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Have you ever thought what makes you buy something you eat? Is it flavour or what you will use it for. Those are important of course! But to determine what product is good for your need. There are essential ingredients to look for on a food label that you should consider.
What we look for before buying something.
Crispy bites to fit your taste. Better food, magical taste. We all have seen those types of ads. And absolutely we really fall for them. Do we actually know what fits us? I mean our health, our taste. Both.
We don't! We look for high selling brands, good looking models with abs, our favorite celebrities who promote products. That's when we buy, not caring about what our bodies actually want.
So where do you go wrong?
Food is anything edible but good food is what is fit for you. It does not need a lot of expertise to know what is best. That's why for everything we buy there is a label to tell what is contained in the product.
Looking at who promotes what, does not make us like them. Sometimes its business, they earn money, we earn crap or diseases.
Don't worry. I'll tell you every thing on all essential ingredients to look for on a food label. It is for everyone to know (since we are not all nutritionists), and the more you know, the better.
Important things to look for on a label
1. Avoid foods with too much sugar. Always the label is named in descending order. So if a property of sugar is at the top, the high chance is that food is no good for you. Most especially if it is listed in a high percentage.
That includes sucroses and fructoses that most foods include sodas, candies and syrups.
2. Salt or fat should not be a priority in the product. That means they should not be in a high amount or you are in serious trouble. As we know, most diseases such as heart diseases and high blood pressure are caused by these substituents.
High fatty foods are linked to weight gain and obesity as research shows. So you better avoid them.
3. Make sure there is fiber in the product. Fiber is very important it our bodies. And fortunately, it can be given as others in industrial products at least even two grams.
That can be spices or herbs, something that contains fiber in its natural form. Enough to hold you up in place of fibers.
4. The expiration date is the most important thing to look at in a label. Most of us believe our food stores ( and actually it is the reason we go there) so we just look at the product name if it is the right one, put it in the cart.
Things go bad, they rot. That's the sad truth, we have to purchase a new one if they do.
To prevent all that, cost losses and protecting our health, look at the expire date. The company of the product keeps it there for you to use it at the correct time they prescribe. The nearer the expire date to the production date, the better it is for you to use.
What more should you consider?
Here we are still looking at how labels effects us, more our health.
- Allergens. Ever thought of that? Think of it. You eat something and before anything, a rush comes out of your body. That means you may be allergic to that food.
If you are allergic to something don't take it just because it is your favorite ice cream or spice to your recipes. And if you experience any irritations with a product consult your physician.
- Avoid foods with lot of industrial chemicals. A healthy food must consist of natural and organic materials. It is no secret that we can't avoid processed food but we can at least reduce the amount of chemicals we take in.
A long list of ingredients means the company is transparent with what they produce, but it doesn't mean that everything listed is safe. The decision is yours now to make.
- Lastly, be careful of any instructions on the labels. Some require you to refrigerate after using it for the first time. This is for efficient preservation.
Some require you to store in a dry place or away from the sunlight. Be sure to do that and that is why labels are there. To inform.
Wrapping up
Processed foods are good but labels are also important to look at when shopping for something. Hope there is enough to add to what to find when buying something. Then have a nice shopping.


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August 6, 2021 - NSBA Weekly Update
Congressional Update
Senate on the Cusp of Passing First Infrastructure Package
Last week, a bipartisan group of Senators announced that they had reached agreement on a Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework (BIF) after a months-long negotiation. Late Sunday night, August 1, text of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) was released reflecting several changes to this agreement prior to its formal introduction in the upper chamber. If enacted, the proposal would invest roughly $550 billion in physical infrastructure projects such as roads, bridges, and waterways, including $65 billion for broadband connectivity and affordability and $5 billion for electric buses. Since that time, the Senate has moved forward with the legislation with uncharacteristic speed, advancing the legislation past a key procedural hurdle Monday and with senators filing hundreds of amendments this week. While it remains unclear precisely how many amendments will be formally considered and receive a vote from the full chamber, the IIJA is widely expected to pass the Senate, largely in its current form.
The IIJA, however, can best be understood as "Track One" of Congressional Democrats' "Two track" legislative strategy regarding infrastructure. Track two of this effort revolves around the passage of the federal fiscal year 2022 (FY22) budget resolution which is expected to be taken up by the Senate directly after the IIJA. In order to get full Democratic caucus support for the IIJA, Congressional leaders have separately agreed to move forward with a much larger infrastructure package containing Congressional Democrats' wider proposals, as expressed in President Biden's American Jobs and Families Plans (including billions in new funding for school infrastructure among other features of these plans). Passage of an FY22 budget resolution in the Senate will kick off the budget reconciliation process—a legislative maneuver that allows certain legislation to be passed in the Senate via a simple majority. As these intertwined processes unfold in the coming weeks, NSBA's advocacy team will remain engaged to ensure lawmakers appreciate the substantial infrastructure needs of the K-12 community.
Senate HELP Splits Over Civil Rights Nominee
On Tuesday, August 3, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee remained evenly divided, 11-11, over the nomination of Catherine Lhamon to lead the U.S. Department of Education's (USED) Office for Civil Rights (OCR). Lhamon previously held this position under President Obama and oversaw a controversial overhaul of Title IX regulations, which many Senate Republicans vehemently disagreed with. Due to the Senate's composition, which is evenly divided between Democrats and Republicans, Lhamon's nomination will still move forward for full consideration by the Senate. However, a date for a formal Senate vote on her nomination has yet to be set.
Administration Update
USED Releases Return to School Roadmap
On Monday, August 2, the U.S. Department of Education (USED) released a "Return to School Roadmap" (Roadmap) to facilitate the return to safe, in-person instruction at K-12 schools for the upcoming school year. The roadmap is a collection of various resources aimed at schools, families, and communities to assist with their planning and to provide actionable suggestions for how best to make use of funding from the American Rescue Plan (ARP)—a pandemic aid package passed solely by Congressional Democrats which provided $122 billion in additional funding for K-12 schools. More about this release can be found here.
U.S. Department of Education Announces Additional Resources for ESSER Implementation
On August 6, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) announced that it is providing more resources to help states and school districts fulfill maintenance of equity (MOEquity) requirements for ESSER funding appropriated under the American Rescue Plan (ARP).
ED has updated the MOEquity guidance it published in June to address additional concerns that states and school districts are encountering as they work to obligate ESSER funding. The update addresses the specific areas detailed below.
- Which funding sources must an SEA include when determining whether it maintained fiscal equity for high-need LEAs and highest-poverty LEAs?
- Do the State funding sources for MOEquity differ from the funding sources for MOE?
- Which funding sources must an LEA include when determining its per-pupil funding for the purposes of maintaining fiscal equity?
- Are any LEAs exempt from the MOEquity requirements?
- What enrollment data may an SEA rely on when determining its per-pupil amount of funding for high-need LEAs and highest-poverty LEAs?
- What enrollment data may an LEA rely on when determining its per-pupil amount of funding for high poverty schools?
- A "Certification of Exception from Local Maintenance of Equity Requirements" for school districts with student enrollments less than 1,000, those that operate a single school, those educating all students within each grade span within a single school, and those impacted by uncontrollable circumstances as determined by ED.
More information is available online.
USED Approves More State ARP Plans
Following the American Rescue Plan's (ARP) passage earlier this spring, the U.S. Department of Education (USED) distributed two-thirds of this funding to states via a prescribed formula. USED held back the remainder of these funds until states and territories submitted plans detailing how they would make use of these resources to support students as they recover from the impacts of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. On Thursday, August 5, the Department approved five more of these plans, releasing these additional funds to those states. States receiving approval this week include Hawaii, Montana, New Hampshire, New York, and Pennsylvania. The most current status of all state ARP plans, including highlights of plans already approved, can be found here.
Discretionary Grants
USED published a notice on one discretionary grant program for the Office of Postsecondary Education:
"Postsecondary Programs for Students with Intellectual Disabilities – National Technical Assistance and Dissemination Center Program" – The Postsecondary Programs for Students with Intellectual Disabilities – National Technical Assistance and Dissemination Center provides funding to improve postsecondary education for students with intellectual disabilities through technical assistance centers that can disseminate research and best practices for institutions of higher education. The estimated available funds for this program total $1,980,000. Applications are due by September 7, 2021, and further information is available here.
USED published a notice on one discretionary grant program for the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services:
"Technical Assistance and Dissemination to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities and Technical Assistance on State Data Collection – National Assessment Center" – This program seeks to "promote academic achievement and to improve results for children with disabilities by providing TA, supporting model demonstration projects, disseminating useful information, and implementing activities that are supported by scientifically based research." The State Data Collection technical assistance works to improve data collection and reporting requirements focused on the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. The estimated available funds for this program total $1,750,000; for IDEA Section 663 the funds total $1,000,000; and for IDEA section 616(i) the funds total $750,000. Applications are due by September 7, 2021, and further information is available here.
- H.R.4923 To prohibit Federal funding for educational agencies and schools whose students do not read certain foundational texts of the United States and are not able to recite those texts or that teach that those texts are products of white supremacy or racism. Sponsor: Rep. Smith, Jason [R-MO-8]
- H.R.4904 To provide for emergency operational cost reimbursements for child nutrition programs for certain additional months, and for other purposes. Sponsor: Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12]
- Courtesy of NSBA's Federal Advocacy & Public Policy Update - Week of August 6, 2021

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Our Pot of Gold
K.R. Mangalam World School, G.K-2 believes in helping its students to develop emotionally, socially and physically. Keeping this in mind, an activity of ध से धन was conducted on 30th September, 2019 for KG classes to reinforce the concept of अक्षर ध. It is based on Project Based Learning as it engages its students in learning that is deep routed and lasting. The Tiny Tots enjoyed making a pot full of golden coins from sponge dabbing and golden paper. It was a fun filled activity for them.


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Outgoing UNC System President Spellings Says Goodbye to ECSU
Outgoing UNC System president, Margaret Spellings, left, paid a visit to ECSU Monday, Jan. 7. She met with ECSU Chancellor Karrie Dixon, and others.
From the time outgoing University of North Carolina System president Margaret Spellings first toured the campus of Elizabeth City State University, to the present, she's been a big fan of Viking Pride and the small campus with a big heart in Northeastern North Carolina.
"I fully believe that Elizabeth City State University's best days are absolutely ahead," Spellings said Monday, Jan. 7, when she made her last visit to ECSU.
Spellings announced her resignation from UNC's top post last year. Jan. 15 will be her last day as the System president.
On Monday, she made a stop at ECSU along with North Carolina Community Colleges president, Peter Hans. After meeting with ECSU Chancellor Karrie Dixon, Spellings was greeted by members of the university Board of Trustees during a brief luncheon.
Trustees chair Harold Barnes thanked Spellings for her service to ECSU.
"We are a far greater institution because of what you have done for us," said Barnes.
Dr. Dixon, for her part, not only acknowledged the work Spellings has done to move ECSU forward, but also expressed gratitude for her support personally.
"I am very blessed to have Pres. Spellings to believe in my leadership," said Dr. Dixon.
Under Spellings' guidance, ECSU underwent two phases of a working group comprised of not only ECSU officials, but also System experts. Along with former ECSU Chancellor Thomas Conway, Dr. Dixon led the second working group effort, putting a focus on key issues such as enrollment, admissions, and financial aid.
At the time of the launch of the second working group, Spellings acknowledged that under the guidance of Dr. Conway and the first phase of the working group process, ECSU was making strong progress.
"We have a solid, stable platform for the future of the university," Spellings said at the launch of the second working group in October 2017.
At the time of the launch of the second working group, Dr. Dixon was the UNC System vice president of student and academic affairs. However, when Dr. Conway announced his retirement early in 2018, Dr. Dixon was tapped as ECSU's interim chancellor, and was officially named chancellor by the UNC Board of Governors last December.
Since the fall of 2018, ECSU, along with two other system campuses, has also been an N.C. Promise school, offering reduced tuition to students. The program is thanks to the work of Spellings and the North Carolina General Assembly, addressing the need for affordable higher education.
While Spellings and her team has worked to move ECSU toward a strong future, the mantle has been passed to Dr. Dixon as the new chancellor. Dr. Dixon, during the luncheon, reminded her team that no one, including herself, could carry ECSU forward alone.
"I can't do this by myself," she said. "I need a great team and we are a great team."


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Many of the suspects who were mainly locked up in various police stations in the Rift Valley started arriving home last month.
On Sunday there were reports that a group of others were set free this July.
Although police maintain they have not released any of the suspects, reports from the Rift Valley Province indicate that many of the suspects are now free.
And leaders in the Province have already begun taking stock of those released to establish the number of those who may be in custody.
Chepalungu Member of Parliament (MP) Isaac Ruto told Capital News that he was aware of many suspects who had returned home from custody.
Scores of of them are suspects who were arrested for barricading roads, incitement, arson and participating in illegal assemblies.
"It is true many of the suspects whom we wanted released have already arrived home. They started arriving home last month," Ruto said.
He could not, however, state the exact number of those released so far.
Ruto said MPs and councillors have been commissioned to compile a list of those freed and identify suspects who are still missing.
They include young men who were arrested at the apex of the post election violence that claimed the lives of at least 1,500 people and displaced 350,000 others.
This violence that was reported in various parts of the country was only contained when former United Nations chief Kofi Annan successfully mediated a power sharing deal between President Mwai Kibaki and his then political rival Raila Odinga-now Prime Minister.
In an exclusive interview with Capital News on Sunday, Ruto was categorical that those released were more than the ones in custody.
"Many of them are at home, they have been released under unclear circumstances," he said and added that those set free do not even have documents showing if they had been bonded.
But when we contacted the Police Spokesman Erick Kiraithe, he dismissed the reports as 'political propaganda'.
Contrary to his earlier admission that some suspects were in custody, he chose to change the position.
"Our position remains that we really did not have any young men in our police cells and therefore, we can not be releasing any suspects we do not have," he stated and said the matter was being dealt with by the Justice Philip Waki Commission of Inquiry.
Two months ago, there was a raging debate on whether or not the suspects should be granted amnesty.
Government Spokesman Dr Alfred Mutua had then announced that the government was compiling a list of those in custody.
The list was never made public, neither was the action that was to be taken once the exercise was completed.
The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNHCR) said it supported the release of the suspects 'because they are petty offenders'.
The Commission's Vice Chairman Hassan Omar Hassan told Capital News that those who committed capital offences were still behind bars.
"We have not heard of any release of people who committed crimes such as rape or murder," he said.
Hassan said the Attorney General's office and the Justice Philip Waki Commission were faced with a tough balancing act to ensure that innocent people are not wrongly prosecuted.
"Kenyans need to have a little faith and hope that the (Waki) Commission will do a certain balance in terms of directing the course of investigations and recommending the right machinery to undertake these investigations," he added.
Most witnesses who have testified at the public inquiry said they were opposed to a blanket amnesty.
On Wednesday, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) said it was opposed to the government granting amnesty to the suspects of post election violence.
"The reason why we are against amnesty is because it can lead to a culture of impunity," he said in his submission to the public inquiry.
The Chairman of Community Based Organisations (CBOs) Tom Aosa urged the police to expedite post election-related investigations to ensure justice prevails.
"If indeed the police have released some of the suspects, then it means they (police) have interrogated them and established their financiers. Let them now move with speed and arrest the people who supported the violence," he said in an interview with Capital News.


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Co-Op High School | Economic Development | Greater New Haven | Politics | Arts & Culture | Campaign 2018
The following is an entry in our political theater series. To read a straight news piece on last night's candidate forum on arts, culture and Connecticut's economy, check out the New Haven Independent's coverage of the event. To read a piece on where some of the candidates say they stand more broadly, click here.
Do the arts just make us feel good, or are they the secret economic weapon we never knew we had? Is equitable statewide arts education a pipe dream, or could new public-private partnerships make it happen? Does business have a stealth role in saving the arts, or the other way around?
Tuesday night, those were the questions at the core of Five White Guys Talk About Art, a one-night only cabaret and candidate forum at Cooperative Arts & Humanities High School in downtown New Haven. The play followed the months-long run of Dude, Where's My Budget?, a large and contentious ensemble musical in Hartford that closed in May of this year.
Women and nonbianary actors dissatisfied with the audition process are encouraged to check out the Women's Campaign School at Yale.
Two more performances are planned: a messy choose-your-own adventure on Aug. 14, and a more restrained operetta on Nov. 6. Audiences have been warned that the latter may feel more like a funeral and may not be appropriate for children. More information is available here.
When Five White Guys begins, it seems like a familiar script with a new, creative twist: how can the arts save Connecticut? Do any of these people know? Seated for the entire show—a move perhaps intended to increase the gravitas of the performance—characters are introduced in order, playing some slightly better version of themselves in almost-matching costumes. In a subtle but powerful choice, the final character (we'll get to him) wears dark jeans, a brown blazer and comfortable shoes, marking himself as an outlier and before he has ever said a word.
But a whole parade of personalities come before him. There's perpetually sunny Ned Lamont, a self-funded candidate from Greenwich who grew up playing the keyboard by ear. Pseudo-millennial Tim Herbst, whose biggest regret at 37 years old is giving up the piano and saxophone for football (not unlike last year's performance of Kafka and Son at SoHo fringe, there's an overbearing father, this time a football coach, involved).
There's Oz Griebel and David Stemerman, who seem more polished but haven't decided what side of history they want to fall on. And the unexpected Joseph Ganim, a former felon who has gained a mighty supporter base by presenting his case as a flawed human, pulling out a record of economic support for the arts, and shortening his name to a genial "Joe" whenever he can.
The elements are there for a kind of Cabaret meets The Realistic Joneses meets Waiting for Godot—that the tantalizing promise of change is always on the horizon, but remains more of a aspiration or feel-good punch line than realizable goal. As the lights go down, we in the audience are pretty sure we've seen this play before—the arts protagonists come from the left side of the aisle and the bad guys are further to the right and center, ready to gut arts funding with the flick of a pen. A sure harbinger of evil, there is no melanin as far as they eye can see.
But there's a twist: the supposed bad guys are articulate. They say things that the audience so desperately wants to hear, like Herbst's patented line that "it takes a governor with the capacity to not tell people what they want to hear to win an election, but to tell people what they need to hear to save our state." And they say they have solutions that involve the arts, which involve a massive return on investment for the state's economy.
Around them, the guys to the left of center fret and fume and stick to their scripts, describing a general support for the arts that begs for more particulars (Ganim has submitted very promising audition tapes in the past two weeks; those are available here and here.)
Griebel, for one, came on during Tuesday's performance as a surprise. Seated by Stemerman, he began a string of word-packed monologues by praising New Haven artist Chloé Lomax-Blackwell, a high school student who had performed a monologue from August Wilson's King Hedley II to warm up the audience. He criticized the state's Educational Cost Sharing Formula and proposed new private-public and institutional partnerships to increase arts education in schools. He suggested—much to the audience's chagrin—that state funding cannot save equitable arts education, but might be part of a larger solution.
On the other end of the stage, cast member Lamont scrambled to keep up. He pulled from his days as a volunteer teacher at Warren Harding High—that show, a one act titled But Was He Really?, closed in Bridgeport a few years ago—suggesting adding "a little extra" to classrooms wherever it was possible. He remained fairly mum on whether that "little extra" would come from the state.
Meanwhile, Stemerman shocked the audience—somewhat retroactively—with the news that he holds a special place in his heart for August Wilson's Fences and Lin-Manuel Miranda's 2015 Hamilton, the hip-hop retelling of America's West Indian immigrant founding father. He's down with the fact that it recasts America's founding fathers as immigrants and people of color. He's even ok with lines like "immigrants, we get the job done" during a campaign where he's threatened to strip sanctuary cities of state funding. And he thinks it's connected to his vision of saving the economy.
"What was remarkable about it was that the people who were performing were of every race, color, creed, sexual orientation—and they were all celebrating together," he recounted of Hamilton during Tuesday's performance. "They were all celebrating … [that] we are all one people here."
"That is our story," he added of Hamilton's immigrant background. "When we tap into that, and the arts remind us of it, we can be our very best selves."
As Tuesday's performance pushed forward, he staked his claim: that the arts can help Connecticut's economy succeed, and vice versa. Tuesday found him slick and charming and easy-going, a sort of Marco Rubio acolyte with fans and groupies dotting the audience, holding signs emblazoned with his name in their laps. Around him, characters struggled to keep pace.
Like Griebel, he was also fired up by audience participation. Addressing Southeastern Connecticut Cultural Coalition Director Wendy Bury during an audience interlude, he emphasized the importance of using arts to turn Connecticut cities into hubs where people want to not just live, but also work. Bury had set up the vignette: she's seen a rise in jobs with General Dynamics' Electric Boat, a submarine maker with several manufacturing facilities in the state. How are candidates going to use the arts to attract and retain workforce talent?
"I think we need to look at doing more especially in regards to young people," he said, adding that better public transportation and infrastructure are also part of the equation. "Culture and entertainment needs to be a part of it … young people want that vibrancy. And you need to make that a part of … a strategy for livable cities, livable cities and towns."
"We try to do that on a local level," he continued. "More comprehensively, I'd like to be part of doing that on a state level."
Other cast members rallied around his point, as if a liner note on their scripts read "yes, this is a way to pull people in!" Praising Hartford's Bushnell Theater, Herbst launched into a monologue on the arts' return on investment, noting that arts events bring in seven dollars for every one dollar spent. Tourism, meanwhile, has a lower return on investment—three dollars—a point that Herbst stuck to when explaining how he'd rejigger the funding formula in Hartford, which currently sticks the two together.
Both Ganim and Lamont advocated for putting investment into cities, but took different tacks, doing a delicate song-and-dance that has become a signature part of the show's run. While Ganim suggested beautification city by city, Lamont drew on what he learned when he met with representatives from General Electric when they left the state.
He'd discovered, he said under mood lighting that made him glow white, that they couldn't attract the millennial workforce that they needed to work at a campus in Fairfield. And that was an issue of getting the business community to work with arts and culture.
"We've got to do everything we can to attract and keep young people here," he said. "We need to have vibrant cities and towns that are happening … and that gets right back to culture and arts."
But what results from Five White Guys, by and large, is an ongoing play that dangles a version of what Connecticut could be—and then takes it away. It's a performance that suggests the audience (and those watching at home) does not get the show, the theater, or the season that they deserve, but the one that they've inherited. Even the play's most suave characters are undone at climactic moments.
In one of the earliest and most powerful Tuesday, cast members collectively fumbled as TNMOT AZTRO founder Arien Wilkerson (pictured above) asked what they'll do to support women, nonbianary, and queer artists of color. In another, Jones had to bring home a point that all of the candidates tiptoed around, explaining that she understands inequity because she's dealt with it as a Black woman in the state.
After the show, Wilkerson said they weren't convinced by the performance, and didn't feel particularly moved to see an encore.
"It was okay, I was just disappointed to see no women on stage," they said. "To not even have a woman nominated for governor was disappointing. To not have a woman, a person of color, or a queer person of color or a queer person also on that stage is very disheartening."
"It made me think a lot about what is the state that Connecticut's actually in," they added. "What is . If we are gonna vote for these people to try to represent the entire state, it really talks about how conservative this state is, and how this state is really struggling with its 'liberal identity.' It made me think about how much harder, and how much faster, I want to get involved."
To listen to the full audio from Tuesday's forum, click here.


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Malaysia is one of the most popular countries where people from different parts of the world visit on a large scale every year. Tourism in Malaysia is extremely high and if you are planning on visiting Malaysia then you should try doing something different rather than sticking to the basic places that most tourists visit. While there is no harm in staying at Kuala Lumpur mainly because this is a well connected city and the capital of Malaysia, there is also no harm in visiting the smaller cities while you are staying here. If you are looking for a beautiful place in Malaysia then Melaka happens to be a very popular destination but you should try visiting. One of the reasons why you should visit the smaller cities in Malaysia is because tourism is very popular and some of the larger cities have become very commercial. You will not get the true Malaysian experience when you are visiting these cities. Melaka is a small city and it is still traditionally Malaysian and you will manage to experience the true culture and heritage of Malaysia when you come here. The best part is that it is not very far from Kuala Lumpur and all you need to do is get on to the bus and take the ride which is around two and a half hours to Melaka.
You can also conveniently Travel By bus from melaka to kuala lumpur either the same day you get to Melaka or after a few days depending on how you planned your trip. While it is always advisable to spend a few days in Melaka since this enables you to explore more about the city and learn what it has to offer, you can always travel back to Kuala Lumpur in case you don't get a hotel that matches your style.


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Archive of Messages from the Associate Provost
Fall 2015 Grading Extended through January 3 (12/30/15)
Request for Suit Donations (12/18/15)
Reminder about cell phones and exams (12/16/15)
IMPORTANT: CUNY Blackboard Maintenance Upgrade – Scheduled Downtime – 12/27/15 – 12/28/15 (12/16/15)
Workshops on Student Research and on integrating research into the undergraduate classroom (12/14/15)
Fall 2015 Grading Memorandum (December 16 - 30, 2015) (12/11/15)
REMINDER: Student evaluations of courses and teaching runs through Monday, December 14. (12/9/15)
Weissman Dean Candidate David Goldberg (12/9/15)
Weissman Dean Candidate Ashraf Rushdy (12/7/15)
Bookstore Display of Faculty Authored Books (12/4/15)
January workshops for online and hybrid instruction (12/4/15)
Weissman Dean Candidate David L. Wallace (12/3/15)
Baruch College Faculty Development Program Awards, Spring 2016 (12/1/15)
Invitation to Vote On Student Makerspace Design Projects (11/30/15)
Analytics Faculty Research Seminar: Computational Cancer Informatics through Big Data Analytics - Songhua Xu (NJIT) - 12/3 at 2:30 (11/30/15)
Final Exams and Academic Integrity (11/30/15)
Plenary Meeting of the Faculty Senate, December 3, at 12:30 (11/30/15)
Weissman Dean Candidate Donna Heiland (11/25/15)
Proposed academic integrity statement and signature (11/24/15)
Nominations for the Presidential Excellence Awards for Distinguished Scholarship, Teaching (full-time and adjunct), and Service (11/23/15)
Nominate Student Writing! (11/20/15)
Honorary Degrees - call for recommendations (11/20/15)
Abraham J. Briloff Prizes in Ethics (11/20/15)
Faculty Research Seminar on Analytics: Wenjie Hu (11/24) (11/17/15)
The ID NYC Card (11/11/15)
Baruch Means Beethoven and Shostakovich! (11/11/15)
Faculty Research Seminar on Analytics: Bo Zhang (IBM) - 11/16 (11/10/15)
Watson Analytics Workshop (11/10/15)
Book Requests for Spring 2016 (11/9/15)
The Baruch College-Rubin Museum of Art Project - Faculty Lunch Seminar (11/19, 12:45) (11/5/15)
REMINDER: Call for Proposals for Faculty Research Seminars (11/4/15)
Plenary Meeting of the Faculty Senate, November 5 at 12:45 (11/3/15)
NYT Blogger Andrew Revkin Presents: Is the New Communication Climate Good for the Earth's Climate? - November 12th (11/2/15)
Freshman Text for Fall 2016 (11/2/15)
Analytics Seminar: Gondy Leroy (Univ. of Arizona) (11/2/15)
Upcoming Research-Related Events at Baruch (10/30/15)
"Hard Travelin' with Woody" (Guthrie) - Tuesday, Nov 3, 6:15pm (10/30/15)
CUNY Conflicts of Interest policy (10/28/15)
COACHE survey results (10/28/15)
What the Best College Teachers Do - Ken Bain returns to Baruch College (10/26/15)
Grading for 7-week courses (10/26/15)
Baruch Climate Change Series: The Goldilocks Principle of Support for Climate Change Action - October 29th (10/23/15)
New CUNY-Rubin Museum partnership: Free admission for faculty, staff, and students (10/21/15)
Open Educational Resources Survey (10/19/15)
Baruch Climate Change Series: How are Businesses Responding to Climate Risks? - October 22nd (10/16/15)
Analytics Seminar: Prof. Foster Provost (NYU) - 10/19 at 12:45 (10/15/15)
Suicide Prevention Walk - participation with a student-organized Baruch College team (10/13/15)
The Conversation Partners Program - the next Faculty Lunch Seminar (10/13/15)
Call for Proposals: Faculty Research Seminars (10/13/15)
A Reading and Conversation with Eduardo Halfon (10/13/15)
Paul André Feit Lecture October 22, 2015 (10/13/15)
Film Screening Invitation: Watchers of the Sky - 10/20 (10/13/15)
Curriculum Mapping Workshop (10/8/15)
Black History Month - Faculty Outreach (10/6/15)
Work-in-Progress Presentation (10/5/15)
Announcement of Faculty Lunch Seminar October 8 (10/2/15)
Notice re. Multiple Position Reports (9/30/15)
Revised Schedule: International Conference of Undergraduate Research (Tues. Sept. 29-Wed. Sept. 30) (9/29/15)
Plenary Meeting of the Faculty Senate, October 1 at 12:45 (9/29/15)
Feit Memorial Lecture Series for September 29 (9/25/15)
Please consider sharing with your students: "From Baruch to the Boardroom" - Tuesday, 9/29/15 (9/24/15)
Textbook returns from the bookstore (9/23/15)
Research-Related Events: Research Without Borders (9/22/15)
Baruch Intercollegiate Athletics (9/22/15)
CFP: The Diversity Projects Development Fund (9/21/15)
White boards, chairs, food, and drink (9/21/15)
10th Annual CUNY BMI Conference! (9/18/15)
Schedule issues for next week (week of September 21, 2015) (9/17/15)
Invitation to Upcoming Makerspace Events (9/17/15)
International Conference of Undergraduate Research (September 29-30) (9/16/15)
Smart phones are getting smarter. We should too. (9/16/15)
Newman Library offering free digital access to The New York Times and access to other newspapers (9/15/15)
Fellowships for Junior Faculty (9/15/15)
Fall 2015 Verification of Attendance of Attendance Memorandum (September 17-24, 2015) (9/15/15)
Invitation to Carol Morgan Retirement Celebration (9/14/15)
whiteboards and markers (9/11/15)
Fall workshops for online and hybrid instruction (9/10/15)
Definitions of modes of instruction (9/10/15)
Services for Students with Disabilities (9/4/15)
DISTINGUISHED CUNY FELLOW SHIP PROGRAM at the Graduate Center (9/3/15)
Scheduling Final Examinations (9/3/15)
A few reminders to all instructors (9/3/15)
Academic support services for students (9/2/15)
Reminder: Call for Proposals for the 14th Annual CUNY Information Technology Conference -- Fall 2015 (9/1/15)
Plenary Meeting of the Faculty Senate, September 3 at 12:45 (8/31/15)
Reminder of next weeks schedule (8/31/15)
Academic integrity statements for your syllabus (8/13/15)
Some upcoming features of the academic calendar for Fall 2015 (8/13/15)
Reminder: last minute orders with the bookstore (8/13/15)
Grading for summer session II and III (8/11/15)
Sunset of the Library's Textbook Loan Service (8/5/15)
Summer II Verification of Attendance Memorandum (July 22- 26, 2015) (7/21/15)
Rubin Museum Annual Block Party--Mask-Making, Costume Contest, Performances, and Family Yoga (7/16/15)
Invitation to Convocation (7/15/15)
Results of Student Evaluation of Courses and Teaching for Spring 2015 (7/13/15)
Summer Session I Grading Period (July 9 - July 12, 2015) (7/9/15)
Faculty voice for Heritage Month planning committees (6/26/15)
Message from the Provost: Notice Regarding Dr. Harry M. Rosen (6/23/15)
Summer Session III: verification of attendance (6/17/15)
FW: Call for Proposals for the 14th Annual CUNY Information Technology Conference -- Fall 2015 (6/15/15)
Summer I Faculty: Verification of Attendance (6/11/15)
Innovation & Entrepreneurship STEM Education Conference (6/2/15)
Spring 2015 Grading Reminder (5/29/15)
Faculty Survey on Plagiarism (5/26/15)
Nominate Student Writing! (5/14/2015)
Spring 2015 Grading Period (May 18 - June 1, 2015) (5/14/2015)
Freshman Text for Fall 2015 (5/14/2015)
INVITATION: Reputation Risk and Organizational Resilience - 5/19/15 @ Baruch College (5/14/2015)
Commencement reminders for Faculty (5/14/2015)
"A Celebration of the Life of Herman Badillo," Monday, May 18, 6:00pm to 8:30pm at Hunter College Kaye Playhouse (5/13/2015)
Celebrate undergraduate work tomorrow 12:30-2:30! (5/13/2015)
Student Evaluations of Courses and Teaching - Spring 2015 (5/12/2015)
Summer workshops for online and hybrid instruction (5/11/2015)
Globus Lecture next week: New Tools for Student Collaboration (5/7/2015)
Plenary Meeting of the Faculty Senate, May 7 at 12:45 (5/5/2015)
Student Evaluations of Courses and Teaching - Spring 2015 (5/4/2015)
Final Exams and Academic Integrity (5/1/2015)
Safe Zone workshop announcement (5/1/2015)
Globus Lecture - REEMERGENCE: Rebirth of Jewish Life in Poland (4/29/2015)
6th Annual Paul André Feit Memorial Lecture - "Indigenous Peoples and the Future of the United States" (4/28/2015)
"Israel and Democracy" Conference on May 13th (4/27/2015)
Faculty workload summaries, AY 12-13 to AY 14-15 (4/27/2015)
Undoing Racism: Understanding the Constructs of Race & Structural Racism - Saturday, May 2 (4/24/2015)
Assessment Forum: What are we Doing and Why? (4/24/2015)
Please RSVP: A Symposium on "Thinking Through Design" (4/22/2015)
Sexual Assault Awareness Month: Event for Faculty and Staff (4/21/2015)
Paul André Feit Lecture - April 23 (4/20/2015)
Baruch Means Beethoven (and Mozart, Brahms, and Shostakovich) (4/20/2015)
Baruch's Periodic Review Report (PRR) to the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (4/17/2015)
Professor Lin Peng is the recipient of the Krell Chair in Finance (4/16/2015)
Presidential Excellence Awards for Distinguished Scholarship, Service, and Teaching (4/16/2015)
Faculty research seminar series on Business Analytics - Dr. Margrét Vilborg Bjarnadóttir (4/16/2015)
Final Faculty Lunch Seminar of the semester (4/14/2015)
Last chance to order Commencement regalia fast approaching (4/14/2015)
INVITATION: The 3rd Seminar in the Baruch Climate Change Series - 4/16, 2:30pm (4/13/2015)
Faculty Research Seminar on Analytics - Prof. Youngjin Yoo (4/13/2015)
Holocaust Memorial Week (4/12/2015)
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (4/10/2015)
Integrating Undergraduate Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity (URSCA) and other High-Impact Practices and their (4/9/2015)
Valentín Lizana y Parragué Research Fellowship in Social Justice (4/2/2015)
Final call for the COACHE survey (4/2/2015)
SEEK Awards Notice (4/1/2015)
Safe Zone Workshop for the college community (4/1/2015)
Plenary Meeting of the Faculty Senate, April 2 at 12:45 (3/31/2015)
Lecture tomorrow by Norge Espinosa: "Cuerpo y deseos disidentes en el arte cubano contemporáneo" (3/30/2015)
CUNY's Admissions Policy: its effect on Black and Latino enrollment - March 30, 6pm (3/30/2015)
Helping students in crisis (3/27/2015)
Support for Teaching and Learning Technologies and On-line Course Delivery (3/25/2015)
Summer/Fall 2015 Book Order Request (3/24/2015)
Winners of the Abraham J. Briloff Prizes in Ethics for 2014 (3/24/2015)
LUNCH AND LEARN with Arthur Caplan - March 26th @ Baruch (3/24/2015)
INVITATION: The 2nd Seminar in the Baruch Climate Change Series - 3/26 (3/23/2015)
Harman Writer-in-Residence, Elif Batuman, reading "Who Killed Tolstoy" (3/23/2015)
Writing With Numbers Focus Group - You're Invited (3/20/2015)
Some upcoming features of the academic calendar for spring 2015 (3/20/2015)
Baruch Students Speak About Cultural Diversity - Addison Gayle Lecture, Tuesday, March 24 (3/19/2015)
Investigating New York Immigrant Theater Traditions - Monday, March 23, 1:00 - 2:20 pm, NVC 6-210 (3/19/2015)
Cecilia Valdés: femme fatale, victim or survivor? Race in 19th-century Cuban literature (3/17/2015)
Reminder: free viewings of "Selma" (3/17/2015)
Faculty Expert "Briefings" in support of Governor Cuomo's GLOBAL NY Initiative (3/13/2015)
Student Class Attendance Policies at Baruch College (3/12/2015)
COACHE faculty job satisfaction survey (3/11/2015)
Screenings of "Selma" and discussions (3/9/2015)
Ethics Week 2015 (March 23-28) (3/9/2015)
Artstor Workshop (3/4/2015)
Plenary Meeting of the Faculty Senate, March 5 at 12:45 (3/4/2015)
A few reminders to all instructors (3/3/2015)
Join Corporate Governance and Ethics Experts this March at Zicklin (3/3/2015)
SAVE THE DATE: Creative Inquiry Day (3/2/2015)
Invitation to the Abingdon Theatre from Stan Altman (3/2/3015)
CUNY Grant Competition (2/27/2015)
Baruch College's 50th Commencement Exercises (2/26/2015)
Weissman Brown Bag (2/24/2015)
Two Events in Honor of Black History Month and Women's History Month (2/20/2015)
INVITATION: The State of U.S. Climate Change Adaptation - 2/26 at Baruch College (2/19/2015)
Follow up to COACHE SURVEY (2/19/2015)
February Assessment Workshop: Data Driven Decision Making (2/19/2015)
Hillel-Sponsored Dinner/Discussion: "Israel, Academic Freedom, and the Role of Scholars in Peacemaking" (2/19/2015)
Time to return textbooks to publishers (2/18/2015)
Faculty Research Seminars for Spring 2015 (2/17/2015)
Spring 2015 Verification of Attendance (February 18-25, 2015) (2/17/2015)
Faculty Fellow in Global Strategies (2/11/2015)
The Metropolitan Colleges Institute for Teaching Improvement seeking 2015-16 Fellows (2/11/2015)
Safe Zone Workshop (2/11/2015)
Evaluations of Winter 2015 Courses (2/11/2015)
Looking for Native English Speakers (students) (2/10/2015)
Baruch Journalism Students Cover Cuba (2/10/2015)
Some notes regarding grades (2/10/2015)
REMINDER: Nominations for the Presidential Excellence Awards for Distinguished Scholarship, Teaching (full-time and adjunct) (2/9/2015)
Search for and Transition to New SPAR Director (2/6/2015)
Faculty Job Satisfaction Survey (2/6/2015)
Humanities Funding Opportunities: NEH Workshop at The New School (2/4/2015)
Services for Students with Disabilities (2/4/2015)
The Passing of Dean Gerald Leinwand (2/4/2015)
Reminder: Baruch College Collaborative Research Travel Grant - Turkey Program Round 1 (2/4/2015)
Ethics Week 2015 (March 23-28) (2/3/2015)
Spring 2015: Joint Committee on Student Evaluation of Courses and Teaching (2/3/2015)
Heritage Month Leadership Series (2/3/2015)
Services for Baruch's Nonnative English Speakers: Tools for Clear Speech and Conversation Partners (2/2/2015)
Plenary Meeting of the Faculty Senate, Thursday, February 5 at 12:45pm (2/2/2015)
ALERT: Updated Schedule for IDEATE roll-out (1/30/2015)
Scheduling Final Examinations (1/29/2015)
UPDATE: Fall 2014 evaluations website now live(1/29/2015)
Some upcoming features of the academic calendar for Spring 2015 (1/28/2015)
Juried Show at the Mishkin Gallery (1/22/15)
Results of Student Evaluation of Courses and Teaching for Fall 2014 (1/22/15)
Winter 2015 Grading Period (1/16/15)
Upcoming Workshops for the New Version of the Clicker Software: TurningPoint 5 (1/13/15)
Upcoming IDEATE Researcher Training/ IRBNet Closure (1/9/15)
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COVID-19 Update
COVID Prevention- exposure to a person with COVID-19
*While there is very limited data (and non-specific for COVID-19) the following "cocktail" may have a role in the prevention/mitigation of COVID-19 disease
• Vitamin C 500 mg BID
• Zinc 100 mg daily
• Vitamin D3 1000-3000 units daily
• Melatonin (slow release) Begin at 0.3 mg and increase as tolerated to 2 mg at night
• Pepcid 20-40 mg daily
COVID Positive patient at home – patient has a positive COVID-19 test or is presumed positive
Symptomatic patients are highly encouraged to obtain a home pulse oximetry device. Monitor baseline saturation, and contact clinic or seek care if oximetry reading is consistently below 92 or shortness of breath develops.
• Vitamin C 500 mg BID
• Zinc 100 mg daily
• Vitamin D3 1000-3000 units/daily
• Melatonin (slow release) 6-12 mg at night (optimal dose not known)
• ASA Aspirin 81-325 mg/day (unless contraindicated)
• Pepcid 20-40 mg daily (caution with renal impairment)
Update July 2020
Update June 2020
Update March 31, 2020
Family Medical Center of Hastings knows that you are concerned about the Corona Virus that is affecting all of us. You may even have concerns and wonder if it is safe to come to the doctor's office. Please know that we are working very close with the Department of Health and Human Services along with our local medical community in the Hastings area to keep up to date on how to keep our patients safe.
We have implemented new scheduling times for us to see those patients that need to be seen for regular check-ups, lab visits and wellness visits vs. those that are experiencing illnesses such as coughs, fevers, etc.
We strongly recommend that you call our office at 402-463-2423 so we can decide which time is best for you to enter our office so we can take the necessary precautions to keep everyone safe. We have a very good screening tool to help us during this time along with nurses available to take phone calls from patients with medical questions.
To decrease the flow of traffic in our office, we ask those of you that are symptomatic with a fever, cough, difficulty breathing or recent travels who may think they have the Corona Virus to call us from your vehicle when you arrive. We have a designated parking area on the north side of our parking lot. It is reserved by an orange sign with a stall number for you to help us identify where you are at so we can help you enter the building safely for yourself and others.
Family Medical Center of Hastings has intensified our housekeeping and infection control procedures. We are continuing to sanitize all workspaces and patient care spaces on a consistent basis. We have minimized traffic in the clinic to be able to ensure patients have their own space when completing paperwork and waiting to see a provider. We have continued to be diligent about the use of hand sanitizer and have asked all patients and family members to wash hands and/or sanitize hands right when they walk into the clinic as well as when they leave the clinic. Temperatures are being taken on anyone who walks through our doors also.
Family Medical Center of Hastings can test you for COVID-19. We must follow the guidelines given to us by the Department of Health and Human Services. If a patient meets the criteria, we can perform a test on a patient for COVID-19 and send it out to a specialty lab for results.
We also strongly recommend that you avoid an unnecessary visit to our office for billing purposes. Please call us if you have questions. Your options to pay your account include mailing a check, sending us your credit card information with your payment stub, or making a payment over the phone. Our business office phone number is 402-462-8456.
Our providers strongly recommend that you still come in or use our new service "Telehealth" for your office visit for conditions of congestive heart failure, diabetes and high blood pressure checks, etc. This is just as important to ensure that you stay healthy during this time of Corona Virus Outbreak that we are experiencing throughout the United States.
We know that during this time there can be some confusion and concern about the unknown and how this virus will affect you and your loved ones. We at Family Medical Center of Hastings have provided care to families in the Hastings area and surrounding communities for nearly 60 years. We are honored to have your trust and are committed to continue high quality health care through this pandemic for all your health care needs.
Thank you for your understanding, trust and patience as we continue to move towards the latest and most up to date advice and plan.


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I have studied, performed and taught music for over 30 years. Accordion was my first instrument at age 7 which was a great introduction to the keyboard, melody and harmony. That was followed by guitar and other stringed instruments (Banjo, Ukulele) as well as drums. I studied privately with great teachers as well as at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. I have also performed at the Cape Cod Jazz Festival, The Bakersfield Jazz Festival and numerous club dates and private functions throughout New York, New England and California. *** Lesson Details *** Students will experience an "original" lesson based on how they learn. Some students benefit most from a visual standpoint reading music or tab while others learn best by an auditory or hearing approach. We will explore what works best for you. Whether its blues, rock jazz or other styles, we will find the best avenue to progress toward your goals. At the same time I believe it should always be a fun thing to do! *** Studio Equipment *** Guitars - Drums - Banjo - Amplifiers - Piano - Accordion - Ukes and other assorted instruments *** Specialties *** Depending on student interest, I teach numerous styles (Rock, Blues Jazz improvisation) by reading music or by ear. Some students are more visual while others are auditory learners. Whichever is best for the student.
Teaches all skill levels
Teaching since 1983
Bachelor of Arts
Teaches ages 4+
Speaks English
Has background check
Richard is really awesome, lessons are broken down into really nice segments and a blast to be a part of. Learning a lot, homework assignments are challenging in the best way possible! Thank You!
FANTASTIC first lesson!!! I have been playing for quite awhile, but never learned any structure or theory behind playing. Rich has shown me the tools to start building the foundation I need!! Looking forward to many lessons to come.
Richard is a blast to learn from. In addition to learning the banjo, it's just fun to absorb all of his knowledge. His relaxed but engaging approach is awesome.


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Smart cities and artificial intelligence (AI) have become good friends! AI has gone a long way in making cities connect with technology effectively and operate collaboratively defining new routes to capabilities and opportunities.
One of the sectors where AI is constantly evolving is transportation. This has encouraged smart cities to work on the biggest long term vision of bringing efficiency and effectiveness with full connectivity. It has created an environment where self-driving cars, trucks, buses all talk with each other with smart highways, smart parking lots, traffic lights along with those who are monitoring them. This entire system will give rise to an improbable extent of efficiency and safety. It will save time, fuel, lives and eventually money.
Augmenting the capacity to make use of other benefits, engineers and city planners further will play the role of giving a new meaning to the enormous amount of data flowing in. Towards the bigger picture, it will enhance safety, health, and economic growth.
However, all this will remain hypothetical until self-driving cars enter roads along with AI trucks and buses. Although the term self-driving car has much turned into a buzzword, it will assume its role years after self-driving trucks have hit the road. According to experts, both AI cars and AI trucks make use of almost the same technology, but their rollout dates would not be the same. This means that you will be able to see an AI truck operating in the real world much before the self-driving cars who still need to prepare to drive on the chaotic roads of smart cities.
How Different Are AI Trucks?
The role of trucks in different sectors of smart cities is much more nuanced than cars. If we talk in terms of the features, trucks take longer stop time than cars and owing to their size they have less flexibility to move in order to evade an accident.
On the flip side, the way trucks are deployed, makes the use of AI economically viable, especially in the commercial sector. For instance, the trucks that need to operate in a private property will have much simplified legal and technical concerns with the collaboration of AI-based autonomous system.
The Different Stages Of Roll Out
The rollout of AI trucks is anticipated to take place in a series of steps. Majority of companies working towards the goal are not focusing on eliminating human presence in the truck. The most advanced level of automation where no human presence is required is defined as 'level 5 automation'. Precisely, advancement at this scale is not going to happen for many years to come.
The truck industry could see huge financial returns even from semi-autonomous freight system. Hence, companies are researching ways to augment the combined role of human and AI in order to make journeys safer and more cost-effective. The focus is on level 4 automation where the trucks are allowed to take over the steering wheel only under specific conditions (not all).
Recent studies and simulations have revealed that even a partial integration of automation could greatly increase ROI for commercial truck technologies.
The Findings On Level 4 Automation
Researchers have tested the capabilities of semi-autonomous trucks and these are the results.
Driving On Highway – The semi-autonomous truck would drive alone on the highway but other complex things like driving in the city, facing bad rural roads or loading will be handled by the driver. While the AI is driving on the highway, the driver would get some free time to sleep or finish up other tasks like paperwork.
Considering ideal conditions, one driver accompanied by semi-autonomous truck could effectively manage work that requires three drivers. As per the American Transportation Research Institute, a driver's wages are 40% of the marginal cost per mile for motor carriers. Hence, straightaway, it leads to a reduction in costs.
Otto (taken by Uber for $680 million) conducted the world's first shipment by a self-driving truck. The company exhibited the exit-to-exit approach where the driver managed the difficult task of getting the truck on a highway where the AI begins its role. In this study, when the truck drove on the highway, the driver was not sitting on the driver's seat but present in the sleeper berth.
Multiple Trucks Driving Together – A company in Silicon Valley is developing a technology to enhance the fuel usage of multiple AI-based trucks driving very close to each other. The research shows that when this happens the lead truck reduces the fuel usage by 4.5% whereas the ones behind save fuel by 10%.
This pattern of driving known as 'Platooning' is dangerous if done by human drivers but autonomous technology can make it happen safely.
Driving On Private Property – A number of large facilities have started experimenting with autonomous trucks. As these facilities are smaller in space, have defined routes and low traffic, the AI trucks are most likely to reach level 5 autonomy earlier in this case.
Volvo has begun implementing its AI technology in a private environment. Recently, the company demonstrated the world's first fully autonomous truck in the underground mine of Kristineberg. In fact, Volvo autonomous trucks have already hit the real world roads.
AI Trucks Will Be Here In 4 To 5 Years
Reports show that existing trucks could be equipped with autonomous driving technologies. Experts believe that impactful adoption of autonomous trucks is possible earlier than predicted.
According to the International Transport Forum, an intergovernmental organisation with 57 member nations, driverless trucks could become a common reality on many roads within a decades time. AI could replace about 50-70% of the drivers by 2030.
First Smart City To Give Public The Real Experience With AI Trucks
Before technology is rolled out, it is important for people to experience its working. While AI happens to be operating in the background, people are unaware of its real knowledge. The change that occurs with the deployment of AI impacts us all. Hence, learning tends to be at the heart of any technological innovation.
Going forward, in an attempt to let people have a walk-through of the technology, the smart city of Espoo will help citizens come face to face with AI and get the opportunity to know more about it.
The City of Espoo, Microsoft Finland, Lenovo and Omnia are introducing an AI truck tour in which the citizens will get to learn how AI operates in the practical environment.
The AI truck tour is designed to have an escape room game in which a team of 4 to 6 participants will solve three tasks that help them understand how data, learning and algorithms in AI play their roles.
It will be a 10 to 20 minutes long game which is created on Professor Spark Plug. He is a forward-thinking researcher who has developed robots and artificial intelligence, all his life and envisioned how AI can help mankind with the existing and future challenges.
Inside the truck, visitors meet a robot that interacts with them as a part of the game. Players watch how the robot learns and understands the character of data and algorithm in AI. While the game is on, visitors get a picture of how AI could help mankind in the future.
In addition, this truck tour also has a separate area where visitors get the opportunity to explore facial and speech recognition and voice control, for example.
What could be better than learning through a game? With such tech tours, smart cities can open up generously and allow people to connect closely. Wouldn't this help people provide better feedback over smart city developments?


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Prison House of No Toys
OK, so here's the deal. I know the answer is "we're totally NOT doing it wrong," but it can't help but FEEL like we're doing it wrong some days. Doing WHAT? Raising up a kid, that's what.
My wife wrote about RR's recently play date. What she failed to mention, though, is where the play date took place made our house look like prison. We dropped RR off at Jane's house, where, as soon as we walked in, there was an entire room gated off and covered in primary colored cushiony alphabet letter flooring, with wall-to-wall toys and bookcases full of FUN. A tent, a tunnel, a battery-powered thing that played songs and used air to pop up little plastic balls. Behold, the play room.
I'm sure these reasonable (and VERY nice folks) were actually very proud that their playroom wasn't the entire basement floor. Seriously – Google "playroom" images.
And honestly, if you look at any new construction for sale, the basement is always either staged as a Man Cave or a Play Room. And yes, we have a hybrid of things in our basement, but it is most certainly not a Play Room. Unless you're a spider. Then it's TOTALLY a Play Room.
Anyhow – we dropped RR off, got in the car, and kind of moaned to ourselves. OMG. What on earth must they have thought when they dropped Jane off at our Prison House of No Toys. But that's not totally true. She has toys. (SHG can confirm.) They're just… not a LOT. They are, actually, more than my wife is comfortable having, truth be known. There's a small toddler table with RR's "things" on it: a school bus, some figurines, a tiny blanket that Granny knitted FOR the figurines, and maybe a stuffed animal or two. There is no Play Room. There ARE a lot of African masks and a pretty nifty fetish.
She doesn't really play with toys. Well, she plays with a toy, singular, for a very long time. But nothing lights up. Or takes up more than two square feet. Or is even primary colored. She has a bookcase of puzzles in her room that she never plays with.
But then there are other things. Like the fact that she doesn't know any princesses, really. That, at her playdate, Jane's mother said, "I gave her a Go-Gurt, and it seemed like she had never had one before? She kept asking me to open it. But it was open…" And that, on weekends, she prefers to wear her Scratchy Shirts. The red and gold one – the "Redskins" she says. The "Bears" one, which is actually an Official NFL Jay Cutler jersey that her fake rich uncle sent her. She likes to watch the "men running" with me on Sundays after her nap.
And speaking of naps. That she still takes three-hour long ones on the weekends. IN HER CRIB. That, the other day after her nap, she wanted to be left alone, in the dark of her room, sitting in her recliner with milk and goldfish crackers.
I know we're doing it right. I do. I very much do. That's not to say that everyone else is doing it "wrong" as much as doing it differently. But a lot of them are doing it differently, the same way. There's princesses and Play Rooms and Go-Gurt and wanting to wear something specific (that isn't a football jersey) and peeing in the potty. Instead, we have Mr. and Mrs. Spoon at the dinner table and sitting along in the dark in her room and diapers.
Not wrong, but different. Right?
Posted on September 24, 2013, in everyday. Bookmark the permalink. 12 Comments.
What!? No Princesses? Poor RR! 😁
But seriously we are all just doing what we think is best for our children. There is no right or wrong way.
We try to stay minimalist when it comes to toys, unfortunately MIL/FIL never fail to come bearing bags of toys, some new but many hand-me-downs from cousins.
Not wrong! Far from wrong! RR is going to have an incredible imagination and value what she HAS over wanting EVERYTHING she sees. Different isn't bad, especially when it is WORKING for your family!
Speaking as someone who HAS a playroom and all the multi-primary-colored gadgets AND a popping-ball-musical-thingy (and has been considering buying the tunnel and tent combo thing), you are not doing it wrong. Just differently. RR isn't suffering- she is clearly so very loved and that is all she needs.
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Bookouture (28 April 2017)
The truth was dead and buried…until now.
When a collection of human bones is unearthed during a routine archaeological dig, a Black Country field suddenly becomes a complex crime scene for Detective Kim Stone.
As the bones are sorted, it becomes clear that the grave contains more than one victim. The bodies hint at unimaginable horror, bearing the markings of bullet holes and animal traps.
Forced to work alongside Detective Travis, with whom she shares a troubled past, Kim begins to uncover a dark secretive relationship between the families who own the land in which the bodies were found.
But while Kim is immersed in one of the most complicated investigations she's ever led, her team are caught up in a spate of sickening hate crimes. Kim is close to revealing the truth behind the murders, yet soon finds one of her own is in jeopardy – and the clock is ticking. Can she solve the case and save them from grave danger – before it's too late?
An addictive, sinister crime thriller that will have readers on the edge of their seat.
My thoughts …
Angela Marsons has created the best female police detective EVER.
DI Kim Stone.
When I first read Silent Scream last year, I was instantly hooked by the characters the author has created, they pulled me in, I was desperate to know more about them and I devoured the next two books in less than a week. Luckily, I didn't have long to wait for the fourth instalment and each one just gets better and better.
It's unbelievable, I don't know how you do it Angie! Each book adds something new, something unexpected and something that makes the next release date feel far too far away.
One of the main things I love about this series is that Angela brings back characters, she mixes them up, we aren't 'stuck' with the same people doing the same thing book in, book out.
Dead Souls sees the return of the enigmatic Dr A, following the discovery of bones buried in a farm field.
A turf war (excuse the pun) ensues with DI Travis, who we have seen in most of the previous books, and who Kim normally manages to usurp as the lead investigator, this time though, she's not getting her own way. She's got to share, and those who have read the books will know, Kim doesn't work well with her best friend Bryant, so teaming her with an officer she clearly hates from another station is not going to end well. But needs must and Kim is sent to work with Travis' team, leaving her guys to fend for themselves.
My favourite thing about Dead Souls is the focus on the other members of Kim's team, Bryant normally works with Kim, Dawson is typically off doing his own thing and Stacey is the back bone of the group, back in the office working her magic online and backing them all up with her investigative prowess.
Dead Souls sees Dawson and Bryant working together, and Stacey deciding to take a more proactive role in the investigation to try and prove that she's not just a keyboard warrior.
As the teams try to deal with some of the most vile crimes they have ever had to look at, they are thrown off track when one of them disappears. What the heck have they been doing? Where are they? And why hasn't Kim been looking out for them?
It's a bloody belter!!!
Marsons brings to the fore some of the most harrowing crimes I've read about and it makes for an uncomfortable read sometimes, but she handles it well, as always.
There is something about her writing that I just can't help but love.
There is a magic there on the pages of Angela Marsons' books, that x-factor, that sets her head and shoulders above the thousands of other authors out there.
Dead Souls is out on Friday 28th April and you can pre-order your copy over at Amazon UK
About the author …
Angela Marsons is the author of the Amazon Bestselling DI Kim Stone series – Silent Scream, Evil Games, Lost Girls, Play Dead, Blood Lines and Dead Souls and her books have sold more than 2 million in 2 years.
She lives in the Black Country with her partner, their cheeky Golden Retriever and a swearing parrot.
She first discovered her love of writing at Junior School when actual lessons came second to watching other people and quietly making up her own stories about them. Her report card invariably read "Angela would do well if she minded her own business as well as she minds other people's".
After years of writing relationship based stories (The Forgotten Woman and Dear Mother) Angela turned to Crime, fictionally speaking of course, and developed a character that refused to go away.
She is signed to Bookouture.com for a total of 16 books in the Kim Stone series and her books have been translated into more than 20 languages.
Her last two books – Blood Lines and Dead Souls – reached the #1 spot on Amazon on pre-orders alone.


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CopierciN Brings Some Copy/Paste Function to iPhone
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It does not add copy/paste functionality directly to other applications but it provides a mechanism to import text from and export text to SMS, Notes, Mail applications (more to come in the future) and files in the filesystem.
How is it used?
It basically has two parts: Text Editor and Importer/Exporter. Within the text editor, you can select a piece of text using your finger, cut or copy it, and paste it to a selected location.
To select a text, press a finger to the place where you want to begin selecting and wait until magnifier appears, move your finger and release when done.
Once a piece is selected, you can copy or cut it by using the buttons above. The button on the left (named Clear) clears the entire content of the text editor (you can use it to crop a piece of text: copy the text, clear the page and paste the text back).
The button named Menu opens the import/export menu.
As you can see, you can choose to import text from short messages (both received&send), Notes, saved eMails and files in the system. Short messages are grouped with respect to their groups and eMails are groupped with respect to mailboxes. For the files, you must enter the full path into a text field for now.
Exporting does not modify the contents of the original content (except for regular file case, as it will overwrite the entire contents of the given file). So, you can not change a stored short message, eMail or note. The process for exporting is as following for each type:
Short messages: CopierciN is terminated and SMS application is opened with the latest content of CopierciN is ready-to-be sent. You can chose a receiver within the SMS application. Be aware that CopierciN overwrites the /var/mobile/Library/Preferences/com.apple.mobileSMS.plist file which holds some stuff like unsent messages. So, if you want to keep your unsaved messages, just have a backup of this plist file.
Notes: A new note is added to the notes database. CopierciN does not get terminated during this operation unlike the SMS case.
eMails: Just like the SMS case, CopierciN gets terminated and Mobile Mail application is launched. Again, you can chose the receivers within the Mobile Mail application
Regular Files: The contents of the file at given path is overwritten. Be aware of that and avoid overwriting system files. I would rather open a folder under /var/mobile and save my text files in there.
You can install CopierciN from Cydia under the Utilities section. Keep in mind that this is beta software and as such may not be stable!
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Nicki comes up rumps
NICKI MINAJ has celebrated becoming the most prolific female artist on US's Billboard countdown — by twerking up a storm.
The Bang Bang singer certainly gave a lot of bang for her buck when she discovered she had overtaken Aretha Franklin's record — unbeaten for 40 years — by three tracks, with a total of 76 mentions in the Hot 100.
Taking to her Instagram page, Nicki posted a video of herself clad in red PVC shaking her impressive rear, which she captioned: 'When u find out u just became the only woman in the history of billboard to have 76 Hot 100 billboard entries.'
The tracks that saw her break Franklin's record are: No Frauds, a collaboration with Drake and Lil Wayne; Changed It, with Lil Wayne; and her latest track Regret in Your Tears.
On first hearing the happy news, Nicki posted a more sedate, monochrome shot alongside the words: 'Man, I tell ya… God said he ain't done showing off yet. Lol. Walked off stage to find out history was made yet again today.'
She also added her gratitude to her fans, writing: 'I fkn love u guys more than I'll ever be able to put in words. Thank u so much for your unwavering love & support. God bless each & every one of you.
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Homecoming festivities? A fraternity party?
Guys and Gals just having fun.
What fun pictures to have. It's too bad you don't know where or when they were taken or who is in them, but if your mother had them, the people in them obviously meant something to her. With a little luck, perhaps someone will come forward with a clue or two? You never know!ReplyDelete
They do look like they are working hard at having fun. I have seen travel photos split into fours but the double photo is an interesting set up.ReplyDelete
4s? Now that you mention it, in the 1970s we could get a photo with 2 smaller versions printed to the side that we could cut off and give to a friend. In that case though it was the same photo, not different images like these in my post this week.Delete
I think the photos were probably made with a half-frame camera. Here is a link to some examples of prints
Fun to guess what people were up to when you don't have any real facts to go with the photos.ReplyDelete
The blonde in the last picture that is sitting, isn't that Momma's friend, that ended up drowning?ReplyDelete
It was the combination of the guy in the grass skirt and the Patrol Car that got me going - what complete, innocent fun they all had! Fabulous photos; it doesn't even matter that you don't know any of them....ReplyDelete
Ah the imagination can run wild with these photos! Obviously a good time was had by all.ReplyDelete
The dress-up costumes and wheel barrow suggest a Greek event for a fraternity or sorority day. The double half frame camera seems a good bet, perhaps a way of making the prints at half the price.ReplyDelete
That's what I think too. When Momma was at Shenandoah College, there was no Greek system, and when she was at Madison it was all women. That's why I think the pictures were sent to her by someone, maybe her former boyfriend at Davidson.
And good point about printing two pictures on one sheet.
Certainly looks like a wild time being had by all. Sorry if that 1 drowned later on.ReplyDelete
Isn't it just maddening to know this must have been from someone or about something that meant a lot to your mom...but not enough to include the explanation?! There are all sorts of possible explanations for these photos. Just too hard to tell.ReplyDelete
Quite fascinating, especially the discussions about half frame cameras. We tend to forget in these days of digital photography that film was a very expensive item, so any scheme that would get you twice as many pictures from your film was to be welcomed.ReplyDelete
Intriguing photographs but shows the fun people had.ReplyDelete
I have to laugh at your comment about "who would know?" My mom used to tell me that when I'd press her for details about someone's birth, death, etc. She'd always say "just make up a date, who will know the difference?" Sigh. Great photos!ReplyDelete
It's always good to know that you can rely on Sepians to help us out with a query. Whatever the occasion, there's no doubt they were having fun.ReplyDelete
Oh ya. There were some crazy antics going on there in those photos. A wheelbarrow "Patrol Car" and a guy in a grass skirt. Haha. Wow. And is that one guy seems to be wearing football padding from back in the day. Interesting.ReplyDelete


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Originally from Brisbane but now based in the Bayside of Melbourne, Mikey moved to Melbourne in 2011 travelling with his aerosol art all around Australia and painting overseas through South East Asia.
Mikey started graffiti in his teen and early 20's, then learnt to seek out more legitimate spaces to create. Having great opportunities to diversify his style through commissions, his personal art still reflects his early roots of hip-hop and spray-can art culture.
"My favourite artists to work with have always been my close like-minded friends such as Lucks and Sudsy in Brisbane, and some great Melbourne old-school heads I've met and respect. One underground graffiti artist, whose passion I get a lot of inspiration from when we join up, is called Cruze. But there's so many that were in Melbourne laying foundations - just listen to any Bias B album to get the list! t's a great place for constant inspiration."


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Diversity Initiatives Attempt to Fight Race Discrimination
Racial discrimination is still present in today's workforce. However, many companies and their employees feel that diversity in the workplace should play a role in their hiring and promotion decisions. A January 2019 poll conducted by Pew Research states that 75% of all respondents felt it was important for companies to "promote racial and ethnic diversity in the workplace". Within that number, different identity groups based on race and political stance fell to different sides when asked about how that promotion of diversity should factor into the hiring process. For example, it was reported that "74% of white people, 54% of black people, 69% of Hispanic people, 62% of Democrats, and 90% of Republicans" believed that attention to race and ethnicity in hiring and workplace decisions was unjust.
There is difficulty in hiring for diversity, which can quickly create a feeling of "tokenism", leading new hires to feel as though they have been hired for the sole purpose of filling a quota.
While many employees have reacted positively to increased inclusion of their identity in the workplace, many still feel targeted and discriminated against for their differences. Yet diversity in the workplace contributes to better ideas, higher profitability, and better company branding. Maintaining higher accountability standards, practicing inclusivity, and understanding the unconscious race discrimination that surrounds diversity decisions are all essential components to eliminating racial discrimination.
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By Bob Marovich It's not unusual to hear how a gospel song touched someone's life. Every now and then, you even hear about how a gospel song saved someone's life. But what about when a song saves the life of its own creator? That is the story behind "Have Your Way," the new single from singer, songwriter, and musician Jabari Johnson. "Two years ago, I was getting ready to commit suicide," Jabari said. "But God gave me the lyrics [to 'Have Your Way']. I sang the song at an event in Houston that night, and my breakthrough happened. Ever since ...Read More »
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Dayna Caddell Keeps On Pushing
By Bob Marovich "Keep pushing and hold on to God, because there's a way out." That's how Grammy and Dove Award nominee Dayna Caddell describes the theme of her first full-length solo album, Push, released July 8 on Forty Entertainment/eOne. The album's positive disposition and personal testimonies encourage listeners to overcome their own personal and professional struggles. Or as Dayna told JGM, Push is about "my stories, stories I've witnessed, and perseverance in knowing there's a way out." To say Dayna was brought up in a musical home would be an understatement. She was surrounded by music, largely because her ...Read More »
Jonathan Nelson – Fearless
Jonathan Nelson Fearless Light Records/Entertainment One Music (release date: March 18, 2016) www.jonathannelson.us By Bob Marovich Who would have imagined, back in 2004 when he appeared on the national gospel music scene, that the irrepressible new-school gospel artist Tye Tribbett would someday lead an old school-style praise break? That's exactly what he does at the conclusion of Fearless, the live recording from Stellar Award-winner Jonathan Nelson. The eight-plus minute "I Give You Glory," with Tribbett as pastor/song leader, rides along on a praise break beat, tying Nelson's fifth album in the splendid ribbon and bow it deserves. Recorded live at the Faith ...Read More »
Deitrick Haddon – Masterpiece
Deitrick Haddon Masterpiece eOne/DH Visions/Releve' Entertainment (release date: November 6, 2015) www.eonemusic.com By Bob Marovich We are blank canvasses that God, the ultimate artist, fashions into beautiful works of art, declares Deitrick Haddon on the title track of his new album, Masterpiece, released yesterday. But it's the blank canvas or, more accurately, the damaged canvas, not the finished painting, which captures Haddon's interest. Observing from the rarefied air of a man "who ain't got nothing to prove or lose," he warns humanity to clean its canvas by getting right with itself and with God. Why? Because this is his story, too, ...Read More »
Jonathan McReynolds – Life Music: Stage Two
Jonathan McReynolds Life Music: Stage Two eOne/Tehillah Music Group (release date: September 18, 2015) www.jonathanmcreynolds.com By Bob Marovich Life Music: Stage Two couldn't be a better showcase for Jonathan McReynolds. The follow-up album to the 26-year-old singer-songwriter-musician's 2012 debut, Life Music, Stage Two is the musical manifestation of his honest and spiritually grounded approach to dealing with the vicissitudes of daily life. The Chicago-born McReynolds is one of the few gospel solo artists who plays acoustic guitar. His mellow blend of acoustic neo-soul with churchy conviction may be somewhat novel today, but it mirrors the intimacy of his lyrics, which feel like ...Read More »


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Fall theme in paintings by RCAA's October Artist of the Month at Vigo library
Acrylic paintings by River City Art Association member Sandy Fisher are featured throughout October in the Vigo County Public Library at Seventh and Poplar streets in Terre Haute, Indiana. Fall flowers and the fruits of the harvest are the theme … Continue reading
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We're now 11 days removed from Adam Schefter reporting a Carson Wentz trade would happen "in the coming days."
Since that report, nothing substantial has happened. We've heard reports about who's interested, what the compensation might be, and now we know Wentz's preferred destination.
To no one's surprise, Wentz wants to be re-united with former Eagles offensive coordinator Frank Reich in Indianapolis. The only problem is, the Colts aren't offering what Howie Roseman views as fair compensation at this point.
We also know that the Bears have pushed for Wentz much harder than the Colts have. NFL insider Albert Breer appeared on Colin Cowherd's "The Herd" on Tuesday to shed some light on the whole Wentz dilemma.
"Chicago is the front runner. The Bears have pushed harder than the Colts," Breer explained. "Bears would like to at least know that Carson Wentz is on board before pulling the trigger on a trade."
From a player's perspective, it makes sense for Wentz to prefer Indy. They're a much more stable organization that's really only a quarterback away from being Super Bowl contenders. Chicago, on the other hand, has never been a tightly run franchise. Head coach Matt Nagy and general manager Ryan Pace are fighting for their jobs at this point. If a Wentz trade doesn't work out, both could be gone at the end of the 2021 season. Leaving Wentz to possibly look for another team in 2022.
But at the end of the day, Wentz has little say in the matter. While it's easy to pile on Roseman for his mishandling of this whole situation, we need to remember how bad Wentz played this season. If he had played at just an average level, he likely would have never gotten benched and we'd never be the situation we're in now.
If the Bears are the only team willing to cough up a first round pick for him, Wentz should be happy to even have another opportunity to lead a franchise. Wentz is just making this harder on all parties involved by trying to force his way to the Colts.
Not to mention the Eagles will swallow $34 million in dead cap once a trade is made. The compensation in return for Wentz needs to be up to par, and if the Bears are the only team willing to pony up, Howie shouldn't hesitate to pull the trigger.
I'm not sure if Howie wants to do right by Wentz by waiting this out, but he shouldn't be. The relationship is already torn beyond repair, why send this disgruntled player to his preferred destination when it'll hurt your team in the long-run?
Wentz hasn't done right by the organization at any step along the way this offseason. It's time for this deal to get done so everyone can move on.


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Commonwealth of Kentucky Seeks Private Sector Developer
The Kentucky Finance and Administration Cabinet posted the official notice stating the Commonwealth's intent to pursue redevelopment of the Capital Plaza Tower Office Building, Fountain Place Shops, Frankfort Convention Center, and surrounding areas in downtown Frankfort, Ky.
The Commonwealth seeks to enter into a build-to-suit arrangement with a private sector developer for demolition and reconstruction. A build-to-suit allows the Commonwealth to leverage the expertise and financial wherewithal of the private sector to complete projects on an aggressive schedule.
The notice with more information on the project is posted at http://finance.ky.gov/services/eprocurement/pages/default.aspx. Click on the vendor self service (VSS) and active solicitations link, then click guest access.
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The Capital Plaza Tower complex is more than 40 years old with growing maintenance issues that have become a significant financial cost to the Commonwealth of Kentucky. After several studies, continued maintenance cost overruns, and potential safety issues, the Cabinet concluded the most effective solution is to replace current structures with new energy efficient and modern ones in a phased development.
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YAKIMA RIVER is in great shape and is fishing good….Tis the season. Over the years, we have always promoted the winter :)) The river is generally low and clear, the fish are funneled into the feed me zones, the food sources are predictable and the landscape is pared to the bone.
Beautiful fish from yesterday on a swung fly….
WINTER STEELHEAD season is underway….. As per usual the hatchery fish are showing up on schedule. Tactics utilized lately include both swing and nymph techniques. Steelhead love little round things! So when we are nymphing we often use yarn in the shape of an egg. When swinging to predominantly hatchery fish it always seems they 'LIKE' pink ….. So we tend to use that color often. More about our Olympic Peninsula fishing
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When life gets dark, the best thing to do is spend time with people who brighten your day. To take a drive to nowhere, have a glass of wine, read a great book, and remember that tomorrow is another day. Things haven't been dark around here, they've just been changing too quickly, and I feel more change on the horizon. So on Sunday Alex and I took a drive over to Oakville, a beautiful quiet city sitting pretty on the lakeshore. We drove around, enjoying the beautiful homes and quaint shops, grabbing a bite to eat at The Crepe Kitchen. The smell wafting from the tiny restaurant enticed us to talk in. It's a sweet restaurant with cork placemats, antique mirrors on every wall, and mismatched furniture. I ordered and devoured a delicious caprese crepe filled with salty proscuitto, fresh tomatoes, crisp basil, and smooth mozzarella.
It felt great to step out of the everyday routine and concentrate on the food on my plate rather than the millions of things going on in my head. It felt wonderful being in a new place on a crisp Fall day, watching the leaves change and squirrels cross the street. It felt spectacular to just be and enjoy and let everything else melt away.
Life is spectacular. Forget the dark things. Take a drink and let time wash them away to where ever time washes away to.
— Tim Tharp