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Wesley Wayne Neu was born on June 22nd, 1930 in Block, Kansas, child of Albert and Sophia Neu. The Neu family moved from Block to the area of Newton, KS, where he attended school and worked with the family farming. The family then later relocated to an area southwest of Topeka, KS, with dairy and family farming as their primary occupation. Wesley entered the United States Air Force in December, 1950 and served until 1954. He was stationed at Hickam Field in Honolulu, Hawaii. He was an A&E Mechanic, promoted to the rank of Flight Engineer, and also was put in charge of organizing a squadron of C-54 aircraft. His primary duties included scheduling this squadron to fly the wounded soldiers from the Korean War back to Hickam Field for medical treatment. After his military service he moved to Kansas City, KS, where he met and married Gloria Noah on September 13, 1960. They established their home in Basehor, KS, and raised their 5 sons. Wes and Gloria established Neu Plumbing and Heating Company in 1961. In 1996 they reorganized the company and established Heartland Plumbing and Heating with two of their sons. Gloria was secretary and treasurer until her illness in 1998.
Wesley was a member of Hope Lutheran Church and School, The Basehor Historical Society, the Basehor VFW Post #11499, Member of the National Register Who's Who in Executives and Professionals. He was also a past member of the Basehor Chamber of Commerce and Basehor Gold Pride. He was an avid sports fan of K-State, car races, basketball, and football games.
Wesley is preceded in death by his wife Gloria in February 2002, his parents Albert and Sophia Neu, sister Dema Norcross, two brothers Deltan and Virgil Lee, and daughter Arlene Bliss Neu.
He is survived by one brother Weldo (Joanne of Carbondale, KS), sister-in-law Donna Neu (Topeka, KS), and brother-in-law Brenner Norcross (Coeur d' Alene, Idaho). Additionally, his five beloved sons including Gregory (daughter-in-law Joyce of El Dorado Springs, Mo.), Kelly, Rick, Doug, and Duane, all of Basehor. He also derived great enjoyment from the blessing of four grandchildren, and ten great granchildren.
Wesley Wayne Neu lived his life deeply devoted to the Lord, and his family. His passing on February 15, 2012 will be remembered as the day he entered God's Kingdom, and joined his beloved wife Gloria in eternal Peace.
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Red Hat Reports First Quarter Results
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- First quarter subscription revenue of $372 million, up 18% year-over-year
- First quarter operating cash flow of $165 million, up 16% year-over-year
Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced financial results for its fiscal year 2015 first quarter ended May 31, 2014.
Total revenue for the quarter was $424 million, an increase of 17% in U.S. dollars from the year ago quarter, and 17% measured in constant currency. Constant currency references in this release are as detailed in the tables below. Subscription revenue for the quarter was $372 million, up 18% in U.S. dollars year-over-year, or 17% measured in constant currency.
"Our strong start to FY15 is a direct result of our ability to consistently deliver meaningful value to enterprise customers," stated Jim Whitehurst, President and Chief Executive Officer of Red Hat. "We now count 94% of the Fortune 500 and 90% of the Fortune Global 500 as customers. These are some of the most sophisticated IT organizations in the world, and many continue to increase their purchases from Red Hat to modernize their IT infrastructure with cloud enabling technologies. As evidence of this demand and Red Hat's strong market position, we closed a record number of first quarter deals of a million dollars or more."
GAAP operating income for the first quarter was $51 million, down 10% year-over-year. After adjusting for stock compensation, amortization expenses and transaction costs related to business combinations, as detailed in the tables below, non-GAAP operating income for the first quarter was $88 million, up 2% year-over-year. For the first quarter, GAAP operating margin was 12.0% and non-GAAP operating margin was 20.8%.
GAAP net income for the quarter was $38 million, or $0.20 per diluted share, compared with $40 million, or $0.21 per diluted share, in the year ago quarter. After adjusting for stock compensation, amortization expenses and transaction costs related to business combinations, as detailed in the tables below, non-GAAP net income for the quarter was $64 million, or $0.34 per diluted share, as compared to $62 million, or $0.32 per diluted share, in the year ago quarter.
Operating cash flow was $165 million for the first quarter, as compared to $142 million in the year ago quarter. At quarter end, the company's total deferred revenue balance was $1.27 billion, an increase of 20% on a year-over-year basis. Total cash, cash equivalents and investments as of May 31, 2014 was $1.40 billion after repurchasing approximately $80 million, or approximately 1.6 million shares, of common stock in the first quarter.
"Our global sales organization continued to execute at a high level during Q1, leading to double digit growth in every region. This execution, combined with the cross-selling of our expanded portfolio of innovative technologies, contributed to organic subscription revenue growth of 18% and operating cash flow growth of 16%, all of which were above the high-end of our guidance," stated Charlie Peters, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Red Hat.
Additional information on Red Hat's reported results, including a reconciliation of the non-GAAP adjusted results, are included in the financial tables below. A live webcast of Red Hat's results will begin at 5:00 pm ET today and can be accessed by the general public at Red Hat's investor relations website at http://investors.redhat.com. A replay of the webcast will be available shortly after the live event has ended.
Forward-Looking Statements
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READING, Pa., Jan. 11, 2016 — Penske Logistics today announced it is collaborating with Automotive Logistics magazine as the Premier Sponsor of the Automotive Logistics Mexico 2016 Conference that is being held January 26-28, 2016, in Mexico City.
"We have been operating in Mexico and serving automotive manufacturers and their suppliers in Mexico with logistics and supply chain solutions for more than 20 years," said Michael Casidy, Managing Director of Mexico for Penske Logistics. "Given the auto industry's anticipated growth in Mexico, this conference and its topics are timely and highly relevant for senior executives."
In addition to Penske's sponsoring of the Gala Dinner and being an exhibitor, the company's presence will include:
Conference attendees include top automotive OEMs, tier-one automotive suppliers, government officials, and logistics service providers in an educational forum to discuss key trends, case studies, idea sharing and professional networking.
"Like the whole global industry, we've followed and reported on the huge expansion of Mexico's automotive sector, and last year were delighted to introduce its own dedicated supply chain and logistics conference, stated Louis Yiakoumi, publisher of the Automotive Logistics group. "With the support of leading players like Penske, we hope that this year's event can continue to contribute to fixing the challenge of creating a world-class supply chain to go with the country's world-class automotive investment."
Penske Logistics is a wholly owned subsidiary of Penske Truck Leasing. With operations in North America, South America, Europe and Asia, Penske Logistics provides supply chain management and logistics services to leading companies around the world. Penske Logistics delivers value through its design, planning and execution in transportation, warehousing and freight management. To learn more visit www.PenskeLogistics.com. Penske Logistics on social media: Move Ahead Blog, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube.


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""Speak softly and carry a big stick, you will go far.
|—Teddy, quoting an ancient African proverb
""Death had to take him sleeping, for if he was awake there'd have been a fight.
|—Vice President Thomas R. Marshall, when Teddy died
Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt (October 27, 1858–January 6, 1919) ("The good Roosevelt. The one who shot bears--not the cripple." - P.J. O'Rourke) was the 26th President of the United States (September 14, 1901–March 4, 1909), and before that a New York State Assemblyman, Governor of New York, deputy sheriff in the Dakota Territory, Police Commissioner of New York City, U.S. Civil Service Commissioner, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army, and Vice President of the United States. Whew!
He also drank a gallon of coffee a day and got in a knife fight with a cougar. He had the knife, not the cougar.
In his time[edit]
One of TR's major accomplishments was the passage of the Antiquities Act and the creation of the United States Forest Service, which allowed the National Park System to work. It should be noted that Roosevelt's view of conservation was that it meant saving the land for efficient use, rather than simply for the purpose of saving it. This, along with the Hetch Hetchy dispute, led to a major gulf between Roosevelt and the Sierra Club. Which is a pity, because he was one of the best allies that they have ever had in the Oval Office.
Roosevelt was an avowed imperialist, often locking rhetorical horns with Mark Twain in the national media concerning the American presence in the Philippines.
In 1912, Roosevelt was angry about the direction that his successor, William Howard Taft, had taken the Republican Party and the nation in. The main point of argument between them was that Roosevelt was of the liberal progressive wing of the Republicans, while Taft was of the conservative wing. The progressive Republicans were something of a hodgepodge of ideologies consisting of reformist economic centrism which was essentially welfare capitalism, stronger regulations on social issues, and strong support for civic nationalism ("Americanism"), with some light-populism and conservatism thrown in for good measure. Consequently, he ran as a third-party candidate for President under the Progressive Party ticket (commonly known as the "Bull Moose" party) to oppose Taft. His 1912 run remains the only third-party Presidential run of the 20th century to beat one of the established "first parties" (in this case, the Republicans), mostly due to the fact it was simply his wing of the Republican Party under a new name, which also meant that Taft became the first (and only) incumbent President to place third in an election, winning 23.2% of the vote and only two states (Vermont and Utah), and proving why viable third parties never last long in American politics, TR's Bull Moose run split the GOP and allowed Democrat Woodrow Wilson to get elected President with 41.8% of the vote.
Modern views[edit]
In modern times, especially in online circles,[1] TR has been transformed into a memetic badass and archetype of manliness on the scale of Chuck Norris, only minus the radical right-wing politics. One of his most famous moments was when, on his way to giving a speech, he was shot in the chest by a would-be assassin (the bullet was slowed to well-short-of-deadly velocity by his eyeglass case and the folded-up speech in his shirt pocket). Instead of looking for a doctor immediately (that he wasn't spitting blood told him he could afford to delay, and he didn't want to risk suffering the same fate James Garfield had and his predecessor William McKinley had[2]), he delivered the ninety-minute speech first, with the opening line of:
""Ladies and gentlemen, I don't know whether you fully understand that I have just been shot; but it takes more than that to kill a Bull Moose.
As it would have been more dangerous to remove, the bullet stayed lodged in his chest over the rest of his life. JFK was such a wimp; a real man would shove his brains back in and keep on going.
TR was a firm believer in practicing what he called the Strenuous Life to stay healthy, taking up boxing, tennis, hiking, rowing, polo and horseback riding. After his presidency, he went on a questionable safari trip in Africa, and in 1913 he charted the Amazon tributary known as the River of Doubt (now known as the
RIVER OF UNQUESTIONABLE CERTAINTY Roosevelt River). Roosevelt's leg became infected, which unfortunately compounded with the damage done by the impacted bullet, ruining his health.
Teddy the evil socialist exists in the same realm as Alternate Universe Woodrow Wilson, which means he doesn't actually exist unless it's in the minds of the rabidly right-wing. This version of Theodore Roosevelt wanted to destroy capitalism, establish an anti-democratic proto-fascist state, and somehow contributed to both democratic socialism and Nazism. Teddy the evil socialist is a very popular character among the
usual suspects Heritage Foundation,[3] Glenn Beck, and other wingnut Republicans/libertarians who demonstrate how far the Republican Party has drifted to the right in modern times.
External links[edit]
See also[edit]
|For those of you in the mood, RationalWiki has a fun article about Teddy Roosevelt.
- Spanish-American War
- Franklin D. Roosevelt, his fifth cousin
- Gary Johnson seems to consider himself some sort of second coming of Teddy (just don't tell Gary about Teddy's economic policies... or foreign policy... or anything really).
- ↑ such as Cracked.com
- ↑ Dying from infection caused by attempts to remove a bullet that likely would've been harmless if left alone, sort of. In Garfield's case, several doctors inserted their (unwashed) fingers into the wound to try and find the bullet (as was standard practice), more or less guaranteeing a nasty infection.
- ↑ Although returned to the Republican fold, Roosevelt continued until his death in January 1919 to press for Progressive reforms that would move the country closer to the social democracies of Europe. That was his goal, and it has remained the goal of Progressives ever since.


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Clinical Forum Teams work extensively with industry, healthcare organisations, academia regulators to link stakeholders and to facilitate the development of the environment for electronic clinical research. We have conducted surveys, developed tools, built an extensive base of knowledge of information relevant to the successful implementation of eClinical solutions.
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New Working group formulated in April 2019, joint with EUCROF, with members from Pharma, CRO, Investigator and Software Vendor.
Team of professionals from US, Europe and China who are interested in discussing all aspects of ePRO Data Changes with the intention of writing a white paper that will be released to industry. This team began in June 2019 and anticipate release of a white paper in 1Q 2020.
In May of 2018 the EMA invited 12 representatives from industry to discuss technical issues concerning the use of computerised systems for clinical research, including representatives of EUCROF and the eClinical Forum.
EUCROF and the eClinical Forum decided to collaborate on a position paper describing industry best practices and recommendations on several topics. An invitation to participate was then extended to all other representatives from industry who had participated in the meeting with the EMA and the majority of them have decided to collaborate on the position paper either as co-authors or as reviewers. One of the primary focuses is Archiving and Decommissioning.This group met again with the EMA in June 2019.
The EMA plans to release an eSystems Guideline (to replace the EMA Source Reflection Paper) by the end of 2019
With increased focus on data integrity from regulators, the routine use of audit trail review as a tool is required. This team will explore and provide guidance on what is the recommended scope for review, provide definitions, determine 'what' data (and in what part of the data lifecycle) should be reviewed with an audit trail vs other data integrity controls and finally recommend 'how' an audit trail review should be conducted (frequency, visualizations, exception reports etc). A white paper will be released to eCF members by end of 1Q 2020 with the anticipation of releasing it to the public by 3Q 2020.
The PI Signature task force is evaluating regulations and guidances that pertain to principal investigator signatures on study data and materials and will be making recommendations to the members of the eClinical Forum regarding issues surrounding different approaches to handling PI signatures. A paper on this topic was released to members in Spring 2018. The group continues to discuss PI in the realm of all areas of eClinical.
This group provides expert evaluation of regulatory guidances from Europe, North America and Asia Pacific so that the impact on Clinical Research and eCF operations such as system criteria can be assessed. Consolidation of review comments via this group ensures that the eCF can respond efficiently to regulatory agency timetables for return of comments. A major deliverable from the REG is the "eCF Requirements" which is a set of statements, all based on regulatory documents from FDA, EMA, PMDA, MHRA and ICH that make up the minimal requiements a system that is originating or managing data for clinical research must adhere to. The eCF Requirements are released once/year to the eClinical Forum member companies. Previous years eCF Requirements may be released into the public realm. eCF Member companies are using the eCF Requirements to assist in system evaluations, RFIs and other regulatory and audit actvities. Each eCF Member company may have one representative on the REG team. Member companies believe that the time saved by using the eCF Requirements (rather than evaluating all the regulatory documents from different authorities on their own without this guide) justifies the cost of the eClinical Forum membership.
See "Downloads" section of this website for the public release of the "eCF Requirments" document. eCF members can contact email@example.com for a current version of this document.
In June 2013 representatives of the eClinical Forum participated in a meeting with the EMA GCP Inspectors working group (IWG) to discuss specific concerns, interpretation of requirements and possible solutions relating to data transcribed to electronic data collection tools in clinical trials and the requirement for investigators to keep a contemporaneous and independent copy of the eCRF. Key messages covered: a) The existence of a contemporaneous, independent copy of the eCRF under the exclusive control of the investigator is a requirement irrespective of the media used, b) The eCRF has to be considered as source even when data is transcribed from source records, c) Some of today's EDC solutions may not completely address the regulatory requirements and the industry should move to compliance.
The eClinical Forum has now set up a task force to establish guidance and clarification as to how a trusted third party hosted web-based EDC system can provide a regulatory compliant solution. The scope of the project includes technical aspects of the solution, contractual arrangements and clarification of the tasks and responsibilities of the sponsor, investigators, the third party hosting provider and CROs. The EMA regulatory requirements for investigator control of transcribed data are the same as for electronic source data and those in turn are equivalent to FDA electronic source guidance, so the work of the task force has broad application and relevance. The group has now met with several regulators over a period of several years, with the outcome of these meetings provided in meeting notes provided to eCF members and a publically published white paper.
It is important that electronic health record systems (EHRS) that will supply source data for clinical research be designed and maintained to meet regulatory requirements. Sponsors ultimately bear the responsibility for ensuring that data harvested from these systems are acceptable, and investigators are frequently being asked to complete sponsor-specific assessments of their EHR systems. The eSRA project has developed a free tool that vendors and sites can use to help to quickly, easily evaluate their systems once for all sponsors, CROs, and regulators.
The eSRA (eSource-Readiness Assessment) tool was developed with extensive participation of global biopharma, CROs, technology providers, academia and with regulatory review.
The tool offers a series of questions based on FDA, EMA and PMDA regulations and guidances. A site can quickly identify if its system and/or processes are compliant with research regulations or if additional processes need to be put into place.
Using this assessment tool will enable sites to quickly provide the information needed by sponsors on GCP compliance of systems holding source data and will enable sponsors to evaluate and manage risk. Regulators and sponsors should feel confident in the quality of eSource coming from assessed sites. The eCF is currently in the process of designing an update to the tool that will include a more sophisticated interface and an interactive online questionaire. The eSRA tool can be accessed via the eSRA tab on this eClinical Forum website. eSRA is updated annually, during the first quarter.
Companies engaged in commercial clinical research have, since the introduction of formalized good clinical practices (GCP), adopted highly defensive practices around the monitoring of clinical trials. These processes have played a very large role in the high costs associated with clinical trials, without delivering commensurate value. Reasons are many, but surely include propagation of practices established during the years that trials relied on paper-based case report forms (CRFs), despite the fairly widespread adoption of electronic data capture (EDC) quite a few years ago. The reasons also include fear based on misunderstanding of regulatory requirements. All of this has resulted in the institutionalization of high cost, low value, manpower-intensive practices that do little to serve the interests of subject safety or quality data. Pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical device industries experiencing unprecedented economic upheaval can no longer afford the luxury of engaging in practices that deliver little value at exorbitant cost. Rather than continuing to spend time, energy, and money focusing on minutiae, e.g., the ability of site personnel to properly transcribe observations from one medium to another, those engaged in clinical trial conduct must re-focus their energies on the aspects of the clinical trial that matter most, such as protocol compliance, subject safety, data timeliness, and data integrity. Through the use of more up-to-date methodologies and technologies, companies can effectively address these concerns while saving both time and money. This paper addresses the regulatory and business rationales for adopting more rational monitoring-related tools and processes that, if implemented thoughtfully, should deliver higher-quality trial data, faster, and at significantly lower cost.
The eClinical Forum participates in the EHR4CR (Electronic Health Records for Clinical Research) project and is responsible for the development of scenarios for the platform and business model. This project was initiated in March 2011 under the Innovative Medicines Initiative which is a joint undertaking between the European Union and the pharmaceutical industry association EFPIA. EHR4CR is one of the largest public-private partnerships aimed at providing adaptable, reusable and scalable solutions for re-using patient level data from Electronic Health Record systems for Clinical Research.
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Flynn said the cashier allegedly voided large transactions then improperly placed the merchandise in the other suspects' bags and allowed them to leave.
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'HSBC has specifically targeted Argentina' Buenos Aires Herald
"Tax Justice Network head John Christensen warns about the bank's lobbying power"
Getting the EU response to the tax dodging scandal right Eurodad
See also: Corporate Tax Avoidance Crackdown, a Missed Opportunity for the EU Commission EuroPoint
Australia: Senate tax avoidance inquiry: the secret of its success The Canberra Times
Facebook in Australia manages to get exempted from being called a 'large company,' for tax reasons.
Australian Taxation Office ATO has 'comfortable' relationship with big accountancy firms, Senate hears The Guardian
Increasing number of hedge funds converting to family offices COOConnect
An interesting trend to note. Also consider the role of family offices in tax structuring, as discussed in STEP's article Tax management for family offices : "This type of planning can help to reduce or even avoid the impact of income taxes and death duties. Offshore companies, trusts and foundations may confer obvious advantages…"
Katrin McGauran on Fool's Gold National Union of Journalists – Netherlands
On the story blogged earlier in New report on abusive tax arrangements hurting Greece
A £52 billion corporate tax gap Tax Research UK
G.E.'s Retrieval of Overseas Cash Highlights Tax Debate The New York Times
Ricci perfumes heiress found guilty in HSBC tax fraud case Reuters
See also: Nina Ricci heir convicted of tax evasion in France with help of HSBC The Guardian
HSBC's Long List of Troubles Just Got Even Longer Bloomberg
The rich get government handouts just like the poor. Here are 10 of them. The Washington Post
Of note, for example, the Yacht Tax Deduction. Hat tip: @Naomi_Fowler, Taxcast producer


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Moonlit Star-Trails
By: Bhaskar Sarkar
2019 May 17
From the photographer: "This photo is taken from the rooftop of the Indian Antarctic Research Station, Bharati. In the foreground is one of the satellite antennas looking over the frozen Quilty Bay. It was a clear moonlit sky, the first one in 3 months since the winter had begun. With the sudden loss of cloud cover, the temperature had suddenly plummeted to below -30 degrees Celsius and the winds were peaking at around 30 knots. But this unanticipated appearance of clear sky was too much a temptation to hold me back from freezing my fingers off. The moon illuminated the foreground so vividly, while the Aurora Australis danced into the frame just at the right time."
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Los Angeles Times publisher Eddy Hartenstein will take on a new role at the parent company of the iconic Southern California newspaper.
Hartenstein will leave his position as publisher and become the non-executive chairman of Tribune Publishing's board of directors. Currently, the Los Angeles Times operates under its corporate parent Tribune Co., which plans to spin off its daily newspapers into its own separate business, Tribune Publishing.
Tribune also said that Jack Griffin, who has been an advisor to Tribune, will become Tribune Publishing's CEO starting on April 14.
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"This is an experienced leadership team, all of whom have the necessary vision and expertise to lead Tribune Publishing into its next chapter," said Tribune Co.'s CEO Peter Liguori. "With Eddy and Jack in place, I am confident that Tribune Publishing will continue to prosper far into the future and provide the quality journalism that has been the hallmark of its newspaper brands and digital services."
Hartenstein has been the publisher of the Los Angeles Times, as well as president and CEO of the Los Angeles Times Media Group since 2008. He said in a press release he looks forward to "the opportunity to focus more on the strategic aspects of the publishing company and its transition to a stand-alone business."
Tribune Co. said it has begun a search for a new publisher at the Los Angeles Times.
Below are staff memos sent out this morning from Hartenstein and Liguori.
I am pleased to share the news of several key publishing appointments which will be announced shortly. Eddy Hartenstein, who has served as the highly-respected leader of the Los Angeles Times and Los Angeles Times Media Group since 2008, and later as Tribune Company CEO, has decided to take on a new role and will become Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Tribune Publishing following its separation from Tribune Company.
Jack Griffin, a veteran media executive who has overseen some of the country's top publishing brands, will become Chief Executive Officer of Tribune Publishing Company beginning April 14 and following the spin. For those of you who do not know Jack, the work he has done to revitalize and transform major publishing brands into digitally enabled, diversified media and marketing businesses is well established. We are extremely fortunate he will now apply his expertise to growing Tribune Publishing. Finally, we are also announcing today that John Bode will continue as Chief Financial Officer for Tribune Publishing Company following the spin.
We are grateful for Eddy's strong, creative and unflappable leadership of The Times and the countless contributions he has made to Tribune Publishing. We are in the process of seeking the next publisher of the Los Angeles Times. Tony Hunter, who has provided great leadership in overseeing the Chicago Tribune Media Group (CTMG) and six of our other publishing businesses since mid-2011, will continue as President and CEO of CTMG and as Publisher of Chicago Tribune.
Attached is the press release detailing these changes; it will be issued momentarily.
Colleagues –
As I have said before – and it bears repeating – it is an honor and a privilege to sit at the helm of the Los Angeles Times. Working alongside each and every one of you through our triumphs and challenges since I arrived here at Spring Street in 2008 has been a career highlight for me.
I am very much looking forward to helping shape Tribune Publishing's next chapter and know you'll join me in welcoming Jack Griffin to our team. I believe strongly in a prosperous future for us all.


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Blessed William of Altavilla
Born to the 13th century nobility, he gave up the worldly life to become a Mercedarian knight, and to devote himself and his worldly goods to the ransom of Christians enslaved by Muslims; in 1263 alone he rescued 208 of them. Spiritual student of Blessed William de Bas.
- "Blessed William of Altavilla". CatholicSaints.Info. 6 August 2016. Web. 20 October 2020. <>


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The following are some kind words from clients I have enjoyed working with.
Mr Andrew Crawshaw (Smarter Bathrooms and Smarter Kitchens)
We have been working closely with Justin over the last 6 months. During that time we have clearly identified our target customer and tailored our offering towards her.
We have seen our leads grow, our close rates increase by over 50% and our job GP's go up.
In addition Justin has been instrumental in our go to market strategy for our new brand, smarterKITCHENS. Building a new brand, and new website, inclusive of look and feel and market positioning has kick started the new business. This has been supported with a clever social media strategy which sets up up as thought leaders in the design arena, two to three years out from purchase of a new bathrooms or kitchen. We are seeing the results of this already as previous clients are reminded of our services and flood back with new projects for us.
As a business owner, the results of working with Justin are beyond our wildest expectations, and we would be more than happy to recommend him.
Andrew Crawshaw
Sales and Marketing Director
Mr Andrew Beecher (Car Sales, Webfirm Group, Telstra)
To Whom it may concern,
I've had the pleasure of working with Justin (JB) as both a client through JB Design and subsequently as his direct manager when he joined Webfirm. Over these 3 years my respect for JB has grown in every regard – put simply he's a brilliant allrounder that any marketing team would be proud to have him part of. Justin has the maturity and experience to push the boundaries when it comes to marketing strategy, and he's not afraid of getting his hands dirty when it's time to implement. JB's particularly talented when it comes to SME's and understanding both the most effective messaging and medium to reach this elusive group. While Justin came late to digital, he has immersed himself in the industry and the past 18 months has seen him deliver some outstanding work that any online veteran would be delighted to call their own. Above all – Justin is a great individual with the highest degree of personal integrity and I'd work with him again, anytime and anyplace.
Mr Simon Waring (CPA, Seek, State Trustees)
To Whom It May Concern,
I employed JB Design on a range of brand and marketing projects over three years from 2000 to 2003, and after I left CPA Australia, the quality of their output ensured that the agency was retained by the organisation for ongoing projects.
JB Design managed multiple design, branding and print production assignments, across a range of above and below the line projects. Market pressures often dictated that projects were briefed to the agency under tight deadlines, but with an excellent working knowledge of our brand and style guide their response was consistently professional and timely, and this earned the respect and confidence of my team and other departments.
As the commercial arm of a non-profit organization, CPA Professional Development operated in a fast-paced environment, and its diverse range of inherited and new sub-brands presented some challenging brand issues. JB Design professionally addressed the management of the overall CPA Australia brand and multiple sub-brands with the provision of innovative ideas and design, and clear communication across a range of stake-holders.
As a supplier JB Design was responsive and constructive, and their attention to detail was impressive at all stages – from salient questions at briefing through to final proofing.
Management of internal stake holders was always professional, and particularly valuable when the commercial demands on CPA Professional Development meant that design applications were pushed outside the comfort zone and corporate guidelines originally designed for the CPA Australia brand. This was particularly evident in electronic media, and to manage these issues, JB Design addressed the complete suite of CPA Professional sub-brands, and generated a range of new designs and treatments that balanced our commercial demands with corporate identity guidelines.
I am happy to recommend JB Design as a professional and responsive creative agency, and have again employed their services in my new role at SEEK Ltd.
Yours sincerely
Simon Waring
Ms Lyndley Sanford Reeks (Kids Helpline, Coinworks, Malka Skincare)
To Whom It May Concern
It gives me great pleasure in recommending JB Design as a preferred supplier of graphic design services.
In my time as marketing manager of Kids Help Line and now as director of Lyndley and Associates I have been pleasantly surprised by the consistent quality of work and professionalism of Justin and his Team.
Together we have worked on the development of variety of new and existing initiatives and executed these across a broad range of media.
JB Design have successfully developed brand identities, iconic characters, visual imagery and style guides that positioned Kids Help Line at the top and ensured success fund raising and awareness.
Working with Justin and his team is pleasurable, positive and rewarding and best of all together we always obtain the right perspective and creative on what we are trying to achieve.
I thoroughly recommend JB Design as a creative, friendly, efficient and effective partner to any company or organization.
Please telephone me directly on 0412356700 for further clarification.
Lyndley Sanford Reeks
Mrs Des Cipin (Nando's, YWCA, Australian Toy Association, Lygon Court Shopping Center)
To Whom It May Concern,
I have had the pleasure of working with Justine Bruce and his team at JB Design for over a decade now.
In that time my career has seen me take on roles as National Marketing Manager for Nando's Australia, Fund raising Executive for Kids Help Line and a variety of contract position including Business Development Manager for The Australian Toy Association.
The fact that I have commissioned JB Design to undertake a plethora of projects where ever I have gone is testimony in itself to the value I place on the ability of this design company.
Not only is Justin himself a true professional but his team (which by the way stay with him for years) have always been able to deliver highly creative and innovative work. From producing a new identity, playing with an existing brand, direct marketing, catalogues, point of sale and the list just goes on, the team at JB Design have met all my deadlines, paid exceptional attention to detail and more often than not exceeded my expectation.
It is without any hesitation that I recommended the work of JB Design, in fact, I have recommended them to many of my colleagues!
Please feel free to call to further discuss their suitability for your organization.
Des Cipin
Mr Duncan Banks (Snup.com)
To whom it may concern, Justin, and JB Design, were instrumental in creating an identity for our company, www.snup.com.au. The process was professional, fast and efficient and, at the same time, we were extremely happy with the result. Justin is extremely competent, in his field, and we would have no reservations using him for future projects.


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Theatre Bath presents the first in its series of theatre related workshops supported by the Arts Council England and Bath and North East Somerset Council.
This is a unique opportunity to join comedy legend and star of the Theatre Royal Bath Pantomimes, Jon Monie to learn some of the tricks of his trade in a special comedy improvisation workshop.
Just back from performing at the Edinburgh Festival, Jon will lead you through a series of games and exercises which will enable you to release your spontaneity and discover your inner comic genius.
Expect stupidity, madness, laughs and fun in this intimate evening of comedy mayhem from a true master of his craft.
"A rubber faced comic genius" – Venue Magazine
Jon has been a regular face on ITV West for more than a decade as well as taking up numerous comedy roles in the Theatre Royal's annual pantomimes. He recently re-joined his long-standing comedy partner Graham and toured their highly acclaimed show Avent & Monie: Back to Front around the South West and the Edinburgh Festival.
Please note: We will not be held responsible for any injuries sustained from excess laughing!
There are only 20 places available on this workshop so book soon to avoid disappointment!
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Mansour bin Mohammed Visits the Insurance Authority Stand at the Smart Government Fair 2015 in Dubai
Mansour bin Mohammed Visits the Insurance Authority Stand at the Smart Government Fair 2015 in Dubai
Al Zaabi: The IA Offers Competitive Smart Services to Customers and the Public
Dubai, 9 June 2015
His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum visited the Insurance Authority Stand at the Smart Government Fair held at the Dubai World Trade Centre.
During his tour in the Fair, H.H Sheikh Mansour was briefed on the approved smart systems and recent successes achieved by the IA in the field of smart transformation and smart services provided to insurance policyholders, customers or the public of different segments.
H.E. Ibrahim Obaid Al Zaabi, Director General of the Insurance Authority, said that the IA participation in the Smart Government Fair of 2015was intended to reflect the IA success in keeping up with the wise vision of the prudent leadership to adopt competitive smart applications, and develop the business environment and the Government Performance to build an advanced modern Emirati society. In addition, the IA is committed to implement the smart government initiative launched by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President, Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai "May Allah Protect Him".
He confirmed that IA has been making significant and continuous efforts to raise the level of insurance services and offer advanced competitive smart services for its customers, including policyholders and beneficiaries of insurance as well as companies and professions related to insurance. With simple and consistent steps, the IA ensures them access to such services anytime and anywhere. They are implemented efficiently and accurately in order to achieve its vision to be a leader in the regulation and development of the insurance sector as well as upgrading its criteria to compete globally.
He added that the IA provision of its services through smart devices is a significant turnaround in business development and performance in general, as such smart services constitute an added value to enhance the performance of work within the IA and to develop the performance of insurance companies and related professions, in addition to the development of business environment in the United Arab Emirates and support for the growth of the national economy.
He said that the Authority has succeeded during 2014 to transform 38 out of (47) electronically convertible services that were provided through paper work and manually into smart services provided through smart phones and portable devices. On the other hand, the IA will complete during this year the transformation of the remaining convertible services, which are (9) services, which will enable the IA to become a smart authority in delivering services to customers, partners and the public.
Smart services provided by the IA to meet the expectations and requirements of customers and public are divided into receiving complaints and insurance inquiries, renewal of registration of national and foreign insurance companies, registration and registration renewal of branches, registration renewal of individual and corporate insurance brokers, agents, surveyors and loss adjustors, actuaries, consultants and TPA companies, and registration and registration renewal of their branches in the Register. The services also include request for data amendment of insurance companies and TPA companies, as well as individual and corporate insurance brokers, agents, surveyors and loss adjustors, actuaries, consultants in the Register; as well as electronic payment of service charges, following up the provided services and delivery thereof around the clock during days of the week (24/7).
The IA provides the services to its customers through various means of delivery, notably mobile phones, tablets, 'SMS' messages and Interactive Voice Response "IVR", by a series of simple and easy steps that saves time and effort.
IA Director General explained that the provision of services via mobile phones and tablets allow customers to accomplish new services of transactions related to insurance through a chain of simple and easy steps, which save time and effort and contribute to developing the work performance in the IA and local insurance market, in addition to enhancing the competitive performance of business in the United Arab Emirates.
He confirmed the positive implications of smart transformation of services on work mechanisms at the IA, and the results of customer performance in terms of enhancing the quality of work, speed up the pace of work and saving time and effort, in addition to overcoming the difficulties.
Al Zaabi said that the transformation of services provided to customers into smart services helped carrying out organized operations, streamlined procedures, increase service and performance efficiency at affordable cost and reduced processing time. Thus, the best human resources are hired, similar transactions are integrated and relevant procedures are inter-linked, as well as better services are provided to citizens, customers and public around the clock.
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The slumbering threat to health, safety and "the bottom line".
"Forty million Americans are chronically ill with various sleep disorders; an additional 20-30 million experience intermittent sleep-related problems. Sleep apnea alone is the cause of excessive daytime sleepiness experienced by almost 20 millions Americans. Millions more are severely sleep-deprived as a result of demanding work schedules and various other life-style factors. One estimate of the cost of sleep related workplace productivity is $150 BILLION."
Report of the National Commission on Sleep Disorders Research submitted to the U.S. Congress and Department of Health and Human Services, April 1993.
- Sleep apnea has been found in up to 24% of men over age 40. A workplace survey reported in 1995 found that in a sample of 1,658 Franklin County, Ohio businesses, only 5% of employees tested positive for drug abuse. Hence. a much higher percentage of workers may suffer from a sleep disorder that causes dangerous workplace impairment very similar to that of substance abuse–but which is much more readily and rapidly treatable.
- Sleepiness among workers was cited as a primary factor in causation of the disasters at Chernobyl, Three Mile Island and Bhopal.
- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission closed Philadelphia Electric Company's Peach Bottom nuclear plant because night shift workers were found to be sleeping repeatedly on the job. The Davis-Besse nuclear reactor in Oak Harbor, Ohio, went into shutdown at 1:35 a.m. An operator then responded by pushing two wrong buttons: thereby disabling its safety backup provisions. Nightshift worker errors were cited as factors in the automatic tripping at California's Rancho Seco nuclear reactor and subsequent failure to regain prompt control of the plant.
- Marked increases in human job-related errors during the second half of night shift have been documented in studies of gas works employees, drivers, pilots and train engineers.
- Eighty percent of policemen admitted to falling asleep at least once a week on night shift. An estimated 50% of night shift workers fall asleep on the job at least weekly, and 75% fight sleepiness each night shift. An estimated 20% of workers on any given night shift fall asleep.
- A U.S. Bureau of Mines investigation found that shift workers have more frequent and severe individual accidents.
- Night shift workers obtain 1.5-4 hours less sleep per 24-hour period than day shift workers, and their sleep is more fragmented and more physiologically abnormal: even if noise and other interruptions are eliminated.
- Numerous studies have demonstrated a strong association between worker sleepiness and both lower productivity and increased healthcare costs.
All corporations of significant size are virtually certain to employ workers with serious but untreated sleep disorders.
- SLEEP APNEA has now been documented in up to a startling 24% of adult men – for example, in unselected electrical technicians and in a general practice study. It has been noted in 27 to 47.8% of people with high blood pressure. Nearly 80% of distance truckers in one study showed repeated drops in oxygen levels during sleep, consistent with sleep apnea.
Sleep apnea – repeated cessation of breathing in sleep, often with loud snoring and gasping – occurs with greatest frequency in overweight individuals. Thus, one could reasonably anticipate that its prevalence will increase progressively as a result of the rapidly escalating prevalence of obesity in the U.S. While identified most often in men over age 40, sleep apnea also afflicts younger workers and women–particularly if obese or post menopausal. It is more likely in people with short, thick necks, nasal congestion and "sinus trouble", and it can be aggravated by alcohol and sleeping pills.
Sleep apnea has been associated with an up to 23-fold increased risk of heart attack, an up to nine-fold increased risk of motor vehicle accidents, and a 2.7 fold increased risk of vascular deaths. Sleep apnea was also found in 73.8% of male stroke victims.
Sleep apnea also has been implicated in heart failure, sleep related convulsions and cardiac arrests, as well as irritability, mood swings, and difficulty with memory.
-One study found impaired concentration, memory and problem solving ability in 89% of untreated sleep apneics.
Yet, sleep apnea is extraordinarily treatable.
- NARCOLEPSY, another treatable cause of excessive sleepiness is at least as prevalent as multiple sclerosis. It usually begins earlier in life than sleep apnea, most frequently before age 30. Industrial injuries were reported in 18.9% of untreated or inadequately treated narcoleptics.
- INSOMNIA, which afflicts over one-third of Americans, can impair alertness and functioning. Insomnia has been reported to cause a 2.5-fold increased risk of motor vehicle accidents: a risk that may be compounded by inappropriate self-treatment with alcohol or sleeping pills.
- NIGHT & ROTATING SHIFT WORK SCHEDULES have been associated with a wide range of problems that increase employer health expenditures.
These include ulcers, gastritis and other gastrointestinal problems, respiratory problems and increased respiratory infections, low back pain, headaches, heart disease, emotional/marital difficulties, susceptibility to stress, increased smoking and alcohol use, memory lapses and an overall decline in health.
A study of over 121,000 female nurses reported that those working irregular shifts for over six years were up to 70% more likely to suffer heart attacks. This finding was similar to a 1986 study that showed an 80% increased risk of cardiovascular disease in male paper mill workers on shift work when compared to those on day shifts.
The impact of sleep disorders in the transportation industry.
- The U.S. Department of Transportation has estimated that up to 200,000 motor vehicle accidents per year may be sleep-related.
- One of every five drivers admits to having fallen asleep at least once behind the wheel, and 69% of motorists report drowsiness while driving.
- The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board found that nearly one-third of all fatal-to-driver traffic accidents had sleepiness as their probable cause. The NTSB investigated 107 single-vehicle accidents in which the driver survived and discovered that 58% were related to fatigue–with 18% of the drivers admitting they had fallen completely asleep. The drivers in this sample had obtained only 5.5 hours of sleep during their preceding sleep periods: 2.5 hours less than the average reported by truckers with non-fatigue related accidents.
- One British study found that 16-20% of all police-reported MVAs were sleep-related.
- Sleep-related highway crashes caused 1.55 deaths/wreck in another British study, versus none in accidents caused by heart attacks or convulsions while driving. Such was attributed to these being high-velocity crashes, typically occurring on freeways, without driver awareness of impairment or impending sleep.
- Sleep apnea, an extremely prevalent but treatable disorder, has been associated with an up to nine-fold increased incidence of motor vehicle accidents. In a Swedish study, after correcting for miles driven, individuals with full sleep apnea symptoms had twelve times as many accidents as controls. A British study showed that 93% of sleep apneics were at fault in one or more accidents. The significance of these figures is increased by indications of a markedly greater prevalence of sleep apnea among distance truck drivers: who recently were reported as having the highest on-the-job mortality rate of any profession for the third straight year!
- Shift workers are reported to have twice as many auto accidents.
- The NTSB cited pilot fatigue as a cause or contributing factor in 69 plane accidents, with 67 deaths between 1983-1986 alone.
- Night shift flight simulator performance has been found to be impaired to a degree comparable to that produced by a blood alcohol level of 0.05%.
- Operator fatigue was a major factor in the near-disastrous attempted launch of the space shuttle Columbia in 1986. Accidental drainage of 18,000 lbs of liquid oxygen escaped detection until only 31 seconds before liftoff. Just three weeks later, the space shuttle Challenger exploded with loss of lives. Key managers of that launch had been seriously sleep-deprived. A Presidential Commission cited ground crew fatigue as a significant factor in causation of that disaster.
- The skipper of the World Prodigy, which dumped 300,000 barrels of oil into Narragansett Bay, admitted to not having slept for 36 hours. The NTSB ultimately determined that a primary cause of the Exxon Valdez disaster was sleepiness on the part of its third mate.
- Sleep attacks on the job have been documented via EEG monitoring of night shift workers: including locomotive engineers.
What factors could place your organization at risk of preventable losses due to sleepy workers?
Ask if your workplace includes:
- Males over age 40
- Shift workers
- Equipment operators
- Drivers
- Overweight employees
- Overtime requirements
- Factors that create hazard of injury or damages in event of employee inattention or error
"Sleepy workers are dangerous, less productive, and a major source of increased health care costs and corporate liability. Studies of the workplace and transportation industries reveal that human error causes up to 90% of accidents, with inadequate sleep representing a major factor in human error."
-Time magazine cover story, "Drowsy America", 12/17/90.In summary: sleepy employees experience potentially dangerous degrees of impairment–essentially comparable to that of substance abusers.
Their impairment can jeopardize your bottom line–in a virtually identical manner.
And you probably employ even more of them.


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Official Site of Kusatsu Onsen
2013.04.09 Tuesday 15:10The foreign language official site of Kusatsu Onsen has been renewed.The foreign language site is for English, Chinese and Korean.Especially, the page of access for Kusatsu Onsen became detailed. We can confirm the schedule of bus for Kusatsu Onsen on this site. And, there are guidance for the transfer at each station.Please access to the official site of Kusatsu Onsen.| naoto | link | comments(0) | trackbacks(0) | - | - |
2010.04.03 Saturday 18:44I introduce a useful web site for the tourists in Japan. It is "Hyperdia". You can search the route of the train on this web in English. When you input your departure station and arrival station, the train that you should get is displayed. Also this web displays the information of transfer. If you search the route to Kusatsu Onsen, please input "Naganoharakusatsuguchi" in arrival station. Because this web cannot search the timetable of bus. But please don't worry. Ever down train connect with the bus for Kusatsu Onsen at Naganoharakusatsuguchi. Please use this web!
Jyosyu Yumeguri Go
2009.04.14 Tuesday 23:00I found the timetable of Highway Bus "Jyosyu Yumeguri Go". It is the express bus from Shinjuku (Tokyo) for Kusatsu Onsen. This bus is very convenience, very reasonable and very comfortable. I hope that this information is useful to your trip. JR BUS KANTO
The weather forecans
2009.02.03 Tuesday 11:38I found the weather forecast of Kusatsu Onsen. I did not think that there is a weather forecast of Kusatsu Onsen in English. I hope that this site is useful for your trip. Accu Weather.com
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The tyres at the front of your vehicle often wear out faster than the ones at the back. By changing them frequently it helps them wear more evenly and lets you get the most out of their tread life.
Note: rotating your tyres won't correct wear problems caused by incorrect inflation pressures.
How often do I need to rotate?
It's a good idea to rotate your tyres roughly every 6,000 miles. There are other factors that may mean you need to rotate your tyres more frequently:
We recommend that you go to your dealer or a garage to have a professional do it.
But you can do it yourself, and it's easy enough to do. You don't need any specialist tools – just some space and a few hours.
Always check your vehicle owner's manual for any recommendations by your vehicle manufacturer.
Things to consider if rotating yourself
You should only rotate tyres front-to-back if the tyres are all the same size.
Some vehicles come with different sized tyres on the front and rear axles.
When rotating tyres that have a directional tread pattern, make sure you follow the arrows on the tyre's sidewall.
You'll need to do this if your vehicle uses different-sized directional tyres, or wheels with different front and rear offsets.


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How Shazam predicts pop hits
The O'Reilly Radar Podcast: Cait O'Riordan on Shazam's predictive analytics, and Francine Bennett on using data for evil.
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In this week's Radar Podcast, I chat with Cait O'Riordan, VP of product, music and platforms at Shazam. She talks about the current state of predictive analytics and how Shazam is able to predict the success of a song, often in the first few hours after its release. We also talk about the Internet of Things and how products like the Apple Watch affect Shazam's product life cycles as well as the behaviors of their users.
Predicting the next pop hit
Shazam has more than 100 million monthly active users, and its users Shazam more than 20 million times per day. This, of course, generates a ton of data that Shazam uses in myriad ways, not the least of which is to predict the success of a song. O'Riordan explained how they approach their user data and how they're able to accurately predict pop hits (and misses):
What's interesting from a data perspective is when someone takes their phone out of their pocket, unlocks it, finds the Shazam app, and hits the big blue button, they're not just saying, "I want to know the name of this song." They're saying, "I like this song sufficiently to do that." There's an amount of effort there that implies some level of liking. That's really interesting, because you combine that really interesting intention on the part of the user plus the massive data set, you can cut that in lots and lots of different ways. We use it for lots of different things.
At the most basic level, we're looking at what songs are going to be popular. We can predict, with a relative amount of accuracy, what will hit the Top 100 Billboard Chart 33 days out, roughly. We can look at that in lots of different territories as well. We can also look and see, in the first few hours of a track, whether a big track is going to go on to be successful. We can look at which particular part of the track is encouraging people to Shazam and what makes a popular hit. We know that, for example, for a big pop hit, you've got about 10 seconds to convince somebody to find the Shazam app and press that button. There are lots of different ways that we can look at that data, going right into the details of a particular song, zooming out worldwide, or looking in different territories just due to that big worldwide and very engaged audience.
The next big thing sits between tech's push and consumers' pull
Pilgrim Beart on AlertMe, and IoT's challenges and promise.
I recently sat down with Pilgrim Beart, co-founder of AlertMe, which he recently sold to British Gas for $100 million. Beart is a computer engineer and founder of several startups, including his latest venture 1248.
Identifying the gap between technology and consumers: How AlertMe was founded
I asked Beart about the early thinking that led him and his co founder, Adrian Critchlow, to create AlertMe. The focus seems simple — identify user need. Beart explained:
I co-founded AlertMe with Adrian Critchlow. He was from more of a Web services background … My background was more embedded technology. Over a series of lunches in Cambridge where we both lived at the time, we just got to discussing two things, really. One was the way that technology was going. Technology push — what changes were happening that made certain things inevitable, and also consumer pull. What were the gaps that technology wasn't really addressing?
To some extent we were discussing at quite a high level the intersection of those two, perhaps not quite in that rational way, but as we talked about things we were interested in, that's essentially what we were doing. We were triangulating between the technology push and the consumer pull, and trying to spot things that essentially would be inevitable because of those two things. Then that led us to thinking about the connected home platform and what could the killer apps for the connected home be, and isn't it strange how, if you compare the home to the car for example, cars have a large number of computers in them, and the computers all work together seamlessly and invisibly to keep you safe, keep you secure, save you energy, and so on.
In the home, you have a similar number of computers, but they're not talking to each other, and as a result, it's really far from ideal. You have no idea what's going on in your home most of the time, and it's not energy efficient, it's not secure, etc. We saw a huge opportunity there, and we saw the potential for some technological advances to help address those problems.
The birdie and the shark
Twitter isn't quite beyond jumping the shark, but it has taken a big step backward.
While I've been skeptical of Twitter's direction ever since they decided they no longer cared about the developer ecosystem they created, I have to admit that I was impressed by the speed at which they rolled back an unfortunate change to their "blocking" feature. Yesterday afternoon, Twitter announced that when you block a user, that user would not be unsubscribed to your tweets. And sometime last night, they reversed that change.
I admit, I was surprised by the immediate outraged response to the change, which was immediately visible on my Twitter feed. I don't block many people on Twitter — mostly spammers, and I don't think spammers are interested in reading my tweets, anyway. So, my first reaction was that it wasn't a big deal. But as I read the comments, I realized that it was a big deal: people complaining of online harassment, trolls driving away their followers, and more.
So yes, this was a big deal. And I'm very glad that Twitter has set things right. In the past years, Twitter has seemed to me to be jumping the shark in small steps, rather than a single big leap. If you think about it, this is how it always happens. You don't suddenly wake up and find you've become the evil empire; it's a death of a thousand cuts. Read more…


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A post-Commencement pep talk for myself (& academic friends who care to listen) It should be pretty obvious by now that predatory, extractive capitalism is not working, and that we need to move swiftly to a regenerative mixed economy grounded in a respect for living systems. The implications of that are pretty simple, but also […]
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A new survey by UK estate agent Springbok Properties has examined the broadband ISP speeds across every constituency and how house prices in these areas corresponded, which among other things has revealed that people in Liverpool Walton come out on top (average speed of 61.2Mbps and an average house price of just £75,000).
In other words, home buyers looking to purchase in Liverpool, Walton would pay just £1,223 in property prices for every Megabit of speed. Kingston upon Hull East was the next best value (£1,253), with Burnley (£1,585), Great Grimsby (£1,605) and Aberavon (£1,624) following close behind.
The data further suggests that on average, across the United Kingdom, home buyers are paying £5,324 in property price costs for every 1 of the 48.79Mbps of broadband speed (average). However the report notes that the lowest average property price is, perhaps oddly, found in areas with the highest broadband speed (i.e. average of £189,077 for homes with more than 70Mbps).
Predictably some parts of London, which is notoriously expensive for home buyers, don't fare too well due to that imbalance. The City of London and Westminster both rank as the worst constituencies for broadband property price value with an average house of £1,115,000 and a dire average broadband speed of 24Mbps (i.e. £46,458 in property prices for every Megabit of speed!).
On a regional level, London is also the worst value at £9,066 for each Megabit, while the North East provides the best value at £2,670.
Shepherd Ncube, Founder and CEO of Springbok Properties, said:
"It's amazing how something like broadband has become such an integral part of our day to day lives that it now influences everything from political promises to home buyer choice, but while good broadband can clearly influence a buyer's decision, it seems that the homes that benefit from the very fastest speeds are actually the most affordable of them all.
This suggests that although broadband speed is important, it isn't the most influential bargaining chip when it comes to negotiating price as long as you aren't stuck in the dark ages or in a Wifi blackspot."
Unfortunately the PR we were sent doesn't clarify what kind of speed data they're looking at, such as whether or not they're considering all of the available local networks or only looking at local speedtests from consumers. The latter would not be a reliable gauge due to how many things can influence speedtests, such as consumer package choice, slow WiFi and home network congestion etc.
However the study represents a perhaps overly simplistic way of looking at the data, not least since it doesn't tell us the whole story. For example, there could be significant differences in terms of council tax bands, school catchments, quality or size of housing, health, availability of gas, crime rates etc. Broadband is just one of these considerations but it's an important one, as is personal preference.
Oh dear…
Oh dear – my house works out at something over £50k/Mbps for ADSL2+, and about half that for 4G speed.
A fairly meaningless statistic!
But at a 50k/Mbps house connectivity valuation just look at what a great deal FTTPoD is 🙂
Hopefully this information is of some use to them but how ? Considering the way our National broadband improvements have been funded and how roll out areas are selected by operators. 179k average for 70M vs a national average house price of 235k…So what.
SO was getting 1000/1000 a good thing then? I never thought it would increase house price.
What is this rubbish?
My mums house was £91,500 per Mbps in 2013.
If it was put on the market now it'd be worth £132,285 per Mbps. Internet speed has stayed the same but the value of the house has increased.
LOL your home is no longer valued on location, size, decor but binary data…
that will be £01111001 01100101 01110011 00001101 00001010 01101110 01101111 pounds please : D
Oh sweet then my 350k house is now worth 2.6 million apparently. Good stuff
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This week, Chef Sara Siso shared with us her thoughts about the benefits of a Raw Vegan diet. Now she shares one of her easiest recipes, a twist on the traditional hummus. Listed below are just some of the health benefits provided by the ingredients in this recipe.
To see more of Chef Sara's dishes visit Chef Sara Signature Creations.
Check out her recipe for almond hummus after the jump.
Almond Hummus
1 Cup raw almond soaked for 12 hours 1/4 Cup raw tahini 1/2 t fresh ground black pepper 6 Garlic cloves chopped 2 T ground Cumin 1/2 Cup olive oil 1/2 Cup lemon juice 1/2 Cup water 1/2 t Himalayan pink salt or Celtic salt 1 Bunch fresh cilantro washed
Preparation Rinse the almonds and place in a food processor together with the remaining ingredients and blend until creamy.
Benefits of Almonds Almonds are a rich source of vitamin E, calcium, phosphorous, iron,and magnesium. They also contains zinc, selenium, copper and niacin. Almonds are the most nutritious nut out there.
Benefits of Tahini Tahini has a higher concentration of calcium than any other food. It has protein, vitamins B1, B2, B3, B5 and B15, and essential fatty acids. Tahini maintains healthy skin too! Sesame seeds are also a good source of the amino acid Methionine which is an important contributor to liver detoxification and helps with the absorption of other amino acids. And finally, vitamin E which helps to reduce the rate of ageing in body cells.
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Benefits of Garlic Garlic protects the body against cold and flu. It's a powerful natural antibiotic, helps to lower cholesterol, fight cancer, heart disease, hypertension and infection. Garlic is also a natural mosquito repellent!
Note: Garlic is best eaten raw. Cooking garlic destroys the "allicin" compound which is responsible for the powerful healing effects of garlic.
Benefits of Olive Oil Olive oil is rich in monounsaturated fat, a type of fat that researchers are discovering has excellent health benefits. Some of the proven benefits are protection against chronic degenerative diseases such as atherosclerosis, diabetes, asthma, colon cancer, and arthritis. Olive oil is also highly protective against heart disease. Diets in which olive oil is the main source of fat show lower blood pressure and less high cholesterol.
Benefits of Lemon Lemons are a rich source of vitamin C, vitamin B, riboflavin, calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, protein and carbohydrates. They can also help relieve many digestion problems when mixed with hot water. Lemon helps to flush bacteria and toxins out of the body.


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What is the Ecostructure project?
ECOSTRUCTURE is part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) through the Ireland Wales Cooperation Programme 2014-2020.
Ecostructure is raising awareness of eco-engineering solutions to the challenge of coastal adaptation to climate change by providing developers and regulators with accessible tools and resources, based on interdisciplinary research in the fields of ecology, engineering and socioeconomics. Ecostructure aims to promote the incorporation of secondary ecological and societal benefits into coastal defence and renewable energy structures, with benefits to the environment, to coastal communities and to the blue and green sectors of the Irish and Welsh economies. Ecostructure is an operation to be delivered directly by an interdisciplinary partnership bringing together expert staff from five leading research-intensive universities in Wales and Ireland.
For more information, check out our brochure here.
What are the outputs?
The principal outputs of Ecostructure are stakeholder-focused tools and resources, designed to raise awareness and facilitate uptake of opportunities to employ coastal eco-engineering solutions to climate change adaptation. Each output will be accompanied by a targeted awareness-raising initiative, using social media, fact sheets, e-newsletters and Ecostructure's own innovative GIS-based information gathering and transfer mechanism to connect with potential end-users.


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know your home's value
As real estate professionals, our team is asked this countless times each day... "what is my real estate worth?" There are a variety of factors that could impact the value of your real estate property. The reality is, if you are considering selling your home, you should contact one of the competent real estate professionals on our Keller Williams team to has the experience of producing sales in your price range and area of town and can offer you the most accurate estimate of a selling price for your home. In the meantime, use our free property valuation tool to get a quick estimate.
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To determine the exact value of your home, a professional appraisal report will be completed by a certified appraiser. This report offers an opinion of your property's value, at a specific point in time, based on specific elements. Your appraisal report is an integral part of any mortgage transaction as it is the appraisal which assigns value to your home. Your appraisal report not only includes the appraiser's final opinion but the primary elements that determine it, including:


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What to expect from a veterinary hospital
They may have four legs but pets can also suffer from the same ailments as their masters. When you get sick and require hospitalization it is normally your doctor that specifies where you will go, when your pet needs to go to a veterinary hospital things are different, it is you who makes the decision. Even though the decision makers are different both you and your pets both require high quality care and great service.
In the case of your pet, you will be looking for a veterinary hospital that has assembled a group of care givers that are all committed to providing their four legged patients the best in care, regardless of whether they are qualified veterinarians or a skilled member of the all important support staff.
A veterinary hospital is not a place that you take your pet only in the event of something serious; the facility is designed to provide a caring environment so that the annual wellness examination can be carried out in a stress free environment for both the patient and the owner. A typical annual check-up includes a thorough physical exam; this includes the eyes, ears and teeth as well as the heart, overall body condition, an abdominal exam and the coat. Your pet may not be keen on having a tooth and gum brushing; this is a procedure that your veterinarian can handle for you, at the same time the vet can instruct you on a home care routine that you can deal with.
As a responsible pet owner you will no doubt have accurate records of the treatments your pet has had over the years, the records also will include the various vaccinations and when they were carried out. If it becomes necessary to take your pet to the veterinary hospital, take your records with you, if you have noticed any unusual changes in your pet's habits, make a note and pass this information to the vet. A combination of history and any changes in your pet's habits can help explain the results of tests that can be carried out.
You will want to be sure that everyone in the facility has a calm, compassionate demeanor. Having to go to the veterinary hospital is a traumatic experience for your pet; even with the calmest of attendants your pet will be upset. You will want the hospital to be reasonably convenient and have all the equipment that is needed to properly diagnose and treat whatever it is that ails your pet.
Quality pet care is important, not only for your pet but for you. When your pet is ill or it is time for the animals annual check-up you want to take it treated in a high quality veterinary hospital that provides high quality care and a friendly environment. You are invited to contact the Ark Pet Hospital. You can also connect with them on Facebook.


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Top 10 Tips for Storyline Users #28
Top 10 Tips for Storyline Users RECAP #28: Challenge | Recap
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During the Winter Meetings in December, Giants president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi explained the front office hoped to add a left-handed starter to the mix in the team's rotation before spring training.
Zaidi and Co. accomplished that goal on Thursday with the addition of pitcher Drew Smyly, who signed a one-year, $4 million contract with San Francisco. Smyly can earn an additional $3 million in performance bonuses as a starter and up to $1 million in bonuses as a reliever.
Smyly, 30, appeared in 25 games and made 21 starts last season as he split time between the Rangers and the Phillies. Smyly struggled with Texas, posting a 8.42 ERA before being designated for assignment but found more success in Philadelphia where he pitched to a 4.45 ERA in 12 starts under Gabe Kapler.
Prior to joining the Phillies last July, Smyly spent time in the Brewers' minor league system where he attempted to work on mechanical fixes to his delivery before opting out of his deal with Milwaukee.
Smyly arrived in the majors in 2012 and posted a 3.74 ERA over 570 1/3 innings from 2012-2016 before missing the entire 2017-2018 seasons due to an elbow injury that ultimately required Tommy John surgery. The left-hander returned to the big leagues with Texas last season and will attempt to build off of his second half improvements with the Phillies in San Francisco.
It will take time before the Giants settle on Smyly's role, but given the team's desire to add a veteran left-hander to the rotation, he'll be given the chance to win a starting job in spring training.
Smyly is the fourth free-agent starting pitcher the Giants have signed over the last two years under Zaidi, joining Derek Holland, Drew Pomeranz and Kevin Gausman, who is expected to be in the starting rotation this year. All four pitchers signed one-year deals with San Francisco.
Smyly's addition adds intrigue to the battle for rotation spots this spring and also gives the Giants some insurance against potential injuries. Veterans Johnny Cueto, Jeff Samardzija and Kevin Gausman are all expected to hold down starting spots while promising young starters including Tyler Beede, Tyler Anderson, Logan Webb and Shaun Anderson all figure to compete for jobs.
It's unclear if the Giants will give Dereck Rodríguez and Andrew Suárez chances to start this spring or send both to the bullpen, but minor league free-agent signee Tyson Ross is also expected to earn starts during Cactus League play.
To clear a roster spot for Smyly, the Giants designated reliever Trevor Oaks for assignment.


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Xavier Aptitude Test-XAT 2012
Xavier Aptitude Test-XAT 2012
Xavier Aptitude Test (XAT) will be conducted on January 8, 2012. The test would be coordinated by XLRI Jamshedpur on behalf of Xavier Association of Management Institutes (XAMI), an association of like minded institutes. Apart from the 16 core member institutes mentioned, more than 70 associate member institutes located in different parts of the country select students on basis of XAT scores. Details of the associate member institutes, along with that of registration process would be given on www.xlri.ac.in on September 20, 2011.
Online registration for XAT 2012 can be done from September 20, 2011 till November 30, 2011. Applicants should note that registration for XAT is a pre-requisite for applying to the different institutes, and applicants have to apply separately to institutes of their choice.
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Los Angeles, California – KLS Worldwide Chauffeured Services has announced the launch of its new website, which features over 40 town cars, limousines, and party buses in its fleet. The website also features luxury chauffeur services provided by KLS' professionally trained drivers.
KLS Worldwide Chauffeured Services offers reliable transportation service through a team of dedicated chauffeurs. KLS chauffeurs go through extensive on-the-job training to ensure the practice of road safety and security of the clientele. "Our chauffeurs are carefully screened and then placed in a rigorous training program that emphasizes the safety and discretion of our clients. KLS Limousine Service is committed to ensuring every client's travel experience is safe and reliable. For our clients who desire that extra personal safety, we offer individualized security protection services by experienced licensed guards," says KLS President and CEO, Alex Darbahani.
No destination is too far. The KLS Fleet, composed of over 40 town cars, limousines, and party buses, are ready for any event, anywhere, anytime. Among the town cars available with KLS' chauffeur services are the classy and high-tech Cadillac XTS, Maybach, Mercedes-Benz S-550, and Lincoln Continental. Limousine vehicles available with chauffeur services include the Cadillac Escalade ESV and Lincoln MKT Limousine. To accommodate large groups for formal events, and meetings, the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter Limo Bus as well as the Ford F-550 Mini Coach, and Mercedes-Benz Sprinter Limo are also available for rent.
For more information, visit https://plus.google.com/+KlslaLimousines/about
Based in Los Angeles, KLS Worldwide is a licensed and insured transportation company that complies with regulatory requirements in cities and the states it operates in. The company observes "duty of care" practices that ensure the safety of clients. KLS Worldwide adheres to strict maintenance procedures to keep its vehicles in their most professional, sleek, and tip-top shape during VIP travels. Due to its dedication to providing quality transport service, KLS Worldwide has been widely present in prestigious events and charities, such as the Elton John and Sharon Osbourne fundraiser.
KLS Worldwide Chauffeured Services is a luxury transportation company based in Los Angeles, California. The company is located at 7753 Densmore Ave, Van Nuys, CA 91406 (https://goo.gl/maps/QkCys1xHXHT2).
The company can be contacted by phone at (877) 936-5466. Email inquiries are also welcome at email@example.com
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