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On June 25, 2018, Nigeria became officially the country of the poor. We now boast the highest number of extremely poor people in the world, even more than India with a billion people. It was always inevitable with the Nigerian government's actions in recent years. There was no strategic plan for the people, even those who tried to prevent it failed failed. That's why we became a country striving for an uncertain future bank for a miracle.
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Interestingly, this is not a new idea as it was. The urgent demand of poor Nigerians reflected in a statement by press. Aspire Omoyele Sowore, who recently visited the country. In Sowore's words, "wherever I go, the poorest Nigerians ask for two things, capital to start a business and teach their children." Despite being poor, it seems that these people are wisely above the federal government tower; they seem to know that a conditional cash transfer will not change their fate will speak more of their children.
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What are we focussing on during Winter?
If you think gardeners wind down over the winter months - think again! We make the most of the short days starting earlier and are thankful to experience more fine days than we normally would these last few weeks, as contending with too much rainfall can be problematic. We’re also lucky Te Awa Kairangi / the Hutt Valley region has a temperate climate to grow a number of crops in the field even if their growing capacity slows down with less sunlight hours.
These include our salad ingredients, root veggies, alliums and brassicas:
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As you can see we still require the use of insect cloth to cover our field crops while they're young. While not used for insect pressure as much, the insect cloth provides enough protection from heavy rain, frosts and windy weather; as well as to deter birds such as sparrows. In fact, a couple of beds in our greenhouse have needed to be netted to prevent sparrows from scratching and eating young lettuce seedlings!
This greenhouse has 20x twelve metre long garden beds and at this time of year we grow mainly fast growing crops such as mustard and mizuna, lettuces, spinach and herbs such as coriander. Even though we can grow these in the field outside, it's reassuring to have crops undercover as a precaution if an extreme weather event were to occur. The good news is they also tend to grow somewhat faster than outside by 1-2 weeks.
Despite remaining in the greenhouse, our radish microgreens have slowed right down to 12-14 days - nearly twice as slow as they would in summer! But it hasn’t stopped us continuing to sow our winter crop seedlings such as pak choi, chinese baggage, sprouting broccoli. Our lettuces however do need that extra warmth with the use of heat pads but overall seedlings are germinating well.
We’ve also been inoculating / treating our brassica seeds with Trichoderma, a type of fungus that helps the plant to metabolise nutrients and to fight pathogens. When used as a seed treatment, the fungus has the ability to support seed germination and ultimately the plant’s health and growth once planted in the field.
When we go to plant these crops we have been careful not to fork the beds (using the broadforking method) with too much moisture in the ground, as this practice can do the opposite to what it is intended for and compact the soil.
Why get excited about Winter grown produce?
We’ve actually been admiring the beautiful frosty mornings - not just because of their visual beauty but the fact that frosts help make our veges taste sweeter!
Now that we have got a couple of frosts under our belt - root vegetables, brassicas and alliums such as leeks actually perform better nutrition wise. Plants like these become sweeter and tastier during a frost because they produce more sugar to tolerate a lower temperature without freezing.
Further to this, some vitamins and minerals have increased concentrations such as Vitamin C. Vitamin C levels were shown to be higher in spinach harvested in winter compared to when harvested in spring and summer/Autumn. This probably comes as no surprise as discussed in the Autumn edition, Vitamin C is sensitive to increases in temperature, breaking down more so when in contact with heat, light and water during cooking.
While Vitamin C is an important immune-boosting nutrient, and present in most of the winter grown vegetables and herbs - we also get excited about the fact that winter grown veg also contain significant levels of Iron (Fe)!
Winter vegetables with high Vitamin C and iron include cauliflower, broccoli, parsley, rocket, cabbages (red, green, Wong Bok/Chinese cabbage) as well as the trusty dark leafy green vegetables that are plentiful this time of year such as spinach, kale and silverbeet.
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Think of a good conversation you had with a friend. Remember afterwards how you might have felt at ease? That your thoughts were more organised? A journal can be your friend that listens but doesn’t judge.
It is often said that to learn something best is to teach it, to explain it to someone. Explaining your life to a journal can do wonders for you.
A journal can teach you a lot about yourself, what makes you happy and what triggers you. It can help you organise your thoughts and find solutions to difficult problems.
Ever tried to remember what was going on with you a few years ago? All the hopes and fears you had then? Only to realise that you don’t remember anymore. Your journal could help you to relive those days.
Things get much clearer when they are written down. A journal can be your whiteboard, tell it all your ideas. It can also be your therapist. It can help you offload your busy thoughts from your mind.
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New MassBudget report analyzes recent early education and care investments, provides recommendations on the road ahead
For Immediate Release
Tuesday, July 19th, 2022
BOSTON, MA – As Beacon Hill moves the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 budget one step closer to the Governor’s signature, a new report, Prospects for Investment, Stability, and Growth in Early Care and Education in Massachusetts, from the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center (MassBudget) explores recent early care and education (ECE) funding and provides recommendations for stabilizing and expanding the sector. The report comes at a time where the Legislature could enact a recent promising comprehensive bill in the coming weeks that makes public support for care for middle class families dependent on whether the federal government takes further steps to expand ECE funding at the national level.
Key findings from the report include:
- Due to greater state investment and grants provided by federal COVID relief, total funding for early education and care rose to roughly $1.4 billion in FY 2022;
- Even before the pandemic, the early care and education field, which is staffed nearly entirely by women and many people of color, faced chronically low pay for educators, high turnover, limited state investment, and scarce affordable options for families; and
- Ensuring adequate funding now helps set the stage for policies to make affordable, universal, high-quality early education and care available to all children in Massachusetts.
While federal COVID relief funding has kept the field afloat over the past two years, there is still unspent federal money that can help build a stable foundation for program expansion in the coming years. For example, according to the Baker Administration, $196 million in flexible ARPA early education grants remain to be allocated that policy makers could use to support a stable financial footing for early education and care. Building on this foundation, there is now a unique opportunity for new, ongoing and sustainable investment using a variety of financial resources, such as the FY 2023 budget, or other ongoing tax revenue.
“Achieving universal, high-quality, and affordable care is critical for our recovery and a wise choice to build off the one-time federal funds we’ve received,” said Marie-Frances Rivera, MassBudget’s President. “While the challenges of COVID may have set our early education and care sector back, the Act to Expand High-Quality Early Education is an important next step to building an equitable future for our children and families.”
Key staff related to this report are available for comment.
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Transport for London (TfL) is beginning a three-month trial to identify how best to automatically count passengers on buses.
The trial, which will begin on 8 June, will assess which techniques best capture passenger numbers in real time. This could enable TfL to improve its services, provide better real-time travel information and help prioritise investment – all while being cheaper and more reliable than current manual counts.
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The trial will run on seven buses and will assess automatic counting techniques including cameras aimed at the bus floor observing footsteps, real-time analysis of existing safety camera footage, sensors over each door of the bus, analysis of the changes to the buses weight and air pressure and the use of depersonalised Wi-Fi connection data.
All Wi-Fi data collected during the trial will be automatically depersonalised at the point of collection with no browsing data collected and no individuals identified. Buses trialling the CCTV, sensors or Wi-Fi techniques will display posters to ensure passengers are aware of the trial and further information is available on TfL’s website.
Steve Chambers, Public Transport Campaigner at Campaign for Better Transport, said: “It is really good to see the latest bus technology being trialled in London with the potential to allow passengers to make informed choices about their journeys based on how busy each upcoming bus will be. Passengers with reduced mobility who require the accessible space could have the most to gain from the deployment of enhanced passenger information following the successful conclusion of this trial.”
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Image-driven Multimedia and Digital Campaign
To establish Telhio as the leader within the credit union category by placing an emphasis on new member enrollment and new consumer-based product rollouts, as well as illustrate Telhio’s member benefits.
Homeowners ages 25-64.
This campaign saturated 90% of the demographic target using TV, radio, print and outdoor + digital. It ran 2-4 weeks per month, 12 months per year.
Radio and outdoor channels were layered together, as were TV and digital, creating an integrated messaging mix. Print was used as of a more geographic tactic during the timing of a new product launch. We worked together with the PR team and internal new business development team to help give their efforts more momentum.
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Real Name/Full Name | Misty Raney Bilodeau |
Nick Name/Celebrated Name: | Misty Raney |
Birth Place: | Haines, Alaska |
Date Of Birth/Birthday: | 9 November 1981 |
Age/How Old: | 42 years old |
Height/How Tall: | In Centimetres – 172 cm In Feet and Inches – 5′ 8″ |
Weight: | In Kilograms – 68 Kg In Pounds – 150 lbs |
Eye Color: | Hazel |
Hair Color: | Blonde |
Parents Name: | Father – Marty Raney Mother – Mollee Raney |
Siblings: | Melanee, Matthew, Miles |
School: | N/A |
College: | N/A |
Religion: | Christian |
Nationality: | American |
Zodiac Sign: | Scorpio |
Gender: | Female |
Sexual Orientation: | Straight |
Marital Status: | Married |
Boyfriend: | N/A |
Husband/Spouse Name: | Maciah Bilodeau |
Kids/Children Name: | Gauge Bilodeau |
Profession: | TV show host |
Net Worth: | $400 thousand |
Last Updated: | April 2024 |
Misty Raney Bilodeau, popularly known as Misty Raney, is a homesteader, rancher, and constructor who lived in Alaska for most of her life. After appearing in Homestead Rescue, she became popular and known to the world, which was an unscripted television series of the Discovery Channel Network.
Well, how well do you know about Misty Raney? If not much, we have compiled all you need to know about Misty Raney’s net worth in 2024, her age, height, weight, boyfriend, husband, kids, biography and complete details about her life. Well, if you’re all set, here is what we know about Misty Raney to date.
Biography and Early Life
Misty was born to parents, father Marty Raney and mother Molley Raney, on 9th November of 1981 in Sitka of Alaska, but the family movies to Haines where Misty eventually grew up. She is not the single child of the family as she has three siblings named Melanee, Matthew, and Miles. Misty and her siblings grew up on the challenging Alaskan terrain, where they were taught how to survive in the wild and climb mountains. This is the main reason behind her becoming successful what she is today, as it is known that the family went on various expeditions in the wild.
Age, Height, Weight & Body Measurement
So, how old is Misty Raney in 2024 and what is her height and weight? Well, Misty Raney’s age is 42 years old as of today’s date 18th April 2024 having been born on 9 November 1981. Though, she is 5′ 8″ in feet and inches and 172 cm in Centimetres tall, she weighs about 150 lbs in Pound and 68 kg in Kilograms. Her eye color is Hazel and hair color is Blonde.
Unlike other popular celebrities who like to post about their daily life on social media and are even vocal and discuss their loves with the media, Misty likes to keep her personal life private, away from the prying eyes of the media. That is the main reason why not much information is available about her childhood or even her present life, which has also resulted in the media not being able to gather information about Misty’s academic career like were going to school, did she attend university or not, and if she did, then from where majoring in which subject.
Her educational qualifications are still unknown, yet there is no doubt in the fact that she has managed to learn the biggest lesson of her life that is survival living amidst beautiful nature along with her family, who were used to going on.
Personal Life: Dating, Boyfriends, Husband, Kids
The media assumes that Misty must have had other involvements in romantic relationships before her engagement with Maciah Bilodeau who is currently her husband. But those assumptions are considered vague as there is no evidence to support the same. Misty was in a relationship with her former boyfriend, now husband, Maciah Bilodeau. The exact date of their marriage is not known, but as per reports, the couple has been living together since the year 2000.
Maciah is a craftsman who also knows to surf like a professional; the couple has a son together, born in April of the year 2011, who they named Gauge. Gauge is now eight years old and is also an amazing surfer, just like his father. The family lives in Hatcher Pass of Alaska during the summers and travels to their Hawaii home during the winters, which is evident from the regular updates Misty uploads on her social media handles.
Is Misty Bilodeau Lesbian?
Even though not a lot of information is available on the internet about Misty’s previous relationships, it is known that she is married to Maciah, who happens to be a man and even has her own children with him. It is safe to conclude that she is anything but a lesbian, as she revealed in an interview that she identifies herself as a straight person.
Misty has made her career based on the foundation of what her family has been like meaning the way her family brought her up amidst the wild helped her choose what she wanted to do later. She is a professional mountain climber and dweller, strategic facilitator, and homesteader and is known for her skills of verifying clean water, solidifying the structure of frail homes, building nurseries.
Her abilities to survive in the wild got her and her family an unscripted television series named Homestead Rescue that aired on the Discovery Channel network. In the series, she, along with her father and brother, demonstrates how to treat trash into composts, build nurseries and survive in the wild.
There is no record of Misty’s award achievements available on the internet yet the popularity and appreciation that she receives from her audience as a homesteader and survivor of the wild is commendable and must mean more to her than any materialistic award.
Net Worth, Salary & Earnings of Misty Bilodeau in 2024
Misty’s net worth is estimated to be around $400 thousand estimated as the current year 2024. Most of this is generated from her appearance in the television series of the Discovery Channel named Homestead Rescue.
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Navigating these communication, cohesion, and performance monitoring challenges is essential for leaders aiming to thrive in the ever-evolving landscape of remote and hybrid work. In doing so, they pave the way for more effective and resilient teams and the ability to leverage the opportunities of this new era of work.
The Opportunities of Leading a Remote or Hybrid Workforce
While leading remote and hybrid teams poses its challenges, it also opens doors to a range of compelling opportunities that can transform the way we work and lead.
Access to a Wider Talent Pool
One of the most significant advantages of remote work is the ability to tap into a diverse talent pool because you can pull talent globally and sidestep the conversation of relocation. Leaders can scout for top talent from all over, bringing in individuals with unique perspectives and skills that may not have been accessible in a traditional office-centric model. This infusion of diversity can lead to innovation, creativity, and fresh insights, enriching the entire organization.
Improved Work-Life Balance
Remote and hybrid work models offer employees the opportunity to redefine their work-life balance. Leaders can foster an environment where well-being is prioritized, resulting in higher job satisfaction. Encouraging flexible work hours, respecting personal boundaries, and promoting self-care can contribute to happier, more motivated team members.
Leaders can implement strategies to support work-life balance. These may include offering wellness programs, providing mental health resources, and promoting time management techniques. Emphasizing the importance of delineation of work and home, regular breaks, and vacations can help prevent burnout, ensuring that employees are both productive and content.
A remote or hybrid workforce often translates to reduced office space requirements. This can lead to substantial cost savings in terms of rent, utilities, and maintenance. Leaders should explore how these savings can be reinvested into employee benefits and engagement, professional development, or innovation initiatives.
By seizing these opportunities, leaders can unlock the full potential of remote and hybrid workforces, creating a workplace that is not only more efficient but also more fulfilling for employees.
Factors to Consider When Choosing Between Remote, Hybrid, or In-Person Work
As organizations grapple with redefining their work structures, a pivotal question emerges: should employees continue working remotely, adopt a hybrid model, or return to a traditional office setup? This decision carries substantial weight and is shaped by various factors, each of which plays a crucial role in determining the future of work.
Nature of the Work
First and foremost, the nature of the work at hand must be assessed. Organizations should scrutinize whether the job tasks are suitable for remote work or if they necessitate a physical presence in a traditional office. Roles that rely on specialized equipment or involve hands-on activities may mandate an in-person presence. Furthermore, evaluating the demand for frequent face-to-face collaboration within specific roles is essential. Positions that thrive on teamwork and dynamic in-person interactions may find a hybrid or fully in-person setup more advantageous.
Employee preferences should be central to this decision-making process. Employers can gather valuable insights through surveys and open dialogues with their workforce. Understanding whether employees favor remote, hybrid, or in-person work arrangements and taking these preferences into account can significantly enhance job satisfaction and retention. The flexibility to accommodate individual preferences whenever feasible should be a cornerstone of the decision-making process.
The technological underpinning of remote or hybrid work is paramount. Ensuring that the organization possesses the necessary technology and infrastructure to seamlessly support remote or hybrid work is crucial. This encompasses not only technical capabilities but also robust cybersecurity measures to safeguard sensitive data. Additionally, the accessibility of critical systems remotely, without compromising data security or operational efficiency, must be carefully evaluated.
Culture and Values
The alignment of the chosen work structure with the organization’s culture and values is pivotal. Remote work should not undermine cultural cohesion but rather support and enhance it. A crucial aspect is to assess whether remote or hybrid options foster diversity and inclusivity. For instance, can these models facilitate the recruitment of individuals from diverse geographic regions, thereby enriching the organization’s talent pool?
Legal and Compliance Considerations
Adherence to legal obligations and compliance with labor laws and regulations is non-negotiable. These requirements can vary based on the selected work structure and the geographical location of employees. Organizations must carefully navigate legal obligations while transitioning to new work models to prevent potential conflicts and liabilities. Contractual agreements with employees should also be reviewed meticulously in this context.
A thorough cost analysis should factor prominently in the decision-making process. Assessing the financial implications of each work model is essential. Remote work, for instance, may lead to reduced office-related expenses, while hybrid models can optimize space usage. Balancing potential cost savings against the risk of productivity decline is a critical exercise when determining the most suitable work structure.
Part of Total Rewards
Organizations can leverage remote or hybrid work as a part of their total rewards package for employees. Viewing these work arrangements as employment benefits can significantly impact the attractiveness of the organization to potential hires. Including remote or hybrid work as a perk aligns with the evolving expectations of the modern workforce.
Before embarking on a full-scale transition, implementing pilot programs can provide invaluable insights. These trials allow organizations to assess the practicality and effectiveness of remote or hybrid work models. Gathering feedback from participants and making necessary adjustments based on these experiences can inform a smoother and more successful transition.
By thoughtfully considering these factors, organizations can navigate the complex decision of choosing between remote, hybrid, or in-person work arrangements. This comprehensive approach ensures that the selected work structure aligns with the organization’s goals, supports employee preferences, and positions the company effectively for the evolving landscape of work.
Adapting Leadership Styles for Remote and Hybrid Teams
As the traditional workplace model undergoes a transformation into remote and hybrid teams, leadership styles must adapt to meet the evolving needs of both employees and organizations.
The Shift from Traditional to Adaptive Leadership
In traditional office settings, leadership often followed a hierarchical structure with a focus on supervision and control. In contrast, leading remote or hybrid teams requires a shift towards adaptive leadership. Leaders should be agile, ready to respond to changing circumstances, and open to input from their teams. This approach promotes innovation and empowers team members to take ownership of their work.
Nurturing a Culture of Trust and Autonomy
Trust is the foundation of any successful remote or hybrid team. Leaders must cultivate a culture where trust is implicit, allowing employees the autonomy to manage their work effectively. This trust empowers team members to make decisions, take calculated risks, and explore creative solutions. It’s about valuing outcomes over processes and fostering a sense of ownership among team members.
Providing Flexibility and Support for Remote and Hybrid Employees
Flexibility is a cornerstone of remote and hybrid work arrangements. Leaders should accommodate varying schedules, time zones, and personal needs. Recognizing that each employee’s circumstances are unique, providing tailored support is crucial. This may involve regular check-ins to gauge well-being, offering resources for skill development, and addressing any challenges that remote or hybrid employees may encounter.
Adapting leadership styles to accommodate these changes ensures that remote and hybrid teams remain engaged, productive, and aligned with the organization’s goals. In doing so, leaders can navigate the evolving landscape of work successfully and foster a culture of resilience and adaptability.
Transformation of Workplace Leadership
Leadership faces a remarkable moment of challenge and opportunity. The communication hurdles, the need to maintain team cohesion, and the delicate balance of performance monitoring and accountability all underscore the complexities of this new paradigm.
These challenges come hand in hand with once-in-a-generation opportunities. Access to a broader talent pool, the promotion of improved work-life balance, and the potential for substantial cost savings and environmental benefits paint an exciting picture for leaders willing to adapt.
The message is clear: as the way we work continues to change, so too must our approach to leadership. This shift is not merely a temporary response to unforeseen events but a pivotal moment in the history of work.
The call to action is for leaders to embrace this changing work environment, to find an amalgam of work that aligns with the values and goals of your organization. Leveraging technology, fostering trust, and providing the support needed for remote and hybrid teams will allow your teams to flourish. In doing so, you not only secure the success of your organization but also set a transformative example for your future leaders in an ever-evolving world of work. | <urn:uuid:72c4d609-611e-4276-9e7a-b8f5810b0e2c> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://medallionpartnersinc.com/leading-hybrid-teams/ | 2024-04-18T13:00:26Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817206.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20240418124808-20240418154808-00567.warc.gz | en | 0.9245 | 2,373 |
Aged care workforce shortage to have greatest impact on older Australians living in regional areas
Andrew Kinkade, Managing Director Bupa Villages & Aged Care.
We welcome the Federal Government’s commitment to fully fund the wage increase for all aged care workers.
However, the workforce challenges facing the aged care sector are far more severe in regional and rural Australia, and without immediate action, in addition to the wage increase, there are very real risks to the future of homes in communities outside major cities.
In regional Australia, aged care homes are critical parts of the community, economically and symbolically. Along with providing care and support to older Australians who have grown up or moved into the area or its surrounds, these homes contribute significantly to the local economy and employment and support local small business.
The sector-wide workforce shortage has now reached a tipping point where many regional homes are now declining new residents, not because they don’t have room, but because there simply aren’t enough people to properly care for them. This means many older Australians are increasingly going without care or are unnecessarily taking up hospital beds awaiting a place in residential care. Others have been forced to find homes far from where they would like to be, separating them from their families and community.
As the largest aged care provider in regional Australia, Bupa has been investing significantly in our own workforce programs and have been putting into effect a range of incentives to attract and build our regional workforce. This includes including nurse graduate programs, traineeships and financial support for people to move to the regions. From July this year, we’ll also be providing fully subsidised Bupa health insurance for full-time employees in our regional homes, including their families, and a 40% subsidy for all our other employees.
We’re also working with WomenCAN Australia to support women from vulnerable backgrounds in regional Australia to embark on a career in aged care with a paid traineeship and a guaranteed offer of employment at the end of their training. These are initiatives that we can put into practice, but we know they cannot address the wider challenges at play.
With the looming crisis in regional Australia, coordination across all levels of government is required.
We should start by sending a clear signal that nurse-led care for older Australians is important and should be rewarded and recognised. Due to differences in pay under relevant awards and enterprise agreements, aged care nurses can often earn significantly more across the road in a hospital. We need to value those working in aged care the same as those working in a hospital, and the simple way to do this is through pay parity.
An immediate solution is to create a new visa to fast-track approval for aged care workers and provide them with better pathways to permanent residency, as recommended by the Productivity Commission and similar to what has been done in Canada. It’s estimated that up to 500,000 skilled people are waiting for visas – many of these people would want to work in regional Australia.
We can also make it more attractive for people to have a second career in aged care. We can harness the working power of the four million Australians aged 65 and above by making small changes to the pension and tax system that would allow them to work more than one day a week without losing their pension. New Zealand has done this and seen the benefit for both its workers and its community. If Australia had the same 65+ workforce participation as New Zealand, we estimate we would have more than 10,000 more people in the aged care workforce.
Finally, we need to encourage people to move from the cities to the regions, such as wiping HECS debt for RNs and carers who commit to working long-term in regional Australia. In many regions, better access to affordable housing is also key, with post COVID migration from cities and growth in short-term rentals has meant that many essential workers are unable to access housing in many regional centres.
While there is no quick fix, we believe that greater partnership across all levels of government is critical can resolve these issues in regional Australia. This will go towards plugging the short-term gaps while laying a smoother foundation for the future to ensure as a society, we’re delivering the care older Australians and their families expect and deserve, now and into the future. | <urn:uuid:c33ef48e-1e7e-4091-8728-6b9787b25493> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://media.bupa.com.au/aged-care-workforce-shortage-to-have-greatest-impact-on-older-australians-living-in-regional-areas/ | 2024-04-18T13:04:35Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817206.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20240418124808-20240418154808-00567.warc.gz | en | 0.974517 | 881 |
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December 8, 2018 – With the spirit of Christmas closing in, MEDTEK, along with the rest of the JARC Group of Companies, took the opportunity to give back once more. Selected JARC Group employees, with partners from Tumauini Lodge 251 and other volunteers, travelled to Tumauini, Isabela for our yearly medical mission.
In the early morning of December 8, our team made its way to the quaint town of Barangay Carmencita to conduct the medical mission at a local elementary school. Soon after arriving, the team began prepping up the equipment necessary for running the tests. Each team member went over their stations and duties. As soon as people flooded the room, the JARC Group team began to assist the crowd. The townspeople filled up their info sheets. After which, They had their blood and urine tests taken. For the results, they only had to wait for a few minutes. For those whose fear of needles got the best of them, our team made sure to keep them at ease. Aside from our services, other groups were also present in the said event. The Department of Health (DOH) offered a free dental check-up to the residents of Barangay Carmencita as well. At the other side of the school, a pair of local clowns held an entertainment show. They put smiles on the children’s faces with residents and members of the Tumauini Lodge 251 enjoyingthemselves on the occasion.
Afternoon came and one by one, the residents received their test results. The JARC Group team came to an effortless finish. The equipment was packed up. The room was cleaned. And our team said thank you to the people who helped us in the medical mission. In gratitude, the Tumauini Lodge 251 held a dinner party with its members and volunteers. Medical volunteer soldiers were also notably present at the dinner event. Everyone received a plaque of appreciation for the efforts made during the medical mission. Come nighttime, the mayor and vice mayor of Tumauini, Isabela dropped by, formally giving their acknowledgement to those who made the whole event possible. | <urn:uuid:b23f78eb-1354-43a3-94c2-6f6e52cd494d> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://medtek.com.ph/2018/12/19/medtek-returns-isabela-another-medical-mission/ | 2024-04-18T14:20:52Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817206.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20240418124808-20240418154808-00567.warc.gz | en | 0.984963 | 439 |
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VW SERVICE & MAINTENANCE
Simply put, Volkswagens are reliable vehicles that are a blast to drive! Most models have a great high end feel, with all of the tech and performance you’d expect from a German automaker. VW Service and Maintenance is critical to ensuring your vehicle will last for years to come! Read on to learn more!
Why Is routine vw service important?
Maintaining a vehicle is a lot like staying in shape and living a healthy lifestyle. If you eat well, exercise, and generally take care of yourself, most people live a long, healthy life. To last as long as it should, your Volkswagen needs a healthy lifestyle as well!
Your VW is made up of countless parts that all have their own unique job, with many of them acting as a small part of a larger system. As with any other vehicle, your internal components rely on fluids to remain lubricated and functioning properly. However, the problem is that all parts and fluids eventually fail and break down. Because of this, it is crucial to monitor and regularly maintain the health of these individual systems, parts, and fluids to keep your VW running its best.
Read on to learn more about the importance of routine maintenance, and what specifically you should be considering for your VW service rountine!
An Ideal VW Service Schedule
Although each VW car and engine is slightly different, the general maintenance schedule for each is similar. There are several systems you need to maintain on a regular basis if you want. to ensure your VW is running right and will last as it should. This is true for any vehicle, but especially important for a German engineered vehicle. Although VW is not always considered as high performance as other German competitors like BMW or Mercedes, they really are!
As always, it is important to partner with a local, trusted resource to determine the best way to service and maintain your VW. VW service routines and maintenance are listed in your owner’s manual, which is an excellent resource. Although we recommend some more frequent servicing, at a minimum it is important to follow the VW guidelines.
The following are our recommendations for routine serivce:
If you refer to your owner’s manual, VW generally recommends you change your oil every 10,000 miles. However, based on our years of experience working on VWs, we respectfully disagree. In our opinion, VW oil changes should be performed every 5000 or 7500 miles, depending on the particular vehicle/engine.
We are often asked why we recommend a different schedule than VW. In recent years, many car manufacturers have increased recommended oil change intervals. They mainly have done this because of increasing motor oil quality and engine technology. However, another large factor that they don’t really mention is the desire to decrease the cost of ownership figures.
However, we have found that to truly care for your VW engine in the long run, it is important to complete oil changes more frequently as we suggested. If we think back to our “body health” analogy, regular maintenance is key. If you truly want your vehicle to perform as it should and last as long as possible, you cannot reasonably expect this if you only change your oil every 10,000 miles. This is especailly true if you happen to drive your VW a little harder than most.
We recommend oil changes at 7500-mile intervals for vehicles under 70,000 total miles and every 5000 miles for vehicles above 70,000 miles. This way you can be sure your lubricating your internal engine components and not letting friction cause unnecessary damage.
If you own a VW performance model, we suggest changing the oil every 5000 miles regardless of miles because of the rigorous demands of a high performance engine.
Air and Cabin Filters
MOST VW models have a recommended air and cabin filters service 20,000 miles. However, it is important to understand that variables impact the life of these filters. These variables can include where you live, the weather, seasonality traits, and even your driving habits.
At Melbourne Motorsports we recommend inspecting the status of these filters during every service on your VW. This way we can determine the filter’s condition instead of solely relying on a mileage replacement schedule. This way, you’ll always be sure your air filters are clean.
This is important for your health as well as your engine’s health! Air needs to pass through various systems to keep the car functioning properly. If the airflow is restricted by dust or other debris, engine components may start breaking down.
With everything going on in the world today, changing your cabin filters regularly is a good idea. We still will let you know the condition. of your filter at the time of service because we never want to recommend something that you may not need. However, out of an abundance of precaution, many customers are routinely changing filters at each service internal even if they could last longer.
Fuel filter replacement intervals vary based on the particular engine and whether a vehicle has a gas or diesel engine.
Diesel fuel filters for Volkswagens should be replaced at 40,000-mile intervals, and gas models at less frequent intervals.
The purpose of fuel filters is similar to the air filters.
Fuel must flow to the engine at a predetermined rate. To do that, the fuel’s path must be clear. A fuel filter’s purpose is to remove debris within the fuel inside the tank.
If small particles get inside the engine, they damage the injectors, high-pressure pumps, and other engine parts. It also affects fuel pumps – resistance caused in the fuel lines from a dirty filter can cause fuel pumps to wear out sooner than designed.
You should flush your VW’s brake fluid every 30,000 miles or every 3 years, whichever comes first. If you have a performance VW or have built a track car, the brake fluid should be changed more often.
Brake fluid is synthetic and will eventually break down due to heat, pressure, and time. When the fluid breaks down, the pedal pressure and braking power is diminished. Of course, your brakes are a critical system for your safety. This is why this routine flushing should never be ignored!
Coolant, which is also known as antifreeze, should be flushed every 40,000 miles. The exception to this is if your cooling system needs repair. If a component in your cooling system requires replacement, we would need to also change your fluid. Examples of these cooling system parts include your radiator, thermostat, hoses, and your heater core.
Coolant flow is essential to a car’s health. Over time, small particles of debris form inside the coolant system. These small particles in time hinder the coolant flow, which in turn means your engine is running hotter than optimal temperature. Heat is the enemy – it breaks down your other fluids like oil. This is why serving and maintaining your coolant system is important.
Each Volkswagen engine has a different spark plug replacement schedule, and this schedule should be adhered to diligently.
Replacing spark plugs as recommended is critical to minimize damage to the engine if spark plugs are worn or fouled and begin causing “misfires.”
Why are engine misfires such a problem?
By definition, misfires are the failure of one or more spark plugs or coil packs to ignite or “fire” properly. If misfires continue, they eventually damage the catalytic converter, and replacing the catalytic converter is a costly repair.
This is a classic example of how following the suggested maintenance schedule saves an expensive repair: Changing the spark plugs as directed by VW helps avoid a much more costly expense if the car’s catalytic converter would break and need to be repaired.
Timing Belts and Chains
Timing belt replacement is one of the most essential services for a VW engine based on specific mileage intervals.
Failure to adhere to the recommended replacement interval causes significant engine damage if the belt breaks!
Thankfully, timing belt service isn’t needed too frequently – it is recommended every 80,000-90,000 miles, depending on the particular engine.
Timing chains are less problematic than belts in terms of a critical failure because you usually have a warning. Typically, a trouble code presents itself with physical symptoms like clicking noises or the vehicle running roughly.
If you hear or sense these symptoms, they are indications that the chain and associated parts are wearing out and need immediate replacement.
Unlike other service and maintenance that does not vary much by model, your VW’s transmission service is highly dependent on your specific model.
Frequency or service varies greatly based on the type of transmission and the age of your vehicle.
Check your owner’s manual or contact a trusted Volkswagen repair facility to determine the correct service interval. You can avoid costly repairs by maintaining the proper service schedule on your transmission.
Tires are expensive, which means you want to get every ounce of life out of them before they need to be replaced. For standard VWs that travel average mileage, we recommend rotating your tires every other oil change. For crossover and SUVs we recommend a rotation after every oil change. This is because tires have a tendency to wear faster on heavier vehicles.
Rotating your tires at consistent intervals helps the tire’s tread wear down evenly. In turn, this helps maintain proper traction, handling, and safety all while saving you from having to prematurely replace your tires!
Choosing Proper Fluids for your Volkswagen
In the past, automotive fluids such as brake, coolant, and oil were considered to be mostly universal. However in recent decades, as vehicles and technology have developed, specialized fluids have been developed. These fluids are purpose built for your make and model – VWs are no exception.
As a word of caution, if you see a fluid claiming to be universal, do not use it in your VW! These “universal” fluids oftentimes do more harm than good. Although they may be a little less expensive than purpose designed fluids, it could potentially cost you significantly more in repair bills down the road.
Read on to learn what fluids you should use for VW service.
The Right Oil for Your VW
Every manufacturer requires a particular weight oil for the engine and further a specific “add-pack” designation.
Using the correct oil weight is critical for the engine to maintain the proper crankcase pressure (the engine’s interior pressure when running). As we mentioned before, it’s not just about the type or weight of the oil. It is still very important to pay attention to the Add Pack. An Add Pack is the designated amount of additional chemicals in the oil to improve the oil’s performance. Common Add Pack additives are corrosion inhibitors, detergent additives, anti-oxidation additives, friction modifiers, and anti-foaming agents.
Using these additives helps the engine perform better, but you must be using the correct Add Pack!
Correct Gas and Fuel
We are often asked by customers if they in fact need to use premium gasoline in their VWs or other European vehicles. This is a fair question, especially in recent months with gas pricing surging all over the country. Unfortunately, even with these high gas prices, the answer is still essentially yes. Higher octane fuels burn cleaner, which helps reduce wear and tear on your engine over the long run.
Much like using the right engine oil, using the right gasoline may be more expensive now, but could save you thousands in repair bills down the road.In fact, even if your VW is an older model, or suggests that you can use a mid-range octane fuel, we still recommend using premium. The benefits greatly outweigh. the added immediate cost.
If your VW uses diesel, quality and source are still critical, and the quality suggestions above still apply.
Coolant and Antifreeze Fluids
The only coolant or antifreeze to use in a Volkswagen is labeled as G12 or G13 and a pink (almost a light-purple) color. Remember, you should never to mix coolants!
There are several reasons not to mix and match, but the biggest reason is that every coolant has a boiling point. Mixing different coolants can result in pressure irregularities within the coolant parts, causing weaker parts to rupture, even when the car is running at a normal operating temperature. If your VW has a slight coolant leak, and you need to add something before you can have it properly repaired, only use distilled water.
Like other fluids, the transmission fluid designation depends on your VW’s year, model, and transmission type. Using the wrong fluid in the transmission can cause transmission failure. This is one fluid change we really recommend against even the best DIYer trying themselves at home. Make sure to head to your local, trusted VW service shop to get this completed!
Power Steering Fluid
Other VW Service & Repair
Just like any European vehicle, you should expect and plan for other necessary maintenance that will arise from time to time. Items that wear down include tires, brakes, suspension bushings/components, and batteries. You also want to keep services not based on a schedule in mind, such as tire alignments and injector cleanings.
It is important to work with a trusted repair shop that will keep you informed of these routine wear and tear items as they inspect your VW each time you bring it in for service. When you know the lifetime of a component is coming to and end in. the near future, you can plan and budget better for the repair. If you are unaware of the condition these items are in, you’ll find out when it fails and you’re stranded on the side of the road.
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In 2012 the UK Government selected eight great technologies, for which the UK has a combination of science strengths and business capabilities; world-leading research, with a wide range of applications across a spectrum of industries and the potential to be at the forefront of commercialisation.
The eight great technologies are:
- big data,
- robotics and autonomous systems,
- synthetic biology,
- regenerative medicine,
- advanced materials,
- energy storage, and
The 2017 Industrial Strategy sets out Grand Challenges to put the UK at the forefront of the industries of the future, ensuring that the UK takes advantage of major global changes, improving people’s lives and the country’s productivity.
The first 4 Grand Challenges are focused on the global trends which will transform our future:
· growing the Artificial Intelligence and data driven economy
· clean growth
· future of mobility
· ageing society
Big money has been committed to these areas where UK businesses lead the way in research and commercialise these technologies. The current industrial strategy highlights £600m public investment to support this.
But, as the UK economy gears up for its brave new post-Brexit world, how well are our nation’s education and labour markets keeping pace with this ambition?
Our flexible labour market is excellent at creating jobs often lacking in terms of the quantity and quality of skills available for employers, particularly from domestic labour supply.
And how well are businesses in these sectors equipped to scale-up by developing effective leadership, talent management strategies, corporate cultures and employee value propositions?
Melius is focussed on supporting scale-up businesses in these sectors to develop cogent talent management strategies that enable them to discover, deploy and maximise the potential of their workforce.
Having a clear vision on attracting, selecting, deploying, developing and promoting the right people into the right jobs at the right time is a critical factor for any organisations scale-up plans. Never more so than when nascent industries are creating demand for new skills and disciplines, and where talent shortages could mean opportunities foregone and commercial advantage squandered. | <urn:uuid:33824a05-4b3f-4d7a-8157-bea61d082736> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://meliuscareers.com/blog/eight-great-technologies | 2024-04-18T13:35:16Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817206.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20240418124808-20240418154808-00567.warc.gz | en | 0.914965 | 424 |
Raymond Ralph Wuitschick Sr. left this world to be with our heavenly Father on December 30th, 2023.
Ray was born July 21, 1932, in Selfridge, North Dakota to parents Carl and Frances (Feist) Wuitschick. The family relocated to Yakima, Washington in 1936 to make a better life during the Great Depression. Ray attended St. Paul Catholic School and graduated from Marquette High School in 1950.
In 1951 Ray joined the Air Force and was trained as a surgical technician. He was proud to serve his country as an Airman First Class. He had many interesting stories he shared about his experiences. He was honorably discharged in 1953.
One of Ray’s greatest passions developed during high school was the game of golf. He would compete at the state level and go on to caddy and manage a pro-golf shop, where he was widely loved by patrons. Ray had a love for fishing and the outdoors. He taught his younger brother and nephews to fish and together they caused mischief. Ray passed along his knowledge of both golf and fishing to his son, creating many special memories.
Following in the steps of his big brothers John and Rich, Ray joined the Woolworth company and managed stores in Bremerton, Washington, Tillamook, Oregon, Roseburg, Oregon and his last store in Las Vegas, Neveda. It was here that he met Lynne Carroll, who he would marry, welcoming Sharon, Shannon and Raymond Jr. They would later part ways, however remained friends over the years.
After his retirement from Woolworth, Ray created a successful independent sales business with clients throughout Washington, the Pacific Northwest, California and Mexico. He took pride in his business and the relationships he built along the way.
In 1988, Ray began to spend special time with longtime friend, Leila Bizzell. Their relationship blossomed and on July 2, 1988, they married in Monmouth, Oregon. It was then that Ray gained another daughter, Rachel. Ray and Leila lived on several acres of beautiful property in Dallas, Oregon. He could be seen often on his beloved tractor mowing across the wide spaces. Together they would bask in the amazing sunsets and the wonder of snow blanketing the land.
Ray’s most cherished part of his life was his family. He was devoted to providing care and advocacy for his loving wife Leila later in life. He is an adored father, grandfather, uncle and friend. Ray is proceeded in death by his wife Leila of 35 years, his parents Carl and Frances Wuitschick, and brothers John and Richard Wuitschick. He is survived by his children Sharon Sanchez (Keno) of Fresno, California, Rachel Bush of McMinnville, Oregon, Shannon Biteng (Mike) of Salem, Oregon and Raymond R. Wuitschick Jr. of Albany, Oregon; sister Delores Cleman (Braxton) of Oroville, Washington and brother Steve Wuitschick of Spokane, Washington. Ray also deeply loved his nine grandchildren, Adrianna, Mathew and Jonathan Sanchez, Taylor Wuitschick, Korrina and Olivia Drobish, Audrey Bush and Jackson and Eli Biteng. He had many nieces and nephews who all had a special place in his heart.
Services will be held January 20th at 11:00 am at St. Philip Catholic Church in Dallas, Oregon. A burial ceremony with full honors will be held at Willamette Cemetery on January 22nd at 1:30 pm.
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The following is a letter to the editor submitted by Mendocino County District 3 Supervisor John Haschak, published here as a column, in which he updates his constituents. We encourage the other supervisors to submit letters — we will happily publish them. You can see Haschak’s previous letters to his constituents here. The opinions expressed in this letter are the author’s, not those of The Mendocino Voice.
3rd District Supervisor’s Report
Our communities have endured lots of hardship in the last few years – wildfires, power shut-offs, and drought. Once again, these are very scary times and require that we pull together as a community. The coronavirus requires a sacrifice from all of us.
Although difficult, the intention of the Public Health Officer’s order to Shelter in Place is to create social distancing. Certainly there are essential activities that we need to do but the goal is to create social distancing so the virus is contained as much as possible. If we all take responsibility for our actions for the betterment of our community, we will survive this and be better because of it.
The Board of Supervisor meetings are now virtual meaning each Supervisor is in his or her location. We can conduct the meetings through the computer and your input can be given that way too. Essential county staff are balancing concerns for public health and safety while working long difficult hours and days. I greatly admire their dedication to public service.
The best place for local information is the County’s public health press releases. You can access this information at mendocinocounty.org or call 234-6052. The situation changes constantly and please heed the Health Officer’s orders for the good of our communities.
I read somewhere about the need for calm and hope. It seems appropriate in these times.
With drought conditions upon us, we are preparing for another fire season.
Sherwood Firewise Communities received a large CalFire grant ($447,024) to do vegetation management work all along Sherwood Road. This is an important project to keep our communities safe and kudos to Sherwood Firewise for their efforts. This work will go from Main St in Willits to where Sherwood Rd. meets Hwy 101 17 miles north of Willits as well as several miles of access routes on Ridge, Blue Lake and Timber Roads in the Brooktrails Fire District. Cal Fire and the three local fire departments from Willits, Laytonville and Brooktrails will all be involved in the planning and implementation to assure coordination with other activities.
I have been working with Sherwood Firewise Communities and County Counsel to provide consistent funding for maintaining and improving emergency ingress and egress routes out of one way in, one way out communities. This took a couple of steps forward. The BOS approved pursuing County Service Area 3 Zones of Benefit. Sherwood Firewise received a $10,000 grant from the Community Foundation of Mendocino County as well as $18,250 in Pro Bono legal assistance from a large law firm with experience in developing CSA Benefit Zones. This will all help to collaboratively accomplish this public safety work.
With Spring here and graduations coming up, I will be giving another round of scholarships to graduates who plan on entering public service. There will be 3 scholarships, one for Willits, Laytonville, and Round Valley, of $3,000 each. These will be $1,000 a year for 3 years of study. If you know of graduates going into public service, please have them contact their high school counselor.
As always, you can contact me at [email protected] or 707-972-4214.
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Inspired by the book “The gentle art of Swedish Death Cleaning” By Margareta Magnusson.
I came to the book on döstädning after a conversation with some of my Norwegian students. I was impressed by how easily the topic of death cleaning slipped into conversation over coffee during one of our tea breaks at a “Write your Way In “ workshop in Oslo last year. My grandmother would have rubbed her hands, rolled her eyes and said “Tu-tu-tu” at the forbidden subject of death. She was horribly afraid of invoking the evil eye. Death was not a subject you discussed as you dipped rusks into coffee with friends. The Scandinavians though, seem to take a pragmatic approach to living and dying, and I was fascinated to discover that a ritual in Sweden begins with their 50’s to begin the process of clearing out your earthly possessions before you die so that your family won’t have to fight or stress over what to do with the things you leave behind.
Margaretta Magnusson’s age, she says with soft humour, is somewhere between 80 and 100. Mine is in the somewhere between the roaring 70’s and the feeling 50’s, so the time feels a little between just-ripe and over-ripe to begin the task. I have to remind myself that it’s all come to me at a perfect time, just as I am in the process of examining my life in ways I have never done before. What do I want to be remembered for? I hum as I cook, as I dress, as I drop notes to friends. How to get to the point where only the important stuff matters?
The “examined life” as I see it, is of course, more than organising skräp as the Swedish call it. (Our English word sounds so much more crass). I think of a gentle-but-ruthless commitment to take 100% responsibility for every aspect of all I own, and have stewardship over. A paring down to this level of honed honesty, which to be honest… feels like digging up a mountain with a teaspoon.
Where to even start?
“Where stories start” my elusive Bushman nanny whispers ( she’s the character in my unpublished novel). “Where the wind starts” is her other bit of useless guidance.
“Ask for help” an expert in overwhelm suggests. So…
I’m thinking of every tidy person I know and asking them to enter my quantum field. I’ve even invited Socrates. “Help me to Know Myself” I say as part of my morning mantra in amongst the Buddhist chant to remove obstacles – om gan ganna patta hee namaha.
“What makes you happy?” my teachers whisper.
I take a deep breath. Yes, I have to agree, the sense that my home is organised, that everything I own carries a sense of belonging and validity in my life as it is today. The feeling that my children will not have to dig through my disorganised drawers and dismembered bits of jewellery makes me happy. The feeling that everything I own will have a home, helps me have a deeper sense of being settled. I love the dream…now to the reality – the skräp colonic.
A study entitled “Stuffocation” was done in 2000 by a group of anthropoligists, archaeologists,psychologists and social workers, came to the conclusion that the average 2 bedroom home has 2,260 visible items not including the skräp behind the closed doors of drawers and cupboards. Yikes. That was almost 20 years ago, before our world became flooded with Chinese imported cheap skräp.
We have a mortgage on our souls, on our freedom. I’m inspired to take a surgeon’s knife to all I own, to empty every junk drawer, answer every email, finish every novel… Margaret warns not to start with the box of photographs waiting to be sorted through. “Start with easy” she says.
Someone else suggests using a timer, and setting it on a mere ten minutes a day to begin with – unless the heart longs for more. Start with one room, one drawer. I had an organising angel named Judith Penny help me pack up my flat in Cape Town before my move to Hermanus a year ago. She did something godawfully cruel. She took my drawers and emptied them out on a table. Then said, with a wicked glee on her smasher – “choose a pile” as she pointed to the four corners of my room. “Recycle”, “Chuck”, “Give”, “Keep”. I added a “Cant do this right now” pile for later. Disclaimer: Ten boxes of which I still have not looked at one year later.
She introduced me to translucent bins. They stand tall on all my shelves. Some big enough for a folded sweater, others small enough for the organic turmeric to stand on the ginger to keep the Rooibos company.
I even have one called “These things need a story.” I know my daughter would love to hear why the bottle of sand remains in my possession. I’ll tell her it came from the pyramids in my granny’s suitcase. The box of teaspoons I never use because they are too precious, too baptised with tears. Granny handed them to me on her return from Egypt and they were not the walkie talkie doll I had dreamed of every night of her six months journey to faraway lands. More than sixty years later they still have not stirred sugar into tea.
I love the suggestion to have a bin entitled: “Please discard when I am gone.” This will be filled with journals and other personal items like birthday cards and special notes I cannot grind into the recycle bin at this juncture of my life. I need them for dismal days when I sink below sea level and need reminding that I once was loveable. No one else needs to dig through them when I am gone.
Then of course, there is the famous “I cant do this” bin, which is now an overflowing cupboard, threatening to become a room.
What about the precious things? Will anyone want them? Margaretta suggests taking pics of them and sending them off to the family. See who wants what. What a great idea. This way the desk I inherited from my mother in law will perhaps keep inspiring another writer in the family. Or perhaps not, in which case, I will instruct it to be sold.
We had a family meeting the other day. Faces of apprehension looked up at me when I said it was about Swedish death cleaning. I tried to make it fun by providing Swedish tea rings, rich foamy coffee and other homebaked delights. Nothing wiped the look of dread off their faces. They don’t want to think of us dying and my heart bled with them. But, I put a Scandinavian look on my face and we bravely went through the list I had typed out, of the map of our lives. Everyone volunteered to take on an aspect of the list to create an “Overview Binder” which will have details of every aspect of our lives, including where to find the passwords and codes, bank accounts, important people’s numbers… the list goes on. I felt happy that this overview includes us all. My children left the meeting determined to begin their own binders.
An organisational expert (new career path) suggests some interesting tips. She says to see every space and counter in the home as real estate and check for “visual chaos”. Horizontal surfaces get cluttered – go vertical. Put doors over open shelves that get messy. Make note of the “hot spots” in your space – the things you notice everyday that need attention but never get attended to.
Know what works for you to bring happiness, spark joy, bring peace of mind and then, rubber gloves on, sleeves rolled up, commit to doing the do, gently and with ruthless honesty. Someone’s gonna have to do it. Let it be me.
And then…when the life is so examined that the brain cells feel stiff and creaky, take some time out, put your feet up, or as I do, headphones on and listen to Sir John Gielgud reading a Shakespeare sonnet. The Bard addresses every aspect of life, love, death, and fear. His message is clear and simple: Wake Up! “To thine own self be true” . This is what it’s all about. I am here for something greater than the accoutrements I have surrounded myself with. But to reveal the truth of who I am, may take some space-making, some air. This cleaning is about freedom.
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Brace yourself fast food fans, McDonald’s is getting rid of two staple items from the beloved breakfast menu.
A McDonald’s breakfast is the stuff of legend, with countless people up and down the nation striving to get themselves to branches in time to order off the menu every day.
But now, that menu will never be the same, because the fast food giant is axing not one but two morning items for good.
In an announcement today, McDonald’s revealed that the company is ‘parting ways’ with the Breakfast Wraps and Breakfast Bagels.
On the flip side, the statement also hinted that there could be ‘a new breakfast bae’ on the way.
It reads: ‘Despite speculation and following a trial separation period, Breakfast Bagels and Breakfast Wraps will not be returning to the menu.
‘We adore each other deeply, but our love for the iconic McMuffin was simply too hard to ignore.
‘As for the rumours that there will be a new breakfast bae on the scene later this year… no comment.’
In a bid to make it up to crestfallen fans, McDonald’s lowered the price of their McMuffins today to 99p.
But when Maccas tweeted the statement, it was still met with unhappiness from plenty of fans.
One disappointed social media user wrote: ‘You had to break it to us on a Monday as well. I’m not mad, just disappointed in you.’
‘Mate you took caramel sundaes away and now this,’ wrote one dessert lover.
‘First you get rid of the big breakfast, now the wraps – don’t touch the hash browns,’ another commented.
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As of the 2010 Census, Brickell Key consists of over 2800 residents. It is home to a five star hotel, office and retail, as well as, a public park. Brickell Key is largely regarded as paradise in the heart of Miami. It has come a long way from being an aggregation of discarded dredge material. Like so many islands found in Biscayne Bay, Brickell Key is a man-made creation.
When the Brickells arrived to the south side of the Miami River in 1871, William Brickell built a home and trading post. The location of these buildings would later be referred to as Brickell Point. When the Brickells looked east from their home, they saw nothing but bay water from Brickell Point to the peninsula that would later become Miami Beach. It wasn’t until Henry Flagler began to develop the city of Miami in 1896 that that view started to change. Flagler’s team removed a sand bar at the mouth of the Miami River. The team also used a dredge to deepen the river and bay adjacent to Flagler’s Royal Palm Hotel to create the first port of Miami.
The dredging of the Miami River was a point of contention for William Brickell. As part of the effort to deepen the Miami River, those that Flagler put in charge of dredging began to dump limestone and river silt along and just off the shore east of the Brickell property. It was the discard off the shoreline that began to create the first of two spoil islands.
During the dredging of the Miami Canal in 1912, the larger of two spoil islands ended up being expanded with additional river discard. The downstream dredge activity created a lot of free river silt that made its way to the mouth of the Miami River. This silt was then gathered and dumped in the area of the spoil islands. At this time, a smaller spoil island was forming to the southeast of the larger island. It was believed to have come from digging out a vessel that went aground on that spot.
By 1914, the widowed Mary Brickell was quite wealthy from land transactions. During the summer of that year, she had offered to remove the spoil islands at her own expense. The spoil islands were considered a nuisance and even Dr. James Jackson, the physician for the Royal Palm Hotel and later the namesake for Jackson Memorial Hospital, declared the islands to be a menace to the health and welfare of the public. The islands were considered unsightly, difficult to navigate and possessing an unpleasant odor. Mary Brickell had intended to pump the spoil material of the islands into some low lying areas on her property. However, there was enough opposition to her proposal that it was not accepted.
The fate of the islands changed in 1916. By late spring, the Florida Internal Improvement Fund (FII), placed in ad to solicit bids for the land mass. Bids ranged from $10.10 to $3000 per acre for the five acre island. Mary Brickell’s bid was $750 for the entire parcel. Her bid was not the winning bid. On June 21st, 1916, the IIF trustees accepted the highest bid and ordered a deed to be issued to Mrs. M.R. Burlingame.
Mrs. Burlingame was a business woman who moved to Miami from Michigan. She was one of the few women to own an advertising agency at the time. Mrs. Burlingame was a big proponent of promoting Miami as a year round living destination. It was her intention to annex the smaller spoil island and to ultimately build her home on the combined islands. However, prior to the end of June in 1916, Mary Brickell filed suit to challenge the deed issued to Mrs. Burlingame.
The law suit filed by Mary Brickell was finally settled in 1918. The Florida Supreme Court declared in favor of Mrs. Burlingame and a deed was finally and officially issued. By 1920, Burlingame announced her intention to build a hotel or apartment house on the island. The island was referred to as Burlingame Island. In April of 1922, the War Department (later managed by the Army Corp of Engineers), issued a permit for a bulk head and fill of the five acre island. This work was scheduled to be complete by the end of 1922.
However, by 1924, nothing was ever developed on the island. It was eventually sold to E.J. Reed of Miami, who filed for a permit to fill a much larger, triangular-shaped island. There was no evidence that this permit was ever granted, but the request provided a preview to how future plans would influence the shape of today’s Claughton Island.
Through the remainder of the 1920s, not much had changed on Burlingame Island. There was no development and it was said that trees began taking over the topology. Some would say that the island belonged to the raccoons and rats. Ownership changed again in 1932 when R.P. Clark purchased the island. His dredging company was responsible for enlarging the island to 20.7 acres. Mr. Clark owned the island until January 1937.
In November of 1943, Edward Claughton purchased the island. Edward Claughton was a well-known businessman who owned many properties and businesses in the Miami area. The properties included movie theaters and shopping centers in Allapattah. The Claughtons owned property in downtown Miami including the Urmey Hotel which was built in 1916 by William Urmey. They also owned the Silver Sands Motel on Key Biscayne.
Edward Claughton passed away in 1955, and the island was inherited by his widow, Lillian, and two children, Edward Jr. and Suzanne. In 1965, the Claughtons got permission to enlarge the island to 44 acres. However, Lillian Claughton passed away in 1966. As a tribute to their parents, Edward Jr. and Suzanne officially renamed the island Claughton Island.
By the early 1970s, many Miami residents speculated on the future of the island. Development may have been delayed because there was no way to access the island other than by boat. From the award of the island to Burlingame in 1916 through the 1950s, both Mary and Maude Brickell objected to the building of a bridge connecting the island to SE Eighth Street. Maude was the youngest of the eight Brickell children.
Maude may have resisted a bridge given her feelings about how the island was created and how ownership was awarded to Burlingame. Another explanation may have been related to Brickell investments in the area. The Brickells built and owned the Brickell and Bulmer Apartments that resided along the bay at the eastern edge of SE Eighth Street. An increase in automobile traffic could have made both buildings less attractive to prospective renters. Regardless of the reason, the bridge from the island to the mainland did not get serious consideration until after Maude Brickell passed away in November of 1960.
By the fall of 1974, the Claughtons entered into joint venture with Frates Properties of Tulsa, Oklahoma. The joint venture was created for the intention of development. The plan was to build two 300 room hotels, five office buildings, 2775 residential units in the form of condominiums and town homes. The plan also called for a multi-level shopping mall and marina. The agreement provided the Frates with two thirds ownership of the island. The Claughtons still owned the remaining one third of the island.
The joint venture provided the Claughtons with enough capital to finally build a bridge from the island to the mainland. The investment in the bridge was allocated in accordance with the ownership percentage of the island. The Claughtons contributed one third of the investment and the Frates the remaining amount. The bridge was extended from the foot of SW 8th street to the island. The structure was a low fixed bridge that unfortunately blocked the passage of all but the smallest of boats.
In January of 1979, a joint venture of Cheezem and Swire properties purchased the Frates ownership interest for $17 million. The new joint venture inherited the development order approved by the Miami City Commission in 1975. The development included a group of high rise condominiums, two hotels including the Mandarin Oriental, and over a million square feet of office space. Also developed was a 3.5 acre public park on the south side of the island. However, the park is considered temporary and will eventually be developed by Swire in the future.
Swire Properties is the same company that is currently developing the Brickell CitiCentre. Construction is occurring on parcels of land between SE Eighth and SE Seventh Streets, just west of Brickell Key.
The Claughtons continued to own their one third share of the island until the late 1990s. It was written into the deed during the sale of land that the land must officially be called “Claughton Island”. During the development of Claughton Island, it was decided that the name of the island should evolve to include Brickell Key in the name. The name of the island became “Brickell Key on Claughton Island”.
The name change represented a bit of irony in that the Brickells largely considered the island a menace and an obstruction of their view of Biscayne Bay. The spoil island began as a dumping ground for Flagler’s development of the north side of the river, something that had always aggravated William Brickell. In addition, it represented an annoyance for Mary Brickell when her offer to either eliminate or buy the land mass was rejected. Based on these events, the island wasn’t something William, Mary or Maude would have ever envisioned carrying the Brickell name.
Despite how the Brickells felt about the origins of the island, it has evolved nicely into a beautiful development from its humble beginnings. Not only do residents, office workers and hotel guests get to enjoy a well maintained island in the heart of a big city, but so do the surrounding residents. It is not uncommon to see runners or families enjoying a picturesque stroll around the pathways of the island. Brickell Key is part of Miami’s ever evolving skyline and an important part of the daily lives of so many modern day Miamians.
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A special thanks to Suzanne Claughton Schmidt for taking the time to provide more detail and corrections on the history of Claughton Island.
- Book: “The Miami River and Its Tributaries”, by Donald C. Gaby, Chapter 4, pp 23 – 26.
- Oral History: Suzanne Claughton Schmidt
- Detroit Free Press: “Island Off Miami Eyed for Development, September 14, 1974
- Palm Beach Post: “Swire / Cheezam Joint Venture Buys Claughton Island”, January 24, 1979
- Miami News: “New Attempt to Widen Bay Shore Drive”, February 28, 1979
- Cover Photo: Brickell Key on Claughton Island. Courtesy of Brickell Key 411.
- Burlingame Island in 1928. Courtesy of Florida Memory.
- Burlingame Island in 1935. Courtesy of Florida Memory.
- Brickell and Bulmer Apartments in 1940s. Courtesy of Florida Memory.
- Claughton Island in 1972. Courtesy of HistoryMiami.
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Large houses on large lots. Open, grassy parks. A-rated schools. The privacy of a rural-like community. For many home-buyers looking for the perfect suburban community, the Village of Pinecrest is home. A relative newcomer to Miami-Dade County, Pinecrest’s real estate and lifestyle amenities are as attractive as they are timeless.
Even before it was incorporated in 1996, the neighborhood that was to become Pinecrest lured families for generations. Couples moved here to have children. Families moved there for bigger homes on larger lots. It attracted executives, entrepreneurs, physicians – even well-known athletes.
What they found were open and sweeping vistas unlike anything common to more crowded suburban neighborhoods. Standard lots are large; those in North Pinecrest are even larger, many an acre or more.
Gated and open communities include The Sanctuary, Swan Lake, Gables by the Sea, Cutler Bay Estates, Pine Bay Estates, Stritter Estates, Criterion Estates, as well as other, smaller and more quaint gated estates.
What residents find is a community driven by civic pride and enthusiasm. It renamed a stretch of U.S. 1 as “Pinecrest Parkway.” Its Pinecrest Gardens park is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and the city is a Tree City USA community. The South Florida Business Journal rated the city “Best in South Florida for Qualify of Life” and it was recognized as a 2012 Playful City USA.
To learn more about Pinecrest, Coral Gables, Coconut Grove, South Miami, Palmetto Bay, Brickell, or Key Biscayne contact Val Byrne with EWM Realty International or www.MiamiRealEstateWorks.com at email at [email protected] or by phone at 305-323-6231. Val Byrne – Working For You!
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Our Xbox360 arrived from RRoD repair center yesterday. Definitely not the same console which is no surprise. I haven’t tried it out yet – maybe this evening. Now I need to decide what to do. I think I am going to keep the Elite at home as our main console which means I need to move all of my downloadable content to it. I will either take the repaired console to the beach or I’ll set t up down in the basement once I get the LEGO stuff put away.
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Michigan Ross Welcomes Distinguished Researcher and Educator as Keynote DEI Speaker
The Ross School of Business is excited to welcome Dolly Chugh, a social psychologist and professor at the New York University Stern School of Business, for a keynote address in partnership with the Michigan Ross Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
Chugh’s keynote address will pose the question of how we can create a more just future. The discussion will center on how we, as individuals and as a society, can affect social change and shape the future while continuing to reckon with the past.
The event will take place on Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2023, from 11 a.m. – noon in the Robertson Auditorium. This event is free and open to the public. Those who wish to attend are encouraged to RSVP by Oct. 30.
About Dolly Chugh
Chugh is a distinguished researcher and educator who teaches MBA courses in leadership and management at the Stern School of Business. She received New York University’s Distinguished Teaching Award in 2020 and the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Faculty Award in 2013. Chugh’s research focuses on the psychology of good people. She has written two books, including A More Just Future: Psychological Tools for Reckoning with our Past and Driving Social Change. | <urn:uuid:1543c108-d3ae-44c7-9de3-0a4c9df74d1c> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://michiganross.umich.edu/news/michigan-ross-welcomes-distinguished-researcher-and-educator-keynote-dei-speaker | 2024-04-18T14:46:21Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817206.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20240418124808-20240418154808-00567.warc.gz | en | 0.946367 | 273 |
The stone extraction baskets from the SHOW series enable the endoscopic removal of stones from the bile ducts. The basket consists of four hexagonally shaped stainless steel cables. The hose tip on the distalend, enables wire-guided stone extraction. The extraction baskets are available in two sizes to meet various clinical requirements.
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- Available in sizes 15 and 20 mm
- Suitable for short and long wire ERCP
- Not suitable for lithotripsy
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Stop hauling multiple pieces of gear for your day outside. Playamigo carries your things and gives you a comfortable place to recline when you get where you’re going! https://www.theplayamigo.com/
Playamigo is a portable, versatile, well-made and great-looking ground chair with integrated carrying capacity. It combines seating and storage for people who love relaxing outdoors but don’t love hauling multiple pieces of cumbersome gear to get there.
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Jodie Bisasor Returns to the Hamptons and shows No Mercy
Serving the Hamptons Season 2 (HBO Max)
NYC based Model Jodie Bisasor returns to her hometown for “Serving the Hamptons Season 2”, now streaming on HBO Max. This season, Jodie spends the summer working at 75 Main as the lead bartender and makes it clear that she’s there to make money and has no tolerance for BS. Joined this season by new cast members, Jodie describes living in the house as toxic and quickly builds a reputation for herself as a drama queen, due to her sharp tongue and unapologetic sass.
ABOUT JODIE BISASOR
Jodie Bisasor is a Jamaican-born model and reality TV star. After attending East Hamptons’ prestigious Ross School, Jodie combined her passion for fine art and business to launch her company Exquisite Events. She quickly built a reputation for herself among high profile clients as the go to host for private events. Most recently, Jodie has been featured in Allure Magazine and currently hosts a YouTube web series called The Dating Battle. www.youtube.com/@thedatingbattle | <urn:uuid:9d73100d-0f67-4f92-88fb-25160a75c538> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://millenniummagazine.com/television/jodie-bisasor-serving-the-hamptons/ | 2024-04-18T13:48:26Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817206.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20240418124808-20240418154808-00567.warc.gz | en | 0.959071 | 261 |
This minHour teaches you how to delete your Square account. To delete your Square account, you'll need to contact Square directly via the Contact page. Despite Square's commentary on the deactivation process, you cannot deactivate your account from the dashboard.
Open the Square contact page.
Go to https://www.squareup.com/help/contact in your preferred browser.
Click Account Settings.
This option is at the top of the “SELECT YOUR TOPIC” section.
- If you aren’t signed into Square, you’ll be prompted to log in with your email address and password here.
Click Deactivate My Account.
It’s the top option on the subsequent page.
Click I STILL NEED HELP.
You’ll see this option below the “Deactivate My Account” box.
Click Email Support.
It’s at the top of the list of options on this page.
Type in your request for account deletion.
Do so in the box below the “Tell us a little more about your issue” heading. Make sure your statement is direct and concise.
- For example, write something like “I would like you to deactivate my account for me.”
This button is below the email box. Doing so will send an email to Square tech support, where your email will be reviewed and, ideally, fulfilled.
Wait for a confirmation email.
When your account is deactivated, Square tech support will email you with a confirmation.
- Given Square’s reluctance to let you deactivate your account, you may have to confirm that you want your account deactivated in a follow-up email.
- You can also call Square to request account deactivation, but doing so will likely require you to remain on the phone for a lengthy period of time whereas email requires less input.
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Knowing how to greet people on the phone is the first step in making your conversation go smoothly. Polite greetings when picking up the phone make the whole call go much easier, even if you're only responsible for handing the phone over to someone else. To greet people on the phone, use formal introductions when you are at work or keep it casual when talking to your friends to have phone calls that start off on the right foot.
Answer your phone with a “Hello” if you don’t know who it is.
Phone calls from numbers you don’t know could be a variety of people: friends, neighbors, family members, or acquaintances. To keep it neutral, answer your phone with a simple “hello?” if you aren’t sure who is calling. This gives the caller a chance to identify who they are right away.
- Keep your tone light and neutral as you answer the phone.
Greet the caller by name if you know them.
If your phone has caller ID, you may know who is calling you before you answer. If they are your friend or acquaintance, feel free to greet them with a question of how they are doing. You can express happiness at hearing from them as well.
- Try saying, “Hi Levi, how are you doing?”
Use informal language with family and close friends.
You can be more casual when greeting someone you know. Use slang language and words if they will know what you mean. However, if you are talking to someone older, like a grandparent, they may not be up to date on all of the slang language that you use.
- You can say things like, “Hey, what’s up?” and “What’s happening?”
Introduce yourself by name when you call someone else.
When you make a phone call, the person on the other line might not know who you are. If they answer with a “hello?” always start by saying who you are, even if they are a close friend or family member. They might not have caller ID, or they might not have your number saved.
- Try saying, “Hey Mike, it’s Ruby calling.”
Start with “Good morning/afternoon/evening.”
Depending on what time you are working, start your call out with a greeting that reflects the time of day. This is a more personal way to greet someone while still keeping it professional. Callers will appreciate you wishing them a good day.
- Use more formal language, like “Hello,” instead of casual language such as “Hi” when in professional situations.
- You can also thank the person for calling your company to show that you appreciate their business.
Introduce yourself and the name of your company, if applicable.
When someone calls you at work, it’s important to tell the caller who you are. Give your name and some context for what work you do when you first pick up. This will start a conversation and avoid having too many questions from your caller.
- Try saying, “Good morning, this is Jacob from Quickie’s Print Shop.”
Ask how you can help someone if you are a customer service representative.
If your job is to help customers or clients, add a question of how you can help onto your greeting. This will let people know that they’ve reached the right place. It will also help you avoid small talk and get straight to the point of their phone call.
Listen carefully to the caller’s request.
During this brief moment, you’ll become aware of whether the caller wishes to speak with you or whether you need to take a message or pass the phone to someone else. During this fact-establishing moment, remain courteous and don’t interrupt. If the other person hasn’t given their name or it isn’t clear to you, be sure to ask for clarification at this point.
- You can prompt people for information by saying things like “How may I direct your call?” or, “How can I help you?”
Tell your caller politely if you need to put them on hold.
Some people will launch into telling you their problem before you have a chance to intervene. Stay polite and let them know that you’ve heard their request but that you’ll need to put them through to the person whose role it is to deal with their matter. If you have to ask them to wait, tell them that their call is being directed to the correct person.
- Say something like: “May I put you on hold for a moment while I redirect your call?”
Practicing Good Phone Etiquette
Stop drinking or chewing food or gum before taking a call.
Each of these sounds comes through to the caller on the other end of the line and they can sound annoying. Other bodily noises to avoid when answering or speaking on the phone include flatulence, burping, smacking your gums together, yawning, mumbling or making popping noises with your mouth. If you have no choice but to sneeze or cough, excuse yourself and quickly cover the phone’s sound piece.
- If you are at a restaurant or in the middle of a meal, consider taking your phone call outside or letting it go to voicemail until you can talk to them without food in your mouth.
Answer the phone promptly.
A phone that continues ringing leaves time for people to wonder why you’re so slow at answering it. When you eventually get around to picking it up, it’s possible that they’ll be annoyed because they’ve become a little impatient. This is especially important in a work or business context, but it can also matter on the home front.
- A good rule of thumb is not to let your phone ring more than 3 times.
State your name and who you’d like to speak to when calling someone.
In a professional setting, it is very important to get straight to the point of your phone call, since most people are busy. Introduce yourself by name and ask for the person you need to speak to as soon as someone answers the phone.
- Try something like, “Hi, this is Hannah. I’d like to speak to Zachariah, please.”
Finish your call with a pleasantry.
Even if your call could have gone better, try to end the phone call on a positive note by wishing the caller well. Tell them to enjoy their day, or even thank them for calling you. This is especially important in a professional setting, since your pleasantries could reflect how good of an experience the customer had.
- Say something like, “It was a pleasure talking to you, Jane.” or, “Thank you for calling WikiHow, have a nice day.”
Leave a comprehensible and clear answering machine greeting if necessary.
Your answering machine or voicemail is a form of greeting as much as is picking up the phone and answering it directly. Leave a message that is succinct, clear, friendly and makes an invitation for the caller to leave you a message, with a promise that you’ll get back to them as soon as possible.
- For example, try something like, “Hi, you’ve reached Gwyn Fravel of the Marketing Department. I’m not in right now, please leave me a message and I’ll get back to you as soon as I can.”
- Some calls will be made from a noisy place or involve a bad phone connection. Be ready to say that you have a hard time hearing and listen carefully and speak clearly in return.
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Hazlehurst, the seat of justice of Copiah County, is favorably located a little east of the center of the county and has a population of one thousand five hundred and fifteen. It is •A station on the Illinois Central railway, has much business activity and commands a good trade.
There is perhaps no point on the line of the Illinois Central railroad of more interest to the agricultural and farming communities than Wesson, Miss, (population two thousand), the point at which the celebrated Mississippi mills are located. This cotton and woolen manufactory employs a large number of hands, furnishing not only work for many men and women, but it necessarily creates a local demand for all kinds of farm produce which is felt in all that section of country. We quote from an address of Gen. A. M. West, of Holly Springs, delivered before the international exhibition at Philadelphia, Penn., July 10, 1878, the following concerning the great enterprise at Wesson: “In 1847 Col. J. M. Wesson, of Georgia, organized a company for manufacturing cotton and woolen goods, cornmeal and flour, and located in the same year in Mississippi, and commenced operations in 1848. This enterprise was eminently successful. It commenced with a capital of 150,000, and within a few years increased the same to $300,000. It was destroyed by the Federal army in 1864. Colonel Wesson, encouraged by previous success, located, after the war, in a vast pine forest in Copiah County, and named the place Wesson, and entered at once upon the erection .of suitable factory buildings, which he soon furnished with machinery and put into operation. These mills were destroyed by fire and were then rebuilt by Mr. E. Richardson.” The further history of this great industrial enterprise is given elsewhere in this volume. Quite a large town is growing up around the mills. There is a demand for all the goods they can make, and they are unable to keep up with orders for styles. Large sales are made in the Western states, in New York, and what is better they have a large local and home patronage; thus demonstrating that cotton can be more economically manufactured in the immediate vicinity of its production than elsewhere.
The town of Wesson has never had a saloon, deeds for the lots containing a clause which prohibits forever the sale of intoxicating liquors on them. There are three white churches, Methodist, Baptist and Presbyterian, all handsome structures, and one colored church, though the population is made up almost exclusively of white people, there being not more than a score of Negroes living within the corporate limits.
The town is well supplied with water for protection from fire through the public spirit of the mill company in placing fire plugs at convenient points, the supply coming through the company’s pumps at a creek and reservoir a mile distant. There are lodges of Masons, Odd Fellows, Knights of Honor and other like organizations. The banking business of the place is transacted through the Mississippi mills. The town raised 110,000 bonus and the site to secure the location of the state female college which, however, went to Columbus, not-withstanding Wesson was the home of one thousand four hundred young ladies, drawn thither from various counties by the prospect of employment in the mills. There is a large and successful free school in session the entire year, besides several private schools.
Wesson was visited on April 22, 1883, by a cyclone, the most destructive ever known in the state. Its track was one-fourth of a mile wide and thirty miles long, sweeping away in its course two towns, Beauregard and Georgetown Wesson, however, suffering severely. The storm cloud came from the southwest, at about three o’clock in the afternoon, and with a frightful roar carried away houses, trees, fences, human beings, and all manner of debris in indescribable confusion. There were one hundred and ninety persons wounded and seventy-six killed, while hundreds were left homeless and destitute. An associate society of Red Cross for Copiah County was formed at Wesson, and over five hundred and fifty destitute people received aid in this vicinity, exclusive of aid given by agents of the society along the track of the storm. The society received and disbursed $7,943, exclusive of large supplies of food and clothing.
Other towns in this county are Crystal Springs and Beauregard. Crystal Springs has a population of one thousand one hundred and twenty-five, and is a flourishing station on the Illinois Central railroad. It is a well built and handsome place, widely known for its extensive garden truck and fruit-growing interests. Beauregard, on the same railway line, has a population of six hundred and three. It was almost totally destroyed by a cyclone in 1883 and has been only partially rebuilt.
Hazlehurst lodge No. 25, A. F. & A. M., consolidated in 1870 with Gallatin lodge No. 25, has twenty-six members and D. B. Low is worshipful master.
Quitman lodge, A. F. & A. M., is located at Rockport post office, near Pearl River, and has twenty- nine members, its worshipful master being M. D. L. Crawford.
Charles Scott lodge No. 136, A. F. & A. M., is located east of Crystal Springs. J. M. Wesson lodge No. 317, of Wesson, has sixty-seven members, and Miles Cannon is worshipful master.
Copiah lodge No. 1422, Knights of Honor, was organized in 1879. Its first dictator was Judge T. E. Cooper. It now has about sixty-six members and Hon. Geo. L. Dodds is dictator.
Excelsior lodge No. 365, Knights and Ladies of Honor, of which Capt. J. L. Ard is protector, has about thirty-five members.
There is a Knights of Pythias lodge in the county known as Copiah lodge No. 60.
Signal Assembly No. 5739 Knights of Labor, has a goodly membership, and there is a lodge of A. L. of H.
The following lodges are located at Crystal Springs:
Knights of Pythias No. 21, established about 1880, which has about fifty-one members.
Knights of Honor No. 1420, established about 1879, and has about one hundred and five members.
At Wesson are Harmony lodge Knights of Honor No. 1851,
Knights and Ladies of Honor lodge,
I. O. O. F. lodge, and a Good Templars lodge.
West Point, the seat of justice of Clay County, on the Illinois Central & Mobile & Ohio railroads, has a population of twenty-two hundred, and is a trading point of growing importance. West Point has a fine brick public school building. Its churches areas follows: Missionary Baptist, Christian, Methodist, Cumberland Presbyterian, Old School Presbyterian and the Protestant Episcopal. The Baptists were the first to organize here.
Secret societies are represented thus:
Cannon lodge No. 159, A. F. & A. M., of which Moses Jordan was the first worshipful master, and J. H. Shipman is the present one, and which has surrendered its charter twice, and been twice revived;
Star lodge No. 84, I. O. O. F., established January 1869, with W. J. Howell as noble grand, and of which Tol. Hobbler is present noble grand;
West Point lodge No. 527, Knights of Honor, organized March, 1877, with nine members, J. H. Shipman first dictator, and now having one hundred and sixty-one members.
West Point lodge No. 224, Knights and Ladies of Honor, which was organized January, 1880, with thirty-four members, I. W. Foster first protector, and now has sixty-one members; Fred Daggett being protector.
Prairie lodge No. 42, Knights of Pythias, which was organized in June, 1885, with W. E. Motford as chancellor commander
Security lodge No. 254, Knights of the Golden Rule.
Tibbee, Palo Alto and Siloam are several small towns in this county.
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Bellator heavyweight Chael Sonnen and mixed martial arts legend Fedor Emelianenko are on a collision course set for the cage. Now a video of Chael Sonnen training his striking ahead of the fight has hit the internet.
Sonnen and “The Last Emperor” are each enlisted in the exciting Bellator heavyweight tournament grand prix. The tournament is set to determine the heavyweight champion of the promotion, with Sonnen and Emelianenko having each beaten their first opponents respectively.
Now the two fighters will throw down for the tournament’s semi-finals. Gearing up for the fight, Chael Sonnen is hard in training at the moment.
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It was loud and it was bright. A single explosion of blue flame consumed the video as the feed cut out entirely. There was no sound... no visual... nothing just a still black screen. The heroes had yet to say a word their minds processing what they had just seen. Seconds passed until Nemuri opened her mouth tears threatening to fall.
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Aizawa blinked he seemed shell-shocked having seen his student die. "This... can't be..." he put a hand to his head feeling faint. He stumbled banging his hip into the desk. He'd seen death before but this... He wanted to cry, to yell but he couldn't. "Nezu...?"
The principal sat still before he rapidly started typing on his computer. The rat seemed frantic as he shouted out to the heroes, "Everyone focus! I'm tracing the video's location! You all need to calm yourself!"
Aizawa shook his head trying to clear his mind, he had to find Izuku and he couldn't do it like this. It was with that in mind that he became aware of the situation once more. Nemuri however couldn't snap out of her despair. Seeing Izuku's torture and execution was just too much for the hero. She couldn't focus, she knew she had a job to do but her mind kept racing back to Izuku. His smile, his presence, and then how broken he was, how he yelled in anger, and how his last moments were him next to Inko's dead body. "No... please... Izuku... Izuku..." She could only break down in front of her colleagues.
"I've got a location! Police, firefighters, and paramedics have already begun making their way there!"
"Where is it?!" Aizawa looked at the principal, any second he wasn't told was a second wasted.
"It's Naruhata in the abandoned district near the outskirts!"
Aizawa knew the place like the back of his hand having been there in his past. It made perfect sense. There were a lot of abandoned buildings and not very many people lived there other than vagrants and villains. He cursed himself for not checking the place more thoroughly when Izuku was missing but he couldn't think about that now. Grabbing a chair he bashed it against the window shattering the glass before he jumped out.
"Snipe! Hound Dog, follow after Aizawa and make sure you find Midoriya!"
"Move!" Aizawa pushed past the police line that formed in front of him, his face filled with panic when he saw the collapsed warehouse. The fire had been mostly put out but that didn't serve to provide any comfort. Rushing to the collapsed parts he pushed and lifted whatever rubble was in the way. "Izuku! Izuku!" He yelled out his student's name in the hope that the boy would respond but he got nothing other than silence. He lifted pieces until he came across a body. Freezing he quickly inspected the body, it was obviously female meaning that Izuku was still somewhere around here. 'Mrs. Midoriya...' He would mourn her death and his failure later for now he pushed on.
He moved from section to section but he failed to find any clue there wasn't any blood or clothing left. But the absence of such evidence didn't mean that everything was fine. Izuku was hurt and died or potentially he was still taken captive by the league. The unknown brought forth a well of anger. "Hound Dog! Can you track Midoriya's sent?! The league's?!"
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“The blood of martyrs never touches the ground.”
So I had been kicking around Kobane for a day or two and had made some good contacts in the media center and also the YPG. One afternoon the translator and I had stopped by to see what the YPG were up to; it was quiet, mostly. Then a commander came walking through talking rapidly and pointing. I looked at the translator and he said that the YPG are helping to escort the bodies of 18 YPG/J fighters from Kobane Canton to Cizere Canton for final burial. There was some kind of ceremony that was supposed to happen too. So we saddled up the Hyundai minivan and followed the racing YPG cars to wherever it was they were going.
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At the center a hundred people or so have gathered, women sit in one room and men in the other waiting for the arrival of the Cizere delegation to accept the bodies of the dead. It is quiet, my TEV-DEM contact, Mr. Shaif is there and he thanks me for attending. We wait, we talk, we drink tea. An old bus, with windows missing is eased into the courtyard, we wait some more. Finally the Cizere contingent arrives, older men and women, some TEV-DEM, some of the parents and family of the martyrs, some private folks. They are led into an open room and the certificates for burial and death are passed ceremoniously to them. They accept. There are no tears.
The Kobane and Cizere contingent board the bus, I wheedle a seat for the translator and me. We drive to the Martyrs cemetery, some words are spoken by people representing Kobane thanking Cizere and the sacrifice that the fighters made for the freedom of Kobane. The Cizere contingent affirms their support and commitment to Kobane and the Revolution. The occasion is brief, solemn. More than one mother of a fallen fighter is in the audience, yet it is quiet. There are no tears.
We are now late and the old bus blasts like a rocket back through the dusty streets. The area around the Institute is alive with activity as cars carrying the flag draped coffins of the fallen pass by the gate and people look on from the surrounding streets. I dash around the corner to see what’s happening at the gate to the center. The women have come out of the institute compound and stand chanting on the streets, fingers raised in the V for victory salute. The individual cars carrying the heroes pass the saluting crowd, driven by YPG soldiers who return the V salute. The women chant in both Arabic and Kurmanji, occasionally making the zazi, the uniquely regional feminine ululation, which can be heard piercing the still heavy air.
I look on and without thinking I raise my hand in a V salute, but remain silent. There is no longer seeing or hearing this scene, only feeling it. My throat tightens and I find myself hating and loving in the same moment. Loving these young fighters who died for freedom, real freedom; and hating the fact of their deaths, too young, too brave, too many, and those who killed them — Daesh scum. If I could have killed every Daesh fighter in that moment, I would have. Every. Last. One. I reel in my emotions and look over to the gathered women on my right. Their faces are a blur of sadness, gratitude, and determination. I realize that this wasn’t about the Siege of Kobane, it was about the next, inevitable battle. It was about those who will die, as much as those who have. And there are no tears. Except my own. | <urn:uuid:f006219f-5ebd-4f05-9e5f-cfe1001ef673> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://modernslavery.calpress.org/?p=927 | 2024-04-18T13:19:58Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817206.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20240418124808-20240418154808-00567.warc.gz | en | 0.973173 | 1,092 |
Global economy in turmoil
From overproduction to financial crisis and into recession
It is now more than seven months since the financial meltdown that began in Thailand with the collapse of the local currency. Although incapable of predicting the crisis, the International Monetary Fund has again been entrusted with the task of calming troubled waters. So far, it has had a qualified success, given that, despite unprecedented financial mobilisation, the monetary situation remains unstable and may have been made worse by President Clinton’s current difficulties which have led to a weakness in the dollar. From now on, the much-vaunted Asian tiger economies, and South Korea in particular, will be subject to structural adjustment plans similar to those for the poorest African countries. These will almost certainly bring in their wake massive job losses, company closures and increased poverty. Widespread social unrest is predictable, with political instability already affecting Indonesia in particular (see article on Indonesia in this dossier). The current financial chaos is merely the most eye-catching aspect of a fundamental crisis of overproduction, now linked to global deflation and austerity policies which suppress demand. If the risk of recession is to be averted, the world’s leading economies will have to boost consumption and, flying in the face of orthodox monetary policy, increase the purchasing power of the poorest citizens.
Since July 1997 an international economic crisis has been in the making in more or less “pure” form. Thailand was the first to be hit, though no-one paid much attention, but, week on week, the crisis has spread and taken hold in several countries at once. Now that it has reached Korea and is posing a direct threat not only to China and Hong Kong but also to Japan, there is no stopping it: it has a momentum all of its own.
This is a crisis that has - and will continue to - spread by attacking those countries whose financial systems - and banking systems more particularly - are intrinsically the least resilient. Underlying the problem is today’s globalised and finance-based system of capital formation. Yet again, we have seen how crashes have their own momentum, with their rapid spread making them particularly destructive. The present crisis is particularly serious because, though it looks financial, it is actually economic to the core. It reflects the growing problems faced by industry in selling its goods, meeting profitability targets for investment in production and therefore achieving the levels of return to which financial operators have become accustomed in the 1990s, especially in the United States.
Neither the G7 group of the world’s major industrial countries nor the International Monetary Fund have the desire, or indeed the resources, to contain the looming recession. Unemployment levels as well as wage levels, where labour has been made fully “flexible”, are behind the chronic lack of global demand and worsening trends towards deflation. That is the effect of the policies of liberalisation, financial and wage deregulation and “non-intervention by the state” that the world’s most powerful countries have applied at home and imposed abroad. At present, they have no intention of changing tack and, when (...)
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* Lecturer at the University of Paris-XIII-Villetaneuse, author of La
Mondialisation du capital (Globalisation of Capital), Syros, Paris
(1) “Below-the-line” items are risk transactions that have to be
carried out on the basis of statistical and financial analysis. They
include liabilities on the derivatives market which led to the
collapse of Barings Bank. This also applies to many high-risk loans
which the bank does not enter in its balance-sheet but which increase
its liabilities when they prove unrecoverable.
(2) See “Don’t Expect Socialism for Investors to Go On Forever”,
International Herald Tribune, 31 December 1997.
(3) See “Market turmoil Raises Fear of Debt Moratorium”,
International Herald Tribune, 8 January 1998.
(4) See “US Regulators May Demand Riskier Classification of Loans
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State aid and de minimis scheme “Grants to support entrepreneurs in the development of advanced digital technologies” has been approved.
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A fire broke out in a Gaithersburg home on August 25, 2023, causing a partial collapse of the building. According to DC News Now, firefighters found “heavy fire” on the second floor, attic, and roof of the home. There were no reported injuries.
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Can anyone tell me how to do a regular expression in the new version of GA? I want to remove specific keywords from organic reports.
In the previous version of GA I used the following (phrase1|phrase2|phrase3) but that doesn't work anymore.
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Thanks Craig...didn't see that!
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Wow, missed this one. Quite weird that Google Analytics 'decided' to leave the Does not Match Regular Expression out of the new version for advanced segments. I know this is not the best solution. But while the old version is still available I would recommend to create an advanced segment in there. It will also be available in the new version.
Allright, Craig beat me on this ;-)! Missed the exclude for this one.
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I am trying to make some sense of the data in the "Landing Pages" report under "Search Engine Optimization" in GA versus the data under the "Landing Pages" report in "Behavior | Site Content". For example, the SEO report says my page http://www.asiantraveltips.com/blog/bangkok-skytrain-bts-mrt-lines/ received 22,000 search impressions in the past 30 days and 900 "clicks" (12.42%). What are these "clicks" when the Content "Landing Pages" report says the same page only got 382 "sessions" in the same period??? What are these "clicks" if not clicks on the search results link that should be reflected in landing page sessions on the corresponding page?
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Could someone explain how the following metrics in Google Analytics are being calculated: Search Engine Optimization (Acquisition): clicks on a certain query Campaigns (Acquisition): sessions on a certain keyword GA Help states that both 'queries' and 'organic keywords' refer to the actual string a user enters in Google Search. In that cases it seems that 'clicks' on a SERP result through a given query and 'sessions' through that very same query could not be miles apart. E.g.: Clicks through query X = 170 Sessions through organic keyword X = 8 Thank you for helping me out!
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Hi, One of the things I'm looking to do is to track clicks on my social follow buttons. I know I can try to add GA events for each button and go from there. But in order to simplify the process, I'm looking for a WP plugin that can help. Currently I've only come across AddThis and Share This as viable options, though Add This has very mixed reviews, and Share This isn't updated for WP 3.6.1. For my social shares at the end of blog posts I'm wondering the same thing about tracking shares. I've used AddThis in the past with success in tracking shares, but I wanted to see what other are doing or if there's a newer technique. The bottom line is that I want to try to see as much of the "social" as I can in GA. Thank you in advance!!
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Further to my question yesterday where all data for Wednesday 31st July 2013 was not showing - the data did reappear yesterday afternoon. But today, all data for yesterday seems odd - across all my projects visitor numbers appear to be around 40% down on the norm. Sales were normal, so I wonder if this is another glitch - anyone else seeing strange stats in GA for yesterday?
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Hi I want to know how can i download all my keywords within the kw report of the google analytics new version. It seems to me that the "limit=50000" parameter doesn't work on this new version. If that is true how can i do to export all my keywords let say on CSV format? Thanks a lot
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Hello, Regarding recent change in how Google now defines a session... If a user visits a site from a different traffic source (say Google and Bing ) within 30 minutes, would that show 2 visits now ? Was earlier it considered 1 visit ? Also, sessions ends "at the end of the day" It can be different for different users ? How does Google defines end of the day ? for USA time ? Thanks
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Hi I'm working on a real estate agents web site which has a lots of links coming from paid listings in real estate linstings sites (this in France so I'm not sure examples will mean anything but basically the agents have 900 house listings in each site and each listing has a backlink) In analytics these are classified as referals and that's fine for the moment But because sites provide different types of links, we are considering tagging all paid links with analytics utm codes. Mainly to learn which ads are actually providing qualified traffic (providing contacts). I'm guessing that currently these links, there are thousands, bring seo value to my client's web site and are not considered as paid links. Will adding the analytics codes to these links cause a loss of their value by clearly indicating to Google that we paid for them? What's the current thinking on this? I'm tempted not to be worried about being honest about the origin of these links but I'm worried that there is a real danger of loosing current ranking Any arguments FOR tagging paid links ? Thanks for you help Neil
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Hi, All! I would like to create a custom report that will enable me to see which of my pages are contributing to goal completion on my site (so I can then optimize the pages that are contributing the most, with maximal ROI for the optimization investment). If I make the dimension "page/page title" and the metric "goal X completions" - which would make sense - what exactly are the numbers that I am seeing telling me? Is it how many times a person started the goal funnel from that pages (meaning every goal would appear only once and there be no overlap)? That doesn't appear to be the case with the numbers, because the headline in the main "Goals" section tells me I have 30 goal completions for that goal, for example, but the headline in the custom report (which is adding up all the numbers) is, say, 100. Or does it mean the number of times that this page was ever in the navigation path of someone who ended up completing a goal? Then the same goal would be counted multiple times, for each page in the path. Additionally, I see this strange thing on some of my reports where the actual funnel pages appear as contributing towards goals, which I guess makes sense, but again the numbers don't match up. If the goal was to get to page B, and the funnel was A->B, and there were supposedly 30 goal completions, my custom report says that A gave 28 goal completions and B gave 25. Anyone know for sure - or through testing - what the case is with all these things? Any explanations will be much appreciated!
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While our lead financial planners enjoy growing personal relationships with their clients, it takes a team to continue to provide our clients with exceptional financial planning and investment management services. Our team has also been growing in recent years, so there may be some new names and faces that you haven’t heard from yet. As 2021 comes to an end, we wanted to share some of our team member’s highlights from 2021 to help you to get to know us better.
Kevin Ervin was excited to travel more this year after the COVID vaccine became widely available. Kevin has been enjoying watching a new generation of leadership emerge within the firm and allowing them to take an increasing role in Market Street’s business decisions.
Jessica Bokhart and her husband, Brent, spent much of their year playing taxi service to all of their kids’ activities, including gymnastics, soccer, baseball, 4-H, and horseback riding lessons. They were able to enjoy some much deserved time off over Spring Break at Hilton Head Island and surprised the kids with a Disney World vacation just before Christmas.
Kyle Thompson has enjoyed watching his daughter get involved with a competitive cheer team which has become a passion for her. He likes seeing her grow her confidence in new skills and build relationships with her teammates. Professionally, Kyle has enjoyed watching our team continue to grow and see young advisors continue to improve their skills and lead more client relationships.
Aaron Williams and his wife, Cristy, are anxiously anticipating the birth of their second son in January 2022 (or any day now…). Aaron has enjoyed watching his eldest son prepare to become a big brother, including his belief that he has named his little brother.
Patrick Roberts was happy to finally enjoy traveling again. He, his wife, Shannon, and his parents were able to check off a bucket list item with a 4 day trip to the Grand Canyon. They stayed at the El Tovar Lodge on the rim of the canyon and enjoyed hiking along the rim and even a few miles into the canyon. It was an awe-inspiring trip!
Katie Fischer wrapped up a two-year term as the Treasurer for the Junior League of Indianapolis, which was a great learning experience for her. Her family enjoyed a vacation to Hilton Head Island in August where the kids loved the beach and riding bikes around the island.
Jared Defore spent a lot of time in his backyard this summer, building a clubhouse for his two sons and building a firepit for the family to enjoy on cool fall evenings. He also volunteered some of his evenings and weekends to coach youth sports. Jared and his wife, Jenna, also took the opportunity to travel this year, hitting 16 different states!
Austin Angel and his wife, Jackie, enjoyed a trip to Arizona and Utah. They spent their days hiking and doing lots of sightseeing including Sedona, the Grand Canyon, Antelope Canyon, Lake Powell, Zion National Park, and Scottsdale.
Drew Feutz and his wife, Amanda, became first-time homeowners in April. In May, Drew got to celebrate with Amanda as she graduated with her bachelor’s degree in Dietetics.
Doug O’Neill is our newest team member! He moved back to Indianapolis in 2021 after some time in Florida. He joined us in August and has quickly added value with his attention to details and technical skills.
Meredith Schmeltz celebrated one year with Market Street in October! If you call our main phone line, you’re likely to hear Meredith on the other end. This year, her family took the opportunity to enjoy some travel to Yosemite and Sequoia National Parks to see Half Dome and the amazing sequoias. Meredith and her husband also took a trip to Jamaica with some close friends and no kids!
Adriane Kulczar is another recent addition to our team; she celebrated her one year anniversary as a paraplanner at Market Street in July. Her family took three big trips this year, including a beach trip with the kids to North Carolina, a trip with friends to Jamaica, and a camping trip on Father’s Day to celebrate her father! She is grateful for her fun, sun-filled year!
While we also had our fair share of struggles this year, we are grateful for all the opportunities we had to enjoy activities with friends and family and the continued good health of our loved ones! We are always grateful for our wonderful client relationships! We look forward to continuing to serve you in 2022 and beyond! Thank you!
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The first shoe has dropped. Last night, Standard & Poor’s ended months of market speculation by finally downgrading the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico’s G.O. debt from BBB- to BB+, i.e. below investment-grade. The GDB’s rating was also cut to BB. Both ratings remain on Negative CreditWatch, signaling that further downgrades are possible.
While S&P was the first one out of the gate, in my opinion, it’s now only a matter of time before the other two rating agencies follow suit. In a way, a new chapter in the Puerto Rico muni saga has just begun.
As recently as yesterday afternoon, according to our sources on the ground, the GDB had been leaning on the PR Judicial Branch to pass the Teachers Retirement System reform proposal in order to help prevent a downgrade, claiming that such downgrade may result in massive government layoffs and skyrocketing interest rates. For the GDB to cross constitutional lines and pressure the judiciary in such a way was clear evidence of its desperation.
S&P’s decision came after months of frantic efforts by the Padilla Administration to do everything in its power to placate the rating agencies. Commonwealth officials tried to shore up liquidity at the GDB by pulling in deposits from local banks. They touted improved revenue collections and highlighted economic development initiatives. Earlier this week, after meeting with the rating agencies in New York, they thought they could still delay the inevitable by announcing a balanced budget proposal for fiscal 2015, one year ahead of previous forecasts.
… once we get past the initial media hysteria, the downgrade may turn out to be largely a non-event.
Unfortunately, as well-meaning as those actions were, they also rang hollow; in the absence of full disclosure about the GDB’s true cash flows, efforts to bolster the Bank’s liquidity only made the market more suspicious of its true condition. Even the balanced budget proposal came too late. As we told the Bond Buyer, if the Commonwealth now believes it can eliminate deficit financing through cost-cutting measures and without the need for more government layoffs, why did it wait so long to accomplish this? No wonder market participants shrugged off this latest move as mere “window dressing” ahead of the new bond financing.
Regular readers of our column know we’ve been harping constantly on the lack of transparency at the GDB. When S&P put the Commonwealth on CreditWatch on January 24th, we noted that the agency had explicitly called out the GDB’s liquidity position as a key issue. As it turns out, concerns about short-term liquidity were, in fact, behind S&P’s move yesterday. According to David Hitchcock, S&P’s lead analyst, after seeing the GDB’s cash flow statements and liquidity position, the agency had no choice but to act quickly. In a way, the market’s suspicion about the GDB’s tenuous liquidity position has been all but confirmed.
At this point, PR officials probably feel they just can’t win, and who can blame them? They just can’t win because this downgrade should have occurred months ago. By dragging their feet and setting up all kinds of new credit hurdles to justify their actions, the rating agencies have probably contributed to the uncertainty surrounding PR’s bonds. The market, on the other hand, has already rendered its verdict months ago, pushing PR G.O. yields to what we believe is the equivalent of a “B” G.O. credit.
There may be a silver lining to all this. We believe a downgrade to speculative status may already be fully discounted by the market. In fact, once we get past the initial media hysteria, the downgrade may turn out to be largely a non-event. Any institutional account that may be forced to sell has probably already done so by now. Having managed a couple of mutual funds in my time, I can attest that many funds have loopholes in their prospectuses that may allow them to continue to hold bonds that have been downgraded to junk, particularly to avoid forced selling into unfavorable market conditions. Others can hold bonds that are split-rated between junk and investment grade, so they may only need one out of the three rating agencies to maintain an “investment grade” rating. Still others have had plenty of time to ask their Board of Trustees for special permission to hold the debt in order to avoid a fire sale. The point is: previous forecasts of further massive liquidations of PR bonds may prove grossly exaggerated.
Note that we said “further liquidations.” In our view, much of the “systemic risk” related to PR may already have occurred: for proof, just look at the massive mutual fund liquidations we witnessed last year, particularly out of those institutions that were over-weighted in PR paper. Who knows? The bulk of the predicted “forced selling” may already have occurred.
To underscore the growing irrelevance of the ratings, Standard & Poor’s very own Dow Jones Indices group last Friday removed Puerto Rico bonds from its S&P National AMT-Free Municipal Bond Index, saying the bonds are now trading at high-yield corporate levels, have inconsistent liquidity characteristics and thus no longer “meet the objective established by this investable investment grade index.” Yes, even the Index team at S&P saw the oncoming lights of the downgrade train.
That said, we certainly don’t want to downplay the symbolic and, more importantly, the technical implications of a downgrade to junk status. Capital charges to the bond insurers for their PR exposure would certainly rise, undermining their ability to do other business. Collateral requirements for some of the Commonwealths swap transactions may also increase and could add up to as much as $1 billion, according to a recent Moody’s report. Last but not least, those institutional investors whose performance is predicated on muni market indices (the ETFs for example) will have to deal with a significant shift in the composition of their indices, as a significant portion of the market will transition from investment grade to high yield status.
So what does this all mean for PR’s “market access,” going forward?
After balking at what they perceived as usurious rates back in the fall, PR officials appear to have resigned themselves to paying whatever it takes to get a financing done. Confirming an earlier report from the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported this week that the Commonwealth is in fact cobbling together a $2 billion deal from various sources, including hedge funds.
This time around, the Commonwealth isn’t exactly negotiating from a position of strength. According to the WSJ, Morgan Stanley’s earlier proposal reportedly carried an interest rate of 10%. Other private financing offers would allow creditors to sue the Commonwealth in New York State rather than local court in the event of default. (Note: see one major legal firm’s view on the jurisdictional issues). Still others would require a non-callability feature to allow investors to lock in these high yields until the bonds mature.
Bringing a deal to market at any price does have ancillary implications: it may lead to a market-wide revaluation of all existing PR debt. If the “best-secured” debt in the capital structure is yielding say 10% or more, what would the rest of the PR debt be worth? The pricing services should have a field day trying to figure this out. The lower-coupon debt in particular, with 4.00 or 5.00% coupons, may see a sharp downward adjustment in dollar price. Needless to say, existing bondholders stand to get hurt even more, at least from a mark-to-market standpoint. In the capital markets, nothing happens in a vacuum and everything is related.
Faced with such equally unpalatable options, we suspect the Commonwealth will have no choice but to go back to its best financing vehicle, the Cofina bonds, even if it may have to pay upwards of 9.00% for a third lien structure. At least, some degree of financing flexibility will be preserved by going through Cofina.
Yet, even a successful deal would not resolve anything. It would only buy the government some more time to bring the economy out of recession. At the end of the day, true market access can only be restored when the island’s debt burden is finally aligned with its economic resources, something that hasn’t happened in a long time.
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Dystopian novels have captivated young adult readers for generations, offering thrilling adventures in often bleak, totalitarian worlds. These stories typically explore themes of resilience, freedom, and the human spirit’s tenacity in the face of oppressive regimes. Their popularity surged with the emergence of blockbuster series like “The Hunger Games,” where readers find protagonists navigating treacherous societies that provide a distorted reflection of our own.
Among the extensive array of young adult dystopian literature, some titles have become prominent through intricate world-building and compelling narratives that resonate with teenage readers. They often serve as both windows and mirrors: windows into imagined societies fraught with what-ifs and mirrors reflecting contemporary social issues through the fantastical lens. This has resulted in the genre becoming a space for young adults to engage with complex ideas, prompting them to consider their own roles within society.
These novels often feature characters who are at a formative stage of life, mirroring the young readers who gravitate towards them. Whether it’s the grim, gender-based oppressions in “The Handmaid’s Tale” inspired societies, or the raw survivalism depicted in “Lord of the Flies”-like environments, these stories hold a powerful sway in their ability to pair dire situations with youthful hope and determination. As such, young adult dystopian novels hold a unique position in literature, offering a blend of entertainment, caution, and reflection that continues to draw in new generations of thoughtful readers.
- 1 What is Dystopian Fiction
- 2 Evolution of the Genre
- 3 Essential Themes in Young Adult Dystopian Novels
- 4 Top Young Adult Dystopian Novels
- 5 Influential Authors in Dystopian Fiction
- 6 Adaptations to Screen and Stage
- 7 Critical Acclaim and Reviews
- 8 Understanding the Impact
- 9 Guides to Starting a Dystopian Novel Collection
- 10 Resources for Further Reading
What is Dystopian Fiction
Dystopian fiction is a genre of speculative fiction that depicts a society which is undesirable or frightening. These novels often explore a future where oppressive societal control and the illusion of a perfect society are maintained through corporate, bureaucratic, technological, moral, or totalitarian control. Dystopian works invoke a sense of unease, presenting a society distinct from the reader’s own, commonly as a warning or as political commentary.
Fundamental elements of dystopian fiction include:
- A backdropped society: It is typically characterized by environmental disaster, technological or governmental oppression, or societal collapse.
- Protagonists: They often question society, feeling trapped and struggling to escape or bring about change.
- Themes: Common themes focus on freedom, or lack thereof, individuality, and the impact of government or technology on society.
Characteristics of dystopian novels for young adults are that they:
- Address young adults: Themes are crafted to resonate with adolescent experiences, like identity, independence, and rebellion.
- Feature young protagonists: Characters are often young adults, which helps readers relate.
Dystopian fiction challenges readers to consider serious questions about governance, personal rights, and social structure, while often wrapped in a coming-of-age story that appeals to younger readers. It promotes critical thinking about their own society and the paths it could take in the future.
Evolution of the Genre
The young adult dystopian genre has undergone significant changes since its inception. Originating from the broader category of dystopian literature, including classics like Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World and George Orwell’s 1984, the genre has tailored itself to younger audiences.
In the past, dystopian narratives often stemmed from adult literature, challenging readers with stark political commentaries and bleak, oppressive worlds. However, the transition to young adult dystopian fiction marks a shift towards character-driven stories, focusing on protagonists typically in their teenage years. These characters often experience personal growth while fighting against the societal constraints of their dystopian settings.
Key milestones in the evolution of young adult dystopian novels include:
- 1950s-1970s: A mix of adult and emerging young adult dystopian themes, often within science fiction.
- 1980s-1990s: Increased presence of young protagonists and themes around personal identity.
- Early 2000s: A significant rise in popularity with series like Suzanne Collins’s The Hunger Games, bringing the genre to the forefront of young adult fiction.
This evolution reflects changes in societal concerns, with modern dystopias often exploring issues such as environmental disasters, technology’s impact, and government surveillance – all through the lens of youthful rebellion and the quest for identity.
The genre’s adaptability intrigues young readers, providing a platform for exploring complex themes in a relatable context. As young adult dystopian novels continue to evolve, they entertain and empower their audience to question and challenge the constructs of their own societies.
Essential Themes in Young Adult Dystopian Novels
Young adult dystopian novels often explore complex themes through their narratives. These critical themes reflect the characters’ struggles against oppressive environments and highlight their journey towards self-discovery.
Identity and Individualism
In a dystopian setting, characters frequently grapple with questions of self. The pursuit of identity and individualism is seen as the protagonist tries to understand their place within a society that often demands conformity. Books like Marie Lu’s “Legend” series showcase characters who must assert their individuality against a backdrop of widespread societal control.
Authority and Rebellion
The clash between oppressive forces and the protagonist symbolizes the tension between authority and rebellion. This theme is central to the dystopian genre, as it underlines the conflict necessary for dramatic tension and plot advancement. Notable examples include Suzanne Collins’ “The Hunger Games”, where the oppressive Capitol incites an uprising among the districts.
Survival and Humanity
Dystopian narratives often put characters in situations where they must fight to survive while retaining their humanity and moral compass. The struggle for resources and the constant threat of danger forces characters to make difficult choices that test their humanity, as exemplified by the brutal competition in “The Hunger Games”.
Technology and Control
These novels frequently examine the role of technology as a means of control. Characters often confront advanced surveillance and manipulative devices that threaten their autonomy. Ray Bradbury’s “Fahrenheit 451” tackles the dangers of technology by portraying a society where books are banned, and critical thinking is discouraged by an overwhelming dependence on television.
Top Young Adult Dystopian Novels
This section explores distinguished young adult dystopian novels, ranging from the foundational classics that shaped the genre to modern hits and promising newcomers.
- “The Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins: This trilogy sets a high standard for the genre with its portrayal of a divided society and the televised battle for survival.
- “1984” by George Orwell: Often categorized as both adult and young adult fiction, this novel presents a chilling and prophetic vision of a totalitarian future.
- “The Maze Runner” by James Dashner: A thrilling series following teenagers who must navigate a lethal maze with no memories of their past.
- “Divergent” by Veronica Roth: This series captures readers with its examination of a society stratified by virtues and the consequent rebellion.
- “Parable of the Sower” by Octavia Butler: While not a new release, this novel has gained traction among young adults for its poignant narrative and resilient protagonist.
- “The Grace Year” by Kim Liggett: A recent entry into the genre, it depicts a society that exiles 16-year-old girls to release their supposed magic.
The novels mentioned represent key moments in the evolution of young adult dystopian literature, each offering a unique perspective on society and the enduring human spirit.
Influential Authors in Dystopian Fiction
Dystopian fiction has been shaped significantly by a range of authors over the years, from early visionaries to today’s modern storytellers.
- George Orwell: Known for “Nineteen Eighty-Four,” Orwell’s novel depicts a society under the omnipresent surveillance of a totalitarian regime.
- H.G. Wells: His work, including “The Time Machine,” set foundations for the dystopian genre, portraying future societies with stark warnings.
- Margaret Atwood: Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” presents a society where women’s rights are severely restricted, a work often regarded for its relevance and foresight.
- Marie Lu: Author of the “Legend” series, Lu offers a narrative filled with class conflict, governmental control, and societal division in a future Los Angeles.
- James Dashner: Dashner’s “The Maze Runner” series captures a group of teens navigating a dangerous and controlled environment as part of a mysterious test.
Adaptations to Screen and Stage
Dystopian novels, particularly in the young adult genre, have a storied history of being adapted for both film and stage, engaging new audiences and bringing the books’ vivid worlds to life.
Successful Film Adaptations
- The Hunger Games (2012): Based on Suzanne Collins’ novel, it portrays the tale of Katniss Everdeen, who becomes a symbol of rebellion after she participates in the gladiatorial-style Hunger Games.
- Catching Fire (2013) & Mockingjay (Part 1: 2014, Part 2: 2015): Following the success of the original, these sequels delve deeper into the dystopia of Panem and the rebellion against its totalitarian regime.
- The Hunger Games: Beyond the screen, this series has also seen its stage version conceptualized, capturing the raw emotion and tension of the source material before a live audience.
To summarize, adaptations of young adult dystopian novels have seen varying degrees of success, with some becoming major blockbusters, and others finding a niche in theatrical presentations, providing enduring, culturally significant experiences for audiences.
Critical Acclaim and Reviews
This section focuses on the accolades and reception of young adult dystopian novels, highlighting both awards and reactions from critics and readers alike.
Several young adult dystopian novels have received notable awards. For example:
- The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins: Winner of the California Young Reader Medal, and the HAL Clement Award for Younger Readers.
- Divergent by Veronica Roth: Winner of the Goodreads Choice Award for Favorite Book.
Critic and Audience Reception
The reception of dystopian novels by critics and audiences often influences their standing and impact.
- The Maze Runner series by James Dashner generally holds a positive reception from readers, praised for its fast-paced storytelling and mystery elements.
- Critics acknowledge the genre for its exploration of social and political themes, providing entertainment and thought-provoking content.
Understanding the Impact
Dystopian novels for young adults have caused ripples across culture and education. They challenge readers to contemplate complex themes and the ramifications of societal choices.
Dystopian stories resonate with young audiences, often mirroring their concerns about society and authority. For instance, Suzanne Collins’ “The Hunger Games” has ignited discussions about socio-economic disparities and governance. Similarly, classics like Ray Bradbury’s “Fahrenheit 451” confront issues of censorship and the loss of knowledge. Their influence extends beyond literature, inspiring adaptations in film, art, and even fashion, solidifying their role in contemporary cultural dialogues.
From an educational standpoint, these novels serve as powerful tools for critical thinking and ethical discussions. Teachers utilize texts like “Fahrenheit 451” to explore the implications of technology and the importance of diverse perspectives. Young adults are encouraged to dissect characters’ decisions and the resulting dystopian landscapes, which fosters a deeper understanding of cause and effect in political and social constructs. These texts act as springboards for analyzing the resilience and resourcefulness of youth in challenging environments.
Guides to Starting a Dystopian Novel Collection
When beginning a dystopian novel collection, readers should focus on acquiring a mix of seminal classics and contemporary works that define the genre. To start, the collector may consider these steps:
Classics: One should include foundational texts. For example:
- 1984 by George Orwell
- Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
- Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
- The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Young Adult Focus: Young adult dystopian novels resonate with readers of all ages. Notable entries might be:
- The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins
- Divergent series by Veronica Roth
- The Maze Runner series by James Dashner
Award Winners: Books that have received accolades can be a sign of a distinguished addition. For instance:
- The Giver by Lois Lowry (Newbery Medal)
- The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin (Hugo Award)
Diversity in Dystopia: Incorporate novels with varying perspectives and social commentaries. Titles include:
- An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
- Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
By following this guide, collectors will develop an enriching and well-rounded library. They are encouraged to explore beyond this foundational list and to discover works that challenge and expand their understanding of dystopian themes.
Resources for Further Reading
A wealth of resources exists for those seeking to expand their collection of young adult dystopian literature.
Websites with Curated Lists:
- TeachThought offers a list of young adult dystopian novels, providing insights into the appeal these stories have among teens.
- Booklist Queen showcases a compendium of dystopian books for teens, describing novels with compelling storylines, like The Grace Year by Kim Liggett, which is compared to a blend of The Handmaid’s Tale and Lord of the Flies.
- Goodreads features a user-generated list titled “Best Young Adult Dystopian Novels”. Readers continuously update this list and includes a wide range of books voted on by the community.
Bookstores with Staff Picks:
- 9th Street Books highlights essential young adult dystopian reads, including blockbuster series like The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, providing a starting point for readers new to the genre.
Reading Blogs and Guides:
- Various reading blogs and online guides compile extensive lists of young adult dystopian novels. Entries often include a brief synopsis and thematic elements, which can be useful in selecting a book that matches personal interests.
Must-Read Titles: (Selected from aggregated lists)
- Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
- The Selection by Kiera Cass
- Maze Runner by James Dashner
- The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey
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This homemade Italian sausage without casings recipe is easy to make and tastes delicious. Making your own sausage gives you control over what goes in it. These sausages are spicy and bold and great to grill this summer. They are also low carb with only 0.4g net carbs.
You might also like this ground turkey breakfast patties recipe.
We lived in England for a year and it was one of the best experiences of my life. One thing that I remember eating there was homemade sausage. Our first trip to a butcher resulted in a handful of free homemade sausages and we were hooked. Some places had all kinds of sausages and that is something that I had been wanting to try for years.
So this is my first batch and it was a success. I started with these homemade Italian sausages and it was so easy! I didn’t use casings because I’m not ready for that and may never be ready for that.
However If your family likes this type of sausage you should try making your own so you can have total control over the ingredients and you can make all kinds of flavors!
Making sausage with a meat grinder attachment for the mixer.
I don’t have a stand alone meat or food grinder but I did find this Kitchen Aid food grinder attachment. All you have to do is just hook onto the mixer and it does all the hard work.
Kitchen Aid also makes a sausage stuffer attachment but I’m not ready to use casing hence this post. But if you are, go check it out.
Recipe ingredients I used.
Below you can see the simple ingredients I used for this recipe. I used a pork butt roast because I wanted a fattier pork to add more flavor. You do not want to use a lean pork roast because it will be very dry.
The spices I used to make it an Italian sausage was fresh garlic cloves, fennel seeds, salt, black pepper, paprika, cayenne pepper, Italian spices seasoning and crushed red pepper flakes. Note if you want a sweet sausage just eliminate the chili pepper flakes and cayenne.
How to make homemade sausages without casings.
- First cover the baking try with plastic wrap. Then cut up the pork roast into large pieces and place on a baking tray and place in the freezer for 1 hour. It will help you grind the meat if it’s a little frozen.
- Next place pieces of cold meat through the grinder and place the ground pork onto the plastic wrap covered baking tray. Spread it out all over the baking sheet.
- In a small bowl add all the spices and mix well. Then take the bowl and sprinkle the mixture evenly over the ground pork. Also add the crushed garlic. Using your hands try to mix the spices into the meat but try not to overwork the meat.
- Form the sausage mixture into large sausage links and place on a plate. Continue until you’ve used all of the meat mixture.
Store sausages in an airtight container. Please scroll down to view the printable recipe card.
Now you can use the sausage any way you want. You can grill them, cook them in the slow cooker, add them to recipes or whatever you want.
I wanted to grill these sausages but I needed them to stay together on the grill. To help keep them together start by cooking them on the stove and essential parboiling them first. Here’s how.
How to grill or cook sausage without casings.
- Heat up a large saute pan to medium heat. Fill with water and when it’s simmering, add the finished sausage and cook for about 1 minute on each side. Try to keep them separated when you do this. (see photo above)
- Now you can grill, pan fry or cook them any way you want. I grilled them and then added a good sauce. If you decide to grill them, just do it for about 4 minutes per side. Cooking time may vary.
Some sausage making secrets I learned.
- You need to parboil these if you want to eat them in link form. If you are cutting them up to use them in soup for instance you do not have to parboil them first.
- Use a fatty meat like a pork shoulder or pork butt. If you use a lean meat you have also add some fattier meat.
- Cut your meat into chunks and lay on a cookie sheet with plastic wrap. Freeze for 1 hour to help you grind it.
- Use the same cookie sheet to let the ground meat fall onto and spread it out a bit to mix in the spices. It’s easier than a big bowl to get it all mixed well.
- Take a bit of the sausage and pan fry it to test if the spices are right. I ended up using more garlic and much more fennel.
Recipe ideas of how to eat this fresh sausage.
These homemade sausages are low carb so they would work in many kinds of keto recipes. Here are few examples of keto recipes to try.
- pumpkin and kale or peppers with sausage soup
- cheese and sausage stuffed mushrooms
- wide zucchini noodles, butternut squash noodles or egg noodles with sausage
- cauliflower crust pizza with spinach and sausage
Here are few more recipes that are not low carb.
- stuffed banana pepper pasta
- lentil and sausage soup
- Primanti’s sliders
- Italian nachos or asiago flatbread
- slow cooker hot sausage, peppers and onions
Well if you have any interest in making your own hot sausage give this a try. It’s super easy with the grinder and it lets you have total control over what goes in your sausage. The nutritional information for 1 homemade Italian sausage is:
99 cals / 4.2g fat / 0.7g carb / 0.3g fiber / 13.7g protein = 0.4g net carbs
- 2 pounds pork shoulder cut into chunks
- 1 tablespoon paprika
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- t teaspoon Italian seasonings
- t teaspoon cayenne
- 1 teaspoon pepper flakes
- 4 garlic cloves, crushed
- 1 tablespoon fennel seeds
- To make the raw sausages: Cut the pork into chunks and lay on a cookie sheet lined with plastic wrap. Set into the freezer for 1 hour.
- Meanwhile add all the seasonings to a bowl and mix well.
- Take the chunks and feed the cold meat through the grinder and let the meat fall onto the plastic wrapped baking sheet. Loosely spread the ground meat evenly and sprinkle the spices and crushed garlic evenly over the meat.
- Use your hands to mix the spices into the meat well. Form the spiced meat into a sausage shape.
- To cook or grill the sausages: Get a large saute pan half filled with simmering water and place the sausages into the water. Let cook for only 1 minute on each side. This parboils them so they will stay together when you grill them.
- Take out of the water and grill until done to your liking. This should only take about 4 minutes per side. Store leftovers in an airtight container.
You need to parboil these if you want to use them in link form. If you are cutting them up to use them in soup for instance you do not have to parboil them first.
The nutritional information for 1 sausage is: 99 cals / 4.2g fat / 0.7g carb / 0.3g fiber / 13.7g protein = 0.4g net carbs
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Top & Best Whetstone: How to choose the best one in 2022
Welcome to mypricesaving.com Today we are pleased to present a shopping guide on whetstone. If you want to buy the product to make your knives sharp, we recommend reading this text until the end.
Also known as a hone, this production has been used since the dawn of humanity. You can think that they are all the same, with a difference only in prices. But, there are important differences between these stones.
In this article you will learn: The types of whetstone, how the grammage defines the power of the product, the average prices and the differentials of each version. Have a good read and keep a sharp mind so as not to make mistakes when shopping.
First, the most important
- The most abrasive stones have a superior sharpening ability.
- Most worthwhile products have at least two different ways of sharpening: one more and one less abrasive.
- For professional sharpening the knife can be sharpened by 3 different whetstone types in grammage: low level (300 to 1,000 grammage), medium level (1,000 to 4,000 grammage) and high (6,000 grammage).
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Now let’s get to know some of the best whetstone versions according to professional sharpeners. Pay attention to the technical details of each of the options below to learn a little more about the product.
- Whetstone Tramontina
- Vonder Whetstone
- Hickmann whetstone
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It is an excellent product with low costs and many benefits for those who like to sharpen things every day. The structure has a weight of 700 grams.
The dimensions in the Tramontina version are: 22x4x8 centimeters. The interesting thing about this product is that the grains are mixed, so there are two options for you to sharpen in just one whetstone:
- Sharpening: 1000 grammage;
- Thinning: 400 grams.
Can’t the knives in your kitchen even cut a fruit right? Are there tools in the workshop that need urgent sharpening? There are many reasons that lead a person to buy whetstone.
In this section of this article, you will learn what you need to know to choose the best hone, according to your own needs.
What is a whetstone and how to use it?
Sharpening stone (or whetstone) is a useful mineral structure for sharpening knives or other sharp instruments. These stones have different types of grains (grammage) and sizes.
This product is also known as quartzite stone and may contain granite, marble or other minerals. Whether in the maintenance of kitchen knives in a home or to keep the workshop tools always very sharp, the use of sharpening stone is essential.
According to historians, the whetstone is among the oldest sharpening tools of mankind.
The sharpening method has not changed since ancient times: You need to make the come and go moment with the knife on top of the stone to sharpen the ridge and keep the blade sharp.
Those who are not used to the work find it a little tiring to sharpen their knives on the whetstone. Do not worry, because in a few days you get used to the practice of sharpening.
What are the types of whetstone?
There are two main versions of hone:
- Extracted from nature
- Produced by abrasive raw materials.
The most traditional shape of whetstone is square. There are also round whetstone versions that can be sharpened together with a specific machine.
One rule of thumb is certain: the more abrasive stone (with more grammage) has superior power in sharpening, while the less abrasive versions are better for the wear of the ridge. The size of the whetstone can range from 15 centimeters to up to 200 centimeters or more. Smaller structures are easy to store anywhere in the kitchen.
Are sharpened knives more dangerous?
How to maintain a whetstone?
How to sharpen knives with whetstone?
You may even be in doubt about buying a whetstone for fear of not knowing how to sharpen it safely. Do not worry about it, as the use is very simple.
By following the steps below you can sharpen safely, quickly and without damaging the life of the whetstone:
- Leave the hone for 5 minutes immersed in cold water.
- Place the stone on a straight and very stable surface.
- At an angle that can range from 10 degrees to up to 30 degrees, hold the knife and slide it on the stone, without applying too much pressure. Make the movement come and go.
- Repeat the movements until you notice that the blade is sharp.
- After sharpening, clean the stone with a damp cloth and wash with water. Allow to air dry.
See in the video in detail how to use the whetstone:
What are the advantages of sharpening stone?
The world is full of advantages and disadvantages for each thing and in the case of whet stones it is no different. Let’s start with the main positive point: the price. The values charged for sharpening stones are getting cheaper and cheaper.
With this product you can keep the knives up-to-date and save on the absence of the need to buy new sharp blades.
There is a point that can be considered positive by some people, and negative by others: this product does not require electricity to function. You even save on your electricity bill, but you need to work with a little physical effort to sharpen your knives.
With a whetstone that has thousands of grains you can polish, wear off the ridge or just sharpen. That is, a positive point of the product is in the different forms of sharpening that it presents.
The downside is that you can sometimes get confused and buy a very abrasive or very abrasive stone for your usage needs.
There are different sizes of stone, including the right sizes to store in small spaces in the kitchen. This is good if you don’t have many places to store objects in your home.
The solid and abrasive structure creates a bit of a complication to take this product to different locations. To transport the sharpening stone without making dirt, you must first store it in the plastic bag.
The duration of sharpening on the knife is 30 days. It can be bad to think that there is a need to perform a new sharpening every month so that the blades are always sharp.
In the following table you can see a summary of the advantages and disadvantages of whetstone:
What should be the weight of the whetstone?
People may even think that choosing a molar stone is a difficult task. But, when you finish reading this text, you will realize that there are not so many difficulties to buy the ideal product.
The first most important point is the grammage (also defined by the term “gram”). It defines how porous or coarse the surface of the hone is.
The type of grammage shows the stone’s ability to sharpen certain materials. There are many variations of grass between the sharpening stones, and we can summarize the general average in 3 types:
- Low level of sharpening . Sharpening stone that has 300 to 1,000 grammage;
- Average level of sharpening . Sharpening stone that has 1,000 to 4,000 grammage;
- High level of sharpening . Sharpening stone with more than 6,000 grammage.
Next, you will learn about the characteristics of each of these three grammage averages for hone:
Whetstone with weight ranging from 300 to 1,000
The stone serves to wear the top of the blades, which is widely used to sharpen knives or sharp instruments that have not been sharpened for a long time. This stone works with the specific objective of reducing the peak (or, the angle) of the blade, which allows the ability of the knives to evolve in cuts.
A stone weighing close to 1,000 is very common for sharpening meat knives.
It is recommended to use this whetstone only once in a while, in order not to wear the blade present in the knives. This version has the lowest prices, although some structures are large.
Whetstone with weight ranging from 1,000 to 4,000
This product is very good for sharpening objects of different sizes. A common practice of professional sharpeners is to first sharpen the blunt knife on the whetstone with a maximum of 1000 grammes.
In the sequence, they use the same knife on the stones with 3,000 or 4,000 grammage to make the cutting of the blade even more sharp and professional. These sharpening stones are thinner than stones that can have from 300 to 900 grams.
The product has an average retail price level.
Whetstone with more than 6,000 grammage
These sharpening stones are the finest structures on the market. There is so much fineness that they can provide a radiant shine on the blades, doing a real polishing job.
Don’t you care about details of the sharpness of a sharp knife? Then you can dispense with the purchase of this expensive stone. The whetstone of 6,000 grams is widely used in sharpening swords.
Below we have gathered information in a comparative table to show the difference between these three whetstone versions:
Where to buy?
Sharpening stones are available with a wide variety of offerings in construction stores.
On the internet there are many cheap whetstone offers. Visit popular sites, such as: Amazone. Buy online in the comfort of home to receive at your door.
Purchasing criteria: Useful factors for comparing whetstone offers
When buying whetstone you cannot hesitate when taking home the first popular version you find on the market. Before it is necessary to compare and to make a good comparison consider these 5 factors:
The following is a better understanding of the meaning of the 5 points shown in the list above:
If you do a little research you will notice that several vendors offer special promotions. For example, buy 1 product and receive 2 units, or earn discounts on purchases of three or more whetstone.
Nowadays even the sharpening stones of the best brands are found in this type of promotion.
Many people do not know, but there is a warranty period of 3 months when buying these whetstone.
It is good to buy only the guaranteed products, because the stone can show problems with a lot of crumbling or due to the lack of effectiveness when making sharpenings on blades.
In case of problems with the whetstone in the first days of use, request the guarantee immediately.
Stones of 6,000 grams or more are very expensive and are only used to finish after sharpening.
If you just want to sharpen kitchen knives from time to time, you don’t have to spend money on the 6,000 gram stone.
You can buy a cheap double-sided version that has at least one grammage on one side that can range from 500 to 3,000.
One of the secrets of professional sharpening is stability. When the whetstone is in an unstable position, it is difficult to have precision to make the movements back and forth in the sharpening.
To avoid this type of problem, some hone versions have a rubber support attached or attached. This allows the work to be carried out more safely, quickly and accurately.
If you are looking for a good whetstone to fit in the small space of the kitchen, you should search for offers that offer products of proportional sizes.
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The neurotoxin Botox, or Botulinum Toxin, is a cosmetic injectable that is used to treat muscular conditions, as well as to reduce wrinkles. Once injected into the target area, the muscles are paralyzed to create the desired effect.
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Test on skin and wait for 24 hours to ensure no allergy occurs.
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Currently, there is not a single person worldwide who hasn’t heard about YouTube. While watching videos on YouTube, you might find yourself wanting to watch a particular video offline.
However, this is quite impossible since YouTube has not allowed it’s users to watch movies without the internet yet. With YouTube, you are also not allowed to download videos directly from the platform to your local files.
In this case, if you would want to watch a YouTube video offline, you would have to look for third-party software to download the videos. Downloading videos from the internet is not only restricted to YouTube, but you will also find that other platforms allow you to download videos from their platform such as Vimeo.
Tubemate is a third party application that allows you to download videos from any platform on the internet to your local files.
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The Android platform has brought Tubemate as a way of helping people to download videos from the internet. Tubemate is an application that lets you download videos from the internet.
Tubemate is also free to use, and you can download your favorite videos from YouTube without the premium subscription that YouTube requires you to have to download videos from YouTube.
The application has many features that allow for a smooth download of internet videos from the internet to your local files.
Tubemate is an easy downloader, especially if you find yourself downloading multiple different videos over a short time. With Tubemate, you are free to download any video you want from YouTube, even if you do not have the YouTube premium subscription.
The application has gone through some developments such that even if you are using an older Android version, you can still use Tubemate. The program is also a money saver since you do not have to use a load of data if you keep watching from the YouTube platform for long.
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Changing your downloading speed will significantly help, especially if you are not the only one using the internet. Adjusting the download speed will lessen the burden your device carries when downloading a particular file from the internet.
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If you need to convert the videos you have downloaded from YouTube, Tubemate will allow you to convert them to multiple formats. These formats include MP3, FLV, AVI, MP4, MOV, WMV, AAC, among other formats your device may support.
How to Download Tubemate App for PC (Windows 10, 8, 7 & Mac)
Tubemate is an Android application, and there is no PC version currently. However, the Google store has offered a way of downloading and installing Android apps for PC use. Google store has a number of Android emulators that are used to download and install any Android applications on a PC.
Below are the steps you need to follow to ensure that you have downloaded the app on your PC.
- Download and install Bluestacks on your PC.
- The next step is to download the Tubemate APK file or download the app from the Google play store. If you are going to download the app from the Google play store, you will have to log in to your Google account. However, if you are to download Tubemate using an APK, then you can proceed by downloading the APK file first.
- The third step is to open the APK file on Bluestacks and run the Tubemate application on Bluestacks.
- Once you run the app on the software, you can now use the app freely.
1. Is Tubemate available for PC?
Yes, Tubemate is available for PC download, but you will have to use an Android emulator to allow the download of this Android application.
2. How can I download Tubemate to my PC?
Tubemate is an Android application, so you need an Android emulator like Bluestacks or any other useful emulator to download the app.
3. How do I install Tubemate on Windows 10?
You will need to install Nox APP Player or Bluestacks, download the Tubemate APK file then tap on the APK file to download Tubemate.
4. How do I install Tubemate?
You will head to your browser if you are using an Android device and type ‘Tubemate.net’ and download the app on your device, if you are using a PC then you need to follow the procedure above to download the app on your PC.
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Microblading is the treatment for anyone who is fed up of drawing on their brows on every day and struggling to make them look even and natural. It is a treatment for people who are wanting natural results and more defined brows on a more permanent basis and don’t want to spend hours trying to create brows they are happy with. This includes anyone with sparse, over-plucked, uneven or simply misshapen brows. We also frequently treat clients who suffer with medical conditions such as alopecia, or facial psoriasis which affects their brows. Clients may have lost the hair or they may find hair has thinned and in these cases microblading can totally transform their face instantly and give them their confidence back.
Our microblading eyebrows Liverpool treatment is split into two separate appointments which are spaced 6 weeks apart. The reason you need to come back after 6 weeks is because your skin needs time to heal – during the healing process some of the pigment may be pushed out of the skin naturally and your second appointment will ensure that we can correct any changes and make sure you leave with your desired result.
Microblading Before & After
Eyebrow Microblading FAQ’s
How long does a Microblading appointment take?
As microblading is a form of tattoo, strict aftercare treatments need to be followed to ensure your treatment is as effective as it can be. Microblading appointments can last anywhere from 1.5 to 2.5 hours, depending on the client and the look they are wanting to achieve. As this is a semi-permanent procedure with long lasting results we want to make sure we get it right for our clients and so we take time and care not to rush any of our microblading appointments. This way, our clients can leave with natural looking, hair stroke brows that they can be proud of in the months and years to come.
Our Microblading treatment is split into two separate appointments which are spaced 6 weeks apart. The reason you need to come back after 6 weeks is because your skin needs time to heal – during the healing process some of the pigment may be pushed out of the skin naturally and your second appointment will ensure that we can correct any changes and make sure you leave with your desired result.
Does Microblading hurt?
Whilst some discomfort and minimal pain can be felt, we take measures to ensure that the treatment is as comfortable as possible and will numb the treatment area before the procedure. The blade does not penetrate as deeply as a traditional tattoo and many clients do not find microblading as uncomfortable a procedure as a traditional tattoo because of this. However, discomfort and pain is totally individual to the client and many of our clients have experienced very little to no pain during this procedure.
How long does Microblading last?
Your new brows can last anywhere between 12- 24 months as long as you follow all your aftercare. Depending on how you want your brows to look, top up appointments can be booked from as soon as 6 months up to 2 years.
When will I see results of my Microblading treatment?
Immediately. Your new brows will be immediately noticeable, however, often at the very start the colour is much darker then it fades over the coming weeks. Complete healing can take anything between 2-14 days and when you come back for your second appointment in 6 weeks we can correct any colour changes or lost pigment that has gone in the healing process
What aftercare do I need to consider?
As microblading is a form of tattoo, strict aftercare treatments need to be followed to ensure your treatment is as effective as it can be.
- It is important to apply the recommended cream to the treated area 2-3 times per day for the following week, or whenever the area feels dry. Keeping the area moisturised and soothed is important for colour retention and will minimise the chances of any pigment and colour being lost.
- Stay out of the sun where possible. If you must be out and about, wear a hat and lots of sunscreen to protect your new brows.
- Keep water off of your brows for at least 24 hours. After 24 hours you can wash your eyebrows with a cotton pad twice a day until they are fully healed.
- Do not use any facial creams, exfoliates, or harsh cleansers on your brows during the healing process as this will affect results and cause pigment to be lost.
- Normal activity can be resumed immediately, however, we recommend that heavy exercise such as intense gym sessions, aerobic dancing or weight lifting is delayed for approximately two to three days following the procedure to avoid sweat affecting the area.
- Your procedure will begin to oxidise immediately and during the next 3-4 days. This causes pigment to become darker. Do not be alarmed, this dark colour will either flake off or fade back to the colour that was first implanted (during the 1st five minutes of the procedure).
- Do not pick any scabs or dry areas that may form during the healing process, this may cause you to lose colour or damage your skin. Instead, apply some of the Recover All or Alternate after care given to you by your therapist.
- Fading or loss of pigment may occur. Some flaking off of the pigment is normal on some skin types; however there should be pigment under the skin where the original pigment has flaked off. If there is no pigment present, a touch up will be required to achieve lasting colour and this will be done in your 6 week follow up appointment.
- Over the next two to three weeks, the pigment intensity will lighten by as much as 80%. Ensure you have scheduled your top up appointment as Microblading is a 2 stage treatment which will make sure faded areas are touched up and everything is healing properly.
- Judgement of your final results should be deferred until one month following the second top up procedure.
How much is Microblading in Liverpool?
Treatment - £69.00
Top Ups - £69.00
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Throughout the filming process of I am (not) a monster, Dr. Nelly Ben Hayoun visited various craft masters around the globe to create a Hannah Arendt avatar. Said avatar- in the form of a traditional awaji puppet will be exhibited at biennial! The exhibition will be running from the 22nd of October to the 4th of November 2018, in Turkey's capital city- Istanbul!
You can read more about the theme of the below and also online here!
A School of Schools is a multi-platform biennale that will use, test, and revise a variety of educational strategies to reflect on the role of design, knowledge, and global connectedness in contemporary Istanbul and beyond.
The amount of information in the world is more than doubling every two years. People know more than ever before. Lifelong learning is touted as the only way to keep a job and keep your head. Chalk and talk, and reciting multiplication tables have no chance against the animated distractions in our pockets. Meanwhile, the machines themselves have started learning too. What will be left for humans to do and which mental faculties remain irreplaceable are hot topics. Is it time to go back to school – and redesign it?
Alternative design education initiatives have consistently provided a brave space for experimentation and new knowledge, from the Bauhaus to Black Mountain College, and from Global Tools to the Sigma Group. These initiatives have not only helped design evolve, the question itself and push its own boundaries, but also education and learning in general. Not only concerned with the design, many of these experiments have also tested alternative ways of living, working, and connecting with each other and ourselves. Through this process-based experiential research, new manifestations, meanings, and implications of design have surfaced.
Today, design has become a form of inquiry, power, and agency. It has become vaster than the world and life itself, permeating all layers of everyday life. As design becomes pervasive, the discipline can no longer claim to offer solutions to everything. In fact, the one-size-fits-all approach of many universal global systems is showing its cracks and exclusions. Similarly, design education – where the field and its practitioners have traditionally been reviewed and refined – now finds itself navigating new constraints and challenges regarding relevance, adaptability, accessibility, and finances.
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Java Record Class with Examples
Java Record is a new feature in Java 14 (released in March 2020) that provides a compact syntax for declaring classes that act as transparent holders for shallowly immutable data. It is intended to act as a replacement for data classes or POJOs (Plain Old Java Objects) that are commonly used to hold data with little or no behavior.
Records were designed to address some of the limitations of POJOs, such as verbose code, lack of type safety, and limited ability to automatically generate useful methods such as toString(), hashCode(), and equals().
Java Record declaration
Here's an example of a simple record declaration in Java:
With this declaration, the Java compiler automatically generates the following methods for the record:
- A constructor that takes arguments for each component of the record.
- Accessors (getters) for each component of the record.
- toString(), hashCode(), and equals() methods based on the components of the record.
Java Record Constructor
A Java Record Constructor is a special constructor generated by the Java compiler for a Record class. The constructor is generated based on the components (fields) of the record, and is used to initialize the values of those components when a new instance of the record is created.
The constructor is generated automatically by the Java compiler, so you don't need to write it yourself. The constructor takes as arguments one value for each component of the record, and uses those values to initialize the corresponding fields.
Here's an example of a Record class and its generated constructor:
The Java compiler automatically generates the following constructor for this record:
Note that the generated constructor is public, so it can be called from anywhere. You can also add additional constructors or methods to the record if desired, but the generated constructor must always be present.
Java Record | Example
This declares a new record class Point with two components (fields), x and y, both of type int. With this declaration, the Java compiler automatically generates the following methods for the record:
Note how you can create a new instance of the Point record using the constructor generated by the Java compiler, and how you can access the components (fields) of the record using the automatically generated accessors. you can also use the automatically generated toString() method to print a human-readable representation of the record, and the equals() method to compare two instances of the record for equality.
Restrictions on java Records
Java Records have some restrictions that you should be aware of when using them:
- Records can only have final instance variables: The components (fields) of a record must be declared as final. This means that the values of the components cannot be changed after the record is created.
- Records cannot have instance initializers: Instance initializers are blocks of code that are executed when an instance of a class is created. Records do not support instance initializers, so you cannot use them to initialize the components of a record.
- Records cannot extend other classes: Records are a new kind of type in Java, and they cannot extend other classes. This means that a record can only inherit the methods and fields defined in java.lang.Record.
- Records cannot have instance methods with the same signature as their components: The Java compiler generates accessors (getters) for each component of a record. You cannot declare an instance method with the same name as a component, as this would result in a method signature conflict with the generated accessor.
- Records cannot be abstract: Records must have a complete implementation, and cannot be declared as abstract.
These restrictions are designed to enforce the idea that records are simple data structures that are meant to hold data, and to prevent records from being used in ways that might compromise their type safety or their performance. By following these restrictions, you can ensure that your records are used correctly and efficiently, and that they provide the benefits that they were designed to deliver.
Why do you need Java Records?
Java Records were introduced in Java 14 as a new feature to provide a more concise and type-safe way to model simple data structures. Here are some of the reasons why you might want to use records in your Java code:
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Congrats! You’ve discovered your passion, taken classes and earned certifications, and are ready to start your own aesthetics or wellness practice. But when you think back over everything you learned in beauty school, there is something crucial missing — to have a well-rounded spa business education, you need to know how to successfully network.
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Most beauty schools are excellent at teaching the skills of the trade, but lacking when it comes to actually teaching you the fundamentals of business. And unfortunately, the secrets to successfully starting and running your own spa or salon aren’t hiding in the pages of Cosmopolitan, either!
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What Are Some Key Factors in Genuine Networking?
Networking can make some people feel nervous, like they are trying to “get something” out of another. But good networking is mutually beneficial, where both parties have something to gain from the relationship. This is why authenticity is so important.
When you exude confidence and are passionate about your beauty interests and goals, you will attract like-minded colleagues. In the same way people can tell when you’re “faking it,” they can tell when you are genuine. And being genuine can take you far!
A Desire to Learn
Another important secret to networking is to reframe your perspective about it. Instead of thinking about networking as a way to “get ahead,” think of it as a way to “learn more.” Your unique networking pathway will start to reveal itself when you ask yourself “What do I want to learn? And who can I learn from?”
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They offer you a helping hand or facilitate a meaningful introduction occasionally — and you do the same for them. They might even push you out of your comfort zone or help you see a new perspective.
But How Do I Get Started?
So you’ve identified what you want to learn in your spa business education and some people you can learn from. And you are ready to build long-lasting meaningful relationships with your new perspective on networking. But how exactly do you get started?
- Social Media: Having a strong social media presence for your business is a great way for people to find you. But you want to make sure you’re using social media to your advantage to find others as well.
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- Events: Industry events are often what comes to mind when most people think of networking. And they are a great way to make connections! A quick internet search in your field can help you find associations hosting events near you that you can sign up for.
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- Enlist Professional Help: If networking still feels like a challenge, enlisting professional coaching support can be a win-win. New Med Concepts specializes in helping you fill in the gaps in your spa business education. We can get you the certifications, confidence, and career success you deserve.
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The Diocese offers a number of events for youth throughout the Diocese of Worcester. From youth rallies to retreats as well as social gatherings and opportunities for a deeper spiritual encounter, the youth ministry office is here to meet the needs of our young church! All events and programs are intended to serve as a supplement to oppotrunities offered within the parish community. Below are links to the various events that are offered.
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The Uighur people are a population of about 12 million mostly Muslim people who see themselves as ethnically Central Asian. They live mostly in Xinjiang, in northwestern China. The Chinese government persecutes the Uyghurs for their faith, and seeks to “re-educate” them. They built detention centers where at least one million Uighurs have been interned since 2017 in more than 85 identified camps.
— Who are the Uighurs and why is the US accusing China of genocide? – BBC News
The Syrian conflict started in 2011, after the Arab Spring across the Middle East and North Africa led to peaceful pro-democracy protests. The Syrian government responded with violence, killing and arbitrary imprisonment of civilians. This led to a war that continues today. About half a million people have been killed since the war began, and 6.2 million are internally displaced within Syria.
—Syria’s Civil War Has Become a Genocide – World Policy
In August 2017, a crackdown by Myanmar’s army on Rohingya Muslims sent thousands fleeing to Bangladesh. The UN ordered the Buddhist majority country to protect members of its Rohingya community from genocide, but the army in Myanmar has not complied, and denies claims of genocide.
—Myanmar Rohingya: What you need to know about the crisis – BBC News
A deadly war in Darfur dating back to 2003 when black Africans from Darfur rebelled against the country’s Arab Muslim leadership demanding improved conditions precipitated a raging campaign from the Arab government. 1 in 3 people in South Sudan have been displaced, and more than 4 million have fled their homes. Those who could not flee are trapped in side the nation and fear for their lives every day.
—World Report 2019: South Sudan | Human Rights Watch (hrw.org):
Darfur genocide refers to the current mass slaughter and rape of Darfuri men, women and children in Western Sudan. The killings began in 20-03 and became the earliest documented genocide in the 21st century. Unrest and violence persist today. It is carried out buy a group of government-funded Arab militias who loot and burn Darfuri villages and abuse , murder and rape the inhabitants. As of spring 2020, over 480,000 victims had been identified, and more that 2.8 million people are displaced.
—Sudan – Darfur « World Without Genocide – Making It Our Legacy
China Uyghur Persecution
BBC World News Article describing persecution of the Uighur people: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-22278037
New York Times article about U.S. declaration of genocide: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/19/us/politics/trump-china-xinjiang.html
World Policy article describing how Civil War became genocide: http://worldpolicy.org/2013/09/16/syrias-civil-war-has-become-a-genocide/
Mercy Corps article with facts about the Syrian crisis: https://www.mercycorps.org/blog/quick-facts-syria-crisis
Rohingya in Myanmar
BBC article about Myanmar Rohingya: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-41566561
Human Rights Watch article: https://www.hrw.org/tag/rohingya
Human Rights Watch article: https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2019/country-chapters/south-sudan
World Without Genocide article: http://worldwithoutgenocide.org/genocides-and-conflicts/sudan
World Genocide article: http://worldwithoutgenocide.org/genocides-and-conflicts/darfur-genocide
Holocaust Museum Houston article (very informative and readable): https://hmh.org/library/research/genocide-in-darfur-guide/
United Nations office on Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect: https://www.un.org/en/genocideprevention/genocide.shtml
Milgram experiment – Wikipedia
Country Case Studies — United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (ushmm.org)
Global Ministries calls for a return to democracy in Myanmar – Global Ministries (umcmission.org)
Learn more about the Holocaust and other periods in history that we must learn important lessons from. Even if you may not be able to visit in person, many museums have extensive websites with in-depth information. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (ushmm.org) is extremely interesting, informative, and presents information in an engaging and easy to understand manner.
List of Holocaust memorials and museums in the United States – Wikipedia
Recognize and talk about the early warning signs (https://earlywarningproject.ushmm.org/)
United Methodist Committee On Relief (UMCOR) provides relief aid to refugees around the world.
Here’s how you can help: UMC Refugee aid – UMCOR Global Migration – Global Ministries (umcmission.org)
Sponsor a refugee family (https://www.family-to-family.org/help-a-hungry-family/sponsor-a-refugee
Take Action — United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (ushmm.org):
What Can I Do?
Help the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and the Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide confront and stop threats of genocide. Action takes many forms, and every action counts. Find out more about places at risk of genocide or related crimes against humanity.
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Spread the world about what you’ve learned with friends, family, members of organizations you belong to, and coworkers.
Support Education and Relief Efforts
Support the Museum’s ongoing efforts to draw attention to places at risk of genocide or related crimes against humanity. Find out more about hard working organizations, what they’re doing, and how you can help them.
Contact the Media
Tell TV, radio, newspaper and Internet journalists that you want more and better coverage of places at risk of genocide or related crimes against humanity. Visit their websites, call them, and send emails providing feedback on their coverage.
Communicate with Decision Makers
Talk about the need to provide humanitarian assistance, protect civilians, stop the violence, and promote solutions to crises with your elected representatives.
Why Is Genocide Still Happening, And What Can We Do To Stop It | SodaCoffee Magazine (Ezine):
Signs of Hope…
Genocide continues to be a serious human rights issue. Some hear God’s voice, and take positive steps towards ending genocide. Here are a few steps in the right direction:
U.S. President Joe Biden formally declared China’s treatment of Uyghur Muslims genocide in an annual human rights report on March 30, 2021. Naming and acknowledging the problem is a first step towards addressing it.
Memorials by genocide survivors mourn the past and admonish us to avoid behaviors that lead to genocide.
1. UNICEF reflected upon the genocide campaign against the Tutsi in Rwanda 26 years ago. Survivors told their stories and warned of “dangerous trends,” such as rising xenophobia and racism around the world.
2. Marking the 70th anniversary of the Convention on the Prevention and punishment of the Crime of Genocide, the United Nations General Assembly warned against complacency. Giving the example of the Holocaust, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said his generation “believed that after the holocaust, we would never see genocide again. We were wrong.”
The Repbulika Srpska National Assembly in Bosnia and Herzegovina drew concern from the top USN experts on the Prevention of Genocide recently over their decision to revoke their endorsement of a 2004 report acknowledging genocide during the Bosnian war of the 1990s. This is a step backwards.
We wish we could say that genocide is decreasing, and God’s world is healing. Sadly, that is not the case. We must double down on our efforts. Educate our leaders. Assist the victims. Comfort the survivors, and most of all pray that God’s light might shine upon all impacted by this worldwide deadly practice.
The Worst Genocides In History – WorldAtlas
Twenty years after the Rwandan genocide, six lessons to remember – The Globe and Mail
Lessons Learned in Preventing and Responding to Mass Atrocities — United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (ushmm.org)
Genocide studies – Wikipedia
in the 1990s, the field saw a tremendous growth in academic journals such as the Journal of Genocide Research, Genocide Studies and Prevention, and the German academic journal Zeitschrift für Genozidforschung (Journal of Genocide Research). The major reason for this increase in research can be traced back to the Rwandan genocide in the 1990s, which showed Western scholars the prevalence of genocide.
Human Rights, Mass Atrocity Prevention and the United Nations Security Council: The Long Road Ahead | United Nations
Special thanks to Anna Bates for researching this social justice issue
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(Butler, PA) More than 75 people were treated for a drug overdose, then released from Butler Memorial Hospital’s emergency department in 2022, and 51 were admitted, a spokesperson said.
An average of 55 people died from a drug overdose in Butler County during a recent three-year period, according to the state Department of Health.
Approximately 75 percent of the 400 inmates at Butler County Prison are incarcerated for drug-related offenses, the warden said.
And there has been evidence of a recent increase in the number of Butler Area School District students illegally using products containing tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) since the legalization of medical marijuana in Pennsylvania, the superintendent said.
“We have seen climbing numbers of substance abuse across the board,” said Dr. C. Thomas Brophy, who is certified by the American Board of Medical Specialties as an addiction medicine physician and is medical director of the Ellen O’Brien Gaiser Center near Butler.
Brophy will be the keynote speaker at Discover Recovery: A community dialogue on addiction treatment, a symposium to be held from 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Tuesday at Founders Hall on Butler County Community College’s main campus in Butler Township.
The symposium is free and open to the public. Register at bc3.edu/discover-recovery
Symposium guests “can hear from our diverse panel about what is happening in their respective areas. We hope to engage with those who attend, to inform them, to educate them and to hear their feedback so we can all continue to work together.”
Lisa Campbell, dean, BC3’s Workforce Development division
Brophy’s presentation will include information about medication-assisted treatment, and will be followed by guests asking questions of him and of panelists Dr. Brian White, superintendent, Butler Area School District; Joseph DeMore, warden, Butler County Prison; Patricia Pritchard, director of community employment development, BC3; and Alyssa Vorel, Cassandra Hoak and Crystal Irwin, Ellen O’Brien Gaiser Center.
Vorel and Hoak work in trauma-informed care and addiction, and Irwin, as a center of excellence recovery specialist.
The symposium is being sponsored by the Ellen O’Brien Gaiser Center in partnership with BC3’s Workforce Development division and “will bring together people who are truly collaborating and working hard to better our community as we, as a community, deal with addiction,” Lisa Campbell said.
Symposium guests “can hear from our diverse panel about what is happening in their respective areas,” said Campbell, dean of BC3’s Workforce Development division. “We hope to engage with those who attend, to inform them, to educate them and to hear their feedback so we can all continue to work together.”
Drug overdose deaths in the United States have risen fivefold over the past two decades, the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported in December.
Sixty people died of drug overdoses in Butler County in 2019 and 72 in 2020, according to the state Department of Health.
The decrease in Butler County to 34 in 2021 may reflect a national practice of “putting more Narcan in the hands of first-responders,” Brophy said of naloxone, described by the CDC as a life-saving medication that can reverse an overdose from opioids.
“If we are successful and one person gets out of jail, and is not on drugs anymore and can get their life back together, I think that is a success.”
Joseph DeMore, warden, Butler County Prison
DeMore has been warden for eight years at Butler County Prison, where the majority of inmates are incarcerated because they are “on drugs, stealing to get drug money, being involved with drug dealers, things like that,” DeMore said.
The symposium is timely, DeMore said, “because of how bad addiction is with opioids in our area. Educating people is going to be important.”
DeMore may discuss prison efforts that include providing to inmates needed prescriptions, counseling and educational programs.
“If we are successful and one person gets out of jail, and is not on drugs anymore and can get their life back together, I think that is a success,” DeMore said.
White has been superintendent for nearly six years in the Butler Area School District, where “We have seen medically adverse reactions including vomiting, fainting and disorientation (as a result of nonprescribed drug use). We’ve had to transport students to the hospital from school because of THC products this year. Last year we had a couple incidents, but it definitely picked up.”
Pennsylvania legalized the use of medical marijuana in 2016.
“From a school perspective, we are seeing an increase with youth using THC products, sometimes strictly THC, sometimes THC with other things,” White said. “It’s becoming more common as the accessibility is becoming easier to get the THC-based products.
“Sometimes the THC that finds its way into students’ hands … may include fentanyl. We all know the devastating effect that can have on any person, let alone a child. That is why it is important that we get ahead of this and address it right now.” | <urn:uuid:ae8cb1c1-01ea-4130-b180-e00a0a31c039> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://news.bc3.edu/symposium-at-bc3-on-tuesday-to-address-addiction-recovery/ | 2024-04-18T13:14:44Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817206.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20240418124808-20240418154808-00567.warc.gz | en | 0.965849 | 1,130 |
Students at Bournemouth University found out more about the volunteering opportunities available to them at a special fair on Tuesday.
The Volunteer Fair, organised by BU’s students’ union (SUBU), brought together students and charities who need their help.
These ranged from the National Trust to the Alzheimer’s Society and local charities like Nightstop Dorset, which supports young homeless people.
Among the charities which had stands at the Volunteer Fair, which took place in Kimmeridge House, was head and neck cancer support group About Face.
The Poole-based charity supports people from across the south and has been working with student volunteers from BU for the last three years.
Executive director of the charity, Ian Catley, said that students had helped out with events and large public surveys, and had made a big difference.
“Students were very involved in our asking over 2,100 people whether they had been to the dentist in the last 12 months, and analysing the statistics,” he said.
“We do have a volunteer group but it is so much more interesting to have a cross-section of age groups and for young men and women – which students usually are – to be involved in that. It also helps to get the message across to people of different age groups.”
He added that he, and the venues the charity had worked at, had been impressed with the hard work and attitude of the student volunteers.
“The courtesy that was shown by many of the students was remarked upon by a number of the venues,” he said
“When we’ve done mouth cancer awareness events, the venues been writing to us and emailing us and saying the students from Bournemouth University were tremendous on this particular project, and we found the same.”
Among the student volunteers urging others to get involved at the fair was second year law student Lauren Bertie.
She started volunteering at secondary school, and was pleased to be able to continue when she got to university.
“You gain a lot,” she said. “You meet a lot of people and you get to participate in many different events so it’s a very good thing to do.
“It shows that you’ve gone that extra mile to put a little bit more effort in in your spare time, and you’re a little bit more than just the average student.”
Second year accounting and finance student Mark Matthews was one of the students looking at volunteering opportunities available at the fair.
He said he wanted to get more involved with the community.
“I’m hoping to help more, do more things and just get a bit more active and meet new people really.
“I want to give something back while I still can and while I’ve got the free time to do it and also gain experience of different people, different cultures and just see people’s lives from different points of view.”
Lexi Browning, volunteer coordinator for SUBU, said the volunteer fair had been really successful, and that volunteering activities organised by the students’ union were already fully booked.
She added that students made ideal volunteers because they had lots of “spare time, energy, enthusiasm and ideas” and that students themselves could get a lot out of the experience.
“If you’re a first year, it’s a really good way of meeting new people and it’s a fantastic way of getting something on your CV, making you look a little bit different from the other students when you leave university.”
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Jacksonville Reacts To The Michael Dunn Verdict
The nation is still talking about Saturday’s very closely watched verdict in the murder trial of Michael Dunn.
The 47-year-old Dunn was convicted on three counts of second-degree attempted murder, but the jury could not reach a verdict on first-or-second-degree murder in the shooting death of 17-year-old Jordan Davis after about 30 hours of deliberations.
State Attorney Angela Corey says she’ll retry Dunn on that first-degree murder charge.
Dunn now faces what amounts to a life sentence—60 plus years in prison.
Meanwhile, critics of Florida’s Stand Your Ground law are using the verdict to bolster their argument that the statute needs a fresh look.
Dr. JeffriAnne Wilder, professor of sociology at the University of North Florida, joined Melissa Ross to discuss the verdict and hear your reaction.
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Amid WhatsApp’s expanding functionalities, users often wonder about recording WhatsApp calls, and while there isn’t an official method for this, there are tricks available. Contrary to relying on third-party applications, users can record WhatsApp calls without any additional downloads. The process involves a straightforward approach – activating the screen recording option on your smartphone.
To initiate the recording process, start by making a WhatsApp call. This method eliminates the need for external apps, streamlining the process. As you engage in the call, simply turn on the screen recording feature on your device. This uncomplicated technique ensures that you capture the conversation seamlessly, without relying on external tools.
The prominence of WhatsApp Calling has grown significantly, with users utilizing both audio and video options for communication. While the platform originated as a text-based communication tool, its evolution into a comprehensive communication app has made it indispensable for users worldwide. The recent addition of voice chat for large groups further expands the platform’s capabilities, eliminating the need for traditional calls in certain scenarios.
WhatsApp continues to evolve, introducing new features and enhancing existing ones. Users now benefit from the option of voice chat for large groups, indicating the platform’s commitment to providing diverse communication avenues. As users explore these features, it’s essential to adapt to the changes and stay informed about potential updates, as WhatsApp remains at the forefront of global instant messaging platforms. | <urn:uuid:edc3b051-459d-4e26-8406-323228dfdaa3> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://news24online.com/tech/step-by-step-guide-how-to-record-whatsapp-calls/190534/ | 2024-04-18T14:34:08Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817206.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20240418124808-20240418154808-00567.warc.gz | en | 0.903941 | 288 |
A vaccination campaign was launched in Mozambique’s central city of Beira on Wednesday after a cyclone slammed into the region and unleashed an outbreak of cholera, authorities said.
International relief agencies and the health ministry are hoping to immunise nearly 900,000 people against the water-borne intestinal disease, which has already killed two people and infected more than 1700.
Around 313 new cases, mostly in the coastal city of Beira, were reported on Wednesday, bringing the total number of infections to 1741.
The vaccination target represents around 80 percent of the people affected by the cyclone, said Marie Benigna, a deputy director in the health ministry.
“With this number of people vaccinated, it will greatly reduce the spread of the disease,” she said at the launch of the drive.
Cholera is transmitted through contaminated drinking water or food and causes acute diarrhoea. It is especially dangerous for infants.
Cyclone Idai hit the coast of central Mozambique on March 15 with hurricane-force winds and rains flooding the hinterland and drenching eastern Zimbabwe.
In Mozambique, 598 people have been killed, and another 268 have died in Zimbabwe, according to the toll as of Wednesday.
Hundreds of thousands of survivors have been placed in temporary and crowded shelters, many of them lacking clean water and adequate sanitation.
Destruction of water systems and sanitation infrastructure has created “perfect conditions for cholera to spread,” said Seth Berkley, CEO of the vaccine alliance Gavi, which provided the doses.
“The oral cholera vaccine is a vital emergency measure that will help save lives and stop the spread of this horrible disease,” said World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Ghebreyesus.
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Amazon Quiz Answers Today 29 September 2021
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Question No.1: Sadbhavna Diwas is observed on the birth anniversary of which former Indian Prime Minister?
Ans: Rajiv Gandhi
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Question No.3: Christina Mchale was whose women’s doubles partner as the team reached the final of the WTA Cleveland Championships?
Answer: Sania Mirza
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When Linda Henry (pictured) of Westwego, La., was viciously attacked by three of her four pitbulls last March, the attack left her without an eye, ear and armless.
Bitten throughout her torso, the dogs’ bites were so deep that parts of the 54-year-old woman’s bones from her arms and legs were exposed.
Henry recounted to WGNO the horrific incident by the dogs, whom she and her common-law husband, Clarence Allen, loved and treated like their children. “They grab my left leg and rip all that up. Then they tried to get my eye ball out,” Henry said. “They ripped my eye lids off, they bit my lip, then they grabbed my head. In the hospital, they had to take skin off my leg to put on my head.”
The brutality of the incident motivated one Westwego City Councilman to propose a pitbull ordinance that would place strict restrictions on the owners of these dogs. When news of the proposed ordinance leaked, a firestorm followed and pitbull owners across the country are up in arms, according to WGNO. Many are even trying to make moves to block the legislation by petitioning it online.
Councilman Glen Green says his proposed ordinance “is not anti-pit bull.” “All of these people submitting petitions did not get to see Linda Henry after that dog attack,” Green said in his defense. “Had they seen this lady or went to visit her in the hospital like I did, I probably wouldn’t be getting very many petitions.”
The city’s mayor, John Shaddinger, says the public is divided on the issue. “Some people have called for it; some people have called and written against it,” Shaddinger said.
Henry and Allen are behind the proposed pit bull legislation wholeheartedly. And they have data to back up their support. According to DogsBite.org, from 2005 to 2012, pitbulls have killed 151 Americans, about one citizen every 19 days. Of these deaths, fifty-two percent involved a family member and a household pitbull. Notably, in the first 8 months of 2011, nearly half of those killed by a pitbull owned the animal.
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NAD Finds Where Food Comes From CARE Certified Program Animal Welfare Claim Supported through Use of CARE Certified Seal on Beef and Pork Labels
New York, NY – July 12, 2023 – The National Advertising Division (NAD) of BBB National Programs determined that Where Food Comes From, Inc. (WFCF) provided a reasonable basis for the implied animal welfare claim communicated through its “CARE Certified” Encircled Heart Seal on beef and pork labels and in advertising its certification for these products.
WFCF is an independent, publicly traded, third-party food verification company that offers its own certification programs including the CARE Certified program, which develops animal welfare standards for various industries, including beef (BeefCARE) and pork (PorkCARE), as well as third-party auditing services.
The implied claim at issue was challenged by Animal Welfare Institute, a Washington, DC-based nonprofit with the mission of seeking better treatment of animals everywhere.
NAD determined that WFCF’s CARE Certified logo/seal reasonably communicates, to a substantial percentage of consumers, that the treatment or living conditions of animals used to produce beef/pork products bearing the CARE Certified logo/seal exceed conventional industry standards for the treatment or care of animals.
NAD considered the evidence in the record and determined that the industry standard for beef production is represented by the Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) certification of the national Beef Checkoff program and industry standard for pork production is represented by the Common Swine Industry Audit (CSIA), which is a voluntary audit program that utilizes the swine industry’s training and education program, Pork Quality Assurance Plus (PQA Plus).
NAD concluded that the CARE Certified verification and auditing of standards, coupled with other areas in which CARE Certified standards exceed those of BQA and PQA/CSIA, demonstrate that CARE Certified standards sufficiently exceed baseline industry standards.
Therefore, NAD found WFCF’s use of its CARE Certified seal in its current form and in the context in which it appears on WFCF’s products to be substantiated.
In its advertiser statement, Where Food Comes From stated that it “is pleased with NAD’s decision.” WFCF further stated that it “is proud of the CARE Certified program and appreciates NAD’s acknowledgment of the program’s rigor, including with respect to its animal care standards and compliance verification.”
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For Episode 334, I am joined by Josh Parham, Nadia Dalimonte, Dan Bayer, Alyssa Christian, Cody Dericks & Daniel Howat. Today is the episode you’ve all been waiting for! It’s our annual, epic, in-depth, and now, dare I say famous(?), final Oscar winner predictions episode! Join us as we go through each of the 23 categories for the 95th Academy Awards in detail, breaking down precursor wins, who has momentum, and who could upset as we leave nothing to chance and question every possible outcome. We also find time to go over the polls and answer some of your fan-submitted questions. We hope you enjoy this massive deep dive (pre-ASC, WGA, and ACE announcements) as we prepare for the Oscars on March 12th. A special thank you to everyone who has stuck with us through the years and to those who are new to the podcast; strap yourselves in! Enjoy, and thank you once again!
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49. Cincinnati Bengals - Cooper Beebe, OG, Kansas State
Can the Bengals, once and for all, get their offensive line right? I think right tackle is a need for them, but adding to the interior is also not out of the question. Cooper Beebe is a day one starter for Cincy.
50. Philadelphia Eagles - Malachi Corley, WR, Western Kentucky
Maybe the Eagles want to help out Jalen Hurts more on offense? Kellen Moore, their new offensive coordinator, gets another weapon in Malachi Corley to deploy in the offense in 2023.
51. Pittsburgh Steelers - Patrick Paul, OT, Houston
The Pittsburgh Steelers took Broderick Jone with their first-round pick back in 2023. They continue to invest into their offensive line with the selection of Patrick Paul. At some point, they’ll have to swing on another rookie QB, and a strong offensive line will help his development.
52. Los Angeles Rams - Adisa Isaac, EDGE, Penn State
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Hi everybody. Today I’d like to talk about Vulkan
- the modern API for communication with a GPU device. Though there’re already tons of information and tutorials on the web I’m writing this tutorial for several reasons:
- I don’t want this series to be about general usage of the API. Instead, I want to focus on a single purpose application, more or less complex, not just a triangle, and explain how everything works by looking at a concrete example.
- Instead of
, I want to tryRust
programming language because at the moment of writing there’s simply no information about the subject. - The popular tutorials are a bit outdated. No, they are great and work fine, but
evolves, and new features and paradigms appear with time. - I want to understand
better. And, as you know, trying to explain something helps to understand it better.
I’d recommend starting this series after you finish vulkan tutorial and/or API without Secrets. These resources explain in great detail the API usage and after reading them you should have a solid understanding of what Vulkan
is. So if you didn’t read them, take a pause and follow the links. See you next year!
For those who already have an understanding of what Vulkan
is, I’ll try to continue to build a mental picture around the API, explain why do we need every bit of code, every structure we use. I’ll build every next lesson on top of the previous by adding new stuff, but without modifying the old - I found that it’s easier to follow. Though this rule is not strict and sometimes I’ll have to return and change the existing code, but I’ll try to minimize it.
This is not the first attempt to write the tutorials. At first, I wanted to describe every single detail of the API, every field of every struct I used. You can imagine the amount of information I had to cover. Since I wanted to finish before I’m 90 and since the Holy Specification explains it better I decided to drop the idea.
In my second attempt, I tried to duplicate the code in the article so a reader doesn’t need to jump from one link to another, but I had to drop that idea too - since even a simple triangle takes more than 1000 LOC you can imagine the amount of text I had to put in every article. Instead, I’ll use links to the code on Github
- this saves a lot of space and does not require updating an article in case the code changes. If you find this uncomfortable buy a second monitor you can split a browser window and follow text and code at the same time. Also, I’ll not post links to the specification because a
- spec changes and b
- it’s very easy to search. Simply navigate to a spec version you’re interested in, for example here’s the link for the Vulkan
1.2 specification with extensions, type the term you’re searching for and enjoy.
Also, I used C++
before (this is still my main language at work) but I fell in love with Rust
. Seriously, no more ugly CMake
, no more problems finding and compiling a third-party library. Just imagine - the same code, written on Ubuntu works on Windows without any modification! And as a 10+ years C++ developer I am amazed how it’s easy to get third-party dependencies - you just add a name and a version to a special file and it “just works”. Anyway, I still have the repo in C++
, so if you like the pain you’re welcome! The repository has multiple branches - each next branch is built on top of the previous. I organized the code in a functional style and dedicated an entire article to explain how this works and why the code looks so strange.
Disclaimer: I’m not an expert guru ninja, I’m learning. And definitely, there will be mistakes in my lessons. I’m kindly asking you to point to them so I can fix them soon. You can find me on Twitter, or even better - create an issue on github.
This is our goal:
Wow, The Rotating Teapot! Sorry for the blurriness - youtube mercilessly messed up with quality and I don’t know how to fix it. As you can see, the application uses tesselation to change the geometry detail. It can be rendered in solid or wireframe mode. I chose it because it covers a lot of pipeline stages so I have to touch a great number of different parts of the API, which is good. I did it before with DirectX 12, so I already have some ideas on how to start.
What will not be in the tutorials
In addition to general graphics concepts, I assume you know what tesselation is, why there are two related stages in the pipeline (tesselation control and tesselation evaluation), so I’ll not explain that in detail. The same goes for curved surfaces - if you need to refresh your memory I recommend this Gamasutra article. I’ll not explain the math behind projection and other transformation matrices as well. Also, this is not a Rust
tutorial and I assume you already installed the Rust
compiler and Vulkan
I organized the code in so-called workspaces.
│ │ ├──sources
│ │ └──...
│ │ ├──vulkan/
│ │ │ └──...
│ │ ├──main.rs
│ │ └──teapot_data.rs
│ │ └──...
│ │ └──...
responsible for initialization, teapot
is specific for this concrete example, vulkan_utils
encapsulates common functionality. The build script lesson/teapot/build.rs
will build shader sources from lesson/teapot/shaders
and place the compiled binaries in lesson/shaders
. I chose glsl
as a shading language, though Vulkan
does not require it. The geometry data is stored in the teapot_data.rs
files hold dependencies that are used in the corresponding workspace. Also, I tried to have a module per function - though it brings a lot of source files it makes code navigation easier, at least for me - I hate 1000s lines long files.
One of the first links in Google offers us a nice teapot dataset. Though it looks good, it requires some processing - if we use it as it is, we’ll get an uncomplete model:
The initial data describes only a part of the teapot - the body represents a quarter of the object, and the handle and the spout represent half. One way to solve the incompleteness would be to draw multiple instances of the same part. But I find it more complicated than just duplicating the data - it would require multiple draw calls and some other things. I chose to copy indices instead. For example, one rim patch is presented by 16 indices (the dataset uses 16-point patches) - 102, 10, 104, 105, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
- this represents the quarter of the teapot rim. So we need 4 such patches to build the complete hull. I added the same indices 3 more times to the patches vector. But as you can guess, just copying the indices will not work - I’ll end up rendering the same patch in the same place. That’s why I have to introduce another vector with patch transformations. Now the original rim patch will be rendered with identity transform, the next one - with 90 degrees rotation, the third one - with 180 degrees rotation, and the last one with 270 degrees rotation to enclose the surface completely. For mirrored parts, it’s a little bit trickier - if I just make a copy of indices and use a mirror matrix (which is a scale matrix with -1 along the mirror axis) - the winding order will change. In the following picture I tried to visualize the problem:
Here the right triangle’s face points in the positive x
direction. Clockwise indices are 1-2-3
. Now if I want the mirrored triangle to face the negative x
direction, I can’t use 1-2-3
anymore - I need to change the order to 1-3-2
(or change the winding order to counter-clockwise, which I don’t want to do since that would require a pipeline change and a separate draw call). That’s why I decided to tweak indices if I use a mirror matrix.
All the data is stored in the teapot_data.rs file - a list of control points, 28 patches 16 points each, and a per-patch data. For visualization, I added random colors. Later in a shader, I’ll use patch id (kindly provided by the runtime) to sample the data to get transforms and colors and apply them to a corresponding patch.
The main.rs file begins with the initial setup. Here we create a logger (log and simplelog crates) which will be used to print useful information. Also, winit
(winit crate) window is instantiated and an infinite loop is started. The variable app_exit
is needed to control, well, the exit. By the nature of winit
crate, the entire application will be closed as soon as the window is closed. In CloseRequested
handler a cleanup will be executed and all resources will be destroyed. It can happen though that next the MainEventsCleared
handler will be executed and we don’t want to do any job after all objects are gone. So we simply return from the loop in that case.
If you compile the code and run the application at this point, you’ll see a boring empty window.
The entire article and no single line of Vulkan
code! Sorry for that, it was a necessary long introduction, but I promise that in the next lesson we’ll start the real work.
The source code for this step is here.
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It was a big thing when a Sonic gas station was built next to a main road in the small town where I grew up. We’re now a big city.
Cherry limeade has always been my favorite drink. It’s so refreshing, bubbly, and tart and sweet. The cherry and limes squeezed at the bottom are my favorite.
Sonic isn’t something I frequent very often (unless there’s a real craving for Peach iced tea). However, a craving for cherry and lime still exists. This smoothie is the answer. Five ingredients. Tart. And sweet. Perfect for a healthy morning on the run.
The cherry limeade recipe starts with fresh lime juice and lots of cherries. Ripe nectarine gives the drink a creamy texture, a touch of sweetness and neutrality that complements cherries well. Almond milk gives it a creamy texture, and ice cools the drink down.
This will definitely be on our weekly menu. It would also make a great popsicle if you have leftovers. Just saying.
- One ripe peach or nectarine (sliced).
- Add less ice to frozen cherries if you are using fresh.
- 1/4 cup Almond Milk (or sub-water or any other non-dairy drink)
- Juice 1-2 medium limes, depending on desired tartness.
- Ice, one handful
OPTIONAL ADD IN:
- 1 Tbsp Chia seeds
- One handful spinach
- Blend all ingredients in a blend until smooth and creamy. Add more cherries if you want it sweeter and more lime if you prefer tart.
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