and experiments given running room in an attempt to discover what works. Accordingly, there is continuity between HHS's receptivity on this front and its preparation for the state waivers that become available in 2017. If the Medicaid expansion is allowed to be privatized on a limited, experimental basis, as this FAQ suggests, that is not a bad thing.
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1. ‘The Obstacle is the Way’ by Ryan Holiday
This book is about success and the leading indicator of whether you will be successful or not is how you handle obstacles and hurdles.
As an entrepreneur, there will be hurdles from every side: technology, regulation, disruptive competitors. How does one handle these and thrive? Ryan Holiday goes back to history to look at individuals who mastered the art of shining despite deep setbacks and personal challenges.
It’s a must read, and I would say every morning you can open a few pages and read this to rise and shine.
2. ‘Tools of Titans’ by Tim Ferris
If obstacle is the way is about the past, Tools of Titans is very much of the present. Tim Ferris has interviewed hundreds of incredibly successful people in different walks of life on his podcast.
He has distilled these conversations into themes and it is remarkable how successful people have common themes which ripple across their lives. Tim has also personally tested them before listing them, so you know whether it is a diet or health routine or peak performance practice, it is repeatable in its success.
3. ‘The Achievement Habit’ by Dr. Bernard Roth
The Co-founder of Design Thinking, Dr. Bernie Roth’s central question in this book is: Are you solving the right problem? Too often I have seen start-ups jumping into a product idea either because it is exciting or they have some expertise around it.
Dr. Roth with a very simple questioning process helps you explore what the Real problem is. He then distills his three decades, of working with individuals and organisations, into clear steps to move from idea to business.
I love his bias for action and the belief that:It is better to start to do something and fail than it is to do nothing and wait for the correct path of action to appear.Prototyping, testing, learning, rinse and repeat is the summary of what he encourages us to do.
4. ‘Deep Work’ by Cal Newport
Cal Newport makes a passionate case for ‘Deep Work’i.e. dedicated hours to practicing and improving on the work such that one becomes skill full in it. This involves working with no distractions at a given stretch of time.
We are all addicted to our smartphones, and every notification gets our attention. Cal makes the persuasive case that if we focus certain periods of time to Deep Work, our output will dramatically increase and our ability to outshine others increases exponentially. Now which business leader wouldn’t want that!
5. ‘$100 Startup’ by Charles Lebeau
Charles Lebeau busts the myth that you need a ton of money to be successful. In the current mania, where even seed rounds are in hundreds of thousands of dollars, the book shows that even with 100$, startups have built million dollar businesses.
Charles also shows how most of the businesses were started during the great financial crisis and recession when you would believe that business would have a tough time getting any customer. What was the secret sauce? Ingenuity and the refusal to believe common notions why businesses cannot succeed.
6. ‘The Hard Thing About Hard Things’ by Ben Horowitz
What do you do when a book is endorsed by Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Page and Peter Thiel? You drop every other book and read it. Ben Horowitz has won the hats of an entrepreneur, CEO and now a VC Firm owner.
What makes this book outstanding is that Ben starts by saying that there is no formula for success. But, there are lessons to be learned from others failures and hardships. Why? Because as an entrepreneur, you know how life can be difficult when you are faced with problems. Ben Horowitz shows how to sail through these problems.
7. ‘10X Rule’ by Grant Cardone
If someone lives the thought propagated in a book, it is Grant Cardone. A realtor by profession, he has dramatically increased his business and profile by following the 10X principle: When everyone was shrinking their investment, Grant Cardone went all in during the recession.
He believes that whatever the other person is doing, you must be ready and execute 10X of that. It is difficult to argue with Grant Cardone given the sheer content that he churns across the media.
8. ‘Influence’ by Robert Cialdini
Though this book is written in the 1980s, it sold millions of copies and translated into 20+ languages. Reason? For its timeless message of how to influence people. Robert Cialdini started his study with a simple but powerful question: What makes people say Yes to something? He overturned the conventional belief that it is the merits of the product or argument which makes them say yes. It is the context in which the message is placed which does the act of persuasion.
As an entrepreneur, your primary role is to create a customer. Use Cialdini’s six principles of Influence: Reciprocity, Consistency, Likeability, Social Proof, Authority and scarcity to build a business which is the envy of others
9. ‘Meditations’ by Marcus Aurelius
This may seem like a strange addition but note that this was a warrior king who wrote his philosophy while waging the longest war in his time (and winning it). Marcus Aurelius’ writings give us a glimpse of a philosopher warrior, who was one of the most successful Roman emperors of his time. His era is often called the Golden Ages for the effect of his leadership on his people.
Marcus through his writings shows us the Stoic Tradition of bearing hardships and forging ahead with will and belief in oneself. He constantly exhorts to explore where your mind is leading to and to shape your future by your will.
10. ‘The Lean Startup’ by Eric Ries
Eric Ries literally started the Lean Startup Revolution. His timeless book shows how to bootstrap a business and keep it lean for maximum effectiveness. Often as the business becomes successful and starts getting scale, the temptation is to hire people and buy assets and spread the net wide to get more customers. Don’t.
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YOC AG with an increase in revenue and profitability in the financial year 2022
Berlin, 26 April 2023 – The Ad tech Company YOC AG (Frankfurt, Prime Standard, ISIN: DE 0005932735) increased its revenue at the group level by around 24 % to EUR 23.4 million (2021: EUR 18.8 million) in the past financial year 2022 despite the challenges facing society as a whole and contrary to the market trend. At the same time, operating earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA)* according to IFRS increased by around EUR 0.7 million to EUR 3.5 million (2021: EUR 2.8 million).
In parallel with the significant expansion of business volume, YOC Group was able to achieve an increased consolidated net profit for the period of EUR 2.3 million (2021: EUR 2.1 million). In the previous year, one-off effects of EUR 0.2 million made a positive contribution to the consolidated net profit for the period. Adjusted for these effects, the company’s profitability also increased noticeably in the 2022 financial year.
In addition to the soar in key financial figures, YOC AG also succeeded in expanding its international presence and the product portfolio of highly effective, programmatically tradable advertising formats in the past financial year 2022:
- The existing markets of Germany, Austria, and Poland achieved strong growth, which contributed to around three-quarters of the total revenue growth;
- The acquisition of theINDUSTRY AG, based in Zurich, Switzerland, completes YOC AG’s presence in the DACH region. The initial consolidation of YOC Switzerland AG, which has since been renamed, contributed around one quarter to our overall growth;
- The gross margin ratio now increased to 45 % (2021: 43 %) due to the expansion of the functional scope of the Company’s proprietary technology platform VIS.X® and the introduction of new products;
- The introduction of YOC high-impact advertising formats for desktop advertising via VIS.X® generated 12 % of YOC Group’s total revenue.
Sebastian Bauermann, Chief Financial Officer of YOC AG: “We are pleased that, in addition to the platform-related key figures, all of our company’s key financial figures continued to grow in the past financial year 2022. In the current financial year 2023, we will continue to drive forward the implementation of our defined growth strategy. In March 2023, we continued our expansion and acquired Helsinki-based Nostemedia Oy in order to gain a foothold in the Northern European region and further internationalize our activities. This effectively expands our competitive position and lays the foundation for further value creation of the company.”
* EBITDA corresponds to the definition in the YOC AG Annual Report for the financial year 2022 (available at https://yoc.com/investor-relations/financial-reports/)
YOC is a technology company that develops software for the digital advertising market. With the help of our programmatic commerce platform VIS.X®, we enable an optimal advertising experience for advertisers, publishers, and users of the mobile internet and mobile apps. Advertisers get the opportunity to increase their brand awareness in combination with premium advertising inventory by using VIS.X® and YOC’s high-impact advertising formats. Renowned premium publishers offer global media reach and benefit from the high monetization of our VIS.X® platform. As a pioneer of mobile advertising, the company has been on the market since 2001 and has been listed in the Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange since 2009. | <urn:uuid:5f3e410a-00a4-4a26-94ee-598b08eba39b> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://yoc.com/investor-relations/news/yoc-ag-with-an-increase-in-revenue-and-profitability-in-the-financial-year-2022/ | 2024-04-25T07:51:12Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712297290384.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20240425063334-20240425093334-00668.warc.gz | en | 0.921446 | 754 |
You can now enjoy dancing with our amazing YDA teachers in the comfort and safety of your own home. Never miss the chance to dance! #StayHomeYDA and Zoom online with us!
Our in studio classes are currently running, however we are still offering online classes!
These classes provide an opportunity for us to connect and share our passion for dance from the comfort of our own homes. You have the option to turn your camera on or off while you practice and you will be able to see your fellow classmates and teacher enrolled in the class with you!
Customers with remaining credits; we will honor all fees paid for online zoom classes or in studio classes.
We thank you all for your understanding, support and love during these challenging times.
Once you register you will receive a link that will be used for your 4 weeks of classes. In addition the link for the ZOOM meeting will be in your online Dance Studio Pro account, available through your parent portal log in. You must complete our online waiver before participating in our online classes.
If you need ANY assistance please email us at [email protected] and we will get back to you within 24 hours. We look forward connecting virtually with you all again,
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In the midst of their mind-numbing fiscal irresponsibility and all the jubilation among the mayor and his city council rubber stamps over the proliferation of roundabouts, the erection of Lego-like sculptures, various sellouts to businesses, miles of new bike paths, construction of numerous apartment cliff dwellings, the entry of the city into the private hotel market, ice skating arenas and the close-but-no-cigar attempt to fund the purchase of a city center carousel in Carmel, one important issue seems to have been lost on the mayor and his henchpeople. It’s the simple and irrefutable truth that congestion diminishes the quality of life of those who have to endure it – in other words, everybody who lives and works in Carmel.
Congestion takes the form of greater traffic density, parking shortages, greater competition for services and resources, longer wait times, more crime, coyotes roaming residential neighborhoods and just too many people. Roundabouts may better handle traffic, but they also attract it more of it, thereby causing more, not less, congestion. High-density housing increases congestion. More businesses increase congestion. And, contrary to the misdirection and prevarication of its advocates, mass transit increases congestion because it significantly diminishes the flow of traffic of the many who pay for it to accommodate the few who use it.
Congestion is the consequence of the mayor’s misdirected growth-at-any-cost policies. It steals our time; it steals our money; it increases aggressive tendencies; it causes personal stress; it increases the likelihood of altercations; it reduces our choices; it just makes life more difficult and thereby reduces its quality.
Anyone who has lived in Carmel for more than a couple of years has noticed the significant increase in congestion. And this is only the start. If the mayor continues to get his way with his congestion-causing initiatives, it may not be an overstatement to say that Carmel may, right now, be seeing its best days, soon to be followed by worse. Carmel’s citizens are like the proverbial frog being slowly boiled. That is, it feels just fine right now to be enjoying the “warmth” of all the new amenities that the mayor is purchasing with our financial future, but someone needs to ask what consequences come with these amenities and at what point will we frogs really experience the heat.
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So, you’ve got some questions about testing for herpes? Totally understandable. It’s not exactly the most glamorous topic, but it’s super important to take care of your reproductive health. Whether you’re just curious or you’re experiencing herpes symptoms, getting tested is a smart move.
In this guide, we walk through everything you need to know about testing for herpes so you can navigate this process with confidence.
Early Signs and Symptoms of Herpes
Understanding the early signs and symptoms of herpes is essential for prompt diagnosis and effective management. To clear up any confusion, let’s look at the signs that may signal the onset of a herpes outbreak. From tingling sensations to flu-like symptoms, recognising these early signs can empower you to seek timely testing and medical guidance.
Tingling or Itching: Often, the first sign of a herpes outbreak is a tingling or itching sensation in the area where the infection will occur. This sensation can precede other symptoms by a few hours or days and may vary in intensity.
Pain or Burning Sensation: Some individuals may experience pain or a burning sensation in the affected area, which can be mild to severe. This discomfort often occurs before the appearance of visible sores.
Redness and Swelling: The skin around the affected area may become red, swollen, and tender to the touch. This inflammation is a common early symptom of a herpes outbreak.
Small Blisters or Ulcers: One of the hallmark signs of herpes is the development of small, fluid-filled blisters or clusters of blisters on or around the genitals, anus, or mouth. These blisters can break open and form painful ulcers or sores.
Flu-Like Symptoms: Some individuals may experience flu-like symptoms during their first herpes outbreak or subsequent outbreaks. These symptoms include fever, headache, muscle aches, fatigue, and swollen lymph nodes.
Symptoms can vary from person to person, and not everyone will experience all of these signs during a herpes outbreak. Some people with herpes may have very mild symptoms or no symptoms at all, making it possible to transmit the virus to others unknowingly.
Types of Herpes
Two main types of herpes simplex virus (HSV) that affect humans:
Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 (HSV-1)
This type of herpes primarily causes oral herpes infections, commonly known as cold sores or fever blisters. HSV-1 is typically transmitted through oral-to-oral contact, such as kissing or sharing utensils. It can also be transmitted through oral-genital contact, leading to genital herpes infections. While HSV-1 traditionally affects the mouth and lips, it can also cause genital herpes through oral-genital contact.
Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 (HSV-2)
HSV-2 is the primary cause of genital herpes, a sexually transmitted infection characterised by painful genital sores or blisters. Genital herpes is primarily transmitted through sexual contact, including vaginal, anal, and oral sex. However, HSV-2 can also cause oral herpes infections, typically through oral-genital contact.
Both herpes simplex virus infections (HSV-1 and HSV-2) are highly contagious and can be transmitted even when the infected individual does not have visible genital sore or cold sore symptoms. Additionally, both herpes viruses can cause recurrent outbreaks, with symptoms ranging from mild to severe. If you are wondering: Can cold sores cause genital herpes and vice versa? It’s important to note that while HSV-1 tends to cause oral herpes and HSV-2 tends to cause genital herpes, either virus can infect either area of the body.
Herpes Testing Methods
Here are three standard testing methods for herpes:
In this method, a healthcare provider collects a sample from a blister, sore, or lesion during an active outbreak. The sample is then sent to a laboratory, where it is cultured to see if the herpes virus is present. This method is most effective when performed on fresh lesions, as the virus may not be detectable in older sores. However, it can take several days for the results to be available.
Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Test
PCR testing is a highly sensitive method that detects the genetic material (DNA) of the herpes virus in a sample collected from a blister, sore, or lesion. This test can accurately identify the presence of the virus, even when there are no visible symptoms. PCR tests are typically faster than viral culture, with results available within a day or two.
Herpes Blood Test (Serology)
Blood tests detect antibodies produced by the immune system in response to a herpes infection. These antibodies can be detected in the bloodstream, indicating whether a person has been infected with the herpes virus in the past. Blood tests can differentiate between HSV-1 and HSV-2 infections and can help diagnose herpes when there are no visible symptoms. However, blood tests may not accurately determine the timing of infection or distinguish between oral and genital herpes.
The availability and accuracy of herpes testing methods may vary depending on the healthcare provider and testing facility. Additionally, timing can be essential for accurate results, so following any instructions provided by your healthcare provider for sample collection and testing is essential.
When to Get Tested for Herpes
Knowing when to get tested for herpes is the key to accurate diagnosis and timely herpes treatment. Here are some scenarios in which you should consider getting tested:
If you notice any symptoms of herpes, such as tingling, itching, pain, redness, swelling, or the appearance of blisters or sores on or around your genitals, anus, or mouth, it’s essential to get tested as soon as possible. Testing during an active outbreak can help confirm whether herpes is the cause of your symptoms.
If you’ve had sexual contact with someone who has herpes or if you suspect you may have been exposed to the virus, it’s a good idea to get tested. Keep in mind that herpes can be transmitted even when the infected person does not have visible symptoms.
If you’re sexually active and want to know your herpes status, consider getting tested as part of routine sexual health screenings, especially if you have multiple sexual partners or engage in high-risk behaviours.
If you’re planning to become pregnant or are already pregnant, discussing herpes testing with your healthcare provider is essential. Herpes can be transmitted non-sexually, from mother to baby, during childbirth, which can lead to serious complications for the newborn. Testing and appropriate management during pregnancy can help reduce the risk of transmission to the baby.
Peace of Mind
If you’re unsure about your herpes status or have concerns about your sexual health, getting tested can provide peace of mind and empower you to make informed decisions about your health and relationships.
Remember that herpes testing is most accurate during an active outbreak, but blood tests can also detect the virus even when symptoms are absent. If you’re unsure whether you should get tested for herpes, discuss your concerns with a healthcare provider who can provide personalised guidance based on your risk factors and medical history.
Understanding Herpes Test Results
Understanding test results for herpes can provide essential insights into your health status and guide herpes management strategies. Here’s a general overview of how to interpret herpes test results:
A positive test result indicates that the herpes virus was detected in the sample collected during testing. This means you have been infected with the herpes virus at some point. Depending on the type of test performed, a positive result may indicate either a current or past infection with the virus. It’s important to follow up with a healthcare provider to discuss the implications of a positive result and develop a plan for managing the infection.
A negative test result indicates that the herpes virus was not detected in the sample collected during testing. However, false-negative results can occur, particularly if the test is performed during the early stages of infection or if the sample is collected incorrectly. If you have symptoms of herpes or suspect you may have been exposed to the virus, it may be necessary to repeat testing or consider alternative testing methods.
Sometimes, test results may be indeterminate or inconclusive, meaning they do not definitively indicate whether the herpes virus is present or absent. Indeterminate results may occur if the test cannot accurately detect the virus or if the results are ambiguous. In such cases, additional testing or consultation with a healthcare provider may be necessary to clarify the findings and determine the appropriate course of action.
Some herpes tests are able to differentiate between herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) and herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) infections. Type-specific results can provide valuable information about the type of herpes virus causing the infection, which may influence treatment decisions and counselling regarding transmission and recurrence risk.
Herpes Treatment Options
When it comes to herpes treatment, there’s a range of options tailored to fit your needs. From antiviral medications to ease outbreaks to personalised lifestyle adjustments, finding the right approach can help you manage symptoms and maintain your well-being.
Antiviral Medications: Antiviral medications are commonly prescribed to manage herpes outbreaks. They work by inhibiting the replication of the herpes virus, thereby reducing the severity and duration of symptoms. They can also help prevent future outbreaks and reduce the risk of transmitting the virus to others.
Pain Relief: Over-the-counter (OTC) pain relievers such as ibuprofen can help ease discomfort associated with herpes outbreaks, such as pain, fever, and headaches.
Topical Treatments: Topical creams or ointments may provide temporary relief from pain and itching caused by herpes sores. Some creams can also help promote healing and reduce the duration of outbreaks.
Keep the Affected Area Clean and Dry: Keeping the affected area clean and dry can help prevent secondary infections and promote healing. Gently washing the area with soap and water and patting it dry with a clean towel can help ease discomfort and reduce the risk of spreading the virus to other body parts.
Avoid Triggers: Identifying and avoiding triggers, such as stress, fatigue, sun exposure, and certain foods, may help reduce the frequency and severity of outbreaks.
Always consult with a healthcare professional for personalised herpes treatment recommendations and to discuss the potential benefits and risks of various treatment options. Additionally, practising safe sex and disclosing herpes status to sexual partners can help prevent the transmission of the virus.
Herpes Prevention Strategies
Prevention strategies play a big role in reducing the risk of herpes transmission and minimising the frequency and severity of outbreaks. Here are some effective prevention strategies:
Safe Sex Practices: Regularly using condoms or dental dams during vaginal, anal, and oral sex can significantly reduce the risk of herpes transmission. However, it’s important to note that condoms may not provide complete protection, as herpes can still be transmitted through skin-to-skin contact in areas not covered by the condom.
Communication: Open and honest communication with sexual partners about herpes status and sexual health is essential for preventing transmission. Discussing herpes status before engaging in sexual activity allows partners to make informed decisions about risk and protection.
Regular Testing: Getting tested for herpes and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) regularly, especially if you have multiple sexual partners or engage in high-risk behaviours, can help detect infections early and prevent transmission to others.
Avoiding High-Risk Behaviours: Avoiding high-risk sexual behaviours, such as having multiple sexual partners or engaging in unprotected sex with partners whose herpes status is unknown, can reduce the risk of herpes transmission.
Suppressive Therapy: For recurrent genital herpes or oral herpes outbreaks, antiviral medications can be taken daily as suppressive therapy to reduce the frequency and severity of outbreaks and decrease the risk of transmitting the virus to sexual partners.
Stress Management: Stress can trigger herpes outbreaks in some individuals. Practising stress-reduction techniques such as exercise, meditation, yoga, and deep breathing exercises may help reduce the frequency of outbreaks.
Maintaining a Healthy Lifestyle: Maintaining a healthy lifestyle, including eating a balanced diet, getting regular exercise, getting enough sleep, and avoiding smoking and excessive alcohol consumption, can support overall immune function and reduce the risk of herpes outbreaks.
Avoiding Contact During Outbreaks: Avoiding sexual contact during herpes outbreaks, when the virus is most contagious, can help prevent transmission to sexual partners.
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Many insurance carriers provide dental insurance in Las Vegas, Nevada. Our office accepts most insurance providers, including:
However, the plan you choose will depend on how much you are planning to pay monthly for the coverage and how much you can afford to pay out of pocket for dental services. Dental insurance in Las Vegas, NV comes with many benefits. All you need to do is consider your dental needs and budget then choose the best dental insurance plan in Las Vegas, NV that suits your needs.
There is no much difference as to how dental insurance in Las Vegas, NV works as compared to other medical insurance plans. When you take a dental insurance cover, there is a specific monthly “premium” that you pay making you entitled to some dental benefits. The benefits you receive depend on how much premium you pay. The higher the premium rates the better the services you will be receiving. After acquiring a dental insurance plan in Las Vegas, NV, you will enjoy services such as cleanings, checkups, x-rays and other services related to dental health. With higher monthly contributions, you can receive services such as oral surgery, orthodontia and dental implants.
Types of dental insurance plans in Las Vegas, NV
Like in medical insurance plans, dental insurance plans in Las Vegas, NV are of two categories that is HMO and PPO dental insurance plans.
PPO – Preferred Provider Organization
As compared to HMO plans, PPO plans offer a wider range of dental care providers. Most Dental PPO plans require you to pay a deductible. With a Dental PPO plan the patient typically obtains care through a network of dental providers who agree to serve the plan’s members at reduced rates. When you use a network provider, you will typically pay a certain percentage (e.g. 20%) of the reduced rate, and the insurance company will pay the remaining percentage (e.g. 80%). The main advantage of this plan is you get to have broader options of dental doctors to visit while in Las Vegas, NV.
HMO – Health Maintenance Organization
This mainly works by maintaining dental provider networks. HMO dental insurance plans typically require that members obtain services only from a select group of dental providers in order to be covered. Dental HMO plans may sometimes offer less expensive monthly premiums, but may also allow you less freedom to choose your own dentist. The main advantage of HMO plans is that you have less paperwork to do and it lowers the amount of money you have to take from your pocket to pay for the plans.
There are many available insurance carriers that provide dental insurance in Las Vegas, NV. The type of dental plan you acquire will depend on how much you are willing to pay in terms of monthly rates (“premiums”). Like in other medical insurance plans, there are two categories of dental insurance plans namely PPO and HMO plans. Both have their advantages and disadvantages. However, if you consider your dental needs and budget, you will be able to choose one that works for you. | <urn:uuid:767a5298-e566-4307-8298-f13d03305e5a> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://yourlasvegasdentist.com/dental-insurance/ | 2024-04-25T08:01:08Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712297290384.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20240425063334-20240425093334-00668.warc.gz | en | 0.956988 | 622 |
The purpose of the Youth Commission is to allow youth the opportunity to provide advice, recommendations, and information for the Mayor, the City Council, and municipal agencies on the development of community and government policies, programs, and services that support children, youth, and their families.
The Youth Commission is comprised of 17 voting members and 14 non-voting members. The 17 voting members include one young person from each of the 14 Council districts and 3 at-large seats. The young people representing the 14 Council districts will be appointed by the Mayor. The young people in the 3 at-large positions will be recommended by the City Council President. Each voting member MUST be a resident of Baltimore City.
The Youth Commission will also be comprised of 14 non-voting members. These non-voting members will represent various community and city agencies including the Baltimore City School System, the Department of Recreation and Parks, the Health Department, Police Department, Department of Social Services, State’s Attorney’s Office, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Mayor’s Office of Employment Development, the Housing Authority of Baltimore City, the State Department of Juvenile Services, the Family League of Baltimore City, and Baltimore City Community College.
Youth Commission Duties
The Youth Commissioners will work together to accomplish these tasks:
- Developing and maintaining a 3 year action plan outlining areas for study by the commission;
- Reviewing issues relating to programs and services for children and youth;
- Identifying and recommending priorities among programs and services for children and youth;
- Creating a forum for discussions with children, youth, and their families;
- Advocating for services and programs for children and youth;
- Making recommendations for programs, policies, and any necessary legislation to promote the health and well-being of children, youth, and their families;
- Work with both the public and private sector to bring forth the concerns of children and youth, as well as, evaluate programming that will enhance the development of children and youth;
- Develop a communication network to disseminate information about services to children and youth;
- Submit an annual report to the Mayor and the City Council.
Youth Commission Time Committment/Schedule
All voting members of the Youth Commission will serve for a term which expires at the end of the Mayor’s term. At the completion of the term the voting member will continue to serve until a successor is appointed.
Members of the commission will be compensated for their time. All Youth Commissioners MUST be residents of Baltimore City.
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Assisting Schools affected by Cyclone Idai
In less than four months it will be two years after Cyclone Idai struck Zimbabwe. Although time has passed and the cyclone has gone, the damage and effects of the Cyclone is still evident at most schools in Manicaland and Masvingo province in Zimbabwe. Garanje Primary school in Bikita district is one such school.
On arrival at the school, one is greeted by the gaping holes on the roofs and wide cracks on the walls of classrooms, toilets and teachers’ houses; a constant reminder of that fateful week when disaster struck. As the rain season approaches, both students and teachers at Garanje primary are scared to use these structures, as the damaged infrastructure poses a high risk to the lives of learners and teachers at the school.
On the 15th of March 2019, the school was hit by the devastating Cyclone Idai which destroyed school infrastructure, furniture, learning and teaching materials. A classroom block developed life threatening cracks and one teacher’s house and several toilets were reduced to nothing. Classroom furniture and books were all soaked in water. Dzingirai, Chairperson of Garanje School Development Committee explains the aftermath of the disaster at the school:
“One of the classroom blocks developed cracks and the plastering was peeled off. This happened Sunday evening on 15th of March last year when it rained heavily. The cracks were so huge, you could see what’s outside whilst standing inside the building. We managed to do minor repairs to the building.”
“Our grade 7 teacher’s house was also destroyed on the day. Fortunately, he wasn’t injured. He had to move in with the headmaster until parents constructed a six roomed house for him. Toilets, school furniture and books were also destroyed,” said Dzingirai.
The school and parents have been making efforts to repair infrastructure damaged by Cyclone Idai. Thanks to funding from Global Partnership for Education, Garanje School is one of the 141 schools affected by Cyclone Idai which will benefit from the schools rehabilitation programme by Save the Children and the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education.
A two classroom block cited for rehabilitation will be destroyed up to window level and reconstructed using standard building material. Rehabilitation works will also include, adding a concrete ring beam, reroofing, reflooring, plastering, painting, fitting new windows, building a capped veranda and constructing wheelchair ramps to cater for pupils and teachers living with disability.
“We are happy and thankful that our school was picked for rehabilitation. The classroom block had become a death trap, it could collapse anytime with children inside. Parents have already started complementing the rehabilitation efforts. They have started moulding bricks, collecting pit sand and river sand for construction,” Douglas Dzvoore, Garanje School Headmaster said.
Under the schools rehabilitation programme, Garanje School together with the other 140 schools received learning and teaching materials from Save the Children. Grade 6 and 7 girls were given sanitary pads and teachers received food hampers. Maize meal has also been delivered to all schools for use in the school feeding programme, while building material deliveries are scheduled to start in the last week of November 2020.
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