text:
Why Choose NIFSE – Mumbai?
Established under the Government Registrations Act, Nagpur; NIFSE currently runs a training campus at Nara Road Jaripatka, Nagpur, which in total is spread over an area of five acres. It is also conveniently located at a distance of only four kms from Nagpur Railway Station. University Grant Commission recognises the courses (Govt. of India ), Ministry of Labour and Employment (Govt. of India), Technical Board etc. where students transform into excellent Safety Officers & Fire Safety Engineers.
NIFSE has developed itself as one of the major training colleges in India with credibility for providing first‐class health and safety training courses, with a prime concern for customer care and efficient, professional service. NIFSE is also a leader in eLearning courses, specialising in Health and Safety. We are approved by awarding bodies such as MSBTE as well as IOSH.
NIFSE – Mumbai is devoted to excellence in teaching, learning, and research, and developing leaders in many disciplines who make a difference globally.
National focus – our students come from all over India
- Residential courses– we encourage learning and development
People not profits – learning is a right not a privilege
If you prefer to study in your own time and at your own speed then one of our distance learning packages may be right up your street.


text:
Sun, July 7, 2019 – Joshua's Trust at Atwood Farm
624 Wormwood Hill Road, Mansfield CT 06268
July 7, 2019 beginning at 8:30
Join CT Plein Air Painters this Sunday, July 7, at Atwood Farm, now the headquarters of Joshua's Trust in Mansfield CT. With a beautiful white farmhouse, fruit trees, pastures. rock walls and several rustic outbuildings, this property is a wonderful location for the painter.
Joshua's trust invited us to paint Atwood Farm again this year, and they are looking forward to hosting CPAPS painters on Sunday. Thanks to John Bugden for taking pictures July 3rd, as I am on a road trip and will return Saturday, in time to attend this paint out.
Parking is to the left of the farmhouse, and our sign-up table and will be located there. The house will be open with restroom facilities.
Atwood Farm is located at the end of Gurleyville Road which begins from Rte 195 within the UCONN campus. From I-84 take exit 68 and go South on 195 then left onto Gurleyville Rd. At the intersection of Gurleyville Road and Wormwood Hill Road (Wormwood Hill Road runs between Route 89 and Route 44).
Please join me at Atwood Farm in the Quiet Corner of Connecticut. You won't be disappointed.
624 Wormwood Hill Road, Mansfield CT 06268
Sun, June 23, 2019 – Harkness Park, Waterford, CT
275 Great Neck Road, Waterford CT 06385
June 23, beginning at 9:00
Once again, we will paint at Harkness Memorial Park. Taking photos last week I found a major improvement in the gardens and grounds compared to years past. With the activities in the great lawn at least four flower gardens, and the shorelline right there, it is without doubt a wonderful place to paint. Columns, fountains, a beautiful mansion that gives tours if a wedding isn't scheduled, ginkgo trees, and many nooks and crannies that invite the painter to stop and record a fantastic resource right in our back yard.
Park policy it is that it is free to CT residents, but the same park policy says that we cannot have signage for CPAPS. I'll be away on a road trip, so this site will be without our normal sign-in table.
Harkness Memorial Park 275 Great Neck Road Waterford CT 06385
Sun, June 2, 2019 – Auer Farm, Bloomfield, CT
158 Auer Farm Rd, Bloomfield, CT 06002
June 2, 2019, beginning at 8:30 AM
A varied farm location, Auerfarm will delight any painter with exciting subject matter. Fields, fences, flowers, silos and animals provide interest and much color.
Note: The farm has an event in the pavilion so we are requested to avoid that area.
History: Today's 120-acre 4-H Education Center at Auerfarm, was deeded to the non-profit Connecticut 4-H Development Fund, Inc. in 1976. The farm is committed to growing its successful educational programs and community outreach efforts on this historic community resource.
Founded in the early years of the 20th century, Auerfarm was honored as a model farm in 1950 and was the site for the annual Connecticut Farm Conference in the late 1940's and 1950's. The driving force for the long-term success of the farm was Beatrice Fox Auerbach. Mrs. Auerbach achieved national prominence in the 1930's as the first female president of a leading department store, G. Fox & Co. Her good business sense, humanitarian work practices and philanthropic ventures left a legacy from which people benefit today.
Between the many, varying farm animals, the excited children and beautiful scenery, Auerfarm is an amazing community resource. We hope you will find yourself here, enjoying the simple pleasures of the farm atmosphere.
158 Auer Farm Rd, Bloomfield, CT 06002
Sun, May 5, 2019 – Weir Farm, Wilton, CT
735 Nod Hill Road, Wilton, CT 06897
May 5, 2019, beginning at 9:00 AM
Once again we will visit Weir Farm, a property that was conceived and developed with the artist in mind.
Please note that there is limited parking and carpooling is encouraged and appreciated. There will be parking information for CPAPS members at the sign in table.
- Stop in the visitor center and museum store, 10am to 4pm
- Enjoy free guided tours of the Weir House at 11am, 1pm, 2pm and 3pm; Weir and Young Studios open 10am to 4pm
- Plein air painters are always welcome.
This is a beautiful location and worth the drive. I hope to see you there!
735 Nod Hill Road, Wilton, CT 06897
Sun, Apr. 14, 2019 – 8:30am – Hill-Stead Museum, Farmington, CT
35 Mountain Road – Farmington, CT 06032
When Jane Zisk founded CT Plein Air Painters, her first plein air paint out location was Hill-stead museum. Now we will return to this lovely property in Farmington that offers a variety of painting possibilities, and welcomes artists painting around their grounds and gardens. Explore woodland trails throughout the scenic 152-acre estate or simply find a garden scene in the beautiful Beatrix Farrand-designed Sunken Garden.
Guidelines request that artists restrict their use of permanent materials such as acrylic and oil paints, to grassy surfaces staying away from all stone walls, bluestone paths, porches, and walkways.
Hill-Stead welcomes pets of all kinds on the property, as long as they are accompanied by owners at all times and properly leashed or restrained.
Access to the property is free; however, tours of the house with it's amazing collection of paintings is $16.00. $14.00 for seniors. Hill-Stead Museum, the 1901 Colonial Revival-style house designed by pioneering female architect Theodate Pope Riddle, is well known for its collection of Impressionist masterpieces by Monet, Degas, Manet, Whistler and Cassat.
35 Mountain Road Farmington, CT 06032
Sun, Oct. 7, 2018 – 2:00pm – 6:00pm – Hammonasset Beach Park, Madison
1288 Boston Post Road Madison, CT 06443
We painted at Meig's Point in Hammonasset Beach Park last October and it was simply fabulous! This location offers rocky shorelines, marsh meadows beginning to change color, large rocks with waves lapping onto a long curved sandy beach, all wrapped in a beautiful autumn day, (at least that's what the weather says today).
A new time: Let's try something new! It has been proposed that we try an afternoon paint, and this location lends itself to excellent afternoon light. We'll meet and sign in at the parking lot by the Meigs Point Nature Center, (see below directions), any time after 1:30 PM. Hammonasset Beach State Park closes at sunset, which is around 6:20 PM, so we can stay until 6:00 PM. We have only one more scheduled paint out, so I hope to see you there!
Meigs Point Nature Center
The Meigs Point Nature Center offers programs and activities for park visitors on a year round basis. The Center hours are 10am to 5pm Tuesday – Sunday, from March through October, and 10am to 4pm Tuesday – Saturday, from November through February. For information on programs, please contact Nature Center staff at (203) 245-8743. To visit the Nature Center, bear to the left at the access road rotary, go halfway around the rotary and follow the signs toward Meigs Point. The Center is on the left across from the Meigs Point bathhouse. Parking is available near the building.
Hammonasset Beach Park, 1288 Boston Post Road, Madison, CT 06443
Sun, Sep. 23, 2018 – 9:00am – Comstock Ferre, Wethersfield
Comstock Ferre, 253 Main Street, Wethersfield CT
Comstock Ferre, 253 Main Street, Wethersfield CT
Sun, Sep. 9, 2018 – 9:00am – UCONN Avery Point
Article from the Sea Grant Website: Habitat walk, paint-out bring artists to Avery Point
Photos by Judy Benson
Nine members of the Connecticut Plein Air Painters Society visited UConn Avery Point on Sept. 9 at the invitation of Connecticut Sea Grant. The event is part of Sea Grant's efforts to reach out to new groups during its 30th anniversary year celebration. The morning began with a habitat walk around the campus, led by Judy Preston, Sea Grant's Long Island Sound outreach coordinator. She talked about the history of the campus as well as the rocky shoreline, marsh and island habitats visible from campus. After the walk, the painters fanned out across the campus for a plein air paint-out, using oils, water colors and sketching materials. Works created during the paint-out are tentatively scheduled to be displayed on campus at a later date. More information about the event can be found here.
UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT Avery Point Campus
1084 Shennecossett Road
Groton, CT 06340
CPAPS has been invited to participate in Connecticut Sea Grant's 30th year by painting the beautiful shoreline landscape offering rocks, waves, beach, distant islands, sailboats, and some truly spectacular architecture. An exhibition will be held later in their gallery of the paintings from this location, so this is a paint out that should not be missed.
There has been full publicly for this celebration so I expect a well attended event. (Bring cards and perhaps a couple of small paintings?) Outreach Coordinator Judy Preston will lead a free, 30-45 minute informative walk about the marine habitats visible from campus 9:00 AM. a perfect opportunity for scouting locations as well as the knowledge gained from the experience.
I plan on placing our sign-in table close to the Welcome Entrance on the East side of Branford House, where restrooms are available as well as a gallery accessed from the elevator to the second floor. If that changes I'll send additional information.
From their press release:
- From the west (New Haven, New York) – Take I-95 N to exit 87 Clarence B. Sharp Hwy/CT-349 toward US-1 (1.9 mi). At the second set of stoplights, take a right (you will see a sign here for the University of Connecticut at Avery Point). At the next corner and set of lights, take a left. Follow this road for several miles, straight, past Pfizer and the Shennecossett Golf Course. Shortly after the golf course you will come to the entrance on the right side for the University (big blue sign) just before a sharp curve.
From the north (Norwich, Worcester) – Take I-395 S to exit 5 (left side exit) toward CT-32/New London (0.4 mi). Merge onto Montville Connector (0.9 mi). Slight right at CT-32/Mohegan Avenue Parkway; continue to follow CT-32 (3.3 mi). Merge onto I-95 N/US-1 N via the ramp to Providence/Groton (1.7 mi). Take exit 87 Clarence B. Sharp Hwy/CT-349 toward US-1 (1.9 mi). At the second set of stoplights, take a right (you will see a sign here for the University of Connecticut at Avery Point). At the next corner and set of lights, take a left. Follow this road for several miles, straight, past Pfizer and the Shennecossett Golf Course. Shortly after the golf course, you will come to the entrance on the right side for the University (big blue sign) just before a sharp curve.
- From the north (Norwich, Worcester) – Take I-395 S to exit 5 (left side exit) toward CT-32/New London (0.4 mi). Merge onto Montville Connector (0.9 mi). Slight right at CT-32/Mohegan Avenue Parkway; continue to follow CT-32 (3.3 mi). Merge onto I-95 N/US-1 N via the ramp to Providence/Groton (1.7 mi). Take exit 87 Clarence B. Sharp Hwy/CT-349 toward US-1 (1.9 mi). At the second set of stoplights, take a right (you will see a sign here for the University of Connecticut at Avery Point). At the next corner and set of lights, take a left. Follow this road for several miles, straight, past Pfizer and the Shennecossett Golf Course. Shortly after the golf course, you will come to the entrance on the right side for the University (big blue sign) just before a sharp curve.
Avery Point Campus, 1084 Shennecossett Road, Groton, CT 06340
Sun, Aug. 26, 2018 – 8:30am – Mashamoquet Brook State Park
276 Mashamoquet Road. Pomfret, CT 06259
Mashamoquet park is located just past Rte. 97, a truly scenic road connecting Brooklyn to Woodstock. Anyone traveling south from Rte 44 will find We-Like-it Ice Cream, some say the best ever.
- From the east/(Providence, RI): Take Route 6 west onto Route 101 west. Go west on Route 101 through Dayville until it ends at Route 44 in Pomfret. Continue straight ahead onto Route 44 west for approximately 1 mile, Mashamoquet Brook State Park is on your left.
- From the west/(Hartford): Take Route 84 east, Exit 69. At the end of the exit ramp, take a right onto Route 74 east. Go east on Route 74 until it ends. At the end of Route 74, take a left onto Route 44 east for approximately 10.9 miles, Mashamoquet Brook State Park is on your right.
- From the south/(Norwich): Take Route 395 north, Exit 41. At the end of the exit ramp, take a left onto Route 101 West. Stay on Route 101 until it ends at Route 44. Continue straight ahead on Route 44 west for approximately 1 mile, Mashamoquet Brook State Park is on your left.
I'm so happy to discover this location again, after completing a winter painting here a few seasons ago. If you like painting water, running fast and slow, with rocks and rapids juxtaposed with a quiet pond with children on the shore, this is your site!
I hope to see you there!
Paint Out Chair,
Shauna Shane
276 Mashamoquet Road. Pomfret, CT 06259
Sun, Aug. 12, 2018 – 8:30am – Mohegan Park
Mohegan Park, Norwich CT
CPAPS Paint Out at Mohegan Park, Norwich CT August 12, beginning at 8:30 AM:
This park offers a variety of painting possibilities including
- A swimming area teaming with children in the water and on the beach,
- a large fountain next to arched trellises supporting climbing roses,
- and a small inlet leading to a red footbridge (my favorite spot).
The website lists the address as Mohegan Park Road, Norwich. (Main parking by the swimming area).
Also, John Edwards Drive/Wilderness Rd, Norwich CT
https://goo.gl/maps/p5KULGwerZn (brings you to the lot closest to the red bridge)
The link above will take you to the parking lot closest to that bridge, and the included map indicates a drop off point right next to the inlet.
There is also a parking area following signs to the rose garden, with bathroom facilities in a park building.
I hope to see you there!
Also of note in Norwich; many of you are familiar with the Slater Museum's collection of plaster cast reproductions of European sculptures including the Winged Victory. They never fails to impress and are wonderful to draw. The museum's website indicates the gallery is open on Sundays from 1:00 till 4:00 PM.
Paint out Chair, Shauna Shane

subset: commoncrawl


text:
IOM3 builds links with Ebbw Vale schools and industry
Above: Staff and students at Coleg Gwent with Martin Cox and Mel Warrender.
President of IOM3 Martin Cox and Membership Development Manager Sarah Boad visited Ebbw Vale in November, to hear about a successful student placement at Tata Port Talbot in October. Two students from the local FE college, Chris Harris and Jordan Thomas, were sponsored by IOM3 to undertake the placement for 10 days. They have been given free student membership of IOM3.
They visited The Works museum, which is run by volunteers from the Ebbw Vale Metallurgical and Historical Society (EVMHS) and Coleg Gwent, the local FE college. Mel Warrender, Chair and Past President of the EVMHS, joined Martin and Sarah on their visit.
Martin Cox said 'Ebbw Vale has a tremendous history, heritage and retained knowledge of materials and materials related processing industries; it has taken foresight and vision to come to terms with the cessation of steel production evidenced by preservation of its past and investment in education.'
IOM3 is looking to support Ebbw Vale as it builds links with companies, bodies and institutions that will contribute to further creating and promoting opportunities for Blaenau Gwent.
The Tata steel student placement initiative may have been on a small scale, but successful completion of the pilot opens the way to its future expansion, and early exposure to industry for students as they consider their career options.
I would like to thank staff at Tata Port Talbot, staff and students at Coleg Gwent and EVMHS for their assistance in putting these placements together and I look forward to working with everyone again in 2018 as we put together a scheme for more placements next year.


text:
Wednesday, August 14, 2019
How Music Makes the World Happy
Analysis Memory Cost In the last 30 years, the need for hard drives to be capable to hold more memory has been on a very fast rise. This Is due to our operating systems that are larger and the fact that more people needing or wanting to use computers more. Technology has grown so much. 20 years ago only about half of us had computers in our homes. Today almost everybody has at least 1 desktop and 1 portable. We keep pictures of our children on computers, have more programs to use in everyday life, control our finances, do school work, our Job has a need for computers, and love to play games ND use the internet.Every day these things take up more and more memory storage. The last time researchers hit a limit for expanding memory was 2005. We take this fact, that there are limits, for granted. That every now and then there is a limit that cannot be topped. Researchers say that that limit again Is going to reached somewhere around 2013-2015. There Is a new technology for the HAD (hard d isk drive) called the HAM (heat-assisted magnetic recording). This will bring massive storage growth and raise the Industry way beyond 100 TUB. Currently there is a 100 TUB hard drive. When will it be commercially available?After researching several charts I would say in about 5-10 years. At this point the average person would not even need this much memory and the price would be extremely expensive. So I am going to say in about 5-10 years we will meet supply and demand on a 100 TUB hard drive. Ten years from I am predicting that I could buy a 8 TUB hard drive for around $100 dollars. I cannot get a very educated guess on this because the all the history charts on this vary. But I took what I could buy today and used Morel's law and came up with an 8 TUB hard drive will cost about $100 dollars In the year 2023. And that Is If we even use HAD at that time.
Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)


text:
Earlier this month Intel open-source driver developers posted the initial graphics enablement for Icelake, the "Gen 11" graphics coming after the yet-to-be-launched "Gen 10" Cannonlake processors. The latest patches in this series have now been published for allowing initial Icelake display support.
Unlike past hardware enablement patch series for previous generations of Intel graphics where the complete series has been posted at once, with Icelake they are rolling out the support upbringing in phases as they are ready and cleared for release. The code earlier this month was just some of the basic upbringing bits for Intel Gen 11 graphics and that followed with the PCH patches while now they are onto being able to light-up a display output.
Posted a short time ago were 17 patches for the Intel DRM kernel driver to allow for basic display initialization, albeit at this time these patches are incomplete. These latest patches can be found on intel-gfx.
It's likely we will find preliminary support for Icelake onboard graphics with the Linux 4.17 cycle (not the upcoming 4.16) but will likely take at least a few kernel releases before the support is all ironed out, which should be fine since it likely won't be until well into 2019 when these Icelake processors become available.


text:
Word reaches us of something a little bit different in town for the Centenary of Canberra Children's Festival:
Biami, a local production specially commissioned for the Centenary of Canberra children's festival, is a cross-country collaboration between a Wiradjuri man from central western NSW and a Noongar playwright and poet from Western Australia.
Co-creator Duncan Smith, who hails from the Dubbo region, is a professional performer and visual artist well known in Canberra for his traditional and contemporary art and for his work with the popular dance group The Wiradjuri Echoes.
Maitland Schnaars, who plays Biami, is a Noongar man and graduate of the WA Academy of Performing Arts who co-founded international theatre company Corazon de Vaca.
"Their collaboration resulted in Duncan developing Biami into an interactive theatre and dance performance as part of the Centenary's Indigenous cultural program," said Adam Stankevicius, the Centenary's General Manager.
"It will be performed several times a day at Kids, Creatures and 100 Harlequins in Glebe Park this Friday and Saturday, and the company hopes to remount it for future touring.


text:
Tag heuer replica quality watches have evolved aesthetically over the past three decades
While the tag heuer replica quality watches have evolved aesthetically over the past three decades through a sequence of subtle adjustments -it has managed to retain its immediately recognizable character and style. For military use, the Breitling can be equipped with a transmitter which broadcasts on the military frequency. The Swiss adventurer had previously visited Myanmar in 1998 during another attempted round-the-world trip in the Breitling Orbiter 2 balloon.
Breitling Zwitserland heeft aangegeven dat de productie van de Navitimer begon in 1952, maar wij zijn er van overtuiging dat de eerste Navitimers beschikbaar waren in 1954. With a water resistance of up to 3,000 metres, the Avenger Seawolf doesn't have to be shy about any comparisons to the diver watches from Rolex or Omega. Breitling sponsored the Orbiter 3 project, which in 1999 became the first balloon to completely orbit the Earth without landing.


text:
Portland's future hinges on seven critical components, voted KPL members who attended our May meeting. They range from the city's parks and scenic views to its public schools.
For each topic, Tim and I have listed current strengths and weaknesses (our parks are spectacular but underfunded) and upcoming threats and opportunities (increasing damage from storms, but chances to extend our trail system). We also consider how Keep Portland Livable can help thwart the threats and exploit the opportunities.
Taken together, these factors form a status report on where our city stands and how we may fare in the coming years. It will depend on leadership in and out of City Hall and citizen activism such as ours.
The seven topics voted most important in rank order are:
- Stewarding the City's scenic beauty and access to it
- Maintaining a full range of social classes in the city
- Retaining small businesses and creating new jobs
- Supporting the quality of social life in neighborhoods and access to social services to those in need
- Improving multi-modal transportation
- Preserving the city's past
- Enhancing public schools
Fleshed out with opportunities for improvement and threats of decline they are:
#1 … (15 votes) – Stewarding the city's scenic beauty and access to it (physical and visual access to water and our numerous natural resources, prevalence of street trees, enhancing quality of parks and open space)
- Strengths
- Ocean, lagoon, and rivers – The city is embedded in salt and fresh water—the ocean, the harbor, Back Cove, the Presumpscot, Fore, and Stroudwater rivers and their estuaries.
- Parks and trails – The City has a large, varied and magnificent set of parks, cemeteries, conserved land, and trails, which include nationally renowned water views and extended shoreline access to the water.
- Tree-lined streets – In many neighborhoods there are tree-lined streets.
- New ordinance – A newly strengthened park ordinance protects city parks and urban spaces.
- Stewardship – Friends groups support initiatives in most of the major parks and cemeteries, from raising money, staffing programming, and designing improvements.
- Opportunities
- Trails – Portland Trails is extending city trails to link with those in surrounding towns. The East Coast Greenway connects the city to the rest of the Atlantic coast and soon the Mountain Division Rail Trail will connect the city to the Appalachian Trail in the White Mountains. Then, four thousand miles of trails will join in Portland!
- Land Bank –The city's Land Bank continues to acquire natural open space land.
- Open space initiative –The current open space initiative of the Trust for Public Land and Portland Trails promises to provide new perspectives on our existing park system and means for extending and better supporting it.
- View referendum – A possible citizen's initiative to protect highly scenic views.
- Weaknesses
- Park maintenance – City maintenance of parks is bare-boned and buried inside the Department of Public Services so that leadership is low-level, the actual level of service is unknown, and open space needs compete with sewers, roads and other infrastructure even within its own department.
- Land Bank funding – The Land Bank is receiving relatively little money for acquisitions.
- Parks Commission authority – The Parks Commission is only advisory to the City Council.
- Paucity of trees – Downtown lacks trees due to few sites and premature deaths due to poor planting and winter snowplow injuries.
- Threats
- Pro-development bias – The City Council and Planning Board are so pro-development that scenic views, access to water, and other open space benefits are at risk.
- Weather impacts – Climate change will increasingly decimate woodlands (microbursts, diseases, droughts), close more trails and cemetery roads (washouts, seawall collapses), and make being outdoors less pleasant (extreme heat and winds).
- Funding cuts – The governor's broad-ranging attacks on city finances combined with the city's need to rebuild several schools, and City Hall's focus on costly social services and other needs will all but assuredly cut funding for open spaces in the coming years.
Potential roles for KPL
- Broadcast and advocate for measures identified by the Trust for Public Land study when they are reported out later this year.
- Inform and advocate for new planting methods and more sites for downtown street trees.
# 2 … (13 votes) – Maintaining a full range of social classes in the city (income mix, ethnic diversity, and affordable housing)
- Strengths
- Diversity – Two city neighborhoods—East Bayside and the West End – have the most diversity of any in the state, with dozens of languages spoken in each.
- Housing stock – The city has a wide range of housing types, new and old.
- Tolerance – Across classes, races, and sexual orientation, the city is well known for its tolerance and inclusivity.
- Opportunities
- Housing road map – In January 2015, a city-commissioned report on worker housing listed steps the city could take to increase the availability of housing available for average wage-earners in the city.
- Inclusionary zoning – The city has drafted an inclusionary zoning ordinance that would obligate developers of market-rate housing to include affordable units.
- Portland Housing Authority – The Portland Housing Authority manages 1,000 units of affordable housing, but has not developed new units in 30-40 years. Nonetheless, it has granted land to an architect to design 40 affordable units (which won a national, funded contest), hired a housing developer specialist, received higher density zoning on one of its parcels, and appears poised to start building new housing.
- Weaknesses
- Housing scarcity – Because of the desirability of living in Portland and the scarcity of new housing, apartment rents and housing costs have been rising markedly year to year.
- Unaffordable rents – Average rentals and housing costs are already well above what the average Portland family can afford.
- Unaffordable new house prices – New housing is considerably more expensive than existing housing.
- Supply lag – Even if the city adopted all recommended measures, the demand for affordable housing would not be met. Last year Avesta, nonprofit housing developers, had 300 affordable units to offer versus 3,000 requests for housing.
- Threats
- High end bias – Developers in Portland are now creating primarily expensive housing. This has multiple negative impacts:
- New expensive housing creates more demand for service workers needing housing affordable to median incomes. Increased demand increases rents and costs of existing housing.
- Expensive units take up more space and thus create fewer units than cheaper units would.
- Politically, increased numbers of wealthy retirees and childless couples will put pressure to hold down the tax rate to levels lower than can provide for strong schools or city subsidized housing.
- High end bias – Developers in Portland are now creating primarily expensive housing. This has multiple negative impacts:
Potential roles for KPL
- Inform and advocate for the measures for creating affordable housing.
- Inform about the costs associated with high-end housing – lost space for workforce housing, fewer units added, increased demand for middle-class housing, thus higher rents for all.
# 3 … (12 votes) – Retaining small businesses
(artists, young entrepreneurs, crafts industries [e.g., boatbuilders], bookstores, a working waterfront, and generating new good-paying jobs)
- Strengths
- Maine's economic engine – The greater Portland area has one-quarter of Maine's population, one-third of its jobs, yet one-half of the state's income.
- Industriousness – The city has a history of artisanal and craft work, entrepreneurship, and small independent businesses.
- Port – The city is the largest US port north of Boston.
- University – A major branch of the University of Maine, USM, is based here.
- Research institutions – Other research institutions—The Gulf of Maine Research Institute, Maine Medical, Idexx – are based here or nearby.
- Commitment – The city and area businesses are committed to growing businesses in the city and its suburbs.
- Opportunities
- City-wide linkages – New four-year, stronger mayor form of city government instituted in 2012 allows for creation of a long-term, citywide, coordinated strategy for generating new jobs between the city, the research institutions, the business community and nonprofits.
- Young entrepreneurs – Entrepreneurial 30-somethings are attracted to the underused industrial buildings in Bayside and East Bayside to start new ventures in walkable neighborhoods and a city center of cuisine and culture.
- Weaknesses
- Jobs growth strategy – The lack thus far of an overall, long-term agreed-upon strategy for job development.
- Jobs outflow – In the past 10 years, as many as 2,000 jobs have migrated from the city to the suburbs.
- Overfishing – This has hollowed out traditional waterfront uses. Climate change is exacerbating the depleted sea-stock.
- Ill-planned business park – The most expensive city initiative to date created a "Life Sciences Business Park" with fast broadband connections. But it was built on the dispersed-lot, isolated setting model of the 1970s and thus has attracted only one tenant in 2-1/2 years—an insurance company. Even if fully occupied, the business park requires car commuting and encourages workers to live in less expensive, nearby suburbs.
- Fragmentation – A half dozen entities—Creative Portland, the Economic Development Office, the Chamber of Commerce, the Portland Corporation—work in this arena each with one or two employees, a fractured landscape that would be much more effective if all working under a single roof.
- Threats
- Unaffordable housing – The rising cost of housing and building space generally is pushing artists and artisans to seek cheaper housing and workspaces in Westbrook, Biddeford and elsewhere outside the city.
- USM defunding – The major research institution—USM—has been hollowed out and lacks stable or metropolitan-focused leadership to partner with the city to help generate new jobs.
- Multiple crises – Politically, the crisis in social services, the fight over parks and development, and the costs and focus of renewed schools distract from the critical necessity of generating new, good paying jobs to keep middle-class people in the city and make housing more affordable.
Potential roles for KPL
- Inform about initiatives for generating new, good-paying jobs.
- Jobs and the economy are complex topics—many players, moving parts, long-term strategies, difficult to access real-time statistics—requiring expertise to report, especially in laymen's terms.
- It is difficult even for City Hall insiders or the Chamber of Commerce to have great impact, except in the long term, for job creation.
# 4 … (11 votes) – Supporting the quality of neighborhood social life (in the streets, overall safety of the city) and access to social services to those in need
- Strengths
- Neighborhood stability – Neighborhoods are generally cohesive and safe.
- Residents' associations – Every neighborhood has a neighborhood association, more than a dozen citywide.
- Opportunities
- Incremental growth – Adding residents to India Street and Bayside neighborhoods in new buildings constructed incrementally at neighborhood-appropriate scales.
- Weaknesses
- Legacy of "urban renewal" – The weakest neighborhoods are those decimated by "urban renewal," Bayside and India Street.
- Social service overload – Bayside's lack of residents is exacerbated by the clustering of regional social services there.
- Threats
- "Silver bullet" mentality – The City Council's continually failing strategy favoring a single, silver-bullet mega-development for ramping up city population and property values.
- Conflicts over funding – The underfunding of the city will cause squabbles among neighbors unless a concerted effort at broad-based conversations is pursued by government, NGOs, businesses and individuals.
- Social breakdown – Underfunding of social services will also leave more people without adequate support on the streets, leading to more dysfunctional and criminal behavior.
Potential roles for KPL
- Advocate for neighborhood-scale development in all parts of the city.
- Engage in broad-based coalitions for assuring adequate social funding.
- Neighborhood associations are better positioned to advocate for appropriate scale development in each neighborhood, but KPL can advise on methods and approaches.
- Social agencies are better informed and better advocates for sustaining needed funding for the poor and disabled.
# 5 … (7 votes) – Improving multi-modal transportation
(buses, safety of cycling, improved sidewalks, light rail?)
- Strengths
- Complete Streets policy – The city has passed a Compete Streets policy that mandates that all street changes provide for all users, not car dominated.
- Metro improvements – The new general manager of Metro, Gregory Jordan, has already begun moving the bus system to a mainstream not a marginal system—transporting public school students, coordinating with other local systems, rationalizing bus stop locations, increasing frequency, serving night entertainment spots, adding realtime GIS and station LED boards.
- Cycle friendliness – A citywide system of Neighborhood Byways, bike lanes, and shared lanes for cyclists is being implemented.
- Opportunities
- Thompson Pt subsidies – The Thompson Point development is expected to offer subsidies for shuttle service between downtown, the ferries, and the Transportation Center.
- Narrowing arterials – Narrowing major arterials—Marginal Way, Franklin Street, Spring Street—in coming years will humanize the peninsula's streets.
- Weaknesses
- Inadequate sidewalks – Underfunding for sidewalks may be countered by developer's work along adjacent streets.
- Fragmented bus system – Refusal of bus systems in neighboring towns to become part of a single system will miss economies of scheduling and scale.
- Tram system economics – The city lacks the population to develop a tram system.
- Threats
- Political gridlock – Gridlock at state and federal levels and no-new-taxes attitude at all levels may threaten to delay efforts to humanize streets downtown and throughout the city.
Potential roles for KPL
- oc CommitteeInform about initiatives for humanizing streets and advancing multi-modal transportation. Core members of KPL are on the Portland Bike-Ped Advisory Committee and the Complete Streets Ad Hoc Committee.
- METRO has its own board, and is thus somewhat insulated from outside influences.
- Complete Streets has been bogged down due to lack of staff, underfunding.
- Transforming streets occurs block by block—West Commercial here, East Anderson Street there, Greenleaf Street yonder—which requires support neighborhood by neighborhood.
# 6 (tie) … (7 votes) – Preserving the city's past (architectural, maritime, neighborhood)
- Strengths
- Neighborhoods: The City has more intact 19th Century neighbor-hoods than all but one or two cities on the Eastern seaboard.
- Preservation ordinance: The city's Historic Preservation Ordinance is strong and has worked well for the last 25 years.
- Economic development: Historic preservation is a major basis for the city's attraction of tourists and new residents.
- Opportunities
- Peninsula's East End: Adding the India Street neighborhood to local historic districts now under consideration would extend preservation to the east end of the peninsula.
- Zoning rules: New zoning rules make more existing housing lots and traditional development styles conforming.
- Weaknesses
- Pro-development bias: The Planning Board and City Council are in favor of few constraints on development.
- Waterfront constraints: The working waterfront is compromised by the lack of fish landings.
- Threats
- Out-of-scale projects: The attractiveness of Portland makes every neighborhood a potential target for disruptive, out-of-scale development.
- Gentrification: The incremental impacts of uniformly upscale developments may fundamentally change gentrified neighbor-hoods.
Potential roles for KPL
- Inform about initiatives for new historic districts or other preservation efforts.
- It's hard to have serious influence beyond Greater Portland Landmarks' consistently good work.
# 7 (tie) … (6 votes) – Enhancing public schools.
- Strengths
- Public schools: City schools are essentially good centers for education for most students.
- Community centers: Schools serve as strong neighborhood centers.
- Opportunities
- Rising tax revenues: Development may provide adequate tax revenues to sustain a good school system.
- Upgrading physical plant: Rebuilding/renovating physical plants in the next few years may upgrade educational opportunities.
- Leadership: Good educational and financial leadership may improve school offerings.
- Weaknesses
- Enrollment: A shrinking enrollment and a disproportionate number of low-income students may challenge the system.
- Threats
- Underfunding: Underfunding of the city may underfund schools.
- Declining support: New retiree residents and childless couples may undermine political support for good schools.
- Aging schools: Aging schools make delivery of learning difficult.
Potential roles for KPL
- Affecting school curricula, budgets, or physical plants is difficult because of their size, complexity, separation from the rest of city structure, and lack of transparency.
Other Topics Mentioned:
- The city's humanistic tradition / cultural institutions
- An engaged citizenry (willing to fight City Hall)
- Culinary culture
- The city's geographic compactness
- The friendliness and eye-contact of residents
- The vibrancy of the city


text:
(888) 201-9056
Mon–Fri 8am–5pm CST
Tech Support
Shopping Cart
Same Day
Create Login
On Most Brands
Click Here >
Get in Touch Today >
Expert Remote
Get Help Today >
Bulk Discounts
& Bid Pricing >
Become an
IP Phone Warehouse
Qualify for Discounts &
Volume Incentives >
The Quintum AFM400 gateway is part of Sonus' AF series gateways. This telephony device is ideal for small businesses and home offices, allowing them to leverage existing equipment with support for carrier-grade VoIP. The Quintum AFM400 gateway can support IVRs and up to four concurrent calls.
SIP support and a 1U form factor allow this gateway to fit into your existing open source infrastructure. The gateway is also easy to manage via the web-based GUI, which includes alarm and call monitoring for advanced administration.
We're a fully independent wholesaler so you can count on us for unbiased advice.
Dedicated account managers, volume discounts, white label services, and more.
No gray market here: we're fully authorized to sell and support our products.
256-bit SSL encryption protocols protect you and your information.
Contact us before a sale, after a sale, whenever. Certified experts will help you.
Simplify your business. Let us take care of storage and shipping.
We configure endpoints to integrate with your VoIP systemno work for you.
Flexible: use the payment method that works for you.
Copyright © | Privacy Policy | Terms


text:
Me and the girls
You know how much I love to discover new brands and if they are natural, it is way better ! Today, let me introduce you to Me and the girls ! Me & the Girls offers simple, organic beauty solutions for all women regardless of age, ethnicity, or skin type. They use all natural certified organic ingredients to promote a healthy body and naturally enhanced beautiful skin. Also the brand is engaged in the « Hope bag mission », a social initiative that supports non-profit organizations that house and recover survivors who are rescued from human trafficking throughout the country.
I tried their Mini trial and travel set as well as some of their other products and I was very pleased and in love with every single one of them !
Mini trial and travel set
This set is so cute ! You've got 7 mini products inside a beautiful pouch. It is the perfect fit if you want to try the product before buying the full sized, it really introduces you to the Me and the girls products.
So inside the pouch you've got mini versions of :
- Limonum Sugar Body Scrub : this scrub smells soooo good ! I love the way it scrubs my body and let it smooth and revive !
- Lavandula Revive Foot Scrub : a perfect treat for my poor feet ! It is the special treatment I love to give them after a long day walking and standing at work. It really improved my feet and they are like rested after it !
- Lavandula Revive Foot Softening Creme : perfect after the foot scrub, it is very moisturizing and complete the treat !
- Moon™ Anti-Aging Night Facial Moisturizer : a balmy texture and once again a super amazing scent. I love this product that pampers my skin before bedtime !
- Moon™ Beauty Serum : This is more an oil than a serum to me, but whatever, I love it ! The scent is amazing, it absorbs very fast in the skin and dry without any greasing sensation afterwards.
- Bar Beleza Multi-Use Beauty Bar : see my detailed review below.
- Lip Combo Moisturizer : see my detailed review below.
- a Bamboo spoon
This set is amazing and it is also TSA approved !
Bar Beleza Multi-use beauty bar
This product is a winner. This bar beleza is a multi-use product that you can use as :
- a moisturizer
- a non foaming oil cleanser
- a makeup primer
- for dry and cracked skin
- for mild skin irritations
- for sensitive skin
- as a night moisturizer
I also use it after the removal of my hair legs to stop the irritation and it works so well ! One of the super nice point of this product as well as the efficacy is the scent which is truly amazing! Also you can bring it everywhere with you because of its solid shape. A winner I told you !
Sugar lip scrub and Mentha revive lip moisturizer
This duo is made to give you beautiful and flawless lips ! The sugar lip scrub is a little bit surprising the first time you open the product, because of its color, a very dark brown sugary texture. Once again, the scent is truly nice and the formula is perfect. Just use a small dab at a time and gently scrub your lips, rinse and apply some lip moisturizer lipstick on top for a perfect supple pout.
I'm really glad I had discovered this brand because I love every single one of the products I tested ! It is a lovely concept and the products are great quality (products are made without water, which eliminates the need for harsh preservatives or chemicals)
Mini trial set, Bar Beleza, Lip scrub and some other great products are available at meandthegirl website. Retail prices : Mini trial set $64 / Bar Beleza $42 / Lip scrub $18


text:
Chris James: What Went Right for the 2017 Colts
2017 was not the year the Colts expected with a fairly talented roster. Matters weren't helped by Andrew Luck being unable to play a down during the season. So, what went right for the Colts in 2017?
A trade was made sending Phillip Dorsett to the New England Patriots in exchange for quarterback, Jacoby Brissett. Brissett did an adequate job in his first start against the Cardinals nearly pulling off an overtime victory. The next was his best of the season posting a QBR of 94.3 on the way to a 31 – 28 victory over the Browns. A rookie RB also emerged as Marlon Mack flashed the talent that got him drafted in the 4th round. We didn't get to see much of Mack as the Colts made a point to get Frank Gore as many yards as possible near the twilight of his career. Mack possesses the speed and quickness that the next HC will covet.
Brissett is an important addition when Andrew Luck's injury history is taken into consideration. A spot starter of his caliber can move the team forward in Luck's absence much like Case Keenum in Minnesota. This should give Colt fans comfort as the team moves on to 2018.
Follow Chris on Twitter @cjflorida9
Gene Clemons: What Went Wrong with the 2017 Colts
Andrew Luck was injured and since we still don't understand what really happened, his rehab was apparently mismanaged and they lost him for the season. In the minds of the Colts front office, coaches, and fans the season was lost and they performed as such.
After wasting the opening game with Scott Tolzien the Colts stabilized their QB situation with Jacoby Brissett. The problem was early on they treated him like a stopgap guy and by the time they realized Luck wasn't returning, it was too late to make a playoff run.
The same offensive issues that plagued Luck reared its head with Brissett under center. The offensive line play was shaky and injured most of the season. The receivers were inconsistent and the defense had a difficult time holding leads.
Head coach Chuck Pagano shouldered the blame for a front office not properly preparing for a season without Luck and it became evident early on that this would be his last season in Indianapolis. News like that routinely ends with a top five draft pick.
Follow Gene on Twitter @geneclemons
Brandon Howard: Grading the Colts 2017 Rookies
Indianapolis Colts: B-
Malik Hooker has Ed Reed potential and he displayed his range as a center-fielding safety prior to tearing his ACL and MCL in Week 7 versus the Jacksonville Jaguars. Cornerback Quincy Wilson is a smart player whose football instincts and football intelligence make up for what he might lack in raw athleticism. The Colts fourth-round pick is now a member of the Cleveland Browns but with their second fourth-round pick they selected running back Marlon Mack who has the potential to be an every-down running back in the NFL. Fifth-round pick Nate Hairston was the surprise of the bunch posting 34 tackles and intercepting Marcus Marriota in Week 6.
Follow Brandon on Twitter @bhoward_81
Turron Davenport: Where Do the Colts Go From Here?
The Colts are another team that is moving on from their head coach. Some are connecting Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh to the team that he once played for. While that seems like a chapter from a fairy tale book, it's definitely possible.
If Harbaugh is their guy, they will surely keep Andrew Luck as their quarterback whenever he is fully recovered from his injury. The franchise will have a decision to make on Luck. Do they want to trade him to a team that is desperate for a quarterback, which would net a first round pick and more?
Jacoby Brissett gave them a chance to win despite trademark poor offensive line play and not getting to Indianapolis until September. Having Brissett in place instead of Luck seems like a crazy thing, but let's not forget Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels is a candidate for the head coaching job in Indianapolis.
McDaniels and Brissett were together in New England before Brissett was traded to the Colts. Either way, Indianpolis needs to invest in the offensive line. They can do so early in the draft by taking Notre Dame guard Quenton Nelson. Nelson immediately helps the running game and will improve the pass protection.
Some will say No. 3 overall is too high to take a guard, but looking at the grand scheme of things, the pressure that quarterbacks hate the most comes from the inside. Guess which position is directly responsible for not giving up interior pressure?
Indianapolis could also use a pass rusher as well as a cornerback to bolster the defense. The draft should yield a talented pass rusher with their high pick each round. They could make a play for a free agent such as Malcolm Butler or Trumaine Johnson if they become available.
Follow Turron on Twitter @TDavenport_NFL
What We Thought About the Colts Entering the 2017 Season


text: The Empire Knight Ebony Chessmen 4.5 inch£316.96 Add to BasketBuy Now with PayPal Elegant take on the classic Staunton design. Imperious 4.5 inch King. Two additional Queens. Beautifully ornate. Perfect for a 21.7 inch board. Handcrafted from solid wood and weighted for perfect balance, these Empire Knight chessmen have the look and feel of pure luxury. The king stands at 4.5 inches and whilst quite simple in design, the sleek shank, wide base and decorative finial make up an imposing leader. The bishop and rook too are elegantly simplistic but it is the knights that steal the show in this set. Exquisite and intricate detail in not only the mane but the bone structure and facial features make this chess piece more of an ornament. If you need a board for these beautiful pieces, we have matched it with a 21 inch Palisander board to create The Empire Knight Ebony Palisander Chess Set Product SpecificationsKing Height: 4.5 inches (11.43 cm)King Base Diameter: 1.9 inches (4.83 cm)King Weight: 87 gramsPawn Height: 2.5 inches (6.35 cm)Pawn Weight: 34.6 gramsPawn Base Diameter: 1.5 inches (3.81 cm)Weight: 2.2 kgMaterials: Ebony, BoxwoodNumber of Queens: 4


text:
"Nothing brings the holiday spirit like a 6-foot-2, Jesus-lookin' Santa rippin' a funk lead guitar and stomping about the stage."
Musician Kyle Wilson's Facebook post is a fun — and right on the money — description of a Santa Claus suit-wearing Ryan Chrys, who, with steel guitarist Bradley Weaver and acoustic guitarist Bill Nershi, opened Sing It To Me Santa, a wild and super-fun holiday concert that Libby Anschutz, in cooperation with KBCO and Take Note Colorado, started three years ago to fund music education in the Denver Public Schools.
This year, sponsorships alone generated $200,000.
Chrys and Weaver are members of the outlaw country band Ryan Chrys and the Rough Cuts; Nershi is a founding member of String Cheese Incident, and the three were part of a bill that also included performances by The Record Company, Isaac and Anna Slade, Vine and Anschutz's band, Tracksuit Wedding.
The Record Company is a Los Angeles-based trio that has opened for John Mayer, Trombone Shorty and B.B. King. Rolling Stone included The Record Company on its 2016 list of "10 New Artists You Need to Know," and the band's debut album, "Give It Back to You," has been nominated for a Grammy.
Isaac Slade, of course, is the lead singer of The Fray; he married Anna in April of 2006 and they have collaborated on several recordings, including the Hymn Project.
In addition to the musical acts, Sing It To Me Santa also included a VIP reception where folks like Gov. John Hickenlooper, who helped start the event that "raises the roof for music education in the Denver Public Schools," enjoyed cocktails and hors d'oeuvres before crowding around the stage at the packed-to-the-rafters Ogden Theatre.
Others joining in the fun were Sage Hospitality's Walter Isenberg and his wife, Christie, the founder and president of Amp the Cause; Hickenlooper's senior adviser, Jamie Van Leeuwen; Michael Niyompong, chief operating officer at Clayton Early Learning; Ferd and Christy Belz; Maria Trujillo; Tay Hamilton; Karen Radman; Gwenette Campbell; Jodi Dyce and Chuck Morris, the chief executive at AEG Live Rocky Mountains.


text:
Trigger Skate Julien Cudot now available on Be-Mag Shop!
French powerhouse Julien Cudot finally get his first pro skate from new Trigger brand! Besides the obvious emphasis on performance, his signature Rainbow model offers the best comfort: the boot is composed of 2 hand-stitched leathers, and the liner is padded with 2 different forms of densified foam.
After years of developing their first mold, the Trigger Skate brand finally hits the stores worldwide! The independent project has already welcomed French prodigy Julien Cudot to their team, and their first Rainbow model puts an emphasis on both the performance and the great comfort of the skate!
|Add Comment


text:
Ok SERIOUS! Blow your fucking nose, its disgusting and GROSS not the mention totally revolting that every 3 seconds your sniffing. And trying to talk to customers on the phone. Get some fucking class!!
Oh and honey the clearing your throat is JUST AS FUCKING DISGUSTING when I can hear the phlem get swallowed.
Your a sick pig!!
Ok I am done


text:
Pop From Jason Derulo, Pitbull, Camila Cabello
Earn public performance royalties alongside some of today's biggest names in pop music!
N/Atheoretical IRR
Auction Closed
Historic royalty income is no indication of future royalty income. Future royalty income is dependent upon future sales and licensing revenue generated by the sound recordings or compositions associated with this listing.
|Starting Price:
|Bidding Increment:
|Closing Price:
|End Date:
|Feb 07, 2020, 3:00 PM MST
|Dollar Age:
2.78 Years
|Last 12 Months' Royalties:
|Investment Term:
|Life of author + 70 years
|Rights Included:
Public Performance
|Interests Included:
Songwriter (World)
|Track List:
|First Distribution (paid 30 days from receipt):
March 20, 2020
|Distribution Frequency:
|Buyer Fees:
1% of closing price or $500 (whichever is greater)‡
‡ Become a Royalty Exchange All Access Investor to waive auction fees and enjoy additional exclusive benefits.
What rights are included?
|Musical Composition
|Sound Recording
|Copyrights included?
|Internet Streaming, AM/FM & Satellite Radio, TV/Film/Commercial Performances, etc.
|Internet Streaming, Satellite Radio, Digital Downloads, CD Sales, TV/Film/Commercial Placements & Performances, Samples, etc.
This global pop offering includes songs from some of pop's hottest artists: Pitbull, J Balvin, Camila Cabello, Jason Derulo, Maroon 5, Rita Ora, Chris Brown, and many more!
Thanks to this catalog's global appeal, 89% of earnings came from overseas. Some 123 countries contribute to these results, which has increased significantly in recently reported revenue. The United Kingdom and Germany are the top-contributors with over a third of royalties in the last 12 months.
Released in 2017, "Tip Toe," from Jason Derulo and hip-hop artist French Montana is the highest-earning track in this catalog — accounting for 54% of last year's income. The song was a global hit and is one of Derulo's biggest commercial singles to date. The track charted in 22 separate countries and is Gold-certified or better in five, including Platinum in the United Kingdom.
Another noteworthy single is "Hey Ma" featuring Pitbull, Colombian singer J Balvin, and Cuban-American singer Camila Cabello. Earnings for the 2017 release remain stable to date. The song is off The Fate of the Furious soundtrack and has an English and Spanish version. "Hey Ma" was nominated for Best Urban Song at the 2017 Latin Grammys and debuted at No. 5 on the Hot Latin Songs, marking Pitbull's highest entry ever on the chart.
Rounding out the top titles are Rita Ora's 2015 "Body On Me" (the catalog's second-highest earning song to date), "Not Too Young" from Swedish gospel vocalist Sabina Dbumba, and "Say My Name" from Swedish pop singer Tove Styrke. The catalog also includes 2017's "Whiskey," a collaboration between Maroon 5 and ASAP Rocky.
Key Drivers
Star Power. Not surprisingly, the global star power within this catalog is an attractive feature. From Pitbull to J. Balvin to Jason Derulo to Camila Cabello — these are multi-Platinum-selling artists with a proven track record of hits, loyal fan bases, and mainstream appeal.
Pitbull has sold over 100 million records worldwide and touts No. 1 singles in 15 different countries. J Balvin has won four Latin Grammy Awards, collaborated with Beyoncé, Pharrell Williams, The Black Eyed Peas, and Cardi B, and still, maintains focus on his Latin fanbase. Camila Cabello has amassed billions of streams on streaming platforms and had the best-selling digital single of 2018 according to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI).
As these artists continue to gain in popularity and release new songs/albums and tour, this can help boost their back catalog.
Streaming Growth Worldwide. According to IFPI'S Global Music Report 2019, streaming revenues were up 34% in 2018, accounting for nearly half (47%) of total recorded music revenues. By the end of 2018, there were 255 million users of paid subscription accounts globally.
This is good news for you as the investor, as 89% of this catalog's income comes from what is noted as "international" which denotes royalties earned outside the United States including income from streaming platforms.
International Earnings. The majority of this catalog's earnings come from abroad — at 89% of last year's income. International royalty distribution can lag behind domestic payments and arrive with limited detail. These international earnings include income from radio, streaming platforms, and TV/Film. As the winner of this auction, you'll be entitled to any past performance royalties paid by BMI, regardless of when they were earned.
About the Royalty Distributor
Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) is one of four United States performing rights organizations, along with ASCAP, SESAC & Global Music Rights. It collects license fees from music users on behalf of songwriters, composers, and music publishers and distributes them as royalties to those members whose works have been performed. For more information on BMI's distribution schedule, click here.


text:
Where to go
When To Go
Must See
Flavors of Pakistan
Get started
Visit Peshawar Museum
The Peshawar Museum was founded in 1907 in memory of Queen Victoria. The two-story building features an amalgamation of British, South Asian, Hindu, Buddhist and Mughal Islamic architectural styles. Originally, there was only one main hall. Two halls were added in 1969-70. In 2004-05, an additional block was completed with two galleries, two halls for the reserve collection, offices for the provincial directorate of archaeology, a conservation laboratory and a cafeteria. The original building was renovated during that time.The current collection has almost 14,000 items based on Gandhara, Greco-Buddhist, Kushan, Parthian, and Indo-Scythian life.
Examples include art, sculptures, coins, manuscripts, statues, ancient books, early versions of the Holy Quran, weapons, dresses, jewelry, Kalash effigies, inscriptions, paintings of the Mughal and later periods, household materials and pottery, as well as local and Persian handicrafts.Peshawar Museum has one of the largest and most extensive collections of Gandhara art of the Buddhist period and is considered to be one of the biggest collections of Buddhist objects in the world. The museum also contains the largest collection on Gautama Buddha. Buddhist stone sculptures, terracotta figurines, and other Buddhist objects. The display of Gandhara Art in the main hall includes Buddha's life stories, miracles, worship of symbols, relic caskets, and individual standing Buddha sculptures.
Some of the best works are the Mughal Islamic metal artifacts in bronze and silver, the calligraphic specimens and scrolls that date as far back as 1224.This gallery mainly consists of items displaying the culture and life of the major tribes of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, and the Kalasha Desh located in the far north of the province, where a small tribe of animists called the Kalash live. The museum exhibits cultural items of the Kailash Valley. Exhibits also include swords, daggers, spears, long bows, recurve bows, arrows, shields, muzzle-loading guns, revolvers, pistols and gunpowder boxes.
The ethnological objects of that period are also exhibited in the museum.The Peshawar Museum has 8,625 coins, 4,510 of which are pre-Islamic. The main interest of the museum's numismatic collection is that the coins were recovered from archaeological sites, including: Shah-Ji-Ki-Dheri, Shari Bahlol, Takht-i-Bahi and Jamal Garhi. The collections of Bactrian Greek, Indo-Greek, Indo-Scythian, Indo-Parthian and Kushan coins have been published.This gallery exhibits wooden facades of mosques, ancient Arabic and Persian inscriptions, fine Multani tiles and ceramics, and the dresses and weapons of Syed Ahmad Shaheed Barailvi and numerous ancient leaders.


text:
Politico's Mike Allen included the PRWeek Power List in the July 2 Playbook, highlighting Washington leaders in the headline. He cited Wal-Mart's Leslie Dach, Citigroup's Ed Skyler, Burson-Marsteller's Mark Penn, Facebook's Elliot Schrage, the White House's Stephanie Cutter, and the Chamber of Commerce's Tom Collamore.
Tell us what you think of the list. Did we miss someone? Is it too-agency focused? What do you think of Steve Jobs being listed with Apple VP Katie Cotton?


text:
Antimicrobial resistance is the resilience of pathogenic bacteria to antiobiotic drugs through adaptation and mutation, thus rendering these antimicrobials useless in fighting disease. Dr. Susan Sanchez, professor of infectious diseases in University of Georgia's College of Veterinary Medicine and chair of UGA's One Health Initiative, has stated that antimicrobial resistance is a major issue that cannot go unnoticed. In fact, the World Health Organization has declared it a major threat to human development.
Antibiotic resistance remains a concern in our food supply,our water, and in our pets. On farms, antibiotics have been banned from promoting growth in livestock and are required by federal law to be used only with veterinary oversight. Previous studies conducted by Dr. Brent Credille, assistant professor of beef production medicine, and UGA's Poultry Diagnostic and Research Center have highlighted on antibiotic-resistant bacteria found in Georgia calves and poultry.
Antibiotic resistance researchers affiliated with UGA may speed up our understanding of how this issue works and determine how to alleviate this problem by better utilizing antibiotics on farms and in society.


text:
Mother's Day is a lovely day to celebrate the important woman in your life but it can often be difficult to know what gift to buy. We asked Samio for her top three gift ideas this Mother's Day, all for under £35. You can Click & Collect these to a CollectPlus Point near you.
Sterling Silver Circle Ring £17.50 at M&S
Stackers Mini Jewellery Box £20 at John Lewis
PiP Studio Royal Teapot £35 at John Lewis
March 21st 2019 - by @CollectPlus


text:
Search for missing Argentine submarine continues
Search for missing Argentine submarine continues
A little over a year after it disappeared, Argentina's navy has announced that searchers have located a submarine that went missing with 44 crewmen aboard.
The TR-1700 class sub ARA San Juan was detected at a depth of 800 metres in the Atlantic Ocean, off the Valdes Peninsulain Argentine Patagonia, on Saturday.
The vessel disappeared on November 15 last year and extensive missions to locate it have been under way since, with help from the international community.
Until now, the sub's fate was unknown due to its diversion from a routine mission just before it disappeared.
El #MinisterioDeDefensa y la #ArmadaArgentina informan que en el día de la fecha, habiéndose investigado el punto de interés N°24 informado por Ocean Infinity, mediante la observación realizada con un ROV a 800 mts de profundidad, se ha dado identificación positiva al #AraSanJuan— Armada Argentina (@Armada_Arg) November 17, 2018
But officials confirmed today hat a remote-operated submersible from the American ship Ocean Infinity, which was hired for the latest search effort, has found the submarine.
A "positive identification" has since been carried out, the navy said.
#ARASanJuan #LaBúsquedaContinúa Actualización: La empresa informó nuevo punto de interés en el Sitio 1 área 15A-4, a 800 mts de profundidad. El punto de interés tiene una dimensión de 60 mts de longitud. Hora de arribo al área para iniciar investigación 19:00 hs aproximadamente. pic.twitter.com/l5k8p8Zjye— Armada Argentina (@Armada_Arg) November 16, 2018
The news comes just days after families of the missing submariners held commemorative services in Argentina to mark one year since the submarine vanished.
There were emotional scenes at a navy base at Mar del Plata — the lost vessel's intended destination 12 months ago — as officials gathered with loves ones to mourn.
With the sub at a spot so deep in the ocean, it could be impossible to ever know what happened to it.
However, in an interview with news.com.au last year, naval analyst James Goldrick, a former senior officer and leader of the Australian Defence Force Academy, speculated that something more than a communications failure prevented it from surfacing.
In its final communication, the submarine reported it had overcome a mechanical breakdown that resulted from a short circuit due to the entry of water via the vessel's snorkel.
The sub was built in 1983, just after the Falklands War and Argentina's navy has very little money and a fleet of just three submarines, but it has "been hanging on to its subs by its fingernails", Mr Goldrick said.
Submarines usually have indicator buoys that appear at the surface if a sub goes down, but with the vessel being so old, it's not know what its capabilities were.
The fleet was modernised between 2007 and 2014 to extend its use by about 30 years, but Argentina has been plagued by economic problems since the Falklands War.
If a compartment of the submarine has caught fire or flooded, "it gets very tricky to survive", Mr Goldrick said.
Wild rumours have swirled in the past several months, including that the vessel was being chased by the British and Chilean military around the time of its disappearance.
The sister of a sailor on bord released messages received in the days prior that spoke of "a lot of movement" in what was meant to be a routine mission.
"It was that weird message in which he told us he was looking for a British helicopter and a Chilean ship, but unfortunately we did not continue with that conversation, he stayed there. That was the last message," Jessica Medina said.
In his messages, the sister said her brother told her the ARA San Juan was sailing close to the Falklands — referred to as Malvinas by Argentina — on November 3.


text:
Scrabble & Words with Friends Word Unscrambler
Definition of Akvavits
1 Definition of Akvavits
The definition of akvavits, the meaning of word Akvavits
Is akvavits a scrabble word? Yes!
- n.- Scandinavian liquor usually flavored with caraway seeds
1 Synonym of Akvavits
Akvavits is worth 18 points in Words with Friends and 20 points in Words with Friends
There are 8 letters in akvavits: A A I K S T V V


text:
mounting arrangements
Cylinder mounting is determined by the application. Two basic types are shown in Figure 5.14. The clamp of Figure 5.14a requires a simple fixed mounting. The pusher of Figure 5.14b requires a cylinder mount which can pivot.
Figure 5.15 shows various mounting methods using these two basic types. The effects of side loads should be considered on non-centerline mountings such as the foot mount. Swivel mounting obviously requires flexible pipes.
cylinder dynamics
The cylinder in Figure 5.16a is used to lift a load of mass M. Assume it is retracted, and the top portion of the cylinder is pressurized. The extending force is given by the expression:
To lift the load at all, F must be greater than Mg + f where M is the mass and f the static frictional force.
The response of this simple system is shown in Figure 5.16b. At time W the rod side of the cylinder is vented and pressure is applied to the other side of the piston. The pressure on both sides of the piston changes exponentially, with falling pressure P2 changing slower than inlet pressure P1, because of the larger volume. At time X, extension force P1A is larger than P2a, but movement does not start until time Y when force, given by expression 5.6, exceeds mass and frictional force.
The load now accelerates with acceleration given by Newton's law:
It should be remembered that Fa is not constant, because both P1 and P2 will be changing. Eventually the load will reach a steady velocity, at time Z. This velocity is determined by maximum input flow rate or maximum outlet flow rate (whichever is lowest). Outlet pressure P2 is determined by back pressure from the outlet line to tank or atmosphere, and inlet pressure is given by the expression:
The time from W to Y, before the cylinder starts to move, is called the 'dead time' or 'response time'. It is determined primarily by the decay of pressure on the outlet side, and can be reduced by depressurizing the outlet side in advance or (for pneumatic systems) by the use of quick exhaust valves (described in Chapter 4).
The acceleration is determined primarily by the inlet pressure and the area of the inlet side of the piston (term P1A in expression 5.6). The area, however, interacts with the dead time – a larger area, say, gives increased acceleration but also increases cylinder volume and hence extends the time taken to vent fluid on the outlet side.
Leakage from a hydraulic or pneumatic system can be a major problem, leading to loss of efficiency, increased power usage, temperature rise, environmental damage and safety hazards.
Minor internal leakage (round the piston in a double-acting cylinder, for example) can be of little consequence and may even be deliberately introduced to provide lubrication of the moving parts.
External leakage, on the other hand, is always serious. In pneumatic systems, external leakage is noisy; with hydraulic systems, external loss of oil is expensive as lost oil has to be replaced, and the resulting pools of oil are dangerous and unsightly.
Mechanical components (such as pistons and cylinders) cannot be manufactured to sufficiently tight tolerances to prevent leakage (and even if they could, the resultant friction would be unacceptably high). Seals are therefore used to prevent leakage (or allow a controlled leakage). To a large extent, the art of de- signing an actuator is really the art of choosing the right seals.
The simplest seals are 'static seals' (Figure 5.17) used to seal between sta- tionary parts. These are generally installed once and forgotten. A common ex- ample is the gasket shown in a typical application in Figure 5.17a. The O ring of Figure 5.17b is probably the most used static seal, and comprises a molded synthetic ring with a round cross-section when unloaded. O rings can be specified in terms of inside diameter (ID) for fitting onto shafts, or outside diameter (OD) for fitting into bores.
When installed, an O ring is compressed in one direction. Application of pressure causes the ring to be compressed at right angles, to give a positive seal against two annular surfaces and one flat surface. O rings give effective sealing at very high pressures.
O rings are primarily used as static seals because any movement will cause the seal to rotate, allowing leakage to occur.
Where a seal has to be provided between moving surfaces, a dynamic seal is required. A typical example is the end or cup seal shown, earlier, in Figure 5.9a. Pressure in the cylinder holds the lip of the seal against the barrel to give zero leakage (called a 'positive seal'). Effectiveness of the seal increases with pressure, and leakage tends to be more of a problem at low pressures.
The U ring seal of Figure 5.18 works on the same principle as the cup seal. Fluid pressure forces the two lips apart to give a positive seal. Again, effective- ness of the seal is better at high pressure. Another variation on the technique is the composite seal of Figure 5.19. This is similar in construction to the U ring seal, but the space between the lips is filled by a separate ring. Application of pressure again forces the lips apart to give a positive seal.
At high pressures there is a tendency for a dynamic seal to creep into the radial gap, as shown in Figure 5.20a, leading to trapping of the seal and rapid wear. This can be avoided by the inclusion of an anti-extrusion ring behind the seal, as in Figure 5.20b.
Seals are manufactured from a variety of materials, the choice being deter- mined by the fluid, its operating pressure and the likely temperature range. The
earliest material was leather and, to a lesser extent, cork, but these have been largely superseded by plastic and synthetic rubber materials. Natural rubber cannot be used in hydraulic systems as it tends to swell and perish in the presence of oil.
The earliest synthetic seal material was neoprene, but this has a limited temperature range (below 65 °C). The most common present-day material is nitrile (buna-N), which has a wider temperature range (–50 °C to 100 °C) and is currently the cheapest seal material. Silicon has the highest temperature range (–100 °C to + 250 °C) but is expensive and tends to tear.
In pneumatic systems viton (–20 °C to 190 °C) and teflon (–80 °C to +200 °C) are the most common materials. These are more rigid and are often used as wiper or scraper seals on cylinders.
Synthetic seals cannot be used in applications where a piston passes over a port orifice which nicks the seal edges. Here metallic ring seals must be used, often with the rings sitting on O rings, as illustrated in Figure 5.21.
Seals are delicate and must be installed with care. Dirt on shafts or barrels can easily nick a seal as it is slid into place. Such damage may not be visible to the eye but can cause serious leaks. Sharp edges can cause similar damage so it is usual for shaft ends and groove edges to be chamfered.


text:
Researchers uses different methods for administering the survey in research. They can administer the survey in a structured manner or a non-structured manner. In the survey, you do not have the opportunity to ask face-to-face questions from your audience. This makes you dependent on the filled out questionnaire forms that your respondent will return. A well-planned survey provides you with all the …Read More »
Types of Observation in Social Science Research
There are two types of observation in social science research: participant observation and non-participant observation. The purpose of both types of observation is to collect primary data from the respondents or sample. What is observation? In social science research, the researcher can collect data using various sources: primary or secondary and sometimes there are tertiary sources as well. Observation is …Read More »


text:
Nursery Closure Procedure
In the event that the nursery has to close due to adverse weather conditions or for circumstances beyond our control we will follow the following procedures:-
Parents will be notified of any nursery closure via the nursery website, Facebook or a text message. Please make sure we have all current contact details.
In the event that parent/carers do not have internet access or a mobile phone, any closure will be broadcast on BBC Radio Cumbria.
Should weather conditions deteriorate during the nursery session you will be contacted via a text message or telephone.


text: Intact Software Iconography. By Sarah Slattery | Published May 11, 2018 | Full size is 901 × 116 pixels Intact Software Map & Icons Intact Software Book Design, close up of page spread. Intact Software Iconography. Sweet Design Studio is a communications and creative agency, specialising in branding, packaging and graphic design that can help you grow your brand.