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For hundreds of years, Taiwan has been under different colonial rules. From the Dutch, the Spanish, the Japanese, to the Republic of China, each regime left their footprints on this island; only the indigenous peoples of this island experienced them all. During these periods of colonization, they were given different names and their cultures have been changed. Through the life of a Truku elder, we see the history of aboriginal recertification movement.
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Is Eating A Fruit Smoothie Diet For A Few Days Good For You To Clean Your System
The Smoothie Diet is a fat burning program that demonstrates easy recipes that are healthy and balanced and delicious . The dishes are made with fresh fruit and vegetables, though customers will certainly require to buy to find out more regarding the schedule as well as suggestions.
What is The Smoothie Diet?
Dropping extra weight is usually a matter of equilibrium in an individual's life. Finding the very best option to purge with the added inches on the waistline is a journey, but most individuals think that robbing themselves of the foods that they enjoy is the secret. Not only will this approach of weight management be unsuccessful, yet it will certainly establish the individual up for a strong return to their old ways.
A excellent diet is simple to keep and incorporate with time, however The Smoothie Diet is a bit different. It provides numerous of the advantages that individuals desire from a weight loss plan– like more energy as well as wellness renovations– the key isn't to offer up every little thing. Rather, users are simply invited to experiment with their smoothies in their current diet.
Users only require to quit three weeks to see the distinction, according to the assurance of the firm, as stated on the main website. The goal of this program is to enhance the individual's wellness, yet it additionally decreases the fat on the body at a fast rate that other programs simply can not imitate. The creator of The Smoothie Diet claims that the same dishes involved in this strategy are supplied to his personal customers.
Rather than just supplying a dish book, users have to comply with a specific order for the shakes to be reliable, which is described in the guidelines. Every single nutrient is perfectly balanced to boost weight management, and also only particular meals will certainly be exchanged for the smoothie instead. Individuals will not have to work out, yet they will require to follow the directions.
Various other benefits that users will uncover with this routine include better skin, renovations in cognition, far better blood sugar monitoring, and also extra. While a few of these benefits can be credited to weight loss, several of them are due to the certain active ingredients used in the healthy smoothies offered.
Purchasing The Smoothie Diet
Though purchasing The Smoothie Diet commonly sets you back $47, the designers have actually knocked $10 off of the rate for a limited time, setting you back just $37 today. Individuals will instantly obtain accessibility to the materials, that include:
- A shopping list for every week
- A full strategy of the smoothie replacements for the following 3 weeks
- A routine for the right usage of the shakes
- A prep guide and pointers for making every one of the shakes
All of this web content is readily available as digital products, as well as the acquisition is covered by a 60-day return policy for a full refund.
About the 3-Day Smoothie Detox
The 3-Day Smoothie Detox aids the user start on the ideal foot with their regimen. This part of the program is a quick dip into the regimen to show weight reduction, though customers can also repeat the detoxification as a way to reset the individual's health after they've binged.
This program also consists of a shopping list as well as well-written dishes.
Concerning the Quick Start Guide
The Quick Start Guide is a method to delve into the information of the program without checking out the entire program before carrying out the very first day of the regimen. This is just a compressed variation of the routine, offering a quick version of what the next 3 weeks will certainly entail.
Frequently Asked Questions About The Smoothie Diet
Suppose users still intend to shed more weight after The Smoothie Diet mores than?
This diet can be duplicated over and over, as long as the individual continues to want to lose additional pounds. The customer does not have to start from the end, however the program will describe the transitions that they need to make.
Will customers reclaim the weight that they've shed when the three weeks are over?
Not necessarily. The factor that this program is so reliable is that it breaks the routines associated with a bad diet, like extravagance in sugary foods and also convenience food. With much better practices, maintaining the weight off is relatively very easy, which is why many people continue with The Smoothie Diet past the three weeks.
Is The Smoothie Diet safe for people with diabetic issues?
Generally, yes. The smoothie mixes are abundant in fresh vegetables and fruits, recommending that it could lower the influence that a poor way of life has on diabetes. Still, customers that are currently identified with diabetic issues may want to consult with their physician prior to they make substantial adjustments to their diet.
What if the user does not have much time to get included with a diet?
When they currently have many dedications that they require to handle, this program particularly helps people to shed weight. Whatever is exceptionally simple to create, taking just a few minutes of prepping and also mixing .
If consumers still have various other issues, they can send an e-mail to [email protected] to head to the designer for responses.
The Smoothie Diet prepares out whatever that individuals require to do to lose weight with a mixer as well as fresh components. The program is made to be extended or repeated, making it very easy to maintain losing weight until the individual's objective is met.
Rather, customers are merely invited to attempt out their shakes in their current diet.
Instead of simply providing a dish book, customers have to adhere to a specific order for the shakes to be efficient, which is laid out in the directions. Still, users that are presently diagnosed with diabetes may want to talk with their physician prior to they make substantial adjustments to their diet.
The Smoothie Diet intends out every little thing that customers need to do to shed weight with a blender and fresh ingredients. The program is made to be extended or repeated, making it simple to keep losing weight up until the individual's objective is satisfied.

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Straight, properly aligned teeth aren't just beautiful, they're more comfortable and healthier. An improper bite and crooked teeth may lead to future dental issues that may be expensive to fix and painful. This is why Dieter Burr, D.M.D. is proud to provide the Invisalign system — clear, removable aligners for his patients in Merritt Island, FL. Made custom to fit your teeth and your unique goals, Invisalign is more comfortable and attractive than traditional metal orthodontics that may be taken out to make eating and tooth-brushing easier. If you're interested in having healthier teeth with Invisalign technology, make an appointment at Merritt Island Center for Dentistry to get more information from Dr. Burr.
"1-800-Dentist Review - "best dentist I have ever been to, thank you so much""- T.B. / Office Visit / May 01, 2018
"I'm a repeat patient of this dental office and Dr. Burr. The staff here are professional and very welcoming. Connie at the reception area, treats me like family. Dr. Burr is very personable and has a great ease about him. That's important as it makes me feel a sense of calm as well. Not many people I know look forward to going to the dentist. With that said, this office knows this and will make your visit as pleasurable as they possibly can."- B.H. / Google / Mar 09, 2020
"Great experience especially with my kids!!"- J.M. / Google / Feb 21, 2020
"Advanced Dental Care Cosmetic & General Dentistry is an outstanding dental office - from the front desk, to the hygienists, to the dentist! The staff is friendly, professional, and outstanding in their jobs! I can always trust them to do wonderful work, and keep my teeth & mouth healthy! I definitely recommend them!"- S.H. / Facebook / Feb 19, 2020
" Cleanliness, Professionalism, Punctuality, Quality, Value"- S.B. / Google / Feb 15, 2020
Best Candidates
There are many factors that may decide the alignment of your teeth: if you sucked your thumb, genetics, missing a tooth or teeth, and traumatic accidents to the face. The misalignment of your teeth may cause more oral health concerns, such as a bad bite (dental malocclusion), uneven wear on the enamel, difficulty chewing and speaking, plus jaw pain and toothaches. If Dr. Burr notices one of these problems in your dental examination, he can suggest an orthodontic procedure like Invisalign.
Invisalign is great for both teens and adults who would like straighter, healthier teeth minus the hassle, pain, and look of braces. Even though the aligners should be worn the majority of the day, Invisalign may be removed for cleaning your teeth and eating, plus for special occasions and physical activities. Much less obvious than metal orthodontics that poke and cut the inside of the mouth, most people will usually not be able to tell that you're using your Invisalign aligners.
What To Expect
The initial Invisalign aligners will be made with impressions at Merritt Island Center for Dentistry. You will come back to receive your initial sets of aligners with instructions from Dr. Burr. You will need to keep your aligners in for at least 20 hours every day for your treatment to work, ideally taking them out only for cleaning and eating. In time, you'll move to your next set of aligners as they carefully shift your teeth closer to their proper position. You will need to have follow-up appointments every 4 – 6 weeks at Merritt Island Center for Dentistry to have your aligning trays checked and to get new impressions done so new sets of trays can be ordered. How long you need to use Invisalign will differ considering the initial condition of your teeth and your goals; however, many patients need to wear trays for around a year.
Once you've made it to your goals, it is important to keep your teeth from shifting into their original position. Vivera retainers by Invisalign are designed using the same materials to keep your teeth in place once your Invisalign treatment is done. Every retainer is made custom at the Invisalign dental lab based on impressions made after your orthodontic treatment is done. Dr. Burr will discuss with you how often to wear your retainer, and how to care for it after it is returned to Merritt Island Center for Dentistry from the Invisalign laboratory. Dr. Burr will keep watching the alignment of your teeth and bite during your annual dental examination to make sure your teeth stay in their new place.
Insurance Coverage
Many of our patients find that at least part of the expenses of their treatment with Invisalign is paid by insurance. Our front office can determine your coverage and figure out your personal fees. Merritt Island Center for Dentistry offers many different payment methods if you are not using insurance. During your initial consultation, Dr. Burr will go over your estimated costs and how our office can help to make your Invisalign treatment more affordable with payment plans and medical financing.
Plan Your Procedure
Advanced Teeth Straightening
If you or someone in your family is interested in having healthier, straighter teeth without the drawbacks of metal orthodontics, make an appointment with Dr. Burr to learn more about the advanced Invisalign system. He will create your custom Invisalign treatment plan during your consultation at Merritt Island Center for Dentistry and help start you on the journey to a more attractive smile.


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Hailing from Regina, Saskatchewan Tessa Rae is a dance artist and teacher. She completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts at Ryerson University majoring in Performance Dance. Throughout her time in Toronto, she performed in work by Canadian choreographers James Kudelka, Heidi Strauss, Kate Hilliard, Marie-Josée Chartier and Louis Laberge-Cote.
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Mike learns that Kyle, a guy who bullied him in school, is now in prison. Shunning his father's advice, Mike decides to pay Kyle a visit (with Martina in tow) to show him how well his life has turned out. This inspires Stella to meet up with a nerd she once bullied named Elliot so she can apologize to him, but it leads to something else.


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There are 3 Private Schools in Key Biscayne, Florida, serving a population of 13,074 people in an area of 2 square miles. There is 1 Private School per 4,358 people, and 1 Private School per square mile.
In Florida, Key Biscayne is ranked 124th of 1036 cities in Private Schools per capita, and 21st of 1036 cities in Private Schools per square mile.
Find Key Biscayne, Florida private schools, including independent, parochial, religious and non-religious affiliated charter schools, boarding schools, Christian schools, preparatory prep schools, accredited private k-12, middle schools, and high schools.
Key Biscayne Presbyterian School 160 Harbor Drive Key Biscayne, FL
St Agnes Academy 122 Harbor Drive Key Biscayne, FL
St Christophers Montessori 95 Harbor Drive Key Biscayne, FL
Key Biscayne Private Schools are schools that provide all or some portion of Kindergarten through 12th grade education, but they do not operate as part of a public school district in Key Biscayne, FL. Private Schools are largely funded through tuition and student fees, though they may also be supported by grants and private contributions. Some Private Schools may receive a small amount of public funding, such as Florida Department of Education grants for school building renovations. Private Schools have selective admissions and can choose who may enroll as a student. Public Schools, in contrast, are subject to compulsory education laws that requires Florida State to provide education to all children.You may contact Private Schools for questions about:
Find Key Biscayne Private School Enrollment and Educational Attainment (Age 25+). Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau; American Community Survey, 2018 ACS 5-Year Estimates.
|Key Biscayne
|Miami-Dade County
|Nursery & Preschool Enrollment
|Kindergarten Enrollment
|88 (43.3%)
|5,500 (17.3%)
|Elementary School Enrollment (Grades 1-4)
|316 (36.9%)
|16,862 (14.0%)
|Elementary School Enrollment (Grades 5-8)
|377 (30.0%)
|16,711 (13.5%)
|High School Enrollment (Grades 9-12)
|361 (47.8%)
|16,214 (12.4%)
|Key Biscayne
|Miami-Dade County
|Less than 9th Grade Education
|51 (0.6%)
|191,214 (9.9%)
|9-12th Grade (No Diploma)
|78 (0.9%)
|164,661 (8.6%)
|High School Graduate (Including Equivalency)
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Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 17:51:01 +0100 From: Florian Vaussard <florian.vaussard@...l.ch> To: Marc Kleine-Budde <mkl@...gutronix.de>, Wolfgang Grandegger <wg@...ndegger.com> CC: linux-can@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] can: sja1000: cleanups and new OF property On 01/30/2014 04:36 PM, Marc Kleine-Budde wrote: > On 01/30/2014 04:27 PM, Florian Vaussard wrote: >> Hello, >> >> On 01/30/2014 04:22 PM, Marc Kleine-Budde wrote: >>> Hello Florian, >>> >>> On 01/30/2014 03:29 PM, Florian Vaussard wrote: >>>> The first part of this series performs serveral small cleanups >>>> (patches 1 to 3). >>> >>> Thanks for your contribution. I like patches 1 and 2. >>> >>>> The second part introduces the 'reg-io-width' binding (already used >>>> by some other drivers) to perform a similar job as what was done >>>> with IORESOURCE_MEM_XXBIT on the sja1000_platform. This is needed >>>> on my system to correctly take into account the aliasing of the >>>> address bus. >>> >>> And I appreciate the improvements for the of_platform driver. However >>> that driver was written back when it was not possible to have platform >>> and of bindings in the same driver. So I'd like to see that the >>> of_platform driver gets merged into the platform driver. >>> >> >> Fine. Is an incremental patch on top of this series ok for you ? > > I'd rather see patches 1 and 2 you have already posted, then probably a > modernization patch which converts the platform driver to use devm_ and > friends. Then a patch adding the existing of bindings [1]. This patch is > probably quite small if you prepare the driver in the modernization > patch properly. The last patch will add the new reg-io-width property. > Ok, I will do it. Regards, Florian -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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Section 125 Compliance
Zenefits helps with your Section 125 compliance in the following ways:
- We have you sign a new Section 125 agreement every year after you complete renewal, with updated language that allows you to take insurance costs pre-tax out of employee paychecks.
- We also collect the employee's signature at enrollment indicating they agree to the Section 125 agreement.
- We don't allow employees to opt into pre-tax benefits that are not eligible or to enroll in or cancel benefits outside of the eligibility window indicated in your 125 agreement.
- Zenefits has a feature that allows us to assist you in creating your Summary Plan Description (SPD) each year. You'll get an inbox task notification about 45 days after your renewal date asking you to upload the policy booklets so that we can create your SPD.
Where can I find this in my Zenefits account?
- Go to the Benefits Administration app on your dashboard.
- Click the Company tab.
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NEW YORK — With spring merchandise hitting the floor this month, daytime dress vendors across a variety of price points are gearing up for their top-performing season.
According to vendors, department stores have already started reordering merchandise on buys that were already ahead of last year — a key sign for a healthy season. According to NPDFashionworld, the dress and skirt market accounted for $5.3 billion in sales in 2002. For day dress departments in particular, the spring season represents a major portion of the business.
Jeff Binder, vice president and divisional merchandise manager for dresses, coats, suits and swimwear at Bloomingdale's, said the store will increase its contemporary dress zone, which carries lines such as Shoshanna, Diane Von Furstenberg and BCBG, to all 26 locations in 2003.
Overall, Binder said he will increase the contemporary day dress category by a low-double-digit percentage this year.
"I'm bullish on daytime dresses in Bloomingdale's," Binder said. "We had a very good fall season and we're currently reordering for spring."
Retailers and vendors said dresses are popular because they're a complete look and are an easy wardrobe choice. However, the selection for daytime dresses in the past has too often been a simple sheath dress meant for the office. Since contemporary styling sparked an interest in the category, according to Binder, daytime dresses are seeing a revival among several price points.
Bud Konheim, chief executive officer at Nicole Miller, said daytime dresses under $200 is the hottest price point. The spring dress business represents about 60 percent of Miller's annual volume of $61 million, according to Konheim. Daytime dresses represent about 20 percent of that figure.
But designing a daytime dress for a specific use is irrelevant, since nowadays it's difficult to tell what a women will wear to the office or the theater, Konheim noted. Instead of focusing on what's right for a store's department, he said the key for a strong day dress business is to offer something fresh.
However, that doesn't mean tried-and-true styles should be overlooked.
"Our dresses are like comfort food," said Felicia Marie Geller, vice president of Shoshanna, which ended 2002 with a 50 percent increase in volume, although she declined to give a dollar figure. "We're not reinventing the wheel here."
Geller said she attributes the increased performance to the consistency of the dresses, which retail for $215 to $350. Shoshanna is known for colorful sundresses and Fifties influences.
Increasing distribution in the Northwest, notably Washington and Oregon, is a key focus beginning with the fall collection, Geller said, noting that another 50 percent increase is expected this year.
Currently, the South and Northeast are the top-selling regions, especially in resort markets such as Palm Beach, Fla., Nantucket Island and the Hamptons in New York.
Shoshanna increased her dress selection to represent about 75 percent of the line, compared with past seasons where it was 50-50 dresses and separates.
For Unger by Kay Unger, dresses using daytime fabrics in silhouettes normally associated with eveningwear are selling — so much so that her accounts are reordering spring merchandise.
"Merchandise is turning quickly and buyers are not at all reserved with orders," said designer Kay Unger. "The silhouettes in daytime dresses don't really change that much, so the fabric and the treatment must change. It's all about texture and newness and that's how I get people to buy. When they have to have it, they find a way to wear it or they buy it to save it."
Trends at Unger include soft fabrics such as voiles and cotton piques with spandex. Colorful and conversational prints on daytime dresses, such as paisleys and florals, will continue into summer with more intense colors. While Unger said prints don't normally translate for fall, this year she will continue them on velveteens, corduroys and wools.
At Donna Ricco, however, the dressy separates business is on the rise for the third and fourth quarters this year, said the designer, noting there is a need for better priced items in those categories.
With Macy's West, Donna Ricco president Tom Puls said they have increased their open-to-buy about 15 percent this year and expects about a 5 percent increase in volume. Currently the company's volume is between $28 million and $30 million.
Other department stores that have increased business with Donna Ricco include Lord & Taylor, Filene's, Burdines, Parisian and Saks Fifth Avenue, according to Puls. "In order to be successful, I have to listen to my customer," said Ricco. "And the merchandisers told us they have customers saying they had nothing to wear during the daytime. As good merchants, they told us what they wanted."
The result is a smaller group of cotton sateen dresses and vintage-inspired dresses in solid colors. The polished look differs slightly from Ricco's soft bias-cut dresses, which are more contemporary in feel. The $130 retail price point will remain the same, however.
The new group represents about 25 percent of the collection, just enough for retailers to try some new items and increase their buy, Puls said.


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I'm a pitmaster, Drummer, DevOps Engineer, Daddy, Hubby, and Weather Nerd living and working in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
This is a personal blog and you'll find primarily tech-related posts, rants about beer and bbq and probably some music (audiophile) stuff too.
Therefore © Jeremy Foster.
Some interesting things about me:
- I'm from Vancouver Island on the west coast of Canada in a city called Victoria
- I currently reside in Calgary, Alberta and have been here since 2006
- I've been playing drums since I was 13 years old and still play now
- I've been a part of CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale) beer clubs since I was 17 and helped start and run Alberta's First CAMRA society in 2017
- I have participated in competition BBQ and continue to cater for friends and family using multiple smokers
- I work as an Engineering Manager at Acquia (more on Link Tin)
- I have 2 amazing children and an amazing wife to keep me grounded!
- I'm old-school in that
- I light my bbq(s) with a match,
- shave with a safety blade,
- use a stove-top coffee percolator and
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COVID-19 has ignited a revolution in e-commerce sales, with YOY growth topping 40% in August 2020. For grocers and other online retailers, explosive consumer demand is a mixed blessing: A booming market puts their fulfillment operations under heavy pressure to match technology-smart rivals.
A revolution in microfulfillment delivery operations has helped level the playing field for grocers and retailers nationwide. New concepts in dark store and back-of-store warehouse facility management demonstrate how same-day, even same-hour, order fulfillment works to match rising consumer expectations. This article examines best practice, offering insights across a range of topics, including:
- 9 key considerations in developing a microfulfillment strategy
- How robotics helps cut direct labor costs from $10.78 to $2.86 per order
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Why microfulfillment?
9 key considerations in developing a microfulfillment strategy
The four pillars of a best-in-class microfulfillment automation technology
The COVID-19 impact on consumer buying behavior cannot be underestimated. According to the latest data from Adobe's Digital Economy Index, U.S. e-commerce sales showed a year-over-year increase in August of 42%. By the end of 2020, e-commerce sales are expected to reach $374.3 billion in the U.S. and $476.4 billion by the end of 2024.
Online grocery helped drive the increase in sales and is expected to grow by 40% in 2020, compared to an increase of 22% in 2019.
Not surprisingly, retailers have scrambled to meet new customer demands in an environment where the fastest, lowest-cost delivery, and most convenient customer experience win the day. Customers want the ability to buy online, have their product delivered in 24 hours, (and increasingly within the hour), or pick up curbside at their convenience.
According to PwC analysts, this trend is irreversible. "While some consumers will return to prior behaviors, the pace of change will only pick up, requiring retailers to transform the customer journey and re-examine the role of a brick-and-mortar presence."
The effect of COVID on online shopping is that every day is now Black Friday." – Alex Haines, Bastian Solutions
For retailers and grocers alike, microfulfillment automation promises to meet these "changed customer expectations" while reducing final mile delivery costs and allowing for faster order picking and any time curbside pick-up and delivery. However, compared to other retailers, grocers face some unique challenges — like expiring inventory and storage requirements, peak shopping times for curbside pick-up, available back-of-house space, and ambient vs. chilled products.
In this article, we will examine the extent to which retailers can benefit from adopting microfulfillment automation technologies, the challenges particular to the grocery sector, and how to choose the right microfulfillment strategy to maximize the benefits of automation.
Readers will:
- Learn the benefits of microfulfillment automation in their enterprise
- Understand the challenges unique to the grocery sector
- Learn about the key considerations when determining a microfulfillment automation strategy (back-of-store, dark store)
- Understand what to look for in best-in-class automation technology
Why microfulfillment?
Order fulfillment is the process of picking customer orders for shipment to stores for customer pick up or shipped directly to customers from large, automated distribution centers and warehouses. Microfulfillment accomplishes the same goals but takes place from either store shelves, dedicated back-of-store space in a retail facility, or in local centers (hubs or dark stores) that can serve several retailers at the same time.
So why microfulfillment as opposed to shipping goods from larger distribution centers?
It's all about speed of delivery and order available for pick-up, reducing picking costs and times, and reducing final mile costs, says Alex Haines, business development consultant at Bastian Solutions. "For retailers, microfulfillment meets the change in customer expectations for fast delivery or pick-up locally any time, while reducing preparation, delivery costs and sometimes inventory carrying costs depending on a retailer's strategy." And this isn't necessarily a new strategy, he adds. "For example, Target has been fulfilling online orders directly from their stores for years, and same-day delivery and pick-up has doubled since 2019."
"While buying patterns will likely normalize to some degree over time, I don't believe consumer expectations will ever completely change back to pre-COVID levels. Why would customers ever accept slower delivery…and less convenience?" said Haines.
There are only two ways to meet this kind of demand locally for same-day delivery and pick-up, he notes: Add additional labor at an additional cost or automate. "While most retailers are still adding the labor, the only way to contain costs and remain competitive is to look to automation," he says.
This is particularly true in the grocery sector, where margins are thin, and order picking is labor-intensive. As Andrew Benzinger, business development manager at AutoStore comments, "Even the best-in-class grocer is working within a 1% to 2.5% gross margin. So in that environment, capital expenditure to buy automation will almost always be the most cost-efficient way to serve those online customers. Once the automation is paid, within one to two years, that's going to their bottom line."
In a recent study by MWPVL International, for an online order of $100 at a grocery store, manual picking or "valet picking" (which is how the vast majority of online orders are being filled by supermarkets) costs an estimated $10.78 indirect labor, excluding delivery costs. If an automated microfulfillment solution was located back-of-store, labor costs to fulfill this order through robotics would drop to $2.86.
The other problem with manual picking front-of-store in the grocery sector is increased aisle congestion, says Haines. "People are walking the aisle picking orders, blocking customer access, which is hurting the shopping experience for in-house customers." Manual picking is also diluting the grocery brand. "For those stores using services like Instacart, customers are becoming brand agnostic. By customers buying through Instacart, supermarkets are essentially giving their customers away," he explains.
To solve those kinds of problems, grocers and other retailers are looking to either back-of-store microfulfillment systems or dark stores, which are small off-site fulfillment centers (many times closed brick and mortar stores) serving a larger customer base. "Ultimately, whatever microfulfillment strategy they choose, it's about meeting immediate online customer demand (delivery, curbside or in-store), and with automation, improving efficiencies and saving on labor," Haines comments.
While grocers have specific challenges due to the nature of their products, microfulfillment is less risky for the grocery sector due to its consistent customer bases in highly localized areas. "Grocers can offer easy curbside pick-up and, compared to most retailers, can count on weekly repeat customers. "Grocers benefit from the fact that their products are necessities, and are high volume, as compared to other retailers. So automating their microfulfillment process, they stand to capture the ROI quickly."
BACK OF STORE: automated fulfillment within the relatively small space constraints in the back of a traditional retail store. This method combines manual-store pick with automated storage and picking of smaller items
DARK STORE: a small building typically in a metropolitan area that utilizes some automation to fulfill e-commerce, curbside, and delivery orders. This is like a small warehouse/fulfillment center and customers are not allowed access. This building might be an old retail/grocery store or a small warehouse.
9 key considerations in developing a microfulfillment strategy
Supply chain managers face several key considerations before implementing a microfulfillment strategy:
- How important are online shopping, same-day delivery, and curbside pick-up to your long-term strategy? Do you have the minimum volume that would justify creating an automated microfulfillment system in a dark store or back-of-store?
- Do you have existing retail space that you can retrofit to use as a microfulfillment center?
- For large box stores located out of city centers, can you get closer to your customers by utilizing available urban spaces, and at what cost? The average cost per square foot of commercial retail and warehouse space varies dramatically by region. The USA avg. cost to rent retail space = $18.39 sq. ft.; USA Avg. cost to rent warehouse space = $5.98/ sq. ft.
- What is your inventory replenishment strategy from the DC? If you're going to implement a microfulfillment strategy, how does your DC support that?
- Are DC supply chain strategic decision-makers communicating with the store supply chain strategic decision-makers? Are they both aligned on the vision going forward? In developing a replenishment strategy for automating a microfulfillment center, there needs to be open communication between these two teams.
- Your inventory days on hand are going to be a critical factor when determining what type of automation you need. You should be asking: how big does the system need to be and how do I size that appropriately?
- What are your peak day or week considerations? You want to design an automation system for increased volumes, but you don't necessarily want to design to the highest volume day or week because you can oversize the system and under-utilize its value.
- What is your IT strategy? In the grocery sector, you may want to add a small warehouse management system that's coupled with your automation.
- In a grocery environment, microfulfillment is a great deal more complex than in a consumer goods setting. Managers need to consider automation software that can facilitate storage rules for both chilled and ambient products, as well as other rules around what products can be stored together.
The four pillars of a best-in-class microfulfillment automation technology
Microfulfillment, as the name suggests, is about distribution at a micro-level. Microfulfillment centers operate in a much smaller footprint compared to traditional distribution centers. "That's what microfulfillment is," says Benzinger. "It's your DC in the back of your store or a dark store. However, instead of operating with 250,000 to 500,000 square feet, you have 10,000…or even less." In that environment, an automation solution has to be really dense, because it gives you more flexibility, he adds. "With a dense system, you have the luxury of operating in smaller footprints with more automation. And more automation per square foot means lower costs and a faster process. "The automated area can't take up more than 50% of your space," he explains. "You've got a quick-pick manual area, a receiving, and shipping area, so you've got to have a whole flow to the facility. That's another reason why density is so important."
The second of the four pillars of a best-in-class automation system for microfulfillment is flexibility. The more flexible the system, the greater use of back-of-store space, Benzinger comments. "A best-in-class automation solution should be able to squeeze like a Tetris piece into any nook and cranny in your footprint, whether it's a low ceiling or an odd-shaped space." At the same time, the technology has to be flexible to allow for changes in order frequency and size, he adds. "Flexibility not only from a hardware perspective but also flexibility around consumer buying habits. For example, orders through COVID have gotten smaller, but they're ordering more frequently. So the automation system has to be able to expand or contract as needed, and be able to scale by adding or subtracting robots."
The third pillar of a best-in-class microfulfillment automation system is reliability. "A best-in-class system should have over 99% uptime," says Benzinger. The difference between a system that has a 95% uptime and a 99% uptime is huge, he adds. That's the difference between having an extremely reliable system and one that needs crazy amounts of babysitters or engineers to make sure it stays running."
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For grocers, most orders processed for evening curbside pickup are placed earlier in the day. However, they're typically not processed until closer to pick-up time due to a lack of storage capacity. A best-in-class automation system will allow orders to be picked as they come in and then put back in storage. This, in turn, increases labor efficiency throughout the day. As Benzinger explains, "Most grocers have a limited area for storing orders, maybe 300 square feet. That's where they're holding all these products, and that's that bottleneck that stops the process. An automation system like AutoStore can make that 300 square feet feel like thousands, enabling the grocer, or any retailer for that matter, to have much more storage capacity."
Consumers' buying patterns have changed the game for retailers. COVID has supercharged the demand for online shopping, same-day or even within the hour delivery. Online grocery has led the way in terms of buying online pick up in-store (BOPIS), whenever the customer wants it.
Retailers and grocers alike are trying to figure out ways to best serve their customers through the pandemic changes, while keeping a close eye on the bottom line. Microfulfillment promises to meet customer expectations by allowing for fast delivery while reducing final mile costs. At the same time, back-of-store, dark store, and hub microfulfillment center automation technology promises to deliver on minimizing costs and increasing efficiencies — a game-changer in the grocery environment, where gross margins are wafer-thin.
However, before local supply managers begin their microfulfillment automation journey, they need to be clear on several key issues. Potentially the most significant of these is the importance of open communication between the DC supply manager, and the supply manager making decisions at the local store level. Once they come together on strategy, they need to understand the scope of their automation project based on inventory replenishment requirements and, for grocers, specific software requirements that support product storage rules.
Finally, supply chain managers need to understand the characteristics of a best-in-class micro fulfillment automation system. When choosing a technology and automation vendor, begin the process by considering your square footage constraints when looking for a back-of-store option. Second, project how flexible the system needs to be to potential changes in space and consumer demand patterns. Third, determine the maintenance and uptime of any new system, and finally, understand how the chosen best-in-class automation solution will increase the efficiency of the order flow processes back-of-house.
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Fair trade: New hospital zeroes in on Wadena County Fairgrounds. TCHC's goal is to build the 'rural healthcare facility of the future' on 40 acres
WADENA--A potential new Tri-County Health Care hospital rising up from the Wadena County Fairgrounds brought rise to an unusual gathering Tuesday night.
WADENA-A potential new Tri-County Health Care hospital rising up from the Wadena County Fairgrounds brought rise to an unusual gathering Tuesday night.
Wadena City Council members, Wadena County Commissioners, ag society board members, Tri-County Health Care staff and board members and members of the public attended the meeting. It was the first joint meeting of its kind that looked to answer, why a new hospital and why at the fairgrounds?
Preaching from the stage to a rather crowded group assembled in the former church, now Karvonen's Funeral Home, President and CEO of TCHC Joel Beiswenger outlined the value of the hospital to the community and how a move with a new facility would help the healthcare system remain competitive in a changed health industry.
The need for a new hospital has been spurred on by numerous factors that Beiswenger took time to discuss. A 180-degree flip from the way patients use the hospital was chief on the list. While inpatient care accounted for 90 percent of the business in 1974, inpatients now only account for 13 percent. Less invasive procedures allow for quick turnaround for most patients.
And while you don't have to stay as long in the hospital, those that do, like new mothers, are looking to stay in more of a hotel setting. Beiswenger said the current facility has more of an institutional feel that does not compete well with some of the newer facilities in the region. It's hurting business, he said.
The current location is landlocked on 4 acres. All departments are landlocked and cramped, Beiswenger said. To remodel would be difficult, disruptive, would cost only about 20 percent less than new, would still utilize 50-100 year old buildings and would still keep everything landlocked.
The answer seemed to be building a new hospital for patients, while continuing use of the old facilities or at least parts of them for non-patient staff.
"The fairgrounds is it"
Beiswenger spoke about the research over the last 18 months that went into finding the best location. In short, the Wadena County Fairgrounds provides a site that's-the most visible, with highest traffic, that's within Wadena County, but not too close to the nearest hospital (Lakewood Health Systems in Staples.)
All those points were important Beiswenger explained. Here's a closer look at his points.
• The current site, as some responders indicated, is hidden. One woman, who was part of an advisory group, shared how she'd lived in the area for years, yet never knew TCHC existed until her husband took a job there. TCHC is on the other major road in Wadena, Hwy 71.
• Based on traffic comparisons, Hwy 10 had about twice the traffic of Hwy 71, the current major highway TCHC sits on. Beiswenger said the number he came across was about 13,300 vehicles on west Hwy 10. Hwy 71 North traffic was closer to 6,900.
• Remaining in Wadena County was important as TCHC is now the only hospital in the county. Wadena actually sits in the far southwest corner of the county. So, while there is some open ground to the west of Wadena on Hwy 10, just a few blocks to the west beyond the fairgrounds would put the hospital in Otter Tail County.
Beiswenger said there is no benefit or consequence currently to being the only hospital in the county. But as others mentioned, Wadena County and the city of Wadena do benefit from the taxes that are paid in.
Beiswenger did say Otter Tail County was not out of the question.
• Keeping enough distance between hospitals was important, Beiswenger said, because if the hospital were to fall under the 20 mile distance from Lakewood, the next closest hospital, it could at some point jeopardize the critical access funding the hospital receives. So while there are open areas just to the east of Wadena on Hwy 10, that would move the hospital under 20 miles from Lakewood. The next closest hospital to the west is Perham Health, about 28 miles away. While it's not currently in law that they have to be more than 20 miles apart, Beiswenger doesn't want to get too close as it could be harmful to both hospitals.
The money
Already primed for some of the questions he expected, Beiswenger noted that funding for the hospital was not coming from public sources. In a presentation, Beiswenger explained how Tri-County Health Care is a private, not-for-profit. It receives no tax subsidies and it must make revenue and receive donations to pay the bills.
Looking at the revenue side of things, TCHC receives 50 percent of their revenue from Medicare, 7-8 percent of that is lost. Another 23 percent comes from Medicaid and Minnesota Care and 23 percent of that is a loss.
"So about three-quarters of our business we lose money on," Beiswenger said.
Beiswenger said this project does not increase the taxes of property owners in the county. TCHC is the sixth largest taxpayer in Wadena County.
The importance of having an attractive facility accessible and noticeable to the region was critical in making sure the business was successful. If they are not seen as an attractive choice on the outside, new patients may never know what's inside.
A social media response to the announcement of the hospital build spoke of concern about healthcare costs increasing. Beiswenger responded to that, too,
"That is not the case," Beiswenger said.
He gave an analogy of a local grocery store that is building a new store in town. He asked the audience if they expected to pay more for groceries after the opening. His answer was "no." The costs he said are set by the market, not by the construction project.
Hospital board member Matt Van bruggen moderated the event allowing Beiswenger about 40 minutes, 4 minutes from each of the boards present to make an opening statement and later a closing statement and 3 minutes for each member of the public looking to speak. A 30 minute group discussion was allowed, but none of the board members on stage took a chance to discuss the topic.
Public comments
In general, comments heard were positive, but represented a small amount of those that filled much of the seating. The public comment period was not meant to be a question answer session, some that had questions did not get an answer.
Scott Pettit spoke up noting that he was impressed how positive all the comments were from the various boards as he was under the belief that the fair board was less accepting of the project. In a fair board statement, president Bryan Wegsheid said that the fair was willing to do whatever it takes to make this project work.
Wadena Mayor George Deiss shared how there is already an excitement in Wadena over the growth in the community. He said the city supports both the hospital project and the work to maintain a strong fair, with the hope the fair would stay within Wadena city limits.
Wadena County Board chair Bill Stearns said the county was interested in any and all ideas that would help to make Wadena County a better place to live, work and play.
The lone youth to speak up during the meeting was Brandi Lalum, a member of the Wadena Juniors 4-H club. She shared how she was in her final year of 4-H and she was concerned about what would become of the historic buildings at the fairgrounds that have grown on her. While she didn't want to see them gone, she had concerns about damage they would incur in a move.
"It could be really great," Brandi said of the possibility of a new fair location, but she also cared about seeing the old buildings stay a part of the tradition she has come to enjoy.
The question was taken into consideration, but Van Bruggen said that was still to be determined.
Long-time Wadena resident Greg Anderson said he hoped whatever was done that the hospital not be moved out of the county, taking money off the tax rolls.
Wadena Assembly of God Pastor Mike Maroney said he had a great interest and pride in the future of Tri-County Health Care, including the parking lot that the church has been able to use for free.
Past Wadena County commissioner Ralph Miller gave the group a history lesson of sorts explaining how the funds came to be to pay for the Wadena County Fairgrounds. He mentioned $2.6 million of taxpayer money went into making the fairgrounds what it is. His comment expressed how making a move would leave behind what many taxpayer dollars helped build.
Miller said he was born in the Wesley Hospital and he asked the board members to consider thinking about all their options of reusing the current structures before jumping on the fairgrounds.
"But I'm a little afraid it's already been decided," Miller concluded.
In closing statements, Bryan Wegscheid mentioned there are 26 buildings on the fairgrounds, too many to use and too many to maintain.
TCHC board member Terry Davis said that the facts make it pretty obvious what the hospital needs to do. He felt the gathering of all groups and public was a necessary step to move forward. TCHC board member Ryan Anderson was impressed with the positive atmosphere. He had concerns that there might be more push back. He took that as an indication that they were headed in the right direction.
Fair board member Brittney Ewert said she hoped everyone could work together to make it work best for all.
"I feel that there is always room for improvement in things, looking towards the future growth, spending money elsewhere instead of on maintenance," Ewert said. She felt that if moving toward a new location, they could create a space that could flow better and be better utilized.
Next step
Site testing has taken place at the fairgrounds. Anderson said more tests need to be done to make certain the site is suitable. TCHC anticipates breaking ground in 2020 and moving into the facility in the fall of 2022, if all goes as planned.
"There's no big steps coming up soon, it's all small details to make sure that we're not getting ahead of ourselves," Anderson said.
Anderson said they would next likely come up with a plan to present to the fair board, but how quickly that might move along was still an unknown.
Beiswenger said during the meeting that costs of the new building are still too soft to mention.


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LG G5 launches today with updated promotional bundles
LG G5 launches today with updated promotional bundles
Note: This article was first published on 14th April 2016.
coming Saturday (16th April 2016), the LG G5 will be available for purchase at S$988 at all M1, Singtel, StarHub and authorized LG Mobile retailers. LG will be giving an extra G5 battery and charger (worth S$168) as a special promotion, while stocks last.
The LG G5's modular attachments and LG Friends companion devices will also be a part of the launch. The LG CAM Plus camera grip module will retail at a special price of S$98 (originally S$158) when you purchase it with the LG G5.
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8-year-old champion chess player prepares for world tournament
A child prodigy from Iowa is making a nationwide name for herself in the game of chess.
Her name is Irene Fei and she's ranked as the best chess player for her age group in the U.S.
Her hope is to be the best in the world and she hasn't been playing that long.
"Almost two years, like one and a half," Irene Fei said.
Irene's parents were approached by one of her teachers about her chess-playing skills.
She now dedicates two hours a day to practice and her parents support her passion.
"We are very proud of her. And we can see how hardworking she is every day," said her mother Yan Jiao.
"This is actually something that just really amazes us because it's not easy," added her father Zhej Fei.
She's taken home many titles from tournaments amounting to medals and trophies as big as she is. Irene says the love of the game keeps her coming back.
"I like the tactics and my favorite piece is the knight. My strategy is like maybe sometimes taking advantage for grabbing more space," Irene Fei added.
Irene is now training for the international chess tournament in Florida this June.
She hopes to become the best female chess player in the world.
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After failed effort to enact higher property tax, School Board will vote Tuesday on tapping reserves for after-school efforts.
County school officials will move forward with Saturday and after-school programs despite last week's rejection of a "critical needs tax."
Superintendent of Schools Jim Yancey said Thursday he intends to use reserve funds to pay for the programs, which will cost $6 million, or roughly 1 percent of the budget.
Yancey gave the School Board a breakdown of the proposal at a Thursday workshop. The board will vote on the request at Tuesday night's regular meeting.
Paying for the programs will draw down the projected reserve fund to $10.6 million by the end of the 2009-10 fiscal year, which ends June 30.
That would leave the reserve fund about $2 million above the level required by law. However, Yancey said tight budgeting through the year could offset the reserve money needed for the programs.
Yancey noted they have always budgeted for student growth, which means salaries for more teachers. However, this year's enrollment has remained stagnant.
"Those positions will remain vacant and those salaries will not be spent elsewhere," Yancey said.
Steve Barrett, the executive director of business services, said his staff always builds a very conservative budget in hopes there will be a large reserve balance.
Every budget year this decade, the School District has had large end-of-the-year reserve funds, ranging from $15 million to $30 million.
Under Barrett's direction, the School District's finance team has won nine consecutive national accounting awards. Barrett will retire at the end of the month.
Barrett would not predict what his projected ending fund balance would be until the financial team completes its October analysis.
He would only say that he expected reserve funding to be higher than $10 million.
School Board member Ron Crawford, who was the swing vote in denying the tax that required a 4-1 supermajority, supports using reserve funds for the programs.
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Tuesday's vote will not require a supermajority.
State lawmakers allowed strapped School Districts to levy a tax of up to .25 mills for critical programs in light of Florida's economic funding crisis.
Yancey pushed the tax because federal stimulus money runs out at the end of 2010-11 and he wanted to build more reserve funding in case the economy doesn't rebound.
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LinkRound 1 - Left hand from Schneider lands but not hard. Now Fujii with the takedown. Body triangle from Schneider from the bottom. Fujii picks her up and slams her back down and the ref stands them up. Flurry of punches from Fujii and then Sarah tries a spinning backfist and Fujii dives under for the takedown. Now to mount. Schneider manages to survive back into guard. Schneider back to the body triangle and Fujii beats her up a little to get it released. The round ends and it was a pretty clear 10-9 Fujii round.
Round 2- Schneider tries to take the back and get a choke in but Fujii ends up on top in her guard. Big punches from Fujii and she keeps working. Ref stands them up, and they go right back to the ground. Fujii spending the entire round on top doing a little damage and getting yelled at by the ref for not working enough. 10-9 Fujii.
Round 3- Schneider throws some punches early but nothing much comes of it. Takedown from Fujii. Fujii in side control and now full mount. The ref tells her to work pretty much the second she gets mount. Fujii wins by TKO after unloading punch after punch with Schneider unable to escape. Megumi Fujii wins by TKO (punches), round 3.


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I need paper topics for my Jazz history class.
A Collection of Research Paper Topics on African American History.. we want to present a collection of such research paper topics, to help in case you are stuck.. Interpreting the Jazz.
Download file to see previous pages While the Jazz age was much influential even in the later years, much of this influence was affected by the great depression in the 1930s. It is however, imperative to emphasize that Jazz music did not really begin in the 1920s but earlier on. The twenties only served as a period when new experiments were conducted and many styles were discovered with.
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Jazz Review PART ONE: INTELLECTUAL Jazz concert Venue and artist. The Jazz Mafia at Churchill's Pub on 1st April. Performing artists were the band members of Mafia. Some of the instruments used include; drums, trumpets, violins, acoustic guitar, piano, saxophone, clarinet, alto flute and jazz accordion. All these music instruments are used together to bring the musical effects of the.


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I've been listening to Moontower Soccer since before Austin played their first game. Landon and Jeremiah have been *holding it down* for us Austin FC heads since the very beginning!
Player analysis, game recaps, transfer news… plus discussions on the finer points of Tik Marten cuddliness and Pollo-as-beer-mug viability. Thanks, see you never!
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One Lap Around Iceland
A friend of mine and I hit upon the idea of going to Iceland and drive around the island on Iceland's Route 1. We'd been considering several travel options but once we floated this idea, we both immediately knew this was our best option. The plan was to spend a week driving around the island in a rented car and stopping wherever we liked. By the end of the week we were both having an excellent time, only disappointed by the fact we had to fly home.
Naturally, we started our trip by flying into Reykjavik. Before heading out on the road, we took a few days to do a little sightseeing around the capital. Reykjavik is the biggest city in Iceland however it's still quite small by most standards. If time is limited, a day or two is all that is necessary to get a good feel for the city.
After getting a good taste of Reykjavik, we rented a small car and set out east to do a counter-clockwise loop around the island on Route 1.
Iceland is the land of waterfalls. Skógarfoss Waterfall was one of the first water falls that we would stop at. We were quite excited to see it but by the end of the trip we were driving by waterfalls as though we had one in our backyard.
A couple hours drive from the Skógarfoss Waterfall, we stopped Skaftafell National Park to check out Skaftafellsjökull Glacier. This required a modest hike to get a view of but it was well worth it. We were now well outside the city and starting to get a good taste of Iceland's natural beauty.
After having left Reykjavik, the first town of any significant size we came to was Seydisfjordur. Seydisfjordur is located almost directly on the opposite side of the island tucked up into a good sized fjord. It was a very charming little town that traditionally relied on fishing and now hosts a ferry you could take to Norway.
After leaving Seydisfjordur we would be driving along the north side of the island. This stretch of road was more desolate than the south side of the island. The landscape would dramatically change almost every hour.
We stopped at another tourist trap called Namafjall Hverir Hot Springs. This featured a wide variety of bubbling mud pits and small steaming vents. Visiting a place like this makes you feel like Iceland could explode at any moment.
After the hot springs we would soon be stopping in Akureyri for the night. But before we did one more waterfall was a must stop. This was the Godafoss Waterfalls.
After a night in Akureyri, we were back on the road and the weather was starting to become a little less cooperative. We needed to get back to Reykjavik so there wasn't too much stopping for the rest of the trip. The landscape was just as impressive, however due to the weather and a little camera fatigue my picture taking dramatically tapered off.
Overall our week in Iceland was fantastic. The landscapes were stunning, the people were friendly and the sheep were generous enough to not standing in the road for too long. We took our trip in September which was both good and bad. September is a low point for the travel season so we didn't have to compete too much with our tourists. The downside was the weather wasn't great. Overcast was the norm and it rained a few days.
Lastly, I left with the sense that there was much more to see. We'd only had the chance to drive around the island, however the interior is supposed to have much more to offer. To explore the interior, you're require to have a 4x4 vehicle since none of those roads are paved. Our little rent-a-car wasn't up for the task so we had to stick to paved roads. Well, that leaves plenty more to go back for in the future. Hopefully, I'll get the chance.


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NASCAR is heading down to the Richmond Raceway this weekend for another slate of races in the 2021 NASCAR playoffs. To start things, we have the Xfinity Series race on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. ET which will air on NBC Sports Network. The Xfinity series will be followed up by another Saturday race to close out racing weekend. The Cup Series will run the Federated Auto Parts 400 Salute to First Responders, which will also air on NBC Sports Network, at 7:30p.m. ET.
Below we'll take a look at the weather projected for the Richmond Raceway this weekend in Richmond, Virginia, with info courtesy of AccuWeather. Since we are still a couple of days out from race weekend, the forecasts are all tentative. So far, it looks like we'll be set for plenty of sunshine to avoid any delays.
Saturday, September 11th
Hi 85°, Low 62°: Mostly sunny with a 10% chance of rain and 13% cloud cover
2:30 p.m. ET, Go Bowling 250 (250 laps, 187.5 miles)
7:30 p.m. ET, Federated Auto Parts 400 Salute to First Responders (400 laps, 300 miles)
Sunday, September 12th
Hi 88°, Low 64°: Sunshine with 0% projected cloud cover
No events, but weather noted in case of delays


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In order to meet different needs, there are various types in our company with PE jaw crusher, PEW reinforced jaw crusher, HJC high efficiency jaw crusher, C modular construction series jaw crusher etc. C series jaw crushers Wear parts application guide. 2 The jaw crusher is a compression type crusher.Nordberg NW Series portable jaw plants for primary crushing are built around proven jaw and impact crusher concepts. Since the 1920s, Metso Minerals has installed over 10,000 jaw crushers world-wide. C Series - world's favourite jaw crushers Today, the Nordberg C Series represents the world's favourite jaw crusher.
China leading jaw crusher suppler than 20 types of. JC Series of Jaw Crusher JC series Jaw Crusher is a new type of stone crusher it has a world-wide advanced crushing technology and producing standard and the JC.Sep 02, 2021 The glass crusher can process various waste glass such as glass pieces, glass bottles, automobile glass, bulletproof glass, industrial glass tubes, and other glass products into various shapes of granular, fibrous, powdery, etc. There are five types of glass crushers jaw crusher , hammer crusher, roll crusher, impact crusher, and compound.
Dec 23, 2010 The users can adopts a variety of configurations according to different type of raw materials, different requirements for scale and final product materials. Jaw crusher station has greatly expanded the concept of coarse crushing areas. Mobile Jaw Crusher Features 1. High-performance crusher, great crushing ratio, and powerful crushing pioneer. 2.The Jaw crusher is used as Primary and Secondary crushers for crushing all kinds of minerals and rocks with compressive strength less than 320 mpa. Mobile crusher has advantages of flexible operation and maneuverability on the processing of construction waste, used to crush those materials on the sites.
Quartz crusher is a necessary role in quartz mining process. SBM is a professional manufacturer of quartz crusher and other ore crushers. We can design the whole solution for your quarts mining and quartz quarry. Commonly, quartz crushing plant consists of jaw crusher, cone crusher, impact crusher, vibrating feeder, vibrating screen and belt.Our main products are crusher machines for processing over 160 kinds of stones and ores in mining, quarry, construction, road and other industries. Leading products include jaw crusher, impact crusher, cone crusher, mobile crusher, sand.
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Low-frequency coding DNA sequence variants in the proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 gene (PCSK9) lower plasma low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), protect against risk of coronary heart disease (CHD), and have prompted the development of a new class of therapeutics. It is uncertain whether the PCSK9 example represents a paradigm or an isolated exception. We used the "Exome Array" to genotype >200,000 low-frequency and rare coding sequence variants across the genome in 56,538 individuals (42,208 European ancestry [EA] and 14,330 African ancestry [AA]) and tested these variants for association with LDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C), and triglycerides. Although we did not identify new genes associated with LDL-C, we did identify four low-frequency (frequencies between 0.1% and 2%) variants (ANGPTL8 rs145464906 [c.361C>T; p.Gln121*], PAFAH1B2 rs186808413 [c.482C>T; p.Ser161Leu], COL18A1 rs114139997 [c.331G>A; p.Gly111Arg], and PCSK7 rs142953140 [c.1511G>A; p.Arg504His]) with large effects on HDL-C and/or triglycerides. None of these four variants was associated with risk for CHD, suggesting that examples of low-frequency coding variants with robust effects on both lipids and CHD will be limited.
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The Analysis of CO2 Emissions in European Union by Means of Fourier Development
Keywords:Cycle; Fourier; periodicity; interpolation
In this article, it will carry out an analysis on the regularity of CO2 emissions of all Union European countries. The research method consists in adjusting the statistical data with the help of Fourier series development and determining the periodicity of the phenomenon. Determining the possible periodicity facilitates the adjustment of the causes that lead to cyclization and therefore the mitigation of possible unwanted effects.
Ioan C.A., Ioan G. (2011), The Analysis of the Evolution of the Gross Domestic Product by Means of Fourier Development, Acta Universitatis Danubius, Oeconomica, no.4, volume 7, pp.146-161
Ioan C.A., Ioan G. (2022), The analysis of GDP by means of Fourier development, Acta Universitatis Danubius, Oeconomica, to appear
Spiegel M.R. (1974), Fourier Analysis with Applications to Boundary Value Problems, McGraw-Hill Book Company
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Savvy retailers are relying on consumer data more than ever to make strategic decisions on everything from store location to customer communications. And while consumers are loosening up the reigns on their personal information for customized experiences, there is still a dichotomy between offering consumers convenience and data security that retailers must reconcile.
Learn the benefits of a universal digital identity that can establish trust between parties who are not interacting face-to-face. Equifax Vice President for Digital Identity and Mobile Products, Hrishi Talwar, will deliver insights on the rise and new era of digital identity.


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Affinity groups allow students who share an identity—usually a marginalized identity—to gather, talk in a safe space about issues related to that identity, and transfer that discussion into action that makes for a more equitable experience at school.
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Half a century after founding the outdoor clothing manufacturer Patagonia, Yvon Chouinard, the eccentric mountaineer who became a billionaire in spite of himself, thanks to his unconventional approach to capitalism, is selling his company.
Instead of selling the company or taking it public, Yvon Chouinard, his wife and two grown children transferred their ownership of Patagonia, worth about $3 billion, to a special trust and non-profit organization . They were created to preserve the company's independence and ensure that all its profits – about $ 100 million a year – are used to fight climate change and protect unused land around the world.
The unusual move comes at a time when billionaires and corporations are under increased scrutiny, with their talk of making the world a better place often overshadowed by their contribution to the problems they admittedly they want to solve.
The departure of Mr. Chouinard's family fortune is consistent with his long-standing rejection of corporate standards and lifelong passion for environmental protection.
"Hopefully this will influence a new form of capitalism that doesn't end up with a few rich people and a bunch of poor people," said Chouinard, 83, from Lewiston, Maine, in an interview.
We will donate as much as possible to people who are actively working to save this planet.
Yvon Chouinard
Patagonia will continue to operate as a privately held, for-profit company headquartered in Ventura, Calif., selling more than $1 billion worth of ski jackets, beanies and pants annually.
But the Chouinards, who controlled Patagonia until last month, no longer own the company.
The value of principles
Last August, the family irrevocably transferred all of the company's voting shares, or 2% of all shares, to a new entity called the Patagonia Purpose Trust.
This trust, which will be managed by family members and their closest advisors, is intended to ensure that Patagonia fulfills its commitment to run a socially responsible business and distribute its profits. . Because the Chouinards donated their shares to a trust, the family will pay approximately US$17.5 million in taxes on this donation.
The Chouinards then donated the remaining 98% of Patagonia, or its common stock, to a newly created non-profit organization called the Holdfast Collective, which will now receive all of the company's profits and use the funds to fight climate change. Because Holdfast Collective is a 501(c)(4) organization, which allows it to make unlimited political contributions, the family received no tax benefits for their donation.
"It costs them, but it's a cost they're willing to pay to make sure this company stays true to its principles," said Dan Mosley, partner at BDT & Co, a merchant bank. Buffett, and who helped Patagonia design the company's new financial structure.
And they don't get a charitable deduction for it. There is not even the slightest tax advantage here.
Dan Mosley, Partner at BDT & Co
Barre Seid, a Republican donor, is the only other example in recent memory of a wealthy business owner donating his business to philanthropic and political causes. But Barre Seid took a different approach by donating 100% of his electronics business to a nonprofit, reaping huge personal tax returns while donating $1.6 billion to fund conservatives. cause, including efforts to prevent climate change action.
An amazing story
By donating most of their possessions during their lives, the Chouinards – Yvon, his wife Malinda and their two children, Fletcher and Claire, both in their 40s – have established themselves as one of the most generous families in the country.
Patagonia has already donated $50 million to the Holdfast Collective and plans to donate another $100 million this year, making the new organization a major force in the field of climate philanthropy.
Mr Mosley said the story was unlike anything he had seen in his career. "In my more than 30 years of estate planning, what the Chouinard family has accomplished is truly remarkable," he said.
This is an irrevocable commitment. They don't get it anymore and they don't want to translate it again.
Dan Mosley, Partner at BDT & Co
For Mr. Chouinard, it is even simpler; it offers a satisfactory resolution to the issue of succession planning.
"I don't know what to do in business because I don't really want a business," he said from his home in Jackson, Wyoming. I don't want to be a businessman. Now I could die tomorrow, the company would continue to do the right thing for the next 50 years, and I wouldn't need to be here. »
"Maybe it will work"
In a way, the seizure of Patagonia is not so surprising that it comes from Mr. Chouinard.
As a rock climbing pioneer in California's Yosemite Valley in the 1960s, Mr. Chouinard lives out of his car and feeds on battered 5-cent cans of cat food.
To this day, he still wears tattered old clothes, drives a beat-up Subaru, and splits his time between modest homes in Ventura and Jackson. Mr. Chouinard has no computer or cell phone.
Patagonia, founded by Mr. Chouinard in 1973, grew into a company that reflected his own idealistic priorities, as well as his wife's. The company was an early adopter of all kinds of products or practices, from organic cotton to on-site baby care, and became famous for discouraging consumers from buying its products. One will remember in particular a Patagonia advertisement on New York Times on Black Friday saying, "Don't buy that jacket. »
For decades, the company has donated 1% of its sales primarily to environmental activists working in the fields. And in recent years, the company has become more politically active, continuing to sue the Trump administration in an effort to protect Bears Ears National Monument.
But while Patagonia's sales soared, Mr. Chouinard continued to rise, creating an uncomfortable situation for an unfit hater of excess wealth.
In the magazine Forbes, I was listed as a billionaire, which really pissed me off. I don't have a billion dollars in the bank. I don't drive a Lexus.
Yvon Chouinard
classifications Forbesthen the COVID-19 pandemic, helped set in motion a process that took place over the past two years and that ultimately led the Chouinards to sell their business.
In mid-2020, Mr. Chouinard began telling his closest advisers, including Ryan Gellert, the company's CEO, that if they couldn't find a good solution, he was ready to sell the company.
"One day he said to me, 'Ryan, I swear if you don't start acting, I'm going to get the list of billionaires in the magazine. luck and start calling people without asking," Gellert said. At that moment, we understood that he was serious. »
The ideal solution
Now that the future of Patagonia ownership is clear, the company must realize its grand ambitions to run a profitable company while fighting climate change.
Some experts warn that without the Chouinard family's financial stake in Patagonia, the company and its affiliated entities could lose sight of their purpose. Although the children remain employees of Patagonia and the Chouinards have enough to live comfortably, the company no longer distributes income to the family.
"What makes capitalism successful is that there is an incentive to succeed," said Ted Clark, chief executive of the Northeastern University Center for Family Business.
If you remove all the financial incentives, the family really has no interest in it, except for a nostalgia for the good old days.
Ted Clark, CEO of the Northeastern University Center for Family Business
As for how the Holdfast Collective distributes Patagonia's profits, Chouinard said much of the focus is on nature-based climate solutions, such as preserving wild lands. As a 501(c)(4) organization, Holdfast Collective is also able to draw on Patagonia's experience in funding grassroots activists, but it is also able to lobby and donate to political campaigns.
For the Chouinards, it solves the question of what happens to Patagonia after the death of its founder, ensuring that the company's profits are used to protect the planet.
"I feel great relief that my life is in order," said Mr. Chouinard. For us, this is the ideal solution. »
This article was originally published on New York Times.