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The new Hexiwear demo with GSM/GNSS click tells you Hexiwear's exact location in an SMS.
GPS location with Hexiwear
Once you turn Hexiwear on, there will be a few pre-written messages you can choose from, like "call the doctor" or "I need your help". For example, an elderly person with health problems could send for help this way in a time of need.
Just take your phone with you, and you'll get an SMS with the precise information about the location of your elderly parents, or your child.
First, you will receive a link in the SMS. Click on the link and it will take you to a spot on google maps. It's as easy as that. Anyone can use it.
You can even remind someone to go to the grocery store, and send "buy bread and milk".
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Combine the power of GSM, GNSS (GPS and GLONASS) and Bluetooth and what you get is the GSM/GNSS click. The click carries the MC60 quad-band module from Quectel.
For more information on GSM/GNSS click take a look at the product page.
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Vice President Mike Pence assured attendees at this week's World Summit in Defense of Persecuted Christians that the Trump Administration will be an ally to Christians and others who suffer harm for their faith around the world. Speaking at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C., Pence said his presence at the event signified President Donald Trump's dedication to protecting Christians and was "a testament to President Trump's tangible commitment to reaffirm America's role as a beacon of hope and light and liberty to inspire the world."
Inviting more than 600 participants from 130 countries, the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) organized the summit in order to connect Christian victims of persecution with leaders and influencers who could hear their stories and work for change. As he opened the event, BGEA President Franklin Graham said, "Let us affirm our solidarity with all those suffering persecution because of their faith in Jesus Christ."
Pence certainly did so. Indeed, addressing those in the audience who were there to share their own testimonies, he said, "Let me also say how deeply humbling it is for me to stand today before the courageous men and women who are with us, who have stood without apology for their faith in Christ and suffered persecution across the wider world…. Your faith inspires me. It humbles me."
The Vice President did not mince words about the violence, oppression, and intimidation hundreds of millions of Christians face globally. "Throughout the world, no people of faith today face greater hostility or hatred than the followers of Christ," he said. In particular, he focused on attacks on Christians in the Middle East, especially the genocidal acts of ISIS. He declared, "That brutal regime shows a savagery, frankly, unseen in the Middle East since the Middle Ages. And I believe ISIS is guilty of nothing short of genocide against people of the Christian faith, and it is time the world called it by name."
Pence affirmed that the Trump Administration will not merely speak. It will act in defense of Christians in the Middle East and beyond. He stated, "This President knows the terrorists will not stop until we stop them. And under President Donald Trump, we will stop them."
Notably, earlier this year at Proclaim 17, the NRB International Christian Media Convention in Orlando, the NRB Board of Directors unanimously approved a resolution in support of brothers and sisters in Christ in the Middle East. In particular, the Board declared its solidarity with those persecuted and called on "NRB members and their constituents to urge the United States to take decisive action in defense of Christians threatened by genocide."
By Aaron Mercer, Vice President of Government Relations
Published: May 12, 2017


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A beloved sibling memorialized at Hillcrest eatery
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San Diego in the summer of 2005, The Pacific and Eddy premiered last weekend at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. Writer and director Matthew Nourse -- a SD native, 1998 alum of Torrey Pines High, and graduate of UC Santa Barbara's film school -- made the movie after working on the screenplay for a year.
"I was a skateboarder/musician type growing up, so I would take the bus every-where, always searching for new spots to skate.... That's how I discovered all of the great locations that I would later use as backdrops for my film (i.e., hidden parts of Balboa Park, Sunset Cliffs, Del Mar Fair at night -- the nontypical San Diego; no palm trees)." Some filming, including live music performance, was done in and around the Casbah.
Perhaps the film has been most anticipated by fans of late English lo-fi glam-rock icon Nikki Sudden. In a surprise to Nourse, Sudden agreed to be flown out to SD to play the role of Silhouette.
While in San Diego, Sudden stayed at La Pensione in Little Italy, where, according to his journal, the singer-guitarist wrote a song for the film and noted that the hotel was "just across the street from the Princess 'British Pub'...a place as far removed from a pub as you could ever find. I tried explaining this to one of the waitresses the other night but she couldn't understand!"
Sudden observed his July 19 birthday at the Casbah, rocking out with a pickup band of local musicians he dubbed "the Deportees." He thanked all for "my first American birthday! It was a gas...." And, it was his last; on March 26, 2006, at age 49, Sudden died of unknown causes in New York, hours after a show and before flying back to his Berlin home.
"Sadly, we finished the film about a week after Nikki's passing," says Nourse. "His music incorporated everything that I loved in rock and pop music, from Marc Bolan to Phil Spector to Bob Dylan to noise. On set, Nikki was like this magical presence.... Nikki's role in the film is incredible and somewhat haunting. His music is featured heavily."
Nourse has been exploring a film project on the musical life of Sudden, his late brother Epic Soundtracks, and their earlier influential post-punk band Swell Maps.


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LawBank Recognized as an Innovative Niche-Market Co-Working Option
L:awBank has received another bit of recognition, this time in a Denver Post article detailing the growing trend in co-working spaces. LawBank is mentioned as part of a group of niche-market co-working spaces that have cropped up in Denver and elsewhere, catering to specific industries. LawBank's is a premier model for attorney-specific co-working and private office space. The networking opportunities, office amenities and general collegiality of the atmosphere have earned the space rave reviews from members and visitors alike. From co-founder Jay Kamlet, quoted in the Post article:
"The commonality helps us to collaborate in a different manner. Whenever you're bringing together folks that are similar-minded, focused on a particular niche … you're always going to benefit from someone else's knowledge."
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KSB Group will unveil its latest generation of high-efficiency circulator pumps at ISH 2019 in Germany.
The Calio S and Calio-Therm S type series are used for heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems, as well as for drinking water circulation systems (Calio-Therm S). KSB says they have been developed for ease of use and compatability with exisiting systems.


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If I am in over my head, and you are not interested in me any more please stop me. I swear I will leave you alone and do no more than help us grow and function as colleagues. You won't hear from me on a personal level ever again.
But If you feel anything…anything at all close to what I feel for you and you are holding back, because you want to protect me… you're committing a murder suicide. Help me save us. I hate this. I hate you. I love you. and I am going crazy. If you think I give a fuck about any of your habits, or if I'm going to try to stop you from doing what you want, you're wrong. I want you past all those things. God, I wish you'd just call me so I can tell you all of this but my stupid mouth probably would fix itself to silence while you spoke, and you'd never hear what's on my mind. What is really on my mind is that I am excruciatingly, desperately, sickeningly, terrifyingly in love with you. you keep telling me we aren't compatible, but you say you can't keep away from me. you tell me to stay away from you, but you call and I come.
What is this? I feel you slipping away and I don't know what to say to convince you you don't have to do that…god I know how pathetic this must sound, but I don't want to lose you. I'm not asking you for a commitment, if that's what you're worried about. I'm not Trying to tie you down. I just want you to be in my life…in whatever way you can be.


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Launch of SPHERE; a New UCD-based Vascular Research Group
Minister for Health, Dr Leo Varadkar T.D. welcomed the launch of SPHERE and spoke of the enormous worldwide burden posed by venous thromboembolism during his address to delegates at the inaugural international thrombosis conference, supported by Science Foundation Ireland.
(Pictured L-R: Dr Fionnuala Ní Áinle, UCD; Minister for Health, Dr Leo Varadkar T.D.; Prof Saskia Middeldorp, Academic Medical Centre, the Netherlands; Dr Patricia Maguire, UCD)
The acronym SPHERE describes the state-of the art translational interests of this group that will focus on 'Systemic inflammatory disorders: role of blood Particles,Haemostatic factors andExtRacEllular vesicles'.
Current research projects investigate the impact of blood particles, haemostatic factors and extracellular vesicles in a wide range of diseases including acute ischaemic stroke, early onset preeclampsia, multiple sclerosis, liver disease, Eisenmenger syndrome and schizophrenia.
SPHERE, since its inception, has attracted significant funding from industry collaborators through investigator-initiated innovation awards granted by LEO Pharma and Actelion.
SPHERE Co-Directors
Dr Maguire is an SFI-funded Principal Investigator and Fellow of the UCD Conway Institute. She is also a Senior Lecturer in Biochemistry in the UCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science. Over the past ten years, her research has focused on a comprehensive assessment of the anucleate platelet proteome based on a sequential series of analyses that included fractional proteomics, characterisation of specific interactomes and recently detailed description and functional analyses of novel platelet pathways. Recently, she has focused on the release of various extracellular vesicles (EVs) from platelets, the contents of these vesicles and their powerful paracrine effects. She has also shown that circulating levels of these EVs can be altered in inflammatory disease.
Dr Ní Áinle was appointed Consultant Haematologist in the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital (MMUH), UCD School of Medicine and Rotunda Maternity Hospital, Dublin in 2012. She subsequently established a translational research group based at the UCD Conway Institute where she holds an Associate Clinical Fellowship and is a Principal Investigator. Dr Ní Áinle has undergone specialist training in haematology and subsequently haemostasis, thrombosis and obstetric haematology. Since her appointment, she has been awarded several competitive research funding awards including a prestigious Health Research Award from the Health Research Board of Ireland. Dr Ní Áinle treats patients affected with disorders of blood clotting with major interests in thrombosis and maternal haematology. She has published in high impact journals of her field, including Blood and the Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis.
SPHERE Collaborators
Currently include Prof. Peter Kelly and Prof. Sean Murphy, MMUH Dept. of Stroke Medicine; Dr Chris McGuigan, Consultant Neurologist, SVUH; Dr Orina Belton, UCD Conway Institute; Prof Des Fitzgerald, Professor of Molecular Medicine, UCD; Prof Willem Ouwehand, Professor of Experimental Haematology, University of Cambridge; Dr Stephen Stuart, Consultant Hepatologist, MMUH; Prof. Kevin Walsh, Consultant Cardiologist, MMUH; Prof Saskia Middeldorp, Academic Medical Centre, the Netherlands and Prof. Beverley Hunt, King's College, London; Prof Jogin Thakore, Consultant Psychiatrist, St. Vincent's Hospital Fairview, Dr Alastair Poole, Bristol University; Prof Johan Heemskeerk, Maastricht University and Prof. Denisa Wagner, Harvard Medical School, all of whom have outstanding academic track records and are recognised leaders in their respective fields.
SPHERE Research Group
Dr Karl Egan, Postdoctoral fellow.
Project Title: Novel approaches to determining the procoagulant state in early-onset pre-eclampsia: diagnostic relevance and therapeutic opportunities
Funding: Health Research Board
Dr Seamus Allen, Postdoctoral fellow
Project Title: Characterisation of plasma in adults with pulmonary hypertension secondary to congenital cardiac disease
Funding: Actelion Pharmaceutials LtD
Dr Barry Kevane, MD/PhD fellow.
Project Title: Beneficial anticoagulant and cytoprotective properties of low molecular weight heparin in cancer
Funding: Leo Laboratories
Ms Brid Holohan, MSc Student.
Project Title: Proteomic analysis of clinical samples in patients with cardiovascular disease
Funding: Irish Research Council Enterprise Partnership Scheme so-supervised with Java Clinical Research
Mr Tim Donlon, PhD student.
Project Title: WNT signalling in platelets
Funding: Science Foundation Ireland
Ms Paulina Szklanna, PhD student.
Project Title: The platelet releasate in Early-onset Preeclampsia
Funding: Irish Research Council PhD scholarship award
Mr Martin Parsons, PhD student.
Project Title: The platelet releasate in Multiple Sclerosis
Funding: UCD School of Biomolecular & Biomedical Science
(Pictured top (l-r) Dr Patricia Maguire, Dr Karl Egan, Dr Seamus Allen, Dr Barry Kevane, Ms Paulina Szklanna, Ms Brid Holohan, Dr Fionnuala Ní Áinle, Mr Martin Parsons)
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According to our local news FOUR houses were struck by lightning and caught fire during this storm.
PRAYER REQUEST:1. Remember those who have lost their homes to fires. There are not enough words to say how that feels and how much support is needed for these families.
UPDATE: No one was injured in this fire, and the doctor and his family have such a great attitude about it, they are rebuilding in the exact same spot . . . he says, "Lightning doesn't strike in the same place twice."
Water pouring in through the front and side doors of our office.
You can see the rain hitting the door. Literally raining sideways.
We had to get towels from the kitchen to soak up all the water. This is Reese's on her toes watching the storm. I love these storm shots in black and white, because it was so gloomy and dark outside.
After the storm, that same evening was gorgeous. Isn't that the way it always is? After the storm, the sky is usually AMAZING!
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Avicenna is a tireless voyager, but a lover of comfort, luxury and mundane pleasures as well. For this reason, she is obliged to make stops in her continuous wandering, to carry out contracts as personal or crew doctor, contracts which serve to pay the next stages of her incessant voyaging and indulgence in luxury. She recently practiced as a campaigning doctor, fighting successfully against the engineered fevers that ravaged the colonists of Nimatan Island. However, her accusations against a pharmaceutical conglomerate attracted too much attention, forcing her to vanish again into the nebulous underworld of the Mercenary Companies. Of course, currently it is practically impossible to know under which identity Avicenna hides - or if she really exists, because there are no official documents to support this story, that could be only an urban legend, maybe just another product of the numerous conspiracy theories that surround ALEPH...
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An idealistic teacher confronts the realities of juvenile delinquency.
As Richard Dadier, a soft-spoken ex-serviceman, accepts his first teaching job in a tough New York City high school, he asks his new principal, Mr. Warnecke, about the school's discipline problem and is assured that at North Manual High, "there is no discipline problem." The other teachers, particularly the cynical Jim Murdock, who calls the all-male school a "garbage can" and cautions Dadier not to turn his back on the students, do not lessen his anxiety. That evening, Dadier celebrates his new job with his wife Anne, who, although deeply in love with her husband, worries not only that her pregnancy will make her unattractive to him, but that she will miscarry as she had once before. Dadier's first day teaching English is discouraging. The pupils, mostly lower-class juvenile delinquents, ignore his requests and call him "Daddy-O," and when he asks Gregory W. Miller, a bright but alienated black student, to use his leadership abilities to promote cooperation in the classroom, the young man just shakes his head.
That afternoon, Lois Judby Hammond, another new teacher who seems attracted to Dadier, is nearly raped by one of the students. Dadier severely beats the boy, and the next day, the students greet him with threatening glares and angry silence. After work, Dadier accompanies Joshua Y. Edwards, a new math teacher who passionately loves jazz and swing, to a bar, where they have a drink too many and bemoan the students' hostility. While cutting through an alley to the bus stop, both teachers are brutally beaten by Dadier's student Artie West and his gang of hoodlums. Anne urges Dadier to leave the school, but he declares, "I've been beaten up, but I'm not beaten."
While recuperating, Dadier visits his former professor, who assures him that students do want to learn, but that urban schools need more instructors who care. Dadier returns to school, and when the police question him, he refuses to identify his attackers. In class, Artie calls fellow student Pete Morales a "spic," whereupon Dadier remarks that calling one another names, like "spic, mick, and nigger," can lead to big trouble. Later the principal, acting on a confidential student complaint, accuses Dadier of bigotry, but Dadier angrily defends himself. Warnecke finally apologizes and puts Dadier in charge of the Christmas play. Soon afterward, West destroys Josh's prized record collection while his class looks on, leading the discouraged math teacher to resign.
Meanwhile, Anne begins receiving anonymous letters and phone calls accusing her husband of infidelity. Unaware of Anne's growing suspicion, Dadier concentrates on his students. He convinces Miller and his singing group to perform their version of "Go Down, Moses" in the Christmas play, and he stimulates an animated class discussion by showing a "Jack and the Beanstalk" cartoon in class. Summarizing the discussion, Dadier encourages the young men to consider the real meaning of what they hear and to think for themselves. Miller later tells Dadier that because black people have limited options, he will drop out of school at term's end, but Dadier maintains that blacks can succeed in the modern world and that some teachers do care.
At Christmas, Anne, tormented by the letters, gives birth prematurely, and when Dadier learns what has happened, he assumes the students are responsible for the letters and decides to resign. Defeated, Dadier bemoans that, after everything teachers must endure, they earn less even than cooks. Murdock, cured of his cynicism by Dadier's dedication, and Anne, admitting that she should not have doubted her husband, encourage Dadier to remain, and he does take heart when the doctor says his baby son is out of danger. Back at school, Dadier orders West to see the principal when the gang leader flagrantly cheats in class. West threatens him with a knife, ordering the other gang members to jump the teacher. To West's surprise, only Belazi obeys his orders. Following a scuffle, Dadier accuses West of having sent the anonymous letters and then drags him and Belazi to Warnecke's office. Later that day, Miller, having heard that Dadier plans to quit, promises to remain in school if Dadier will do the same.
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To what extent are the Smithsonian branches and other museums in Washington, D.C. using Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, and Pinterest? Are the DC museums doing something completely different in video and social media than the New York museums?
Washington, D.C. Museums: 2014 Video and Social Media Rankings, is a 51-page report that assesses video and social media utilization, reach, and output for 43 metro-area museums, gardens, libraries, and zoos.
We gathered statistics on the number of video views, photos, and tweets associated with each of the 43 museums during a three-day period in March 2014 and ranked each museum based on public engagement.
Keep scrolling to see the 38 lists of statistics included, the video rankings, and the list of museums surveyed. You can buy the 2014 report for $48.00 at our shop. If you'd like to compare 2014 to the prior year, you can purchase the 2013 report for a discount.
1.1 Washington, D.C. Area Museums Surveyed (see list below)
1.2 Social Media Channels Utilized by Washington, D.C. Museums
1.3 Social Media and Video Distribution Channels Used by 43 Washington, D.C. Museums
1.4 Social Media and Video Distribution Channels of Six Washington, D.C. Museums
2.1 Washington, D.C. Museum Top 10 Facebook Rankings
2.2 Washington, D.C. Museum Ranking by Facebook "Likes"
2.3 Washington, D.C. Museum Ranking by Facebook "Talking About" Metrics
2.4 Washington, D.C. Museum Ranking by Facebook "Were Here" Metrics
3.1 Washington, D.C. Museum Top 10 Twitter Rankings
3.2 Washington, D.C. Museum Ranking by Twitter Followers
3.3 Washington, D.C. Museum Ranking by Tweets
4.1 Washington, D.C. Museum Use of Flickr
4.2 Washington, D.C. Museum Top 10 Flickr Rankings
4.3 Washington, D.C. Museum Ranking by Total Photos in Museum Flickr Photostream
4.4 N Washington, D.C. Museum Ranking by Photos Posted on Flickr during 2013
4.5 Washington, D.C. Museum Ranking by Viewership for Top 2013 Flickr Set
4.6 Washington, D.C. Museum Ranking by Members in the Public Flickr Pool
4.7 Washington, D.C. Museum Ranking by Photos Uploaded in the Public Flickr Pool
5.1 Washington, D.C. Museum Ranking by Pinterest Followers
5.2 Washington, D.C. Museum Rankings by Instagram Followers
5.3 Washington, D.C. Museum Ranking by Tumblr Postings
5.4 Washington, D.C. Museum Ranking by Google+ "In Circle" Metric
6.1 Washington, D.C. Museum Top 10 YouTube, ArtBabble, and Vimeo Rankings
6.2 Washington, D.C. Museum Ranking by Cumulative YouTube, ArtBabble, and Vimeo Channel Views
6.3 Ranking of Washington, D.C. Museum by Top Video Views (2007-2013)
6.4 Video Release Dates of the Top-Viewed Museum Videos (2007-2013)
6.5 Washington, D.C. Museum Video Trend (2011-2013)
6.6 Top-viewed 2013 Video by Each Washington, D.C. Museum
6.7 Top 25 2013 Arts and Culture Museum Videos on YouTube and Vimeo
6.8 Top 25 2013 Science and Nature Museum Videos on YouTube and Vimeo
Top 15 Museum Exhibition Videos
Top 15 Museum Collections Videos
Top 15 Museum Music and Performance Videos
Top 15 Museum Artist Interview Videos
Top 15 Museum Lecture and Panel Videos
Top 10 Museum Science Reports
Top 10 Local Animal Videos
Top 10 Museum Community Event Videos
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American University Museum, Katzen Arts Center
Anacostia Community Museum (Smithsonian)
Art Museum of the Americas
Corcoran Gallery of Art
DAR Museum
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collections
Ford's Theatre National Historic Site (NPS)
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Historical Society of Washington, D.C
International Spy Museum
Library of Congress
Lillian and Albert Small Jewish Museum
Marian Koshland Science Museum
National Air and Space Museum
National Archives
National Bonsai and Pening Museum
National Building Museum
National Gallery of Art
National Geographic Museum
National Museum of African American History and Culture
National Museum of African Art
National Museum of American History
National Museum of American Jewish Military History
National Museum of Crime and Punishment
National Museum of Natural History
National Museum of the American Indian (DC)
National Museum of the U.S. Navy
National Museum of Women in the Arts
National Portrait Gallery
National Postal Museum
National Zoo
Phillips Collection
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Smithsonian Gardens
Textile Museum
Tudor Place
United States Botanic Garden (National Fund)
United States Capitol & Visitor Center
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
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Day 9: "David has been awesome - thank you!" @KKLDN thinks Motion GFX Designer David Aldhouse was fabulous to work with #FestiveFeedback
Another TVC complete today! It's all grown up and heading off to Television, we're proud parents.
#ADCANawards Grand Prix winning film by @KKLDN for @theCALMzone getting more well deserved recognition! @VOTDtv
16,000,000 views and counting! Simple job. Big views. Thanks to @CalvinHarris and @tszgrp for getting us involved.
Congratulations to KK's very own Matt for winning a trophy for being really quite good at #football. #manoftheoffice
Perfect weather for an outdoor shoot. Luckily we have Dai 'The Dominator' Davison all over it.
Like Cambridge educated traffic wardens, we're fine fellows.
We are totally in love with @WKNYC's 'The NeverEnding Story' ad for @Spotify
Working on Saturday is a it like changing a nappy- somewhat shitty at first but ultimately for the best if required.
Wouldn't it have been great if the lead singer of Radiohead had married Björk?
An absolute mother lode of @cheerios has turned up! This requires a lot of restraint, DO NOT EAT THE TALENT.
Funfact our favourite codec is Cinepak, its important to know about in the event of providing content for the @SEGA saturn. #postproduction


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Media Keys/hotkeys not working [Fixed]
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Media Keys/hotkeys not working [Fixed]
So I'm having a bit of a weird issue. I can't set hotkeys at all. I had a really old version of Resonic Pro(like months upon months old). Finally uninstalled it and reinstalled the newest Pro version to see what goodies have been added! But now my keyboard(Logitech G710+) media keys aren't working for Resonic, but i know it's not the keyboard because they work for browser players and other media players I use. I can't even set them as global hotkeys in Resonic because Resonic won't take or detect the input...but then I tried to make any other key a hotkey(letters, numbers, anything) and Resonic just isn't allowing me to set hotkeys. Only key input it seems to accept is my volume wheel on my keyboard. Not really sure where to begin and having hotkeys for Resonic is one of the main things I love having so many specific bindings available in this program! Hopefully it's an easy fix! I can provide screenshots if needed. Just need to know what I should share to be of the most help!
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Attaching a picture of what I see when I open the preferences for hotkeys. Not sure if it's supposed to be like this. This is on the Player Beta, but I also have the Pro beta. Only looks like this on the Player, but I have the same issue with the media keys on both. Just seemed weird to see "<transportPlay>" whereas in the Pro beta it just shows "Play". Not sure if that's tied at all to my issue, but I didn't have that in previous versions so i figured I'd attach a screenshot. Still very lost on what is causing Resonic to not allow/detect my input for hotkeys.
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Something clearly went at least three kinds of sideways there when introducing the new localization code. At least this is only a visual issue. Thanks for pointing this out. On it, and will be fixed in 0.9.2.
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Another Thinking Out Loud Thursday – linking up with Amanda at Running with Spoons.
#1 Track season is here
High school track season has arrived! We started practices yesterday. We thought we were going to have a snow day, but we didn't – which meant I leaped out of bed at 6:30am to hurry up to make it to school by 7:30. The students were a little late as well. We had a small group but had a great track practice. Normally I have practices in the PM, but the morning is working out way better. We have until 9:15 to practice which gives us TONS of time. This also means that the next few months will go by really quickly.
#2 Better Call Saul/Squat Cobbler
I got into Breaking Bad a little too late, but have been watching Better Call Saul (the spin off) from day one. Since we know the outcome of Jimmy/Saul, it has been interesting to see the back story of his character. You know something is going to happen to him to change from Jimmy to Saul. But what that is, who knows. The episode last week was great and included a scene that had be in tears from laughter. Jimmy, turning a bit into "Saul" was talking to the cops about his client. To get the police away from his client he fabricated a lie to cover up what was really going on (which is what Saul does in BB). His lie involved telling the cops that his character was making squat cobbler videos. You have to see the scene (it's widely available) because it is absolutely hysterical. Apparently there really is a video and it might appear on a upcoming video.
#3 Only a portion
Carmy wrote a great piece today about social media and avoiding the social media comparison trap. Jessica at Laces and Lattes also wrote a post about balance and how blogs/instragrams/twitter feeds can be projections of a person, not the whole 100%. That is true for most of us. Obviously we choose to put a portion of our lives out on the internet, but most of us keep a little bit of ourselves offline. If you google my name, this website is the first thing that pops up and you never know who is searching your name. I think the curating part that Carmy mentioned is pretty interesting. I think many of us are selective in the pictures we post and the tweets we write. Hopefully, if you have met me, your impression of me hasn't changed much 🙂
#4 – 45 minute run!
I went for a 45 minute run yesterday – the longest run since January! It was one of those great runs that feels effortless and leaves you feeling very optimistic. I'm still running very slowly and running 5 mintues, 1 minute walking. Let's be very clear that my goal for marathons is simply to finish. If I don't spend 40 minutes in the washroom this time, I will easily PB. But really, I just want to finish the thing! I went for a massage this morning and my leg feels great! Physio next week! I think if I keep stretching, rolling and seeing my RMT and PT, I will be in good shape.
Before the most recent snow storm hit – I went for a run outside. it was a 30 minute run and felt pretty good, until the snow started hitting my face.
#5 See I told you!
Remember last month when I mentioned that I am no longer on a monthly cell phone plan because I wasn't using my phone much. I just finished my first month with koodo and surprise, suprise, I only used my phone for 20 minutes. At this rate, it is going to take a long, long time to need to refill my minutes. I did use an entire gig of data though…..
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My Form W-2 shows allocated tips in box 8. I tip out 15% of all my tips to the busser and 5% to the bartender. Do I deduct the tipped-out amounts from the amount in box 8 when I report it on my income tax return?
No, you can't deduct tip-outs (the portion of your tips you give to indirectly tipped employees, such as bussers and service bartenders) from allocated tips when you report the allocated tips on your income tax return.
If your employer allocated tips to you, the allocated tips are shown in box 8 of your Form W-2, Wage and Tax Statement. The allocated tips aren't included in box 1 with your wages and reported tips.
Allocated tips are amounts your employer assigned to you in addition to the tips you reported. Your employer is required to allocate tips only if:
- You worked in a large food or beverage establishment (restaurant, cocktail lounge, or similar business),
- You received any tips directly from customers, and
- The amount of tips you reported to your employer was less than your share of 8% (or a lower rate approved by the IRS, if your employer requested it) of food and drink sales.
Generally, you must report the full amount contained in box 8 of your Form W-2. However, you don't report the entire allocated tip amount on your income tax return if you can prove with adequate records that the amount of tips you actually received was less than the allocated amount. You should keep a daily record of all tips you receive from customers and from other employees who tip out to you and the amounts you tip out to other employees. If you don't have records or if you have inadequate records, you must report the full amount in box 8 as income on your income tax return.
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Monday, December 16, 2019
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- Tue-Thu 7PM Fri & Sat 6:30PM & 9PM
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ALL FREAKIN' NIGHT 2016 – Hosted by Ian and Tori Bracken
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Saturday, November 12
The 33rd Annual Olympia Film Festival presents
11:00pm doors / MIDNIGHT showtime
Hosted by Ian and Tori Bracken
$20 general / $15 members
Live Musical Accompaniment by Birch Graft Ensemble
Grave robbing, torture, possessed nuns, and a satanic Sabbath: Benjamin Christensen's bizarre examination of witchcraft in the Middle Ages is a demonic witches' brew of the scary, gross, and darkly humorous. Featuring live musical accompaniment by The Birch Graft Ensemble. Prepare yourself for a terrifying visceral experience of sight and sound.
Director: Benjamin Christensen / 1922 / Sweden / 76 min
The Birch Graft Ensemble:
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Gabriel Will
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What happens when a bunch of hippies stumble onto a batch of delicious, but tainted meat pies? For starters, these hippies aren't exactly into peace and love. They're into Satan. And when they arrive in a small town do some devil worshiping at a cemetery, they get on the wrong side of the locals, who don't take kindly to their spree of crimes, torture and rape. The solution, according to a fed up little boy, is to serve up meat pies tainted with rabid dog blood. Zombies, chainsaws, pitchfork impaling, lots of rats, and gallons of gore add to the explosive craziness that overtakes the screen in this insanely bloody and violent classic that was originally banned, but has luckily been unearthed for your enjoyment.
Director: David E. Durston / 1970 / US / 90 min
Horror movie master Lucio Fulci's Cat in the Brain, is a mind-bending journey into the cracked psyche of a horror movie master. In this meta film which questions the nature of creative insight, Fulci plays a version of himself tormented by visions of his own conception. At night he's plagued with nightmares as the terrifying creatures of his own creation inhabit his sleep. Are these murderous tendencies real or imagined? Is he really losing his grip? Seamlessly weaving in and out of reality and fantasy, Cat in the Brain is so hyper-surrealistic and supremely gory that it will feel like a cat is chewing on your brain, literally.
Director: Lucio Fulci / 1990 / Italy / 94 min
The Sinful Dwarf is one of the sickest and most disturbing films in grindhouse history, a masterpiece of depravity featuring horny newlyweds, drugged sex slaves, bizarre musical numbers and a cackling pint-sized pervert, played to perfection by the great Torben Bille. In a quaint, Danish town we meet Olaf, an evil dwarf who lures beautiful women back to his home only to lock them up in the attic and enslave them for sex. When a naive married couple decides to rent a room in the same boarding house they quickly begin to suspect the worst. Prepare yourself for a deranged landmark in cinematic horror that must be seen to be believed.
Director: Vidal Raski / 1973 / Denmark / 95 min
Dr. Obrero has a lofty goal: to prolong human life. Too bad he's completely inept, and completely evil. That's why he's better known as Dr. Butcher M.D. (Medical Deviate). When partially eaten bodies begin showing up around New York City hospitals suspicion falls on the malevolent doctor. Fleeing to a jungle island Dr. Butcher begins to conduct his bloody experiments on unsuspecting natives. His failures result in painful death. His successes create hulking zombies who stalk the jungle with an insatiable appetite to kill. Part cannibal movie, part zombie movie, and bursting with demented, gory goodness, Dr. Butcher MD is a rarely screened piece of Italian horror cinema that's totally over top in the very best way.
Director: Marino Griolami / 1980 / Italy / 84 min


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Its the hottest thing since the Gameboy! Everyone has one. You're not part of the cool club if you don't have one, and its become the biggest accessory since the Hermes handbag. No - its not an iPhone, an iPod, an iPad or a Macbook. It's not a PS4, a Sega or a Nintendo. It's a Selfie Stick. Yes you heard me right - its a stick that allows you to take a selfie from anywhere, any height, and it doesn't matter how many people are in the photo, after all, thats the part of the fun.
You've seen them everywhere, haven't you? But have you seen the ones we are about to show you? Now everyone is all about the Selfie Sticks that come with a fabulous little remote. One click of a button while holding the stick and boom - a picture is taken. But what happens if you lose your remote? All hell breaks loose, you're so not cool anymore, and your selfies will never look the same.
With SelfieStick there's no way to go wrong. There is no remote, because there is a bluetooth shutter release button on the base of the actual stick. No fuss. Just brilliant selfies every time. Just switch the selfie stick on at the bottom, switch your bluetooth on your phone on and pair them together. Thats all it takes.
Another thing we loved about this SelfieStick was that it came with a rubber size adjuster. It's always a bit of a nerve-wracking situation when your iPhone is at arms length above you and may fall out, and shatter the screen. A pricey little issue. But the orange rubber size adjuster holds the phone perfectly in place. There is also an adjustable ball head and thumb screw that actually locks for multiple angle shooting with a 180 degree position and the stick itself can be extended to 105cm.
Charging it is super easy. It comes with a micro USB charging cable. The LED will display red while charging, and blue when fully charged and the fun starts all over again.
This magnificent SelfieStick is compatible with the Apple iPhone 4, 4S, 5, 5S, 6, 6Plus / Samsung Galaxy S3, S4, S5, Galaxy Note 2, 3, 4 / HTC One, M7, M8 / Google Nexus 4, 5 / LG G2, Sony Xperia Z1, Z2
We love the SelfieStick. Its so much fun to use, and unlike our handbag and lipstick, it's definitely the best accessory to wear.
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Makers of all kinds — sellers, nonprofits, hobbyists — gather at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry for what has become an annual Portland tradition, the Mini Maker Faire.
The showcase of creativity and cool DIY technology takes place Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 15-16. More than 120 makers are expected to be in attendance.
"Maker Faire truly embraces the heart of what makes Portland unique — a gathering of fascinating, curious people who enjoy learning and who love sharing what they can do," says Melony Beaird, interim events manager at OMSI. "From engineers to artists to scientists to crafters, Maker Faire is a venue for these talented and creative makers to showcase hobbies, experiments and projects and share their passion with others."
There are about 200 Maker Faires around the world. The flagship events are the Bay Area Maker Faire in California and the World Maker Faire in New York.
Among the highlights here:
• A lightning simulator that will repeat strikes up to 100 times per second.
• University of Oregon telling the story of UO alumni Bill Bowerman and his creation of Nike by showcasing the waffle outsole of the first Nikes made with waffle irons. Kids will have a chance to make their own rubber waffle outsoles as well as mix rubber compounds and mold rubber waffle parts.
• Portland Printer Alliance using a steam roller to screen print T-shirts.
• A new fabric/sewing area featuring fashion DIY stations where visitors can try their hand at sewing, tie-dying or creating a new look.
• Returning favorites such as da Vinci Days, 3D printing and more.
• Hands-on activities are popular, as are exhibits, talks, demonstrations and performances that bridge arts, crafts, science and engineering.
Among other notable makers are:
Nexgarden and its aeroponic farming prototype for 300 plants has gone from incubator to a funded project; RealWare does industry wearable computing, and it's basically a head-mounted computer, akin to Google glasses; Adopt A Hand will be there, showing how they make prosthetics by 3D printing;
Hearing-impaired musician Myles deBastion has worked with makers to create interactive light sculptures that transform sound and music into a visual and tactile experience to make it accessible for people like him; The R2-D2 Builders Club provides realistic replicas of astromech droids from "Star Wars."
Making pipe organs, Orgelkids USA is an all-volunteer nonprofit serving as a pilot program for Orgelkids in the country; it originally began in The Netherlands. There are 133 handcrafted pieces assembled and woven into a two-octave working pipe organ, and they're made locally in Eugene. The local contingent will be at the Mini Maker Faire.
"Our family has been a big fan of the Portland Maker Faire for years, long before we had anything to share as vendors," says Erin Scheessele, Orgelkids USA executive director.
"Maker faires stir the imagination and serve as jumping off points for other would-be makers and inventors. And, yes, they are incubators and hubs for idea exchange."
Maker Clara Mason is giving a talk on Sunday about motivating people to put their projects out there for public consumption.
"Contributing to the community, making new friends, inspiring likeminded people, the list goes on," she says, of reasons to share your makes and DIY projects. "It is a great time to get into making, but a lot of people are intimidated.
"There is also a factor of feeling like your projects aren't good enough to put out there, which was very central to my experience. I'm mostly trying to encourage people to create and share. The larger variety we have of people making, the more inclusive a narrative making can become. And I think that is pretty cool."
The Mini Maker Faire takes place 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, Sept. 15-16, at OMSI, 1945 S.E. Water Ave. Admission is $16 for adults, $10 for youth ages 3 through 13 and seniors 63 and up. For more: www.omsi.edu.
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Dash 2 – Burning Sun
Dash 1 Emperor…
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I knew mini 4wd since i got in elementary school, in 1990. that time cartoon serial Dash Yonkuro on television was so popular. Every child has at least one or two mini 4wd's, we didn't played on circuit but we just run our machine in every where we found a nice place
We didn't know how to improve our mini 4wd speed, we happy enough with our standart machine. but that was a memory when i was just a kid. I was remember that i had many mini 4wd's that time, but as time and i grown old and busy with all my activities, i forgot with all my mini 4wd's until i found blog that show mini 4wd Dash Yonkuro.
I called my brother at home and told him to looking on the roof, were there my old toys.he called me back a few days later. he told that he just found a few body kits, some kits was in the bad condition.
This is some great treasures that i have found from past, but all of this bodys part is cannot be used.
first post…
as a collector actually i do not have much collections, i think it is impossible for me to collect all the series of Tamiya mini 4wd.
so i just focus on dash series, but not all of my collection is tamiya, some of them are other brands such as auldey, AA, heipao etc. because the price is cheaper than tamiya and that's very helpful to collector like me. 🙂


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Control groups are an important part of any good marketing campaign. What are they? Essentially, they are small samples of your target population that are held back from your campaign, and their performance is used to test for an uplift in response (number of customers placing an order), and value (the value of sales made by those customers) against the customers you targeted – this tells you and other stakeholders if your marketing has been a success, and puts a value on the uplift achieved or not.
There are a number of important points to consider when selecting control groups. The first key decision to make is the size of your control group – this is very important. The size of your control group will influence how statistically significant your resulting campaign uplifts are. For example, if you were to launch a social media campaign to 100,000 customers, but decided to only have 100 customers in your control group, then no matter how impressive your results are, it won't give you a statistically significant result, and that confidence that you're heading in the right direction! Significance testing can be done by T-testing the population sizes against expected uplifts – we will dive into this at a later date.
The second important point is to ensure 'no bias' is present in either group. It's no good picking all your weaker customers as your 'control' and then hailing a mighty success when you measure the performance of your stronger target group. The exact same criteria needs to be used to pick your control group as your target group.
The third point to consider is the spread of the control group population across the segments of your target customers. What this means is that when you're performing a customer selection using a number of different segments and selection criteria (As is often the case), it's important to ensure that those selected to be part of the control group are representative of these different criteria. The primary way that we would recommend to ensure this is to use a random sample (check that the method you use is indeed random – EG, not based on customer ID, age, geographic or any other factors that may introduce bias), and then once you have a sample, to test their metrics (value, frequency, average basket size, length of account etc) to check that your sample control group is a fair and reasonable representation of your selection.
A question we often get asked is 'can we retrospectively pick our control groups' – in other words, can we look back and pick a population of customers not marketed to use as a test? The answer to that is unfortunately both 'yes' and 'no', but in most cases 'no'. Let me expand on that – as has been stated above, the control groups need to be an accurate and fair reflection of what may have happened if you had not run the campaign that you have run. In most cases, it's nearly impossible to select customers that are exactly identical in every way – many businesses simply do not have the data available. Sales values are the easy part, but do you have marketing exclusion flags stamped historically on your database for example? For 'prospect lists' EG lists of potential customers this is even more difficult. My advice is to always pick your control groups at the same time as your target groups. Ensuring good, statistically significant results is the bedrock of good marketing practice.
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Kismayo University was established in August 2005. The University is situated in the Southern City of Kismayo, Jubbaland in the Republic of Somalia, and 500 Km South of Mogadishu along the Kismayo-Mogadishu Road. The creation of Kismayo University (KU) was conceived by a group of former teachers and university lecturers who remained in the country despite the civil strife in Somalia where all academic institutions collapsed. The foundation of KU was made possible with the realization and direct assistance from a local charitable organization called Towfiq Welfare Society (TWS). The University is a private educational institution which is non-profit institution, playing a distinct academic role in helping to build a peaceful, equitable and dynamic nation.
The University has currently two campuses both situated in Kismayo city, one in the city centre and the other in the outskirts of the city. The headquarters of the Kismayo University which contains new structures and shall be the main campus is situated at 3 km away from Kismayo City, along the shores of the Indian Ocean. The University has land area of approximately 135,000m2 at its new campus and another 100,000m2 hosting the old campus. The construction of the new campus of the University was realized with the assistance from the Islamic Development Bank in Saudi Arabia. In addition, the University has acquired a third piece of land measuring 240,000m2 in Kismayo town.
Kismayo University is one of the largest and most respected institutions of higher learning in Southern Somalia in the Republic of Somalia with more than 600 students enrolled by the academic year 2011/2012. Kismayo University provides an ideal academic environment for the University community. The University is one of the few institutions in Somalia that are widely recognized as leaders in research, training and public service. The University has established strong linkages with other institutions of higher learning both within the Somali Republic as well as outside the country. KU has also established good working relations with Kenya"s Commission for Higher Education (CHE). Traditionally, KU prides itself of thinking locally and acting globally. It is the only institute of its kind in the Southern Somalia.
The University is also recognized by the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia, an internationally recognized Government for Somalia through the Ordinance of Ministry of Education and Culture in 2008 as a Private university offering higher education and recognized nationally and internationally.
In addition to the academic work, the university is also involved in cultural and social activities aimed at serving the society. The university also participates in charity, peaceful co-existence and activities organized by civil society organizations. Hence the Kismayo University is considered to be a pioneer of social services in the entire Southern Somalia.
The Philosophy of Kismayo University
The philosophy of the Kismayo University is to advance and cultivate lifetime learning in search of knowledge in an environment of support, guidance, free-inquiry and expression. The university community is dedicated and devoted to assisting students to develop skills in problem solving and critical thinking in response to present and emerging challenges facing the State of Somalia in particular and the world in general.
The University is committed to the promotion of peaceful co-existence among people from different parts of the world. The University is dedicated to become a centre of excellence in all spheres of learning and leadership that shall stimulate academic interest among its community and beyond.
The vision of the Kismayo University is to become a leading centre of higher learning in Africa by providing a knowledge base for intellectual development, skills and values. KU is dedicated to the promotion of quality higher education through scientific research and thereby producing world class professionals that will provide services and leadership to the Somali Community and remaining world in general. The institution is to equip the present and future Somali professionals with qualified and modern managerial, administrative and educational skills in the selected areas and disciplines. This is done through training middle and senior level managers for both public and private sector enterprises.
The mission of the KU is to develop an effective, efficient, accessible and sustainable education system leading to the production of professional competent leaders of high integrity and moral uprightness. To advance this mission, Kismayo University envisions to:
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In achieving its mission, Kismayo University is committed to upholding the core values of human respect, justice, diversity, dignity, excellence; quality, relevance, co-existence; honesty and equity.
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Eat lots of fruits, vegetables, and beans. Many healthy foods have antioxidants, which boost skin, hair, and nail growth. Some research suggests that a diet rich in vitamin C and low in unhealthy fats and processed or refined carbohydrates might promote younger looking skin.
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School Boards Cut Funding for Musical "Prom Queen" About Gay Student Fighting to Take His Boyfriend to Prom
Controversy brews over our client Mary Young Leckie's new musical "Prom Queen".....
CBC has reported that two school boards in London, Ontario, Canada have cut funding to their school's production of a musical about a gay student fighting to take his boyfriend to prom.
The show is called Prom Queen: The Musical, and it's based on the true story of Marc Hall who in 2002 won his fight with the Durham Catholic School Board to take his boyfriend to prom.
The London District Catholic School Board and the Thames Valley District School Board have both decided to pull their financial backing, a total of $30,000, putting a dent in the show's $250,000 budget.
Matt Reid, chair of the Thames Valley board, claims that the play's LGBTQ themes aren't the reason for the funding cut, but rather the way the script portrays school boards, teachers, and other adults.
Both boards issued the same statement, saying "Together, our school communities - principals, teachers, trustees, staff, students, parents - work very hard to ensure all students are supported and cared for, which is not reflected in the script."
An online fundraising campaign was launched, which has now reached over $57,000. The campaign can be found here.
Hall himself commented, "This was a story about something that happened to me at my school board in Oshawa, Ont., and the script really revolves around a community coming together to help a boy, me, right a wrong. It's about a community coming together, to stick up for yourself, to not allow discrimination, to love who you are."
The show is being offered exclusively to the Grand Theatre and will likely be staged professionally after the London run.
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Riga and Shenzhen to become internationally important and strong ports through cooperation
Last week the Port of Riga welcomed a delegation from the Port of Shenzhen, including representatives of the city municipality and management of the port authority, as well as port entrepreneurs — representatives of all four container terminals of the Port of Shenzhen. Since the Port of Shenzhen is a cooperation port for Riga, the goal of the visit was to become personally acquainted with the operations of the Port of Riga and to find ways for even closer cooperation, the Port of Riga says in a press release.
Dong Yanze, Head of the Shenzhen Port and Cargo Transport Authority: "We are ready to discuss various possibilities for cooperation with the Port of Riga. We want to discuss direct cargo transport by both sea and rail. The Port of Shenzhen is only 38 years old, yet it has become one of the main transit hubs of South-East Asia. Riga is a key player in the Baltic Region. This alone is a good argument in favour of developing mutual cooperation."
The Port of Shenzhen is the third largest container port in the world. Last year it handled more than 25 million TEU. The first special economic area in China was created there, allowing Shenzhen to transform over two decades from a small country town into a metropole with more than 10 million inhabitants. This summer, a cooperation agreement was signed between the Port of Riga and the Port of Shenzhen in China. According to the data of the Port of Shenzhen, more than 12 thousand TEU containers have already been sent to Riga via Hamburg, Rotterdam and Singapore.
On 31 October, the Shenzhen Port Authority, in cooperation with the Freeport of Riga, organised the seminar China Shenzhen Port Outreach Seminar 2018, during which the companies of the Port of Riga and representatives of the Latvian logistics sector had an opportunity to meet the Shenzhen Port Authority and entrepreneurs in person. Opening the seminar, Dong Yanze highlighted that the Port of Riga is considered to be an important port of the New Silk Road and its geographical location in the centre of the Baltic States is especially valued. The main goal of the seminar, according to Dong Yanze, is to promote mutually beneficial cooperation to allow both ports to achieve a common goal — to become internationally important and strong ports.
In turn, entrepreneurs assessed the work done by the Freeport of Riga Authority in promoting cooperation with Chinese transport and logistics sector. Jānis Bikše, Member of the Board at SIA Systems Logistics, operating in the Port of Riga, believes: "The management and entrepreneurs of the Port of Shenzhen are not here because they found us on the map, but thanks to our people from both the Freeport of Riga and Latvian Railways, who went to China and spoke about cooperation." In the opinion of entrepreneurs, Latvia has good chances of filling certain niches in the Chinese-European transit market.


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By Robin Schmahl
Who will remain in the dairy business and who will go may be decided by the end of the year. The competition is fierce, and the mindset is that farmers will continue until all equity and borrowing capacity is exhausted, at which time they will be forced out of business.
Each farmer hopes the other will blink first, eventually causing significant tightening of the milk supply, which could increase prices to profitable if not record levels. Any way you look at it, dairy farmers will be bruised and battered when this is all over. Farmers have been culling aggressively, but many tell me they have sufficient heifers waiting in the wings. Culling standards are higher, heifers are being brought in and milk production continues to increase.
In case you think this is a ploy of co-ops or manufacturers to keep prices low, it is not. It is not a matter of an explosion over the past year of milk production or cow numbers. It is not a matter of people turning away from dairy products in their diets. It is not a matter of retail prices being so high that consumers have turned to alternative foods. It is simply a matter of the current world economic situation. Farmers around the world are struggling with low milk prices with riots and protests breaking out in other countries. Consumers have curtailed their spending on dairy products as well as other goods and services. It is difficult for almost every business in the current economic crisis. All we need to do is look at how each one of us has changed in our purchasing habits over the past year and it is plainly seen.
It is difficult to keep a positive outlook at the present time, but there will be a brighter future. However, there is no indication as to how long these low milk prices will continue before moving higher. Grain prices looked bleak late last year with many indicating that they would not plant corn due to high fertilizer prices and low corn prices. The market changed quickly at the beginning of the year with corn price increasing to profitable level resulting in the second highest corn acres ever planted. The USDA reported 87.04 million acres were planted, the most since 1946. When profitability is realized, farmers respond. However, those who planted because of profitable prices and did not take steps to hedge a profitable price have missed the boat. In the past month, corn price has fallen nearly a dollar per bushel. I dare say it is now below many grain producers cost of production. Soybean costs are not quite as high as corn, but price has also eroded nearly a dollar per bushel. A record 77.48 million acres have been planted and a profitable price is slipping away as well. This is good news for those who purchase their feed and bad news for those who sell their grain.
The market will always move unexpectedly and we need to be prepared to take advantage of it when opportunities exist. I think there will be a milk futures price rebound in 2010 contracts sometime in the second half of this year. A rebound of 50 cents would put contract prices back up near contract highs and a level at which some hedge strategies could be implemented. I know a $16.00 Class III price leaves much to be desired after a prolonged period of low milk prices, but this would mean $17.00 to $18.00 or more in your mailbox. A fence strategy could net you even more upside price potential while at the same time protecting your downside.
The key to improving milk prices will be an improving economy both domestically and world-wide. However, there is not much sign of this improving anytime soon. The cry for eliminating a massive amount of cows in order to tighten milk supply and thereby improve prices is not the answer. If domestic dairy prices are forced higher while world prices remain low, imports will come in. History has shown us this many times and will repeat itself again. The result of this would be the loss of market share as cow numbers would be lower while overall prices would not show much improvement. The dairy industry is competing on the world stage. Like it or not, the rules have changed.
Upcoming reports to watch for are the World Agricultural Supply and Demand report on July 10; fluid milk sales on July 10, California Class I price on July 10; and the June Monthly Milk Production report on July 17.
--Robin Schmahl is a commodity broker and owner of AgDairy LLC, a full-service commodity brokerage firm located in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. He can be reached at 877-256-3253 or through their Web site at www.agdairy.com.
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Education School Gift: A California entrepreneur has donated $10 million to the graduate school of education at the University of California, Santa Barbara, saying that the best way to improve schooling for children is to make sure they have great teachers.
Announcing the gift to the scenic university about 90 miles north of Los Angeles last week, Don Gevirtz, a businessman and former U.S. ambassador to Fiji, said the money would be used in several ways to develop outstanding educators.
"One of our principal objectives is to see this graduate school produce the very best teachers who can also provide true leadership in public education," Mr. Gevirtz said in a written statement.
The donation will support new research on how to raise student achievement, including opportunities for researchers to implement their ideas in school districts.
It will also finance the development of a visiting- scholars program and a nationwide network of scholars and educators who will explore key issues, such as how to develop school leaders.
Finally, it will pay for fellowships, stipends, and other support to help attract the best students to the graduate school.
Mr. Gevirtz and his wife, Marilyn Gevirtz, have made other gifts to the university's school of education, including $1 million that established the Gevirtz Research Center.
As a result of their latest gift, the school of education will be renamed after the couple.
Philanthropists traditionally have donated much more money to medical and business schools than to graduate schools of education, noted Penelope M. Earley, a vice president of the Washington-based American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education.
But in the past few years, as concern about the quality of the nation's teaching force has reached new heights, that has begun to change. The school of education at the University of Connecticut at Storrs received $21 million last year, and the education school at the University of Southern California received $20 million in 1998. And now, UC-Santa Barbara joins the league of those large gifts.
"Finally, education schools are catching up to the big gifts given to other university sectors," Ms. Earley said.
"I'd like to think it's because folk are recognizing the importance of collegiate-based education as a field of study and research, and because they believe that fundamentally, the nation will be better for the additional investment in schools."
—Catherine Gewertz [email protected]
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Franchises, at their core, are simply businesses. While many franchise activities can seem confusing because they are split between franchisors and franchisees, franchise marketing should be a united effort with a goal of driving positive business growth.
Not only do franchises need to worry about overall national brand messaging, franchisors also need to be aware of how their message breaks down at the local franchisee level. Avoid these five marketing mistakes and your franchise will present a consistent and positive image to customers.
Mistake #1: Not defining your marketing message
Whether you are building a franchise or have already established your business, your marketing message should speak to your original core values. Brand consistency is a defining feature of great franchise marketing and is reliant on a strong core marketing message.
Defining your marketing message early will set your brand identity and provide customers with a baseline for expectations.
Key areas you should focus on include customer service, operations, logo usage, advertising campaigns and quality control checks. While some of these areas are not traditionally thought of as "marketing," you need to remember that marketing is everything a business does -- from the name tag design that an employee wears to the promotional posters displayed in stores -- that impact the franchise's brand image.
Mistake #2: No guidelines
After you have defined your marketing message, you need to decide who will do the actual marketing -- the franchisor or the franchisee?
Establish guidelines of how the marketing materials and messages can and should be used, as well as what the franchisee is responsible for. For any area the franchisee is responsible, make sure you give clear directions on how to accomplish each task.
For example, if your franchisees implement their own social media marketing, you should provide them with directions on how to set-up social profiles on networks, best practices and sample posts. When giving marketing freedoms to franchisees, highlight locations that are doing an exemplary job and share their success (and how they did it) with everyone.
The next three mistakes are problems that could easily be mitigated by providing marketing guidelines to franchisees.
Mistake #3: Micro sites
Local franchisees should have an online space available to them to share local activities and news, but separate micro sites are not the answer. In addition to weakening overall franchise SEO, separate franchisee micro sites can be confusing to customers.
Franchises should have a main website that allows franchisees to have sub-domain pages. Sub-domain pages keep the SEO juice flowing to one website, while giving customers the opportunity to find the specific location they are searching for. The sub-domain page can contain local contact information for each franchisee, deals/promotions or social activity.
Sub-domain pages are an area where it is a good idea to give your franchisees some creative freedom so that they can spark some fantastic local marketing ideas.
Mistake #4: Not having local listings
Just like you want all your franchisees to be discoverable on your main website, you also want each individual location to be easily found by customers in online searches.
Being listed on Google, Yelp and other local directories will help your franchisees be more visible online and drive more SEO back to your main website.
An example of good franchisee differentiation is Panera Bread. Panera Bread calls their St. Louis locations "Saint Louis Bread Co.," in order to give these locations a local characteristic that differentiates them from other locations.
Mistake #5: Ignoring reviews
Not responding to reviews, whether a franchise or franchisee, leaves you at risk of losing business. 79% of people trust online ratings and reviews as much as personal recommendations, so a negative review can turn quite a bit of business away. However, responding to reviews can change the reviewers mind.
A negative or moderate review is often left soon after a visit, when emotions are running high. By listening and apologizing to a customer, you mellow emotions and give your reviewer time to change their mind about your business (and in turn, their review).
Don't let review sites be one-way -- respond and have conversations with your customers.
The best place to optimize local franchise marketing is with a local marketing platform. LocalVox gives your franchise the ability to monitor ratings and reviews, share local deals, news and manage local listings (to name a few) -- all with the touch of a button.
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Union Notches a Victory in Drive at Charter Chain
California's public labor-relations board has agreed to seek court relief to prevent interference in teacher-unionization efforts at a popular Los Angeles-based charter school chain.
The ruling concerns a divisive bid to organize the 27 campuses of the Alliance College-Ready Public Schools. A group of Alliance teachers in March sought representation from United Teachers Los Angeles. Alliance has opposed unionization, including by setting up a website claiming that perks like performance bonuses could be in jeopardy under unionization.
UTLA requested the injunction to prevent what it alleges are anti-union practices. The charter-management organization claims that its activities fall within the law.
Vol. 35, Issue 10, Page 5Published in Print: October 28, 2015, as Union Notches a Victory in Drive at Charter Chain
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I've been wanting to write about a lot of things I've seen and heard over the past couple years. However, this will be short. Our emotions change on a regular basis. Since they can change on a moment's notice, we should not be making decisions, especially those affecting our spiritual lives, based on our feelings. We have a Bible to keep us grounded and guide us in our decision-making and life choices.
I'm amazed by some of the reasons Christians use to justify our actions when we know full well it's plainly against what God instructed. If what you want to do is based on what you think God will allow, what you believe based on what part of the Bible you choose to obey or what you feel based on some warm, tingling sensations, then it's your feelings that need to change and fall in line behind the Scriptures rather than God Who needs to make an exception for you. One of the reasons we have a Bible is to have a reliable standard we can reference so we don't have to guess what we should do for any situation. If the Bible permits something, then it's permitted. If the Bible states not to do something, then it's wrong no matter how famous, pretty or well-meaning we are. That's about as plain as it gets, and it goes across the board because God is not a respecter of persons.
Jer 17:9 "9The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?"
Jer 17:5 "5Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD."
Prov 3:5-7 "5Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. 6In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. 7Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil."
Isa 55:8-9 "8For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. 9For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts."
God is not going to go against His Word and give you a new revelation or special permission to do something He's instructed billions of others to do in the same situation. If you are basing your life choices off a great dream you had, a "gut feeling" or someone "prophelying" to you, and it opposes the Bible, guess which one God will use to determine what is correct.
Psalm 119:89 "89For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven."
Psalm 138:2 "2I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name."
2 Tim 3:16-17 "16All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: 17That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works."