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Includes 5 Key Success Strategies to put you on the right side of the trade The recent pullback in many of the hottest stocks on Wall Street is a reminder of two things. If you missed investing in Shoot the Moon stock pics you might be afforded a 2nd chance to invest, particularly if you employ a careful strategy of dollar-cost averaging (not Buy & Hope). The other is the importance of regular rebalancing to capture gains. Here are some examples of Shoot the Moon stock pics that we've identified over the last couple of years. All of the companies listed below are trading at a lower price now than they were in mid-February 2021. FYI: Each of these hot companies were identified at or before their 52-week lows, which are dramatically lower than today's price. As you can see in the chart above, Zoom Video soared to a high of $589 on October 19, 2020. At today's share price was $331, the stock is trading at a 44% discount. Aphria's share price rocketed up to $32/share on February 9, 2021, and is now half that price. This illustrates the importance of all of the key strategies outlined above:
5 Key Success Strategies to put you on the right side of the trade Purchasing & Profit-Taking Quarterly Rebalancing If You Wait for the Headlines, It's Too Late Funds or Individual Stocks? Micro and Macro Trends Purchasing & Profit-Taking Should you buy now when you could have purchased Zoom at $112.50 a year ago? Is $330.83 a fair price for the stock, or is the company overvalued in a post-pandemic world? Knowing what to do requires understanding where the company is headed (micro trends), what the market might do (macro trends), and if those factors are already priced in. What is the recent pullback on Zoom related to? Is it simply investors taking their profits? Is Zoom doomed in a post-pandemic world? Are we all burned out on videoconferences? I examined this in-depth in my recent blog on Zoom and Teladoc videoconferencing platforms. Zoom is expected to post a stellar 1st quarter 2021 in the first week of June. Revenue is projected to be between $900 and $905 million, compared to $328.20 a year ago. Full year 2021 revenue could increase 43% to $3.78 billion. The U.S. economy is projected to grow at 6.5%. So, you have micro and macro trends offering a tailwind. The only issue is the current valuation of Zoom, which has a price-earnings ratio of 150. The average P/E is 16-17. High growth companies can take a higher multiple. However, Zoom is very pricey. Rather than just wait, you could put yourself on a dollar-cost averaging plan for Zoom (and other companies with great promise). If your goal is filling up a $10,000 hot slice with Zoom, then you could think about purchasing a small amount now at $331. If the price goes up, your slice is getting filled up on its own. If the share price goes down, you can add more to the slice at a lower price. Give yourself prompts once a quarter to rebalance and continue filling up your slice. Quarterly Rebalancing In today's world of lofty prices for stocks and real estate, and dramatic routs when investor sentiment plummets, regular rebalancing is essential. 1-3X a year rebalancing is a buy low, sell high plan on auto-pilot. If Zoom Video was your large-cap growth slice, and your slice grows to three or four slices, the pie chart system is prompting you to sell high. Trimming back four slices to one slice affords you the opportunity to easily buy low, if the share price goes down, while also capturing your massive gains (instead of losing them in the rout). When the Zoom Video share price drops from almost $600 to almost $300, your slice becomes half a slice, prompting you to buy more at a lower price. You're going to feel a lot better about buying low if you have taken your profits and sold high. If you are riding the Wall Street rollercoaster, watching your money balloon and then bust, it's going to be harder emotionally to buy at half the price. If you were feeling rich a few months ago and didn't take your profits, by the time the share price bottoms out, you'll feel like a loser and wonder if there it something fundamentally wrong with the company. A regular rebalancing plan takes the emotions out of your wealth plan. When you work off of the brokerage statements, your emotions are working against you. When Zoom's share price soars to almost $600, and you've got massive gains highlighted with a plus sign in green, that signals you to keep going, hoping it will shoot the moon even more – even if it has quadrupled already. When the share price drops from $600 to $300, your losses are shown in red, with a minus sign. Red lights signal warning and prompt you to stop, rather than buy low. That is why it is so important to mark up your holdings into the pie chart format before you do your rebalancing. Do not just work off of your brokerage statements. The pie charts prompt you to do exactly what you should be doing: diversifying, keeping enough safe, and having each slice represented appropriately. This plan works like a charm in today's world where stocks can drop by 35% or more without warning, or soar to unsustainable multiples without reason. If You Wait for the Headlines, It's Too Late Most people get excited when they read or hear about things in the news. Sometimes, people will read a blog of mine about Shoot the Moon stock pics, which have already racked up the gains, and buy high. Price matters! When bad news happens, stock prices can drop like a knife. When great news happens, prices can soar before you get a slice of your heaven. So, read the dates on my blogs and cross-reference the right price. Don't just jump in at any price. If you are tempted to invest in an individual company, whether it's Apple, Nvidia, Netflix, Tesla or Aphria/Tilray, then you must do a much more in-depth analysis than one headline provides, if you want to be on the right side of the trade. Whatever news you're reading might be one piece of a 100-piece puzzle. Also, in today's world that headline might be coming from a blogger who just started writing about stocks this year. With rare exceptions,do not read blogs for your information. (Grade your guru before you read anything!) Learn to read data. (It's as easy to find and read as the blog.) It's important to know where and how to access real time data to inform your decisions if you are going to invest in individual companies. Trading on headlines is almost guaranteed to put you on the wrong side of the trade. Funds or Individual Stocks? Investing in funds instead of stocks means you don't have to do the research. A fund has a lot of different companies in it, taking the risk and the work out of investing. For most people this is going to be appropriate, although in today's Debt World, you have to be very picky about the company you buy your fund from and what kind of fund you are buying. Micro and Macro Trends The economy has been predicted to grow at 6.5% this year! That's better than it has grown in decades. The sad news is that the amazing growth is already priced into most assets, including real estate and stocks. 2021's growth is a bounce off of the worst economy that we have seen in a generation. Read my Spring Rally and Real Estate blogs for additional information. (Click to access.) So why are stock prices in the strongest companies with the greatest potential lower today than they were just a few months ago? It's largely a product of valuation issues. Should Tesla be worth $600 billion, or $848 billion as it was at its high in January of this year, when the company makes less than $1 billion in net income annually? With Zoom, the company's price earnings ratio is 150. When rumors began that no one was going to need Zoom after we all return to the office, investors wanted to lock in their profits. Is that rational, or did this false perception create a buying opportunity? I examined that premise in depth in my most recent blog on Zoom. When deciding on whether to buy or sell, you want to know what the company will do going forward, which requires careful analysis, using the Stock Report Card, 4 Questions, forward outlook and other helpful tools. Once you know what the company is expected to do, then consider the general stock market. Although the companies listed above should have a great future, their share prices were under attack because of the general market valuation being too high. That remains the case as you can see in the CAPE Ratio chart below, provided by Professor Robert Shiller, a Nobel Prize winning economist. The average P/E is 16 or 17. The only time the CAPE ratio has been higher than today (at 33) is in 2000 (before the devastating Dot Com Recession) and 1929 (before the Great Depression). Bottom line We have four hot slices in the nest egg pie chart for a reason. Adding performance to your portfolio will increase your wealth, and expose you to the best companies with the brightest future. Learning a few tricks of the trade and applying a Nest Egg Pie Chart Investing Strategy with regular rebalancing is key to increasing your wealth now and going forward. 2021 is projected to be a strong recovery year. However, we remain in the most challenging economy of our lifetime. Stock and real estate prices are very lofty. In other words, the recovery is already built into the prices. As I discussed in my Spring Rally blog, this could put a damper on stock market and real estate market performance going forward. Check out my interview with Lawrence Yun, the chief economist of the National Association of Realtors, where we talk about where real estate prices are headed. Join us for our April 24-26, 2021 Financial Empowerment Retreat. (Click to learn more.) In 3 days, you'll learn how to pick great companies (like Zoom Video, Tesla, Aphria, Veritone and Nio), incorporate them into a well-diversified wealth plan, receive a complete Money Makeover and transform your life forever! Bring your friends, family and teens for an unbelievably low group rate. Call 310-430-2397 or email firstname.lastname@example.com to learn more now. Other Blogs of Interest Videoconferencing in a Post-Pandemic World (featuring Zoom & Teladoc). Sanctuary Sandwich Home. Multigenerational Housing. 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Reality TV has been a part of our culture since the 1990's, and chances are that you've watched Reality programming at some time. Reality TV has benefited from the booming housing market of the early to mid 2000's, when the number of real estate reality shows grew exponentially. Today, real estate related reality TV is prevalent, and you could probably catch one at almost any time of day.
What is it about reality TV, or more specifically – real estate reality TV, that draws us in like a moth to the light? Matthew Wilkinson and Paul Clark suggest in their research (2014. Pay No Attention To The Man Behind The Curtain: The Rejection Of Artifice And The Culture Of Choice. ASBBS E – Journal,10(1),132-143) that our affinity to reality programming is our culture's desire for "fluid, ambiguous, and amorphous experiences." And before I embark on their philosophical explanation based on "postmodernism" and its implications, it apparently boils down to our search for "authenticity" and the notion of participation.
Alternatively, Alex Weprin reveals that there is a feeling among programming executives that audiences have become bored by "forced, trite reality shows" and are attracted to TV shows that "feel more 'real.'" But there's a limit to "authenticity," even in reality shows. Weprin quotes Animal Planet President and General Manager Marjorie Kaplan, saying "I don't know that every nonfiction show is going to be authentic; clearly there is room for wonderfully inauthentic reality TV that we all watch and wink and nod and know is contrived…." (Jan 10, 2010. Cablers target laughs, authenticity, geeks. Broadcasting & Cable).
And why not? "Reality" TV is an escape from monotony and lets us perceive we are participants; real estate reality programming helps us imagine how our homes, our lifestyles could be different. Since the airing of MTV Cribs, we imagined how we could live like celebrities. Home renovation, real estate investing, buying foreclosures, house flipping, luxury homes, and home shopping: there is no lack of real estate related subjects on TV today – and they all seem to make it all look easy and exciting.
But there is a concern by some in the real estate industry that reality TV is doing more than entertaining viewers, it is also shaping consumer expectation. The real estate related reality format is typically a condensed version of the process that highlights only parts of the consumer experience; the portrayed drama in this sub-genre can range from the very subtle to the outrageous.
A recent Realtor® Magazine article highlights professionals' thoughts on the matter (June 16, 2014. Reality TV Skewing Home Remodeling Picture?); and the consensus is that some consumers demand a similar experience to what they see on TV. Some real estate agents have also expressed concerns about home buyers and sellers whose expectations are not realistic; they want more in an abbreviated span, losing perspective on the elements and time that the home buying and selling process requires.
Maybe the entire genre is misconceived; maybe real estate Reality TV should be more realistic, where the drama is drawn out over weeks and months documenting the excitement and tedium of the real estate transaction. But then again, maybe T. S. Eliot was correct in the characterization (Burnt Norton): "…humankind cannot bear very much reality." TV may not be genuine about being real, as much as it is about entertainment value.
By Dan Krell
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In this place the recycling of organic and inorganic waste is carried out and it has a special structure and treatment, to make it as sustainable as possible.
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For a few years, the United States entered a crisis due to the accumulation of waste, which was triggered by the new waste policies of China, which was the main buyer of waste in the United States. These new policies are much stricter and among other restrictions, they lowered the minimum standards for pollutants to -1%, which excludes the majority of waste from the United States.
Sanitary landfills are designated sites for the disposal of garbage or other types of solid waste. Large holes are built at these sites into which garbage is buried. Until a few years ago, landfills were a major source of pollution due to the contact of toxic waste with the environment, but today they are designed to prevent waste from reaching and contaminating groundwater.
Sanitary landfills are built with a layering system that isolates debris from air and water, which is vital to preventing pollution. The garbage is compacted in cells to make the most of the available space, for which heavy machinery such as excavators and compaction equipment is used. Some of the polluting byproducts of garbage generation, such as methane, are captured and used to generate electricity. However, landfills continue to represent an important source of pollution, since when they reach their maximum capacity, the land on which they are built will take thousand of years to recover.
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Recyclable waste that is not separated in the recycling container or is not taken to collection points, ends up in landfills, where, depending on its material, it can take hundreds of years to degrade or even never do so.
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Dear Colleagues:
I am writing today with regard to the verdict in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. Like so many others, I am relieved that the jury found Mr. Chauvin guilty on all counts, and I hope this action will provide George Floyd's family with some solace – a measure of relief that justice has been served in this tragic case.
The horrific death of Mr. Floyd – and the trial itself – have been traumatic experiences for many African Americans and other people of color within the CSU community and across the state and nation. The trauma is rooted in generations of systemic racism in our country, which has had a profoundly negative impact on African American families.
Last Sunday, I read Jonathan Capehart's opinion piece in the Washington Post titled "Being Black in America is exhausting." His moving and insightful article detailed the many ways that he and other African Americans must constantly consider how they are being perceived by others, because these perceptions – often misperceptions – could result in them being blamed for something, or even being killed. I recommend the article to all who are reflecting on this poignant moment, especially those of us who are not African American.
I believe that America is yearning for an inflection point, one that marks a turn toward healing, reconciliation and recovery. The CSU can serve as that inflection point. Our position as the largest and most diverse public university in the nation also makes us the most consequential university at this critical moment in our country's history. We lead the nation in driving social mobility for our students, yet there is much more work to do. The CSU is part of an educational ecosystem in California that must eliminate – once and for all – equity gaps among our students and prepare more African American students for admission to and graduation from the CSU and other universities.
I urge all of us in the CSU to actively embrace anti-racist policies and practices, and to be courageous in modifying policies and practices that we discover have a disparate negative impact on people of color. This will not happen overnight, but we must do this work with an even stronger sense of urgency.
We will forever remember George Floyd. And Breonna Taylor. And Daunte Wright. And, heartbreakingly, so many others like them. May their tragically shortened lives inspire us to work more closely together to advance equity in all its dimensions – and to ensure that every one of us has an opportunity to thrive in the CSU and across our Golden State.
As your chancellor, I want every African American student, faculty, staff, alumnus and family member to know that I stand alongside you today and every day. Because of the strong and unbreakable bonds that unite the CSU community, because of all those who support us, and because of our unwavering commitment to our core values, I am confident that our very best days lie ahead.
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MLS #: A11182431 | Post Updated: 2022-04-24 02:38:01 | Bedrooms: 2 | Bathrooms: 2 |
Bathrooms Full: 2 | Area: 2618 sq ft | Lot Size Units: Square Feet | Year built: 2002 |
Status: Active | Type: Condominium |
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- Unit Number: 3502
Location Details
- County Or Parish: Miami-Dade County
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- Direction Faces: Southeast
- Subdivision Name: MURANO AT PORTOFINO CONDO
- Parcel Number: 02-42-03-251-0820
- Possession: Closing & Funding
Property Features
- Exterior Features: Balcony
- Interior Features: Bedroom on Main Level,First Floor Entry,Other
- Waterfront Features: Bay Front
- Window Features: Impact Glass
- Pool Features: Association,Heated
- Parking Features: Assigned,One Space,Valet
- Appliances: Dryer,Dishwasher,Microwave,Other,Washer
- Architectural Style: High Rise
- Association Amenities: Marina,Bike Storage,Clubhouse,Elevator(s),Fitness Center,Pool,Storage
- Construction Materials: Block
- Cooling: Central Air
- Cooling Y/N: 1
- Covered Spaces: 1
- Flooring: Marble,Wood
- Furnished: Unfurnished
- Garage Spaces: 1
- Garage Y/N: 1
- Heating: Central
- Heating Y/N: 1
- Pets Allowed: Conditional,Yes
- View: Bay,City,Intercoastal,Ocean
- View Y/N: 1
- Entry Level: 35
- Entry Location: 35
- Patio and Porch Features: Balcony,Open
- Waterfront Y/N: 1
- Stories Total: 38
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- Tax Annual Amount: $ 80,707.00
- Tax Year: 2021
- Tax Legal Description: MURANO AT PORTOFINO CONDO UNIT 3502 UNDIV 0.628% INT IN COMMON ELEMENTS OFF REC 20136-0214 20168-4433 OR 20620-1327 0702 1
- Association Fee Frequency: Monthly
- Association Fee Includes: Amenities
- Public Survey Township: 2
- Public Survey Section: 3
- Syndication Remarks: Stunning corner residence in Murano at Portofino feat. 2 beds/2baths. Stunning views of Downtown and the sparkling blue ocean awaits.
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Brand South Africa has partnered with the South African High Commission in Kenya to commemorate International Nelson Mandela Day.
Hundreds of children in Kenya have gathered with diplomats, government officials and business leaders at the United Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON) to celebrate the life and legacy of the late former President Nelson Mandela.
Led and hosted by the South African High Commissioner to Kenya, Koleka Mqulwana, the Mandela centenary events included a mass held at the All Saints Cathedral Church on Sunday and a visit to New Life Children's Home, where 400 learners from various primary schools to university students were hosted with the United Nations and celebrated a signing of a declaration.
During the ceremony, the students delivered a declaration that expressed the future that they envisioned for themselves in which they would experience safety, food security, education, peace and prosperity.
Mqulwana also remembered and celebrated the life of anti-apartheid stalwart Albertina Sisulu, who lobbied for the education and equal rights of women and children.
Mama Sisulu was widely regarded as a mother of the South African nation due to her motherly role and maternal instincts as a nurse and caregiver.
Mqulwana said the legacies of Nelson Mandela and Albertina Sisulu are about making a positive impact on people's lives through selfless actions, particularly for children and those that are disadvantaged or disenfranchised.
"As an important East African ally to South Africa, it is fitting that we are commemorating the centenary of Nelson Mandela's birth in Kenya, while also taking to heart the message of the life of Albertina Sisulu in 2018," said Mqulwana.
She said the admirable collaboration with South African businesses operating in Kenya in celebrating the centenary has been inspiring.
"Ploughing back into Kenyan communities by South African companies, through their corporate social responsibility initiatives planned throughout the year, is in line with Nelson Mandela's core values of humility, selflessness and passion," Mqulwana said.
Lessons for leaders
Brand South Africa Chief Marketing Officer Linda Sangaret said today's leaders can look to the Mandela legacy to understand the distinction between positional power and personal influence.
"The legacy Nelson Mandela left with us is that you can have many roles as a leader beyond being in a position of power," Sangaret said.
Brand South Africa's General Manager for Global Markets, Dr Judy Smith-Höhn, emphasised that the African continent is central to driving positive perceptions of South Africa as a country.
"The activities of our missions abroad are key to the work that we do in positioning South Africa as a competitive and attractive destination," Smith-Höhn said.
Additional Nelson Mandela centenary events planned for July include a Mandela Lecture at the University of Nairobi on 26 July 2018, the unveiling of Nelson Mandela and Dedan Kimathi busts at the Heroes Garden of the Dedan Kimathi University of Technology; reconstruction of Zia Ra Wimbi Primary School in Kilifi; the donation of Mandela books to the Kenya National Library Services, and a visit to Kakuma Refugee Camp for the benefit of young women and girls. – SAnews.gov.za


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Skills achievements of Barnsley, Doncaster and Sheffield teenagers recognised at prestigious Awards ceremony
Over 70 Year 11 students from Sheffield, Doncaster and Barnsley schools and Academies were recognised for their achievements on an employment skills programme at a prestigious awards ceremony hosted at the Cutlers' Hall, Sheffield, on 26 February.
The students, known as Ambassadors, all on the Better Learners Better Workers programme, were each awarded a Skills Passport certificate for developing skills identified by employers as essential for success in the work place. Each Skills Passport certificate outlined what the Ambassador had achieved on the programme in order to provide evidence for study and job applications.
Ten students were singled out for an extra award, Gold Ambassador or Highly Commended, to recognise outstanding progress, innovation and all round excellence.
The Better Learners Better Workers programme is supported by employers, giving young people aged 13-16 a rich experience of the world of work and vital insight into career opportunities. A unique feature is the focus on specific employment sectors important to the local and regional economy, including Engineering, Healthcare, and Construction.
The programme was founded by the Cutlers' Company, a regional association of major manufacturing and engineering employers. The current Master Cutler, Mr Nicholas Williams, introduced this year's Awards event by saying: "It is a pleasure to welcome you all here, especially as the 384th Master Cutler to our Hall. My predecessors have all said that I will do about 400-500 events during my year of office, but the one to look forward to is tonight. The future is yours, whether it's in healthcare, construction or engineering. You have proved so much already. I had the privilege of signing 74 Skills Passports today, so congratulations to you all, and thank you to the schools for taking part."
The Better Learners Better Workers programme is supported in Sheffield by the City Council. Addressing the young Ambassadors, Kevin Straughan, Head of Lifelong Learning, Skills
and Communities at the Council, said: "This programme is a very important part of our work and I'm delighted to be here this evening to share this graduation moment with all of the young people involved. You've worked ever so hard to achieve this and this is a wonderful moment for you. You should be proud and realise that this is going to help you with your future lives, impress employers and show them your dedication."
In Barnsley, the scheme is supported by South West Yorkshire Partnership Trust NHS. Trudy Warner, Business Operation Officer said, "This will be Barnsley's second Skills Passport Graduation Ceremony and represents three years of our overall involvement with the programme. The NHS has the same issues as engineering. Our patients are living longer, and our work is growing, so we need to ensure we have a workforce to meet the future demand.
Our aim has been to give a wider understanding of career opportunities within the NHS. We've watched the Ambassadors grow and gain confidence during their experiences throughout the course of the programme."
Nick Green, Assistant Principal at Penistone Grammar School, one of the participating schools, said: "This is an opportunity to develop young people and there are lots of people sat in this room today who have made growth happen. There have been challenges along the way, but I've learnt that the young people here have got the skills to meet those challenges head on. To all the Ambassadors in this room now, congratulations."
The evening concluded with presentations by two Ambassadors from the programme, Naema Hassan and Malaikah Azeem from Fir Vale School, who are on the Healthcare programme, who demonstrated their confidence by addressing such a large gathering of people and told us how, "The Better learners Better Workers programme changes lives."
Gold Ambassadors 2020
Innovation Sultan Hasan Fiaz Kusar (Fir Vale)
Progress Olivia Woodward (Penistone grammar)
Outstanding Anezka Mirgova (Fir vale)
Innovation Htee Soe Eh H'too (Park academy)
Progress Jack Waller (Park academy)
Outstanding Ryan Ashmore (Chaucer school)
Innovation Johnny France (King Edwards)
Progress – JOINT Oliver Boyd (springs academy) and Adam Whiteley (Penistone grammar)
Outstanding Silvia Sugar (Park academy)


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Senator Ron Johnson's US-Ukraine investigation released
WISCONSIN (CBS 58) -- Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson has released a report on an investigation into US-Ukraine policy and conflicts of interest.
The report said there were millions of dollars used in "questionable" financial transactions between Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden, his associates and foreign individuals.
Sen. Johnson accuses Biden of not knowing Hunter's connections as "unbelievable."
"When you see this intricate web of the extensive connections he had throughout the world, the Secret Service protection, the fact Hunter was on Air Force Two at least one time on a very long trip to Beijing, what -- did they put him in steerage? Did they not talk? Did the vice president never talk to his son about making sure that he doesn't engage in business activities that would reflect poorly on the vice president?"
One part of the committee's findings includes raised concerns with Hunter Biden's position on Burisma's board.
Burisma is an oil and natural gas company based in Ukraine.
In response to the investigation, Biden campaign spokesperson Andrew Bates says Sen. Johnson has wasted months on a right-wing conspiracy theory rather than turning the committee's attention to the pandemic.
He also says Johnson stated that he is attempting to bail out President Trump's reelection campaign.
Below is the full response from the Biden campaign:
"As the coronavirus death toll climbs and Wisconsinites struggle with joblessness, Ron Johnson has wasted months diverting the Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee away from any oversight of the catastrophically botched federal response to the pandemic, a threat Sen. Johnson has dismissed by saying that 'death is an unavoidable part of life.' Why? To subsidize a foreign attack against the sovereignty of our elections with taxpayer dollars -- an attack founded on a long-disproven, hardcore right-wing conspiracy theory that hinges on Sen. Johnson himself being corrupt and that the Senator has now explicitly stated he is attempting to exploit to bail out Donald Trump's re-election campaign."


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Express. Home of the Daily and Sunday Express.
PSG and Monaco consider offering Tiemoue Bakayoko lifeline as Chelsea stint seemingly over
PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN are weighing up making a last-ditch offer to take Chelsea midfield flop Tiemoue Bakayoko back to France.
Bakayoko, 24, who spent last season on loan with AC Milan doesn't appear to have a future at Stamford Bridge after returning to west London at the end of last season.
He was left out of Frank Lampard's squad for their defeat against Manchester United last weekend and the Super Cup reverse at the hands of Liverpool in midweek.
The Ligue 1 giants have been keeping tabs on Bakayoko, who in July 2017 cost the Blues £40million when they signed him from Monaco on a five-year deal.
Monaco have also sounded Chelsea out about a potential return to the club for the French international who is keen to revive his stalled career.
Chelsea who are due to be under a transfer ban until next summer but it won't stop the clear out of fringe players continuing until the European transfer window closes.
Davide Zappacosta and Michy Batshuayi could also be leaving before the start of next month as Lampard looks to give more homegrown players a chance.
Chelsea have lost both of their two competitive fixtures so far this season and face Leicester City on home soil in their next on Sunday (4.30pm).
But Lampard insists he was delighted with the display of his charges after the penalty shootout loss to Liverpool in Istanbul on Wednesday night.
"I've got nothing but pride in the team and the performance, and confidence in what that means," he said afterwards.
"People keep talking about the young players at Chelsea. Let's talk about Jorginho and [N'Golo] Kante, and I could name a few others.
"We've got a quality bunch in there, a really good group, and we're working hard.
"I'm trying to instil the way I want to play and there were so many good things tonight.
"After Sunday, tonight was another level, and we were unlucky not to win. We've got three games now till the international break and we'll try to win them all."


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Lower back pain is almost too common in modern society. People of all ages suffer from it, so let's look at some excellent ways you can soothe this chronic pain!
Get A Massage
A deep tissue massage can help break up scar tissue and undo any knots in your lower back. This works wonders and provides an instant and long-lasting relief from pain.
Stretch Your Lower Back
There are multiple stretches you can do to ease muscle tension and get rid of tightness in your lower back. The child's pose is a popular yoga stretch, but feel free to experiment with others.
Stretch Your Hip Flexors
Sometimes, back pain is caused by tight hip flexors. Get into a lunge position to stretch the front of your thigh and ease tension on your back.
Stand Up More
Avoid sitting down if you want to ease back pain. Try to get up and walk around every 30-60 minutes as it will stop your back from feeling tense.
Use A Massage Ball
You can buy massage balls that are excellent at delivering home massages. All you have to do is lie on the ball and roll around until you feel the tension ease.
Get A Back Support Cushion For Your Chair
Back support cushions force your spine into its natural alignment. This prevents the aggressive arch in your lower back that causes so much back pain.
Try Vibration Therapy
Buy a massage device that's placed on your lower back and vibrates. This eases tension in the muscles and gives instant relief.
Heat Therapy
You can buy different sprays or creams that apply heat to your lower back. You'll get a warm sensation that wakes up the muscles and melts away any soreness and tension.
Go Swimming
Swimming is shown to help with chronic back pain as it's easy on the joints and gets your abs and glutes working hard!
Visit A Back Pain Specialist
Get help from an osteopathy clinic if you want professional treatment for back pain. They can identify the cause of your problems and work on finding the perfect solution for long-lasting pain relief.
Strengthen Your Butt Muscles
Do exercises like glute bridges to strengthen your butt muscles. A weak butt is usually associated with back pain as you pull your hips out of alignment.
Strengthen Your Abs
Similarly, strong abs will protect your lower back and stop the spine/hips from going out of place.
Change Your Mattress
An old mattress can be the cause of your back pain. Swap it out for something that offers more support, improving your sleep quality and easing any tension.
Improve Your Work Setup
Create an ergonomic workstation that lets you form the perfect posture. This will stop lots of nagging back pain that you feel every single day.
Start Meditating
Meditate in the morning and evening to encourage your muscles to relax. Visualise each muscle relaxing and getting rid of its tension – you'll be surprised at how effective this is.
Protect Your Back
Stop doing things that aggravate back pain – like lifting heavy objects! Also, learn how to lift safely to protect your back and stop the pain from getting worse.
Lie Down
This is a tip for anyone that feels bursts of pain throughout the day. It won't cure your problem, but it does take the tension out of your back and lets the muscles relax.
Try all 17 of these bright ideas to ease lower back pain. Some of these tips will target long-term relief, while others are fantastic at providing quick answers to your pain. Remember to always speak with your health professional before you begin any exercise or health program.


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Principles for remuneration of senior executives
"Senior executives" refers to the CEO and other group management presented at I.A.R. Systems Group's website. The remuneration principles also apply to Board members to the extent that they receive remuneration outside the scope of their Board assignment. The guidelines are applicable to remuneration agreed, and amendments to remuneration already agreed after adoption of the guidelines by the AGM 2023. These guidelines do not apply to any remuneration that is decided on or approved by the general meeting.
Promotion of IAR Systems' business strategy, long-term interests and sustainability
IAR Systems' mission is to bring value to organizations developing embedded systems products. To achieve its targets, IAR Systems' strategy includes offering customer value through user-friendliness, reliability and quality, developing technologically leading software for embedded systems, deepening relationships with existing customers by gradually expanding its range of products and services, expanding its customer base through an increased local presence worldwide and to actively establish close cooperation with the most important players in the market to create long-term customer value and a unique market position.
A condition for the successful implementation of I.A.R. Systems Group's business strategy and its long-term interests, including its sustainability, is that IAR Systems is able to continue to recruit and retain qualified employees, the basic principle being that the remuneration system for the CEO, senior executives and other employees is market-based and competitive. These guidelines enable I.A.R. Systems Group to offer the senior executives a competitive total remuneration.
I.A.R. Systems Group has ongoing long-term incentive programs that have been resolved by the AGM and are therefore excluded from these guidelines. The performance criteria used to determine the outcome of I.A.R. Systems Group's long-term incentive programs have a close connection with long-term value-making, including its sustainability. These performance criteria are currently mainly related to the organic growth of net sales over a three-year period. For more information about the programs, please see I.A.R. Systems Group AB's Annual Report.
Types of remuneration etc.
The remuneration of senior executives may consist of fixed salary, variable salary, pension and other customary benefits. Additionally, the general meeting may, irrespective of these guidelines, resolve, among other things, long-term share-related incentives.
Fixed salary
The fixed salary shall be market-based and individually differentiated on the basis of the individual's role, performance, results and responsibilities. As a rule, fixed salary is adjusted once a year.
Variable salary
Variable salary shall be proportionate to the responsibilities and powers of the individual in question. Variable salary is based on the attainment of predetermined performance targets in the areas of profit and sales, such as growth and earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) and qualitative individual goals linked to strategical goals. These targets shall be designed so as to contribute to IAR's business strategy and long-term interests, including its sustainability. The amount of variable salary is based on the employees' fulfillment of these goals. The variable salary may not exceed 50 percent of the annual fixed salary.
The evaluation of whether the predetermined performance targets have been fulfilled shall be made at the end of the measurement period and be based on the determined financial basis for the relevant period. Variable cash remuneration can be paid after the measurement period has ended or be subject to deferred payment.
Pension & other benefits
Senior executives are covered by a pension plan corresponding to the ITP plan's cost up to what is deductible for the Company. The managing director has a pension that is paid with a maximum of 30% of salary up to 25 PBB and above this 25% of salary. The other benefits may consist of, for example, health insurance, telephone benefits and a company car and must be paid to the extent that it is considered market-oriented.
If the employment is terminated by the company, the CEO is entitled to termination benefits at unchanged terms and conditions over a period of six months. For senior executives, the notice period is three to six months.
Consulting fees to Board members
In the event that Board members perform work over and above their customary Board assignment, the Board shall, in specific cases, be able to decide on additional remuneration in the form of consulting fees.
Salary and employment conditions for employees
In the preparation of the Board of Directors' proposal for these remuneration guidelines, salary and employment conditions for employees of the Company have been taken into account by including information regarding the employee's total income, the components of the remuneration and the increase and growth rate over time, in the remuneration committee's and the Board of Directors basis of decision when evaluating whether the guidelines and the limitations set out herein are reasonable.
Remuneration Committee
The Board's remuneration committee, consisting of minimum two Board members including the Chairman of the Board, who also serves as the Chairman of the remuneration committee, addresses and prepares remuneration issues relating to senior executives.
The remuneration committee prepares and drafts proposed resolutions relating to remuneration and terms and conditions of employment for the CEO, which are presented to the Board for approval. The Board evaluates the CEO's work on an annual basis.
The CEO approves the remuneration and terms and conditions of employment of other senior executives on the basis of the principles for remuneration of senior executives adopted at the AGM.
The remuneration committee's tasks also include preparing the Board of Directors' decision to propose guidelines for the remuneration of senior executives. The Board shall prepare a proposal for new guidelines at least every fourth year and submit it to the general meeting. These guidelines shall be in force until new guidelines are adopted by the general meeting. The remuneration committee shall also monitor and evaluate programs for variable remuneration as well as the current remuneration structures and compensation levels in IAR Systems. The CEO and other senior executives do not participate in the Board of Directors' processing of and resolutions regarding remuneration-related matters in so far as they are affected by such matters.
Deviation from the guidelines
The Board of Directors has the right to temporarily deviate from these guidelines where there is special reason to do so and it is necessary in order to serve I.A.R. Systems Group's long-term interests, including its sustainability, or to ensure I.A.R. Systems Group's financial viability, for example, in connection with additional variable remuneration connected to specific achievements.


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When an individual from the Southern UK used a mix of passed-on 'scope tech with his novel ideas and meshed it with a lot of patience and experimentation in a small garden-shed/observatory – the early results can be seen below…
This was footage from the 2007-10 era. Although individuals linked to both exopolitics.org.uk [R.i.P – 2004-14] and the move to newer ideas, groups and conference themes met this initially elusive genius – a wider story emerged which was documented on a 3 page article at the old site.
We should update this high traffic article in coming months – plus newer developments that hint at both the positive and maybe more nefarious issues we're facing as a planet which is possibly stalling certainly open contact efforts but definitely CE5 / interactive contact attempts at a level that can, if desired, cause awareness of individual craft/dimensionally arriving objects for those who have access to this 'space platform' and advanced satellite technology – paid for with mostly our taxes and various other funding – discussed by Catherine Austin Fitts and myself using Professor Peter Dale Scott's work on 'Deep Politics' – BEFORE the Deep State term suddenly arrived on mainstream news 😉
As can be found in select Exopolitics Journal articles from previous years – yes, the issue of interfacing with visiting intelligences who have a vested interest in this planet can indeed be added on to the ideas of a 'Deep State' or what i prefer to call "Above Government Groups"
Orbital Eyes – Watching Them watching US – Advanced Machines by UK Videographer in Orbit -2007


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Sitecore SXA is a great way forward in structuring the way of building Sitecore web sites, providing a set of standard renderings and provide an editing experience for the web site maintainers. But sooner than later you want to extend/replace the out-of-the-box set of renderings, calling in the front-end developers to do their magic. At that moment there are many ways they can do their work, and in this post, I will describe in what is in my opinion the optimal way for performance, SEO, front-end developer experience, and separation of concerns.
A good Sitecore SXA project needs good front-end developers, and good front-end developers don't write ASP.NET Razor views and jQuery. We already had this problem a few years ago when we were done by the workflow of front-end developers writing a site mockup in HTML with SASS, and jQuery for the interactive elements, and back-end developers translating this into ASP.NET Razor views. That has not even the worst part - the trouble of keeping the changes to the often extensive amount of HTML in the mockup site in sync with the Razor views was the really bad part.
Because ReactJS + TypeScript was our defacto standard at that time we decided to write ReactsJS components, have a generic view controller render these React components on the server-side using ReactJS.NET, and hydrate on the client-side for interaction. As shown on the ReactJS.NET website you will get ASP.NET CSHTML Razor pages with code like:

@Html.React("CommentsBox", new {
initialComments = Model.Comments

This approach works quite well, and my colleague Sander Boekenoogen even solved the puzzle to support dynamic placeholders within the React rendering. But there are also some down-sides to this approach:
To quote Michael Bublé:
"It's a new dawn. It's a new day. It's a new life. For me…"
The big selling point of Sitecore SXA is its extensive set of out-of-the-box components, which gets even bigger when implementing Sitecore Commerce. These components are not the most modern and flexible components, written using jQuery and KnockoutJS (used in the search components and the SXA storefront). Front-end developers need to be able to write additional components in a modern way, but they should be able to work together with components written "in the old days", so using jQuery and KnockoutJS. Meet web components. What are web components? As described on webcomponents.org:
Although my personal opinion is that we should support only modern browsers, so no more Internet Explorer 11 (it was released in 2013!), we have many customers that still want to be able to support Internet Explorer 11. Older versions of Internet Explorer are in my opinion a no-go, except if it is a very deliberate choice, and the customer is willing to pay for the extra effort (and the mental damage). A good example was a car tire company that still got many orders from Windows XP machines they installed in car garages. On these machines, all orders were done through Internet Explorer 8.
Back to Internet Explorer 11… It has no support for web components, but there is a good polyfill to make the custom elements part of web components work on Internet Explorer 11. I think this is good enough. Optimized for modern browsers, but still working on Internet Explorer 11.
There are multiple ways to write web components, but in the end, a web component is an addition or extension of the set of available HTML elements and can be used just like a normal HTML element:
data-text="Your card validation code (CVC)
is an extra security feature — it is the last 3 or 4 numbers on the
back of your card.">
and the good thing is: web components are part of existing web standards, it is not just another framework that comes and goes.
Web components are based on four main specifications as described here, and quoted below:
Custom Elements - The Custom Elements specification lays the foundation for designing and using new types of DOM elements
Shadow DOM - The Shadow DOM specification defines how to use encapsulated style and markup in web components
ES Modules - The ES Modules specification defines the inclusion and reuse of JS documents in a standards-based, modular, performant way
HTML Template - The HTML template element specification defines how to declare fragments of markup that go unused at page load, but can be instantiated later on at runtime
There are multiple ways how you can write web components. In my investigations, I moved from the plain way as described in the Mozilla documentation, to using LitElement by the Google Polymer team and advocated by the https://open-wc.org/ team, ending up by StencilJS by the Ionic team that, in my opinion, provides the most powerful vision and tooling. Another important reason why I chose StencilJS was that I wanted to build web components without using shadow DOM because that is difficult to support on Internet Explorer 11, but still use slots (placeholder inside a web component that you can fill with your own markup) because it allows supports for SEO. This is not supported by LitElement, although I got a dirty work-around up and running, while StencilJS supports this without a problem.
Using StencilJS I created two versions of an Address Card, one using attributes, and one using slots. Based on these versions I have done some research on how search engines see these different approaches. The address cards looks like:
The address card component has the following capabilities:
When the "show location" button is pressed, the card flips to show the map:
I wrote two versions of the address card, one with all data in attributes as you would do in a ReactJS component, and one where data can be injected through slots.
Using the address card web component with attributes looks like:
imgsrc="images/Amy Edwards.jpg"
name="Amy Edwards"
address="1212 Omaha Dr, Montgomery, AL 36105, United States"
lat="32.1479602" lon="-85.0162703"
email="email@example.com" phonenumber="+1 334-280-0960"

"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling,
but in rising every time we fall."
-Nelson Mandela
Using the address web component with slots looks like:
lat="32.1479602" lon="-85.0162703">

Amy Edwards

1212 Omaha Dr, Montgomery, AL 36105, United States

+1 334-280-0960

firstname.lastname@example.com

"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling,
but in rising every time we fall."
-Nelson Mandela

I added those components to a set of pages that can be found at https://mango-river-020e4d803.azurestaticapps.net/ so they can be indexed by search engines. The most important pages are:
When I search for Amy Edwards site:mango-river-020e4d803.azurestaticapps.net
I get:
In the above results the first hit is the main page just mentioning Amy Edwards, the second hit is the index-slotted.html
page. The index-attributed.html
page where the name Amy Edwards is specified in attributes does not come back in the search result. Same happens when we search for Vanessa Adams which is specified in attributes, the index-attributed.html
page in NOT returned in the search results.
A similar SEO check was done in the Medium post Web Components and SEO, with the same conclusion that it is mot possible to use attributes for SEO relevant content.
In the documentation on Google Search in the section Follow best practices for web components it is stated that:
Googlebot supports web components. When Googlebot renders a page, it flattens the shadow DOM and light DOM content. This means Googlebot can only see content that's visible in the rendered HTML. To make sure that Googlebot can still see your content after it's rendered, use the Mobile-Friendly Test or the URL Inspection Tool and look at the rendered HTML.
If the content isn't visible in the rendered HTML, Googlebot won't be able to index it.
In my weblog post Creating Sitecore SXA 9.3+ renderings without C# I described how to create an Address Card rendering in Sitecore SXA using a datasource and parameters. I used a Scriban template for the Plain
rendering variant which writes out the content without any styling or interactivity.
The next step is to use our dmp-slottedaddresscard
web component within the Scriban template. The code for this web component can be found in the GitHub repository https://github.com/svdoever/sxa-umbrella-webcomponents. Building the web components in this repository results in a set of front-end artifacts that looks like:
There are some interesting observations to make about the above artifacts:
for the styles, sxa-umbrella-webcomponents.esm.js
as the JavaScript bundle for Internet Explorer 11.sxa-umbrella-webcomponents.js
for Internet Explorer 11 is large (120 KB), this is because this bundle contains the polyfill to support web components on Internet Explorer 11.sxa-umbrella-webcomponents.esm.js
We could create an additional folder assets/sxa-umbrella-webcomponents
in the Sitecore web site to host these files which works perfectly well, but this means that we need to deploy these file to every CM and CD which is suboptimal for scaling, and it will not work in a future SAAS version of Sitecore.
Another option would be to publish the files on any website or CDN, and reference the files from there. I chose a different option for the production deploy, but with the same result: I published the artifacts as an NPM package with a version, and reference them through https://unpkg.com/. This allows referencing every version of the published artifacts which are served through a Cloudflare CDN.
During development We could create an IIS virtual directory at assets/sxa-umbrella-webcomponents
pointing to the dist/sxa-umbrella-webcomponents
folder so the sxa-umbrella-webcomponents build results in watch mode would become available immediately within Sitecore.
To reference the required files I added a HTML Snippet to the Metadata partial design from the Sitecore Experience Accelerator:
For copy/paste purposes the relevant lines of the HTML snippet:
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://email@example.com/dist/sxa-umbrella-webcomponents/sxa-umbrella-webcomponents.css" />


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Mission Creek Bridge Burial Recovery Project Makes Progress
The recovery efforts at a Fond Du Lac neighborhood cemetery are complete - moving ahead the project to address the Mission Creek Bridge that crosses the waterway near the St. Louis River at the far western-edge of Duluth. The Minnesota Indian Affairs Council (MIAC) and the Office of the State Archaeologist (OSA) - in consultation with the Fond Du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa recently notified the Minnesota Department of Transportation that their work is finished.
A project to replace flood-damaged Mission Creek Bridge was halted in May 2017 when MNDOT uncovered burial remains in the historic cemetery that borders the work area. Since that time, project partners and contractors have worked together to respectfully complete burial recovery efforts. The recovery took a leap ahead in May 2019 when the Fond Du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa took the lead on the efforts, doubling the size of the crew and instigating an aggressive plan.
So what are the next steps now that the recovery is finished? According to MNDOT, contractors will work to return soils to the central cemetery slope, officially define the cemetery boundaries, and repatriate remains and burial related items. They will also work with a landscape architect who will help develop the cemeteries final design. Once that is finished, MNDOT will restart the project development process to address the Mission Creek Bridge.


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What does Abrilla mean?
How do we pronounce Abrilla?
Abrilla \a-bril-la, ab-ri-lla\ is a female's name. It consists of 7 letters and 3 syllables.
The baby girl name Abrilla is pronounced as ahBRIYL-ah 1.
1 approx English pronunciation for Abrilla: AH as in "mud (M.AH.D)" ; B as in "be (B.IY)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)"
What is the origin of Abrilla?
The origin of Abrilla is Spanish. Abrilla is a variant transcription of the name meaning of Abrielle (English). Abrilla can also be a variant transcription of the name baby name Abril (English and Spanish).
List of baby names that is pronounced like Abrilla:
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The baby name Abrilla fun facts:
The name Abrilla in reverse order is "Allirba".
The numerological value of the name Abrilla is number 1, which means initiating action, pioneering, leading, independent, attaining, individual.
How popular is Abrilla?
Abrilla is not in the top girl names in USA.


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Moussa Dembele has been urged to turn down the likes of Manchester United, Tottenham and Everton and continue his development at Fulham by former caretaker boss Peter Grant.
The 19-year-old Frenchman has been linked with a host of Premier League clubs after scoring nine goals so far this season.
Dembele has a new four year deal on the table at Craven Cottage that the club are keen to see him sign but the lure of the Premier League big boys is hard for anyone to turn down.
But Grant, an experienced youth coach, believes it would be better for the striker in the long run if he stayed with Fulham and continued to play men's football rather than under-21s football he'd likely be left with if at a Premier League giant which has befallen former Fulham man Patrick Roberts.
He told GetWestLondon : "I think it's so important young players play in matches. You can do all the training you want but the most important thing is playing where you learn your trade.
"It's difficult with the amount of money in the modern game. Sometimes you have to look at the big picture and there's a lot of players where it hasn't worked out.
"People love him here and he's working with coaches who are working really well. Pat hasn't played a lot of games but he's not a bad player.
"In two years, he's played minimal games. Moussa played a handful in the first team. For players, the biggest thing is on the pitch.
"You never lose a game on the blackboard. You can only learn as a player by being on the pitch. You need an opportunity to play. If you're in a squad of 30, you'll get frustrated.
"The most important thing is being out on the grass on a Saturday or a Tuesday. You train as you want to play at the highest levels.
"You have to perform and nobody sees you if you're in the stand. My advice would be to stay here. He's at a club who know what his strengths and weaknesses are will work hard to get him better.
"Hopefully he's in the Premier League with Fulham and it's the right decision. I know agents and others think the grass is greener. There are a lot of stories which say that's not the case."
Dembele has enjoyed plenty of success early on in his career and has remained a down to earth player at this point.
However, the trappings of being a leading player are there for all to see with Aston Villa's Jack Grealish falling foul of his new boss Remi Garde for his extra-curricular activities.
And Grant urged Dembele to look at the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo for inspiration, due to his work ethic and determination.
He added: "It's difficult for me. When we were young we might have done the same thing but there were no mobiles and social media in that era.
"People talk about George Best. Imagine George Best these days; you'd see him every night and every day.
"They're young human beings as well but they have to learn they're professionals 24/7 and they're always representing the football club.
"We try to drum that in here. We don't mind players letting their hair down at the right times but they have to remember they are a professional athlete. If you want to win trophies, all the best players make sacrifices.
"It's not by luck Ronaldo is in the shape he is. It's the work he does and he makes sure he eats the right things.
"The very best are doing that and that's why they're the very best. That's all we can give them – advice.
"We've been there and we went out for the beers. You can't do that now. If you're not fit enough and your head is not screwed on you lose your place and you're forgotten about.
"That can be game over for you. That's never changed for me. It's all about how hungry you are to succeed. It's the best job in the world. If you make sacrifices and give it your best shot; you can play for 10-15."


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Red18 is committed to helping and motivating our readers to be responsible for gambling. We offer our top tips for responsible gaming below. Also, we cover topics such as how to discover that you have a gaming problem and some tips on how to gamble responsibly. We highly advise that you read and follow them.
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Gambling when you are drunk is something we strongly advise against. Alcohol has a habit of obstructing your critical thinking, which is absolutely for making prudent bets that result in your favor.
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It's ok that you have a favorite team that you want to keep betting on. However, basing your gambling decisions on your emotions is a big no. That would be one of the terrible decisions you can ever make when gambling. Responsible gaming demands that you listen to your head, not with your heart.
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Most of the time it can be harmless when you believe in superstition. We recommend that you don't count on them to help you win. Enough knowledge and logic can help you win at an online casino Singapore, not superstition.
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Responsible gambling also indicates realizing that you have crossed over the side of addiction. If you find yourself ignoring the principles of responsible gambling, we strongly suggest seeking help from the people in your life or contact a specialized group that can provide the necessary support.
Areas of Responsible and Safe Gambling
How do we characterize the types of responsible gambling that affect our industry? Let's review the main responsible gaming elements that need to consider.
- Protection of vulnerable gamblers
- Prevention of underage gambling
- Safety measures against criminal activities
- Information privacy
- Online payment protection
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Teledyne is lauded for its innovations across areas including oil and gas exploration, medical technology, electronics design, and automation. Now, it's adding to its portfolio with the $780 million acquisition of e2v Technologies, a British-based maker of imaging sensors.
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e2v Technologies provides a broad range of imaging devices and machine vision cameras. Many of the company's products have been used in the industrial sector, but its offerings go beyond the norm. For example, e2v sensors have been used in space science and astronomy thanks to their high degree of precision. e2v made about $300 million in sales in 2016.
Teledyne won't have to go to space to get benefits from its new acquisition, however.
Industry watchers have noted there are points of clear alignment between e2v and Teledyne. Outside of its robust imaging capabilities, e2v is known for high-reliability radio frequency power generation sought by customers in many of Teledyne's strongest market sectors. This will allow it to broaden its offerings in healthcare, manufacturing, and even defense.
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After 40 years in Israel, Nesim Bencoya returned to his once-cosmopolitan hometown in Turkey to save its hidden synagogues
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A visit to the only Jewish museum in Albania—Europe's most Muslim nation and Islam's most secular
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A new book explores the rich history of Turkey's Dönme, Sephardic Jews who converted to Islam in the 1600s
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Kelvin Hurdle is North America water/wastewater industry manager for Rockwell Automation. Hurdle can be reached at [email protected].
The central California city of Monterey is located along the state's coastline and features expansive views of the Monterey Bay. The area's moderate climate makes it suitable for agriculture, earning it the nickname "Salad Bowl of the Nation," with major farming productions providing a wide range of fruits, vegetables and even grapes for wine production.
The Monterey Regional Water Pollution Control Agency (MRWPCA) processes more than 18.5 million gal of wastewater per day for the region's nine cities.
After completing an extensive research project in 1998, the agency determined that recycled water was safe for use on various crops. It decided to implement wastewater recycling programs to help support local crop irrigation needs. The agency provides recycled water for 12,000 acres of high-value food crops.
The programs would recycle wastewater pulled in from more than 10 different collection points for fresh, edible food crops, including artichokes, celery, broccoli, lettuce and cauliflower. The system includes the Salinas Valley Reclamation Project (SVRP) water recycling plant and the Castroville Seawater Intrusion Project (CSIP) distribution system. The gathered wastewater is cleaned through a process control system, which requires tight control over water quality analysis, level control, chemical additions and distribution.
Moving Forward
After approximately 15 years in operation, the control system running the process was nearing obsolescence. The dated Windows XP-based human machine interface (HMI) software had no backup power in case of a shutdown or emergency. Communications from the various disparate collection points were often delayed and irregular, leading to falsified communication statuses. Production data was logged manually, a time-sensitive and error-prone process that made data transfer unreliable. The system operators were unable to quickly gather data and trend reports critical for good decision-making. If an engineer put in a request for flow estimates, the data may not be available for weeks.
After a review of the SCADA and IT systems' master plan with Kennedy Jenks Consultants, the agency decided it was time to upgrade its control and information system to assist in providing better operational control of irrigation demands, improve reliability and reduce risk.
The agency wanted a thorough understanding of the current SCADA system's operational performance and turned to Rockwell Automation for a Installed Base Evaluation assessment. The process provided MRWPCA with a baseline understanding of its critical assets and obsolescence risks. The agency decided to rebuild the network and control infrastructure, and implement a PlantPAx distributed control system (DCS) from Rockwell Automation.
MRWPCA needed to lay new fiber optic runs to help support the newly virtualized system. The old programmable logic controller (PLC) code was quickly converted to the new PlantPAx system, helping to ease setup and programming during commissioning. The virtualized system would allow staff to start operations with a backup server in case the primary server failed, reducing the risk of interrupting recycled water deliveries.
The system was built using network communications standards based on EtherNet/IP to help streamline control and information flow, and enable real-time diagnostics and electronic documentation for the water treatment process.
Conversion to nine Ethernet I/O modules reduced installed I/O by an entire rack and increased the speed of the system. This enabled MRWPCA to physically move the PLC off the plant floor and into an administrative building.
A Rockwell Automation field service engineer came on site to help install the software and provide hands-on training for the agency staff.
Improving the information-enabled functionalities of the new DCS included redundant historian capabilities to provide real-time and historical water trends, such as system demands, levels and storage. The system collects, tracks and records key process data from approximately 2,300 historian tags to pinpoint water trends.
The new HMI was converted directly from the old software and implemented on redundant virtual servers, which has increased reliability and speed—all with improved screen aesthetics.
MRWPCA also implemented a FactoryTalk VantagePoint enterprise manufacturing intelligence (EMI) system from Rockwell Automation, which aggregates water treatment information from the historian and other assets. Operators can use the new EMI system to access various instrument and report tags in real time, as well as generate specific reports for process management and regulatory purposes.
Invaluable Information
The new information-enabled DCS has helped MRWPCA collect and access data that is crucial to the water treatment process. Operators can now access data from any of the disparate locations in real time.
The improved visibility and access to data has helped improve control over chemical usage. Because the treatment processes use upward of 5,000 lb of chlorine each day, achieving tighter control meant major cost savings. MRWPCA has been able to save $25,000 per year in chemical costs. The savings were not initially anticipated, but were an added benefit that provided a full return on investment on the HMI upgrade in just five years.
An energy audit yielded no further energy-saving suggestions—drives were running more efficiently and the system was fully optimized for energy savings. This was a win for the agency, as energy consumption often is one of the highest operating costs associated with water treatment.
MRWPCA was operating a booster station affected with a pressure problem, leading to multiple burst pipes, breaking valves and several other unresolved issues. Prior to the new DCS system, the county was unable to determine the root cause of the issue, but the data collection and trending capabilities helped enable operators to pinpoint and resolve the issue. The DCS system prevented the county from having to modify the booster system by putting in variable frequency drives, saving almost $3 million.
The agency also partnered with OSIsoft to use its open data infrastructure PI System to build dashboards of publicly facing data. The data is migrated from the SCADA system up to the enterprise system, and is then pushed up to Microsoft's Azure cloud, where dashboards are available for constituents to see water quality in real time.
Advanced reporting capabilities within the new DCS also allowed for easy regulatory reporting. The process, which used to take up to three days, is now done through the click of a button.
MRWPCA is taking lessons learned from SVRP and CSIP projects and applying them to a new initiative: groundwater replenishment. The Pure Water Monterey project will leverage a PlantPAx system and aim to provide safe, reliable and sustainable drinking water.