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Monday, December 27, 2010
When is the right time to start planning your estate? It really depends on your concern, but we help a range of people plan, from those in their 20's through the 90's.
It is especially important to plan if you have young children, or are newly married. You need to ensure a guardian is appointed for your children in case something happens to you and/or your spouse. Also, you want to ensure you have adequate life insurance for your children, and a trust set up in case something happens to you while they are still underage.
If you have grandchildren, you should encourage your children to engage in estate planning if they haven't already.
Everyone, whether you're 20 years old or 90 years old, needs a basic estate plan, which includes a will, financial power of attorney, and health care power of attorney (with a living will).
As you build up your 401(k) or IRA, you should see an estate planning attorney to ensure that your beneficiary designation forms are properly completed, and that these accounts are coordinated with your overall estate plan.
When you get into your 60's, you should consider seeking the advice of an elder law attorney. Medicaid laws make it very difficult to shelter assets in case a spouse goes into a nursing home today. The earlier you plan, the better.
Everyone should update their estate plan every few years, to ensure the documents are still an accurate reflection of your wishes.
As you grow older, your needs will change. You may need more advanced estate planning. Some reasons for needing more advanced planning include:
If we can assist you with any estate planning matters, please do not hesitate to reach out to our office for a complimentary consultation by calling (215) 706-0200.
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Who we are
Amarula Solutions is an international company employing experienced software engineers working on open-source projects, embedded systems, mobile telecom and networking solutions. Customer satisfaction and hands-on mentality are our primary focuses, and our passion is to confront new challenges in the open-source field.
Open Source Matters
Amarula Solutions chooses to use Open Source Software to provide its services. The growth achieved by open-source has deep roots in an increased stream of information between big hardware/software vendors and the open-source community. Amarula Solutions is a part of this stream.
Our projects
Our projects are based on our knowledge, experience and hands-on mentality, which allow us to develop, debug, test, optimize and deliver specific complex systems for you. Amarula Solutions provides and supports: OS and Firmware porting to different architectures, Customized Device Drivers development, Hardware vendor management, System Layer design.
Our Services
Amarula Solutions provides Open Source Software and Hardware solutions, and their support. Amarula Solutions provides management of customers' products, and brings their ideas into life.
Amarula Solutions started at the rise of Android OS, focusing on customizing this new platform for a broad range of new hardware. Years of experience, based upon several successful completed projects make us one of the most reliable Linux/Android-based embedded solution companies on the market.
Amarula Solutions has used Linux as the heart of it's Embedded Software Solutions for more than a decade, offering services based upon development of Board Support Packages, device drivers and user space applications.
Amarula Solutions has used U-Boot as primary bootloader for Embedded Software solutions and offering services based upon development of board additions, driver-model devices drivers, Device Firmware Upgrades, Verified boot and more.
Amarula solutions can make its customers aware of everything needed to manage community interaction, taking care of merging of private patch stacks with the community mainstream.
Amarula Solutions provides training to personnel, working in companies, which already use Android and Linux, as well as those, who want to discover the power of these operating systems
Who we are
neXo has been founded by people with more than 20 years of experience in industrial automation with the idea to build an automation software core technology based on Linux and CODESYS, a complete IEC 61131-3 programming system.
Our Services
We support all the industrial Fieldbus communication stacks providing an easy to use configurator for the network setup, configuration and diagnosis.
Thanks to the communication interfaces available onboard and the communication libraries for MQTT, Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure our controllers are Industry 4.0 ready.
Our projects
We have used our core technology to create the nX series embedded automation controllers.
The nX controllers have inside all our experience that our customers can use to solve complex industrial automation application.
Thanks to our modular, real-time and multitasking CODESYS implementation the nX controllers can be used to build: simple PLC logic, motion control applications with also 3D interpolation, robotics, HMI design.
Everything can be done using just one integrated development environment, the CODESYS Engineering.
Who we are
Serving manufacturing companies
We are a visionary software house, serving the most innovative manufacturing companies.
Our mission is to support manufacturing companies in their Servitization journey, by providing a comprehensive software for managing connected products, delivering smart services, assisting the delivery of advanced services, monetizing loT data, generate new revenues and transform products into services (product-as-aservice).
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Our software offers different connectors that allow any loT hardware to easily send data to our Cloud. Communication is bidirectional, our Cloud can easily send data and commands to the loT hardware
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We provide a Cloud-based software that allows manufacturing companies to:
gather data from their loT-connected products
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provide their customers and partners with a Web Portal and a Mobile App to access data and services
Our projects
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About 27 centimetres long, the hoopoe is one of the most striking and distinctive birds in Europe, with a pink head, neck and breast, and black and white striped wings, back and tail. Its long, narrow bill curves slightly downward. It has an erectile crest on its crown that makes it resemble an Indian chief.
The migratory hoopoe breeds in open, grazing country with copses, hedges and bushes. It is found across Europe except for the UK, Ireland and Northern Europe.
The hoopoe's song is a hollow, trisyllabic "oop-oop-oop" repeated several times. It nests in the hollows of trees or walls. If the chicks are disturbed they give out a foul-smelling liquid. The hoopoe feeds mainly on insects.


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Is a desire for political engagement dependent on a person's nature? Or is it nurture?
It's a question social scientists have debated for decades, says Brescia University College sociology professor Edward Bell, who is part of team of political science, psychology and sociology researchers who studied why some people are more interested in politics than others.
According to their study, it's a little bit of both.
"What we found is that some people are naturally attracted to politics, so there is such a thing as a predisposition to political behaviour," Bell said. "Some of us are naturally predisposed to taking an interest in politics, just like some people are naturally attracted to music or sports."
The research team, with scientists from the U.S., Germany and Canada, studied 900 sets of identical and fraternal twins in Germany, to ask one key question: Are the genetic traits and environmental influences that appear to affect psychological traits like openness the same ones that influence political engagement?
"Traditionally, a few years ago, it was considered to be all environmental — something people just learned," Bell said. "There wasn't this idea that some people are naturally political, like some people are naturally musical or naturally athletic."
But using data from the TwinLife study, a new, large database of German twins aged 18 to 25 and their families, the researchers determined that political engagement is partially a genetic trait but also partially learned.
"So in other words some people are more naturally politically attuned than others, but how naturally attuned you are is only part of the equation," he said. "Half of the equation is what sort of environment do you find yourself in? Is your environment something that encourages it?"
Bell said he joined the research team because "politics is something that is very impactful."
"What happens in politics affects all our lives," he said. "One of the things that prevents politics from going bad is when the citizenry is active; when people engage in political activities or they vote; or they join a political party or run for a party; or attend a meeting or rally," he said. "There is a moral element where we want to create a good society as best we can.
"I'm kind of a curious guy. It's a combination of societal and scientific interest led me to this study."
Bell said the results of the study may help people understand why some people will discuss or become involved in political issues, while others are not that interested.


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This is a perfect recipe for those of us who are trying to cut back and get in shape for the summer!
Made throughout Southeast Asia, curry paste usually includes fresh ingredients such as lemongrass, galangal, garlic, onions, green or red chilies, and cilantro. Green curry paste, called for in this recipe, is available at Asian markets and well-stocked grocery stores.
Serves 4
1 1/2 Tbs. canola oil
1 tsp. Thai green curry paste
3 boneless, skinless chicken thighs or 1 boneless, skinless chicken breast,
thickly sliced crosswise
1/2 tsp. Asian fish sauce
1 cup light coconut milk
3 Tbs. low-sodium chicken broth
1/2 long green chili, seeded and minced
1/2 lb. snow peas, trimmed
1/2 lb. button mushrooms, thinly sliced
Steamed rice for serving
In a large fry pan over medium-high heat, warm the oil. Add the curry paste and stir-fry for about 45 seconds. Add the chicken and stir-fry until opaque, 3 to 4 minutes. Add the fish sauce and a little coconut milk and stir to scrape up the browned bits. Add the remaining coconut milk, the broth and chili and cook, stirring, until the liquid is reduced to 2/3 cup, 6 to 7 minutes. Add the snow peas and mushrooms and cook for 1 to 2 minutes more.
Serve the curry hot over steamed rice.
Adapted from New Healthy Kitchen Series, Main Dishes, by Georgeanne Brennan (Simon & Schuster, 2006).
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The Slane National School Parent Association 5K run took place Slane Castle last weekend. There were 400 runners, joggers and walkers in total, between children and adults, and it is fair to say that the course was a tough test. 10 am was the best time for it to start at because it got very warm later in the day. Fortunately, there were great buns, sandwiches, bananas and drinks at the end to feed all who took part. Thank you to Mr. O'Connor for training the pupils on the school pitch before school in the mornings to get ready for the run.
Thank you to also to the Parent Association committee who organised the whole event, and on raising 7,600 euro for the school.


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A piece by Nina Gernet, a classical puppetry playwriter, was written after Arabian fairy tales «One thousand and one nights». Initially this romantic love story was addressed to adults.
«Aladdin's Magic Lamp» is one of the most wonderful performances of the Obraztsov Theatre. You will see an oriental city with the golden palaces,
a parade of marvelous rod puppets, a fabulous transformations and a magic fantasy. You will meet with severe Genie and the Lion - the Lord of desert. You will enjoy a romantic love story of Aladdin and the princess Budhur. A brave Aladdin entered the struggle for the love with the insidious Vizier and fought through every hardship.
We celebrated the 70th anniversary of «Aladdin's magic lamp» in 2010 year.


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Hi everyone, I'm on a bus to Vilnius, Lithuania right now with my friend Lukas! We are going on this trip with some fellow journalist students. I'm really looking forward to see Lithuania soon because I have never been there! Most of the group is actually flying but me and Lukas decided to take the bus anyways.
Travelling is my passion. I love exploring the world and I can't wait to get out there again. In January this year I visited Tanzania, it was absolutely amazing. But, I did take the plane there which I feel bad for. But there is just no other smart way to get to Tanzania, I would have to travel trough dangerous regions if I traveled by boat and bus.
But I made a promise to myself: I will not fly again this year. One trip to Tanzania was enough. But do you think it means I won't travel? It sure as hell does not! There are boats, busses and trains!
We are locked in the idea that travelling equals flying. But that's simply not true. There are wonderful ways to travel in a sustainable way. All the Nordic and Baltic countries can also be reached easily by boat and bus. Want to go to Asia? Take the Trans-Siberian railway from Moscow to Bejing! But of course, I know there are regions that are hard to reach from Europe without taking a plane. The whole American continent as well as the African continent are quite difficult to reach by anything else than plane, travelling from Europe. But what if we would stop flying to all the destinations that actually can be reached with bus, boat and train within just one day? With a job that requires constant travelling it could be really hard, but when it comes to our leisure trips we really have a choice. If we are in such a hurry that we can't give up 12 hours to travel somewhere, we should just stay at home then or start having longer vacations?


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Simms & Trout Unlimited Team to Save Yellowstone Cutthroats
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50% Of Proceeds From T-Shirt and Hoody Sales Aids Yellowstone Cutts
Simms and Trout Unlimited are teaming up to help out a neighbor in need this season with a limited edition t-shirt and hoody sale to aid Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout conservation.
For a limited time only, Simms is offering limited editions of its popular Riffle Trout LS and SS T and Authentic Badge and DeYoung Steel Flank Hoodies with 50% of all sales going to TU's project to help protect the native Yellowstone cutthroat trout in Yellowstone National Park.
In the past 20 years, the population of the Yellowstone cutthroat in Yellowstone Lake has dwindled to less than 10% of its historic levels, mostly due to the introduction of non-native lake trout into Yellowstone Lake. Over the past 6 years, extensive efforts have resulted in a rebound in numbers of native cutthroats, but the popular game fish is still facing an uphill battle.
"Helping Yellowstone cutthroat trout is an important project to all of us at Simms. For generations, anglers have sought out this beautiful fish and it is our duty to do what we can to protect their long term viability," says K.C. Walsh, Simms' President.
The T-shirts ($24.95 – SS & $34.95 – LS) will be available online at SimmsFishing.com for a limited time while the Hoodies ($69.95) will be available exclusively to Simms' pro program.
"Working with Simms is a great way to bring a leader in fishing apparel together with the mission of Trout Unlimited, to conserve, protect and restore North America's coldwater fisheries and their watersheds," says Chris Hunt, Trout Unlimited's National Director of Communications. "The Yellowstone Lake project is a key TU initiative driven almost solely by volunteers, and this will help tremendously in the fight to protect the Yellowstone cutthroat for future generations."
The proceeds raised will be used to purchase additional monitoring equipment to track the recovery efforts currently under way on Yellowstone Lake. For more information on the Yellowstone Lake project, visit Wyoming Trout Unlimited at wyomingtu.org.


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Cocker Spaniel Duo Starts to Come Together
Cocker Spaniels, Oil Painting WIP
Slowly but surely I am getting closer to completion on this pet portrait. The plan is to use the finished painting as a template for personalized Christmas cards for the pet owners. I want to wrap this up this week. Actually I wanted to wrap it up last week but am glad since I had such a good painting session today I didn't fret over time and try to rush thru it.
The coloring on these dogs is really fun to work with. Today was a good painting session because I could meld the two dogs by harmonizing their colors. I enjoyed seeing that come together. The dog on the right at this point looks like her eyes are way off but one of her unique facial characteristics is wide spaced eyes. I am trying to think of complimentary words to describe them besides 'googly' and I can't right now but trust me– she is a beautiful dog and her unique expression only adds to her charm. Granted I am still working on that part of the painting so you'll just have to check back to see how it looks in the end. 🙂
I am posting some photos from my week end trip. I visited my sister in law and we were blessed with a beautiful day. She lives in a beautiful wooded setting so I took a walk and took these photos. I am certain her animals will appear in future paintings of mine.
Take care!
equine and animal artist
pet and horse portraits in oil


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HYTE returns to the Netherlands this July to host an own stage at the We Are Electric Weekender festival on Saturday, 06 July 2019.
Following the debut of the collaboration last November at the indoor edition of We Are Electric in Eindhoven, the action shifts to Velder Woods in Liempde in the Netherlands this time.
Get ready for UK underground stars Bicep with a DJ performance, the infamous Collabs 3000 techno duo consisting of Chris Liebing & Speedy J, Berghain resident Len Faki, modular synth geek Colin Benders, Dutch hero De Sluwe Vos with a live set, fast rising new star Tijana T and Mirella Kroes as the cherry on the cake.
Disabled people can certainly visit We Are Electric Weekender 2019!
There are some facilities for disabled people:
Parking: there are a number of disabled parking spaces, but these are all unpaved (grass).
Toilets: the festival site has several adapted toilets.
Festival site: the festival site has wooden platforms in some places.
We Are Electric is held in a forest like area. We find it highly important that the terrain is well passable, but not every area has been paved. Your new white sneakers will get dirty
What you can bring to the festival?
Not just anything goes on the festival site. Read the terms and conditions carefully so that you know exactly what is allowed. Soft / hard drugs, selfie sticks & laughing gas for instance are not allowed.
Buy your tokens at the token-counters. Pay cash or use your card.
Returns: It is possible to return tokens? Yes, just be on time! You can return your tokens at token-counters every last hour on every festival day.
Note: tokens from past editions are no longer valid.
We will announce the WAE Weekender 2019 timetable a few weeks before the start of the festival. In the meanwhile check out the line-up so far.
Alcohol is only allowed at We Are Electric for eighteen-year-olds and older, as in the rest of the Netherlands.
It is not allowed to enter the festival grounds with your own food and drinks.
Do you use medication? Then we suggest to send an e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com, otherwise there is a chance that your medicines are not allowed on the festival grounds.
It is not allowed to bring liquids, such as your own drinks, sunscreen or deodorant. Exceptions are eyeglass fluids and e-liquids (for electronic cigarettes)
Lockers can be rented at the festival. The final prices will be communicated at the festival. The locker can be used for several days if you keep the key.
We Are Electric has no minimum age, but everyone under 16 years old must be accompanied by an adult (18+).
This applies to both the campsite and the festival. The festival is not specifically designed for children, so we do not recommend coming to We Are Electric with (small) children.
You are not allowed to bring any animals to the festival.
Everyone on the festivalsite gets a wristband, even people with a day-ticket.
This makes it possible to leave the festival for a while and then return again.
Note: This can be done up to 30 minutes before the site closes.


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A meaningful engagement
Inaugural class of Fellows sets the bar high
SUMMARY: Claudia Salvador ('15M), Madeleine Ross ('16) and Xavia Gary ('15) say a new postgraduate fellowship program has helped them grow personally and professionally.
from the June 2017 digital issue of Madison
JMU's opening trio of Engagement Fellows has completed a rewarding year of public service.
Claudia Salvador ('15M), Madeleine Ross ('16) and Xavia Gary ('15) say the postgraduate fellowship program, an extension of the university's commitment to engaged learning, community engagement and civic engagement, has helped them grow personally and professionally.
|Salvador greets members of a pro-democratic group from Mongolia as part of her fellowship with the Robert H. Smith Center for the Constitution at Montpelier.
Nation builder
"I came into this experience with a specific set of goals for myself and I accomplished those, but I got so much more," says Salvador, who recently completed her fellowship at the Robert H. Smith Center for the Constitution at Montpelier, the home of James and Dolley Madison in nearby Orange County. "I feel like I'm more prepared for the world. It has helped me figure out how I'm going to tie in all of my experiences and really reinforced what it is that I want to do."
'I feel like I'm more prepared for the world. It has helped me figure out how I'm going to tie in all of my experiences and really reinforced what it is that I want to do.'
— Claudia Salvador ('15M), Engagement Fellow
A Chicago native, Salvador came to JMU for the European Union Policy Studies master's program. Her interest in politics and international affairs proved a perfect fit with the center at Montpelier, where her responsibilities included not only coordinating residential programming for teachers and Washington, D.C., politicos, but also visits from current and emerging foreign leaders through the State Department's International Visitor Leadership Program. These groups come to Montpelier to study the U.S. Constitution in the hopes of sowing the seeds of democracy in their home countries.
"My dream career path is to work in international development in the context of post-conflict countries," Salvador says. "I want to be able to draw on my graduate studies and apply what I've learned at the center about what you need to have a strong democratic government."
|A health sciences major at JMU, Ross' fellowship with the Institute for Innovation in Health and Human Services cemented her decision to apply to nursing school.
Change agent
Ross, who worked with JMU's Institute for Innovation in Health and Human Services, says being an Engagement Fellow has helped her discover her strengths as a professional.
A health sciences major at JMU, Ross gained experience in a variety of roles within IIHHS, including needs assessment, community relations and program planning. Working behind the scenes of the Office on Children Youth and in the community with organizations like Healthy Families "made me realize how it's possible to make large-scale change happen," she says.
'I saw firsthand that nurses are not only trusted by individuals, but they are trusted by communities. They have the potential to be change agents for the bigger picture in health care and access.'
— Madeleine Ross ('16), Engagement Fellow
But it was another component of the fellowship—Ross' contact with community nurses and her one-on-one consultations with area children and families—that cemented her decision to apply to nursing school. "I was able to see the role nurses play in health education on micro and macro scales," she says. "I saw firsthand that nurses are not only trusted by individuals, but they are trusted by communities. They have the potential to be change agents for the bigger picture in health care and access."
|In addition to serving as a community service coordinator and recruiter with Valley Scholars, Gary was an academic coach and assisted with program days at JMU.
Youth mentor
After graduating from JMU with a degree in sport and recreation management, Gary went home to Richmond, where he worked at a community center for individuals with mental disabilities. His passion for youth coaching and mentoring was put on hold until one day he received an email from JMU about a fellowship opportunity with the Valley Scholars Program, which provides outreach activities to underprivileged middle- and high-school students in the Shenandoah Valley to increase their awareness of, and access to, college. "I figured, why not [apply]?"
As a community service coordinator and recruiter with Valley Scholars, Gary served as a liaison between the scholars and staff. He traveled to Waynesboro High School and Stonewall Jackson High School weekly to encourage and assist participants in their academic progress, and also helped with Valley Scholars program days at JMU.
Gary feels his own experience growing up in inner-city Richmond helped him connect with other potential first-generation college students. "The most rewarding part has been the impact, not just on the students, but on myself," he says. "When you serve as a mentor, sometimes you feel like what you're doing isn't really reaching anybody. But a mentorship is a marathon, not a sprint.
'This program really increased my passion to want to help youth, especially with the transition to adulthood.'
— Xavia Gary ('15), Engagement Fellow
"This program really increased my passion to want to help youth, especially with the transition to adulthood," says Gary, who plans to go on to graduate school, with the goal of becoming a high-school athletic director. "I've enjoyed seeing them grow, and it's helped me grow in the process."
The Engagement Fellows Program is aligned with JMU's participation in the Service Year Alliance, a compact among colleges and universities to provide opportunities for young people to engage in public service and to connect with something bigger than themselves.
Fellows commit to a full-time, 10-month position with IIHHS, Montpelier or Valley Scholars, for which they receive a stipend and university housing.
The inaugural class offered some advice to those will follow in their footsteps.
"Set goals for yourself, but also be flexible," Salvador says.
Ross emphasized the importance of being confident and pushing hard for change. "Yes, this is a service year, but you also have a voice," she says.
"Be open, work hard and take advantage of the opportunity," Gary says. "As trailblazers, we want you to build on what we've been able to do and take it to the next level."


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General Rules:
- There are no gender requirements for the Competitive Division.
- One female must play at all times for the Recreational Division.
Rules & Regulations:
- First possession of the game and overtime is determined by a coin flip or in the absence of a coin, use the rock, paper, scissors game.
- There are no timeouts.
- Change of possession after each made basket.
- Ball must be checked with opponent after every score.
- Ball must be passed into play (cannot be shot or dribbled).
- To prevent stalling, the unwritten "30-second shot clock" rule will be enforced at the referee's discretion and will result in a change of possession.
- Ball must be cleared to the 3-point line on every change of possession where no basket is scored, including steals, turnovers and air balls. If the ball is not cleared properly, play will be stopped by the referee and the ball will be checked at the top of the key. The team that did not clear the ball properly will retain possession of the ball. On and after a team's 2nd infraction of not clearing the ball properly, they will lose possession of the ball.
- Once the ball is cleared, it's live.
Scoring & Advancing:
- Each 3-point field goal (FG) will count as 2 points, all other FGs count as 1 point.
- The winner of each game is determined by the team with the higher score after 15 minutes of running-clock play, or the first team to score 15 points, winning by two.
- During running-clock play, should no team win by two until the game is tied at 20, the first team to score the 21st point wins.
- If the game is tied after 15 minutes, there will be "sudden death" and the first team to score wins. First possession of overtime is determined by a coin flip or in the absence of a coin, use the rock, paper, scissors game.
- Game results will be reported to the tournament coordinator(s). Team Captains must sign the official score sheet after each game.
- Fouls will be called by referees. There will be no shooting fouls. The team that is fouled will take the ball in from the top of the key.
- If a player deliberately makes a foul to stop play, and does not make a play on the ball, an intentional foul may be called at the referee's discretion. After the second such offense, the team that was intentionally fouled will receive one point and retain possession of the ball.
Playoffs / Championships:
- Standings are ranked based on wins and losses.
- The top four (4) teams from the Competitive Division and top four (4) teams from the Recreational Division will advance to the playoffs.
- In the event of a standings tie, ties will be broken by:
- Head-to-head results
- Average Margin of Victory (higher is better)
- How to calculate: Add the point differential for all games won, then divide the sum of point differential by the number of games won. (If a team won two games, one by a 4 point difference and one by a 10 point difference, the average margin of victory is 7.)
- Total Points Allowed (lower is better)
- How to calculate: Sum all points scored against a team.In the event of a standings tie, ties will be broken by:
- If there is still a tie after 1-3 listed above, teams will enter a foul shooting contest where one player from each team shoots free throws while the other has an opportunity to match. Once a "match" doesn't happen the team representative that makes the final free throw wins, and thus that team advances to the playoffs.


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Tue, May 3, 2016
Liam Burgess, President and CEO of AirCon Technologies, was on his way to the company's Fort McMurray office. The previous afternoon, there had been black smoke visible from a wildfire burning in the forest southwest of the city, but Burgess didn't think much of it. "It's a very wooded area, so fires are somewhat common. I didn't even pay attention and figured it would be no big deal," he said.
He was not alone. For residents of the city, it was pretty much business as usual. And, in Fort McMurray, business is oil. Located in the middle of Northeast Alberta's Athabasca oil sands, it is the heart of one of Canada's largest hubs for oil production. According to Burgess, almost everyone in the area is in some way connected to the oil industry.
AirCon Technologies is no exception, the company installs and services fire suppression, air conditioning, heating, and air filtration systems on a broad range of mobile heavy equipment including some of the largest hydraulic shovels and haul trucks in the world. Its clients include some of the largest oil production companies operating in Western Canada today.
The morning was like any other at AirCon, except that Burgess was in a series of meetings about a large contract that the business had just landed. Outside the sky was clear and there was no sign that the fire was becoming a threat. In reality, however, this couldn't have been further from the truth.
The previous afternoon, the fire had spread to about 1,250 acres, according to The Globe and Mail. There were 80 firefighters at the scene, attacking it from the ground and by air. In spite of their efforts, the wildfire had more than doubled in size by 5:00 PM. By 8:00 PM, it had doubled again.
Hot, dry conditions and the vegetation in the area allowed the fire to grow quickly. Meanwhile, a weather condition called an "inversion" was at play, stoking the flames and keeping smoke low to the ground. On Tuesday morning, while Burgess and his colleagues worked, the inversion reversed, strong winds changed direction and the fire began tearing through the dense boreal forest toward Fort McMurray.
"We were in a conference room and suddenly it got very dark, so I walked out see what was happening," said Burgess. "I was immediately shocked by the smoke. It was blocking out the entire sky."
According to Globe and Mail reports, two dangerous conditions known as "crowning" and "spotting" were occurring. Crowning happens when fire spreads rapidly through the tops of tall trees, independent of what's happening on the ground. Crown fires can be particularly dangerous for firefighters, who must pull back and combat it from above using aircraft. Spotting occurs when embers from the fire are carried by the wind for longer distances—across a river, for example, which would normally form a natural fire barrier. By 1PM, the fire had jumped the Athabasca River and was threatening neighborhoods on the west side of Fort McMurray.
"Right away we sent everyone home," said Burgess. "It was suddenly obvious that the situation was very bad." At this point, neighborhoods in the south western part of Fort McMurray, such as Gregoire, Beaconhill and Abasand, were already on mandatory evacuation as a wall of smoke and flames stretched above the surrounding forest. In downtown Fort McMurray, AirCon employees started clearing out.I was immediately shocked by the smoke. It was blocking out the entire sky.
"It seemed like a typical day until the early afternoon," said Calgary based Mark Cordingley, VP of Information Technology for AirCon. Around 2:00 PM, unaware of the events unfolding in Fort McMurray, Cordingley noticed something strange during routine monitoring of AirCon's network—a rapid drop off of wireless network traffic. "I thought that was pretty odd, considering it was early in the afternoon, so I called the office," he said.
In Fort McMurray, AirCon trainer and quality assurance manager Jacques Landry was the last employee in the office. He was still considering whether he would evacuate north or south of the city. When he picked up the phone, Cordingley asked him what was happening. "I'm the only one left," he said. "Everyone else has evacuated."
By this time, conditions were growing dramatically worse south and west of Fort McMurray. Strong winds continued to push the wildfire east, toward Route 63. The highway bisects Fort McMurray north to south and is the only route in and out of the city. According to Burgess, by 2:30 PM, traffic on 63 South was already extremely heavy with residents fleeing the city.
Meanwhile, as Cordingley and Landry sat on the phone watching the news coverage of the fire, it became clear that Landry needed to evacuate AirCon's office. The fire had jumped another river, the Hangingstone, and spread into the residential neighborhoods of Abasand Heights and Beacon Hill, just to the west of downtown.
The two hatched a plan that Cordingley hoped would allow AirCon to restore business operations quickly with no data loss following the fire. Given the severity of the fire, they decided it was very likely the office and servers would suffer damages. At the very least, it seemed unlikely that they would be able to return to the office right away.
AirCon had a Datto SB2000 on premises, which backs up data continuously throughout the day and replicates to the Datto cloud daily at 10 PM. In the event of an outage, users can run applications from local or cloud backups while primary systems are being restored, allowing the company to avoid major downtime. Cordingley remotely logged into the system and saw that the last backup completed successfully at 3:02 PM, less than an hour earlier. He had Landry shut the system down and remove it from AirCon's network.
Landry decided he would evacuate the city to the south with the SB2000. Once safe he would later hand it off to Cordingley, so he could restore data quickly in an alternate location if necessary. They took action just in time. Within an hour, Cordingley had lost all remote connectivity with the AirCon network due to the fire.
Landry put the Datto device in his truck and headed south, but he didn't make it far. The fire was spreading across Route 63, cutting off one of the two routes out of the city. He was forced to drive north, where many Fort McMurray residents would eventually find shelter at oil company work camps. By 4:00 PM, Route 63 North was a parking lot
Around this time, Cordingley called Burgess, who was at home with his wife packing essentials and preparing to evacuate. "It was a really quick call," he said. "I told him we have a live copy [of data and applications] as of 10:06 PM on May 2 and I'm working on May 3." Burgess said that the call was a relief, because he had so much else going on. "My wife and I packed a bag and grabbed the dog and evacuated. Mark had our IT covered, that allowed me to focus on other aspects of the business."
After he hung up with Burgess, Cordingley placed a support call to Datto. Even though Landry had taken the Datto device with him when he left the office, Cordingley wanted to understand all of his options. Given the deteriorating situation up north, he worried it could be a while before he could get his hands on AirCon's SB2000. "When I called Datto, I got someone instantaneously," said Cordingley.
Cordingley spoke with Michael Rollman, a Datto tech support engineer. Because of the unique circumstances, Rollman recommended an emergency reverse RoundTrip, where business data from the Datto Cloud is copied onto a hard drive and shipped to a partner, as well as setting up an FTP server so Cordingley could pull the data that way. "The situation with the fire sounded pretty chaotic, so we wanted to give them options," said Rollman.
Rollman was working on Datto's Code Red support team at the time of the fire. The rotating team is tasked with supporting partner's disaster recovery efforts. Zacary Shannon, who heads up the Code Red team, said it was launched in February, to give partners enhanced support when they need it most—during a disaster recovery event. "It's a dedicated team that handles DRs from start to finish," he said. "There are dedicated cloud and Level 3 techs on the team, so there is no need to wait for that level of expertise if it is necessary."
Wed, May 4, 2016
The following morning, Burgess was in Edmonton. "We stayed north for a few hours, but our friend owns a plane, so we were able to evacuate to our secondary residence," he said. At home, he was strategizing all things AirCon. One of his primary concerns was being able to run payroll on time.
"I care deeply about the people that contribute to my business," Burgess said. "Families were displaced, there were lot of unknowns and an amplified level of fear. The last thing we wanted to do was financially stress impacted employees." Cordingley felt the gravity of the situation as well. "Payroll was coming up, and 100 families were in various states of anxiety," he said. "The data became vital, because payroll was about to be vital to these families."
In Edmonton, Burgess spoke with AirCon's accounting firm, Kingston Ross Pasnak LLP (KRP). "They offered us temporary office space to work from to keep operations going, which was extremely generous, and a true reflection of their level of customer care." said Burgess.
According to Global News Canada, 1,600 structures had already been destroyed by Wednesday afternoon. Beacon Hill, a neighborhood just west of downtown, was hit particularly hard—70% of the homes there had burned to the ground. There were no reports of damage in the downtown neighborhood where AirCon's office is located. However, according to Burgess, there was really no way to know exactly what was happening there. North of the city, roughly 10,000 people were posted up at oil camps and another 70,000 had fled into surrounding communities. Alberta declared a state of emergency.
Landry was still north of Fort McMurray, unable to deliver the Datto device to Cordingley. However, he was able to find a secure location to connect the device to the Internet. This allowed Cordingley to access the SB2000 remotely and perform a "delta sync" from the device to the Datto Cloud, to create a live image of the company's data as of 3:02 PM the previous day. "We used this updated image to run the company during the initial time period before we set up the emergency office in Edmonton," he said. "Being able to run from the cloud was a huge benefit."
"The fact that we could spin up a virtual machine in the cloud and run payroll was very important to me personally," Burgess said. "It made a big difference for our employees, who were very anxious about their homes." Before Cordingley came on board, AirCon took a more traditional backup approach. "They were taking a file-based backup once a day," he said. "If we hadn't had Datto, and had to rebuild from scratch, it would take three days, and only provide data from four days ago. I'd estimate the company would have lost $30,000 in revenue in the process."If we hadn't had Datto, and had to rebuild from scratch, it would take three days, and only provide data from four days ago. I'd estimate the company would have lost $30,000 in revenue in the process.
Fri, May 5, 2016
According to Global News Canada, by Friday, more than 21,000 acres had burned. There were 49 separate active fires and seven of them were considered to be "out of control." However, the fire was beginning to move east of the city into the dense forest. The threat was far from over as firefighters continued to battle hot spots in and around the city, but the situation was improved, at least for the time being. A massive convoy of vehicles began transporting residents who had fled north into the oil fields back across the city to locations south of Fort McMurray.
Cordingley got to work on the IT piece at his office in Calgary. He had to set up everything— desktops, printing, ESX server, managed WiFi etc. AirCon employees would arrive in Edmonton soon, so he worked quickly to acquire the technology he'd need to set up the temporary office space.
"The emotional atmosphere was so intense," Cordingley said. "Some AirCon employees already knew they had lost their homes, others had not yet received confirmation. I don't know what I would have done if I had to be the bearer of bad news about IT." Thankfully, he didn't have to be.
Over the course of the next two weeks, AirCon would run operations from in the Datto Cloud while Cordingley set up the temporary office space and production ESX environment in Edmonton. AirCon employees arrived on May 17. "The IT staff from KRP was stunned that we got up in running in the time we did," said Burgess.
AirCon would operate in Edmonton for over a month, while the fire continued to burn near Fort McMurray. Thankfully, the company's office was not harmed, although buildings nearby suffered damage. AirCon returned to Fort McMurray on June 7, 2016.
"Mark is extremely dynamic, he enabled me to concentrate on other aspects of the business during that critical time," said Burgess. "On the business side of things, we were able to show the strength of our operations by getting back online so quickly. Some of our competitors were unable to do so. As difficult as it was, it was a positive for the business, and Datto was a part of that.
Many businesses in the area did not fare as well. The Conference Board of Canada estimates that the fire resulted in a loss of 1.2 million barrels of oil per day for two weeks, which translates to nearly $1 billion.
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The Scandinavian country topped Asher & Lyric's list of the safest (and most dangerous) countries to travel to as part of their LGBTQ+ Danger Index.
Canada and Norway fall into second place, whilst Portugal and Belgium complete the top five with over 300 points each.
United Kingdom, Finland, France, Iceland and Spain complete the top 10.
Asher & Lyric said: "To measure LGBTQ+ safety abroad, one cannot look only at data on whether or not same-sex marriage is legal and if anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination laws are in place. It also depends on the general attitude of the culture, minutiae of the legal system, and oppression of LGBTQ+ rights. These issues can affect everything, from your ability to show public displays of affection to being able to share a hotel room bed to the capacity at which you can use dating apps without being caught by the local police. A few items on our list, such as adoption recognition and worker protections may not affect LGBTQ+ travellers directly, but these factors are a good indication of overall attitudes within the culture."
Meanwhile, Nigeria, Qatar and Yemen were named as the least safe countries to travel to if you are LGBTQ+.


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Publication Year: 2016
Edition: 3rd Ed.
Authors/Editor: Finkelman, Anita; Kenner, Carole
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
Doody's Star Rating®:Score: 83
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An ideal text for teaching students how to transition from the classroom to practice, it focuses on the core competencies for health professionals as determined by the Institute of Medicine (IOM). Completely updated and revised, the new edition incorporates the latest findings from the IOM's Future of Nursing report. New to this edition is a chapter on success in a nursing education program, more case studies throughout, and a new electronic reflection journal activity in each chapter. Also featured are new appendices on quality improvement (QI), staffing and a healthy work environment, and getting the right position for the new RN or graduate.
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New In The Villa Stephanie Has History With This Ex-Islander & Omg, He Was A FAVE
The Love Island villa was rocked again on Monday. Following the departure of Ellie Brown and Charlie Frederick, Georgia Steel and Sam Bird decided to split up in order to avoid being sent home. At first, the pair said this would be a test for their relationship. However, after the arrival of four newbies, the chances of them passing are looking painfully slim. One of the new Islanders in particular really seemed to catch Sam's eye, but who is Stephanie Lam and is she one to cause drama?
In her entrance interview, Stephanie shed some light on whether she'll be breaking up any of the villa's established romances. She said in an ITV press release: "I am looking to have a good time, enjoy the experience and see if I genuinely connect with anyone. I am a girls' girl so it would be hard for me to split anyone up, but we are all there for the same reason."
With that in mind, it's worth noting Stephanie's history with a certain Love Island legend, Chris Hughes. The Daily Mail claims that he liked several of her Instagram posts while still in a relationship with Olivia Attwood. According to The Sun, Stephanie and Chris then started seeing each other after he broke up with Olivia, and have been on and off since February.
However, she reportedly ended the relationship when she was offered the chance to enter the villa. A source told the paper: "Chris and Stephanie have been dating on and off for six months. But this was an opportunity too good for her to miss out on so she's gone for it."
As Love Island fans are well aware, former villa favourite Olivia never misses an episode, and she was tuning in when Stephanie entered the villa on Monday. Although she didn't comment on the rumours surrounding her and Chris, she did tweet: "All I can think with this new brunette chick is how close her hair is to touching the water. Making me nervous."
Meanwhile, Chris himself hasn't actually spoken out about Stephanie. Before entering the villa, however, she certainly did. I'm not sure exactly what happened while they were spending time together before, but it seems to me that he has definitely been friend-zoned hardcore.
Stephanie said in a press release: "I'm friends with Chris Hughes from last year's series. We got friendly this year and have been on a mates' date but we're just friends." I mean I don't think you could use the words "friends", "friendly" and "mates" more times in one sentence.
According to Stephanie, she has only ever had two serious boyfriends, and Chris was not one of them. She revealed in an ITV press release: "I have only had two serious boyfriends and I've not really dated around them. I hope they wouldn't say anything bad about me as a girlfriend. My last relationship was more serious, I was very much in love and he broke my heart and that's why we're not together. We're on civil terms now."
Moving forward, which of the villa's male housemates are likely to catch her eye? Well, if Mondays episode is anything to go by, Laura Anderson and Jack Fowler could be on the rocks once again, leaving them both free to date new Islanders. And now Georgia and Sam have opted to split, they'll also be up for grabs too.
Stephanie went on a pool date with Jack during Monday's episode, but did she like what she saw? Or will Stephanie take a fancy to one of the happily coupled-up lads? Only one thing is certain, there's sure to be more drama (and many more mentions of the concept of loyalty) in store, so stay tuned.
Love Island is on ITV, Sunday to Friday at 9 p.m.


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By Natalie Orr, News Editor
February 22, 2016
Last weekend The University of Akron's speech and debate team won its first state title since its rebirth in 2001 at the Ohio Forensics Association (OFA) state tournament in Columbus. Led by head coach Mark Rittenour and graduate assistant Amanda Layman, the team competed on both Friday and Saturday...
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Last weekend, The University of Akron Speech and Debate team took on Eastern Michigan University's two-day forensics tournament in Ypsilanti, Michigan. The hard work of both the students and coaching staff paid off, as most members returned with awards in hand. Forensics events are public ...
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A program both lauded and censured when revealed by President Scott Scarborough on July 2, 2015, the UA Corps of Cadets recently began its first semester as an organization on campus. Criticizers wondered why UA needed such a program when it already had an established Army ROTC program. And the $100,000 sa...


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Film: Mele Murals
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32 Quincy Street
Cambridge MA
Mele Murals is a documentary about the transformative power of modern graffiti art and ancient Hawaiian culture for a new generation of Native Hawaiians. Two graffiti artists—Estria Miyashiro and John Hina ("Prime")—tell how their street art has taken them on personal journeys to discover their history, identity, and responsibilities as Hawaiian people. Estria, who left Hawai'i to study art in San Francisco, made a name for himself as an internationally known graffiti artist before returning to reconnect with his Hawaiian roots. Prime, who grew up in the projects and became one of the first kings of the Honolulu graffiti scene, left a life of hustling and drugs after the birth of his first child and returned to the art when he realized it was a way to help youth.
Through the stories of these two graffiti artists and their joint quest to uphold Hawaiian culture through mural making, Mele Murals shows how public art rooted in underground graffiti unexpectedly but powerfully fuses with Native Hawaiian traditions and contemporary life to have a dramatic effect on the students, the town of Waimea, and most of all, the artists.
Cosponsored by the Harvard University Native American Program and the Harvard Art Museums.
The screening will take place in Menschel Hall, Lower Level.
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The fun part of retelling the stories of Vancouver's early gay scene is sitting down with early activists, divas and eccentric characters and reminiscing. The sad part is realizing how many of "our founders" are no longer available for reminiscing.
It's hard to believe that it has been just over three years since we lost one of our true founding fathers, a man who in later years was affectionately known as "Granny Stevenson."
My first encounter with John Stevenson, who died at 87 on June 1, 2011, was less than auspicious.
Shortly after I began my run as the Georgia Straight's gay columnist in the spring of 1970, I had already been to Champagne Charlie's once or twice but had never met the owner.
Charlie's was on Davie Street between Granville and Seymour. Today there is a vacant space there where a series of ventures were launched and lost, the most recent called "The Corner." In the '70s the block consisted of a row of storefronts, beginning with a tiny convenience store. Next to that was a blacked-out window with a featureless door you could easily miss, and next to that the celebrated Chez Victor.
It was behind the blacked-out window and unmarked door that you'd find Champagne Charlie's, where in 1968 or '69, John launched the city's first full-on drag revue.
Once you'd been buzzed inside, you'd descend a staircase to the tiny basement room where Dee Dee Ambrose was the reigning diva and her doo-wop girls were the whip-slender Sandy St Peters and the tall, legs-up-to-here Charity.
Champagne Charlie's was a dimly lit poor-man's vision of the Moulin Rouge. All blood-and-bruises colouring, dark corners and cabaret tables fanned out around a tiny central stage area.
I must have written something less than flattering about the club when, on my second or third visit, I finally met the proprietor. Well, "met" maybe isn't the right word. I encountered him at the front door, where he peered over the doorman's shoulder and said in no uncertain terms, "You're not welcome here, QQ. We don't need journalists like you here. You're barred."
I don't remember how long my exile from Charlie's lasted. Not long, as I soon became a regular and developed a warm and sometimes mentorlike relationship with John.
"Mentorlike" is a good phrase to use in describing John's relationship with many of us in those days. Ask anyone who was struggling to start a life in the emerging gay scene of the time and you'll likely hear a story of John's generosity and kindness. John was forever finding cheap accommodation, creating jobs or just slipping a few bucks to anyone who needed a little help.
I hope John knew how fondly he was spoken of in later years and how much his community loved him.
John didn't talk much about himself. His focus was always on getting the next show up and running, whether it was the next drag performance, the next club (and he opened many) or finding you a place in his busy world so you could wait tables, pour drinks, play the music and generally get your own show up and running. Among the many things that were generally unknown about John were that he had been born and raised in White Rock, had a good run as a realtor in Montreal, and found his way into the gay scene via the lesbians at the Vanport. We also never heard about his military service or his being on the frontlines in Italy taking out fascist tanks with a six-pounder.
Champagne Charlie's was just the beginning of John's contribution to the spaces where we would gather and grow. The Downbeat, Basin Street, Jonathan's The Talk of the Town . . . the clubs that John and his business partner Don Whittaker (aka Donnie Cordova) opened during a 30-plus-year run are a litany of names familiar to anyone who ever went out on the town during that era. We'll remember some of those in conversation with Donnie next month.


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USDA August Report Preview
USDA will release a slew of reports, including the Crop Production report. That report, conducted by NASS, will show just how many acres of corn and soybeans were planted following a historic wet spring.
NASS is making some changes to how it conducts the report. The changes are resurveying, FSA certified acreage, satellite data and changes to objective yield data. NASS is also counting planted corn as planted corn, no matter if it's used for a cover crop or is intended to be harvested.
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Anti-missile system will not be used against China: S Korea
SEOUL/BEIJING: South Korea's President Moon Jae In has stressed that the presence of a US anti-missile system was inevitable given the looming North Korean threat, but he said it would not be used against China.
"South Korea will be extremely careful from here on out that the Thaad system is not invasive of China's security. South Korea has received promises from the United States multiple times regarding this," Mr Moon said in an interview with Chinese state television shown late on Monday, ahead of his four-day visit to China starting today.
Joint efforts by China and South Korea could have "good results" if they work together to bring North Korea to the negotiating table, he added.
Curbing North Korea's nuclear ambitions will top Mr Moon's agenda in Beijing during his visit, aimed at breaking the ice after a furious row over Seoul's deployment of the Thaad (Terminal High Altitude Area Defence) anti-missile system.
While both South Korea and China share the goal of getting North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons and stop testing increasingly sophisticated long-range missiles, the two have not seen eye-to-eye on how to achieve this.
China has been particularly angered at the deployment of the Thaad system in South Korea, saying its powerful radar can see far into China and will do nothing to ease tension with North Korea.
Mr Moon will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping tomorrow in Beijing and he is expected to reaffirm South Korea's agreement with China in late October that they would normalise exchanges and move past the dispute over Thaad, which froze trade and business exchanges between the two countries.
The Thaad disagreement had dented South Korea's economic growth, especially its tourism industry, as group tours from China came to a halt while charter flights from South Korea were cancelled.
While China still objects to Thaad, it has said it understands South Korea's decision to deploy it.
Speaking over the weekend, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Mr Moon had chosen to have "friendly cooperation" with China, and China was willing to work with South Korea to bring peace and stability to the Korean peninsula.
During his first visit to China since taking office in May this year, Mr Moon is expected to get bilateral economic exchanges back on track. - REUTERS
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Kraft Heinz is going after small organic food brands just as Whole Foods abandons them
- Kraft Heinz is launching Springboard Brands, a business focused on finding and growing organic, natural, and "super-premium" food brands.
- The company says consumers are increasingly searching for certified-organic foods that are locally sourced and plant-based.
- Kraft Heinz is appealing to emerging natural and organic brands at a time when some of these companies are feeling abandoned by Whole Foods, which has long been a key launching pad for new players in the industry.
Kraft Heinz wants to become a launching pad for organic, natural, and "super-premium" food brands.
The company said Wednesday that it's launching a new business, called Springboard Brands, dedicated to finding and growing these brands, which it says will "shape the next generation of food."
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"We are committed to support and partner with teams that will impact the future of our industry,"
Sergio Eleuterio, general manager of Springboard Brands, said in a statement. "We are actively searching for emergent, authentic brands that can expand into new categories, and are looking to build a network of founders to help shape the future of foods and beverages."
Kraft Heinz is appealing to emerging natural and organic brands at a time when some of these companies are feeling abandoned by Whole Foods. Whole Foods has long been a key launching pad for new players in the industry, but some suppliers say that's no longer the case due to new fees and policies that one vendor referred to as "abuse" in an interview with Business Insider.
Springboard will focus on four "pillars" that it says will influence the future of food: natural and organic, specialty and craft, health and performance, and experiential brands.
The natural and organic products it's looking for might fit the following descriptions: "certified organic, plant-based proteins, locally sourced, farm-to-table," and "nutrient-dense superfoods," Springboard says on its website.
It describes "specialty and craft" goods as "super-premium, expertly-crafted products, often made using traditional methods and artisan techniques."
Health and performance products are described as "superfoods packed with antioxidants or that support digestive health with pre- and probiotics."
Kraft Heinz is kicking off Springboard with an incubator program that will bring select emerging brands to Chicago for a 16-week "sprint" dedicated to helping them grow their businesses.
The company is inviting US brands to apply for the program on a rolling basis through April 5 if they meet the company's criteria, as outlined by their four "pillars," and have generated less than $10 million in sales.
Brands that are sent to Chicago could get financial support from Kraft Heinz and receive guidance to raise additional funding, the company said.
"The incubator's infrastructure will provide program participants with a collaborative work environment and invaluable business resources including dedicated workspace, state-of- the-art pilot plants and commercial kitchens at Kraft Heinz Innovation Center in Glenview, Illinois," the company said. "Each participant will have the opportunity to learn from The Kraft Heinz Company's world-class management practices, global operating scale, and extensive food safety and quality capabilities."
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