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Now interestingly enough, many of these people buy hook, line, and sinker the idea that our economy is getting much better. And that, you know, the unemployment rate is down to 5.5 percent. You know what? If the unemployment was down to 5.5 percent, our economy would be humming, okay? But obviously it's not. And it's one of the reasons that our founders said that our freedom and our way of live is dependent upon a well-informed and educated populous.
Because what you have to know is that you can make the unemployment rate anything you want it to be based on what numbers you include and what numbers you exclude. So you have to look at the labor force participation rate, which is the number of people eligible to work who are actually working. That number has been steadily going down since 2009 and is now at a 37-year low.
Unless you understand those kind of things, it's imminently possible for slick politicians and biased media to convince you that everything is wonderful when your eyes tell you something different. And I'm saying to people around this nation right now: stop being loyal to a party or to a man and use your brain to think for yourself.
That is really the key to us as a nation becoming successful again. Not in allowing ourselves to be manipulated by people who think that they are the king-makers, who think that they are the rulers of thought. They are not the rulers of thought. We the people are the rulers of thought in this nation. We get to determine what kind of nation we have. Other people cannot dictate that for us. We never allow anybody to take that right away from us.
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Matthias Schmid is E.M.B.L.-HSG alumnus of the year 2011/2012 and is CEO of mpacts GmbH in Baden, Switzerland.
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27 June 2011Sarah Robertson
Sarah Robertson talks to international Bioenergy expert Professor Ralph Sims.
Despite challenges, many renewable energy proponents believe the case for bioenergy is compelling. On one level, the use of biomass for heat, electricity and fuel production is mature, with an extensive supply and demand chain that offers advanced and developing nations the opportunity to capitalise on waste residues for local and national use.
At the same time, Research and Development continues on developing the next generations of biofuels, with researchers developing bioenergy feedstocks that are more sustainable – such as municipal waste, fast growing non-food crops, and even Algae.
So called 2nd Generation biofuels like cellulosic ethanol remain a holy grail that many are working towards.
But, believes Professor Ralph Sims, there is still considerable work to be done before biomass gasification technologies and second generation biofuels – which remove the need for biomass to be sourced from food 'crops' become commercially viable.
Of second generation biofuels, he cautions that we need to be patient: "It's unlikely that second generation biofuels will be competitive for another five or 10 years," he believes. "And then of course, they've got to be large scale plants to make them commercially viable from an economies-of-scale point of view, and that means they've got to have large areas of land to supply the feedstock all year round."
But in the meantime, while we wait, the challenges facing the bioenergy industry are numerous.
Top of the list is the need for bioenergy to be seen as sustainable, and not conflict with the growing global demand for food crops.
Besides this, a slew of other challenges remain: Security of supply of biomass feedstock needs to be maintained over the long term; transport infrastructure needs to improve to ensure feedstock supply while not making the end product, again, unsustainable; and then there is the requirement for a more supportive political, legal and financial environment, which will allow the industry to be increasingly competitive with traditional sources of energy.
Sims believes the major issue today remains sustainability. And how to promote the industry, and its responsible face, to the public.
"Most people don't understand biomass," he begins: "If people talk about renewable energy they immediately think of wind and they immediately think of solar, and then after a bit of thought some might think of hydro and then some might add geothermal on to that. Then biomass is sort of the poor cousin, if you like."
The World Bioenergy Association has recently voiced similar concerns about the sector's visibility, with President Kent Nyström commenting on the lack of awareness of the enormous potential of bioenergy worldwide. Based on a report by the Department of Energy and Technology at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), the estimated potential for bioenergy production in 2050 is 1,135 – 1,548 exajoules (EJ). With global energy consumption at over 500 EJ today and with the IEA projections revealing that this could reach well over 1,000 EJ in 2050, bioenergy's potential is clear.
Mandated renewable energy targets and fuel incentives have also pushed the development of the industry, particularly first generation biofuels in the U.S., Brazil and Europe (in fact the European Renewable Energy Council suggests that biomass is likely to contribute half the mandated 20 percent renewable energy target for Europe by 2020).
Away from the industry itself it's no real surprise that the public hasn't engaged with bioenergy. Sustainability issues have plagued the industry for years, with the harvesting of woody biomass and the 'food-versus-fuel' debate the highest profile issues. But the industry has taken these issues seriously, and many studies have been conducted to investigate how biomass development can meet global energy demand in a sustainable way.
But what does 'sustainable' really mean in this context?
Several organisations have been developing sustainability criteria for bioenergy production, including the Global Bioenergy Partnership (GBEP), the World Bioenergy Association (WBA), IEA Bioenergy and the International Organisation for Standardisation.
"Such guidelines are already having impacts on policy-makers, ensuring that local and imported biomass supplies are subjected to stringent resource analysis," says Sims. He believes the GBEP, established by the Group of 8 + 5 in 2005, is in a strong position to co-ordinate the various activities internationally.
The GBEP brings together public, private sector and civil society stakeholders. In 2007, the partnership was given a mandate to "take forward the successful and sustainable development of bioenergy". The GBEP Task Force on Greenhouse Gas Methodologies was established in October 2007, and in 2008 the GBEP Taskforce on Sustainability was established to develop a set of relevant, practical, science-based, voluntary criteria and indicators, as well as examples of best practice regarding the sustainability of bioenergy.
The partnership is focusing on reaching consensus on its sustainability criteria and indicators, and its GHG methodologies, with a view to starting the process of testing them in 2011.
According to the GBEP, the sustainability indicators are "designed to enable Governments to build their capacity to monitor, interpret and respond to the environmental, social and economic impacts of their bioenergy production and use."
A WBA position paper on certification sustainability criteria, presented in December last year, suggests two main issues with bioenergy development that sustainability criteria can redress.
An internationally recognised certification would "ensure that the export of biomass and biofuels was not at the expense of the populations in the main source countries, or of ecosystems and environmental values," it says.
Moreover, "sustainable production of biomass must be shown to not reduce production or availability of food, fibre and water, or of living space and living standards for rural and indigenous populations."
However, Sims says that despite these efforts, public concerns remain about the use of biomass, and there is still much confusion over the popular definition of "sustainability".
Therefore, "having international criteria in place would help bring greater clarity to both biomass suppliers and users, and avoid misinformation being imparted, especially through the media," he says.
Improving public perception, therefore, is key to developing a sustainable industry, not only environmentally but one that can prosper in a competitive energy market.
Sims believes it is the industry's role to change negative, or uninformed, perceptions about biomass development.
People remember the bad things about biomass that they read, he says. Liquid biofuels were severely criticised when world food prices went up in 2007, and a World Bank report claimed that biofuels were responsible for around 75 percent of the increase. However, late last year the organisation admitted that the impact of biofuels production in 2007 was actually only a 3–4 percent increase in retail food prices, the main factors being droughts, increased demand for protein and increased oil prices.
Regarding sustainability issues about land use, Sims suggests that a common view of the industry is that "if you're growing corn in the U.S. for fuel not food, then someone is cutting down rainforests in Brazil or Philippines in order to produce more food".
That's possibly correct if the system is not managed properly, he maintains, "but at the moment it's all relatively uncertain as some extra food production comes from the ever-increasing crop yields, thereby possibly freeing up some land for growing energy crops – but nobody knows how much."
Palm oil, he explains, has been criticised because people believe countries such as Malaysia and Indonesia are still cutting down rainforest. But he counters that Malaysia hasn't cut down rainforest for a long time and that the practice is reducing in Indonesia.
In addition, he says that "only 10 percent of this palm oil actually gets used for biofuels, and the rest of it is for edible purposes. So again, it's the biomass that has the poor image".
Improving the public image of bioenergy, therefore, goes hand-in-hand with the development and implementation of sustainability criteria. But developing these to be used globally is not trivial:
"Exactly how a biomass producer in rural Africa or China would be able to interpret sustainability guidelines is not clear," Professor Sims points out. "However, attempting to develop a process for biomass in a similar manner to the certification of timber products is worth pursuing."
Bioenergy, says Professor Sims, has a key role to play in a global energy future. He says the IPCC's Special Report on Renewable Energy, due out in May this year, reinforces this:
"Biomass has certainly got a high profile in this report," he says. "Just trying to assess how much biomass there is in the world and how much there might be is very, very difficult because we don't know how many people are going to need feeding, and we don't know how the yields of food crops will increase, and we don't know how much marginal land we've got, and we don't know how climate change is going to impact on crop production and water supplies. And all of those things are going to have an impact on biomass production.
"But we do know, and this is pretty clear from the report, that we should use the biomass currently available from wastes and residues as efficiently as possible and use it for everybody's benefit."
Sarah Robertson is the former editor of EcoGeneration, the Australian clean energy magazine. She covers environment and energy.
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When you think about digital innovation and exciting new technologies, workspace providers probably don't spring immediately to mind. But this is set to change, as a growing number of companies are now ready for the next stage of digital transformation - a step beyond a slick new website that simply lists available properties. But why is this necessary?
Today's customer expectations are shaped by forward-thinking, industry-leading innovators – the Amazons, Airbnbs and Googles of the world. We have been wooed by the convenience, simplicity and beautiful UIs, together with service offerings that answer our needs before we're even aware of them. We are the 'I-want-everything-and-I-want-it-now' generation. And these expectations translate into our working environments, amplifying the need for office space solutions that not only save businesses time, but improve engagement, across all stages of the customer journey.
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Flat management structures, agile working and fast, flexible processes are the watchwords of modern businesses. The hierarchical structure of yesterday, where decisions could only be made by a handful of senior managers (who were both figuratively and physically set apart from the rest of the workforce), meant that workspaces were typically box-like structures, stern-looking and functional. Kind of like the boxes on an org chart.
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Transforming the traditional workplace provider offering
The majority of big workplace providers are still at the starting point of their digital transformation journey. However, the property tech market is booming and in recent years we've seen an increase in the development of new digital solutions that could help to deliver the next-generation workplace experience, from search to office management and client offboarding.
Complex personalisation technology to predict and deliver relevant property suggestions is one technology that is now commonplace. But office space providers need to get smarter with the way they approach personalisation. Considering basic data like company size, budget, preferred location or company culture is a good starting point, but there is an opportunity to do so much more.
Discovering your clients' specific pain points can help to define solutions that will win them over. Example? One of the biggest fears of office change is employee drop-out; new environment, change of estimated travel time... Data-led personalisation, which suggests offices with the shortest commute time based on employees' current starting point, could help to minimise the relocation impact and ensure employees are on board with the change. Happy employees, happy clients, higher revenue potential.
Delivering a seamless transition between clients' physical conversations with an agent and any subsequent digital actions, is key to providing that smooth, channel-agnostic experience.
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AI and VR are also showing high potential. From AI-enabled mobile chatbots answering common queries and delivering relevant property suggestions, to VR tours helping clients to scan various office propositions in a short space of time and accelerate their decision-making process – there are a number of avenues worth exploring.
Creating the next-generation workplace experience
Some of the more nimble companies are already using tech for effective digitalisation of physical spaces to boost employee experience, facilitate interconnectivity, and aid operational efficiency with automatic invoicing, integrated calendars or centralised mobile-accessible printing services.
WeWork, a global provider of shared workspaces and services for all business sizes, is focusing on driving collaboration between customers using a combination of physical design and digital services. Their app builds on WeWork's global network of 150K+ members to deliver digital infrastructure aiming to increase connectivity and build inter-network connectivity. The app enables members to discuss ideas, post and read other company updates, find or list business or job opportunities, book conference spaces at any WeWork location to increase the efficiency of communal spaces, and get relevant event invites. With increased connectivity, WeWork helps to foster collaboration, while streamlining operations, boosting members' efficiency, and increasing general employee satisfaction. Triple win.
A growing number of workspace providers are also exploring the potential of cutting-edge tech like AR, IoT or advanced crowd analytics. Although VR/AR and IoT in the office space is still relatively untapped, there is a big potential to utilise these technologies to aid conference meetings or unlock seamless remote collaboration. Conversely, crowd analytics tool could help office suppliers to assess the effectiveness of current physical space design by analysing places employees congregate most, and utilising data to identify potential space management gaps.
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With B2B customers demanding the same level of best-in-class CX they get in other sectors, delivering a seamless digital-physical journey across every stage is often a make-or-break moment for the majority of today's workspace providers.
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Holistic drugs is the art and science that addresses the whole particular person and integrates conventional and complementary therapies to forestall and treat illness, however most significantly to advertise optimal health. The price of treatment by a holistic therapist varies widely depending on the level of qualification and the self-discipline, so it is best to discuss how much treatment might be expected to value with a practitioner earlier than beginning a course of remedy.
Holistic medicine is based on the speculation that arthritis happens from a wide range of factors and in order to get the best outcome it takes an strategy that looks at every facet of your life. But, they argue that conventional medication might not be the best choice for most of the chronic conditions commonly encountered in their practices.
Holistic therapeutic colleges provides diplomas, certification and levels in many areas natural therapeutic together with complete coursework in aromatherapy, acupuncture, Reiki, chiropractic healing, bodywork, energy healing, hypnotherapy, reflexology, therapeutic massage therapy, iridology, and some other pure healing matters.
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Merck KGAA and GlucoMe Exploring Expansion for Digital Diabetes System
YARKONA, Israel, May 21, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Digital diabetes solution provider, GlucoMe, announced today that it is exploring expansion of its partnership with Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany. This follows a successful joint pilot in several Vietnam hospitals, facilitated by a third party.
In August 2018, Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, a world leader in science and technology with more than 60 years of experience in the treatment of type 2 diabetes, partnered with GlucoMe to assess the advantages of GlucoMe's digital diabetes care solution against the current standard of care in Vietnam.
GlucoMe is a digital diabetes management solution that effectively and efficiently streamlines the disease management process for patients and the entire healthcare system. The GlucoMe system was integrated in five Vietnam hospitals. Three hundred patients with diabetes used GlucoMe's wireless blood glucose monitor over a three-month period to measure their blood sugar levels at home. The clinical data was synced through GlucoMe's mobile app and analyzed by GlucoMe's Digital Diabetes Clinic (DDC) and its Control Tower alert system. This enabled medical professionals and their staff to continuously monitor their patients and intervene more efficiently and effectively than the current face-to-face standard of care allows. It also helped medical teams identify and prioritize severe and urgent cases for the timeliest intervention.
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"GlucoMe's pilot with Merck KGaA has been completed with great success," said GlucoMe's CEO, Yiftah Ben-Aharon. "Our teams, along with a third party, worked together for smooth integration of GlucoMe's entire platform – from hardware to our data-driven Digital Diabetes Clinic – in the Vietnam hospitals. Our comprehensive digital diabetes management solution has significantly impacted how their staff interacts with patients: increasing dramatically the number of interactions and touchpoints with patients with the existing resources; achieving better control and managing treatment across a population; and enabling true and efficient remote care. Now we are looking forward to continuing our collaboration with Merck to scale up the digital solution in Vietnam and reach facilities and populations in additional countries."
"We at Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany recognize type 2 diabetes as one of today's most pressing global public health challenges. By providing treatment for diabetes patients for more than 60 years, we have gained a deep understanding of the clinical use of our portfolio as well as of patients' needs. Offering additional services and tools beyond our drug portfolio will help patients to better manage their disease," added Daniel Ruggiero, Head of Diabetes Strategy at the Biopharma business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany.
GlucoMe is now preparing to launch the digital platform commercially in Vietnam and is in the process of evaluating additional global markets for expansion.
About Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany in Diabetes
Merck KGaA Darmstadt, Germany is a global leading player in the type 2 diabetes area and originator of the orally administered antihyperglycemic drug Glucophage® (metformin) which has more than sixty years of clinical use and is the first line recommended monotherapy in the type 2 diabetes treatment guidelines. Merck KGaA Darmstadt, Germany received label extension for the administration of Glucophage® for non-diabetic hyperglycemia (commonly known as prediabetes) in many countries including the United Kingdom and is currently seeking this indication in additional countries worldwide.
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GlucoMe is a digital health company developing and marketing a comprehensive digital solution for diabetes management. With its new algorithm-based Decision Support System analyzing relevant diabetes data and providing medical teams with treatment recommendations, GlucoMe is on track to realizing its vision of offering an autonomous diabetes health care platform.
The GlucoMe solution enables smart and cost-effective remote care and monitoring, streamlining and simplifying diabetes care for patients, caregivers and medical professionals. Its core architecture enables quick and simple implementation and allows organizations to easily scale up while delivering personalized quality care.
The GlucoMe platform includes an affordable wireless blood glucose monitor; a mobile app; a Digital Diabetes cloud-based monitoring & control management software for healthcare organizations and professionals; and a Control Tower, to enable patient and population data-driven prioritization and management.
For additional information about GlucoMe, visit www.glucome.com.
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Most OCR solutions are unable to fix common quality problems with scanned documents and can't automatically detect and extract different languages. This means a lot of manual preparation before documents can be processed: manually separating pages by language and enhancing the quality of damaged pages, poor photocopies and low quality faxes. This takes time, requires specialized language skills and tools that won't remove character features that are critical to global languages.
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Poojan Kumar was nearing grandmaster level when he left his chess career for software engineering. His 12 years of software leadership includes co-founding Oracle Exadata, heading up data products at VMware and co-founding PernixData, where he now serves as CEO. In this article in SandHill's series profiling software leaders, he shares how he approaches business leadership problem solving by applying chess strategies.
Databases and database management are the software areas that will experience the most change in 2014, says Peter Auditore, principal researcher, Asterias Research. He discusses changes including how ecosystems of solutions and service providers are evolving around inexpensive open source solutions.
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Many entrepreneurs' personality traits or work styles can lead their businesses right into the red, says Arman Khalili, the chairman of Black Lotus and principal at Industry Capital. He shares how startup leaders can avoid financial missteps by being wary of seven mindsets.
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Did you Know?
More than 2/3 of all homes in the U.S. have a broadband Internet connection. Are you reaching your customers?
Model View Controller
What is MVC?
Model-view-controller (MVC) is a design pattern for websites that separates business logic from the user interface. This allows for an easier time when modifying the website, either changing the user interface without changing the backend data, or changing the business rules without changing the look and feel of the website.
In MVC, the Model controls the business logic, holding the state of the application that is then passed to the presentation layer. The View is what actually contains the presentation logic, the bells and whistles of the user interface. The Model and View do not interact with each other directly; instead they use a controller to determine which model and view to use.
One of the key benefits to using MVC in web applications is the reusability of code. When building an application, one model can be used for many views, and many types of views, resulting in the business logic not having to be duplicated when crossing technology. For instance, if a webpage was built today with the view as standard HTML, but later on in the future needs changed to be used with WAP, all of the business logic would need to be created and updated for the new technology. However, using MVC, only the view would need to be changed to WAP, and all data access and business logic would remain intact.
The reverse of this is also a key benefit, changing the Model. If a database server is upgraded, or the underlying data structure is changed, the only changes to the application are needed on the Model. The View will still be able to handle the information retrieved from the Model. With MVC, applications are easily customized, and allow for a high degree of scalability.


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Vancouver International AirportAddress 3211 Grant McConachie Way, Richmond, BC V7B 0A4, Canada
YVR (the code for Vancouver International Airport) is the second busiest airport in Canada, welcoming more than 24 million passengers in 2017, including arriving, departing, and connecting travelers. In such a bustling airport, having a plan to get to where you're going can save a lot of hassle.
The Vancouver International Airport is located on Sea Island in Richmond, about 12 km (7.5 mi) from downtown Vancouver and about 30 minutes south (by car) from the city center. Served by its own SkyTrain rapid transit line, called the Canada Line, the airport is easy to reach via public transit or private transfers. Here's a complete guide to everything you need to know about the airport.
Popular Airlines/Routes
The Main Terminal is split into Domestic (Canada), International, and the US, with Airport South (South Terminal Building and Floatplane Facility), located a 15-minute shuttle ride away.
More than 50 airlines fly to and from YVR's Main Terminal, including national carriers such as Air Canada, British Airways, Air China, Air France, Air New Zealand, Icelandair, Qantas, and Philippine Airways. Budget Canadian airlines such as WestJet and Air Transat serve routes across North America and to places such as the UK. Luxury airlines include Cathay Pacific and there are many routes to Asia with airlines such as China Eastern, China Southern, Eva Airlines, and Hong Kong Airlines serving China and beyond.
Airport South serves smaller airlines, float planes and helicopter operations including Helijet and Harbour Air with services to Tofino, Haida Gwaii, and the Gulf Islands.
Relax with a massage at Absolute Spa before and after security in the US and Domestic Terminals, or in the Air Canada Maple Leaf Lounges that can be found in International, Domestic and US Terminals. Other services include shoe shine, shoe repair and clothes cleaning facilities, as well as baggage storage and a Canada Post outlet to mail any last-minute postcards.
Shopping opportunities range from 711 and Hudsons News outlets to designer brands such as Cartier, Bulgari, Burberry, and Gucci. Pick up local chocolates from Rogers' (after security in Domestic) or visit iStore for travel gadgets.
Make a night of it and stay at the Fairmont Vancouver Airport, a soundproofed luxury hotel and spa that is situated in the US section of Main Terminal - perfect for an early morning flight or a late night arrival.
Food and Drink Options
There are various places to eat and drink before and after security in the Main Terminal - Food on the Fly allows you to take restaurant meals and snacks onto the flight. Fast food options such as Burger King, A & W, Starbucks, Subway, Wendy's, White Spot, and Tim Hortons can be found on both sides of security. For a taste of local food, try Stanley Park Taphouse in the Domestic Terminal after security, Pajo's Fish & Chips before security in the International Terminal before security or Canucks Bar & Grill after security in the US terminal. For a special treat, visit Globe @YVR inside the Fairmont Vancouver Airport for a romantic meal of local West Coast cuisine before take off.
The Flying Beaver Bar & Grill at Airport South, near the Floatplane Facility, is a local institution that's well worth a visit if you're traveling from here.
Parking/Car Rental
Hourly, daily, weekly parking options are available next to Main Terminal at Gateway Valet or the Parkade, with other slightly cheaper options such as jetSet Parking and Value Long Term Parking just a short shuttle ride away. Parking is also available at Airport South and free electric vehicle charging stations can be found at all parking lots.
Main Terminal has onsite car rental through National, Alamo, Hertz, Dollar Thrifty, Avis, and Budget (as well as members-only Zipcar). Off-site rentals (a 10-15 minute shuttle ride away from the Courtesy Shuttle Zone) include Enterprise Rent-a-Car, Discount Car and Truck Rentals, Routes Car Rental, and local car shares Car2Go and Evo CarShare.
Getting to and From YVR
Getting to or from the Vancouver International Airport (YVR) from downtown Vancouver is about a 20-minute car ride and not much more by public transport thanks to the Canada Line, a monorail-type train that is part of Vancouver's efficient and reasonably priced public transportation system. You can conveniently access trains from both the International and Domestic Terminals and get to various locations in and around Vancouver.
Vancouver is a progressive town with a commitment to sustainable living - maybe more so than anywhere else in Canada and its commitment to excellent public transport is part of its green charm.
Nevertheless, if private transport is more your speed, lots of other options are available from downtown.
- Public transit: The Canada Line has made getting to and from the Vancouver International Airport by public transportation easy and affordable. This rapid rail service connects Metro Vancouver's busiest north-south corridor, linking downtown to Richmond and Vancouver International Airport. As of 2018, an adult fare from YVR to downtown Vancouver is about Cdn $7 to $10 depending on the time of day and age of the traveler. Access to the Canada Line is from within the airport terminal.
- Taxis: Taxis servicing the Vancouver International Airport follow a set-rate fare zone system for reliable pricing. A taxi ride from the airport to central Vancouver takes about 30 mins and costs Cdn $26 (as of 2018). Set fares to other Vancouver locales range between $20 and $41. A $3 to $10 tip on top of this is standard. Taxi fares to the airport are based on the meter and from downtown Vancouver, including from the cruise ship terminal, are about $35.
- Courtesy shuttle: The Vancouver International Airport offers complimentary transit between the airport and many local hotels. The courtesy shuttle services numerous Richmond hotels but as of 2017, only one downtown Vancouver hotel.


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- Dr Mark Atkinson
The secret to natural confidence
Are you overly self-conscious or shy? Are you concerned with what others think about you to the extent that it stops you from being yourself? Do you struggle to be at peace with who you are? Most people in my experience answer yes to at least one of those questions. Lack of natural confidence really is quite common. What's more many so-called confident people, aren't naturally confident, they are just good at projecting what I call 'artificial' confidence. They aren't the same.
Natural confidence is what effortlessly flows out of us when we are relaxed, present and authentic, being our self. It is the consequence of loving and accepting our Self just as we are. Artificial confidence in contrast is effortful. It comes from trying to be someone who we are not. When you are in the presence of someone who is trying to be confident you will notice two things. One – they are not present in the here and now, they are usually caught up in a stream of thoughts and emotions. Two – they are tense, they are not comfortable in their own skin. Natural confidence and artificial confidence are therefore poles apart. That said – they do each have their place. If I'm going to a job interview its important I project confidence. If I'm painfully shy and in a room full of people, then knowing how to shift my state of mind to one that is confident will come in handy! I therefore regard developing 'artificial' confidence as an essential life skill (for this I recommend Paul McKenna's book Instant Confidence). Developing natural confidence takes time, energy and a fair amount of 'inner' emotional and psychological work, so I suggest you do this work in parallel with learning some more instant ways to experience confidence. Eventually you can drop the 'artificial' confidence techniques. Here are some tips to get you started
Be here now. Underpinning natural confidence is present moment awareness a state of being awake, alert and in alignment with the each moment as it is. What pulls us out of the moment? Well there are many things including getting caught up in our heads stories and body's emotions, but stress is what pulls most of us out of the moment. So next time you are stressed try 4-7 breathing. Breathe into the count of 4 and out to the count of 7. Repeat a couple of times and notice how much calmer (and present) you are. Here is a tip to help you disengage your thoughts and emotions: next time you shower, brush your teeth, go for a walk or eat, rather than going into your head to think, just gently notice what you can see around you without labeling what you see – just notice. Breathe gently. After a couple of seconds rotate around your senses - smell, hearing, taste and touch - just notice your experience. This is called mindfulness practice
Learn to welcome and work with your emotions. Next time you feel uncomfortable, notice where those emotions feel strongest in your body and say to them silently 'I'm really pleased you are here.' Allow yourself to feel whatever you are feeling with the same care and sensitivity that you would extend to a small baby or child. Do this for at least 90 seconds. 9 out of 10 times the emotion will release and you will feel so much better
Tame the Inner Critic. All of us have a part of us whose job is to judge ourselves and others, whilst its part of the human condition, it's also a significant contributor to shame, stress and low self-esteem. Next time you notice yourself giving yourself a hard-time, notice the stressful thought. For example 'I'm not going to be able to cope with this.' Now say the thought out loud (if by yourself) or silently (if with others), but say it very slowly, with a couple of seconds gap between each word. Repeat twice and notice how this thought from your inner critic has lost its power. You can use this technique with any stressful thought


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Takayuki Iwai White Steel No.2 Kurouchi Finish Deba Japanese Chef Knife 150mm
Our hand crafted stock is extremely limited. Purchase now to avoid any delays!
This knife from Takayuki Iwai is made from Shirogami steel and comes with Kurouchi finish to prevent the blade from rusting. Takayuki Iwai knives are made by hands; they don't use machines to mass produce because they believe that machine-made knives are less superior than those that are hand made. For Takayuki Iwai, it is quality first.
Knife Type: Deba Knife (Fish preparation)
Material: Shirogami No.2 (White steel No.2)
Blade Length: 150mm
Stainless: No. (The blade needs regular maintenance to prevent rusting.)
Use & Care
- Do not attempt to cut, hit or chop frozen products or bones. The blade can chip or break.
- Hand wash with warm water and towel dry.
- Use a sharpening stone to maintain the sharpness of the blade.
We can change the blade length according to your preference.
It usually takes 2 –4 weeks for us to restock should this item is not available.
Japanny.com is the sole distributor of Takayuki Iwai knives outside Japan.


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Lululemon last week delivered the kind of earnings report that investors dream about. The athleisure brand beat expectations in its second quarter on every possible metric: revenue ($883.4 million vs $846.8 million expected), earnings (96 cents per share vs. 89 cents expected), and same-store sales (up 15% vs 12.2% expected). North America sales were up 21% and its menswear is growing like crazy, up 35%, outpacing women's apparel.
But a more macroeconomic takeaway came on its earnings call: amid industrywide concerns in the apparel business over Trump tariffs, Lululemon (LULU) is nimbly avoiding trade war pitfalls.
Just 6% of Lululemon's finished goods are currently susceptible to U.S. tariffs on imports from China. "That percentage is down considerably, given how we have diversified our vendor base," said CFO P.J. Guido on the call. And here's the key line: "We've never had more flexibility than we do today in our supply chain. So going forward, we do not expect it to be a big impact to the business."
According to research firm Panjiva, Lululemon has recently moved more production out of China, to places like Vietnam and Cambodia.
Guido also noted that Lululemon increased its use of air freight "as a hedge against potential port congestion related to China tariffs," and that its gross profit margin rose 20% in the second quarter anyway.
U.S. tariffs on Chinese imports, Guido reiterated, is "an issue that we feel is highly manageable for us."
Lululemon is set to actually expand its footprint in China this year.
The company plans to open 15 stores in China by the end of 2019, which would nearly double its store count there since the end of 2018, CEO Calvin McDonald said on the call. The brand's Asia-Pacific revenues grew 33% in Q2, driven by 68% growth in China.
Lululemon shares are up 60% so far this year.
Daniel Roberts is the sports business writer at Yahoo Finance. Follow him on Twitter at @readDanwrite.
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Michael J. Morrell, who served as acting director of the CIA over two periods in 2012 and 2013, endorsed Hillary Clinton for president today. In his endorsement, Morrell praises Clinton for being a steady hand in crisis and a leader who can uphold America's influence abroad (i.e. not abandon the Baltic states to Putin, etc.).
It's about how Clinton is the anti-Trump, in other words: She's reliable, predictable, and, for better or worse, will maintain the status quo when it comes to national defense. To prove this, Morrell discusses Clinton's involvement in the Bin Laden raid, which contains one key anecdote:
I never saw her bring politics into the Situation Room. In fact, I saw the opposite. When some wanted to delay the Bin Laden raid by one day because the White House Correspondents Dinner might be disrupted, she said, "Screw the White House Correspondents Dinner."
From the perspective of an endorsement, this is the no-bullshit Clinton we see in debates (and at congressional inquiries), but rarely on the stump. But it's also a crazy anecdote! Who, in the famous Bin Laden picture, wanted to stop the raid so they could hang out with the press and listen to jokes?
Clinton is obviously out, as is President Obama. But that leaves a lot of possibilities. Could it have been Brigadier General Brad Webb? Admiral Mike Mullen? National Security Advisor Tom Donilon? Director of National Intelligence James Clapper? Who are we kidding, it was probably Biden.