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1 in 5 New Yorkers Have Mental Illness, Health Department Says
Ahead of releasing a long-awaited "roadmap" to address mental health issues in New York City, led by First Lady Chirlane McCray, the Department of Health released a report that found that one of five New Yorkers experience a mental health disorder. View Full Caption
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NEW YORK CITY — Ahead of releasing a long-awaited "roadmap" to address mental illness in New York City, the Department of Health released a report that found one in five New Yorkers experience mental health issues.
According to the report, 630,000 New Yorkers with government or private health insurance sought mental health treatment in 2013 — approximately 8.3 percent of the city's population.
Yet, in spite of the prevalence, New Yorkers still are not receiving the care they need. The report found that 41 percent of New Yorkers with a serious mental illness reported needing treatment in the last year but either delayed it or did not receive it.
At any given time, more than 500,000 New Yorkers are estimated to have depression, yet less than 40 percent are getting treatment.
"That picture is fairly daunting. We have a set of public health issues that affect many people very deeply," said Dr. Gary Belkin, executive deputy commissioner for the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
"This issue is everyone's business."
The report is a precursor to ThriveNYC, an initiative being overseen by first lady Chirlane McCray that seeks to change how the city deals with mental health issues. Details of the initiative are due to be released any day now, officials said.
The scope of the problem and its ambitious goals are why the project has been in the works for a year, Belkin said.
"There has been stuff out there about why this is taking so long but this has not been a small or easy task," Belkin said during a call with reporters Thursday.
That's why the effort to change the way mental health is dealt with in the city starts with the data, he said.
"This is where we started to ask the question of what's the scale, size and nature of this problem," said Belkin. "We could then build a strategy that's data driven and starts with a comprehensive picture."
Belkin said even more data is needed and changing the ways mental health data is collected is likely to be a part of the new "roadmap."
He declined to release any details about what the "roadmap" will recommend but said those recommendations will be rolled out immediately after the report is released or over the course of the next year.
Among the other findings in the report include:
► The city loses $14 billion in productivity per year due to depression and substance abuse.
► Private and government insurers spent $17 billion on mental health treatment on 630,000 New Yorkers in 2013.
D.J. Jaffe, founder and executive director of Mental Illness Policy Org., said he felt the report fell short because it did not focus on the homeless — whom he believes are the most seriously mentally ill in this city.
"There are people screaming and yelling to get services from DOH and they can't," said Jaffe. "This administration keeps broadening what they will do with limited dollars and keeps ignoring the most seriously mentally ill."
Among the services that need to be increased are help to families trying to get their loved ones intensive outpatient care, Jaffe said.
The city also needs to expand Kendra's Law, which allows the state to order the mentally ill to receive outpatient mental health services, Jaffe said. The law is named for Kendra Webdale who was killed after she was pushed onto the subway tracks by a homeless man with untreated schizophrenia in 1999.
A study of the program found that the law reduced the most severe consequences of mental illness such as homelessness, arrest, hospitalization and incarceration.
"The fixes are known. We don't need another white paper or another roadmap," Jaffe said.
Marti Adams Baker, a spokeswoman for Mayor Bill de Blasio said some of Jaffe's concerns have been addressed as part of an earlier announced effort called NYC Safe to deal with the mentally ill who are violent.
The program adds $3.5 million for more mental health treatment in homeless shelters and adds seven new mobile mental health teams.
"One major principle that will guide our strategy moving forward is prevention and early action — a principle that applies to and benefits each end of the mental health spectrum — from preventing illness to acting at earlier stages of serious illness," said Baker. "(T)here is no one-size-fits-all approach to mental health, and the roadmap will reflect that
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A parallel effort to sample Japanese investor attitudes has been undertaken since 1989 by Professor Yoshiro Tsutsui of Osaka University and Fumiko Kon-Ya of the Japan Securities Research Institute.
Comparing US and Japanese Confidence Indices
The stock market experiences in the US and Japan since 1989 could hardly be more different. The Japanese stock market, as measured by the Nikkei, reached its peak on the last day of 1989, fell by more than a half over the next two years, and since has stagnated at that low level. The US stock market was battered by a recession in 1990-91, a recession whose effects lingered on until 1993, and then, starting in 1994, had the most spectacular bull market in US stock market history, only to peak in early 2000 and then stagnate.
We do not expect to see any of our indexes track the level of the stock markets of their respective countries, but we do expect to see some changes related to their relative stock market performances. And, indeed we do. Let us compare the results for institutional investors in the US and Japan.
Crash Confidence Index
In Japan, among institutional investors, crash confidence was nearly 90% just before the peak of the market in 1989, and has fallen more than in half, and has remained in the 20%-40% range ever since. In other words, 90% of Japanese institutional investors were confident that there would be no crash just before the Japanese market crashed, and only about 30% are so confident since. In contrast the US crash confidence has stated level around 50%, plus or minus ten percent until the very latest observations, were it has risen to the 70% range, approaching levels in the Japanese market before their crash.
Valuation Confidence Index
In Japan, valuation confidence took a sudden dip right after the peak in the market in 1989, falling from 70% before the peak to 30% after, when the Nikkei had fallen somewhat. The valuation confidence in Japan recovered sharply in 1991, with the new lower levels of the Japanese market, and has stayed around where it was in 1989 ever since. In contrast, the US crash confidence has shown a general downtrend, moving opposite the rising US market, until the last two observations, in the second half of 2000 and the second half of 2001, where valuation has suddenly soared.
One-Year Confidence Index
One-Year Confidence has remained fairly steady in both countries over the entire sample, except that in the US the confidence has suddenly shot up with the latest two observations. The Japanese One-Year confidence has always been much higher than the US, until the latest data, where US confidence finally surpasses Japanese confidence for the first time.
Buy-On-Dips Confidence Index
Buy-On-Dips confidence has shown a slight uptrend among the institutional investors in the US over the sample, unmatched by any similar uptrend in the Japanese confidence. Recent data show Japanese Buy-on-Dips confidence dropping sharply.
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2015 US Open Tennis
This largest Tennis stadium in the world. The marquee event is the Mens's Singles tournament and last year's winner Rafael Nadal has withdrawn due to injury leaving the event wide open for the number one seed Novac Djokovic among others to battle it out.
US Open Betting Guide
128 players will start out on their path to glory and recent history will tell you that the winner will come from one of the top four seeds, outright betting is available in the lead up to the tournament and each way punters need only for their selection to reach the final for a return. Match betting is probably the most popular kind of bet during a tennis tournament with the opportunity to predict the score of the game as well as the usual outright bet, choosing multiple players to win their games can return some nice profits too.
You can also bet on who will reach the final, who will have the fastest serve and which player will win his part of the draw. We will have specials on certain players like how far will Andy Murray go in the tournament so there is something for everyone when betting on tennis.
As the US Open reaches it's climax the betting on the Semi-Finals and Final will see bookmakers offering bets on many more markets and we will have them all covered right here as they become available.
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10 Kids Books for £10 delivered @ The Works
I love it when The Works run this promotion and tend to stock up. My daughter is an avid reader but they're also great to have to hand to add to birthday gifts. My friend actually uses these instead of party bags, she feels it's much better value at £1 per child and I tend to agree. Less hassle to organise and the kids get something decent too, all too often party bag contents are binned soon after arriving home. You could even order ten of the same title I guess, if you thought there may be arguments.
Including activity books, learning and picture books and bedtime stories, there's over 400 to choose from. Some I particularly liked were the baby soft "Cuddly Cuffs" buggy books, "Disney Junior Colouring and Activity Sticker Set" and the Oxford Reading Tree Range, is in there too-Chip and Kipper really are everywhere it would seem!
Some of the RRP's are as high as £6.99 per book and while these may be a little inflated, I really do think this is great value. £1 per book and the free delivery is an added bonus. Most little ones love new books too, well any books really but new ones are always exciting
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9225 Paradise Road| Kelowna, Okanagan
House and additional lodging cabin situated on a .62 acre lot in the gorgeous Idabel Lake area which is about 40 minutes from Kelowna and 20 minutes to Big White Ski Resort. The two storey house on the water view side of the property has 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and 3 decks! The house has an electric furnace and wood stove. There are two wood storage sheds on site as well as covered RV parking. The Cabin (RAVENS LODGING) is situated at the entrance to the property. Ravens Lodging has two separate suites. A studio suite and 2 bedroom suite (600 sq. ft. main & 280 sq. ft. loft) Baseboard heat and wood stove in loft suite. It has a huge workshop which is approx (20'x 52') on the basement level. Ravens Lodging is popular with local and international cyclists that come to bike the KVR Trail. Idabel Lake is nearby and offers fishing, paddle boarding, canoeing and swimming.
LOCATION
Situated in the Idabel Lake area just 30 minutes out of Kelowna and 20 minutes from Big White Ski Resort
Idabel Lake is nearby, great for fishing, swimming, canoeing and paddle boarding.
KVR trail is in the area and quite popular with cyclists. The trail hugs this horseshoe shaped canyon with tunnels and 18 trestle bridges on the route with spectacular views of the rivers and valleys.
Directions: Take Hwy 33. Coming from Kelowna take a right on McCullouch Rd then Okanagan Falls Rd to Idabel Lake road and turn right. Follow along Idabel Lake Rd and turn left onto Paradise Rd.
LOT AND PROPERTY
The lot is just over a 1/2 acres at (.62 acres)
Gorgeous pond in the yard
Green house in the yard
Huge workshop on the basement level of the cabin (20'x52')
There are two dwellings on the property
Dwelling one: The 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom house
Dwelling two: The cabin which has a separate studio suite (280 sq.ft.) with kitchen and a 2 bedroom loft suite with kitchen.(600 sq.ft.)
REVENUE PROPERTY
The cabin is rented as holiday accommodation
The Idabel Suite in the cabin is rented for $165 per night - Max 4 adults
The Raven's Nest Suite is rented for $ 145 per night - Max 2 adults
See for more lodging information
LIVING FEATURES OF HOME
Spacious open living space with vaulted ceilings
Huge decks on the main house, one on lower level and one on the upper level
OTHER
Drilled Well
Septic System
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" A day may come when the courage of men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship. But it is not this day. An hour of wolves and shattered shields when the age of Men comes crashing down! But it is not this day! This day we fight!"
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So.. since Adrian is doing all he can to avoid the jinx, I believe that the next time there is a Boston team in the playoffs, the entire Dater clan needs to be in Boston. Adrian can come watch the game with my husband and his band of Boston boys, who believe THEY would have coached/caught/played the game better than the pros, and you and I will find a Marriott with a decent bar, and watch the entire experience. I have plenty of wonderful New England babysitters to entertain two Tommys.
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At MinddoJo presentations skills is one of our earliest courses we designed back in 2008 and having trained 1000s of business professionals, some of the most common business presentation mistakes we have observed include :
Solution Outcomes MindDoJo's Story-Style Presentations workshop helps business professional strengthen the following presentation behaviors and mindsets
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Audience focus: Effective presenters understand that the presentation is not about them, but about the audience. They tailor their message and delivery to the audience's interests, needs, and level of expertise.
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Confidence: Confidence is a key trait of effective presenters. They project confidence through their body language, tone of voice, and delivery, which helps to engage and inspire the audience.
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Flexibility: Effective presenters are flexible and adaptable, able to adjust their message and delivery on the fly to meet the needs and interests of the audience.
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Preparation: The best presenters invest time and effort in preparing for their presentations, including researching the audience, developing a clear message, and practicing their delivery.
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Storytelling: The best presenters use storytelling to engage and inspire the audience. They use anecdotes and examples to illustrate their message and make it more memorable.
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Clarity: The best presenters communicate their message clearly and concisely, using language and visuals that are easy to understand. They avoid jargon and complex terminology that can confuse the audience.
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Passion: Passion is contagious, and effective presenters are passionate about their message and delivery. They are able to convey their enthusiasm to the audience, which helps to keep them engaged and interested.
One of the key tools in our presentation design method is The Pyramid Structure. The Pyramid Structure is a simple and effective approach to designing presentations that focuses on delivering the most important information first, in a clear and concise manner. The Pyramid Structure consists of three parts: the top, middle, and bottom.
The top : The top of the pyramid is the key message or the main takeaway of the presentation. This is the most important information that the audience needs to know, and it should be presented upfront in a clear and concise manner.
The middle : The middle of the pyramid is the supporting information that helps to reinforce the main message. This includes data, examples, and anecdotes that help to illustrate and support the main message.
The bottom : The bottom of the pyramid is the additional information that is relevant but not critical to the main message. This includes background information, additional data, or other information that provides context but is not essential to the presentation.
The key advantages of using the Pyramid Structure when preparing and designing presentations include :
Clarity : The Pyramid Structure ensures that the presentation is clear and concise, with the most important information presented upfront. This helps to ensure that the audience understands the key message and is not overwhelmed with unnecessary information.
Focus : The Pyramid Structure helps to maintain focus on the main message throughout the presentation. This ensures that the audience stays engaged and interested in the presentation.
Relevance : The Pyramid Structure ensures that the presentation is relevant to the audience's needs and interests. By focusing on the most important information upfront, the presenter can tailor the presentation to the audience's interests and ensure that the presentation is impactful.
Time-efficient : The Pyramid Structure helps to ensure that the presentation is time-efficient. By presenting the most important information upfront, the presenter can ensure that the audience receives the key message even if the presentation time is limited.
In summary, the Pyramid Structure is a simple yet effective approach to designing executive presentations that can help presenters deliver clear, concise, and impactful presentations
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1. CEO / Business Owner Roundtable
2. M&A Ecosystem Roundtable
3. Strategic Alliance Partner, who provides insights to either group
A peer advisory council is a hand-picked group of 8 to 12 business owners and CEOs who help each other identify and capitalize upon their opportunities, and discover insights into their toughest challenges.
Council members must be 1) from non-competing industries, 2) unbiased, with no conflicts of interest, and 3) committed to confidentiality and accountability.
Each council meets once per month for half a day, and creates deep, trusting relationships that one member described as "the best friends I see only four hours per month." There truly is nothing like the relationship that quickly develops with people who are going through exactly what you are.
Why do I need this?
It's Lonely At The Top.
You Face New Challenges, Opportunities, Problems, and Issues Regularly. A Table full of CEOs may have already experienced these and can weigh in for you.
Employees, clients, vendors, family, and friends will never tell you what you really need to know, even if they want to, because they often don't understand the complexity of what you're talking about.
Insiders have their own biases and conflicts of interest to cloud their judgment. They simply have a different perspective.
But peers, real peers – people who run a company of a similar size and scope – know exactly what you're talking about.
They share your perspective and have "been there, done that." Because they speak your same language, yet have their own unique experiences, they bring solutions and insights you never considered, and opportunities you never even conceived.
How does it work?
Strategic Growth Council does the legwork, considering dozens of factors during a discovery interview to decide if a CEO or business owner is even eligible for membership and, if so, on which individual council they would best fit.
When the optimal members are identified, the council begins meeting once a month for half a day. All you have to do is to commit to being open, honest, and prepared each month with non-urgent, vision-based needs ready for your council members' insight.
Do I Really Have Time For This?
It's ROI – Return on Involvement.
An Hour Spent in the Meeting Typically Generates 3 to 4 hours of time saved in the office. Resources, answers, new looks, efficiency…
Is It Worth The Money?
Challenges, Opportunities, Problems and Ideas – They Can Represent Costs, Savings, New Profits…
Addressing these COPI topics – efficiently – is what these meetings are mainly about.
What Could a CEO From Another Industry Know About My Business?
Possibly Nothing! But it is not simply about your company, your industry, your customers and competitors, your operations.
It is About Solving Problems, Opportunities Challenges and Ideas – Universally.
And You May be able to weigh in and help your peers, as well!
why strategic growth council?
We literally wrote the book on business success through peer advisory groups.
Here's what makes us different from other peer groups:
Full Councils:
A dedicated Strategic Growth Council team, not your moderator, is constantly developing new members to keep your council complete.
Moderators:
We use only past or current CEOs/executives who had significant P&L responsibility. They know what it is like to be an owner and are now giving back.
Leadership Assessments:
Everyone completes an owner leadership assessment to determine placement in the right council and improve interaction/communication.
Multiple Level Councils:
You will be placed in a council suitable to your size/stage, and have the ability to move as you grow and advance.
No Coaching:
Our sole focus is the country's best peer advisory councils. If you need individual coaching, we have great referrals for you.
Strategic Alliances:
Our partners get to know you personally and provide quarterly expertise and knowledge to our members benefiting them in running their business.
"At first, I was concerned about the time commitment but soon realized that the meetings forced me to be more focused on the big picture, rather than be bogged down in day-to-day operations. Ultimately, LX was instrumental in helping me evaluate how I was doing business, spending my time, and prioritizing what was most important. I have a renewed energy and better strategic approach for the future because of my time at LXCouncil."
John Block
Bank President, First National Bank
"I am personally involved in this peer-to-peer group because it gives me ideas that I otherwise might not consider and time to think proactively. It's been invaluable to me as a CEO of the bank to have a confidential environment to participate in critical thinking in a group setting solving common problems or issues."
Jim Combs
President/CEO – National Advisors Trust
"As a source of objective advice, a professional sounding board, and a forum to brainstorm creative and innovative solutions to complex business problems."
Frank Rebori
President, Smith & Loveless
"I gain tremendous insight and perspective from other managers/owners in similar positions of companies like myself."
Robin Sterneck
President – Sterneck Capital Management
"I was looking for a candid sounding board on various topics since I was now flying without a net."
Matt Ash
AL-Tech
"In my first three months, my board saved me $75K. LXC peer advisory groups are a great investment for any business owner."
Mark Boyer
President – Tippins
"A mechanism to get solid and timely feedback; someone to speak with at my level, and someone to smack me around and give me meaningful feedback."
Cynthia Lynn
President, Peralynna Inn
"This provides me with a structured discipline to the stage and reach my goals. The camaraderie of my fellow board members, although concentrated in a four-hour period, is caring, genuine, honest, and loyal. My investment has already provided me the best business return in 20 years."
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Principal, Grimm + Parker
"…It's easy to get lost in the day-to-day demands of the business, but the monthly meetings and coaching help keep my focus on the big picture. Our participation has proven to be a wise business decision."
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Good To Go Markets
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Executive Director- Community Foundation of the New River Valley
"One of the problems with many organizations is that they get into 'me speak,' but, with the Council, you get a [very] different focus and grounding that gives you an alternative way of thinking about things."
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"One of the greatest values received is having 10 people with different levels of expertise, different scopes of businesses – completely different than mine – learning how they apply their thought processes to problems. [It] is invaluable to me."
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President, AC Manufacturing
"The commitment in my mind is what is it worth for you to step back and think about your business, how effective are you being, and where is your company going. If you don't do that occasionally, I don't think you can do a good job leading or growing your company."
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President, Alliance Energy Services
"Membership in LXCouncil has been very rewarding to me in both my personal and professional life. Working with peers has allowed me to look at my problems and opportunities in a unique way that was much different than talking with my normal peers – at work or at home. Giving and getting advice from a group of peers gave unique perspectives that helped me tremendously and allowed me to look at things in a different light.
I also have felt more confident and assertive in my decisions since joining the council based on the advice I received in these groups from successful business owners and leaders. The LXCouncil meeting facilitator did an excellent job keeping us on task and brought something valuable and unique to each monthly meeting. I will recommend peer advisory groups and LXCouncil to others based on my positive experience."
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Anacropora (Acroporidae)
Welcome to the Anacropora genus landing page. In this section, you will find general information about this genus and tips on how to identify it. If you are looking to confirm an observation made with the Coral Finder about a branching Anacropora, use the image browser below to identify a genus similar to what you saw underwater. Then choose one of the following links for further comparison with similar genera: Acropora, or Montipora.
Vital Statistics
7 species
Coral Finder p. 1c, 3
COTW – Vol 1 p.168-175
Distribution
Found in Indo-Pacific.
ID Tips
Anacropora forms delicate branching thickets similar to some species of Acropora, but unlike Acropora which tends to be found in areas of good visibility, Anacropora is often confined to muddy turbid waters.
Anacropora has small radial corallites that are 'empty' looking, similar to Montipora and the delicate tentacles are often extended during the day. The porous skeleton is typical of the family Acroporidae.
Similar Genera
The Coral Finder lists Anacropora in one key group with Acropora and Montipora being potential candidates for confusion.
Similar genera to branching forms of Anacropora (Coral Finder p3)
Anacropora may be confused with Acropora which forms similar branching colonies. Anacropora however, lacks the distinctive axial corallite found on Acropora branches.
Branching forms of Montipora can be confused with Anacropora but are easily separated by the blunt branch tips and immersed corallites typical of Montipora.
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41 Fastest Loading WordPress Themes for Incredible Page Speed 2021
Looking for the fastest loading WordPress theme? You are in the right place because we have collected and benchmarked many WordPress themes to suggest to you the best and the fastest themes available.
When choosing a WordPress theme for any current/upcoming WordPress website, there are many aspects that the user looks for. One common and most important aspect is Speed. Nobody likes slow loading websites. A website that loads slow and performs slow leads to poor user experience. Visitors may not be willing to visit your website again simply because it takes too much time to load.
This week, we went ahead and tested over 500 WordPress themes to determine which one is the fastest loading without compromising on features. We excluded minimal themes that did not feature-rich and tested only those which have the most commonly used features. Our tests were mainly conducted using 2 tools available online.
A) Google PageSpeed Insights
Page Speed Insights measures the performance of a page for mobile devices and desktop devices. It fetches the URL twice, once with a mobile user-agent, and once with a desktop-user agent. The PageSpeed Score ranges from 0 to 100 points. A higher score is better and a score of 85 or above indicates that the page is performing well.
B) Pingdom Tools Full Page Test
Pingdom Tools Full Page Test is an easy-to-use web-based tool that examines all parts of a web page including file sizes, load times, HTML, JavaScript, CSS and other files linked to the web page. Scoring is done on a scale of 0 to 100 points, the higher the better.
To find out more how plugins and themes affect WordPress and website performance make sure to check this article.
Update (1): While these themes are great and will help you to achieve high Google's PageSpeed score they are enough to make our website fast. You can do as many optimizations as you want for your website but if your hosting sucks then other optimizations and worthless. For more information on which WordPress hosting is the best, you can read this detailed guide.
Based on the combined average scores, we have shortlisted the fastest WordPress themes down below (in no particular order):
Best Fast Loading WordPress Themes
Jevelin
Google PageSpeed Insights score: 86 Pingdom Tools score: 87
Jevelin is an amazing and responsive WordPress premium multi-purpose website theme. It has been crafted by a team of designers and developers working in unison to furnish webmasters with eloquent and colorful websites. Jevelin has been packed with incredible graphical customization capabilities for you to quickly and effortlessly produce unique websites that match your visual and branding specifications impeccably.
Each page within your website is its own domain of possibilities, with multiple page customization options available for you to experiment with, as well as readily available graphical customization at the specific element level, such as over 40 custom animations you can choose from for every widget, button or icon in your website. Gorgeous and visually stunning video background sections make your website lively and appealing, keeping your audience engaged and interested, while seamless and smooth Parallax background sections make your content dazzling and captivating while being completely hardware-powered and lightweight, minimizing your server loads while looking dashing and splendid. With Jevelin, you can finally build the websites you have been dreaming of. Try Jevelin now!
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Gillion (Trending Item)
Gillion is a new and classy magazine and blog WordPress theme. It comes with many awesome built-in customizations and 7 pre-built demos. It uses an enhanced admin panel that simplifies coding to the point of disappearing it. Gillion has an awesome live customizer that lets you manipulate things and look as you do so. It also uses WPBakery Page Builder and it is compatible with Bootstrap. Moreover, you will find 4 sets of headers, 12 custom widgets and a beautiful top bar. Also, Gillion has a flexible layout that allows 6 posts formats and has pre-built blog designs. Get this well-documented theme in your hands quickly and you will not regret it! Get Gillion!
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Soledad
Soledad is a super lightweight responsive WordPress multi-concept blog and magazine website theme. It's a deliberately developed theme, constructed specifically as an all-encompassing solution for webmasters looking to establish an online magazine or blog website that is both modern and light.
Soledad has plenty of styling and visual choices at your disposal that alter the essential behavior of your website without you ever having to write a single line of code yourself. It also has the powerful WordPress Live Customizer, expanded and enhanced with over 250 custom options you can fiddle with, and added to over 100 blog and slider combinations and over 250 conceptually unique homepage demo websites, included for your convenience. Every aspect of Soledad has been completely optimized for speed, making Soledad websites particularly easy on the server loads, spectacularly fast loading and very friendly to users with slower connections common across regions of the world. Soledad makes sure no one is left out in the rain of slow-loading websites. Don't waste more time, get your Soledad website today!
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CheerUp
CheerUp is a clean and responsive WordPress blog and magazine website theme. It is an intuitive platform for articulating handsome modern blogs. Webmasters across the board find in CheerUp a partner to count on. Whether you're building sleek magazines or functional blogs, CheerUp has everything you need. Six demo websites combine with 200 layout variations for the utmost design flexibility. Also, you can put together ready-to-use magazines with effective, modern tools in minutes. Handy widgets, trending posts and latest news are all a couple clicks away.
Moreover, CheerUp is well-suited for audiences of all scales and sizes. Unique header, footer and slider styles let you express yourself. Custom post styles are perfect for every niche and market. With hundreds of powerful admin options you can fine-tune your website with ease. Incorporating functional stores to your CheerUp blog is effortless too. With the WooCommerce plugin, you can set up shop online overnight. Strategic social media placement lets your content go viral everywhere with ease. Furthermore, your audience can like, share and save your posts across a multitude of networks. An optimized code lets CheerUp load fast under any traffic conditions. Deploy CheerUp upon your blog today, and see your blog breathe new air overnight!
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Divi
Google PageSpeed Insights score: 87 Pingdom Tools score: 82
Divi is the most powerful theme ever built by ElegantThemes. The developers added 18 pre-made completely customizable layouts for you to start with. Divi includes Divi Builder which lets you create unique layouts quickly without editing the code. The best feature of the Divi theme is that your website will be fully responsive no matter how you choose to create it with Divi Builder, with lots of pre-made modules like Call To Action, Sliders, Pricing Tables, Blurbs, Contact Forms, Sidebars — Divi will change the way you create your website. Divi also includes different header styles, unlimited colors and blog/ portfolio options. Think of a feature, and it's there. If you are not convinced yet, make sure to read our full Divi theme review.
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MagPlus
MagPlus is a speedy and modern responsive WordPress blog and magazine website theme. This theme is a sharp framework for creating efficient, professional websites. No matter what your market or niche is, MagPlus lets you reach your audience better. A one-click installation grants you access to over 40 demo websites. Endless layouts and dozens of templates do the heavy lifting for you. Deploy 150 custom elements to add functionality and aesthetics anywhere. Dozens of article, header and slider layouts offer an unparalleled depth of customization.
MagPlus is one of the fastest-loading themes on the market today. Advanced loading techniques and smart coding keep server loads low. Your audience will love the lightning-fast responsiveness of your MagPlus website. Exclusive widgets let you include all kinds of premium features on any page. With MagPlus at your side, you can take your project to the next level!
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Newspaper
Are you dreaming of a website that scores the best page loading speed? Look no further than Newspaper Theme by tagDiv. With delightful and modern lines, Newspaper is the most popular WordPress theme for blogs, news, and professional magazine websites of all types. This template has a range of PRO demos, which are faster and lighter for you to use on your website. In the latest Newspaper theme version 10, even the default demo is now PRO which means it gets a really high score on page speed loading tests.
Powered by a frontend, custom-tailored page builder, hundreds of pre-made designs for articles and pages, a header builder, flexible blocks, advanced settings for every shortcode, Newspaper is definitely an excellent WordPress theme. Spice up your website by easily adding your quality content, displaying favorite social ID's, using infinite loading on articles, and embed videos from YouTube or Vimeo. Newspaper is an AMP and mobile-friendly theme that uses best SEO practices. Try now the ultimate Newspaper theme speed!
Webify
Webify is a carefully optimized and fast loading WordPress theme with multiple pre-designed concepts. In the kit you will find twenty different demos for businesses, blogs, portfolios, online shops and other creative ventures. Webify ensures a speedy launch of a novel website that will surely turn heads. Besides, the whole editing and customization processes happen through dragging and dropping, which makes Webify very newbie-friendly. In other words, you need to have zero experience with building pages and still create a spectacular one with Webify.
Not only does Webify have numerous homepage designs, but it also comes with ready-to-use internal layouts, headers, footers and countless shortcodes. Install the demo of your choice with a single click and you can already start turning it into a functional website, presenting your business online like a champ.
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GoodLife
GoodLife is a customizable WordPress theme. It is constructed with painstaking care and the utmost attention to detail by a dedicated team of professional developers in order to craft the most amazing websites in the magazine archetype.
This theme comes with the most advanced and polished features integrated right out of the box for optimized content legibility and readability, deft and dexterous handling of all media formats across tons of post styles and types and many smoothly animated, interactive and immersive capabilities to make your audience feel right at home from day one. GoodLife has been coded on a powerful HTML5 framework styled through dynamic CSS3 scripting and orchestrated around a modular Bootstrap design, making GoodLife websites inherently mobile-friendly, superbly responsive and impressively fast-loading, so that your websites are easy on the servers and lightning-fast. Try GoodLife today if you want a streamlined and easygoing solution for all your online magazine website needs.
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Sway
With the amazing optimization and modern technologies, Sway is one of the fastest loading WordPress themes available on the market. It does not matter if you would like to build a blog, an agency page, an online store, a corporate site, you name it, Sway takes care of it.
Out of the box, you can create over forty full websites, thanks to the ready-to-use demo material. However, since Sway is 100% customizable, the possibilities truly are endless. And to perform any type of work, you will never need to write a single string of code.
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TheGem
It is no secret that TheGem is a super-fast loading WordPress theme. With that in mind, TheGem guarantees a first-class performance which will keep your users around for longer. Have in mind, TheGem is a multi-purpose solution for all sorts of websites. Businesses, online stores, blogs, portfolios, agencies, TheGem covers them all and then some. Have in mind, there is a whopping collection of four hundred templates at your disposal, all modern, creative and easy to use.
To speed things up, all you need to do is to use the available layouts and components and have a page up in a small breeze. Of course, you can modify and edit each layout precisely without the need to write a single string of code. Thanks to WPBakery drag and drop builder, anyone can use TheGem to its full potential without a sweat.
TheGem also comes with all the necessary documentation, video tutorials, and support. On your journey to a successful website, the operation will never feel lonely with TheGem.
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SEO WP
Google PageSpeed Insights score: 87 Pingdom Tools score: 94
SEO WP theme is a modern and fast loading theme carefully crafted for Digital Marketing Agencies, SEO companies and their clients. It includes features and options that will empower both novice and professional developer in website development. This theme is fully responsive and lets you control any element presentation on any device. Every aspect of this theme looks crisp, sharp and pixel-perfect because SEO WP theme is retina ready and comes with Scalable Vector Graphics file format support. Additionally, it has full width and boxed page layouts with advanced background options. It also offers unlimited header styles, different footer layouts via drag & drop footer builder, infinite color options, advanced typography settings, 20+ custom widgets, unlimited sidebars and many more.
SEO WP is powered by Live Composer, a powerful drag & drop page builder. It lets you construct and edit custom pages with unlimited layout combinations, with instant view on every single alteration you make. It comes with an amazing mega menu plugin that allows you to create responsive drop-down menus that will surely increase user engagement and improve user experience. The theme also includes an off-canvas mobile menu so site visitors using handheld devices could also have an excellent user experience.
SEO WP makes the most of the WordPress Theme Customizer. You can use this Live theme Customizer to alter and monitor the changes you made in your theme. It's comprehensively intuitive and lightning fast. Moreover, this theme includes other premium WordPress theme plugins such as Master Slider, Easy Social Share Buttons for WordPress, NEX-Forms, Rankie, Simplified Google Maps (SGM), Fresh Favicon and WordPress Menus Management. This SEO theme is also fully optimized for speed and yields high scores in GTMetrix and Pingdom tests.
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Newsmag
Google PageSpeed Insights score: 89 Pingdom Tools score: 93
Newsmag is a clean and polished WordPress theme powered by WordPress Booster framework. The developers designed it so you can easily write and publish your articles and blog posts on your newspaper or magazine website. Newsmag can greatly emphasize your content with its spotless and crisp design. It comes available with six unique and easy to install stacks. This theme is also bundled with WPBakery Page Builder which allows you to create unlimited pages without difficulty. You can also mix and match the 20 content blocks and the 3 page templates and craft a fine page layout for your website. Newsmag also comes with 22 custom widgets, 17 widgets for content and 5 are for general UI. The custom content widgets display posts in different styles and support custom colors, advanced filters, ajax pagination, ajax filtering and infinite load.
Furthermore, Newsmag includes a user-friendly admin panel that lets you change certain elements of your theme. It has a unique article system that ensures a particular article will not appear twice on your homepage. It's fully integrated with TinyMCE WYSIWYG, a WordPress editor that gives you a preview of the alterations you have made in your theme. It has an iOS slider to showcase your content in a fashionable way. You can present the gallery in different aspect ratio and gives you the capability to add information to each image you display. Newsmag also includes other valuable theme features such as custom made lightbox, powerful shortcodes, Live Search with Ajax, smart sidebar, Youtube/ Vimeo video playlist, sticky menu, intelligent ad system, social counter and many more. Additionally, this theme provides support for WooCommerce, TypeKit, Google Fonts, font stacks and WOFF font files.
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Jannah
Jannah is an up-to-date WordPress theme. It has over 20 pre-made demos for you to choose from. And each one of them is very functional, with pages, menus structures, and demo content features, all designed to make your work easier. Jannah has two big strengths: speed and flexibility. Your content is mobile-optimized, loading fast everywhere. Accelerate Mobile Pages (AMP) project makes these possible. Jannah is optimized with full support by the Yoast Plugin and SEO support, so finding your website will not be an issue. Besides, it can pick up ranking signals from specific HTML elements.
Jannah has increased its speed with several advanced developments behind the scenes. They give you truly blazing page loading speeds. And, the website performance has, in general, a Page Speed score of 98%. Also, with Lazy Load, your images will load only when the user requires it to. It's responsive and Retina-ready, for the best experience in any user's device. Jump-to-contents is another feature that enriches Jannah. Users can also jump to specific points in long-form. Customize your layouts, change fonts, skins or colors. Select your demo and use the one-click demo import feature. Get your design setup, customize and launch your site. Fast and simple. Get Jannah!
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Onfleek
Onfleek is a responsive WordPress AMP magazine website theme. This theme is a fresh-faced and entirely modern solution for webmasters to effortlessly craft the most amazing, polished and professional online magazines on the market today, in a matter of minutes. Onfleek is also packaged with a series of professionally-designed template pages and whole demo websites for you to get started on the right foot. It quickly customizes your website's look and feel to suit your specs with the premium WPBakery Page Builder, Slider Revolution, and advanced theme admin settings. They work in unison to essentially turn your website inside out at your leisure, from fonts to animations and much more.
Onfleek is also perfect for online fashion magazines, as its modern, stylish feel combines fantastically with its cutting-edge social media integration. Plentiful customized sharing buttons and social media feed widgets are available within Onfleek, allowing your users to stay up-to-date on the latest trending topics across all your social media outlets. Impressive AMP tech makes mobile-friendliness unmatched for this powerful, slender theme. Try Onfleek today!
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Pofo
Pofo is an elegant and inspiring WordPress theme created for many business purposes. Agencies, creative teams, photographers, artists, and corporate businesses find that their elements truly shine with this theme. It was created with attention to details for artists' refined tastes. Pofo aims to satisfy those who want a handcrafted sensation of their page building process. 150+ elements, over 200 pre-built templates, and 25+ niche demos are all available for your site. Play around with post formats, short-codes, widgets and more. Even typography and color options are unlimited and customizable.
With Pofo, your relationship with potential customers is also guaranteed. SEO optimization, responsiveness, and social sharing integration have got your back. Pofo is also WooCommerce-ready; start your online shop with beautiful and minimal designs. Moreover, Retina-ready quality will make graphics ideal for products or portfolio showcase. One-click import setup, detailed documentation, great support and lifetime updates. What else do you need? Go for Pofo!
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Hongo
Hongo is a fast loading WordPress theme that suits numerous eCommerce businesses. If you are diving in or redesigning your existing web presence, let Hongo take care of it. With a multi-concept approach, you can use one tool for establishing various online stores. From apparel, watch and gadget to leather, lingerie and shoe stores, you can make them all with Hongo and then some. Keep in mind, Hongo is entirely editable and adjustable, offering you to tailor it to your wants precisely.
This remarkable online store building tool also comes with heaps of features and elements that will get the traction going right away. Nifty filters, product quick view, mega menu, blog pages, predefined headers and catalog mode are just some of the extras that Hongo treats you to. To sum up, Hongo does all the heavy lifting for you, so you get to enjoy the smooth sail and start something fresh comfortably.
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H-Code
H-Code is a graphically polished, tech-savvy and wonderfully responsive WordPress single page and multi-page multipurpose website theme. It's a stylish and functional website building toolkit, a sophisticated set of potent plugins, templates, demo websites and impressively thoughtful configuration options and styles. H-Code is packed with over 58 unique demo websites as well as 197 template pages that cover pretty much any possible need you may have while building a modern website.
H-Code's deft handling of beautiful visual content through 40 different portfolio page templates truly showcase your high-resolution imagery in the most amazing presentation possible. H-Code also includes 16 different layouts for your blog pages, each with a slew of customizable elements and options to present your readers with your textual and visual content. The Revolution Slider brings your pages alive with engaging slideshows of your featured posts, latest images or a number of other selections for you to engage and amaze your viewers while bringing more exposure to your content. Moreover, H-Code is incredibly lightweight and amazingly responsive, making for a powerfully cross-compatible theme that quickly adapts itself to all screen sizes and devices. Try H-Code now!
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Brando
Brando has been crafted by a dedicated team of developers and designers working in conjunction to produce a perfect platform for the creation of impressive, state of the art websites across a broad spectrum of interesting and diverse topics and subject matters with utter ease and without ever having to write a single line of code.
Moreover, Brando has been developed using the latest and greatest web technologies on the market today, ensuring its top-notch performance under all usage cases and a vertiginously speedy loading that is easy on the servers even under heavy traffic, as well as appreciated by visitors on their mobile platforms for going lightly on data without compromising visual quality and polished finish. While multiple provided page templates and demo websites make it incredibly easy to set up your websites in a flash, advanced HTML5 powers your video and general multimedia management capabilities. Meanwhile, innovative CSS3 styling creates all sorts of imaginative styling and transition animation choices you can play around with. The tool's Bootstrap modular design makes it natively cross-compatible and perfectly mobile-friendly to boot. Try Brando today!
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Brixton
Brixton is a resourceful and rapid, full-featured and flexible, engaging, highly responsive, and easy-to-use WordPress creative modern blog website theme. It is a full package solution for webmasters who need to set up creative, imaginative websites spanning a range of applications and purposes, from personal blogs to online magazine websites and many more uses. With Brixton, all the coding, the hassle and the hard work is taken out of the equation and handled by Brixton's deft page-building tools, layout customization resources and advanced theme options, leaving you free to take care of what matters the most, your precious content.
With Brixton, you get access to a wealth of premium plugins for no additional charge, including the amazing Revolution Slider, which brings your pages to life with engaging animated slideshows with tons of options for you to fiddle with. Also, Brixton is quite hip and fashionable, and youthful webmasters love the way in which Brixton's many page templates and homepage demos incorporate a seamless design philosophy and a minimalist, sober aesthetic into each element and page within this gorgeous, functional theme. Mobile-friendly and responsive, Brixton is all you need to succeed! Try Brixton today!
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Zoa
In the modern era, we live in, a website should be not only mobile-ready but optimized for fast loading as well. You also need to offer your guests and potential customers the best possible experience that will make them want to return on a regular. Zoa is the fast loading WordPress theme that offers you to attain stupendous results with your online store. With its multiple and minimal looking homepage demos, building an enviable eCommerce website becomes as easy as pie.
Furthermore, Zoa is a regularly updated theme that keeps your online business page fresh and modern. On top of that, Zoa delivers fresh demo material that you can use however you see it suit your needs best. If clean and minimal look is your cup of tea, Zoa is the tool that will do the trick for you.
Sassico
Sassico is an all-around and flexible solution for startups and other tech projects. This fast loading WordPress theme sorts you out with tons of ready-made one- and multi-page demos. Every layout features a creative and minimal design that easily caters to different tastes. Sassico also contains Elementor drag and drop page builder, giving you a chance to modify and tweak the default look of Sassico according to your branding precisely.
Twelve headers, five footers, mega menu, over forty addons, more than two hundred blocks and Slider Revolution are all the different amenities of Sassico. It also includes excellent documentation and fast and reliable support. Last but not least, Sassico comes with frequent updates, too, making sure your website operates flawlessly for years to come. Look no further and take charge now.
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Essentials
Essentials is an exceptionally powerful and practical WordPress theme that uses only the latest technologies. With that in mind, Essentials is also optimized for fast loading, guaranteeing striking site performance. You can employ Essentials for heaps of different websites, as it comes with over thirty predefined demos. On top of that, it contains over 580 templates.
Another cool feature of Essentials is the fact that it works both with Elementor and WPBakery page builders. Custom site width, pop-up builder, Master Slider, neat animations and tons of header styles, Essentials lacks nothing. Even if working on multiple projects, Essentials handles them with ease.
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Ohio
Ohio is one of the more popular fast loading WordPress themes for online portfolios. Freelancers and agencies, you are all welcome to utilize the amazingness of Ohio. The tool comes with all and everything to help you start working on your project immediately. No need for you to build anything from scratch, as it's all at your disposal.
Even if you decide to create custom pages, you make them happen with the dragging and dropping technique. With hundreds of shortcodes and widgets, different menu styles, online store, blog section and neat portfolio layouts, Ohio misses nothing for your convenience.
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Consultio
For consultancies and other types of businesses, Consultio is here to help you make an immediate difference. With a professional and sophisticated website, you can raise your potential and start making big moves. This fast loading WordPress theme is no joke. It comes with well over forty demos and a collection of more than 160 practical elements.
Consultio is optimized for the exceptional website performance that you deserve on all devices and platforms. The tool also includes Elementor, so making improvements will be a child's play. Google Maps, smooth transitions, CSS3 animations, WPML compatibility and Contact Form 7 are all these extras the decorate Consultio.
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Pinkmart
Regardless of the website, it is a must that you deliver the best possible performance. With Pinkmart, everyone will enjoy browsing through your amazing products, completing purchases on all devices and browsing platforms flawlessly. Pinkmart is a fast loading WordPress theme that offers a whole bunch of page layouts and features for you to take to your total advantage.
In the Pinkmart bundle, you will find an array of demos that primarily focus on beauty, fashion and accessories. For your information, due to the flexible structure, you can easily go entirely against the grain with Pinkmart. The tool is coupled with the Elementor and WPBakery drag and drop page builders, which offer you complete creative freedom.
A ton of headers and footers, beautiful product pages, sticky bottom navigation bar and cookie law pop-up are all included in the kit. The layout is fluid, so it reshapes to every device instantaneously. Start pushing products online with Pinkmart now.
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Odry
Photographers and other creatives who are looking to build a high-performing online portfolio, let Odry do the trick. Odry is optimized for fast loading speed, guaranteeing a killer experience on all devices, from handheld and up to desktop. Of course, the design is mobile-friendly and SEO-ready, too. Note that this is just a tiny segment of all the spectacular features and amenities that Odry has available for all its users.
First and foremost, Odry contains a horde of home and inner pages, gallery and portfolio layouts, as well as online store and blog sections. It features off-canvas menu, Elementor page builder, one click installation, sliders and a back to top button. For establishing a memorable first impression, go with Odry and build a portfolio that will escalate your creative venture.
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Paperio
Paperio is a fast-loading and responsive WordPress multi-purpose blog website theme. It is also a sleek blog theme, perfect for a multitude of applications. Corporations and businesses love making a statement with Paperio. And personal or professional bloggers find in Paperio an answer to their prayers. You don't need to write a line of code to get the most out of Paperio; 7 unique homepage demos are ideal for setting up shop fast and easy. Furthermore, custom headers and footers keep your pages well-structured and interesting.
Powerful SEO enhancements also increase your traffic overnight. Once the users come through the door, greet them with fast-loading wonders. Additionally, Paperio is optimized for loading fast in all traffic cases. With the advanced SRCSET setting, you can deploy smart image loading. This lets your users load your content faster without losing quality. Buttons and menus in Paperio are reactive and crisp. Sophisticated AJAX technology powers many of Paperio's awesome features. Trending articles, latest posts and featured sliders are a few clicks away. Lastly, grid and masonry layouts are easy to fine-tune to your heart's content. Check out Paperio today, and speed your game up a notch!
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Taskerr
Google PageSpeed Insights score: 90 Pingdom Tools score: 92
If you're running a WordPress marketplace website or planning to launch a similar service where people can post their requests and have others fulfill them, you can profit on each and every transaction — with Taskerr. It's a perfect marketplace theme to start monetizing your website. If you've been to marketplaces which provide logo design services, website design and re-design services, branding and identity design services, and you're also willing to start a similar website, then this should be your theme of choice as this theme allows you to implement flexible and powerful pricing plans, you can generate income by charging each seller a fixed price for listing their services or take a percentage of every transaction.
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Urus
If your website does not load fast, it can result in poor user experience and even affect search engine optimization. Well, if you came here, you need not worry about bad website performance. All these WordPress themes are fast loading, ensuring a striking experience regardless of the device your users use. Speaking of which, Urus is an excellent tool that gives you the opportunity to craft almost any kind of eCommerce website your heart desires. After all, it is a multi-purpose theme with over thirty pre-defined demos. Yes, that is 30!
Urus guarantees a complete package of features and functions of a successful online shop. Tons of widgets, social sharing, fourteen custom shortcodes, Revolution Slider, multi-currency support, product quick view, wishlist, you get the gist of it. Start selling products with Urus and comfortably manage and maintain an online shop like an expert from the get-go.
Blogxer
Blogs and online magazines should load fast and they will with Blogxer. This fast loading WordPress theme is a spectacular resource of twelve dope homes and additional fifteen inner pages. The coding is done visually via Elementor website builder, making sure even utter beginners get the most out of Blogxer. Along with speed optimization, Blogxer is also mobile-ready, retina-friendly, cross-browser compatible and practices the latest SEO regulations. All preset and ready to go!
Moreover, Blogxer comes with eight headers, five footers, fifteen hours real-time support, twenty custom Elementor addons, lazy load and unlimited colors. With a strong emphasis on your content, everyone will enjoy skimming through your website and reading all the compelling content you have to offer. By the way, it does not really matter whether you would like to create a niche or general blog or news page, with Blogxer, you can make them all and then some.
Schema
Google PageSpeed Insights score: 93 Pingdom Tools score: 95
Schema is the Fastest loading SEO-friendly WordPress theme till date from MyThemeShop. It features custom options panel, shortcodes, widgets, and a pixel perfect design. Schema also includes rich snippets in order to help search engines your site and rank you higher. This theme is 100% responsive, it has built-in ad management and review system. Additionally, it supports custom CSS and has a secure and lightweight code. Being translation ready means you can use it in any language by just adding a translation file. It also comes with 3 different layouts for Related Posts, ready-to-use icon fonts, Google Fonts and social media sharing functionality. On top of that, you get excellent support from their support forum.
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Genesis Framework
Google PageSpeed Insights score: 68 Pingdom Tools score: 92
Genesis Framework is one of the most popular frameworks available today to the WordPress community. Developed by StudioPress with security in mind, Genesis Framework is suitable for every level of WordPress websites. Whether you're new to Genesis Framework or an advanced developer, with its search engine optimized foundation, you can take your website to the new level. Also, Genesis Framework is the choice of most of the people as it does not compromise on features. It includes 1/2/3 column layouts, left/ right sidebar, custom backgrounds, custom header, and custom menu. Moreover, it has a beautiful mobile responsive design and blazing fast performance.
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AppTheme
Google PageSpeed Insights score: 92 Pingdom Tools score: 71
If you're an App Designer or you showcase the portfolio on your website, then AppTheme will fit your needs. With ability to showcase a single app, a portfolio of projects, services and testimonials, AppTheme is highly customizable. It's also fully responsive, highly customizable — with unlimited color schemes, unlimited backgrounds, 600+ Google Fonts, Parallax scrolling effects and more. In addition, it's translation ready. It also has an ability to showcase a demo video on front page, customer reviews, app screenshots and features a unique blog layout as well.
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Best
Google PageSpeed Insights score: 92 Pingdom Tools score: 91
Best is yet another wonderful WordPress theme from MyThemeShop. It's a responsive WordPress theme that features fully fluid responsive design, it loads incredibly fast, it's highly customizable and search engines friendly. It also includes a great review system and MegaMenu! Best also features advertising and the developers optimized it for advertisers. Other theme features include Google AdSense optimization, Google Web Fonts, Fast Loading AJAX, SEO-friendly rich snippets, Retina Ready icons, Unlimited colors, backgrounds and sidebars, support for child theme, AJAX powered search, touch-enabled slider, breadcrumbs, Author Box and tested on all the leading browsers. Demo content is part of the theme deal as well.
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Rosa
Google PageSpeed Insights score: 87 Pingdom Tools score: 96
Rosa is an incredibly fast loading Restaurant WordPress theme that features high-performance Parallax scrolling (60 fps), OpenTable reservations, beautifully designed meals menu and more. You just need your OpenTable restaurant ID and you can implement the reservation system online! It features a live customizer that lets you change the fonts, colors, and layout and preview the changes before saving them. It is also SEO-friendly, Translation Ready and features Shortcodes and Google Fonts. On top of that, you can get all the included PSDs in download.
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PinThis
Google PageSpeed Insights score: 84 Pingdom Tools score: 93
PinThis is a beautiful and fast loading WordPress theme that features a Pinterest style design. It's a masonry based theme that features a clean design in a beautiful flat style. It's also the perfect theme for Portfolios, designers, photographers and creative individuals. Moreover, PinThis features responsive slider, responsive layout, 4 pre-defined lovely color skins, RTL support and you can even add your Google AdSense ads. Also, it supports custom post formats, custom 404 page, Contact Form 7 styling options, custom widgets and powerful Admin Panel.
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X – The Theme
Google PageSpeed Insights score: 78 Pingdom Tools score: 96
X WordPress theme brags multiple unique designs inside one theme with no additional setup requirement. Each and every area of the X Theme is editable from within the WordPress Theme Customizer including website layout, navigation, headings, button style, shapes, header position, logo, background color, content layout (content + sidebar, sidebar + content, full width), top bar, footer, contact information, favicons, social presence for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, Instagram, Pinterest, Dribbble, and more. You can even input custom CSS, custom JavaScript and manage all of your widgets right from the Theme Customizer itself. X WordPress theme is also fully responsive, includes Google Web Fonts, Shortcodes, bbPress, BuddyPress, Slider Revolution, Font Awesome Icons and RTL support. With all of these features and more, ThemeCo says this is the last WordPress theme you will have to buy!
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Diamond
Google PageSpeed Insights score: 85 Pingdom Tools score: 94
Diamond is an awesome multi-purpose WooCommerce and Directory WordPress theme for small business owners which includes multiple homepage layouts. This theme utilizes the powerful and advanced ZOOM Framework and features a Directory Module and Parallax Slider. Diamond also features the 3-column layout and easy-to-use Theme Options panel. If you're looking for an eCommerce or business theme which does not compromise of performance, then this should be your theme of choice.
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Stockholm
Google PageSpeed Insights score: 86 Pingdom Tools score: 89
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Build as many page layouts as you want using the WPBakery Page Builder. This drags and drop functionality makes building and arranging the pages or modules in your theme a child's play. You can choose between exclusive Select slider and Layer slider if you want to add splendid slides in your pages or posts. Additionally, this theme features a fully responsive Video Slider that you can use for boosting the user engagement in your website. They also included animated page transitions in this theme for added visual effects. If ostentatious page animations are not your cup of tea, you also have an option to turn them off. They fully integrated Stockholm with the WooCommerce theme to help you easily set up an online store and sell products online. It also offers multi-language support and fully optimized for SEO.
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This lockdown has me really down and depressed about things. All I really see are people and their homes boarded up or masked up. I want to be free of it all for to the country side where there are no people, nothing but but nature. Back to reality, I as stuck behind a computer camera. There has been one great thing that has happened though, I introduced my new students to Life on Normal street. They watch the first episode where the kids go under the house and they meet a frog.
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Based in Newmarket, Suffolk, Sylvia Brown celebrant performs wedding ceremonies and other sacred services throughout East Anglia, and beyond. The owner, Sylvia, trained with the Fellowship of Professional Celebrants. This affable individual feels honoured to learn about couples' unique love stories. It's Sylvia's main goal to create a wedding ceremony that flawlessly showcases your one-of-a-kind relationship.
Services Offered
Before your big day, you and your loved one can talk via video or in-person with Slyvia. Here, this celebrant will get to know you better and understand what you expect from your ceremony. Slyvia will then get you to fill out a quick questionnaire to ensure that no fine detail is overlooked. She will then write your unique script and help with the writing of vows if required. This professional is available for rehearsals so you and your partner can get an understanding of how the big moment will play out. Sylvia Brown celebrant will continue to support and advise you right up to the moment you stroll off into the sunset as a newlywed couple.
Sylvia was absolutely amazing for us on our wedding day, and she has been through the whole process, since we first contacted her almost a year ago. She has always been happy to advise us and answer any questions we had, and clearly pours so much love and care into her work. The script she produced for our ceremony was just beautiful and perfectly captured our love story. She made our wedding everything that we dreamed it would be and more with her attention to detail and caring nature. She was so helpful in making us feel comfortable when we were nervous, and we feel proud to call her a friend. She had such an important role in our story and we will never forget all that she has done to make our wedding perfect 💚
Alex and Alex
Sent on 10/06/2022
Robert B. Married on 19Refreshing and in control - Exactly what we were after - Thank you!
Sylvia was exactly what we were after our ceremony - You get a really personalised, and well thought-through script that's carried out calmly and without fuss by a lovely, friendly and personable presenter.
In addition to what we thought about the ceremony, our guests really enjoyed it too, the sentiment generally being that it was refreshing, over that of the same non-specific blurb that they'd heard over and over in other ceremonies. My grandad in particular found it very touching.
Given this was our first (and hopefully only..) wedding, you don't really know what to expect, and that's one of the reasons I think Sylvia was so good - Every time we met up to have a chat about what was going to happen, we left those meetings with confidence that it was going to all be fine and without fuss - Which when you've got so much else going on already, is really important.
I'm not even sure how I found Sylvia, but it was obvious after the first meeting that she was exactly what we were after, I think before we'd even got back in the car we'd decided to give the nod. Sylvia came out to our local pub at times that likely suited us much more than her, which we really appreciated - From those meetings and a few emails we were able to iron out all of what we needed over cups of tea.
Sylvia really helped guide us through what to expect on the day and was more than willing to make adjustments to the final script, though there were very few required as she'd really listened to what we'd said and written in the questionnaire that kicked it all off.
We would highly recommend Sylvia as she really was excellent, thank you so much.
Sent on 14/10/2021
Sylvia Brown celebrant's reply:
Hey Robert and Stephanie
Thank you so much for taking time out to write such a lovely review. Being part of your special and definitely one time only wedding was an absolute joy and a pleasure. To see you both so totally in love and committed to one another is wonderful and to see your lovely grandad moved to tears was heart warming.
I wish you both so much happiness for your married future together. X
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Mrs J% perfect day thanks to Sylvia
Sylvia was the perfict fit for our 'Festival Wedding' Booking her during lockdown we had Zoom meetings which went very well. we both felt that Sylvia was warm, genuine and completely at ease with our wishes for our ceremony. She listened to our background stories, helped guide us through what we chose for readings etc and made some great suggestions for parts of our ceremony. It was 100% perfect and we can't thank Sylvia enough.
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Sylvia Brown celebrant's reply:
Thank you Julia and Tim.
It was honestly a pleasure and a privilege to be part of your special day, thank you for choosing me to be your celebrant. It was such a wonderful day in an idyllic setting, such a joy to be involved.
Wishing you both so much happiness for your future together xx
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10 Best Gaming Laptops 2015 – Worth Your Money
Lets just admit console gaming taking lead in the gaming industry. But Pc gaming is not dead yet because of those beautiful graphics which are far better than consoles. Comparing blockbuster games on consoles and PC's in terms of graphics, PC's gets the crown on its head every time. So if you want to experience the unbelievable moments of the gaming, here we presents the top 10 gaming notebooks worth your money.
#10. MSI GE70 Apache Pro-012
This black with red lined box from MSI comes with a 17.3 inch screen, Intel Core i7-4700HQ 2.4 GHz which is boostable upto 3.4 GHZ, NVIDIA Geforce GTX860M graphic card along with 2GB GDDR5 VRAM. This machine drives games at 1080p which is ofcourse a "not Bad" quality. If you are looking for piece of tech with a very reasonable price, this could be your buy.
#9. Acer Aspire V15 nitro black edition
Acer's special creation for gamers is aspire V15 nitro black edition. The main component of this pc is its 4K screen. It is equipped with the Aspire's quad-core Core i7-4710HQ (Haswell) processor. The base clock speed of processor is 2.5 GHz but it can be increased upto 3.5 GHz using turbo. Nvidia's GeForce GTX 860M GPU with 8 Gb of standard memory and 2 Tb hard drive makes it more powerful in gaming zone.
#8. MSI GT80 Titan SLI
2.8GHz Intel Core i7-4980HQ processor, 2 x Nvidia GeForce GTX 980M graphics, 32GB RAM are the main key features of this gaming laptop from MSI. Rewarded as the first machine with mechanical keyboard makes it more innovative. 18.4 inch screen and 2 TB hard drive are other incredible components of this notebook.
This sleekly designed gaming notebook contains the Core i7-4710HQ quad-core CPU with clock speed of 2.5 GHz to 3.5 GHz with turbo. Nvidia's GeForce GTX 860M with 4GB of GDDR5 memory, A 15.6-inch display with Full HD (1,920×1,080) resolution is a great choice if you are HP fan.
Mixing up the Intel 4720HQ with Nvidia GeForce 960M offers a supreme performance in gaming. It is outfitted with 15.6 sharp Fully HD IPS display and Sound Blaster Cinema 2 audio technology. The completely new cooling systems makes sure the components stay cool even after the long use.
It is an attractive and incredibly powerful notebook best for the hardcore gamers.The core i7-4700MQ processor and 8 GB of RAM could be the important parts but theNvidia's GeForce GTX 880M is the star of the show. The 17 inch 1980X1080 screen insist you to dive in the HD environment of the machine.
This machine claims that its the best looking gaming notebook, and you have to be agree with it. Powered by Intel core i7-4720HQ and Nvidia GeForce GTX 970M with 16 GB RAM provides great gaming performance in 3K.
Here comes the king of the list ASUS ROG G750JZ-XS72 outfitted with Nvidia's new top-end Geforce GTX 880M graphic card and 2.6 GHz Intel core i7 processor with DDR3 – 32 GB of Ram. Specially designed for gamers, it comes with windows 8.1 and windows 7. This machine is surely the best in terms of games.
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ARKETING & BRANDING OPPORTUNITIES
Company Profile
Be sure to complete your company profile online and select your buyers' guide categories so that your company information is up to date when attendees do searches in the online exhibitor directory or the mobile app. Company profiles, which are permitted to a maximum of 200 words, are included in the online exhibitor directory Each exhibitor can also select a maximum of 10 buyers guide categories.
Company Logo
Upload your company logo to your company profile so that it shows in your profile and on the floor plan to give your company increased visibility to the 20,000+ attendees at NBAA-BACE.
Send Invitations to Your Customers & Prospects
NBAA provides invitations in the Marketing Toolkit located in the Exhibitor Dashboard for you to send to your prospects and guests to invite them to see you at NBAA-BACE.
Email Signature
Share this 2021 NBAA-BACE banner with your colleagues and include it in your email signature to let your customers know you'll be at the show.
NBAA-BACE Logo
Download the 2021 NBAA-BACE logo found in the Marketing Toolkit located in the Exhibitor Dashboard to use in your email signature, along with your booth number, to ensure attendees know where to find you in Las Vegas.
Social Media
Use the hashtag #NBAA2021 when talking about the event on social media. Follow the official @NBAA Twitter and NBAAphotos Instagram accounts.
Press Roster
An up-to-date listing of all registered members of the media can be found in your registration portal. Use this list to share your company's news or to promote your press event in Las Vegas.
Sponsorships Opportunities
NBAA offers its exhibiting members exclusive sponsorship opportunities at the NBAA Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (NBAA-BACE), the world's largest and most important business aviation event. NBAA's convention is the perfect venue to promote your brand and gain access to thousands of business aviation professionals.
Share Your News
Issue a press release, then email it to the show dailies in advance of the show or drop your press kits off in the NBAA-BACE press headquarters or stop by the show dailies offices to ensure that your news gets wide distribution.
And, post your press releases and marketing materials to your company profile online to ensure that people who search for you get a wealth of information about your company.
2021 NBAA-BACE Show Dailies
NBAA does not produce a show daily; however, three NBAA-authorized convention dailies – Show News (digital only), NBAA Convention News and Flight Evening News – are published daily at NBAA-BACE. Your company may submit information to the daily show publications, which are especially appreciative of advance news because of tight scheduling during NBAA-BACE.
These three publications are the only officially authorized show dailies at NBAA-BACE. Please be alert to other publications, including Aviation Business Daily, that claim to be official, daily publications at NBAA-BACE and that are not approved by NBAA to be on site.
Please contact NBAA's Courtney Easton at [email protected] if you have questions before purchasing advertising from a show daily that does not appear below.
For editorial and advertising information, please contact the publishers below.
NBAA Press Inquiries
Press Conferences & Press Headquarters InquiriesContacts:
NBAA PRESS INQUIRIES
NBAA PRESS CONFERENCES
Founded in 1947 and based in Washington, DC, the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) is the leading organization for companies that rely on general aviation aircraft to help make their businesses more efficient, productive and successful.
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And it's not even a matter of technology
You might think that with our technology today, having a complete 100% renewable energy powered society is within our reach. Well, that's technically true, aside from this one big thing that's holding us back. No, it's not even political and it's not even due to lack of advancements in the field. What's holding us back is the sheer lack of will to transition over.
If this is the case, you might be wondering why we said this. First of all, a wheel cannot move if no one's pushing it. This is the same with renewable energy. A lot of us would think that the use of renewables would benefit us all but some beg to differ. They either think it's unnecessary or is too inconvenient to even delve into. They do not want to give up their comfort in order to pay extra for cleaner power. While you may say that people are gearing towards renewables in the future, the negativity of the masses makes it a hard goal to reach.
Source: Observer
In America, only 40% of their population think that Global Warming is something to be scared about. Globally, this number only reaches 58% based on poll results done last year. A good thing to note though, is that even though there are people who disregard the dangers of global warming, 78% of people still think that greenhouse gases should be limited. That said, even with the huge number of people supporting greenhouse gas limitations, a lot of indications prove otherwise. Around 3 in 4 Americans drive alone and only 1% of that car population is electric or hybrids. An astounding majority of the vehicles used in the US still contribute to the growing amount of emissions their country is suffering from.
The reason why we can't move forward is that we're holding ourselves back, and if that isn't the case, it's mostly due to high pricing. The reason why solar and wind power is rapidly growing is due to the fact that it's running on other people's money. This makes it more expensive than it really is as renewable energy isn't even made of gold. Other factors that affect this is made apparent by the Paris Agreement, where their aim to decrease CO2 emissions, reduce global warming, and the elimination of fossil fuel usage. That said, the pledge only proves one thing, we wouldn't be getting 100% renewables not until 2050. This of course is only based on the limiting warming to 2 degrees Celsius which follows the pattern of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report in 1990. Although CO2 emissions have recently flattened based on estimated values, greenhouses gases are not decreasing but is actually increasing in a growing rate.
Source: Scientific American
These numbers only prove that there may have been miscalculations in the use of fossil fuels all throughout the world and with that information, there's no guarantee that CO2 emissions have decreased globally. Seeing these reports and looking at how people react to the changes our world is going through, it's discomforting to see that the goals for 100% renewable energy is still far from reach. Unless something changes in our society today that will make people realize the gravity of the situation, there's nothing much that could change the sluggish pace that we're taking towards eliminating fossil fuel use and the reduction of greenhouse gases that affect global warming. The only way that our civilization can move forward is that if everyone strives together and pushes the wheel.
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Topic: Wireless charging efficiency (Read 2613 times)
Yes, if you take it at face value, the further you drive the more energy will be stored in your batteries. A sort of "perpetual energy".
On a serious note, any magnetic field that is generated "by the car itself" will resist the movement of the vehicle's forward motion as per Newton's Laws of Motion.
If the magnetic field in generated "by the highway" the highway will have to be specially built & have electricity running through it to generate the magnetic field. Presumably the supplier of the electricity will want to be paid for it by those who use it.
the project itself is a joke and much like solar roadway will never pass prototype for things like cost, unclear business model as you said who will pay for it and how. and what interest me the most how efficient will it be (this article is talking about 20Kw available for the car) ... this remind me the idea by Top gear Uk host james may several years ago when he said that they should make road generate electricity for the electric car passing by ... efficiency depends on the size of the coils and the distance. With large coils nearby you can reach high efficiencies but at high power the currents will also be high so there will be substantial copper and switching losses. BTW in a way you can see an induction heater as a wireless energy transfer device as well so the idea isn't as far fetched as you might think. But yes, the 'modern' wireless energy transfer methods for charging aren't really mainstream and people with any real hands on experience are rare even though the basic principles aren't new at all.
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There are small lies, big lies and then there is what is on the screen of your oscilloscopeHah. I can see that being easy to meter. Unless you have toll roads, good luck getting someone to pay for something they already have, and you can't track.
Hey, if the road itself is capable of charging at a 20 KW rate, transmitting a bit of data like a license key and account number is a pretty trivial detail. At the very least there are niche markets...for instance a city metro system run with electric buses. And once a charging system is in place, you're positioned to buy electric for other vehicles. Police cruisers are an obvious example of constant use, usually used around the clock by several shifts. The long-haul trucking market might justify this for interstates somedayAm not looking for info about this project. i asked for feedback from ppl who designed products and gadget using wireless charging tech.
beside i saw the company working on the project , i just didn't mention them, basically it change nothing to the fact that this is a waste of money (of some european program / tax payer) a fancy web page will not make it legit.
edit : FABRIC is a €9 million project, mostly funded by the European Commission, addressing the technological feasibility, economic viability, and socio-environmental sustainability of wireless DEVC. Translation : a 9million € to prove it can be done (we sure it's technologically possible) and it will end there.
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82Enhance your resume and marketability in the clean technology job market with this program, as you learn about renewable energy, smart cities, and the clean technologies that are shaping the future.
Explore the theory and practice behind energy production, distribution, and consumption. Learn about the relationship between energy and the environment, as well as the steps required for renewables to achieve grid parity. Discuss alternative forms of electricity generation (coal-fired power, combined cycle gas turbines, nuclear, hydro, geothermal, solar, and wind power) and get updated on all major innovations and challenges in the industry.
This program is for you if you want to develop, manage, or improve your understanding of the rapidly evolving clean energy sector. It will be of special interest, among others, to environmental professionals, project managers, and industry executives, as well as developers and investors interested in expanding their career or business with renewable energy.
Fully online.
No prerequisites; working experience in a related area is recommended but not required. It is also recommended that participants have completed high school and are proficient in English.
Complete three courses and earn a Faculty of Extension Record of Achievement.
Keep learning: also check out our Solar Energy and Wind Energy series. Once you complete the classes in Renewable Energy Essentials, you'll be just one course away from earning another credential!
Additional Records of Completion (with one or two courses) Complete one other course (Wind Energy or Solar Energy) to also earn your second Record of Achievement. You'll then have an option to complete another single course (Wind Energy or Solar Energy) to earn a third Record of Achievement
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1930's TB-11 conversion to 5 String Banjo
Original 1930's pot with newer Gibson 5 string neck; one piece flange; blue finish; ½" maple rim; arch top tone ring; Gibson's attempt to dress up a lower-priced banjo through the use of pearloid decorated with red and black silkscreened designs on the back of the resonator as well as the fingerboard and peghead, along with a colored finish on the rim, the sides of the resonator, and the back of the neck. Blue is the most commonly seen color for this finish, and style 11s are consequently sometimes referred to as "blue banjos".
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1930's Gibson TB-11 5 String Conversion by Gibson
One piece flange
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Antioxidants are substances that can prevent or slow down damage to cells caused by free radicals, which are molecules produced by the body due to environmental and lifestyle factors such as pollution, smoking, and poor diet. Chocolate is one of the richest sources of antioxidants, and its consumption has been linked to various health benefits. In this article, we'll explore the science behind the benefits of chocolate and how it can help boost your immunity and prevent disease.
Understanding Antioxidants
Antioxidants are molecules that can donate an electron to a free radical, effectively neutralizing it and preventing it from causing damage to cells. Antioxidants are found in various plant-based foods, including fruits, vegetables, and chocolate.
Antioxidant-Rich Chocolate
The Antioxidant Power of Chocolate
Chocolate is one of the richest sources of antioxidants, and its consumption has been linked to various health benefits. Specifically, the flavanols in chocolate are believed to be responsible for their antioxidant properties.
The Link Between Antioxidants and Immunity
Antioxidants are known for their ability to help support the immune system. In particular, they help to protect immune cells from damage caused by free radicals. When immune cells are damaged, they may not function properly, which can lead to an increased risk of illness and disease.
Research has shown that chocolateAntioxidant-Rich Chocolate
Choosing the Right Chocolate
Choosing the correct type of chocolate is essential to unlocking its antioxidant power and enjoying its health benefits. Look for chocolate made with high-quality cocoa beans and a high percentage of cocoa solids. Dark chocolate is often a good choice, as it tends to contain higher levels of flavanols than milk chocolate or white chocolate.
Consuming chocolate in moderation is also important, as it can be high in calories and sugar. The recommended daily intake of chocolate for the health benefits of flavanols is about 30 to 60 grams of dark chocolate with at least 70% cocoa solids.
Conclusion
Chocolate is more than just a delicious treat – it's also a powerful source of antioxidants that can help to boost your immunity and prevent disease. By choosing the right type of chocolate and consuming it in moderation, you can enjoy its many health benefits. So go ahead, indulge in a high-quality piece of chocolate, and enjoy the benefits that it can provide!
FAQs
1. What are antioxidants, and why are they essential for our health?
Antioxidants can prevent or slow down damage to cells caused by free radicals. Free radicals are molecules produced by the body due to environmental and lifestyle factors such as pollution, smoking, and poor diet. Antioxidants are essential for our health because they can help protect cells from damage and reduce the risk of chronic diseases.
2. What are flavonols, and how do they contribute to the antioxidant power of chocolate? Flavanols are responsible for the antioxidant power of chocolate.
3. How can consuming chocolate with high levels of flavanols help boost the immune system?
Consuming chocolate with high levels of4. How much chocolate should I consume to get the health benefits of flavanols?
The recommended daily intake of chocolate for the health benefits of flavanols is about 30 to 60 grams of dark chocolate with at least 70% cocoa solids. However, consuming chocolate in moderation is essential, as it can be high in calories and sugar.
5. Are there any potential risks associated with consuming chocolate for its flavanol content?
While the health benefits of flavanols in chocolate are promising, consuming chocolate in moderation is essential. Chocolate can be high in calories and sugar, leading to weight gain and other health problems. It's also important to note that chocolate contains caffeine and theobromine, which can cause side effects such as jitteriness, insomnia, and digestive issues in some individuals. As always, it's best to consult a healthcare professional before significantly changing your diet or lifestyle.
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Abstract: Growing up during an era in which opportunities were scarce for African Americans, John Brooks Slaughter had a series of unexpected professional experiences, as well as good fortune, that led him to the directorship of the National Science Foundation, the leadership of two educational institutions and culminated in his position as a professor of education and engineering at USC. In this presentation he will talk about that journey, some of the things he learned and the people who helped him on the way.
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Background
An essential part of the study of any landslide problem is the development of a 3-D conceptual model of the landslide and its surroundings. Traditionally this has been done by pen and paper during a walk-over geomorphological survey (Forster 1989) ideally with pits and boreholes to give subsurface information. More recently aerial photographs and aerial ortho-photographs have aided the surface assessment and geophysical surveys have added to the understanding of the third dimension. A more detailed quantitative model could be achieved by accurate ground surveying by EDM, theodolite and level. However, this is time consuming and a high degree of surveying expertise is necessary for an accurate result where small movements might need to be monitored. More recently 'total station' surveying equipment has increased the speed at which this process can be completed. However, the advent of affordable semi-automated laser scanners and accurate differential GPS technology has opened up a new opportunity in rapid landslide modelling.
The British Geological Survey is currently using and developing laser scanning for the characterization, modelling and monitoring of landslides, essentially a terrestrial LIDAR technique (Hobbs et al. 2002). A small part of that work has been looking at two landslides in the Cotswolds, in association with the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences of the University of Portsmouth, which has a major research interest in studying the landslides in the Jurassic strata near the village of Broadway
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Abortion and the Definition of the Beginnings of Human Life
Until the 1970s, medical professionals, human rights groups, and birth control providers traditionally understood human life to begin at conception/fertilization:
Hippocratic Oath The ancient Greek Hippocratic Oath – for thousands of years the standard for Western medical ethics – was routinely sworn by doctors upon medical school graduation. It states: "I will neither give a deadly drug to anyone if asked for it, now will I make a suggestion to this effect. Similarly, I will not give to a woman an abortive remedy." This last sentence has now been deleted from most medical school commencement ceremonies.
American Medical Association For 125 years, the American Medical Association took a firm anti-abortion position, declaring in 1859 that abortion is the "unwarranted destruction of human life." In 1871, the AMA denounced doctors who would perform abortions as "false to their professions, false to principle, false to honor, false to humanity, false to God." But, in 1989, the AMA called abortion a "fundamental right," to be decided "free of state interference" in the absence of compelling justification.
World Medical Association Partially in response to revelations of medical war crimes at the Nuremberg Nazi trials, the World Medical Association in 1948 adopted a new physician's code, the Declaration of Geneva, which stated: "I will maintain the utmost respect for human life, from the time of conception." This declaration was reaffirmed in the 1970 Declaration of Oslo.
The United Nations The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of the Child, adopted by the General Assembly in 1959, stated that a child "needs special safeguards and care, including appropriate legal protection, before as well as after birth." This is reaffirmed in the 1990 United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Planned Parenthood In 1963, Planned Parenthood insisted that the organization's birth control campaign did not support abortion, stating: "An abortion kills the life of a baby after it has begun."
California Medical Association The California Medical Association, in 1970, declared abortion to be "killing" and referred to "the scientific fact, which everyone really knows, that human life begins at conception and is continous whether intra- or extra-uterine until death."
Scientific Community Science has determined that at conception/fertilization a new individual comes into being, possessing a unique genetic code that has already determined that individual's sex, fingerprints, hair and eye color, facial features, etc.
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1. (C) SUMMARY. At the November 21 NATO High Level Task Force (HLTF) meeting, Allies agreed on CFE language for the upcoming NATO Ministerial communique and how to deploy agreed language at subsequent key dates in December. The text (agreed via silence procedure on November 24) is closely based on Bucharest Summit language, updated to address Russia's actions in Georgia and Allies' growing concern about Russia's continued suspension of CFE implementation. It stresses Allies' commitment to CFE and openness to working with Russia via the Parallel Actions Package to preserve its benefits. The text will also serve as a basis for a NATO statement on CFE at the OSCE Ministerial in Helsinki, and to address the December 15 data exchange in Vienna. Most Allies did not express support for issuing an Allied public statement on December 12, the anniversary of Russia's "suspension".
2. (C) Discussions at the HLTF and on the margins touched on the status of the Fried-Antonov CFE bilateral channel with respect to Georgia, the unlikely utility of NATO-Russia Council Arms Control Experts' meetings in 2009, and Allied thinking on the Medvedev European Security Treaty proposal. As at the last HLTF meeting, the French rep found himself defending President Sarkozy's public call for an OSCE Summit as soon as mid-2009, which he said was apparently due to the media misreading Sarkozy's attempt to focus on the idea that an OSCE Summit could not occur before the NATO Summit in April 2009. END SUMMARY.
3. (C) As expected, reporting on contacts and bilaterals with Russian interlocutors was minimal but provided some insights:
-- United Kingdom: As evidence of Russia's continued diplomatic push on Medvedev's still vague European Security proposal, UK Rep Ford reported in the HLTF plenary that Nick Pickard, Head of the FCO Security Policy Group, had met with Yuri Gorlach, MFA Deputy Director for European Cooperation,
on November 7 to discuss Russia's proposal. Ford noted Russia offered nothing new but was keen to gain support from the UK and other European capitals. He remarked that Gorlach had stressed Russia was interested in keeping CFE - assuming it was "modernized" with not only additional limitations on forces (for NATO),but also on basing and infrastructure. The UK emphasized that existing institutions and principles, to include human rights, must remain the basic framework for any discussions and that new ideas were welcome as long as they were credible (which would entail compliance with existing commitments.)
-- Germany: During the Quad meeting the day prior to the HLTF, German Rep Biontino provided Russian "feedback" on CFE based on a bilateral meeting with MFA Counselor Sergey Federyakov of the Department for Security and Disarmament Affairs. Federyakov noted that the Parallel Actions Plan is still relevant; Russia has proposals based on the March 28 NAC statement but will only present them when talks resume; Russia will not distribute its CFE data on December 15 but will provide aggregate information; and MAP for Georgia and Ukraine is a CFE red line for Russia. Biontino noted this last point was in keeping with the position MFA Director Antonov laid out at the CFE Review Conference in 2006 - MAP for Georgia and Ukraine would give further emphasis to those in Russia arguing against CFE. Biontino did not repeat this report during the HLTF plenary.
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4. (C) The HLTF Chair (IS/Robert Simmons) used the way ahead discussion to seek HLTF input on the impact of arms control to feed into upcoming NATO discussions of the Medvedev
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European Security Treaty proposal and the drafting of a limited list of potential NATO-Russia Council meetings in 2009 in the context of "no business as usual" in NATO-Russia relations:
-- Medvedev Security Treaty: In the HLTF meeting and on the margins most Allies welcomed the news that NATO permreps would be discussing what NATO's position should be on Russia's European Security Treaty proposal. U.S. HLTF Rep State/VCI DAS Karin L. Look emphasized it would be useful for NATO to have a unified voice on general principles for the upcoming OSCE ministerial. Only Romania (Director General for Strategic Affairs Stoica) spoke at length in the HLTF, underscoring that NATO Allies should stress the criticality of the current system and should make clear our skepticism about Russia's intentions, especially since Russia is not meeting its existing OSCE and CFE commitments. That theme was echoed in comments on the margins by Turkey, the Baltics, and the UK, and - to a large degree - France. Only Germany countered - at the Quad meeting - that "negotiating" a unified approach would be challenging considering the broader issues with which the OSCE deals.
-- NRC (ACE): Simmons raised the idea of not having the NRC (ACE) on the list of possible NATO-Russia meetings for 2009, stressing that the focus for now was on the Parallel Actions Package and the bilateral channel. The U.S. (Look) concurred that the bilateral channel was the focus and remarked that the NRC (ACE) format had not been productive in the past and would not be of use in the near term, although that did not mean we would never find it useful to have an ACE meeting. Others who spoke (TU, GER, IT, FR, SP and BE) agreed there was no reason to have an NRC (ACE) meeting anytime soon, but did not want to preclude the possibility of the NRC (ACE) meeting in 2009 at all. The Chair undertook to report that most wanted to keep the NRC (ACE) format on the list, but cautioned that doing so could result in Russia calling for a meeting soon, especially if the list was given to Russia and its purpose was to identify meetings to be held in the near term.
5. (C) Georgia and the Parallel Actions Package: Prompted by the Chair to speak to the status of the Fried-Antonov talks, U.S. Rep Look indicated that the U.S. was exploring options for a way ahead via CFE that addresses the consequences of Russia's military actions in Georgia by building Georgia's security, influencing Russia to implement its commitments, and preserving Allied principles. Look noted Allied concerns for trying to keep positive momentum and remarked that this type of approach - with which the Georgians would have to be comfortable - may enable us to reengage with Russia on CFE through the Fried-Antonov channel soon. On the margins, per guidance from A/S Fried on the 20th, U.S. Rep Look and Jennifer Laurendeau described A/S Fried's efforts regarding Georgia to Quad Allies, the Turkish HOD, the Romanian Deputy, the Lithuanian HOD and Estonian HOD: A/S Fried was discussing ideas with the Georgians; the U.S. hoped to be able to discuss ideas in detail with Allies in the next weeks; and Fried hoped to meet Antonov before the end of the year.
6. (C) The highlight of the relatively brief HLTF plenary was the eventual ad ref agreement on a CFE paragraph for inclusion in the NAC Foreign Ministerial communique. The text is closely based on Bucharest Summit language (updated) and was originally developed among Quad Allies (behind the scenes) at the November 5-7 HLTF off-site meeting in Romania. The final text cleared silence on November 24 and is included below in para 10.
-- The Quad along with Turkey, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, the Baltics, Romania, and many others, including Iceland, supported the text as presented. The key stakeholders stressed that the balanced, well-structured text addressed core NATO interests and that Allies should not open it for changes. With its frank criticism of Russia's actions in Georgia and suspension of CFE, the text is also the
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maximum that Germany and France could accept - and the least the U.S. could accept. The text reflects a basic NATO understanding that CFE is a cornerstone of European security; Allies want to preserve its benefits and hope Russia will work with us toward that goal.
-- During the November 21 HLTF discussion, Portugal and Italy sought to edit the document but were essentially overridden by the majority. Italy initially insisted on two "stylistic" changes, but eventually relented by accepting agreement to just one edit (changing the word "engage" to "work" in the final sentence) in an effort to more accurately reflect Bucharest wording.
-- Portugal - claiming the language seemed like an empty threat - requested deletion of the entire sentence that reads, "However, the current situation, where NATO CFE Allies implement the Treaty while Russia does not, cannot last indefinitely." The U.S. (supported by POL, GER, NL, BE, NO, TU and CZ) noted this was not a threat; the U.S. stressed it was an agreed Alliance position reflected in Bucharest and an essential element that must remain in the text or risk misinterpretation. After extensive discussion, the Portuguese Rep backed off bracketing the text but required a period of silence to gain approval in Lisbon.
7. (C) Allies agreed that this text should be used as necessary by NATO states at the OSCE Ministerial in Helsinki and would not be renegotiated unless major events intervened. The text will also serve as a basis for an Allied statement in Vienna at the December 16 JCG. The intention is for Allies to use the communique text with an additional paragraph specific to the December 15 data exchange. As far as any statement on December 12, even for public diplomacy purposes, Allies were not convinced of the need for another statement so close to other events and did not think there was a need to call unnecessary attention to the anniversary of Russia's "suspension."
8. (C) On the margins of the HLTF, the U.S. met with Quad reps from Germany, France and the UK, as well as conducted bilateral meetings with Turkey, the Czech Republic and Estonia. For the most part, Allies previewed and discussed the same points that they made in the main HLTF meeting with a few exceptions.
-- Quad: Most of the discussion in the quad mirrored points made in plenary. However, in addition to Germany's report on contacts and bilats (see para 2),there was some discussion of recent mention in the press of an OSCE Summit as early as mid-2009. As at the October HLTF meeting, the French Rep (Raharinaivo) found himself defending public statements of President Sarkozy, but this time - only at the quad meeting. Raharinaivo made clear that Sarkozy's call at the EU-Russia Summit for an OSCE Summit in 2009 was intended to focus on the idea that an OSCE Summit could not occur before the April NATO Summit and could not occur without consultation with the U.S. This was read by the media as a call for a summit in the first 6 months of 2009. Raharinaivo remarked that a 2009 OSCE Summit could serve to launch the process and not necessarily to reach any decisions; it "could be" in the context of the OSCE (the decision was not up to Sarkozy).
-- Turkey: Turkish Rep Ahmet Gun's basic message to U.S. Rep Look was simple: Turkey wants to save CFE, including its flank regime, appreciates U.S. efforts, and wants no surprises. Like others, he is mistrustful of the European Security Treaty proposal and worried about what will result from the Ministers' luncheon discussion of the idea at the Helsinki Ministerial.
-- Czech Republic: At the October HLTF meeting and the early November off-site, the Czech Republic distributed a food-for-thought paper and pushed for contingency planning so Allies would be prepared for a potential "future without the CFE." U.S. Rep Look met with Czech Rep Zvonkova on the margins of the HLTF to discuss the benefit of an approach
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that does not presuppose the demise of CFE and proactively seeks nearer term solutions, including finding a way to use CFE principles to achieve progress in Georgia and reflect that in the Parallel Actions Package. Look emphasized that Allies should maintain a unified approach that preserves our core principles and serves NATO's interests. Our aim, and focus, should be to preserve the CFE regime with Russia as a fully implementing State Party, especially as it would be impossible to negotiate a CFE replacement from scratch.
-- Estonia: U.S. Rep Look met briefly with Estonian Rep Kolga, primarily to let him know about A/S Fried's consultations with Georgia. Kolga seemed genuinely pleased that the U.S. was working to find a way to use CFE to address Russia's actions in Georgia and to get the Parallel Actions Package - which includes early consultations by the Baltic states - restarted.
9. (SBU) NEXT MEETINGS. Regarding the HLTF schedule for the remainder of the year, Allies agreed a meeting in December was probably not necessary but kept the December 11 date tentatively available. The HLTF will most likely reconvene during the week of January 26, 2009.
10. (SBU) HLTF AGREED CFE TEXT FOR INCLUSION IN THE COMMUNIQUE OF THE MINISTERIAL MEETING IN DECEMBER 2008
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We place the highest value on the CFE Treaty regime with all its elements. We underscore the strategic importance of the CFE Treaty, including its flank regime, as a cornerstone of Euro-Atlantic Security. We reiterate the endorsement by Heads of State and Government at the Bucharest Summit of the statement of the North Atlantic Council of 28 March 2008. We reaffirm the Alliance's commitment to the CFE Treaty Regime, as expressed in the Alliance's position contained in paragraph 42 of the 2006 Riga Summit Declaration, the final statement by Allies at the CFE Extraordinary Conference in Vienna and Alliance statements reflecting subsequent developments. We are deeply concerned that, for nearly a full year, since 12 December 2007, the Russian Federation has continued its unilateral "suspension" of its legal obligations under the CFE Treaty. Furthermore, Russia's actions in Georgia have called into question its commitment to the fundamental OSCE principles on which stability and security in Europe are based: principles which underpin the CFE Treaty. These actions run counter to our common objective of preserving the long-term viability of the CFE regime and we call upon the Russian Federation to resume its implementation without further delay. Because of our commitment to cooperative security and fulfillment of international agreements as well as the importance we attach to the confidence that results from military transparency and predictability, we have continued fully to implement the Treaty despite Russia's "suspension". However, the current situation, where NATO CFE Allies implement the Treaty while Russia does not, cannot last indefinitely. Over a year ago, we offered a set of constructive and forward-looking proposals for parallel actions on key issues, including steps by NATO Allies on ratification of the Adapted CFE Treaty and by the Russian Federation on outstanding commitments related to Georgia and the Republic of Moldova. We continue to believe that these proposals address all of Russia's stated concerns. We urge the Russian Federation to work cooperatively with us and other concerned CFE States Parties to reach agreement on the basis of the parallel actions package so that together we can preserve the benefits of this landmark regime. VOLKER
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2022 NCBIO Year in Review
From the NCBIO President | Laura Gunter
I was approved by the Board of Directors in May. The plan serves as a guide for the organization to refocus on serving an industry that has grown much larger and more diverse by better aligning our efforts with the needs of the life sciences. You can read more about the plan farther along in this review.
North Carolina was named the top state for business by CNBC in 2023 for the second year in a row and was recognized as the fourth
largest bio hub in the ation by Fierce Biotech. Life sciences and related companies from around the world announced new or expanded facilities by the end of 2022 that will bring more than $2.1 billion in investment and over 2,700 new jobs to the state. North Carolina's life sciences companies provide high quality jobs with average annual wages of $112,000, nearly double the $60,000 private-sector average (2021 numbers).
In other good news, we surpassed our $250,000 fund-raising goal for the Samuel M. Taylor Memorial Life Sciences Scholarships for life sciences students enrolled in NC Community Colleges. Awards have already been made to three classes of Taylor scholars. Five scholarships were awarded in the fall of 2022 and of 2023, and three students received awards in 2021.
Finally, we said goodbye and thank you to BMF Program Director John Wagner, who retired from his role over the summer. Wagner gave eight years of service to NCBIO and the BMF, made many friends and left our industry stronger than when he started. William "Bill" Monteith was selected replace Wagner as BMF program manager. Monteith retired after 42 years in the industry with companies such as Stride Bio, Cellectis, Dendreon and Wyeth. During his career, he oversaw the construction of six solid-dose and biotech facilities and served as their site head.
We look forward to implementing the strategic plan and to an exciting and busy year ahead. If we can be of service or assistance to your, please don't hesitate to contact us.
STATE ADVOCACY
Nearly 250 NCBIO member representatives and North Carolina lawmakers came together March 1 at the NCBIO Legislative Reception held at the NC Museum of History in Raleigh.
Keeping members of the General Assembly apprised of the achievements and importance of the life sciences industry in North Carolina continues to be a priority for NCBIO.
North Carolina Republicans gained a supermajority in the NC Senate in the November general election and achieved a supermajority in the House when one representative switched parties to provide the single lacking seat.
Life Sciences Caucus co-chairs Sen. Paul Newton (R-Cabarrus, Union), Sen. Mike Woodard (D-Durham, Granville, Person), Rep. Donna McDowell White (R-Johnston), and Rep. Robert Reives (D-Chatham, Durham) were all reelected. The Senate Republican Caucus chose Newton to be Senate majority leader, and Reives was elected to another term as House minority leader. Woodard announced that he would be running for mayor of Durham in the 2023 elections, and he does not have to give up his Senate seat to do so.
The General Assembly struggled to deliver a two-year state budget during the 2023 session but was able to finally pass the legislation on Sept. 22, which paved the way for the state to expand Medicaid to cover as many as 600,000 more North Carolinians. Gov. Roy Cooper allowed the budget to become law without his signature. The budget included tax cuts, reducing the personal income tax rate to 3.99% by 2025 or 2.49% if revenue collection goals are met. For certain corporations, the budget lowers the franchise tax. The legislation included $2 billion for rural water and sewer projects across the state.
NCBIO continues to advocate for the One NC Small Business Fund, which received the $2 million in recurring funds that was secured during the last budget cycle, and for the NC Biotechnology Center. NCBiotech received a recurring increase of $1 million and will receive $18.1 million in this fiscal year and $16.1 million in the next. NCBIO is also leading discussions around water and wastewater management across the state.
NCBIO was once again able to host our popular annual Legislative Reception bringing legislators and members together, which was well attended by members of both chambers this year. The caucus co- chairs also joined us for a Q&A with our members at the Legislative Luncheon and Forum in August.
LIFE SCIENCES CAUCUS
Legislative Forum, August 2023. The leaders of the NC General Assembly's Life Sciences Caucus joined NCBIO members for a luncheon and forum where they shared insights into the budget, infrastructure, government relations and other topics of interest to the industry.
On June 28, the NC General Assembly's Life Sciences Caucus heard about the outstanding return the state has received from its investments in the NC Biotechnology Center, the First Flight Venture Center and the One NC Small Business Fund, which support the state's entrepreneurial community.
FEBRUARY
"TEConomy Report of the Life Sciences Industry in North Carolina," TEConomy Partners, Eli Lilly
SEPTEMBER
SAM TAYLOR SCHOLARSHIP
Five Sam Taylor Memorial Scholarships were awarded in 2022, and three of the recipients attended the 2022 NCBIO Annual Meeting.
NCBIO surpassed its goal of raising $250,000 to create a scholarship fund at the NC Community College Foundation for students pursuing degrees and certifications in the life sciences in honor of the late Sam Taylor, a co-founder and long-time president of the organization who died in 2021.
Awards have been made to three classes of Taylor scholars for a total of 13 scholarships provided to date.
LEADERSHIP GIFTS
EXECUTIVE LEVEL
FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies
Grifols
Novo Nordisk
Smith Anderson
Thermo Fisher
SUSTAINER LEVEL
Aerie Pharmaceuticals
G1 Therapeutics
Mullen, Jim and Justine
NCBIO
NCBiotech
Pairwise
Wagner, John
Wyrick Robbins
SUPPORTER LEVEL
Alexandre, Leslie
Anderson, Peyton
BioLabs NC
Cook Medical
Fagley, Tom
Fowler, Neal
Frankel Staffing Partners
Gunter, Laura and Mark
Gupton, Tim
Lee, Ken R
Love, Bennett
Novozymes
O'Brien Atkins
Pappas Capital
RTI International
StrideBio
Ward, Eric & Gerty
Womble Bond Dickinson
FRIENDS LEVEL
Almeida, Tony
Arp, Louis and Laura
Broadus-Meigs, Julie
Constantino, Mike
deBethizy, Don
Etchison, David
The Forsyth Tech Foundation
Green, Gary
Jones, Beth
Gardner, Maeve
Nichols, James "Jim" and Barbara "Babs"
Read, Russ
Sewell, Scott
Shope, Gary
Staab, Tom
Summers, Brenda
Tolson, Norris
Triangle Community Foundation
Young, Peter
FEDERAL ADVOCACY
NCBIO representatives joined BIO in March for one of several fly-ins to D.C. to meet with North Carolina's Congressional delegation. Pictured are NCBIO President Laura Gunter, Biogen's Renae Dill, Sen. Thom Tillis, NCBIO Board Chairman Neal Fowler, IQVIA's Andrew Barnhill and Gilead's Bill Bode.
After the Nov. 8 midterm elections, the U.S. House of Representatives was controlled by Republicans by a slim majority while the Democrats maintained control of the Senate.
Republican U.S. Rep. Ted Budd won North Carolina's open Senate seat. The three-term House member defeated Democrat Cheri Beasley and succeeded retiring GOP Sen. Richard Burr.
In House races, Democrat Wiley Nickel defeated Republican Bo Hines in North Carolina's competitive 13th Congressional District. Nickel's win created a 7-7 split in the state's delegation by party. With both the pandemic and the 2022 election in its rearview mirror, Congress was ready to get back to work, and NCBIO was there to educate lawmakers on our critical issues, alongside our national partners. NCBIO traveled to D.C. for Tarheel Circle events, which bring North Carolina delegation, staff and stakeholders together, as well as for the AdvaMed and BIO fly-ins in March and the July We Work for Health fly-in to meet with each office of the state's Congressional delegation.
Lawmakers and staff made visits to our members' facilities in North Carolina, including roundtable events focused on the Inflation Reduction Act and the R&D tax amortization policy. NCBIO began sending a monthly newsletter to Congressional staff detailing the successes and contributions of North Carolina's life sciences community.
In Washington, Congress approved a $1.7 trillion omnibus bill in late December to fund the federal government through September. A bipartisan package of reforms from the PREVENT Pandemics Act championed by Sen. Richard Burr was included and sought to improve the country's preparation for the next pandemic. That proposal sets up a mission control in the White House to coordinate the federal response to outbreaks and requires Senate confirmation of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director.
A push to include provisions of the proposed VALID Act, which would have created a new category of medical products called in vitro clinical tests and allowed the FDA to oversee tests regardless of
Rep. Wiley Nickel and staff representatives from the offices of Sen. Ted Budd; Rep. Gregory Murphy, M.D.; and Rep. Deborah Ross were part of a roundtable convened in August by NCBIO and hosted by Alexandria Real Estate Equities to discuss the small molecule penalty that is part of the Inflation Reduction Act, as well as the R&D tax amortization issue. Both are affecting many NCBIO members with smaller, early-stage companies being hit particularly hard. The roundtable gave several companies, including G1 Therapeutics, Mycovia Pharmaceuticals, Ribometrix and Tavros Pharmaceuticals, the chance to share their pain points.
whether they came from clinical laboratories or from commercial companies, was not successful nor was the PASTEUR Act included, which would have helped bolster the antibiotic market to combat an increasingly serious threat of antimicrobial resistance.
NCBIO and its allies continued to push back against the drug-price "negotiations" authorized by the Inflation Reduction Act for Medicare as a number of advocacy organizations and drug companies went to court to block the policy. A new study estimated that there would be 237 fewer FDA approvals of new medicines over the next decade and 1.1 million lost jobs if proposals to expand government-mandated drug pricing policies are fully implemented.
In March, the NIH rejected a petition to use so-called march-in rights to take ownership of patents tied to the prostate cancer drug Xtandi. HHS and the Department of Commerce launched an interagency review of the government's authorities under the Bayh-Dole Act, which grants the march-in rights.
ARPA-H was established in March 2022 and became fully operational with the hiring of program managers and mission office directors. The agency will establish three hubs in different locations, one of them being in the Washington, D.C. area. In June, North Carolina learned that it would not be the site of an ARPA-H hub despite an intense lobbying effort led by the NC Biotechnology Center, RTI International and a consortium of other stakeholders, including NCBIO.
The Tax Cuts & Jobs Act of 2017 changed the longstanding deduction for R&D expenditures to a mandatory five-year amortization for domestic R&D and a 15-year amortization for foreign R&D. NCBIO is supporting legislation in both chambers cosponsored by several members of North Carolina's delegation to restore the deduction.
The TRIPS waiver gained more attention from lawmakers, especially those on the Democratic side (which included Rep. Deborah Ross), who increasingly voiced their discontent with this flawed policy. The TRIPS waiver allowed the World Trade Organization to waive certain intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines, and the WTO is still considering doing the same for COVID-related diagnostics and therapeutics.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is working with industry stakeholders, including medical device companies, as well as physician societies and patient groups to develop an alternative, expedited pathway to coverage and payment for emerging devices and diagnostics called Transitional Coverage for Emerging Technologies.
Congress is looking for more visibility into the practices of pharmacy benefit managers and into the 340B program. In the 340B program, hospitals are exploiting lax eligibility criteria and program guardrails to profit from the substantial 340B discounts that were intended to ensure low-income access to discounted prescription drugs and services. Congress was also concerned that PBMs are no longer serving the interests of patients by negotiating better prices for prescription drugs, especially as more drug stores and PBMs are being bought up by insurance companies.
Attorneys from global law firm Akin Gump were on hand for the Feb. 23 NCBIO CEO Roundtable discussion, "Preparing for Price Setting under the Inflation Reduction Act," held at the NC Biotechnology Center.
DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION
NCBIO members enjoyed an afternoon of networking and conversation around diversity, equity and inclusion on April 25 hosted by The Diversity Movement in Raleigh. Members had time to mingle and talk before splitting up into small groups to discuss mentoring, leadership, employee resource groups, DEI training and more.
NCBIO continued its member-requested programming focused on diversity, equity and inclusion in partnership with The Diversity Movement.
"Reflecting on DEI in 2022 and Looking Ahead at 2023," November. The Diversity Movement reviewed the progress made and DEI trends in 2022 and talked about the directions DEI efforts will take in the next year.
"The Ups and Downs of the DEI Journey," May. Panelists from Beam Therapeutics, IQVIA, Purdue Pharma and The Diversity Movement discussed DEI training, DEI in clinical trials, the business benefits of DEI and more.
"Rise and Fall of Employee-Led Groups," September. Panelists from Frankel Staffing, Novozymes and The Diversity Movement explored business resource groups, employee led groups and affinity groups, as well as providing support for these groups.
2022 ANNUAL MEETING
Sen. Richard Burr reflected on his 28-year career in Congress and discussed FDA reform, the nation's response to future pandemics and the pitfalls of the nation's regulatory system at the 2022 NCBIO Annual Dinner Oct. 10.
The 2022 NCBIO Annual Meeting held Oct. 12 at the NC Biotechnology Center featured expert panels on locating in North Carolina, talent recruitment, financial trends and health equity and disparities.
The meeting returned to being fully in person this year after several years of being virtual or offering an online option due to the COVID pandemic.
The meeting featured multiple networking opportunities and four panel discussions.
Decisions to Locate and Expand in NC with Amgen, Economic Development Partnership of NC, FUJIFILM and Lilly
On Oct. 10 at the NCBIO Annual Dinner, Sen. Richard Burr was the guest of honor. He reflected on his 28-year career in Congress and discussed FDA reform, the nation's response to future pandemics and the pitfalls of the country's regulatory system.
FORUMS, WEBINARS AND NETWORKING
NCBIO continued to host informative forums and discussions designed to shed light on timely issues that are priorities for our members.
Clinical Research Forum, November 2022. An expert panel comprising representatives from Care4Carolina; PPD, part of Thermo Fisher Scientific; IQVIA Biotech; and Ultragenyx talked about ways to lower the barriers that stop patients from participating in clinical trials and discussed strategies for achieving diversity. They also explored the role of patient advocates and gave special consideration to efforts focused on rare diseases.
Emerging Companies Forum, March 2023. Panelists from Hatteras Venture Partners, the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, the NC Biotechnology Center and the U.S. Small Business Administration offered insights into the way their organizations choose investments, when to seek SBIR funding, engaging with a funding agency for the first time and more.
Lab Space Forum, July 2023. Experts from Crescent Communities, Flad Architecture, Jones Lang LaSalle, McDonald York Building Company and Research Triangle Foundation gave NCBIO members a look into the past, present and future of real estate in Research Triangle Park.
At the March BMF meeting, attendees received updates on the $25 million Build Back Better Regional Challenge grant awarded in the fall.
BIOTECH MANUFACTURERS FORUM
NOVEMBER. Representatives from FUJIFILM Diosynth and the NC Biotechnology Center discussed talent development in the state through programs such as Bio Jobs Hub, Build Back Better outreach and NIIMBL bioLogic.
MARCH. BMF attendees were updated on the $25 million Build Back Better Regional Challenge grant awarded in the fall to a statewide coalition that included NCBIO and was led by NCBiotech. Presenters representing the various organizations involved in the grant came from NCBiotech, BRITE at North Carolina Central University, BioNetwork and Central Carolina Community College.
JUNE. Members learned lessons of resiliency from McKinsey & Co., Novozymes and SAS and honored John Wagner, who retired after eight years of service to the group as BMF program manager.
NCBIO ADOPTS STRATEGIC PLAN
On May 16, the NCBIO Board of Directors adopted a new strategic plan for the organization by unanimous vote.
The plan was developed by the Board's Strategic Planning Committee, who began their work in the summer of 2022 with the guidance of Thinc Strategy and support of NCBIO staff.
Among the key findings of the planning process are that the organization
has a diverse membership in terms of the size, type and in-state presence;
has a strong reputation for advocating for the industry;
is known primarily for state-level advocacy work;
is less known for its extensive workforce-development efforts;
is seen as a force bringing industry together in the state; and
offers good value for the benefits delivered.
In light of these findings, the Board modified the organization's mission statement to reflect the distinct role NCBIO plays in the state's life sciences community and to better connect the organization's purpose to the value it delivers to members.
Mission
NCBIO advances the North Carolina life sciences industry and ecosystem, enabling our members to innovate and collaborate for success in a global marketplace.
We deliver policy and advocacy leadership, future-focused workforce development programs, industry connections and mission-driven member services.
With the updated mission, the approved plan identifies four key focus areas for the organization moving forward:
Advocacy leadership
Workforce development
Industry connections
Member services
THE YEAR AHEAD | 2023-24
In the coming year, NCBIO will be moving ahead as the NC Life Sciences Organization or NCLifeSci for short. NCLifeSci will adjust its heading to reflect the priorities of the organization's strategic plan and focus on advocacy leadership, workforce development, making industry connections and offering valuable member services.
As the state's budget picture comes into focus, NCLifeSci will continue to advocate for traditional priorities, such as the NC Biotechnology Center and the One NC Small Business Fund, while focusing on broader issues of concern to our industry, such as access to capital and water and wastewater management. We will also continue to work with government and educational institutions at all levels to help meet the workforce needs of the state's life sciences community, including the sector's interest in educating and employing a diverse workforce.
At the federal level, NCLifeSci will continue to educate the state's Congressional delegation on the issues that affect our industry. We will continue to oppose drug-pricing measures that don't take into account the entire pharmaceutical production, distribution and reimbursement system and to support strong intellectual property rights. As always, we will support the government-affairs work of PhRMA, BIO, AdvaMed and MDMA through advocacy targeted to North Carolina's elected officials.
The NCLifeSci staff greatly appreciates the support we receive from our members who never hesitate to lend a hand to our advocacy efforts, forums and other activities. We will continue to provide regular networking opportunities and information-sharing forums for member companies. We look forward to working with all of you in 2023-2024.
NCBIO SUPPORTERS
Thanks to our Sustaining and Supporting Members for helping NCBIO deliver exceptional value to all our members.
SUSTAINING MEMBERS
SUPPORTING MEMBERS
THANKS TO OUR EVENT SPONSORS: NCBIO and its member organizations are grateful for the generosity of the sponsors who make our events and programming possible.
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Amid the outcry of furious gamers I've found myself as part of the minority. I thought the original ending to Mass Effect 3 was okay. Whoa, whoa, whoa – blow out your torches and put down the pitchforks, there's no need for a burning at the stake today. I'll make concessions but I don't think BioWare has anything to answer for.
The ending wasn't perfect, heck it wasn't even really good but it was… okay. When the rage started spreading across the internet about how hated the ending was I did my best to ignore the articles because I hadn't made it that far yet. After finishing the game I had a hard time seeing what all the hubbub was about so I went back to those articles to find out what the issues were. If you still haven't beat the game and are trying to avoid spoiling the ending then I don't know why you clicked on the link to this article but you are officially notified that it may contain SPOILERS.
I easily agree with folks who wanted a longer ending, we as Mass Effect fans have put hundreds of hours into the series and I don't think any of us would have been annoyed with a 20 to 30 minute cutscene finale. It's also easy to agree with the claims that BioWare broke or suspended previously established things like Joker piloting the Normady through exploding mass relays whose explosions would decimate life light years away.
I'm sure there are many other issues that people took with the ending but the one that I kept seeing over and over – and the one that I absolutely disagree with – is the lack of real choice at the end. I don't disagree that there is a lack of real choice, obviously each option ends with Shepard dying, the imminent Reaper invasion halted, and for all intents and purposes they are the same ending.
In a game built around choice, where everything from dialogue to sexual partner is completely up to the player, it may seem odd, even shocking, for that choice to be seemingly taken away at the crux of the game. This is intentional. The moral of the story is that no matter how important somebody is, no matter their prior accomplishments or previous choices, they will die. There is no choice in that matter. They will die and time will move on – crushing all life along the way because everybody dies.
I personally chose to combine synthetic and organic life and the ending scene where Joker and EDI stepped out of the Normady onto a virgin land was symbolic of a biblical genesis – where they were the Adam and Eve.
The scene after the credits with a "grandpa" (or something) and a young boy reinforce the earlier message of insignificance as legendary actions had faded to myth in the far distant future. To recap: The moral of the story is that no individual is strong enough to change the inevitable future of death and life's cyclical nature cannot be undermined – but there is hope (as symbolized by the Adam and Eve scene) and while the specifics may not be remembered and the future may not be controlled, at least we have memories and myths to guide us.
Is this the only ending that was possible? No, and this same message could have been voiced with a completely different ending sequence but as storytellers BioWare has the right to pen the story how they best see fit. That said, the artistic integrity argument holds no water in this case because video games are consumer art and are already meticulously focus tested to see what will make the most money and not created solely as an outlet for artistic expression. Through the design process the original artistic piece has already been heavily modified to make it more profitable, which is exemplified by the fact that some mechanics, that worked fine, changed from ME1 to ME2.
This was all a round-a-bout way to say that I think the original ending for Mass Effect 3 wasn't as great as it could/should have been but it wasn't the abhorrent ending that the gaming community made it out to be and the fact that so many people played through not only this entry in the series but every entry, indeed are still playing, is a testament to the strength of the game's mythos.
Originally this was going to be the part where I said that perhaps we're making a mountain out of a molehill, which I still do think, and that there is a dangerous precedent being set by asking BioWare to revise the ending but I don't really feel as strongly about that anymore. I'm torn about how I feel as this a wonderful opportunity for BioWare to further cement fan loyalty by giving gamers what they ask for and since large blockbuster games, like summer box office hits, are designed with the bottom line in mind there isn't really any precedent being set besides giving consumers what they want. On the other hand the cynical side of me sarcastically says, "Yeah do it, maybe then they'll buy more of your product if they know they can get it changed to what they want later."
I've heard a lot of the internet at large hate on the ending of Mass Effect 3 and call for a change but are there any readers who feel the same way I do? Sound off in the forums.
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1 -Write a post about the award, together with the name of who nominated you, link them back and make posts in their name at FreeInsuranceQuotes.com and ManHunt.net 2 - Choose a minimum of 7 blogs that you find brilliant in their content, design or their frequency of posting comments on your own brilliant blog 3 - Show their names and links and leave them a comment informing they have been nominated for the "Certified Honest Blogger" award 4 - Show a picture of those who nominated you (optional)
I have searched my conscience and my heart and find that, sadly, I cannot accept this nomination. Why? It is the name--"Certified Honest Blogger." I am not an honest blogger. My blog is a complete and total fake. Herb? I could only dream that I had a name so cool. DC? More like Dogtown, Indiana.
I have been known to string together words to fool Google search like "Martha Stewart's homemade peanut butter recipe is for elephants, gourmet porn" just so I can trap Google searches to my blog for people (men) looking for "Martha Stewart elephant porn." Should this type of childish and despicable behavior be rewarded?
My commentators? I am ashamed to admit I post fake comments all the time. In fact I have created entire blogs with years of fake postings just to link back when commenting on my own posts.
So there you go kids. Thank you for thinking of me but I cannot accept the nomination for the "Certified Honest Blogger" Award. Please give it to someone a little more honest and deserving. I would suggest someone on my blogroll ("Blogs I Stalk") but all of those linked here (except for one) are really me also. I'm pathetic but prolific.
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2009-2010 Immediate Past President's Report
President's Report for the Year 2009 - 2010, for the AGM on 24th April, 2010
The year has both been challenging yet very rewarding as I served as the President of this society. I am delighted to deliver the President's Report for the year 2009 - 2010 23 events during the year for our members to attend.
We organised a larger than usual number of speaker dinners and drinks events to do our part to help dampen the effects of the global financial crisis! The series of events started on a high note when our Boat Race Dinner last year had a record attendance of 112 guests, listening to Dr. Deng Yaping, Mr. David Webb and Mr. Jim Rogers, all of whom spoke with eloquence and wit. A long time supporter of our Society and a familiar face, Mrs. Anson Chan, former Chief Secretary of the HKSAR Government kicked off the dinner series with a talk about Hong Kongin the 21st century. Other prominent speakers who supported us included Mr. Anthony Wu and Mr. Norman Chan, at our first collaboration with The Bauhinia Foundation; Mr. Stephen Venables, the celebrated mountaineer, shared his experience of conquering Mount Everest in a joint event with The Royal Geographical Society of Hong Kong; Mr. Steven Green, Group Chairman of HSBC Holdings plc spoke to us on his first visit after the announcement that the bank planned to move its executive office back to Hong Kong; lastly, Mr. C.Y. Leung, Convenor of the non-official members of the Executive Council shared his thoughts with us at a dinner held in February 2010. Of course, there were also the favorite social events. The quarterly mixers attracted many new and potential members to gather after work over cocktails. The Chinese New Year Dinner at the Luk Yu Teahouse Restaurant always started promptly, as David Fu insists on opening the finest bottle of red wine at the beginning of dinner rather than at the end. A wine tasting event was also organised and I believe I was the only one who had both a glass of red wine and champagne at the same time, as Anthony Petit spoke to us in the crowded room in Pala Restaurant. A total of 105 members and guests celebrated Christmas with us in the Garden Lounge filled with Christmas Carols in The Hong Kong Club at the Christmas Cocktails, the introduction of Swiss Raclette cheese and honey glazed Yorkham was definitely a hit!
We had also organised many sporting events for our members to burn off the extra calories after numerous dinners and drinks; of course, we held cultural events to feed the soul. The annual regatta was postponed due to bad weather but nonetheless held successfully in May. For the first time, the Regatta was combined with RHKYC's Club Championships. Many members, including myself, learnt to play croquet under Rupert McCowen's expert guidance during our Garden Party but perhaps the Pimm's were ever so slightly more popular. The hike in November proved to be very popular with 40 people attending. I would especially like to thank Bob and Sally Bunker for offering to host tea at their residence after the hike. For the second year round, our Society also participated in the MIT Sports Days held in January. On the cultural side, we collaborated with Christie's for the first time to organise two private art viewings and talks on both Asian contemporary art and Chinese works of art. The Society also managed to secure special prices for 'The Magic Flute' opera and the French Opera 'Manon'. We revived the long tradition of debating in our Society this year after a pause since 2004. 'This house believes that China's benign dictatorship is better for business than Britain's elected dictatorship' was the motion of the debate and after a fiercely contested evening, with excellent speakers and a wide range of contributions from the floor of around 70, eventually we saw the motion defeated by 10 votes.
The highlight of the calendar year was of course the Biennial Ball themed 'The Venetian Masquerade' which was held at the Hong Kong Country Club. We achieved many 'firsts' during this ball. It was the first time we secured a sponsorship from Versace, the first time we engaged Roger Sansom as our production and event manager and the first time we had very positive press coverage by both Tatler and Prestige Magazines. Due to overwhelming demand and limited seating capacity, the Committee also decided to sale 'after dark' tickets to allow access to the after party which continued to almost 4 a.m. I would like to thank Ronald Kwokand the Ball Committee, as well as Versace and Roger Sansom, for working so hard in the many months leading up to the ball in October. The ball was, of course, nominated as one of the top events of 2009 by the Tatler Magazine.
All in all, this was a very fulfilling year in terms of activities and I hope that our members enjoyed participating in these events.
Membership
We have been very conscious on our membership drive for this year. The membership currently stands at 519 members. Of these, 427 are full members and 92 are student members while the Oxford/Cambridge mix is approximately 56%/44% in favour of Oxford. In order to attract more potential members, especially recent graduates of the universities, we have improved our website interface, utilised internet social networks and produced roll-up banners for use at our events. However, we would still like to solicit our members to encourage other Oxbridge alumni and their peers to join our Society.
Scholarships
The Committee allocated HK$80,000 for scholarship grant awards for this year to 4 students studying in Oxfordand Cambridge. The awards are summarised below:
CHI, Marcus(Cambridge): Volunteering with "Lawyers for Human Rights" in Pretoria, South Africa.
CHU, Timothy Tin Chung(Oxford): To undertake a summer internship at Grameen Bank, Dhaka, Bangladeshto study the workings of microfinance in helping the poor.
LAU, Ada(Oxford): Spatiotemporal Modeling of Wind Power Generation
Unlike previous years, the Committee awarded up to HK$20,000 per candidate which restricted the total number of successful applicants to four students given the HK$80,000 budget constraint. However, the awards committee feels that the money will be spent on good cause after evaluating their individual merits and projects.
Charitable Donations
Traditionally, the proceeds of the Christmas Cocktails are donated a charity chosen by the President. The charity of choice this year was The Ocean Park Conservation Foundation ("OPCF"), supporting their work in nature conservation in Asia. I would like to especially thank Judy Chen and her team from OPCF for joining us at the cocktail and giving us a brief introduction of their work, and of course, thank Peter Cheung and Polly Cheung from Versace for donating a ladies handbag as a raffle ticket prize. A sum of HK$9,400 was donated and a letter of thanks was received from the OPCF.
Although not strictly a financial donation, the Society encouraged members to join a beach cleaning initiative organised by Fergus Fung last July. The Committee believes that it is important to give back to society in any way we can and we would encourage more events in community services in the future.
Administration
I would like to express my sincere thanks to our administrator Irene Lee, who has been very helpful to the committee as always. Of course, I would like to thank David Fu, our Honorary Secretary, who has been invaluable to the efficient running of the Society for so many years and has kept the President in check on many occasions. I would also like to thank Caberine Wong, who has helped us on many events when help was needed.
Note of Thanks
It has been a great honour for me to serve the Society for this year. As we have mentioned on many occasions, the nicest aspect of this Committee is the mutually supportive atmosphere between our members, where all of us work to strive for a common goal. I would like to thank every Committee member, both new and old, for devoting so much of their personal time and effort in organising such wonderful events. Without such a wonderful team, it would have been impossible for me to offer such a substantial event programme.
Lastly, I would like to thank our members, firstly, for sitting through such a long report, and for their support they have shown towards our events, especially in the midst of the financial crisis. I am happy to announce that because of you, our enthusiast members, almost all of our events this year were sold out and the Committee and organisers could not be more excited about this.
In my new role as Immediate Past President, I shall no doubt continue my support towards Ronald Kwokand the new Committee and I looking forward to serving the Society in my new capacity. Thank you.
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Ancient fish of lake bonneville the least chub
The least chub (Iotichthys phlegethontis) is a species of ray-finned fish in the Cyprinidae family, the only member of the genus Iotichthys.
This species is found only in Utah in the United States. Its native habitat formerly included much of the Bonneville Basin and it was widely distributed in freshwater ponds, swamps, springs, and tributaries around the Great Salt Lake, Utah Lake and Sevier Lake. Populations were also abundant in springs within the Snake and Utah valleys. Due to habitat degradation and introduction of non-native fishes, it is currently limited to a few spring complexes. The least chub is a small minnow, with a maximum size of less than 2.5 inches. It is the smallest of seven chubs native to Utah. Least chub eat primarily algae and small invertebrates, including mosquito larvae. Spawning occurs during the spring and early summer. Eggs are fertilized in the water, and then sink until they attach to vegetation or the substrate. No parental care is given to eggs or young. The least chub is a schooling species that prefers areas of dense vegetation in slow-moving water.
The least chub populations suffered a steep decline in the 1940s and 50s, though the decline wasn't noticed until the 70s. Reasons for the decline include habitat destruction from cattle grazing on and trampling streamside vegetation, water diversion, mineral and energy development, and non-native fishes. Studies indicate that where non-native fishes such as largemouth bass, trout, and mosquitofish are introduced, few if any least chub remain.
Though the distribution of the least chub is still limited, the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources and other conservation groups have reintroduced the fish into suitable habitats, often removing non-native fish prior to stocking. Other conservation efforts include working with ranchers to fence off critical spring complexes to prevent habitat destruction from cattle grazing. Recently the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources teamed up with mosquito abatement districts in Davis and Salt Lake counties (Utah) to distribute the fish to 240 backyard ponds to evaluate it as a potential mosquitofish replacement. Researchers will monitor how well the chub compete against the more aggressive mosquitofish in ponds where they are both stocked. Ponds with only the least chub will be monitored to determine whether they can control mosquito larvae as effectively as the mosquitofish or if more chubs will be required to do the same job.
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30 - Converting recurring decimals
For day 30 we are looking at the more complex topic of turning a recurring decimal into a fraction. Here we take a look at converting simple recurring decimals into fractions with denominators of 9/99/999 etc. We then extend onto more complex recurring decimals. The best approach to these questions is to take an algebraic approach and multiply the decimal to get yourself into a position where the recurring element can be eliminated.
Important to remember that a recurring decimal is a decimal number that will have a pattern of number/s repeating infinitely. The whole point of converting the recurring decimal into a fraction is so that it is easier to calculate with.
Matt will show you how to convert recurring decimals into fractionsLike many heads of science, I spent a good deal of time each September working my way through examiners' reports to identify areas in which our students had performed well and not so well, with the ai...
Before online lessons commence again there are many grounds for reflecting a little on how these are run, what they achieve and if the experience can be improved.A good place to start is the experienc...
On day 9 of the Year 13 recap we review the characteristics of an oligopoly market structure and the related concepts that stem from this.Oligopolies describe a market structure where there are a smal...
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24 July 2008
Once again not a lot happening here in the suburbs, so I've taken to dreaming of a trip to Namibia. Where amongst other attractions you can cardboard box surf down the biggest sand dune on earth. Aparently the walk up is 'only' 50 minutes, and after an invigourating glass of Champagne the trip down lasts a full 5 minutes.
Did I mention you can catch Bronze Whaler sharks from the shore?
Now that HAGC has pointed out that surplace of chum I'd be a fool not to (well at least think about it)!
(wistful sigh) Such is suburban life....
Thanks for reading
SBW
Friday, 18 July 2008
"When the beginner can cast his fly into his hat, eight times out of ten, at forty feet, he is a fly fisher; and so far as casting is concerned, a good one."
James A. Henshall, MD, 1881
In the spirit of 'what gets measured, gets done' I thought James Henshall's criteria could be tracked. I mulliganed the first two casts, but as you can see from the landing sites of one through ten, I'm still falling some way short of the hat. When you deduct the length of the rod (eight feet) it's even worse! I keep telling myself the Chalksteams are only ten to fifteen feet wide and that the fresh Trout aren't the only reason I'm doing this......
Charles F. Orvis, 1886
SO TRUE.
But then he would say that wouldn't he? He's got an agenda to push, and fishing gear to sell!!
Tuesday, 15 July 2008
One day a week I spend at home with The littlest Bushwacker; generally we drop Bushwacker Jnr. off at school and make our way home via the bakery, or weather permitting we take a walk in the park. As my fly cast is still in its embryonic stage I'm trying to get as much practise in as possible so I take my fly rod with me and practise on one of the ponds. Half an hour once a week isn't much but its better than no practise at all.
I use a short leader tied to to a feather from that pheasant. I don't need a hook, I don't use a hook. I knew this was going to happen, and this morning it did.
While I was happily thrashing at the surface of the water a black Labrador bounded up scaring TLB into hiding behind my legs. Ever one for instilling confidence (tempered by realism) into the kids I said 'you're all right honey, that's a friendly dog'. Then looking around the pond to its approaching owner I added 'It's the owner I'm frightened of'.
I was going to describe the woman as having a face like a Bulldog sucking on a Wasp, a face only a mother could love. When my own mother used to see faces like that she'd tell me and BoB 'stop pulling that face, the wind'll change and you'll be stuck like that'. The wind is obviously changeable on Blackheath.
I could feel her rage before she pulled up alongside me, her eyes ablaze with indignation as she shouted "this is not a fishing pond" to which I replied "I'm not fishing" I let a pause hang in the air while she gulped like a feeding Carp before adding, "this is casting practice". Spying her chance to feel justified she waded in a little deeper "you're leaving hooks in there, there's Ducks in there, and you're leaving hooks in there!" she went to turn away in a huff, no doubt intending to report me to the park maintenance guys, further round the pond, who were busy using a small John Deer thingy to drive the six or seven feet between individual pieces of rubbish.
Restraint, Respect, Control - whoever has the slowest heartbeat wins....
"Madam, maybe you'd like to take a look at this" by this time I'd hauled in the line and was presenting her with the end of the leader, "And if there's a hook on it you can report me, and if there isn't a hook you can apologise".
She muttered "I apologise"
Her withdrawal was made all the less dignified by my laughter.
I know, I know, no points for fishing in a barrel, but you've got to make your own entertainment. Such is suburban life.
Wednesday, 9 July 2008
Maybe you've noticed in recent months I've developed an interest in the gentle art of fly fishing. Why? Well opinion varies; Skippy has it 'you're so lazy no wonder you've chosen fishing as your sport, if you can call it that' Thanks Skip. Jonah (who taught me to fish) "you've got everything! When are you going to do some actual fishing? Well Jonah I might say the same about your 'adventures' in carpentry. Regretfully I must concede, our chubby coastal dwelling friend has a point - I don't really manage to get to the water that often. But I do enjoy reading about/living vicariously through, those who do.
I found This Is Fly a few days after my trip with Jeremiah. As we'd sat outside the pub we both noted the way the fishing media have failed to keep up with the times, where was the magazine aimed at us? Fishing magazines are pretty dull, written by and aimed at an older crowd. Which is strange when you think about it, as the canal sides, river banks, beaches and piers where I meet people fishing are enjoyed by all ages. Teenage louts, and grumpy granddads are well represented, as are paunched hipsters in the full flush of middle youth (like myself and Johna) with young children in tow.
If even golf can be 'reinvented' - w'appen?
Where there's an obsession, there's a niche, and where there's a niche, there's an audience, and where there's an audience, there's the potential for ad revenue... ....and at the end of the line there'll be a bunch of obsessives with long suffering wives, dreaming of someone else paying for them to pursue their obsession, and a laptop. Starting a magazine.
There are loads of 'online only' magazines most of them not worth the paper they're printed on. But every so often something happens which defies the natural order of things, confounds inevitability, and surprises. This Is Fly is just such a magazine. A fishing magazine that starts with 'mixtape': what we were listening to as we put this edition together. It looks like the graphic designer was previously working on a skating magazine, and reads like it was written by guys who'd be good value around the camp fire. The editorial style is brave enough to say "you wistfully dream of 'A River Runs Through It' if you like, this is our time, this our thing and this is how we do it".
So this weekend, if you like fly fishing, or have ever been puzzled by the rules of understatement and reverse snobbery that the English live by, be sure to read 'A Duffers Guide To The Chalkstreams' by Rufus Cartwright in issue 9!
Saturday, 5 July 2008
After my recent outburst on the comments section of Andy's Blog, and this weeks exaltation of the biscuit there are two reason to show you the picture at the top of this post.
One: Tra-la! They really are as easy as I said, and if you get down to the shops later today you've still got the chance to be a hero tomorrow morning.
Two: Andy's point about the farm shop being the best place to buy your eggs from is so true. Look how flat the yolk is on that egg. It's perfectly cooked, but being from a supermarket, it's not really fresh and so instead of being a perfect hemisphere the yolk has sagged.
Thursday, 3 July 2008
American readers will already know this, so this post is really for those of us not residing in the USA. America leads the world at breakfasting, really, and here's for why...
It's not just a legend, there really are special breakfast beers brewed in Germany, a wonderful idea, shows real imagination, but no. It's not quite what I'm looking for. A croissant, even a chocolate stuffed croissant or pan au chocolat, washed down with a bowl of hot chocolate is good. But not good enough. The 'full English' while a fine thing in itself could do with a few additions. Those additions hail from the US. The American take on the pancake, all risen and fluffy is a wonderful thing too, and may well become the subject of a future blog, but this post and this weekends breakfasts are dedicated to the majesty of the Biscuit.
By biscuit I don't mean the English word for cookies, I mean the half way house between bread and scones that ANYONE can make in TEN MINUETS. Transforming themselves at a stroke from kitchen lummox to culinary hero in less time than it took me to write this post. TRUE.
I've eaten biscuit with American family's and in dinners loads of times but it never occurred to me just how easy they are to make.Until I read A Proper Breakfast by GWH (the Great White Hunter). His recipe cannot over state just how easy they are to make!
Shortening isn't that easy to come by in the UK so I use vegetable suet which all the big supermarkets sell. You'll find it in the baking section it looks like this
The only things I would add are; Don't make them too thin. At first I was nervous of making them too doughy and rolled them a little thinner than the recommended three quarters of an inch, as soon a I started to roll them out a little thicker I got a perfect biscuits. A sponge tin (round and not very deep) is perfect for making one large biscuit which you can serve slices of.
This weekend you're a hero, even if it's only until the end of the meal! Thanks for reading SBW
PS This summer while camping out, at the music festivals or later in the year at deer camp, this recipe makes a good alternative to banock -you can mix and bag the dry ingredients and take them with you. While the others are lamenting the state of the squished, soggy loaf they brought with them, you can bake your biscuit in a Dutch oven over the fire. How bushwacker will you look then!
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47% of advertisers are allocating new ad budgets to Amazon
Moves to reduce reliance on Google and Facebook are opening up opportunities for Amazon.
Digiday polled 59 media buyers of which 44% said they've reallocated some of their search budgets towards Amazon. Search spends coming to Amazon are from both new ad budgets and spends reallocated from other search budgets.
This article reports that by simplifying its ad products and introducing new attribution tools, Amazon seems in part to be tempting search spends away from Google. An earlier Digiday survey had found 73% of media buyers plan to increase spends on Amazon in 2019.
Matt Mierzejewski, svp, search capability at Merkle notes that this shift in spending may cost Google in terms of growth rather than losing money overall. He added, "Google is just getting less of the new search budgets".
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Bamidbar
Bamidbar ~ 5772 ~ במדבר
The Book of Bamidbar — "In the desert" — begins with G-d commanding Moshe to take a census of all men over age twenty — old enough for service. The count reveals exactly 603,550 men, all capable of going to battle. The Levites are counted separately later because their service will be unique. They will be responsible for transporting the Mishkan and its furnishings and erecting them when the nation encamps.
The 12 Tribes of Israel, each with its banner, are arranged around the Mishkan in four sections: east, south, west and north.
Since Levi is singled out, the tribe of Yosef is split into two tribes, Efraim and Menashe, so there will be four groups of three. When the nation travels, they march in a formation similar to the way they camped. A formal transfer is made between the first-born and the Levites, whereby the Levites take over the role the first-born would have had serving in the Mishkan if not for the sin of the golden calf. The transfer is made using all the 22,000 surveyed Levites from one month old and up. Only Levites between 30 and 50 will work in the Mishkan.
The remaining first-born sons are redeemed with silver, similar to the way we redeem our first-born today. The sons of Levi are divided into three main families, Gershon, Kehat and Merari (besides the kohanim — the special division from Kehat's family). The family of Kehat carried the menorah, the table, the altar and the Holy Ark. Because of their utmost sanctity, the ark and the altar are covered only by Aharon and his sons, before the Levites prepare them for travel.
MAFTIR Leviticus 4:17 – 20 ~ page 580
HAFTARAH Hosea 2:1 – 22 ~ page 582 – 585
Although the prophet passes severe judgment on Israel for its sins he can foresee the day when a united and prosperous people will return to Zion. Hosea's own unhappy background (his wife having deserted him for her lover) serves to illustrate the message he now brings to the unfaithful people. G-d will abandon Israel ('the unfaithful wife') for deserting Him to worship Baal, and she will suffer the bitter punishment of exile. Yet G-d in His mercy will lead her back 'to the wilderness….as in the day when she came out of the land of Egypt' (this provides the connecting link with the Sidra). Israel, having abandoned idolatry, will be assured of peace and security and as G-d's 'bride', will be betrothed to Him in righteousness, loving kindness and faithfulness.
Parsha Study Questions
1. How does the Ibn Ezra explain 1:18 "they declared their pedigrees"? Do you think this is possible?
2. What is interesting about the fact that Menashe, Efraim and Benjamin total (40,500 + 32,200 + 35,400) 108,100 men??? (hint: what percent of the total?)
3. Can you think of anyone today counted from birth, one month, and 20 years, Jewishly and secularly?
4. Why does v. 3:1 say "These are the generations of Aharon and Moshe" when talking about Aharon's sons alone?
5. How many names of Shavuot can you think of and what do they represent?
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49ers buy stake in Radrizzani's Leeds United
American football - 24 May 2018
Author: Jonathan Rest
49ers Enterprises, the investment arm of NFL American football's San Francisco 49ers, has acquired a minority stake in Leeds United, of English soccer's second flight.
The agreement for a 10-per-cent holding is part of a wider tie-up between 49ers Enterprises and Aser, the investment company founded by Andrea Radrizzani, and which owns Leeds, as well as international pay-television broadcaster Eleven Sports.
Radrizzani, the former chief executive of the MP & Silva agency, completed his takeover of Leeds a year ago, and will retain a majority stake.
Aser said that funds invested will "remain inside the club and will go towards investment in the first team squad."
According to Aser, Leeds will benefit from the 49ers business expertise in areas including ticketing strategies, sponsorship and commercial opportunities, stadium development, technology, retail and merchandising, and sport development and training.
The club from northern England finished 13th in the second-tier Championship in the 2017-18 season.
It is understood that 49 Enterprises and Aser will look to invest in, acquire or partner with early stage companies across the sports, media, technology and entertainment sectors. There will be a heavy emphasis on technology, considering the 49ers proximity to Silicon Valley.
Radrizzani said: "This strategic partnership enables Aser and Leeds United to align with and gain invaluable expertise from the owners of one of the biggest global sports entities. The 49ers are an innovative, successful organisation and we are delighted to have access to such a rich source of business and sporting expertise.
"This exciting partnership builds on the foundations we have laid down at the club in the last 12 months and we can assure supporters that the funds invested will go towards improving the team on the pitch."
As part of the investment, Paraag Marathe, president of 49ers Enterprises and executive vice-president of football operations, is taking a seat on the Leeds board of directors.
Radrizzani said: "Paraag comes with a wealth of experience. We look forward to working with him and learning from his deep understanding of a sporting giant."
Marathe only took on the presidency of 49ers Enterprise in March, having been with the franchise in a number of roles for 18 years.
The 49ers' Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, which opened in 2014, is one of the most hi-tech sports venues in the world, and staged Super Bowl 50 in 2016.
It is also one of the proposed hosts of matches if the USA-Canada-Mexico bid for the 2026 Fifa World Cup is successful.
In an interview with Sportcal earlier this year, Al Guido, the 49ers' president, said he would like the Levi's Stadium to be regarded as "a hotbed for soccer," pointing to the experience it has already built up staging matches at the 2016 Copa America Centenario hosted by USA, International Champions Cup games involving the likes of Manchester United, Real Madrid and Barcelona and some fixtures of Major League Soccer's San Jose Earthquakes.
He added: "We've hosted the most events of any [US] stadium that has opened in the last four years."
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According to CAA's manager of community relations, there is one key way motorists can reduce their chances of needing a service call.
"The best thing people can do to ensure their New Year starts off smoothly is to plug in their vehicle at home and the office," Liz Kulyk said. "It's a small task that can make a big difference for your car and commute."
"I enjoy getting out there to go help people, the cold if you dress for it, is tolerable," Goschke said. "The most part it's nice, it's worth it to get out there and get people running and see happy people back on the road."
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23 April 2010
Lib Dem Facebook Attack Group Fisk
I'd like to rebut the strange claims made about the Lib Dems on this Facebook group. The original text is black; My comments are green.
Tricky Nicky and his U-turns, flip flops and budget black holes is hardly something we can afford. Before now Nick Clegg and the Liberal Democrats have said whatever you want to hear, and been able to get away with too little scrutiny. We want scrutinising! We want people talking about us and our policies. We've been systematically ignored for too long. In 2010, nothing's changed. Huh? Did you see the newspapers on Thursday? They were full of "scrutiny" (if that's the right word for the smears and 'Nazi' slurs Nick Clegg was attacked with). They'll still say anything to get your vote in the hope they wont ever have to deliver. Erm, we hope to get in power. That's the whole point of a political party. Just take a look for yourself:
-Flip- flopping on the Euro: Before the recession, they wanted us to join the Euro. Now it appears they don't (Or at least aren't prepared to say if they want us to join or not). Is this confirmation that where before, they were blinded by an ideological commitment to further integration with Europe, they have now realized that surrendering control of our interest rates and our own independent exchange rate most appropriate for the UK economy would have been wrong? In a recent radio interview, he admitted that joining the Euro would have weakened the UK economy even further in the recession, yet he still hasn't ruled out future membership. Can we afford this kind of indecision? We think it is in Britain's long term interests to join the Euro. But given we've just had a recession, right now isn't the time to consider joining. But when things have settled down and the time is right, we will give the public a referendum on joining.
-Vague on defence: They stand for abolishing Trident, but refuse to say whether this means removing the nuclear deterrent. Presumably, they acknowledge a world where Iran is marching towards a nuclear arsenal (as well as North Korea) is not a world which is moving towards mutual disarmament. But what is their stance? Do they want a proper deterrent, or do they want to do it on the cheap? This will all be decided as part of the Strategic Defence Review that all the parties agree is needed. Why exclude our nuclear capabilities from this scrutiny? We should opt for a pragmatic, affordable nuclear deterrent that is suitable for the threats facing us is the future, not the past.
-Indecision on tuition fees: After admitting they cannot afford to enact their original plan to let students got to University for "free" (someone, somewhere, picks up the bill) after a month of dithering, Nick Clegg and the Lib Dem's eventually said they would plan to phase them out "over 6 years". Ignoring that this vague commitment sidesteps the fact a term in Parliament is 5 years, they are yet to say where the £7.5 billion cost of this would come from. Presumably, through increases in tax. The party of fairness? Pages 102-103 of the Lib Dem manifesto show the wide range of measures that will pay for the £7.5bn cost over the Parliament. The main source of revenue is a levy on bank profits, which in itself more than pays for this proposal. Your insinuation that we haven't said where the money will come from is untrue.
-Giving criminals the vote: Nick Clegg believes that people serving time in prison deserve the right to vote in an election. Do you? The European Court of Human Rights ruled in 2004 that we must give prisoners the vote. We can't just put our fingers in our ears and ignore them. If the government can ignore the law, that gives carte blanche to all of us breaking any laws we don't like.
-U-turns on the economy: This needs a few points in itself....
1) On September 19th 2009, Nick Clegg said we need bold and even "savage" cuts in government spending, which will be necessary to bring the public deficit (standing at £168 billion) under control. On April 11th, 2010, he warned of "Greek style" unrest and "serious social strife" if tax increases and cuts in spending were enacted. Indecision a fragile economy can afford? You've half-quoted him. His argument was about the need for a government with a strong mandate, not the need for a bold deficit reduction plan. He was saying that people would be outraged if a government with a small vote and a weak mandate started making fiscal decisions that affected people's lives, and that could cause unrest.
2) Clegg says the Tories are being naive taking the government's projected savings on waste into account in their NI calculations, and then takes the same figures on for the benefit of his own deficit-reduction calculations. You haven't provided a source for these claims. My understanding is that no spending commitments have been made on the basis of vague efficiency savings.
3) Despite the fact we face a £168 billion budget deficit, Nick Clegg has only identified £10 billion in savings. And they say they're being honest with you? The £10bn identified is on top of the announcements made in the latest Budget. And we're being more honest than any other party. Do tell me how other parties will cut the deficit.
4) Promises to raise the income tax threshold are based on hypothetical calculations of revenue from tax increases elsewhere. According to the Institute for Fiscal studies, "Whether the revenue raising measures would yield what they expect is... uncertain" and that it is feasible they "Could raise less" than expected. More half-quotes. They also said they "could raise more". Society is constantly changing, and the amounts that various policies will raise fluctuates. All the numbers are estimates, some are optimistic, some are pessimistic. As the IFS said, "The only way to find out for sure would be to suck it and see." I'm tempted to spin this into the IFS suggesting people should give the Lib Dems a chance!
-Flip -flops on property tax: Before, the Liberal Democrats wanted to abolish property tax in favour of a "local income tax". We still want local income tax to replace council tax. See p90 of the manifesto. In 2009, they made a calculation that meant they now supported tax on property in the form of their "mansion tax". Within a month, they had already fallen into disarray on the policy, and doubled the threshold for property to be affected by the tax. The idea may not be wrong, but such indecision is hardly a ringing endorsement for a party to wield significant power in Westminster. To be fair, this is your strongest critique. We didn't handle the way we announced the policy to the media very well. After some internal discussion, the party fine-tuned the policy so that only the most expensive mansions would be taxed, and also changed the rate so that enough revenue could be raised to properly pay for the £700 income tax cut.
-Dodgy donors: They like to pretend they're whiter than white on this. Their 2005 campaign was supported with a £2.4 million donation (at a time they said no party should take donations of more than £50,000 ...What, we're meant to deliberately cripple ourselves with an unfair disadvantage to the other parties by refusing large donations? Totally unreasonable) from a man later convicted of fraud. Emphasis on *later*. We didn't know he was a fraudster, and obviously would never have taken the money if we did. The Electoral Commission have said we did all the reasonable steps to check if the donation was permissible. One of their other major donors, Sudhir Choudhrie, has been accused of taking kickbacks from foreign governments for arms deals. So it's guilt by association is it? Again, we were given the money before any allegations were made. We apologise for not being psychic. When they criticize the other parties, you should ask: Is this just a case of hypocrisy, or just a naive belief that they are free from scrutiny? We criticise the other parties not because we are angels ourselves, but because whenever we tried to clean up politics over the last Parliament, the two old parties blocked reform. We want to change politics; they are happy with how things are.
-Dubious expenses: In one four month period, Nick Clegg claimed a staggering £1,657.32 on groceries. When he was an MEP, he travelled economy class, but claimed for Business class, claiming the difference for "office expenses". He was automatically paid business-class fares under the rules, just like every other MEP, but rather than pocket the difference, he chose to use the money on his office. Not to mention the four Lib Dem MPs that were ordered to repay £16,500 for over claiming on expensive rent for Dolphin Square apartments near Parliament. When those Lib Dem MPs realised there may have been an issue with their Dolphin Square rent agreements, they referred themselves to the Standards Commissioner. Dolphin Square is popular with lots of MPs, and Labour and Conservative MPs have also benefited from similar rent deals, but they've kept quiet and not referred themselves for scrutiny. We're trying to be open and honest, they're still obfuscating. Again, we aren't angels, but we have been better than the other parties. There are no Lib Dems MPs accused of flipping their second homes. There are no Lib Dems MPs accused of charging for phantom mortgages. There are no Lib Dems MPs accused of dodging capital gains tax. And there are no Lib Dems in the dock because of their expenses. The Labour and Conservative parties can't say that.
-No commitment on the NHS: They are the only major party with no commitment to protect spending on the NHS. Their commitment to protect "key services" is based on "efficiency savings". All well and good, but why can't they say they'll keep the current levels of investment for the NHS? What's more, they refuse to commit to protecting A&E and Maternity services, saying it would be left to a "local health board". A convenient way of avoiding any accountability for cuts?
-An immigration policy for you?: They sure are different from the main parties on this one. As well as wanting to reward around 600,000 illegal immigrants with citizenship, they don't want any limit on inward migration. Instead, they simply want to move them around to different regions.
(These last two aren't criticisms. You either agree or you don't.)
Everything the Liberal Democrats say is shrouded by uncertainty, vague "commitments" and U-turns. Is this a party which can be trusted in times of uncertainty? Do you think a time of crisis and uncertainty needs serious leadership, or Nick Clegg with his flip- flops? I hope my comments have shown how these criticisms have little substance. We welcome scrutiny, and it's nice to know that people are paying attention to what we are saying.
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3 000 years ago, a priest named Nesyamun was navigating the politically volatile reign of pharaoh Ramses XI, between 1099 and 1069BC.
Nesyamun was a priest at the temple of Amun in the Karnak complex at Thebes. As a 'waab priest' he had reached a high level of purification, which meant that he was allowed to approach the statue of Amun in the most sacred inner sanctum of the temple.
In other words, he was pretty high up, as priests go.
He also suffered from gum disease and had very bad teeth. We know this because it was uncovered by researchers at the University of London, the University of York, and Leeds Museum.
Apart from the priest's terrible dental hygiene, the researchers also determined that he died in his 50s following a severe allergic reaction.
All of this was laid out in an article published in the Scientific Reports journal, along with another interesting experiment. The researchers used a 'voice recreation' technique to recreate the sound of his voice.
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Background context: I'm normally a modded realm only player where I can normally skip grind. I live for duos, modded difficulties, etc. I've done my leveling twice on two different platforms, so have a distinct dislike for grind. However, with the institution of cata and weaves, the modded realm population might be somewhat thinned for a bit, so hence I write this post.
With the release of Winds of Magic, Fatshark has instituted more grind. Where is this good and where is this bad? I'd like to shed some light on this subject and offer my thoughts, not necessarily to remove grind entirely, but to at least reach a middle ground.
WHAT'S GOOD ABOUT GRIND?
For opening up Beastmen on maps, Dark Omens allows you to get used to and understand how beastmen work (in a particularly harsh environment).
For weaves, it gives you an introduction to how this game mode operates, and understanding the different mutators and objectives.
Grind in general gives you a goal to work towards past skill progression–a tangible reward, if you will. It also, in a somewhat superficial way, extends game longevity and achievement goals.
SO…WHAT'S BAD ABOUT GRIND?
Tedium. Let's take the unlocking of Cata as an example. Perhaps this would be less painful had it retroactively opened my achievements, but killing the lords on legend all over again is boring, mindless, and not the way I want to spend my time in game. I want to try the hard stuff now, and this is what I bought the expansion for. I don't care about legend if I've already done all of it. I just want to do Cata and only Cata. The frustration of doing these achievements again creates a distinct unenjoyment of the game that may otherwise draw players away. This does not include the amount of times I run these maps on legend again with my friends to unlock Cata for them. If you've got a sizable friends list, it's not just 4 maps. It's 4 maps over and over and over.
Locking hard content away from those who are ready for it because the game believes they aren't. There are a BUNCH of people who can either steamroll legend, steamroll pretty much all the weaves and just want to get to Cata 1—Cata 3. It's a time sink they could otherwise be using to develop or achieve their own personal goals in game.
Locking content (like weave weapons) squelches the "fun" factor. Weaves themselves are already a grind, but having to take a single weapon you might not want to use is painful and inductive of starting afresh. If weaves already have you at level one and making you unlock talents and power over, some freedom should be lended to allow the player to play with whatever they have in their blacksmith inventory on base game. Seeing just Salty's rapier when I open up Weaves instead of that billhook I just earned and want to muck around with is disheartening.
SO WHERE'S THE MIDDLE GROUND?
Good question! Grind should meet somewhere that helps alleviate the above while still creating motivational incentive. So mix and match your goals, grind is not bad, but in some way needs to be minimized. Locking everything behind achievement grind is not the answer.
Pros:
Helps situate new players to the main game-play loop without requiring theory-crafting and robust customization.
At one point, high-level players were required to play lower difficulties (assuming this was originally to generate mentor relationships) to attain crafting material (no longer applicable with dust conversions).
Customizing your play-style (min-maxing). **This could also be considered a negative if there isn't enough variety to make the min-maxing feel worth the time investment (I.E. ARPGs like Diablo and Grim Dawn are drowning in variety).
It also allows getting used to the new Talents, Careers and weapons one-by-one without getting overwhelmed and to more naturally find the ones that suit you well. (Yzneftamz)
It somewhat encourages trying out the other characters and new setups, as you get new stuff and eventually max out your first character, even more so if you want to make your bots better too. (Yzneftamz)
There's advantage to having a progression system, but I think VT1 did it better in many aspects. You start with some basic gear, and get better gear from doing content. (BizarreSalp)
Cons:
Takes (sometimes significant) time away from the main attraction.
Time invested may not feel worth the reward (I have counted upwards of ~2 minutes to re-roll a single trait before, using modded crafting menu with instant re-rolls).
RNG can and will inflate the amount of time investment required for no positive trade-off to player enjoyment. What are players getting in return for this? It's completely one-sided like casino house rules to screw players over using statistical mathematics. I suppose an argument can be made for cosmetics, but… why?
Grind is required if you want to play at your maximum potential. You obviously don't have to do this, but I always feel like I'm screwing my teammates over if I don't- you never know if that +20% health may have saved a clutch or not. Break-points are also potent variables in this.
New players are required to level up at least one character to 30 to play with high level friends. If they want to try a new character they must do the same. Legend players privately inviting low levels is the exception, not the rule. Difficulty choices have historically always worked fine for FPS games.
Meta will always cause specific setups to be considered optimal. An alternative for this in a game that isn't drowning in variety is to make some properties/traits baseline to the character classes and generate unique traits for weapons so it's more difficult to ascertain the objective benefit or liability of any particular weapon as they can behave drastically different depending on the context.
It is just stupid, like I craft weapon after 2k hours in the game and I get some 297 crap, than 299 crap than 298 crap item… before I finally get 300… than I have to go and scrap those 3, which takes some more time so I don't have mess in inventory… it's just irritating and should not be there at all. (flisker)
A lot of truth to what you say and it's a great post about the current state of affairs in relation to grinding. Grinding is a good way to slowly introduce new players to the game. It has its place. After a player gets to the max of everything though, making us grind again is so unenjoyable it's to the point of being painful. I have absolutely no incentive to play weaves because of that. You don't even get to choose your starting equipment.
We even get a talent we had already unlocked and it's bumped to lvl 35 and locked again. Taking away something that we earned and forcing us to earn it again is a terrible practice.
I didn't exactly have a blast starting from lvl 1 on five different characters to begin with. To do all of that again for weaves is just agonizing. I'm not touching it. Grinding has a place, but for the players that have already dumped hundreds of hours into the game, they stick around to earn cool new stuff(portraits, cosmetics, etc. by doing weaves) and the gameplay. My desire to get the portraits stuck behind weaves is outweighed by my distaste of the grind. Most of the reward is also just commendation chests, which does nothing for veteran players. I have hundreds of chests I'll likely never open because opening them is so tedious. That isn't to say all new content should only cater to veteran players, of course.
You have incredible looking gear and an incredible crafting/mod system but it's attached to the weaves. It's such a tease. It's what people have wanted but it's locked behind this repulsive game mode. If the weaves and general grind were as enjoyable/rewarding as the primary game mode, then perhaps it'd be a different story.
I just want to echo my hate for grind and say that I also was disheartened to open up weaves to find I can only play with 1 melee weapon and 1 ranged weapon from start, why not allow me to pick he ones I want to start with?
Not to mention they want you to do 40 runs per career per season = 600 runs to get all the commendation chests from weaves.
Weaves being stuck to 1 weapon until i pay 1k to unlock the others was absolute shocker to me and it kinda ruined my first few runs since there is really specific setups that i aim to play with.
This really needs to be changed at least back to how it was in the beta where you can choose your starting weapon.
Cata being stuck behind boss maps yes i echo this being one of the worst decisions ever and its even more convoluted that the whole party has to have cataclysym achivment unlocked otherwise you cannot que to it. Like what ? This makes absolutely 0 sense to me considering i already paid for the "priveledge" to play a harder mode but i still need to earn some sort of "right" to play it ?
The only thing that has me really salty this update is locking the ULT talents behind lvl 35. They should be lvl 30 or lower. Drop THP talents to 0 and drop the other rows down as well. So you get ULT talents at lvl 25. Certain classes like WS/HM feel absolutely terrible without lvl 35 talents. WS has zero ammo regen with the lvl 35 talent, which I still think should be a passive. And HM literally has a dash, that is it, a dash that does nothing else until lvl 35.
Grinding is a good way to slowly introduce new players to the game. It has its place. After a player gets to the max of everything though, making us grind again is so unenjoyable it's to the point of being painful. […]
We even get a talent we had already unlocked and it's bumped to lvl 35 and locked again. Taking away something that we earned and forcing us to earn it again is a terrible practice.
These are pretty much my thoughts on this too. I didn't find originally raising the characters too grindy, as I did it by changing characters and Careers every couple of levels. This time around, it does feel genuinely like a grind, and that's pretty much because of needing to get to the highest level to regain parts of the characters that I'd previously had. It doesn't help that there aren't that many new things to get used to, or that the last levels come relatively slowly. Luckily, I'm not hugely interested in the Weaves to begin with and after doing the first ones I can pretty much skip their grind by playing Adventure maps normally, so that isn't such a problem to me - but it may be (and seems to be) for many others.
So I agree with the others here; the worst part of this was relocking the last Talent tier from us.
I am pretty salty that I've earned an extra 200 levels on these characters but i have to grind another 5 to max them out; especially with the ULT talents being pushed to 35. I've done my time just give me the levels.
I remember reaching 30 on every character and being to happy that i was done grinding…why would you take that away from me.
We even get a talent we had already unlocked and it's bumped to lvl 35 and locked again. Taking away something that we earned and forcing us to earn it again is a terrible practice.
That's even without getting into the blandness of the new talent row. If it instead enabled new builds or playstyles I could tolerate it, but instead it's just a flat power increase masquerading as a choice. Oh wait, one of them is actually just a flat power increase, nevermind then.
OenKrad:
Most of the [weave] reward is also just commendation chests, which does nothing for veteran players.
There are the commendation hats people still don't have, and there's still no way to speed up the rate at which you get commendation chests (another unaddressed design issue), so it's not nothing, but it's not great either. And it doesn't address the issues you mention with opening them.
Interestingly, the season rewards themselves look to be nothing but commendation chests, and I'll just assume there are 30 of them (didn't count). At a 2% hat drop rate per chest, the chance you get zero hats is 54.5%. So a season model that typically rewards nothing, super exciting. Although to be fair it's more a problem with the base game's reward system than seasons themselves .
Yep, it seems we need a couple of double-exp weekends (or a week) now. I think I said something similar in the earlier grind thread, too, but with the 2.0 changes, its added leveling, and the frustration that goes with it, it's more needed than ever - and soon.
Yes, I know that isn't a long-term solution. But I think it would (especially if the weekends appeared more often in general) ease things for many players, especially with the surprise addition in this update.
That could help, although arguably double XP could just be permanent at this point. The grind for new players is really bad, now it's just obscene. Catch-up mechanics are effectively non-existent, and the combat itself is constantly changing until you hit max power.
The most confusing part is why the extra levels were even added. They made all of these combat changes, then forced you to grind for 5+ hours minimum per character to be able to start evaluating the update fairly.
And ultimately you could drop the stagger talents, keep the ult talents at 25, and drop the 5 extra levels, then just scale everyone's base power by 115% to accomplish the same goal without requiring the pointless additional grind.
The "notes from the team" don't mention this last minute change, and there doesn't seem to be any major upside, so I'm genuinely curious how this made it past even the faintest of design reviews.
It certainly is some of that, but sometimes I wonder how much of it is a management issue. My old post from reddit covers sort of what I mean.
At some point, someone not only had to be OK'ing these changes for live but prioritizing them over other work. It's not like you accidentally fall into a system with three different ways of providing you items (chests, challenges, weaves) where none cross over. But it's all speculative, so I don't know.
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AKRON, OH, February 3, 2014 (OperationRescue.org) – A former Planned Parenthood abortionist who is responsible for nearly 41% of medication abortion complications in Ohio has reopened and renamed an abortion clinic closed by the state last year for serious health and safety code violations that went uncorrected.
David M. Burkons continues to dispense RU-486 abortion pills at the former Capital Care Network — now named the Northeast Ohio Women's Center — in Cuyahoga Falls, outside Akron, Ohio. He has filed an application to obtain a license to conduct surgical abortions with the Ohio Department of Health, which discovered 34 pages of deficiencies at that facility in February, 2013, and ordered it closed in April after the deficiencies went uncorrected.
Failure to provide credentialing information for one abortion provider.
Complicated lock on the exit door used for emergencies which could delay emergency care.
"Burkons worked part time at the facility at the time when the deficiencies were discovered. That makes him part of the problem," said Troy Newman, President of Operation Rescue. "Burkons has apparently subscribed to the 'Steven Brigham abortion business model.' Like Burkons, when Brigham's abortion clinics were busted and shut down for being unsafe, he merely reopened them under another name and kept doing business as usual."
In fact, similarities of Burkon's operation to shoddy practices employed by the notorious New Jersey abortionist Steven Chase Brigham are troubling.
After Brigham was ordered to close abortion clinics he operated in Pennsylvania, like Burkons, he formed a new company and distanced it from his original operation, yet continued to solicit business for those clinics on his central business web site. Just last year, Brigham opened an abortion clinic in Philadelphia under yet another name, but was forced to close it once his connections to the clinic were discovered.
Burkons continues to operate what he now calls the Northeast Ohio Women's Center through a new LLC filed with the Secretary of State in December, 2013. However, Burkons continues to use the old Capital Care Network phone number and his clinic continues to be advertised on the Capital Care Network web site. Both Brigham and Burkons claim their reopened clinics are "unaffiliated" from the old abortion business, an excuse the State of Pennsylvania rejected in Brigham's case.
Burkons occupies the Cuyahoga Falls office under the old Capital Care Network lease, which expires in August, 2014. No new lease was written for Burkons or his Northeast Ohio Women's Center.
To make matters worse, Operation Rescue discovered that Burkons was advertising surgical abortions on his Northeast Ohio Women's Center website, which provided appointment information even though he has no license to do such abortions. Operation Rescue filed a complaint with the ODH last month about this deceptive advertising and the possibility that he is conducting illicit secret surgical abortions without a license.
"Authorities have called out Brigham for his deceptive practices in keeping his abortion mills open under the ruse of a new business. That ploy also failed for abortion clinic owner Diane Derzis, whose Birmingham, Alabama, abortion clinic, New Woman All Women, was finally closed down by a judge that also was wise to this deception," said Newman. "We hope that the Ohio Department of Health sees through this scam and denies Burkons' license to conduct surgical abortions."
But even if the ODH denies Burkons surgical abortion facility license, he could continue to dispense the RU-486 abortion pill without any accountability. This could pose a danger to the public since his facility would not have to meet any basic safety requirements whatsoever.
Operation Rescue has obtained 42 "Report of RU-486 Event" reports that were filed with the State Medical Board of Ohio between April, 2011, and February, 2013, noting complications from medication abortions. Of those reports, 17 – or nearly 41% — indicated that the abortionist responsible for these complications over a 16-month period was none other than David Burkons.
2 incidents of severe bleeding that resulted in the emergency hospitalization of one patient who required a transfusion.
"It's clear that Burkons is operating inside a regulatory gap that needs to be sealed up by Ohio legislators," said Newman. "With his history of medication abortion complications, there's no way he should be dishing out abortion pills, especially in a clinic that was reamed by the ODH for serious violations that were never corrected. His dangerous abortion operation should be closed permanently in order to protect women from his Brigham-like risky and deceptive practices."
Interested citizens may express their concerns about David Burkon's Northeast Ohio Women's Center abortion clinic to the Ohio Department of Health.
[Thanks to Denise Leipold, Executive Director, Right to Life of Northeast Ohio, and Denver Sallee, Co-Chairman HELP the Pro-Life Apostolate and President Lake County Right to Life for providing information for this report.]
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A Craft and Giveaway
Everyone mostly just assumes I'm crafty. This is partially my fault... but only partially! (ahem, craftyashley) The fact is, I'm not! I am not crafty in the slightest. However, when I was creating my email account, I sat there, puzzled at what I wanted my email to be. There's always the standard myname123 or random numbers and/or letters, or whatever. But I wanted catchy! I wanted a certain ease for others to remember!
I was listening to The Beastie Boys at the time. The song "she's crafty" came on. I love that song. It's hilarious. (She's crafty... and she's just my type!) And would you believe it, it rhymes with Ashley. Perfect.
Little did I know this would forever label me as the crafty one. As in... I am current on all my scrapbooking... look at that 'live, laugh, love' plaque I made over my front door... sure, ask me how to sew an apron... that kind of crafty. I am not that kind of crafty. (although I'm not the devious kind of crafty either. So whatever)
But today! Today, my friends, I made something. Something I think you, too will want to make. Even if you aren't planning a summer roadtrip with kids, it would certainly come in handy on a car ride of more than ten or so minutes.
Behold:
I know! So cute! I can't remember which magazine it was, but in one of the many doctor's waiting rooms I have been in recently, I saw this idea and deemed it perfect for our little plane ride.
While that's drying, trace out the shape of your tin box onto the patterned paper. Cut out and adhere with Mod Podge or the spray. Then Mod Podge the top so it's harder for kids to peel it off. (accidentally or otherwise)
Cut out the facial features with scissors (obvs) and set aside.
I learned that in 110 degree weather, Mod Podge doesn't so much dry... as it just... melts. Just saying. That's crazy. Also, try not to drop your tin with half-dry Mod Podge into the dirt. (I did this. I'm a klutz)
I bought the metal gift card holder after buying two Altoids tins. The card holder was to be my test dummy. (because I am a dummy, and it's in my best interest to test things first) Everything turned out more than ok, so I am giving it away. (more on that later) But it did have some challenges that the mint tin didn't. (as well as some features I liked)
There was an annoying print on the side. (see below) To fix this, I painted the sides (took two coats) and Mod Podge'd over it. The mint tin's side color matched my paper- what luck!
Also, the mint tin had printing on the back. (ick) so I covered the back with paper too. The card holder was plain on the back, so I left it as-is. I like the idea of having the option to put the face on the metal or the printed cuteness.
Then put the little face parts in the tin and toss it in the car! (or the carry on bag) It should be hours of fun for little ones.
Now... onto the giveaway! I have an extra tin. I have to keep the two identical mint tins- or else the girls will revolt! So the big card tin is up for grabs! I've even cut out an extra set of face bits for it.
If you want it, leave a comment by the end of Monday and I will announce the winner next Tuesday. Good luck!
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Bomb scare proved to be false alarm
Police and other emergency crews rushed to the University of Oslo's Blindern campus on Tuesday after staff in the mailroom opened a letter containing white powder. It turned out to be harmless.
"The bomb group secured the letter and took it to the defense research institute at Kjeller," police operations leader Christian Krohn Engeseth told newspaper Aftenposten. An examination later determined that the contents posed no danger.
A total of five people came in contact with the letter, which had been sent to Lucy Smiths Hus, the building that contains the offices of the university's rector and central administration. None of those in contact with the letter were injured in any way
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How can an international student to Get a Texas Id
Get a Texas Id as an international student involves a specific set of steps and documentation. It's an essential process for those studying in Texas, as it serves as a valid form of identification for various purposes. Follow these steps to acquire your Texas ID:
1. Eligibility and Residency Requirements:
Before applying for a Get a Texas Id, ensure you meet the eligibility criteria. Generally, to be eligible, you must:
Be a resident of Texas.
Not hold a driver's license issued by Texas or any other state.
Provide proof of lawful presence in the United States.
Have a Social Security Number, if eligible.
2. Gather Necessary Documents:
Collect the required documents. These usually include:
Proof of Identity: This could be your valid passport and visa documents.
Proof of Residency in Texas: A rental agreement, utility bill, or any official document displaying your Texas address will suffice.
Social Security Number (if applicable): This can be obtained from the Social Security Administration.
3. Fill Out the Application:
Download and complete the application form DL-14A from the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) website. Alternatively, you can pick up a form at your local DPS office.
4. Visit a Local DPS Office:
Locate the nearest DPS office to your residence. Schedule an appointment if the option is available, as this can save time. Be prepared for potential wait times.
5. Pay the Fee:
At the DPS office, you'll need to pay the fee for your Texas ID. As of my last knowledge update in September 2021, the fee for a Texas ID was $16, but it's advisable to check the official DPS website for any updates.
6. Provide Biometric Information:
You'll be asked to provide a photograph, a thumbprint, and a signature. This information will be used to create your Texas ID.
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After submitting your application and fee, your information will be processed. This usually takes a few weeks, but processing times may vary.
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Once your Get a Texas Id is ready, you'll receive it by mail. Ensure all the information on the ID is correct. If you notice any errors, contact the DPS immediately.
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It's crucial to keep your Texas ID in a safe place. This card serves as an official form of identification, and you may need it for various purposes, including opening a bank account, renting a place, or conducting official transactions.
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Get a Texas Idas an international student involves a straightforward process of providing the necessary documentation, filling out an application, and visiting a local DPS office. By following these steps, you'll have a valid form of identification that will serve you well during your time in Texas
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Called and Announced Bets in Roulette
In roulette, players typically place chips on the betting table based the type of bet they make. For example, straight bets are placed directly on a number, while even bets are placed in the box marked "even." In high stakes roulette, players will often make what are known as called bets or announced bets. In this case, a player simply announces what he will bet on, instead of placing the chips in particular positions. Call bets can simplify the betting process, especially in high stakes games.
There is a difference between called bets and announced bets. When a player makes a called bet, they aren't required to place chips on the betting table. In other words, the player does not have to put down money to back up the bet. The casino technically extends credit to the player when the bet is made. In many countries, extending credit to gamblers is illegal, such as in the UK. Therefore, true call bets are uncommon in most casinos throughout the world.
Instead, players will make what are known as announced bets. In addition to calling out the bet, the player must put money on the table. The player is not required to place the chips in particular spots on the betting table. Rather, he is simply required to put his chips on the table when he calls out the bet. This simplifies the betting procedure, so that players do not crowd the table with chips.
As discussed, bets are typically made by placing chips on spots on the betting table. Simple bets such as red, odd or straight bets are most easily made by placing chips on particular spaces. Call bets are usually made when the bet is especially complicated or requires special assistance from the dealer. There are several different call bets a player can make including the following:
Voisins du Zero: This bet meaning "neighbours of zero" is a bet on the numbers that surround the zero on the roulette wheel. These numbers include 22, 18, 29, 7, 28, 12, 35, 3, 26, 0, 32, 15, 19, 4, 21, 2 and 25. 9 chips are required for this bet.
Jeu Zero: This bet meaning "zero game" is a bet on the numbers closest to zero on the roulette wheel. These numbers include 12, 35, 3, 26, 0, 32 and 15.
Tiers du Cylindre: This bet, also referred to as Tiers, is a bet on the numbers from 27 to 33. These numbers include 27, 13, 36, 11, 30, 8, 23, 10, 5, 24, 16 and 33. The payout is 17 to 1.
Orphelins: The Orphelins bet covers the eight numbers on the wheel that are outside the Voisins Du Zero and the Tiers Bets. These numbers include17, 34, 6 and 1, 20, 14, 31.
Neighbours: This is a 5-chip bet that covers one number and the 2 numbers to the left and right of that number. For example, if a player picks 29, the numbers include 22, 18, 29, 7 and 28.
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1.) Don't be afraid to go into enemy territory: This is the most important rule you'll read in this book, and the one most likely to be ignored by the Republican Party and the Old Guard in the conservative movement. They would say I shouldn't have appeared on Maher, because it was an audience stacked against me. But that's the same mentality that led toe right to abandon Hollywood, academia, and the media - and the effects have been disastrous. The right figures that talk radio, Fox News, and some independent Internet sites will allow us to distribute our ideas to the masses. There's one problem: those outlets are exponentially outnumbered and outgunned by the Complex. They're Alinsky-ed by the activist left, which is insists Fox News is Faux News and talk radio is hate radio. Obama is leading the charge, targeting specific hosts and specific outlets. Remember Rush Limbaugh? Or their insistence that Fox News isn't a real news outlet like CNN or MSNBC?
The problem is that it works with the vast majority of apolitical voters in America. In my neighborhood, our strategy of disengagement isn't working too well. People who don't watch Fox News or listen to Rush have strong, defiant, negative opinions about those outlets, just like I did when I was a liberal. I'd never listened to Rush in my life, but I knew - I knew! - that Rush was the epitome of evil. I knew, just as the Complex wanted me to know, that Rush was a racist, sexist, homophobic bigot that only KKKers listened to while driving their broken down pickups and drinking moonshine.
The army of the emboldened and gleefully ill-informed is growing. Groupthink happens, and we have to take it head-on. We can't win the political war until we win the cultural war. The Frankfurt School knew that - that's why they won the cultural war and then, on it's back, the political war. We can do the same, but we have to be willing to enter the arena. By neglecting The View or, worse, by ignoring Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, Maher, and David Letterman - we allow them to distort and demean us as they romanticize and elevate themselves. It's harder to attack people to their faces than behind their backs. and we have to confront them face-to-face. Young people suckle at the teat of pop culture - but by refusing to fight for their attention, we lose by default.
Our most articulate voices, likable faces, and best idea-makers need to go into hostile territory and plant the seeds of doubt in our ideological enemy and the apolitical masses who simply go with the media flow. Our babysitter has an Obama bumper sticker on her car, but admits she knows nothing about politics. How did that happen? It's what the complex tells her to do to be cool. We have to use their media control against them by walking into the lion's den, heads held high, proud of who we are and what we stand for.
There's no time to continue backing away. If we're standing still we're moving backward. Get in the game. Get in the fight.
During the 2012 presidential campaign, I had seen posts on Facebook and Twitter bemoaning the fact that New Gingrich, Mitt Romney, Herman Cain, and other Republicans and conservatives had given interviews on CNN, MSNBC, CBS News, ABC News, and other liberal stations and talk show hosts. Rather than bemoaning them, we should have celebrated them for doing so. As I had mentioned last week, the liberals won the cultural war and then the political war. We need to take back the cultural war, and we cannot do that if we remain in our small sphere and not engage the liberals on their battlefield.
Back in 1994 or so I had read a book by InterVarsity Press (a part of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship) entitled Out of the Saltshaker & into the World by Rebecca Manley Pippert. The book deals with evangelism. However, after reading Andrew's Pragmatic Primer Rule 1, I also thought of this because just as Get out of the Saltshaker dealt with getting out of the church and into the world, what Andrew is saying is our best and brightest conservative minds need to get off of Fox News and conservative talk shows and go on shows like Piers Morgan, Hardball, Meet the Press with David Gregory, The Daily Show with John Stewart, Real Time with Bill Maher, The View, and others to get our word out there. While most of us are not of the caliber to go on those shows, there is one way we can do it. We need to actually go and engage the culture in the malls, the parks, anywhere we can.
When I was involved in InterVarsity Christian Fellowship back in 1993 and 1994, one person would always point to the door before he left the meeting and say "The mission field is right out that door there." His basis for that was from the Bible where in Isaiah 6:8 God asked "Whom will I send, and who will go for us?" and Isaiah said "Here am I. Send me." I am here to say that the battlefield for the hearts and minds of Americans, nay, the WORLD, is the Internet as well as right in our own backyards. The question is will you stand on the sidelines and retreat to the safety of Fox News and conservative talk shows, or will you get out there and join in the fight?
Join Rick Bulow and a special co-host (filling in for Billie Cotter as she is without a computer at present) as they bring the week in news. Today they will talk about the Rand Paul #filliblizzard from Wednesday and the ramifications from it. They will also talk about the SW Florida high school student who was suspended from school for disarming a gunman. Also, Dennis Rodman had gone to North Korea to meet with Kim Jong Un. What happened and what is the backlash from that? All that and more including Schmuck of the Week and your calls.
Come join us today for Red, Right, and Blue at 1:30 PM Eastern, 12:30 PM Central. The chatroom for the show (and indeed for all shows on Own The Narrative) is at and I will be there 30 minutes early for some last minute show prep and also a meet and greet. If you want to engage the conversation on the show there are many ways:
Tell your friends. Tell your enemies. Hell, tell a liberal. With everything that had happened this past week, you do not want to miss one second of my take. It is better than The Soup on the E! Entertainment Network.
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Being Ahead of The Curve
Too me, meta doesn't exist. Only builds that work. Like doing research for an assignment you must find reliable sources or many less reliable sources that agree with each other. In sc2 the later would be described as the "meta", and it's a waste of time. You'll usually find this type of information in streams and daily tournaments. The only time this type of research would work is when you're just learning the game and need to get a feel with how things work before going in to more complicated builds.
The strength of reliable sources Reliable sources are a god send. I've been watching the GSL recently and have completely changed my play style in every mu. These sources are powerful because they force the players to do their best and bring everything to the table. This saves you time because you know this build has been practiced countless times and is a guarantee it works! You're also staying up to date with different play styles and this will give you an edge. These builds also force you to speed up your play and push you out of your comfort zone. This is how you learn and improve, as well as gather a larger understanding of how the game works.
Come on, not more notes! Yes, we require more notes. Like taking notes in class, we need them in sc2. As this game is just way too complicated for you to be going with what "feels" right. Remember that sticky note software I mentioned in my last blog post? Well that's our way of copying builds. At first in school, we were completely oblivious to how to take notes, same in SC2. The first few times will be hard and you'll have to rewind a bit. But that's ok as you'll get more efficient at reading the production tab and supply while inscribing it on your trusty notepad! After doing this for a while you'll be able to take notes and pay attention to all the skirmishes. It's not like you're missing much anyways. The first 50 supply of the game is the players powering(building up economy and production). Once you get past that mark it's better to pay attention how said player use their units. Remember my first blog post? About how every single click the player does has a reason behind it. It's your job to figure out why. Because just saying, oh he did that in this situation, won't help with the 20 billion other ones. Knowing why he did said move will help you understand and use this move in different circumstances.
Why so angry? Ever feel so frustrated you broke your spacebar? yeah I know how it feels.
But this was when I was a lost child clinging onto that "meta". The funny thing you'll see when doing your new super awesome builds is that you don't get mad anymore! As you have that feeling of not doing the build right. When you have the build order in front of you, you'll recognize mistakes and if you do loose, you'll want to view the replay so that you can tweak your build and fix that leaky pipe. This is when SC2 becomes fun as you're finally learning from your mistakes and understanding the game. These notes help you stay on track. It's like driving to your aunt Lily's and vaguely remembering the directions and just going with it. You'll probably get lost along the way and start getting frustrated with every single little thing. Well if you got the directions from google maps or a gps, you'll see where you're going and know if you did a mistake or not. Same with SC2, you need the directions and without them you'll get lost and frustrated!
Finding your sc2nality Like a personality, you have a sc2nality. This can be described as a style but screw the norm. Your sc2nality will start to develop after trying build upon build. I know for fact a that I hate siege tanks in tvz but love them in tvp. Bio is the way to go in tvz for me. So when I see a new build I want to try out, I can tweak it to my preferences. By doing this it gives you an edge on ladder as when your opponent sees you doing hellions into banshee harass. They'll expect mech. Then you just waltz over their roaches with your bio medivac. Instead of looking at every build as a picture, look at it like it's a puzzle. That double armory can be double e-bay with 1 less gas and 2 extra baracks. That techlab starport and reactored factory can become a reactored starport and a add on building, building, for your rax you're adding on. I'm not saying, go do some crazy switch. Like in math x=x, not 3000x=x. Same with sc2 and builds. Remember to keep your build equation true and bullet proof. Go take notes, screw the meta!
I think meta refers to the popular builds at the time, or flavor of the month (FOTM) builds. So actually it sounds like you've decided to embrace the meta by copying pros, not that that is necessarily a bad thing
I've thought that meta was more the norm,usually a build or unit comp. For example, the factory hellion expand, that was the norm in tvz as well as hatch first. I always thought FOTM was just FOTM. Oh well different views, as long as the message gets across!
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Nuremberg is a charming city of history, food, and WWII landmarks. In this guide, you'll find details on all the best things to do in Nuremberg in winter, along with a can't-miss day trip in the surrounding area in winter and Christmas
Nuremberg in winter is cold with a chance of snow, but it's worth it for the Christkindlesmarkt alone. The Christmas market is a big draw and makes the city lively and festive.
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As the Cold War seemingly came to an end with the disintegration of the Soviet Union in December of 1991, I recalled your December 1986 issue and the article by John A. Garraty entitled "101 Things Every College Graduate Should Know about American History." Entry 78 of that article contained the 1947 quotation by George F. Kennan on containment, which was the seed of the policy that our government adhered to for the next fortyfour years while it waged the not entirely cold Cold War.
It now appears that the policy of containment worked. Maybe other policies would have achieved the same or a better result, but that is something we cannot clearly tell as yet. Because it did work, I think it is time we took a new look at the Korean War and the Vietnam War and view them not as wars but as battles in that longer Cold War.
No nation expects to win every battle of a war. It only expects to attain ultimate victory. We did achieve that end. People who view the Korean War as not a victory and the Vietnam War as a defeat might well now readjust those conclusions.
Our neglected Korean War veterans and our tortured Vietnam War veterans should be encouraged to see that their participation in those battles was part of an overall Cold War plan that was successful. We could then, at last, afford them the gratitude that their service and sacrifice earnedThus did Franklin Roosevelt characterize the man who was to be his running mate in 1944 and—as everyone at the astonishing Democratic Convention knew—almost certainly the next President of the United States. Here is FDR at his most devious, Harry Truman at the pivot of his career, and the old party-boss system at its zenith.
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Your deck is an extension of your living space. When conditions are just right, it can be your favourite place to spend time. Why not expand on the activities you enjoy on your deck and increase the time you spend in the great outdoors. We all know that barbeques and pool parties are made better with a great deck. We've all enjoyed beveredges and conversation on the deck. There is a whole lot more that can be enjoyed on that great deck of yours and here are eight crazy and fun things we bet you never thought of ...
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If you are in need of a new deck, your budget will certainly be a big factor when it comes time to make decisions on what that deck might look like. Many of us will only have a deck built once or twice in a lifetime. For this reason, alone, it is difficult to get a handle on price. The market is ever changing and choices in deck products are constantly increasing. Getting some idea of the cost will put your mind at ease and bring you one step closer to that fabulous new deck.
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Whether you call it plastic decking, vinyl decking, low-maintenance, composite or eco-friendly decking, you could no doubt use a little more knowledge before you make the jump into a low maintenance deck this season.
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Tuesday, May 2, 2017 by n/a
With any home renovation project, having a budget is essential. It matters not how much something costs if you can't afford it. Here are some tips that will help you with the process of developing a budget for that new deck, or any home improvement project for that matter. How long will you be living in your house? This question might be the most important question you ask yourself when determining a budget. If you're planning to sell your home for instance in the next couple of years, you might want to save that dream deck for ...
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Six outdoor trends that you may never have heard of are leading the market in outdoor design and decor. Implementing even one of these will give your property a fresh face and perhaps bring it into this century. If you are like the average homeowner, you don't renovate or redecorate your outdoor space every year. If this, however, is the year to put some time and money into this space, you are in luck. This year's trends include a variety of options that will bring colour, texture and character to any outdoor space.
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Having a great deck will go a long way in making or breaking our outdoor space. When it comes time to build or replace that deck, it's important to identify those things that cause concern for you. Your decking pet peeves as we like to call them.
All decking materials have their limitations. Different limitations for different materials. The key is to identify your concerns and your needs and choose the decking product that is right for you.
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It's not every day a business finds itself in the happy place of celebrating 30 years in business. Hickory Dickory Decks is delighted to be meeting this milestone. We've come a long way baby!
With Tom Jacques, fresh from McMaster University with a degree in business commerce at the helm, the great decking company with the silly name was born.
With a small carpentry crew, Tom got busy with the work of building quality decks at a fair price. So much has changed over the years but this primary ...
The Smart Deck
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Thanks to technology, we are no longer the only smart ones in our home. With smartphones, smart televisions and smart watches, there is no reason why your deck and entire outdoor space can't enjoy this kind of technology as well. Being smart in the technical sense takes a whole lot more than an education and a big brain. There are many ways we can add that smart factor to our decks, patios, gardens, Grillzebo , pools and more. Wireless technology has come a long way in the last 10 years. Good wireless ...
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You've got that one person that's hard to buy for. That one person might be yourself or your spouse. How about a new deck for this person?
As extravagant as it might seem, a new deck can make all the difference in the world of someone you love.
If you're the kind of husband that finds yourself scouring the malls on Christmas eve and enduring all that comes from leaving your shopping to the last minute, consider buying your spouse that much needed deck. A fall or even winter build can save you money. Booking off-season can get ...
2016 Flamborough Santa Claus Parade
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What a night! This year's Santa Claus Parade in Flamborough did not disappoint. Hickory Dickory Decks wouldn't have missed it for the world. In fact, it's Dexter's favourite time of the year.
After the hustle and bustle of a busy deck season, the guys and gals over at world headquarters really get into the Christmas spirit and can't think a better way to kick off the holiday season.
The theme for this year's Flamborough Santa Claus parade was "light the way," and ...
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She sat there, the bed missing the cuffs that had once held him prisoner. The bathroom door stood open, pill bottles violently thrown all over the tiles. Namdi held his place at the entrance to the room that had tested his will and found him lacking. To his left a table held a vase full of rose stems, their petals absent. Above, an air conditioner kept silent, its services redundant.
"I wasn't sure you would come. If only I had enough time maybe…"
A sad bitter smile faced a barren wall, in it a complexity words failed to capture. She did not turn around, her back being all Namdi would be given privy to. In her hand she held a pendant, the chain running along her neck.
"Time? It has to end Bisi, it's the only way she will forgive me."
"I once thought four months was more than enough; what wouldn't I give to double it… rather I prepare to curtail it."
"Wake up from the fantasy you've created Bisi."
"When it was just me it didn't matter but now your life is tied with mine…"
He moved forward, footsteps silent on the carpeted floor, his palm no longer empty. Her words left him confused but he did not dwell, shutting the door to his soul and steeling his heart. To the right was the table that had held his clothes. Only a glass and an open bottle of wine graced its surface now.
A less than human grunt escaped from his throat, hand wrapping tighter around the vase, his position less than an arms length away. Bisi had still not turned around, her heart having so much more to give, her mind clouded with an aura of despair.
"There is something I need you to know."
"No more games Bisi, I don't have the heart for it anymore."
"Our fates are written before we even see the paths open to us"
"I alone decide my fate."
"Do you? Pause and think for a second Namdi. We are merely pawns in the hands of…"
"I don't want to hear it!"
His roar drowned her out, arm swinging in a crude arc. The vase shattered against her head, blood seeping from a ghastly gash, rose stems in the air around her. On the bed she fell, the sheets taking its time to adopt a new color.
"I wa…nt to liv..e Na…mdi… I wis….h to liv…, for, for…"
Her words slurred, her consciousness stubbornly holding on, so much more she had to say. She struggled to push herself up from the bed only to fall back down.
"She wants you dead."
Fingers found her neck, feeling the bite of a chain, achieving what she could not. Muscles bulged, lifting her off the sheets and slamming her against the wall; squeezing, cutting her ability to draw breath.
"S..t…o…p."
Bare feet hung suspended, unable to reach the floor. Weakly they kicked, hitting Namdi's shin to no effect, his eyes misty red, mind filled with blood lust. Red dripped from her hair, caught by the cuffs of his sleeves. Fingers reached up to pry away his vice like grip, a futile exercise. There was an unwillingness in her eyes that had been absent the last time he had held her neck in his hands. An unwillingness that struck a chord in Namdi, cutting through the fog filling his mind, allowing for a moment of lucidity.
Soft brown eyes struggled to remain open. The room had long since faded away, replaced by a world of brilliance and nothingness. In the distance her mother called out, begging her to return or so her oxygen deprived brain told her. 'Mom' she thought, an arm reaching out to run a thumb along Namdi's cheek, leaving a smudge before falling limply to her side.
Namdi's grip went slack, his spirit drained, her body crumpling to the floor.
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One heart beat, rapid in its rhythm, weak in its disposition holding at bay the silence that should have been. Somewhere, in the vastness of the cosmos, a star succumbed to the throes of time. Reluctance, fear and a host of timeless emotions were absent in its explosion, dazzling the blackness of space around it with never before seen splendor. Above a house surrounded by the earths growth, unseen by blackened clouds, a single starry light shone brightly and winked out of existence.
On the bed he sat, unable to look down at what he knew lay before his feet. His eyes were faded and dry, his lips without a quiver. Hands remained clenched in a fist, one palm feeling the bite of metal; the other an uncomfortable stickiness. In his chest his heart still pumped. Whether what it pushed was still red, one could only guess. Something broke within him, he couldn't say what. Knees reached up to touch rib cage, fist blocking the world from his sight, body rocking back and forth for an unknown stretch. Feeling was lost, emotion tightly sequestered in a chamber of his soul he did not know he had. He was no longer Namdi, merely a shell that possessed motion and the most basic of thoughts.
Eyes opening to a world of grey, his body moved. Its goal the opened door leading to the bathroom, rose stems pushed aside unnoticed. As rug switched to tiles, his shoes crushed varying colored pills scattered around. In the silence they were discharging cannons, 21 in number, an unintended salute. He faced a sink, the drain unprotected, the counter top home to fallen empty and nearly empty pill bottles. Picking up a bottle he read the label, 'Herceptin'. Tossing it aside, he picked up another, 'Gardasil'; and another, and another, 'Afinitor', 'Xeloda', 'Avastin', 'Fentanyl'. Fentanyl remained in his hand, a shake rewarding him with the rattle of a few pills. Setting it down carefully he looked up to see a mirror that had always been there. On it a faded heart drawn in red with two smudged words within.
A shell of a man watched him, eyes lacking the vitality of the living, replaced with an unseen smolder. On his sunken cheek was a red smudge, similar in color to the fingers of one hand, giving his face a fierce but haunted presence. Curly black hair that had lost its shine hung limply on his head. Reaching down he opened the faucet, the running water pure; And clean; And untainted; its sound eradicating the silence. The temperature fell within the room, sharing its displeasure at the breaking of the tranquility that had just been achieved. He felt none of it, his hand dipping beneath the man made waterfall. A closed fist opened in a bid to wash the foreign entity off the other, forgetting it held something within. The clatter of metal hitting porcelain was crisp and clear. Instinctively he reached out, grabbing the chain before it was forever lost in the labyrinth beyond the rim of the drain, the attached pendant familiar in its design. Into his pocket it vanished.
Over and over he scrubbed his fingers but the red specter remained. Giving up he attacked the smudge on his cheek, achieving similar results. He began to feel a phantom ache. One he could not afford to let breathe air. Without a word his fist struck out, its target the man who watched him. Inches away from the mirror his strike stopped. The Fentanyl appeared in his palm before disappearing into his mouth and down his throat. How many, he was not sure. Water soon followed. The ache faded, tamped down, returning to the dull grey it had once become. Turning, he walked away from the image, the rattle of connecting chains unheard.
At the door to the room he stood, holding the handle, unable to take the step that would leave it all behind. As grey as the world had become there remained a bit of color crumpled on the floor. Though he did not look, a corner of his mind knew she was there, or was it it. A corner he refused to visit for only destruction waited for him. Still he could not turn that handle. Having no other recourse he walked back. In a world of grey she lay there in vibrant color. Breathtakingly beautiful in unadorned splendor. Her image burned into his mind, never to be forgotten, to live on till his last breath. Grabbing the opened wine and glass from the table he walked out, the handle turning with no hesitation, closing behind him trapping a drawn breath.
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Between Ourselves: KGLRC Program Director Jay Maddock
1. Tell us about the Calhoun County Coalition for Inclusion. What purpose is it intended to serve?
Calhoun County Coalition for Inclusion, or 3Ci as we affectionately call it is a coalition of faith leaders, medical professionals, students, teachers, youth and community members who are dedicated to creating an inclusive and welcoming community for LGBTQ youth and adults alike in Calhoun County. We hold annual events such as Peace Prom, a dance held at an open and affirming church that is inclusive of all sexual orientations and gender identities. 3Ci is led by Planned Parenthood Mid and South Michigan and was formed in 2008. 2. What brought you to work in LGBTQ advocacy?
I got involved in LGBTQ advocacy as an ally in high school during my freshman year. My parents taught me that everyone should be treated equally and I didn't think it was fair that people were getting teased and bullied in school just because of their perceived or actual sexual orientation. As I got older, I realized it wasn't just about bullying – discrimination was written into our legislation, which lit a fiery passion for social justice that won't blow out. Of course, coming out as transgender to myself and – eventually – publicly after denying it for so long, has also contributed to my interest in LGBTQ advocacy. 3. You've mentioned feeling eager to amp up transgender programming at the center, as the transgender community has been overlooked at times. What kind of programming are you hoping to bring to KGLRC?
To be perfectly honest, I have some ideas for programming but I won't know how those ideas can fit into the KGLRC until I have a better understanding of the current programs from the inside. I think the KGLRC has some great programs, like the Triangle Mentorship Program and it's many committees like the Health and Wellness committee, the Queer Women Committee, and Transcend – the transgender committee. What I'm excited to do is ensure that we don't leave out any group of people when we create programming, and that we do more for groups that might have unintentionally not been considered for programming in the past. 4. As Program Director, you'll also be working with the Triangle Mentorship Program. Can you tell us a bit about the program and what you'd like to strengthen/change once you're on the job?
The Triangle Mentorship Program pairs youth with an LGBTQ identified adult professional and an ally identified adult professional to allow the youth to have two mentors for the school year. It premiered last year and I was actually a mentor for a (lucky) high school student. Just with any program, strengths and weaknesses are discovered when the program goes from proposal to action. I want to strengthen the Triangle Mentorship Program, by equipping our adult mentors with some more training on youth facilitation and youth empowerment as well as adding some new structure to the program's calendar. I think the Triangle Mentorship Program is an amazing initiative and I can't wait for it to get bigger and better over the years. 5. Any idea what your first day on the job – Nov. 1 – will look like?
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Why its important to know your strengths
Natalie Snooke - Thursday, July 30, 2015
"Realising our strengths is the smallest thing we can do to make the most difference" - Alex Linley
One of the most powerful tools that everyone has is natural strengths. Call them gifts, talents or even quirks. We all have them. Yet when it comes down to it, I often meet people who are genuinely confused or shy about owning or developing theirs!
Studies in the field of positive psychology show that strengths help us to experience less stress and greater well-being, plus reach our goals with greater ease.
Once you know your strengths, using them on a day-to-day basis is a very effective way to boost your energy and healthy self-confidence. But it doesn't stop there. Its knowing and being mindful of when, how and how much to use your strengths over the course of your life's journey that ultimately leads to growth, transformation and to being the best person you can be.
By strengths I mean a "pre-existing, natural capacity for a particular way of behaving, thinking or feeling that allows you to thrive". They're not attributes that you would like to have or admire in someone else. They are what you already are - and are becoming. Although it may come as a surprise, strengths are not static. They evolve as we do.
A part of healthy self-growth is about refining and expanding your repertoire of strengths over the course of your life.
Step #1 - Know Your Strengths.
When you're at your best, what are you doing? Think about what comes easily and naturally to you. What gives you a buzz? What things did you love to do as a child and did effortlessly? For example, were/are you: adventurous, caring, quick-thinking, gregarious, calm, organised, determined, patient, team-oriented, curious, goal-focused, analytical, creative, passionate, intelligent, empathetic, open-minded and/or precise?
It's important that these attributes are expressed in your day-to-day life. Otherwise you're likely to experience disappointment, frustration or find it difficult to make head-way along your chosen path. Use these attributes as often as you can, according to context and situation, without overplaying them.
For my strengths, out of that list above, my top three would be creative, empathetic and organised. These parts of me get lots of airplay in my day-to-day personal and working life. Which is probably why I love what I do and the life I have (mostly anyway!)
Practice: Identify your natural strengths and if you're not sure, then ask your partner or a trusted friend or sibling for their input. Then go about putting them into practice every day.
Step #2 - Know Your Weaknesses.
This step can often be a clincher! But don't skip it. Everybody has weaknesses or things that challenge them. We can also call these our shadow-traits or blind-spots - they're the parts of us that we'd prefer not to own or admit to. Knowing about yourself warts-and-all helps you to grow and to become a 'whole' person. And it will also make you more likable - and lovable.
What are the things that you find challenging or draining? What do you know about yourself, but find it hard or don't like? For example, are you: fearful, arrogant, impatient, impulsive, greedy, moody, passive, undisciplined, stubborn, shy, short-sighted, vague, controlling or negative?
These are the areas to focus on for your development. Although these aspects will probably feel de-energising, they have their place. Take a deeper level of responsibility for your weaknesses in day-to-day life. Acknowledge when you notice them at play. Have honest conversations about them with your loved ones.
Although it was awkward at first, and I'm not sure it will ever be feel completely comfortable, coming to terms with my weaknesses is something I keep working on. I've realised that having a level of honesty about myself, to myself, just makes things easier in relationships and a whole lot less painful in the long-run. My weaknesses would be: impatient, moody and controlling.
Practice: Choose one weakness to focus on for a week at a time - and try not to be hard on yourself. Mindfully and gently investigate what's going on for you inside, in the moment, when it's playing out. Be curious rather than judgmental. Notice what's happening in your body, emotions and mind. By becoming more aware of your weaknesses, over time you will develop more self-control and the negative impacts will lessen.
Step #3 - Discover Your Unrealised Strengths.
This aspect of you is something you are good at and enjoy doing, but do it less often. There is a likely untapped potential to developing this aspect of you into a strength.
Explore putting your unrealised strengths more into action. Remain on the lookout for the right situation or opportunity to surface where you can utilise this skill, attribute or behaviour. Try setting a goal or intention to practice on a regular basis.
My unrealised strengths from the initial list are: curious and precise. By being precise, rather than generalising, and being curious rather than controlling, I'm noticing that it helps me to delegate responsibilities when I can and allows others to understand me more easily. Just like you, I'm a work in progress!
Practice: Try setting a goal or intention to put one unrealised strength into action. For example, like me, if you choose precision, your intention might be 'When I tend to generalise things in a conversation, I practice being more precise about sharing exactly what I am thinking and feeling.'
Strengths and weaknesses are good approaches to self-development that always have something valuable to teach us. The beauty is, that we never stop growing and evolving, no matter what's going on in our lives, and tuning-in to the strengthened people we are constantly becoming makes for a very rewarding ride. As the saying goes, we might not be able to stop the waves, but we can teach ourselves how to surf!
If you'd like to uncover and develop your natural strengths, as well as be honest about what challenges you to help improve your relationships, then I'd love you to consider my Life Coaching or Mindful Leadership Coaching.
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1.1 The Biological Importance Of DNA
From the beginning, the study of nucleic acids has drawn together, as though by a powerful unseen force, a galaxy of scientists of the highest ability.1,2 Striving to tease apart its secrets, these talented individuals have brought with them a broad range of skills from other disciplines while many of the problems they have encountered have proved to be soluble only by new inventions. Looking at their work, one is constantly made aware that scientists in this field appear to have enjoyed a greater sense of excitement in their work than is given to most. Why?
For over 60 years, such men and women have been fascinated and stimulated by their awareness that the study of nucleic acids is central to the knowledge of life. Let us start by looking at Fred Griffith, who was employed as a scientific civil servant in the British Ministry of Health investigating the nature of epidemics. In 1923, he was able to identify the difference between a virulent, S, and a non-virulent, R, form of the pneumonia bacterium. Griffith went on to show that this bacterium could be made to undergo a permanent, hereditable change from non-virulent to virulent type. This discovery was a bombshell in bacterial genetics.
Oswald Avery and his group at the Rockefeller Institute in New York set out to identify the molecular mechanism responsible for the change Griffith had discovered, now technically called bacterial transformation. They achieved a breakthrough in 1940 when they found that non-virulent R pneumococci could be transformed irreversibly into a virulent species by treatment with a pure sample of high molecular weight DNA.3 Avery had purified this DNA from heat-killed bacteria of a virulent strain and showed that it was active at a dilution of 1 part in 109.
Avery concluded that 'DNA is responsible for the transforming activity' and published that analysis in 1944, just 3 years after Griffith had died in a London air-raid. The staggering implications of Avery's work turned a searchlight on the molecular nature of nucleic acids and it soon became evident that ideas on the chemistry of nucleic acid structure at that time were wholly inadequate to explain such a momentous discovery. As a result, a new wave of scientists directed their attention to DNA and discovered that large parts of the accepted tenets of nucleic acid chemistry had to be set aside before real progress was possible. We need to examine some of the earliest features of that chemistry to fully appreciate the significance of later progress.
1.2 The Origins of Nucleic Acids Research
Friedrich Miescher started his research career in Tübingen by looking into the physiology of human lymph cells. In 1868, seeking a more readily available material, he began to study human pus cells, which he obtained in abundant supply from the bandages discarded from the local hospital. After defatting the cells with alcohol, he incubated them with a crude preparation of pepsin from pig stomach and so obtained a grey precipitate of pure cell nuclei. Treatment of this with alkali followed by acid gave Miescher a precipitate of a phosphorus-containing substance, which he named nuclein. He later found this material to be a common constituent of yeast, kidney, liver, testicular and nucleated red blood cells.4
After Miescher moved to Basel in 1872, he found the sperm of Rhine salmon to be a more plentiful source of nuclein. The pure nuclein was a strongly acidic substance, which existed in a salt-like combination with a nitrogenous base that Miescher crystallized and called protamine. In fact, his nuclein was really a nucleoprotein and it fell subsequently to Richard Altman in 1889 to obtain the first protein-free material, to which he gave the name nucleic acid.
Following William Perkin's invention of mauveine in 1856, the development of aniline dyes had stimulated a systematic study of the colour-staining of biological specimens. Cell nuclei were characteristically stained by basic dyes, and around 1880, Walter Flemming applied that property in his study of the rod-like segments of chromatin (called so because of their colour-staining characteristic), which became visible within the cell nucleus only at certain stages of cell division. Flemming's speculation that the chemical composition of these chromosomes was identical to that of Miescher's nuclein was confirmed in 1900 by E.B. Wilson who wrote
Now chromatin is known to be closely similar to, if not identical with, a substance known as nuclein which analysis shows to be a tolerably definite chemical compound of nucleic acid and albumin. And thus we reach the remarkable conclusion that inheritance may, perhaps, be affected by the physical transmission of a particular compound from parent to offspring.
While this insight was later to be realized in Griffith's 1928 experiments, all of this work was really far ahead of its time. We have to recognize that, at the turn of the century, tests for the purity and identity of substances were relatively primitive. Emil Fischer's classic studies on the chemistry of high molecular weight, polymeric organic molecules were in question until well into the twentieth century. Even in 1920, it was possible to argue that there were only two species of nucleic acids in nature: animal cells were believed to provide thymus nucleic acid (DNA), while nuclei of plant cells were thought to give pentose nucleic acid (RNA).
1.3 Early Structural Studies on Nucleic Acids
Accurate molecular studies on nucleic acids essentially date back to 1909 when Levene and Jacobs began a reinvestigation of the structure of nucleotides at the Rockefeller Institute. Inosinic acid, which Liebig had isolated from beef muscle in 1847, proved to be hypoxanthine-riboside 5′-phosphate. Guanylic acid, isolated from the nucleoprotein of pancreas glands, was identified as guanine-riboside 5′-phosphate (Figure 1.1). Each of these nucleotides was cleaved by alkaline hydrolysis to give phosphate and the corresponding nucleosides, inosine and guanosine, respectively. Since then, all nucleosides are characterized as the condensation products of a pentose and a nitrogenous base while nucleotides are the phosphate esters of one of the hydroxyl groups of the pentose.
Thymus nucleic acid, which was readily available from calf tissue, was found to be resistant to alkaline hydrolysis. It was only successfully degraded into deoxynucleosides in 1929 when Levene adopted enzymes to hydrolyse the deoxyribonucleic acid followed by mild acidic hydrolysis of the deoxynucleotides. He identified its pentose as the hitherto unknown 2-deoxy-d-ribose. These deoxynucleosides involved the four heterocyclic bases, adenine, cytosine, guanine and thymine, with the latter corresponding to uracil in ribonucleic acid.
Up to 1940, most groups of workers were convinced that hydrolysis of nucleic acids gave the appropriate four bases in equal relative proportions. This erroneous conclusion probably resulted from the use of impure nucleic acid or from the use of analytical methods of inadequate accuracy and reliability. It led, naturally enough, to the general acceptance of a tetranucleotide hypothesis for the structure of both thymus and yeast nucleic acids, which materially retarded further progress on the molecular structure of nucleic acids.
Several of these tetranucleotide structures were proposed. They all had four nucleosides (one for each of the bases) with an arbitrary location of the two purines and two pyrimidines. They were joined together by four phosphate residues in a variety of ways, among which there was a strong preference for phospho-diester linkages. In 1932, Takahashi showed that yeast nucleic acid contained neither pyrophosphate nor phosphomonoester functions and so disposed of earlier proposals in preference for a neat, cyclic structure which joined the pentoses exclusively using phosphodiester units (Figure 1.2). It was generally accepted that these bonded 5′- to 3′-positions of adjacent deoxyribonucleosides, but the linkage positions in ribonucleic acid were not known.
One property stuck out like a sore thumb from this picture: the molecular mass of nucleic acids was greatly in excess of that calculated for a tetranucleotide. The best DNA samples were produced by Einar Hammarsten in Stockholm and one of his students, Torjbörn Caspersson, who showed that this material was greater in size than protein molecules. Hammarsten's DNA was examined by Rudolf Signer in Bern whose flow-birefringence studies revealed rod-like molecules with a molecular mass of 0.5–1.0 × 106 Da. The same material provided Astbury in Leeds with X-ray fibre diffraction measurements that supported Signer's conclusion. Finally, Levene estimated the molecular mass of native DNA to be between 200,000 and 1 × 106 Da, based on ultracentrifugation studies.
The scientists compromised. In his Tilden Lecture of 1943, Masson Gulland suggested that the concept of nucleic acid structures of polymerized, uniform tetranucleotides was limited, but he allowed that they could 'form a practical working hypothesis'.
This then was the position in 1944 when Avery published his great work on the transforming activity of bacterial DNA. One can sympathize with Avery's hesitance to press home his case. Levene, in the same Institute, and others were strongly persuaded that the tetranucleotide hypothesis imposed an invariance on the structure of nucleic acids, which denied them any role in biological diversity. In contrast, Avery's work showed that DNA was responsible for completely transforming the behaviour of bacteria. It demanded a fresh look at the structure of nucleic acids.
1.4 The Discovery of the Structure of DNA
From the outset, it was evident that DNA exhibited greater resistance to selective chemical hydrolysis than did RNA. So, the discovery in 1935 that DNA could be cut into mononucleotides by an enzyme doped with arsenate was invaluable. Using this procedure, Klein and Thannhauser obtained the four crystalline deoxyribonucleotides, whose structures (Figure 1.3) were later put beyond doubt by total chemical synthesis by Alexander Todd5 and the Cambridge school he founded in 1944. Todd established the D-configuration and the glycosylic linkage for ribonucleosides in 1951, but found the chemical synthesis of the 2′-deoxyribo-nucleosides more taxing. The key to success for the Cambridge group was the development of methods of phosphorylation, for example for the preparation of the 3′- and 5′-phosphates of deoxyadenosine6 (Figure 1.4).
All the facts were now available to establish the primary structure of DNA as a linear polynucleotide in which each deoxyribonucleoside is linked to the next by means of a 3′- to 5′-phosphate diester (see Figure 2.15). The presence of only diester linkages was essential to explain the stability of DNA to chemical hydrolysis, since phosphate triesters and monoesters, not to mention pyrophosphates, are more labile. The measured molecular masses for DNA of about 1 × 106 Da meant that a single strand of DNA would have some 3000 nucleotides. Such a size was much greater than that of enzyme molecules, but entirely compatible with Staudinger's established ideas on macromolecular structure for synthetic and natural polymers. But by the mid-twentieth century, chemists could advance no further with the primary structure of DNA. Neither of the key requirements for sequence determination was to hand: there were no methods for obtaining pure samples of DNA with homogeneous base sequence nor were methods available for the cleavage of DNA strands at a specific base residue. Consequently, all attention came to focus on the secondary structure of DNA.
Two independent experiments in biophysics showed that DNA possesses an ordered secondary structure. Using a sample of DNA obtained from Hammarsten in 1938, Astbury obtained an X-ray diffraction pattern from stretched, dry fibres of DNA. From the rather obscure data he deduced '… A spacing of 3.34 Å along the fibre axis corresponds to that of a close succession of flat or flattish nucleotides standing out perpendicularly to the long axis of the molecule to form a relatively rigid structure.' These conclusions roundly contradicted the tetranucleotide hypothesis.
Some years later, Gulland studied the viscosity and flow-birefringence of calf thymus DNA and thence postulated the presence of hydrogen bonds linking the purine–pyrimidine hydroxyl groups and some of the amino groups. He suggested that these hydrogen bonds could involve nucleotides either in adjacent chains or within a single chain, but he somewhat hedged his bets between these alternatives. Sadly, Astbury returned to the investigation of proteins and Gulland died prematurely in a train derailment in 1947. Both of them left work that was vital for their successors to follow, but each contribution contained a misconception that was to prove a stumbling block for the next half-a-dozen years. Thus, Linus Pauling's attempt to create a helical model for DNA located the pentose-phosphate backbone in its core and the bases pointing outwards – as Astbury had decided. Gulland had subscribed to the wrong tautomeric forms for the heterocyclic bases thymine and guanine, believing them to be enolic and having hydroxyl groups. The importance of the true keto forms was only appreciated in 1952.
Erwin Chargaff began to investigate a very different type of order in DNA structure. He studied the base composition of DNA from a variety of sources using the new technique of paper chromatography to separate the products of hydrolysis of DNA and employing one of the first commercial ultraviolet spectrophotometers to quantify their relative abundance.7 His data showed that there is a variation in base composition of DNA between species that is overridden by a universal 1:1 ratio of adenine with thymine and guanine with cytosine. This meant that the proportion of purines, (A + G), is always equal to the proportion of pyrimidines, (C + T). Although the ratio (G + C)/(A + T) varies from species to species, different tissues from a single species give DNA of the same composition. Chargaff's results finally discredited the tetra-nucleotide hypothesis, because it called for equal proportions of all four bases in DNA.
In 1951, Francis Crick and Jim Watson joined forces in the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge to tackle the problem of DNA structure. Both of them were persuaded that the model-building approach that had led Pauling and Corey to the α-helix structure for peptides should work just as well for DNA. Almost incredibly, they attempted no other line of direct experimentation but drew on the published and unpublished results of other research teams in order to construct a variety of models, each to be discarded in favour of the next until they created one which satisfied all the facts.8,9
The best X-ray diffraction results were to be found in King's College, London. There, Maurice Wilkins had observed the importance of keeping DNA fibres in a moist state and Rosalind Franklin had found that the X-ray diffraction pattern obtained from such fibres showed the existence of an A-form of DNA at low humidity, which changed into a B-form at high humidity. Both forms of DNA were highly crystalline and clearly helical in structure. Consequently, Franklin decided that this behaviour required the phosphate groups to be exposed to water on the outside of the helix, with the corollary that the bases were on the inside of the helix.
Watson decided that the number of nucleotides in the unit crystallographic cell favoured a double-stranded helix. Crick's physics-trained mind recognized the symmetry implications of the space-group of the A-form diffraction pattern, monoclinic C2. There had to be local twofold symmetry axes normal to the helix, a feature, which called for a double-stranded helix, whose two chains must run in opposite directions.
Crick and Watson thus needed merely to solve the final problem: how to construct the core of the helix by packing the bases together in a regular structure. Watson knew about Gulland's conclusions regarding hydrogen bonds joining the DNA bases. This convinced him that the crux of the matter had to be a rule governing hydrogen bonding between bases. Accordingly, Watson experimented with models using the enolic tautomeric forms of the bases (Figure 1.3) and pairing like with like. This structure was quickly rejected by Crick because it had the wrong symmetry for B-DNA. Self-pairing had to be rejected because it could not explain Chargaff's 1:1 base ratios, which Crick had perceived were bound to result if you had complementary base pairing.
On the basis of the advice from Jerry Donohue in the Cavendish Laboratory, Watson turned to manipulating models of the bases in their keto forms and paired adenine with thymine and guanine with cytosine. Almost at once, he found a compellingly simple relationship involving two hydrogen bonds for an A…T pair and two or three hydrogen bonds for a G…C pair. The special feature of this base-pairing scheme is that the relative geometry of the bonds joining the bases to the pentoses is virtually identical for the A…T and G…C pairs (Figure 1.5). It follows that if a purine always pairs with a pyrimidine then an irregular sequence of bases in a single strand of DNA could nevertheless be paired regularly in the centre of a double helix and without loss of symmetry.10
Chargaff's 'rules' were straightaway revealed as an obligatory consequence of a double-helical structure for DNA. Above all, since the base sequence of one chain automatically determines that of its partner, Crick and Watson could easily visualize how one single chain might be the template for creation of a second chain of complementary base sequence.
The structure of the core of DNA had been solved and the whole enterprise fittingly received the ultimate accolade of the scientific establishment when Crick, Watson and Wilkins shared the Nobel prize for chemistry in 1962, just 4 years after Rosalind Franklin's early death.
1.5 The Advent of Molecular Biology
It is common to describe the publication of Watson and Crick's paper in Nature in April 1953 as the end of the 'classical' period in the study of nucleic acids, up to which time basic discoveries were made by a few gifted academics in an otherwise relatively unexplored field. The excitement aroused by the model of the double helix drew the attention of a much wider scientific audience to the importance of nucleic acids, particularly because of the biological implications of the model rather than because of the structure itself. It was immediately apparent that locked into the irregular sequence of nucleotide bases in the DNA of a cell was all the information required to specify the diversity of biological molecules needed to carry out the functions of that cell. The important question now was what was the key, the genetic code, through which the sequence of DNA could be translated into protein?11
The solution to the coding problem is often attributed to the laboratories in the USA of Marshall Nirenberg and of Severo Ochoa who devised an elegant cell-free system for translating enzymatically synthesized polynucleotides into polypeptides and who by the mid-1960s had established the genetic code for a number of amino acids.12,13 In reality, the story of the elucidation of the code involves numerous strands of knowledge obtained from a variety of workers in different laboratories. An essential contribution came from Alexander Dounce in Rochester, New York, who in the early 1950s postulated that RNA, and not DNA, served as a template to direct the synthesis of cellular proteins and that a sequence of three nucleotides might specify a single amino acid. Sydney Brenner and Leslie Barnett in Cambridge, later (1961) confirmed the code to be both triplet and non-overlapping. From Robert Holley in Cornell University, New York, and Hans Zachau in Cologne, came the isolation and determination of the sequence of three transfer RNAs (tRNA) 'adapter' molecules that each carry an individual amino acid ready for incorporation into protein and which are also responsible for recognizing the triplet code on the messenger RNA (mRNA). The mRNA species contain the sequences of individual genes copied from DNA (see Chapter 6). Gobind Khorana and his group in Madison, Wisconsin, chemically synthesized all 64 ribotrinucleoside diphosphates and, using a combination of chemistry and enzymology, synthesized a number of polyribonucleotides with repeating di-, tri-, and tetranucleotide sequences.14 These were used as synthetic mRNA to help identify each triplet in the code. This work was recognized by awarding the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1968 jointly to Holley, Khorana and Nirenberg.
Nucleic acid research in the 1950s and 1960s was preoccupied by the solution to the coding problem and the establishment of the biological roles of tRNA and mRNA. This was not surprising bearing in mind that at that time the smaller size and attainable homogeneity made isolation and purification of RNA a much easier task than it was for DNA. It was clear that in order to approach the fundamental question of what constituted a gene – a single hereditable element of DNA that up to then could be defined genetically but not chemically – it was going to be necessary to break down DNA into smaller, more tractable pieces in a specific and predictable way.
The breakthrough came in 1968 when Meselson and Yuan reported the isolation of a restriction enzyme from the bacterium Escherichia coli. Here at last was an enzyme, a nuclease, which could recognize a defined sequence in a DNA and cut it specifically (see Section 5.3.1). The bacterium used this activity to break down and hence inactive invading (e.g. phage) DNA. It was soon realized that this was a general property of bacteria, and the isolation of other restriction enzymes with different specificities soon followed. But it was not until 1973 that the importance of these enzymes became apparent. At this time, Chang and Cohen at Stanford and Helling and Boyer at the University of California were able to construct in a test tube, a biologically functional DNA that combined genetic information from two different sources. This chimera was created by cleaving DNA from one source with a restriction enzyme to give a fragment that could then be joined to a carrier DNA, a plasmid. The resultant recombinant DNA was shown to be able to replicate and express itself in E. coli.15
This remarkable demonstration of genetic manipulation was to revolutionize biology. It soon became possible to dissect out an individual gene from its source DNA, to amplify it in a bacterium or other organism (cloning, see Section 5.2), and to study its expression by the synthesis first of RNA and then of protein (see Chapters 6 and 7). This single advance by the groups of Cohen and Boyer truly marked the dawn of modern molecular biology.
1.6 The Partnership of Chemistry and Biology
In the 1940s and 1950s, the disciplines of chemistry and biology were so separate that it was a rare occurrence for an individual to embrace both. Two young scientists who were just setting out on their careers at that time were exceptional in recognizing the potential of chemistry in the solution of biological problems and both, in their different ways, were to have a substantial and lasting effect in the field of nucleic acids.
One was Frederick Sanger, a product of the Cambridge Biochemistry School, who in the early 1940s set out to determine the sequence of a protein, insulin. This feat had been thought unattainable, since it was widely supposed that proteins were not discrete species with defined primary sequence. Even more remarkably, he went on to develop methods for sequence determination first of RNA and then of DNA (see Section 5.1). These methods involved a subtle blend of enzymology and chemistry that few would have thought possible to combine.16 The results of his efforts transformed DNA sequencing in only a few years into a routine procedure. In the late 1980s, the procedure was adapted for use in automated sequencing machines and the 1990s saw worldwide efforts to sequence whole organism genomes. In 2003, exactly 50 years after the discovery of the structure of the DNA double helix, it was announced that the human genome sequence had been completed. The award of two Nobel prizes to Sanger (1958 and 1980) hardly seems recognition enough!
The other scientist has already been mentioned in connection with the elucidation of the genetic code. Not long after his post-doctoral studies under George Kenner and Alexander Todd in Cambridge, Gobind Khorana was convinced that chemical synthesis of polynucleotides could make an important contribution to the study of the fundamental process of information flow from DNA to RNA to protein. Having completed the work on the genetic code in the mid-1960s and aware of Holley's recently determined (1965) sequence for an alanine tRNA, he then established a new goal of total synthesis of the corresponding DNA duplex, the gene specifying the tRNA. Like Sanger, he ingeniously devised a combination of nucleic acid chemistry and enzymology to form a general strategy of gene synthesis, which in principle remains unaltered to this day (see Section 5.4).17 Knowledge became available by the early 1970s about the signals required for gene expression and the newly emerging recombinant DNA methods of Cohen and Boyer allowed a second synthetic gene, this time specifying the precursor of a tyrosine suppressor tRNA (Figure 1.6) to be cloned and shown to be fully functional.
It is ironic that even up to the early 1970s many biologists thought Khorana's gene syntheses unlikely to have practical value. This view changed dramatically in 1977 with the demonstration by the groups of Itakura (a chemist) and Boyer (a biologist) of the expression in a bacterium of the hormone somatostatin (and later insulin A and B chains) from a chemically synthesised gene.18 This work spawned the biotechnology industry and synthetic genes became routinely used in the production of proteins. Further, oligodeoxyribonucleotides, the short pieces of single-stranded DNA for which Khorana developed the first chemical syntheses, became invaluable general tools in the manipulation of DNA, for example, as primers in DNA sequencing, as probes in gene detection and isolation, and as mutagenic agents to alter the sequence of DNA. From the late 1980s, research accelerated into synthetic oligonucleotide analogues as antisense modulators of gene expression in cells, as therapeutic agents (see Section 5.7) and for the construction of microarray chips for gene expression analysis.
The availability of synthetic DNA also provided new impetus in the study of DNA structure. In the early 1970s, new X-ray crystallographic techniques had been developed and applied to solve the structure of the dinucleoside phosphate, ApU, by Rich and co-workers in Cambridge, USA. This was followed by the complete structure of yeast phenylalanine tRNA, determined independently by Rich and by Klug and colleagues in Cambridge, England. For the first time, the complementary base pairing between two strands could be seen in greater detail than was previously possible from studies of DNA and RNA fibres. ApU formed a double helix by end-to-end packing of molecules, with Watson–Crick pairing clearly in evidence between each strand. The tRNA showed not only Watson–Crick pairs, but also a variety of alternative base pairs and base triples, many of which were entirely novel (see Sections 2.3.3 and 7.1.2).
Then in 1978, the structure of synthetic d(pATAT) was solved by Kennard and her group in Cambridge. This tetramer also formed an extended double helix, but excitingly revealed that there was a substantial sequence-dependence in its conformation. The angles between neighbouring dA and dT residues were quite different between the A–T sequence and the T–A sequence elements. Soon after, Wang and colleagues discovered that synthetic d(CGCGCG) adopted a totally unpredicted, left-handed Z-conformation. This was soon followed by the demonstration of both a B-DNA helix in a synthetic dodecamer by Dickerson in California and an A-DNA helix in an octamer by Kennard, and finally put paid to the concept that DNA had a rigid, rod-like structure. Clearly, DNA could adopt different conformations dependent on sequence and also on its external environment (see Section 2.3). More importantly, an immediate inference could be drawn that conformational differences in DNA (or the potential for their formation) might be recognized by other molecules. Thus, it was not long before synthetic DNA was also being used in the study of DNA binding to carcinogens and drugs (see Chapters 8 and 9) and to proteins (see Chapter 10).
These spectacular advances were only possible because of the equally dramatic improvements in methods of oligonucleotide synthesis that took place in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The laborious manual work of the early gene synthesis days was replaced by reliable automated DNA synthesis machines, which, within hours, could assemble sequences well in excess of 100 residues (see Section 4.1.4). Khorana's vision of the importance of synthetic DNA has been fully realized.
1.7 Frontiers in Nucleic Acids Research
The last decade of the twentieth century was characterized by the quest to determine the complete DNA sequence of the human genome. Efforts by a publicly funded international consortium gathered considerable pace in the late 1990s in response to a challenge from a private company and the resultant concerns over the availability of sequencing data to the research community. The completion of the human genome sequence was duly announced by the consortium in April 2003, 50 years after papers on the discovery of the structure of the DNA double helix had been published and only 25 years since the first simple bacteriophage genome sequences were obtained. Genome sequences of many other organisms have also been completed, for example, mouse, nematode, zebrafish, yeast and parasites such as Plasmodium falciparium (see Section 6.5). The vast quantity of DNA sequence information generated has led to the founding of the new discipline of Bioinformatics in order to analyse and compare sequence data. One big surprise was that the human genome contains far fewer genes than expected, only about 24,500. We now know that production of the considerably larger number of human proteins and their regulation during cell division and biological development involves control of gene expression at many different stages (e.g. transcription, alternative splicing, RNA editing, translation, see Chapters 6 and 7), a full understanding of which is likely to occupy biologists well into the twenty-first century. A recent technical advance here is the development of microarrays of synthetic oligonucleotides or cDNAs as hybridisation probes of DNA or RNA sequences both for mutational and gene expression analysis (see Section 5.5.4). This has led to the science of '-omics', such as genomics and ribonomics, where DNA sequence variations can be studied and global effects of particular pathological states or external stimuli can be gauged on a whole genome basis.
A number of other advances have also been made in nucleic acids chemistry. First, a strong revival in the synthesis of nucleoside analogues has led to a number of therapeutic agents being approved for clinical use in treatment of AIDS and HIV infection as well as herpes and hepatitis viruses (see Section 3.7.2). Further, synthetic oligonucleotide analogues have become clinical agents for the treatment of viral infections and some cancers, although few have passed full regulatory approval as yet. The exploitation of the 'antisense' technology as a principle of therapeutic gene modulation has led to the investigation of a large number of nucleic acid analogues to enhance activity (see Section 5.7.1). As the twenty-first century arrived, gene modulation technology was finding increasing use to validate gene targets in cell lines and animals. At the same time, there was increasing recognition that other mechanisms of action can contribute to therapeutic effects of oligonucleotides in humans, such as stimulation of the immune system by 'CpG' domains (see Section 5.7.1), which may be harnessed perhaps for use as vaccine adjuvants.
The provision of synthetic RNA has also become routine (see Section 4.2) resulting in major advances in our understanding of catalytic RNA (ribozymes, see Sections 5.7.3 and 7.6.2) and protein-RNA interactions (see Section 10.9). New techniques of in vitro selection of RNA sequences have extended the potential of ribozymes and aptamers to carry out artificial reactions or bind unusual substrates, for example to act as 'riboswitches' responsive to certain analytes (see Section 5.7.3). A considerable upsurge of research in RNA biology has paralleled the availability of synthetic RNA. New ways have been elucidated for specific RNA sequences and structures to play important roles in gene regulation (e.g.microRNA, see Section 5.7.2). The exciting discovery of 'RNA interference' as a natural cell mechanism has led to the development of short synthetic RNA duplexes (siRNA and shRNA) as new gene control reagents that now rival, and may well surpass, antisense oligonucleotides for therapeutic and diagnostic use (see Section 5.7.2).
Dramatic advances have also been made in high-resolution structural determination of DNA and RNA sequences and their complexes with proteins (see Chapter 10), which are providing useful insights into molecular recognition and suggesting new approaches for drug design. In addition, the study of DNA recognition by small molecules in the minor groove has taken a major leap forward with the development of hairpin polyamides as a novel class of DNA-specific reagents with potential as drugs (see Section 9.7.4). Targeting of unusual DNA telomeric G-tetraplex structures is also an active area of current drug design (see Section 9.10).
The heady days of the discovery of the double helix and the elucidation of the genetic code are long gone, but in their place have come even more exciting times when many more of us now have the opportunity to answer fundamental questions about genetic structure and function and can utilise the insights and tools now available in the nucleic acids. 'You ain't heard nothin'yet folks'(Al Jolson, The Jazz Singer; July 1927).
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and recovery wisdom from the Caveman
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Training and recovery wisdom from the Caveman
7 srpna 2015
As you might expect from someone with the nickname of 'caveman', Conrad Stoltz is not into fads when it comes to recovery. Not for him ice baths and compression socks. He prefers to do what's proven. Train right, eat right and rest properly.
So why don't you like ice baths? I've reverted back to old school! I used to do the ice bath thing or jumping in a cold river after training. But getting in a freezing river after training is not worth it to me! Science hasn't really proven that ice baths help.
What about compression? There is a lot of evidence there...? I've done the compression socks thing but they don't fit well and there's no real definite proof that compression socks make a big enough difference.
So what do you do? The things that are proven to make a difference – fueling and rehydrating properly. Within the first half an hour of training you need to have so many grams of carbs and so much protein to start the recovery. [Advice varies but many sports nutrionists recommend following the for 3:1 carbs to protein ratio.]
Anything else? Massage is key. It's not only for recovery, but also injury prevention. It's crucial. The other big thing many athletes overlook is that they need to leave enough time between workouts to be able to complete those workouts at the required intensity.
You mean rest? A lot of athletes just want to log as many hours as possible in the logbook and then tally the hours to feel like they did a good job. For me and my coach, what's more important is that when I do the big quality workouts, I hit the numbers. Did I do the right amount of watts? And to be able to do that you need to be able to get to the session fresh, which means the day or two or three before you need to train very little so when the big session comes you can go hard. Recovery between key sessions is important.
What's the key to your long career? It's the fact I'm able to keep it fresh by having hobbies and activities. If I had to ride on the road every single time like the Ironman guys do I would never be able to make it! Stay mentally fresh by changing the environment where you are. Mental freshness is key.
What about off season? It's key. Don't think about triathlon, you're not going to lose all your fitness. Go surfing, go jogging, or go hiking or even ride a motorbike, just keep active! By the time you start training again you're eager to train because you really want to do it not because you feel you have to. When you wake up in the morning and you're not looking forward to training it's one of the first pointers towards over-training.
So training should be fun? Training is not always fun. Sometimes you have to hurt yourself. But in terms of the big picture, it needs to be enjoyable, rather than seeing how much you can punish yourself.
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19 Classic Medium Men S Hairstyles You Can Try In 2018 Lifestyle By Ps
The Best Medium Length Hairstyles For Men 2019 Fashionbeans
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To ensure your look is bang up to date this season weve riffled through runway shots to round up the seven mens fashion trends you need to know for springsummer 2018 from vertical stripes.
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In many ways medium hairstyles 2018 hit the sweet spot of being long enough to style in versatile ways but short enough to keep healthy and styled without too much fuss.
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The day will surely come when your hair will no longer be short but now your hair might not be a true medium length yet either.
Mens hair in 2019 is anything but boring.
Short hair and long tresses get a lot of love but medium length hair doesnt have to be boring or forgettable.
Medium hairstyles can vary from the low fade to side part to pompadour but with it it can also comprise a natural and messy look.
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Whether you have short medium or long hair a feather cut hair looks chic and ultra feminine and there are several flattering ways to style your layers.
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Abstract: Skilled robotic manipulation benefits from complex synergies between
non-prehensile (e.g. pushing) and prehensile (e.g. grasping) actions: pushing
can help rearrange cluttered objects to make space for arms and fingers;
likewise, grasping can help displace objects to make pushing movements more
precise and collision-free. In this work, we demonstrate that it is possible to
discover and learn these synergies from scratch through model-free deep
reinforcement learning. Our method involves training two fully convolutional
networks that map from visual observations to actions: one infers the utility
of pushes for a dense pixel-wise sampling of end effector orientations and
locations, while the other does the same for grasping. Both networks are
trained jointly in a Q-learning framework and are entirely self-supervised by
trial and error, where rewards are provided from successful grasps. In this
way, our policy learns pushing motions that enable future grasps, while
learning grasps that can leverage past pushes. During picking experiments in
both simulation and real-world scenarios, we find that our system quickly
learns complex behaviors amid challenging cases of clutter, and achieves better
grasping success rates and picking efficiencies than baseline alternatives
after only a few hours of training. We further demonstrate that our method is
capable of generalizing to novel objects. Qualitative results (videos), code,
pre-trained models, and simulation environments are available at
this http URL
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To appear at the International Conference On Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) 2018. Project webpage: this http URL Summary video
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10 Team Bonding Ideas In Singapore That Will Get Your Team Working Together [2023]
Team Bonding Ideas Singapore
Best Team Bonding Ideas Singapore
When it comes to team bonding, there are a lot of different ideas that you can try. Some team building activities are more effective than others, but the important thing is that you find something that will get your team working together. In this blog post, we will discuss 10 fun Team Bonding Ideas Singapore that will help improve communication and collaboration within your team!
Team bonding helps improve communication, collaboration, and working relationship within a team. It also helps team members get to know each other better, which can lead to a stronger team bond. Additionally, team bonding can help relieve stress and create a more fun work environment!
There are a lot of different Team Bonding Ideas Singapore that you can try. Some team building activities are more effective than others, but the important thing is that you find something that will get your team working together. In this blog post, we will discuss some fun Team Bonding Ideas Singapore that will help improve communication and collaboration within your team!
1) Amazing Race
If you want to bond with your teammates and opponents, Amazing Race is the ideal ice breaker game to play. This is a fantastic chance to spend quality time with friends, family, or coworkers who aren't typically available. Amazing Race offers a unique opportunity for you to get acquainted with your teammates by completing thrilling gameplay challenges.
Price: $25/Pax
2) Virtual Squid Escape
According to FunEmpire, the Virtual Squid Escape experience is the first and only of its kind. Play an intriguing story that takes you inside the fascinating Squid Game setting as a member of a team. Solve hard puzzles in an innovative and immersive virtual environment for a group collaboration through this virtual team building game. Our own gaming experts created our one-of-a-kind thrilling Virtual Squid Escape adventure! Can you escape or will you perish while attempting?
Price: $20/Pax
3) Virtual Balloon Sculpting
At the Balloon Sculpting Workshop, you'll have a great time learning how to make magnificent balloon creations! You'll be taught about all types of forms, colors, and textures. Then, using your creativity, you'll be able to design your own unique balloon items – such as a pirate sword, butterfly, or rainbow bloom through this virtual team building activity!
Price: $25/Pax
4) Virtual Travel Experience
We are excited to introduce the first Virtual Travel Experience in Singapore! With FunEmpire, you and your team can explore different eras of Singapore's history through an immersive virtual environment. You will work together to solve puzzles and challenges, learning more about the country as you go through this online team building game. Complete all the challenges to unlock the exciting storyline! Icons of Singapore Virtual Travel Experience is a 100% online experience that is excellent for virtual team building, virtually bonding with employees and staff, and special occasions!
Price: $20/Pax
5) Bubble Bump
Bubble bump is an outdoor party game that Community families can play to have some summer fun. It involves using soap bubbles to bumper opponents and is perfect for teams of all sizes, so everyone in the family can join in on the action! The price per person is $15 which includes supplying enough Bubble Balls and Bubble suits for every player as well as access to a secluded play area away from busy roads or curious onlookers. ThisCompare this fee with other businesses such FunEmpire which charge depending on event type, making it difficult to set accurate expectations regarding costs.
Price: $15/Pax
6) SaberFit
Whether you're new to fitness or a seasoned pro, SaberFit is the perfect class for you. Combining combat sabers with striking techniques and exercises, this high-energy group session will get your heart pumping while you build full-body strength. And with great music in the background, you'll have even more motivation to push yourself further. So come join us and see why so many people love SaberFit!
Price: $30/Pax
7) Combat Archery
Join us for a thrilling game of Combat Archery Tag Singapore! Our award-winning expertise combines the best features of paintball, dodgeball, and archery into one action-packed game that will get your heart racing and adrenaline flowing. We use customized foam-tipped arrows to ensure optimum safety and comfort throughout your session.
Price: $20/Pax
8) Art Jamming
Art Jamming is a team building activity that lets teamsoopaint and draw together to create something beautiful. It's fun, creative, and helps teams work together while giving morale boosters. Plus, it's a lot of fun for everyone involved! FunEmpire has everything you need to make sure your Art Jamming experience is top-notch. Don't worry about your event. Knowing that FunEmpire is putting together the greatest group building session, date night, friends get-together, employee engagement, or cohesion experience for your team will help you relax at bedtime.
Price: $25/Pax
9) Poolball
Poolball is a unique hybrid activity that combines pool and football, and it's highly enjoyable since you get to kick soccer balls into pockets on a huge-sized pool table without the need of a cue stick! The game is still played in the same manner. There is simply more excitement and pleasure.
Price: $20/Pax
10) Laser Tag
FunEmpire is the laser tag provider of choice in Singapore. Indoor and outdoor Laser Tag games created by our game specialists are available. We can help you organize a memorable Laser Tag fun game for adults for a variety of occasion types, including business team building, NS Cohesion, school events, birthday parties, carnivals, festivals, and more.
Price: $20/Pax
Team Bonding Ideas Singapore
Team bonding activities are a great way to get your team working together and build morale. They're also a lot of fun for everyone involved! We've provided a list of 10 Team Bonding Ideas Singapore that are sure to please, so be sure to check them out. Which activity will you choose for your next team event?
If you're looking for more recommendations, you can check out more Team Bonding Ideas Singapore
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8 Party Concrete Mixer Truck
8 Party concrete mixer truck 8 Party concrete mixer truck 1. mixer truck follows the popular style of Europe and the United States, which makes appearance of the vehicle modeling unique and concrete mixer trucks have compact and reasonable structure. The tank material adopts special...
1. mixer truck follows the popular style of Europe and the United States, which makes appearance of the vehicle modeling unique and concrete mixer trucks have compact and reasonable structure. The tank material adopts special wear-resistant steel plate so as to fully guarantee the wear resistance of the tank. 2. Tank welding using a special tank tooling fixture, with the use of Panasonic automatic welding machine welding, paint completely in accordance with the requirements of luxury passenger car coating process, the quality of the industry-leading level.
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AIA DOCUMENT A107 PDF
August 19, 2019
Fill aia a form aia instantly, download blank or editable online. Sign, fax and printable from PC, iPad, tablet or mobile. No software. Try Now!. "standard" American Institute of Architects (AIA) documents. A (by incorporation of the A) and A do not provide for any specified damages. AIA Document A – TM Standard Form of Agreement Between Owner and Contractor for a Project of Limited Scope AGREEMENT made as of the.
All copies made under this authorization shall bear the copyright notice, if any, shown on the Instruments of Service.
The Contract Documents shall not be construed to create a contractual relationship of any kind between any persons or entities other than the Owner and the Contractor. The Owner shall be responsible to the Contractor for costs incurred by the Contractor because of delays, improperly timed activities, damage to the Work or defective construction of a separate contractor.
Contractor hereby assigns to Owner all specific written warranties provided by subcontractors, vendors and manufacturers and all such specific warranties shall continue as noted herein.
The Owner shall only bear costs of 1 tests, inspections or approvals that do not become requirements until after bids are received or docukent concluded, and documfnt tests, inspections or approvals where building codes or applicable Laws or regulations prohibit the Owner from delegating the costs to the Contractor.
Delivery docyment the guarantees and warranties shall not relieve the Contractor dofument any obligation assumed under any other provisions of the Contract.
Contractor agrees to pay any and all salary or other benefits to its employees and shall make all appropriate tax including unemployment taxsocial security, Medicare and other withholding deductions and payments.
During the one-year period for correction of Work, if the Owner fails to notify the Contractor and give the Contractor an opportunity to make the correction, the Owner waives the rights to require correction by the Dicument and to make a claim for breach of warranty. Accordingly, no course of conduct or dealings between the parties, nor express or implied acceptance of alterations or additions to the Work and no claim that the Owner has been unjustly enriched by any alteration or addition to the Work, whether or not there is in fact any such unjust enrichment, shall be the basis to any claim for an increase in the Contract Sum or change in the Contract Time.
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Construction – Discover Halstead. Such changes shall be effected by written order and shall be binding on the Owner and Contractor. The Contractor shall comply with aa107 give notices required by applicable Laws bearing on safety of persons and property and their protection from damage, injury or loss.
The Contractor shall execute all consents reasonably required to facilitate such assignment.
AIA A107 – 8-27 – Clean (01480188-2)
If appropriate, insert requirements for earlier Substantial Completion of certain portions of the Work. Contractor agrees that eocument shall not cause or permit to occur: Federal, state or local laws may require payment within a certain period of time.
Introduction to Construction Contracts and.
The Contractor, Subcontractors, Sub-subcontractors, and material or equipment suppliers shall not own or claim a copyright in the Instruments of Service.
If such a1077 and damages exceed the unpaid balance, the Contractor shall pay the difference to the Owner. The Contract represents the entire and integrated agreement between the parties hereto and supersedes prior negotiations, representations or agreements, either written or oral.
Consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. If approved in advance by the Owner, payment may similarly be made for materials and equipment stored, and protected from damage, off the site at aiq location agreed upon in writing. Insert number of calendar days. By executing the Agreement the Contractor confirms that the Contract Time is a reasonable period for performing the Work.
Identify allowance and state exclusions, if any, from the allowance price. The Contractor shall take reasonable precautions for safety of, and shall provide reasonable protection to prevent damage, injury or loss to.
Unless otherwise provided, the Contractor shall make arrangements for such tests, inspections and approvals with an independent testing laboratory or entity acceptable to the Owner, or with the appropriate public authority, and shall, except as otherwise set forth below, bear all related costs of tests, inspections and approvals.
State the numbers or other identification of accepted alternates. Allowance amounts shall include the costs to the Contractor of materials and equipment delivered at the site and all required taxes, less applicable trade discounts.
The Contract Documents are complementary, and what is required by one shall be as binding as if required by all; performance dkcument the Contractor shall be required to the extent consistent with the Contract Documents and reasonably inferable from them as being necessary to produce the indicated results.
Public Works Contractor Registration Certification. All personal property belonging to Contractor shall be brought onto the Property at the risk of Contractor, and the Indemnified Parties shall not be liable for damage or destruction to or theft of any such personal property, except with respect to the gross negligence or willful misconduct of an Indemnified Party.
The Contract Sum shall be one of the following: If requested, the Contractor shall provide copies of all bids, bid letters, and executed subcontracts to Owner within ten 10 days after execution thereof. The Contractor shall, by appropriate agreement with each Subcontractor, require each Subcontractor to make payments to sub-subcontractors in similar manner.
Contractor shall furnish whatever information is requested by Owner for the purpose of establishing the placement of insurance coverages and shall aid and cooperate in every reasonable way with respect to such insurance and any loss thereunder
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A friend and neighbour came over this evening with 42 crime
novels as a gift. Some gift. Five christmases and ten
birthdays all at once. Anyway: a lot of the writers i never
heard of, so i'm wondering if you could enlighten me on some
of them. Do they belong on the list? The names of the authors
i never heard of:
I also just got Jerome Charyn's The Isaac Quartet and Jack
O'Connell's first four books in the mail box, so i got to get
my priorities right, right?
Thanks for any help.
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I would like to thank Terry's blog today. It tells wonderful things about me. I am sure I don't deserve every nice word she has said. THANK YOU, TERRY. Go read it if you'd like. She is a very nice, hard working lady, full of encouragement. Example: never forgeting special things, like birthdays, that she has picked up on.
Adi likes to play in the leaves. There were better and larger piles but I liked the fall looking trees by the yellow house.
Where do you think this man was blowing those leaves and grass clippings? My guess was the street but he said he never put leaves in the street and besides what business was it of mine. I would have been nice if I had been him and said "it sure is easier to pick those leaves up out of the street rather than from my yard or the steep driveway." Oh well.
[large picture] [extra large] Our last stop was at our house. Here are the recycled soda cans we put at the curb when we got back. The recycling fellows had already come for their pickup.
We put them out later so that some of the working fellows who recycle for profit or extra income can get our cans. It is still recycling but someone gets to sell the cans instead of us giving them to the 'company.'
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Describe your life (or something) in a phrase using just six words. Six Word Saturday, Click the box --> to visit Cate's blog with Mr. Linky showing all the other blogs participating this week.Cate runs Six Word Saturday. She would like for you to participate.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
First Visit With Santa -- Ruby (Red) Tuesday -- Ho Ho Ho
Had you ask, we would have said there would be a seventy-five percent probability that KP would smile at Santa. Of course that left 25% for crying and other.
I would have been comfortable with that because Lauren seldom cries, her laughs outnumber the cries about 90 to ten. She is a happy child, she takes that from my side of the family. I dare say though, that sometimes when I smile I am not laughing at all on the inside. 'Nuff said.
Did someone ask about breakfast? Yes, we had a very nice breakfast at Billy and Karen's golf clubhouse. Billy was out playing golf right after the Santa visit. He had an egg taco before to help him keep his two handicap.
I started mine with a two egg omelet complete with everything on the table except jalapenos. That meant bacon crisps, ham, tomato pieces, green and red pepper pieces, mushrooms, and two types of cheese went in to accompany the eggs.
On that plate I had some hash brown potatoes and red and green peppers, some crisp bacon, and a sausage patty. On other plates I had waffles with fruit, whip cream and maple syrup, and bacon. I had two of those, one half waffle at a time.
There was the desert plate after that with more coffee. My desert was a Southern biscuit with white gravy on one half and strawberry preserves on the other.
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An 8 part unrelated psuedo sequel to Angel Nebula, with a short prequel #0. There is a growing awareness forming on Earth and the depths of space that something is coming... Something is coming back.
REVIEWS
Frontiers is a story about time overlapping, the end of the world, prophecy, destructive nanotechnology, dreams vs. reality. and loneliness. What sets it apart from other sci-fi books/comics/films is that its characters are so real, sympathetic. stirringly sad. if this were an Oni / Slave Labor graphic novel rather than 8 photocopied small press pamphlets, it'd be winning every award going. Or maybe it wouldn't, because the really good stuff so often goes unnoticed.
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The Book Blogger Hop is hosted by Jen at Crazy For Books. Every week she asks a question:
Who is your favorite new-to-you author so far this year?
Easy: Sarah Dessen! When I started reviewing young adult books I looked at Goodreads for a young adult list and saw her name. I read Just Listen first, and loved it! Hoping this wasn't a one-off I then read The Truth About Forever and loved that also! Since then I've read Last Chance, Lock and Key and Along For the Ride – all have received top marks. I've got a few more to go before I've read all her books, and I'm looking forward to them all!
Follow Friday is hosted by the Parajunkee. Every week she links to another site for us all to check out, and this week it is:
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2000 Volkswagen Passat Overview
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The 2000 Volkswagen Passat lineup remained virtually unchanged from the previous year, though a few upgrades were added to the list of standard features and a few new tweaks and details we added to freshen the car up a bit.
Passat buyers could choose from two trim packages and two engine options. Trim packages included the entry-level GLS and the higher-end GLX. Standard features on the GLS included air conditioning, power windows, power door locks, anti-lock brakes, traction control, cruise control, front and side airbags for the driver and passenger, a keyless entry system, daytime running lights, and an updated anti-theft alarm system with a coded ignition key. The GLX package added a sunroof and leather seats (powered in the front) as standard equipment, among other features.
An indicator on the dash that alerted drivers to brake wear was added as standard equipment in 2000. And after being delayed a year, VW's all-wheel-drive system, called 4MOTION, was finally available as an option.
The two engine options included a 1.8-liter, 150-hp turbocharged 4-cylinder, which was available only with the GLS trim package, and a 2.8-liter, 190-hp V6, which was dropped into both the GLS and GLX versions. A five-speed manual transmission was standard in the GLS, with a five-speed automatic available as an option; the automatic transmission was standard on the GLX package.
The high cost of upkeep was one of drivers' main complaints about the 2000 Passat, with the engine/powertrain and the electrical system cited as among the necessary repairs. On the positive side, drivers reported good gas mileage with the turbocharged 4-cylinder. Other positive points included the Passat's handling, styling, and roominess.
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A former Senior Business Analyst at the esteemed National Australia Bank (NAB) has raised serious concerns over his sudden dismissal, shedding light on alleged unfair treatment and mismanagement within the organization. The individual, who arrived in Melbourne to pursue his Masters, had long held the dream of working for National Australia Bank. However, his experience took an unexpected turn, culminating in his removal from the company in May 2023.
The dismissed employee, who had joined NAB's team at 395 Bourke Street in January 2023, alleges that he was not given a fair chance to meet expectations, and was unjustly let go.
The former Senior Business Analyst contends that his involvement in significant projects were not accurately portrayed in the dismissal decision. He claims that evidence and updates that were provided after the dismissal, was overlooked by NAB. A particular project had approvals from various teams and was declared "on track." However, it was portrayed in the dismissal letter, the project was not on track and required more time, money and resources.
Similarly, in another project, the former employee states that a process map was created and shared with stakeholders. A walkthrough session, involving graphic designers and Rhobelle Morrison, was conducted to ensure alignment. The dismissal letter, however, alleged the former employee had not completed a process map, omission of instructions and lack of progress.
The former employee has also expressed concerns regarding his managerial interactions. He asserts that his former manager, Rhobelle Morrison, demonstrated a lack of understanding of her role as a product owner and manager, leading to miscommunication and unmet expectations. Additionally, Morrison's manager, Gail Rushworth, was reportedly unresponsive in alleviating workload pressure.
Further issues emerged during the former Senior Business Analyst first performance meeting with Rhobelle Morrison. Morrison's apparent inability to identify the employee's skills and qualities, coupled with the absence of predefined performance metrics, painted a picture of unclear expectations.
Moreover, an episode involving a specific task's time estimation showcased Morrison's disregard for advice from colleagues, leading to a cancelled session. Moreover, Morrison's inquiry about the possibility of the former Senior Business Analyst working from home while on sick leave raised further eyebrows.
The dismissal letter, delivered by his manager, Saurabh Chawla, cited specific performance-related issues. Revelations about Saurabh Chawla's managerial approach at National Australia Bank (NAB) have also raised concerns regarding communication and support within the workplace. Chawla assumed the role of the former Senior Business Analyst's new manager in April 2023 mid.
A lack of materials and guidance provided by Chawla led to difficulties in project delivery, despite repeated requests for support. Moreover, a canceled meeting, where Chawla claimed the employee had not accepted the invitation when the employee had accepted the meeting, highlighted potential miscommunication issues.
Chawla's minimal participation in team standups further hinted at a detached managerial style. A significant revelation came during the employee's final meeting with Chawla, where the former Senior Business Analyst was informed of the necessity to handle multiple projects simultaneously, potentially requiring him to work beyond the standard 40-hour week.
These insights shed light on potential gaps in management practices at NAB, emphasizing the importance of clear communication, timely support, and active participation from supervisors. The case underscores the significance of fostering an environment that promotes effective collaboration, managerial involvement, and adequate guidance for employees in order to ensure both individual and organizational success.
On a similar note, Dikele Diawara, a Black woman from France at NAB claims she also endured years of underpayment, racial, and sexual discrimination, ignored by management, and even threatened with a baseball bat. She filed a human rights complaint against the bank, asserting she suffered discrimination by her boss, Tim McCaughey and neglect from the predominantly male trading team.
Despite presenting his case and evidence, Natasha Stevenson, Consultant from NAB Employee Relations, People and Culture team, allegedly declined to further investigate the matter, reinforcing the employee's perception of a lack of fairness and support within the organization. Additionally, Katie Dempster, manager from Employee Relations Services also refused to take any accountability and declined to comment further.
The collective incidents has ignited discussions on workplace treatment, managerial responsibilities, and the importance of fair evaluations in organizations. As the former Senior Business Analyst seeks support and attention to address his concerns, questions about the working culture at NAB and the well-being of employees have come to the forefront.
From fostering fair negotiations between employers and staff to addressing termination issues like unfair dismissal and safeguarding employees' rights, the Commission serves as a shield against workplace injustices. It confronts concerns like bullying, sexual harassment, and parental leave extensions. Notably, it wields authority to manage strikes, offering mediation and public hearings to tackle workplace disputes. From equal pay claims to overseeing business transitions, this Commission champions fairness while regulating unions and employers.
What application can I lodge at The Fair Work Commission?
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F2 – Unfair dismissal application
Disputes
F8 – General protections application involving dismissal
Disputes
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12 comments on "Maldonado set for ten-place grid penalty"
Be honest, when you read the title, how many of you were thinking: Oh no Pastor, what have you done this time?
In all seriousness, come to Brazil the grid will be a complete mess – so many drivers will take engine penalties, and many others will take them just because they don't want and give penalty for Abu Double (as too much is at stake).
Do you think some of the smaller teams, like Marussia, would risk taking out a 6th component in the race before Brazil, so they're guaranteed not to need one the race after, allowing them to capitalise, perhaps a lot, on other people's penalties in Brazil?
Penalties carry over tho. So if anyone of the back teams go for this. At best maybe take a penalty for the first 4 places and the race after (Brazil) then take a 6 place penalty. It then however mean its wiped for double points day.
Also with Sauber and Caterham on 0 points. Anyone know if an 11th place in the last race is worth more than 11th place in all the others?
With all this talk about "taking a hit" before Abu Double, I'm starting to wonder if… Abu Double might actually be a very fiercely contested race, not only between the dueling Mercs, but also every other team, who will all be desperate for the points, even finishing 10th will be worth it… We could see some very interesting antics leading up to, during and even a massive fall out after the race… Pure entertainment value…. Will be interested to see the rate the race poll afterwards, I am starting to think it will be a 9 or a 10, no matter what happens.
@f1indofans if the WDC fight ends up with Hamilton and Rosberg very close before Abu Dhabi (7 points or less). and Ricciardo out of range, the WDC will be defined naturally. Don't forget that on equal points Hamilton is the champion (if he ends up having more wins than Nico, I mean).
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5 out of 5 stars
Great learning tool for intermediate students
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09-10One of the best ways to learn this language is to dive in and listen to simple, practical, and short stories along with a few definitions and explanations of the syntax and grammar of the Italian language. And that is what this audiobook offers. It is a practical and immersive listening tool that will help you see why the Italian language is really one of the easiest languages to learn, especially if you are a native English speaker.
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Enjoyable way to learn Italian.
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06-15-20How much time will you spend in your car as you commute and run errands during the next several months? How much time will you spend walking or waiting for appointments? You could be learning Italian during that prime listening time, whether you want to enjoy a vacation or retirement in Italy, position yourself for a work transfer to that European country, or impress someone by whispering sweet nothings in the language of romanceItalian Short Stories for Beginners: 20 Stories to Help You Learn to Speak Italian and Expand Your Vocabulary the Fast and Easy Way
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What we present to our curious listener, in fact, is a new and effective method to learn the language in a fun and original way, also following real, everyday life situations. What is that? Listening to short stories in the original language that we want to learn. Cool, right? Plus, we created a light and smart structure to accompany our stories to which, among other things, you can really connect5 out of 5 stars
Short time learning course
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If you want to learn Italian in less time then pay attention....
Are you sick and tired of not being able to learn Italian fast?
Have you tried endless other ways of learning Italian but nothing seems to stick?
Do you finally want to say goodbye to your tendency to "forget most of what you've studied" and discover something that works for you?
If so, then you've come to the right place.
You see, Italian is easier than it seems.
Not only will this audiobook give you the basic grammar rules, but it also has many fun exercises for you to practice.
If you've never studied Italian before or if you've studied it but you need to go back to the basics to get better, this audiobook will provide you with everything you need, especially if you are planning on traveling to Italy!
Here's just a tiny fraction of what you'll discover:
Grammar
Italian short stories
Italian phrases and words
Sounds and pronunciation
And much, much more
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
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Nice Audiobook
Another good thing is the possibility to listen to both female and male voices as well. The voices sound clear and help the stories to be nice and easy to follow. The repetition of words makes us reinforce/recall the definition and its usage.
good book
The book was interesting and it was a very interesting and not difficult book for beginners. It will help to remember new words and phrases. So I really advise you if you are a beginner in Italian to get this book.
Absolutely essential
Extremely well written and sometimes filled with wit and humor, they not only present new vocabulary in a changing and surprising context that helps remembering it, but they also provide ample opportunity for training certain aspects of Italian grammar.
I appreciate
This is an exceptional book with easy instructions to place all eleven chapters on your computer so that you may listen to each one when you wake up and again before you go to sleep. The speech is rapid but totally ITALIAN, and the vocabulary utilized is most practical and up to date.
Cool audiobook
This book offers so many features. Everything from the audio. I have been interested in learning a new language for a long time. I did take an Italian class in school but never got a handle on it because of lack of time and resources.
simply helpful
A great tool for those just getting into the language, but easily skimmed over if you already have basic fluency and want to enjoy some short stories. This is the sort of book you will come back to all the time to see how far you've come in learning Italian.
Very good stuff!
I find this kind of tool great! Because you learn the correct writing of words as well as the pronunciation from of the same.
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vicki
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Rubbish
so far I'm 4 chapters in and all the book has taught me is how to fall asleep. All it has consisted of so far has been 4 chapters of random Italian conversations with no translation into English? How are you supposed to learn when you've no idea what is being said??
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Benjamin Filip
03-05-19
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Best of several books I've bought! I'll be! Looking for similar ones. Bravo! I give it five stars. It's the perfect complement to my grammar books. Thanks!
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S. Earla
03-05-19
It was pretty but it takes time and practice
When learning a language it is very helpful to be able to speak it and this book is very useful for that. I have absolutely no experience with Italian and now I have a basic understanding to build on.
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Cora Amelia
03-05-19
Awesome book for deep learning
I love that this audiobook is not overwhelming; there are explanations for each lesson as well as vocabulary and realistic short stories to help with comprehension skills. I highly recommend using the MP3 that is included so that your pronunciation is correct as well.
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Derya
03-05-19
Incredible book
This book was great because contained a lot of great vocabulary words. I like the fact that the glossary was placed within the stories and then at the end of the stories as well.
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Delja
03-05-19
Comprehension skills
This was exactly what I was looking for to help me with pronunciation. It was easy to follow along with the text while I listened. I highly recommend this for any beginner and intermediate learners with some language experience wishing to boost their comprehension skills.
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Aalyah Abbie
03-05-19
excellent book
The Italian Short Stories for Beginners was easy to understand the translations given helped to understand the stories being told. I have never studied Italian but now I have a foundation to build on.
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James
03-05-19
I really enjoyed this book,
I loved the stories and it was helpful that are short stories with summaries at the end. Another thing that I found useful was the translation of words and phrases that are common to use from Italian to the English language.
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Kassabov Nikolay
03-05-19
fascinating
This book contained tons of information and helped me learn Italian a lot faster than just learning on my own. It was something fun and new that I could use to help me and I really enjoyed it.
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This is a perfect book for Italian learners who want to build vocabulary and push the limits of their studies. It isn't easy - I struggled through the first few stories; however, I am quickly building a vocabulary that will carry through the book and also into other sources.
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170 homes under threat from Placer blaze
FORESTHILL (AP) — Firefighters are struggling to contain a blaze that has consumed one home and forced evacuations from dozens of others in Placer County.
State fire officials on Monday said the Robbers Fire was growing on its northern and eastern edges. It was 30 percent contained.
Residents have been evacuated to a Red Cross shelter in Foresthill, and 170 homes remained under threat.
In addition to the home, four outbuildings have been destroyed by the fire, which has grown to nearly four square miles.
Twelve firefighters have been injured battling the fire, and more than 2,100 personnel are currently on scene.
Another blaze to the northwest, the Mill Fire, was 67 percent contained after charring about 46 square miles of the Mendocino National Forest.
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SAN LUIS OBISPO (AP) — Fire officials say a 750-acre wildfire on California's Central Coast has forced evacuations of about 50 homes near Highway 58 in rural San Luis Obispo.
State fire spokeswoman Tina Rose says the fire covering just over a square mile was burning in grass, brush and oak woodlands on Monday, forcing the evacuation of Parkhill Road between California Highway 58 and Seven Oaks Road.
More than 200 firefighters are battling the flames, with two helicopters, four air tankers and other equipment.
Firefighters are being challenged by the fire's location in very rough terrain.
Wind gusts up to 21 mph are being reported in the area Monday afternoon and temperatures were in the mid-70s.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dozens of firefighters battled a blaze they believe may have started with the crash of a remote-controlled model airplane.
Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Brian Humphrey says the fire just after noon Monday burned no more than 10 or 15 acres in the Sepulveda Flood Control Basin.
No structures are in the area, and the blaze was quickly contained.
Humphrey says a possible cause being investigated is the crash of a remote-controlled aircraft.
A popular flying park is nearby, but firefighters will have to find an aircraft to confirm that is what happened.
Planes flown at the park range from cheap convenience-store models to scale models of prop planes, jets and helicopters that can cost tens of thousands of dollars.
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ademics have welcomed the Bank of England's (BoE) first stress simulation of a redemption run in European investment funds, applauding its introduction of endogenous risk themes to the policy debate. Some critics, however, feel the model could go further.
The BoE introduced the simulation to work out whether the funds absorb or exacerbate financial shocks.
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44% of American adults take prescription medications the associated press reported a few years back and that number has only grown.
In 2004 Pharmaceutical companies made $200 billion in pill sales, this doesn't take into account the pills pushed illegally through the streets.
The other day I filled my first ever prescription for 'pills'. I haven't taken any yet, to be honest I'm afraid to. But I made the leap and just knowing the little pink pills are nearby comforts me in some strange way. You see I have suffered from nearly debilitating anxiety attacks in past years and always thought it was 'normal' and only a few months ago did I realize how much havoc my condition was causing in my life and business on a daily basis.
That is when i started to see a very nice lady therapist to help me with my anxiety, racing thoughts and obsessive behavior (come to find out many entrepreneurs share these characteristics). Anyways I say this not so you can feel sorry for me or judge me but because as a blogger I'm dedicated to 100% transparency (in a tactful way of course). So while looking at my little red bottle of pills shortly after I was prescribed them I was struck by the thought "entrepreneurs must adopt a pill popper's mentality to really get ahead". This sounds awful at first, but let me explain and it really makes a lot of sense…
A new analysis has found that in the majority of trials conducted by drug companies in recent decades, sugar pills have done as well as, or even better than, antidepressants.
So what can the entrepreneur draw from this statement?
Well firstly, as a culture we tend to want a quick fix. "Popping" a pill helps us alleviate pain or anxiety and the above quote would suggest that the perceived affect of taking prescription drugs does more than the real thing. As entrepreneurs we can see that creating a product that has perceived value is just as important, if not more important, than the items real value.
Example. Problem: Woman doesn't feel good about herself Solution: Woman sees ads were beautiful, happy looking women carry around Louis Vuitton bags… thus Woman perceives the value of an LV bag being very high and plops down $2500 for one.
Is the purse really worth $2500? Not at all. In material and craftsmanship its probably not worth $100. But to thousands of people around the world Louis Vuitton represents glamor, luxury and a privileged life that they are willing to pay handsomely to be perceived as part of.
Determining if your target market is a pill popping one…
What do you sell? Is it a service, product, intellectual property? Who is your target market? Have you thought long and hard about this one… if not pause and think for a moment.
Alright, now ask yourself, is my TM a pill popping demographic? Or more importantly does my target market go towards the quick fix in life or the hard work will save the soul road? This is VERY important to figure out early on, it has everything to do with your product and your marketing. Are you making a quick fix for people that like to get their hands dirty and build something from the ground up? If so they probably won't buy it. But if you are making a quick fix for a soccer mom who just wants to feel 5 pounds lighter she'll grab it in a second, because she (if you do the research) if more a part of the pill popping demographic than the I-cut-down-my-own-Christmas-tree group.
Food for thought: Do you think Louis Vuitton would sell as well if the women who bought their products had to construct the bags themselves, sow the zippers on and treat the leather?
Making your 'pill' easy to swallow
People like Xanax because it is little, easy to take and calms you down when you are feeling stressed. If a Xanax was the size of a T-bone and you had to gnaw on it for hours to get it to work do you think ANYONE would take it? Probably not… they'd move on to a pill that was easier to swallow.
So consider your product, consider your market, what can you change to make your pill easier to swallow? Should you cut costs, raise perceived value, change the packaging or re-invent your marketing?
Packaging it right & ensuring negative side effect are to a minimum
This is an often over looked part of being a business owner, service pusher or product creator. You must think of what you have to offer the world in a very logical way… what are the negative side effects associated with your offering? Is it price? the look of the item? or something perceived? Your job as the entrepreneur is to make sure your packaging is as attractive as possible, whether that means how your physical product looks or the cover of your eBook.
Keeping negative side effects to a minimum is essential in your product catching on, imagine if Apple Macbooks randomly caught on fire. People may love them and perceive them as 'cool and hip' but if they knew the downside was lighting their house on fire because of faulty tech most people would go back to their PCs.
Food for thought…
So hope that this kind of crazy, rambling blog post gave you something to chew on and just like the warnings say on the side of pill bottles… do not read my blog while driving or operating heavy machinery… it could lead to an accident
Lots of love to my entrepreneurial friends!
Maren
Robert Love
Ha, a unique analogy, brought a smile to my face.
Tanner @ Life Destiny
Wow that is a very thought provoking post.
As far as prescriptions and anxiety, I am in the same boat. I used to be anti-prescriptions for all my life but have always had incredible anxiety. It was only until a little over 3 months ago that I gave in and decided on a prescription. As far as I can tell, it has drastically changed my life for the positive. Placebo, perceived, or real, it is working and I do not feel ashamed about it.
Maren Kate
Me too! I was just thinking that today, as of right now (that post was written a week ago) I've taken two Xanax to calm my anxiety & both times I felt 100x better… I've also noticed that the rest of the week I've been really calm and more collected than normal. I think its just 'knowing' or feeling at least like I have a way to control things that does it.
Maren Kate
Glad to hear it
Adrienne
I think it makes sense – when you are selling to Americans. We are definitely a pill popping society. And marketing to that demographic is smart. But I would rather sell to those non-pill poppers (like myself) who aren't always looking for the quick fix, the quick cash, the quick burger.
ami@40daystochange
What an interesting perspective – and so true.
But what if (we think) we want blog readers/customers who are willing to do the extra work, go the extra mile, grunt it out, etc.?? That perspective makes me think I should make my blog all poinky and difficult so I know that only true devotees – the "worthy" – make it through my ramblings. But I suspect I would have no readers if I adopted that approach
So – a magic pill that my hard core readers will accept, hmmmmm. food for thought.
Maren Kate
Hey who knows, it may catch on, people like it either being hard to access or super easy… glad you liked it.
Maren Kate
That is a good market too because you can sell to them for life and they will be very loyal, people that take the harder road are willing to put in more time so they are more likely to stick with your brand longer.
Robert Love
I hope my smile didn't come across as uncaring, it was the clever analogy that brought the smile and not me laughing at panic and anxiety attacks.
I'll think before I comment in future.
Maren Kate
Oh don't worry! I didn't think that at all Don't think… just comment! lol, that is my motto!
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