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Are you tired of your old, outdated, and cramped kitchen? It’s time for a renovation! The main kitchen is the heart of the house, and it should be a functional and beautiful space. A good kitchen renovation can transform your space into a modern, stylish oasis that enhances your daily life. From sleek cabinets to stunning countertops, there are endless possibilities to create the kitchen of your dreams. But where do you start? That’s where I come in. As a seasoned copywriter and digital marketer, I have worked with numerous clients in the home improvement industry, and I know what it takes to create a compelling message that resonates with homeowners. In this article, I will share some tips and insights on planning a successful kitchen renovation and maximizing your investment. So, let’s get started!
Benefits of Renovating Your Kitchen
Renovating your kitchen can provide numerous benefits. A modern kitchen can increase the total value of your home, making it become more attractive to potential home buyers if you decide to sell in the future. It can also greatly improve your quality of life by providing a more functional and comfortable space to cook, eat, and entertain. An updated kitchen can also help you save more money in the long run by improving energy efficiency and reducing utility bills.
But perhaps the most significant benefit of renovating your kitchen is the satisfaction and pride of having a beautiful and functional space that reflects your style and taste. Your kitchen is where you spend a lot of time and should reflect your personality and lifestyle. A successful kitchen renovation can provide a space that is functional and joyful.
Considerations Before Starting a Kitchen Renovation Project
Before embarking on a kitchen renovation project, some important considerations must be remembered. Firstly, you need to determine your budget. Kitchen renovations can be expensive, and it’s essential to have a clear idea of how much money and time you can afford to spend before you start. You should also consider the scope of your project and whether you want to do a complete overhaul or just make some minor updates.
Another important consideration is the timeline for your project. Kitchen renovations can disrupt your daily life, and you must be prepared for some inconvenience and mess during the renovation process. You should also consider hiring a professional contractor or doing the work yourself. While DIY renovations can save money, they can be time-consuming and require significant skill and expertise.
Setting a Budget for Your Kitchen Renovation
Setting a budget is one of the most important aspects of kitchen renovation planning. A clear idea of the cost you can spend is essential before selecting materials and making design decisions. There are some factors to consider when setting a budget, including the size of your kitchen, the scope of your project, and the materials you want to use.
Generally, you should spend 5% to 15% of your home’s value on a kitchen renovation. If your home is worth $300,000, you should expect to spend between $15,000 to $45,000 on your kitchen renovation. However, remember these are just guidelines; your budget will ultimately depend on your and your family’s needs and preferences.
Leaving some wiggle room for unexpected expenses is important when setting a budget. Renovations can be unpredictable, and unforeseen issues may arise during the renovation process. Setting aside some extra funds in emergencies is always a good idea.
Choosing a Design and Layout for Your Kitchen
Choosing a design and layout for your kitchen is one of the most exciting and time-consuming parts of the renovation process. When selecting a design, it’s essential to consider both form and function. Your kitchen should be both aesthetically pleasing and practical.
One popular design trend is the open-concept kitchen, which removes walls to create a more spacious and connected living area. Open-concept kitchens are great for entertaining and can provide a more communal and inviting atmosphere. However, remember that this layout may not be suitable for all homes, and it’s important to consider the flow of your space before making any major changes.
Another essential aspect of kitchen design is the layout. The most common kitchen layout is the work triangle, which involves placing the sink, stove, and refrigerator in a triangle formation. This layout is designed to optimize efficiency and minimize the need for unnecessary movement when cooking. However, there are many other kitchen layout options to consider, and choosing a layout that works best for your specific needs and preferences is essential.
Selecting Kitchen Cabinets, Countertops, and Appliances
Kitchen cabinets, countertops, and appliances are the backbone of any kitchen renovation. These elements can set the tone for the entire space and are often the most visually prominent features of the room. When selecting cabinets, countertops, and appliances, it’s important to consider style and function.
When selecting cabinets, there are many options, including custom, semi-custom, and stock cabinets. Custom cabinets are made to order and offer the most flexibility in design and layout. Semi-custom cabinets are pre-made but can be modified to fit your specific needs. One example of this is sage green kitchen cabinets. Stock cabinets are pre-made and offer the most affordable option but may be limited in design options.
There are also many options to choose from when selecting countertops, including granite, marble, quartz, and laminate. Each material has its unique look and benefits, and it’s essential to consider your style and budget.
Appliances are also an essential aspect of any kitchen renovation. When selecting appliances, it’s essential to consider both style and function. Stainless steel appliances are popular for modern kitchens, but many other options exist, including black, white, and colored appliances.
Flooring Options for Your Kitchen Renovation
Flooring is an often-overlooked aspect of kitchen renovation but can significantly impact your space’s overall look and feel. When selecting flooring, it’s essential to consider durability and functionality. Your kitchen is a high-traffic area, and you need a floor that can withstand heavy use and spills.
Some popular flooring options for kitchens include hardwood, tile, and vinyl. Hardwood floors can provide a classic and timeless look but can be costly and require regular maintenance. Tile floors are durable and easy to mantain and clean but can be cold and hard on your feet. Vinyl floors are affordable, and they are easy to install. But they are not as durable as other materials.
Lighting and Color Schemes for Your Kitchen Renovation
Lighting and color schemes are two essential aspects of any kitchen renovation. Lighting can significantly impact the overall mood and ambiance of your space. When selecting lighting, it’s important to consider both function and style. Task lighting for kitchens is essential for cooking and food preparation, while ambient lighting can provide a warm and inviting atmosphere.
Color schemes are also an essential aspect of kitchen renovation. The right color scheme can help tie your space together and create a cohesive and visually appealing look. When selecting a color scheme, it’s essential to consider your style and your home’s overall look and feel.
Hiring a Professional for Your Kitchen Renovation
While DIY renovations can be a great way to save money, they may not be suitable for everyone. Kitchen renovations can be complex and require significant skill and expertise. Hiring a professional contractor can ensure that your kitchen renovation is done correctly and to a high standard.
When hiring a professional builder or contractor, it’s important to research online and choose a reputable and experienced company. Look for contractors with a proven success track record who can provide past client references. Getting a detailed estimate and timeline for your project is essential before signing any contracts.
DIY Kitchen Renovation Tips
If you’re interested in tackling a kitchen renovation project on your own, there are some essential tips to remember. First, having a clear plan and budget is essential before you start. You should also have the necessary tools and equipment and be prepared to invest significant time and effort into your project.
It’s also essential to know your limitations and seek help when necessary. Some aspects of a kitchen renovation, such as electrical and plumbing work, may require professional assistance. It’s important to recognize when you need help and seek it out before making any costly mistakes.
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Endorsement: George McKenna for L.A. school board
The seven candidates for the District 1 seat on the Los Angeles Unified School Board include several teachers, a reality-show contestant and a former member of the board. The one who stands out, though, is former principal and district administrator George McKenna.
In 1985, years before “school reform” became a buzz phrase, McKenna was profiled in People magazine for refusing to accept the high truancy, campus crime and terrible academic performance at George Washington Preparatory High School in Westmont, where he was principal. He enlisted help to clean up the rundown, low-performing school physically, socially and academically. Students signed behavior contracts, teachers were required to submit lesson plans and assign daily homework, and truancy plummeted. A year later, his efforts became the subject of a made-for-TV movie.
Though there are several qualified candidates on the ballot to replace longtime board member Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte, who died in December, McKenna strikes us as the one who would put the needs of District 1’s largely low-income and minority students above any particular ideology or political alliance. The victor in this election will serve out the last year of LaMotte’s term, which ends in mid-2015.
What the board needs most is a sensible and thoughtful new member, neither reflexively pro-union nor a blow-up-the-system reformer. Most candidates lean one way or the other; what’s most important is their ability to substantiate their opinions with facts, to consider the nuances of contentious issues and to exercise common sense. L.A. Unified’s students would not be well served by a new board member who wants to fire Supt. John Deasy or remove him as soon as his contract is up. Though the superintendent’s impatience sometimes translates as imprudence — the billion-dollar iPad purchase is proof enough of that — he has been a strong positive force for the district overall.
Another consideration for this particular election: The current board is too often combative, politicized and gridlocked. It would work more effectively with the addition of a consensus seeker. In other words, McKenna.
The race includes several qualified candidates, two of whom have raised more money than McKenna. Former board member Genethia Hudley-Hayes, who is endorsed by former Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, has a number of good ideas for getting beyond the same old arguments over whether low academic performance is the fault of teachers or parents or poverty. But her style and angry attitude toward the school board come off as too rancorous and not what’s needed now. Serious questions also have been raised about whether Hudley-Hayes padded her resume, and she has not adequately answered them. Alex Johnson, education aide to Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, is a smart and engaging candidate but one who has not given adequate thought to what he can contribute to the board and how. He talks about the board being stuck — which is true enough — and says he would move it forward. But when asked how he would do this, he gave two examples of how he would have voted differently from LaMotte. In neither example had the board been stuck, and in neither case would his vote have changed the outcome.
One of McKenna’s primary goals is to foster increased collaboration on the board, and with his thoughtful demeanor and the wide respect he commands as a longtime community and educational leader, he can accomplish that. His focus on reducing dropout rates is welcome, as is the priority he places on making sure that more vocational courses are made available to students. His stances on divisive topics are well reasoned; he’s an independent thinker who doesn’t reach for the simplistic soundbite. He knows, for example, that the existing teacher tenure laws make it too hard to fire truly bad teachers; he also thinks, and we agree, that the lawsuit to have tenure laws declared unconstitutional is an overreach. He would fight to ensure that new state money intended for low-income students actually reaches them.
Each candidate in this race has certain strengths, but McKenna’s are the best fit for what Los Angeles Unified needs right now.
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"How they launched it" is a recurring series of deep dives exploring how the world’s best teams launch new products and features.
Launch date: July, 2013
Peloton is one of those “why didn’t I think of that” ideas.
World class hardware, software, and content. All vertically integrated into a modern streaming platform and backed by a killer brand. Disrupting a giant industry starved of innovation. Why hadn't anyone thought of it sooner?
In just eight years, the company has gone from a scrappy startup raising funding on Kickstarter (yes, Kickstarter) to a multi-billion-dollar public company with over a million subscribers, 500,000+ bikes sold, and 66% revenue growth in just the last year.
But just getting the company up to cruising speed was a years-long battle. Founder John Foley faced thousands of rejections before he even had a product to launch. Hardware startups require prototypes and supply chains, which means capital. Unlike a slick new mobile app, you can’t vaporware a bicycle. But investors thought at-home fitness was a weak category, filled with goofy jocks hawking infomercial ab machines.
“They would hear: ‘fitness is a dopey category,’” Foley said on the Masters of Scale podcast, “where there’s been no capital and no software and no media and no innovation. And I would say, ‘exactly!’”’
Fast forward eight years, and today Peloton is one of the most widely recognized brands, and products, in American fitness.
Here’s how they launched it.
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After years of scraping together small checks from more than 100 investors, tapping personal networks to find the first batch of instructors, and asking early adopters to contribute to a Kickstarter campaign, in 2014 Foley was finally able to, for the first time, actually put a product on the shelf.
Now how—as the marketing adage goes—to get it off the shelf?
The answers might surprise you, as Peloton’s launch threw a lot of conventional wisdom out the window.
Back in 2013, Peloton kicked off its launch with a Kickstarter campaign that raised over $300,000 from nearly 300 individual funders. They’d built some early prototypes to feature in marketing materials and had some angel funding in the bank, but they turned to Kickstarter when it was time to scale manufacturing.
The stated goal was to raise $250,000. But beyond the stated goal, the Kickstarter campaign was also a strategic tool to build buzz for the company.
Peloton’s Kickstarter campaign led to a lot of early PR mentions, including write-ups in The Wall Street Journal, CNN, and Time. Interestingly, none of this coverage featured interviews or exclusives. All the information in the articles was generally available and appears to have been pulled from either the Kickstarter page or a press release.
Companies who see great success with their PR efforts (like MailChimp) often approach those efforts with a series of exclusives, so it’s fascinating that Peloton was able to succeed without such a nuanced approach. We can only conclude that the concept itself, its messaging, and the fundraising method (Kickstarter had a lot of its own hype in 2013) were novel enough to earn the kind of coverage for which most companies have to really hustle.
In addition to getting the word out about Peloton’s unique business plan, at least 25% of those early articles linked to Peloton’s website, with the rest linking out to the Kickstarter.
Since backlinks from high value sites (like The Wall Street Journal) have long been one of the most important factors for good SEO, the early coverage likely not only sent new funders to the Kickstarter campaign, but also gave Peloton’s website an additional boost in Google’s algorithms.
It’s a good lesson for new companies: have your own domain up early. At least as early as you expect to have other people on the internet talking about you. Even if you use a third-party platform like Kickstarter or Youtube to build pre-launch buzz, having your own URL people can link to will significantly help your site show up in search engines down the road.
Not only was Peloton’s choice of Kickstarter unique, so was their sales pitch: a well-crafted bike, yes, but also built-in live and on-demand indoor cycling video classes and—perhaps most importantly—a community where you could share triumphs, compete, and video chat with friends.
Their exact wording on the Kickstarter: “The Peloton Bike delivers live and on-demand indoor cycling classes to your home, while allowing competition & video chat with friends.”
The strategy here starts with the product itself. Exercise bikes weren’t new. Live classes weren’t new. Community wasn’t new. But combining them in the comfort of your own home was. And the pitch succinctly captured all of that. In just one sentence, you knew you were buying a bike, that it came with classes, and that it offered an opportunity to gamify the entire experience. All from your own home.
It’s also been interesting to watch Peloton’s value prop change over the years. They’ve wisely made the transition from positioning themselves as an alternative (“Spin class replacement”) to a category all their own.
To keep their Kickstarter campaign momentum going, Peloton sent update emails to encourage their early funders to share the campaign with friends.
Email is a tried-and-true (and arguably essential) part of a good launch. But it’s not always done well. To avoid sending generic marketing messages (a trap many launches seem to fall into), Peloton leveraged the fast development they were doing behind the scenes as a reason to be in touch with people, sharing updates on not only the bikes, but also add-ons coming down the pipeline.
One such add-on? Their own custom-made cycling shoes.
Email also helped the Peloton team sharpen their brand voice and messaging early on. Their early emails (and social media posts) reflected the energy and positivity their instructors and brand would later become known for. Liberal use of exclamation marks as well as high-energy language (WOW! Amazing! Fun!) was commonplace.
Interestingly, according to a study out of Wharton, emotional language like this increases customer engagement—the exact kind of customer engagement that Peloton’s earliest marketing campaigns had to drive in order to to keep their earliest adopters hooked.
Arguably, one of the smartest things about Peloton’s product and its launch was the way they came out of the gate deeply understanding their audience.
Marketers are taught to build messaging around people’s motivations. What does the customer ultimately want? It’s good advice. So for decades, messaging in the fitness industry was all about body image, and how people wanted to see themselves in the mirror the following day. “Get shredded,” “drop pounds today,” “abs in 30 days.”
But this kind of messaging has never appeared in Peloton copy. You won’t see a Peloton ad promising you’ll get ripped fast, because that’s the kind of language you hear from people who often don’t work out. Ask someone who doesn't exercise regularly what the benefits of exercise are and you’ll probably hear about body image and looking good at the beach. But ask someone devoted to fitness (as a vast majority of indoor cyclists already are) and you hear entirely different benefits: the energy and excitement of a good workout, the thrill of competing with others and consistently setting and beating goals, and the community and relationships formed with others at their gym. Just to name a few.
This is the enlightened tone Peloton uses, and it works. It reads more like a text message someone would send their friend after a great workout than the cover of a fitness magazine.
Peloton’s bread and butter is its high-end equipment, with bikes and treadmills making up about 80% of the company’s revenue. But, unlike the stationary cycle companies who came before them, the brand doesn’t stop there. Just under $1B per quarter in revenue comes from subscriptions—a secondary revenue stream with enormous long-term value.
(And when we say long-term potential, we mean it: Peloton’s current yearly retention rate is a staggering 96%, and the company expects to add more than a million subscribers in 2020.)
What’s the secret to this retention success? There’s probably more than one answer, but we suspect part of it is in their focus on competition, a focus they had from day one of their Kickstarter launch.
Competition, even more than a supportive community, is the top motivator that keeps people exercising, according to a study by the University of Pennsylvania. In fact, students in a socially competitive exercise program attended classes 90% more often than students without the added incentive of competition.
Which is why the frequent mentions of competition in Peloton’s own pitches (such as that on their Kickstarter page) and their early PR coverage are... pretty genius. They were already hinting at one of the most powerful things they’d invested in: gamification.
Another feature of Peloton’s marketing and products from the start? Community.
Instructors had leaderboards and started giving shoutouts early on—congratulating riders on milestone rides, birthdays, and so on. And video chat on the Peloton platform was one of the early selling points for their Kickstarter campaign.
Having an exercise buddy (or, you know, 23,000 in Peloton’s largest attended class so far) makes people significantly more likely to stick with their fitness goals and get more benefit from their workouts, according to study after study after study.
Not only does this mean people get a boost from the group structure of the live classes; it also facilitates the long-term retention that Peloton prioritized on launch and continues to knock out of the park today.
Most marketers already know it costs, on average, five times more to get a customer than to keep one. But customer retention is rarely top-of-mind for a brand-new startup. After all, you have to get customers before you can keep them, right?
The obvious answer is yes, you have to get them first. But from customer #1, Peloton seemed hell-bent on keeping them—a smart strategy for any company, and particularly a company whose especially high barrier to entry involved the purchase of a brand new piece of hardware for your home.
Early moves—including pivoting quickly when delivery experiences weren’t up to par and sparing no expense to hire the top indoor cycling instructors in NYC to run their virtual classes—set the tone for the way they continue to prioritize customer experience today (and keep their retention stats at that whopping 96%).
The vast majority of companies spend less than 30% of their time and budget on customer retention. Peloton’s thoughtful choices show they were putting far more time in from the start.
Peloton’s success is a good reminder that rules—even the rules of a good product launch—are sometimes meant to be broken.
Conventional wisdom tells us investing in retail space and building new products from scratch are expensive and risky strategies, especially for a brand-new company. But Peloton bucked this trend and did it anyway.
By the layman’s standards, a ~$300,000 Kickstarter round in a single month sounds pretty impressive. But for John Foley, it was less than expected. When VC funding didn’t come through, Foley decided to try something pretty unconventional in e-commerce: a pop-up store.
In late 2013, Peloton set up its first storefront in a New Jersey luxury mall. That four-month lease resulted in the “four best months for selling Peloton bikes, even to this day,” according to a 2019 interview.
Retail stores, especially in high-end shopping malls, have been a major strategic pillar for Peloton ever since.
“We’re massive believers—as we release new products—of retail as a place to demonstrate. We do test rides and runs where consumers can come in and try the bike. .... As we launch more new products, that will become even more important,” Peloton President William Lynch said in an interview with Yahoo Finance.
But, importantly, most sales happen online. The success of a storefront isn’t measured in how many bikes a location sells. What they provide is visibility and top-of-funnel awareness. They also help customers who are in the mid-funnel consideration phase (“I’ve been thinking of buying one, but I want to see it in person and try it out first.”)
It’s also a smart arbitrage opportunity. Traditional brick and mortar retailers have been struggling in recent years, leading many to downsize or go out of business entirely. This leads to more availability and better prices on retail leases. A company like Peloton has taken advantage of this, and has its pick of strategic retail locations
For many of Peloton’s early customers, the first time they saw or tried the product was in a luxury hotel gym. These hotels served the same kind of higher-income customer Peloton needed to get in front of in the beginning. As the company scaled, they were able to leverage this audience in a targeted (and cost-efficient) way via Facebook ads.
In 2019, they even launched an online map, called Hotel Finder, to help people find hotels with a Peloton.
One of the early challenges for the combined hardware-software business was deliveries. They started out how most companies do: hiring another company to deliver their products.
It didn’t go well.
Delays, lackluster customer experience from delivery companies, and requiring customers to assemble their own bikes, were less-than-ideal.
Since Peloton’s business model relies on long-term customer loyalty, opening with a bad customer experience was unacceptable to the founding team. Which is why—in another unusual move—they hired their own delivery team and trained them in not only customer service, but also product assembly and setup. They also dressed them in Peloton uniforms, for an experience Foley described as “like a UPS driver meets an Apple Genius Bar technologist,” in a 2016 interview with Inc Magazine.
Of the more than half a million projects that have been launched on Kickstarter, we’d be hard pressed to find another example of one that now trades on the public stock exchange.
Peloton has been, and continues to be, a monumental success. And the reasons for many: a world-class product launch, a deep understanding of the psychology of their customer base, an unwavering commitment to building long-term relationships with customers, and a willingness to take unconventional risks. All from day one.
Here are a few key, big picture takeaways from the Peloton launch.
Peloton wasn’t taking shortcuts for short-term wins. They were thinking about customer retention, loyalty, and long-term value from day one. And not only thinking about them, prioritizing them.
Long before they had their bikes built, they had messaging focused on the value they planned to provide through competition and community. Before they’d sold more than a few hundred bikes, they were making an outlandish bet on building out their own retail spaces. Before their first customer complaint had been triaged in the support queue, they were implementing a homegrown delivery system that brought the end-to-end buying experience under the Peloton umbrella.
The company launch, and almost every action that followed, speaks to an unwavering focus on the long-term. And this long-term focus has paid off exponentially for the business over the past eight years.
Novelty makes you memorable. Emotional language fosters engagement. Competition keeps people exercising; so does community. That’s simple science. The genius of Peloton is that they used all these facts to their advantage from day one.
They took a unique product and brought it to market in unique ways. They also built competition and community into their experience, and highlighted both things throughout their marketing from day one.
Whether the result of lucky guess, great gut instinct, or smart research, it worked. Both during launch and now, when the company has gathered what media outlets call “a cult following,” with riders literally tattooing the brand logo on their bodies.
When preparing for a product launch, there are dozens of tried and true strategies that can be implemented. Strategies that have a high probability of success, and of boosting the profile of whatever's being launched. But there are just as many unique and creative launch strategies that, while on the surface may be more risky, can be even more impactful.
Pop-up stores and physical hardware are very risky for most businesses. But for Peloton, they were absolutely the right strategies. They catapulted sales numbers through the roof and set a strong foundation for long-term success. And while they were risky bets to take so early on, they were bets that ultimately paid off handsomely.
Not only should risky ideas never be written off as bad ones, but often times the earlier these risky ideas are carried out, the more time they have to be a true force multiplier on any successful launch. Or entire business!
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In addition to definitions contained in part 10 of this subchapter, in this part:
Accompanying personal baggage means all hand-carried items and all checked baggage of a person entering into or departing from the United States.
Accredited scientist means any individual associated with, employed by, or under contract to and accredited by an accredited scientific institution for the purpose of conducting biological or medical research, and whose research activities are approved and sponsored by the scientific institution granting accreditation.
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Mammals: Alpaca—Lama alpaca; Camel—Camelus dromedarius; Camel (Boghdi)—Camelus bactrianus; Cat (domestic)—Felis domesticus; Cattle—Bos taurus; Dog (domestic)—Canis familiaris; European rabbit—Ortyctolagus cuniculus; Ferret (domestic)—Mustela putorius; Goat—Capra hircus; Horse—Equus caballus; Llama—Lama glama; Pig—Sus scrofa; Sheep—Ovis aries; Water buffalo—Bubalus bubalus; White lab mice—Mus musculus; White lab rate—Rattus norvegicus.
Fish (For export purposes only): Carp (koi)—Cyprinus carpio; Goldfish—Carassius auratus.
Birds: Chicken—Gallus domesticus; Ducks & geese—domesticated varieties; Guinea fowl—Numida meleagris; Peafowl—Pavo cristatus; Pigeons (domesticated)—Columba livia domestrica; Turkey—Meleagris gallopavo; Domesticated or Barnyard Mallards include: Pekin; Aylesbury; Bouen; Cayuga; Gray Call; White Call; East Indian; Crested; Swedish; Buff Orpington; Indian Runner; Campbell; Duclair; Merchtem; Termonde; Magpie; Chinese; Khaki Campbell.
Insects: Crickets, mealworms, honeybees (not to include Africanized varieties), and similar insects that are routinely farm raised.
Other Invertebrates: Earthworms and similar invertebrates that are routinely farm raised.
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UNION PAC. RY. CO. et al. v. CHICAGO, R. I. & P. RY. CO. UNION PAC. RY. CO. v. CHICAGO, M. & ST. P. RY. CO.
163 U.S. 564
16 S.Ct. 1173
41 L.Ed. 265
UNION PAC. RY. CO. et al.
CHICAGO, R. I. & P. RY. CO. UNION PAC. RY. CO. v. CHICAGO, M. & ST. P. RY. CO.
Nos. 157, 158.
May 25, 1896.
[Syllabus from pages 564-566 intentionally omitted]
These were petitions in equity filed by the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company against the Union Pacific Railway Company and the Omaha & Republican Valley Railway Company, and by the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company against the Union Pacific Railway Company, in the district court of Douglas county, Neb., January 2, 1891, to compel the specific performance of two contracts, dated May 1, 1890, and April 30, 1890, respectively, and removed on petition of the Union Pacific Railway Company to the United States circuit court for the district of Nebraska, where they were heard by Mr. Justice Brewer, and decrees rendered in favor of complainants. 47 Fed. 15. From these decrees defendants appealed to the United States circuit court of appeals for the Eighth circuit, by which they were affirmed. 10 U. S. App. 98, 2 C. C. A. 174, 51 Fed. 309. Thereupon these appeals were prosecuted.
To the contract of May 1, 1890, the Union Pacific Railway Company, the Omaha & Republican Valley Railway Company, and the Salina & Southwestern Railway Companywere parties on one side and the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company and the Chicago, Kansas & Nebraska Railway Company on the other; and the contract of April 30th was between the Union Pacific Railway Company and the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company.
The Union Pacific Railway Company controlled and operated more than 5,000 miles of railroad, and, among others, a main line extending from Council Bluffs, Iowa, by way of Omaha and Valley Station, Neb., to Ogden in Utah territory, a distance of about 1,100 miles; a main line from Kansas City, Mo., by way of Topeka and Salina, Kan., to Denver, Colo.; the Republican Valley Railroad, extending from Valley Station, Neb., by way of Lincoln and Beatrice, in that state, to Manhattan, Kan.; the Salina Railroad, extending from Salina to McPherson, in Kansas; a railroad extending from Hutchinson, in Kansas, to the southern border of that state; and other auxiliary roads.
The Rock Island Company owned and operated a line of railway extending from Chicago, by way of Davenport, to Council Bluffs, Iowa, and from Davenport to St. Joseph, Mo. As the owner of the latter line, and lessee of the Chicago, Kansas & Nebraska Railway Company and othe corporations, it controlled and operated a through line of railway from Chicago, by way of Davenport, St. Joseph, and Beatrice, Neb., to Colorado Springs and Denver, Colo.; a line from St. Joseph, Mo., by way of Horton, Topeka, and Hutchinson, to Liberal, Kan.; and other lines,—amounting in the aggregate to more than 3,000 miles of railway.
The Union Pacific Railway owned nearly all of the stock and bonds, elected the directors, and built, controlled, and operated the railroads of the Republican Valley and Salina Companies, and the Rock Island Company owned and operated the roads of the Kansas Company under a lease for 999 years, so that the Pacific Company and the Rock Island Company were practically the real parties in interest to the contract of May 1st.
The St. Paul Company was operating more than 6,000 miles of railroad, and one of its lines extended from Chicago to Council Bluffs, Iowa.
The following sketch roughly indicates the domain of the contracts: Early in 1890 the Rock Island Company determined to connect its lines from Chicago to Council Bluffs with its southerly line to Colorado Springs by constructing a bridge across the Missouri river at Council Bluffs, and a railroad from that terminus, by way of Omaha land South Omaha and Lincoln, to Beatrice, Neb., thereby shortening its line from Chicago to Denver and Colorado Springs; and the St. Paul Company joined in the undertaking in order to extend its line from Council Bluffs on to Omaha and South Omaha. Acting in concert, the two companies caused a corporation to be created under the laws of the state of Iowa by the name and style of the Nebraska Central Railway Company, with power to build a bridge across the river at Omaha, and one or more lines from that city west. Congress granted to this corporation the necessary franchise for the bridge. (23 Stat. 43.) Preliminary surveys and estimates were made, which showed that the entire cost of the bridge and tracks to South Omaha would be about $2,500,000. In February, 1890, the presidents of the St. Paul and Rock Island Companies visited New York for the purpose of arranging for the construction of the proposed work, when the Pacific Company requested them to suspend operations, and proposed to make a trackage arrangement with them by which they could use the bridge and tracks of the Pacific Company between Council Bluffs and South Omaha for their terminal facilities in Omaha and South Omaha, and the continuous line desired by the Rock Island Company could be completed. By direction of the president and at least two directors of the Pacific Company, its chief of construction and two of its directors obtained a meeting with the presidents of the St. Paul and Rock Island Companies and agreed with them upon the terms of the contracts in question. From the memoranda then made by the chief of construction of the Pacific Company, the contracts were subsequently drawn. They were examined and approved by the general solicitor of the company at Omaha. The executive committee of the board of directors of the Pacific Company at a meeting on April 22, 1890, at which six of the seven members of that committeewere present, five in person and one by proxy, considered and unanimously voted to approve of the contracts and authorized the president to execute them. The custom of the secretary had been not to specify in the notice of the meetings of the executive committee the subjects to be considered, and the notice of this meeting did not state that the subject-matter of these contracts would be considered. The member of the executive committee who was absent and not represented was a government director.
At the annual meeting of the stockholders of the company, held April 30, 1890, at which more than two-thirds of the stock was represented, these contracts and the action of the executive committee thereon were considered, and resolutions passed, by a unanimous vote of that stock, approving and ratifying the contracts and the action of the committee authorizing their execution. The call of the annual meeting did not state that the subject-matter of these contracts would be considered, but that certain other subjects would be, and that the meeting was for the selection of directors for the coming year and the transaction of any other business which might legally come before the meeting. The record of the meeting of the executive committee, April 22, 1890, reads thus:
'The president submitted Vice President Holcomb's letter No. 1,139, dated April 18, 1890, inclosing an agreement between this company and the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company, and an agreement between this company, the Omaha & Republican Valley Railway Company, the Salina & Southwestern Railway Company, the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company, and the Chicago, Kansas & Nebraska Railway Company, dated May 1, 1890.
'Whereupon, after consideration, it was,
'On motion of Mr. Spaulding,
'Voted unanimously, that the agreement submitted to the committee between this company and the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company, granting trackage rights to the latter company over this company's lines between Council Bluffs, Omaha, and South Omaha, for a period of999 years from May 1, 1890, at a monthly rental of $3,750, is approved, subject to the ratification of the stockholders, and the president is hereby authorized to execute the same on behalf of this company;
'Voted, unanimously, that the agreement submitted to the committee dated May 1, 1890, between this company, the Omaha & Republican Valley Railway Company, the Salina & Southwestern Railway Company, the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company, and the Chicago, Kansas & Nebraska Railway Company, providing for the use of this company's lines from Council Bluffs to Omaha, including the bridge over the Missouri river and the lines of this company's Omaha & Republican Valley Branch from Lincoln to Beatrice, Nebraska, and for the use by this company of the Chicago, Kansas & Nebraska Railway Company's lines between McPherson, Kansas, and South Hutchinson, Kansas, for a period of 999 years from May 1, 1890, and for the use of the line between the cities of South Omaha and Lincoln, Nebraska, for a period of 999 years from October 1, 1890, at the rentals severally provided for therein, is approved, subject to the ratification of the stockholders, and the president is hereby authorized to execute the same on behalf of the company.'
The following are the resolutions severally adopted by a separate vote of the entire stock represented in favor of each:
'Resolved, that the agreement between the company and the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company, dated May 1, 1890, granting trackage rights to the latter company over this company's lines, between Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Omaha and South Omaha, Nebraska, a copy of which is herewith submitted, be, and is hereby, approved, and the action of the executive committee in authorizing its execution is hereby ratified, approved, and confirmed.
'Resolved, that the agreement between the Union Pacific Railway Company, the Omaha & Republican Valley Railway Company, the Salina & Southwestern Railway Company, the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific RailwayCompany, and the Chicago, Kansas & Nebraska Railway Company, dated May 1, 1890, a copy of which is herewith submitted, granting to the latter companies trackage rights over this company's lines from Council Bluffs to Omaha, including the Omaha bridge, and the lines of this company's Omaha & Republican Valley Branch from Lincoln to Beatrice, Nebraska, and providing, further, for the use by this company of the Chicago, Kansas & Nebraska Railway Company's line between McPherson and South Hutchinson, Kansas, and the line from South Omaha to Lincoln, Nebraska, on the terms therein provided for, be, and is hereby, approved, and the action of the executive committee in authorizing the execution thereof is hereby ratified, approved, and confirmed.'
At this time the whole number of shares was 608,685, and 437,376 shares were voted.
It is not disputed that the board of directors and the body of the stockholders of the other corporations, parties to the contracts, took proper action to authorize and ratify the execution thereof by their respective corporations, and that the formal execution of the contracts by the parties to them was sufficient.
The preamble to the Rock Island contract described the several railways owned by the parties, and recited: That the Rock Island Company had become a domestic corporation of the state of Nebraska, and proposed to extend its railway from its terminus at Council Bluffs to a connection with its leased line, the Chicago, Kansas & Nebraska Railway, at the city of Beatrice. That the parties to the contract believed that the interests of all would be promoted by using, for a part of said extension, the main tracks of the Union Pacific Railway Company, in the cities of Council Bluffs and Omaha, the bridge over the Missouri river, and that portion of the Omaha & Republican Valley Company, owned by the Union Pacific Company, between Lincoln and the point of junction at the city of Beatrice; by a lease from the Rock Island Company to the Union Pacific Company of a portion of the railroad controlled by it, between McPherson and Hutchinson, Kan., a distance of about 30 miles; and a lease of the right of the Union Pacific Company to operate its trains over the road which the Rock Island Company was about to build between the cities of South Omaha and Lincoln.
The contract provided: 'The Pacific Company hereby lets the Rock Island Company into the full, equal, and joint possession and use of its main and passing tracks, now located and established, or which may be hereafter located and established, between the terminus of such tracks in the city of Council Bluffs, in the state of Iowa, and a line drawn at a right angle across said tracks within one and one-half (1 1/2) miles southerly from the present passenger station of South Omaha, in the state of Nebraska, including the bridge on which said tracks extend across the Missouri river, between said cities of Council Bluffs and Omaha; connections with Union Depot tracks in Omaha, the side or spur track leading from its main tracks to the lower grade of the Pacific Company's sidings and spur tracks in Omaha, and such extensions thereof as may be hereafter made; side tracks in Omaha, on which to receive from and deliver to the Rock Island Company freight that may be handled through the warehouses, or switched by the Pacific Company; the connections with the Union Stock Yards tracks in South Omaha, and conveniently located grounds in South Omaha, on which the Rock Island Company may construct, maintain and exclusively use a track or tracks, aggregating three thousand (3,000) feet in length, for the storage of cars and other purposes, for the term of nine hundred and ninety-nine (999) years, commencing on the 1st day of May, in the current year,—for which possession and use the Rock Island Company covenants, promises, and agrees to pay to the order of the said Pacific Company, monthly, during the continuance of said term, the sum of three thousand seven hundred and fifty (3,750) dollars,' and a certain portion of the expense incurred in maintaining and operating the property between Council Bluffs and South Omaha, and of the assessments and taxes levied thereon, in proportion as its wheelage should be to the entire wheelage over the same, and also a reasonable compensation for handling its traffic in Omaha. That the Pacific Company lets the Rock Island Company into the full, joint, and equal possession and use of its tracks, stations, and appurtenances along the line of the railway of the Republican Valley Company, from a point near the northern boundary of the city of Lincoln to the point where its tracks connect with those of the Kansas Company at Beatrice, Neb., for the same length of time, for which the Rock Island Company agrees to pay the Pacific Company a certain rental, computed on a percentage of the value of the main track, and a proportion of the cost of maintenance. That the Rock Island Company lets the Pacific Company into the full, joint, and equal possession and use of its tracks and stations along the lines of the Kansas Company from McPherson to Hutchinson for the same length of time, for a rental to be computed in the same way. That the Rock Island Company lets, leases, and demises to the Pacific Company, for a like term, commencing October 1, 1890, the right to move and operate over the tracks of the railway it proposes to construct between the cities of South Omaha and Lincoln, in the state of Nebraska, its freight and passenger trains, engines, and cars of all classes for a rental based upon a mileage of the trains. That each of the parties to the contract shall take such steps as will be necessary to continue all the stipulations of the contract in force. That each contract of lease shall attach to that portion of the railway leased during the corporate existence of the owner thereof, and all extensions of such existences, by renewal or otherwise, and that the contract shall bind the parties thereto, their successors, grantees, and assigns. That 'schedules of rufes and regulations for the movement of engines and trains over the several railways hereby let and demised shall be made for each railway by the duly-authorized officers of the lessor and lessee companies by which such railways shall at the time be operated. Such schedules shall, as nearly as may be practicable, accord equality of right, privilege, and advantage to trains of the same class operated by the lessor and lessee, and to trains of a superior class operated by either a preference over trains of an inferior class operated by the other. All rules and regulations shall be reasonable and just to both lessor and lessee, and shall secure to neither any preference or discrimination against the other. They shall be executed and all trains moved under the immediate direction of the superintendent or other officer of the lessor company. If the parties cannot agree upon the adoption of any schedule, rule, or regulation, or as to the modification of any one existing, either party may demand a decision of such controversy by referees as hereinafter provided. The referees are hereby invested with power to prescribe schedules, rules, and regulations, and to modify existing ones, and, in case of willful disregard by either party of the rights of the other, to award damages to the party injured for injuries sustained because of such willful act.' That the referees shall be appointed, when needed, by the selection of one by each party, and the appointment of a third by the two so chosen, with further provision for their action in cases of disagreement in other particulars.
It was also agreed that the Pacific Company might admit any other company to the joint use and possession of the same tracks and property upon substantially the same terms, provided such additional burden did not interfere with the Rock Island Company. Another provision was as follows: 'If, for any reason, any of the covenants, promises, and agreements in any of these articles expressed, and not material to the right of the lessee to use the property leased and demised, shall be adjudged void, such adjudication shall not affect the validity or obligation of any other covenant, promise, or agreement which is in itself valid. In the event of a failure in law of any of the covenants, promises, and agreements herein contained, such steps shall be taken and contracts made as shall be advised by counsel to carry into effect the purpose and intent herein expressed.'
The Rock Island Company was chartered to exist until 1930, but the charter provided that its existence might 'be renewed from time to time as may be provided by the laws of the states of Illinois and Iowa.'
The Rock Island Company, upon the construction of its proposed line from South Omaha to Lincoln, obtaine , by the agreement, access to Omaha and South Omaha, and a shorter continuous line from Chicago to Denver by way of Council Bluffs, Lincoln, and Beatrice, than by its southerly route; while, by the use of the proposed road from South Omaha to Lincoln, the Pacific Company obtained a line from Omaha to Lincoln and Beatrice about 40 miles shorter than its former route by way of Valley Station, and, by its use of the road from McPherson to Hutchinson, it filled the gap between its line there, and obtained a continuous line, by way of Salina, to the southern boundary of Kansas, and a rental of $45,000 a year, and other compensation as provided.
The contract with the St. Paul Company let it into the joint and equal use of the tracks and bridge between Council Bluffs and South Omaha for the same time and on the same terms named in the contract with the Rock Island Company. The main tracks of the Pacific Company, to be used under this contract, were two, extending a distance of about seven miles, from Council Bluffs, across the bridge, and through the city of Omaha, to South Omaha.
On the 17th of May the superintendent of the Pacific Company addressed a letter to the superintendent of the Rock Island Company, requesting the construction of the connecting track which would enable it to use the Kansas Railway between McPherson and Hutchinson. The Rock Island immediately constructed the track, and the Pacific Company at once began to use it, and continued to use it until January 12, 1891.
The Rock Island proceeded with the construction of its road from South Omaha to a connection with the tracks of the Republican Valley in Lincoln, and secured depots and yards in Omaha and South Omaha, and made an arrangement with the Pacific Company for the contruction of freight and passenger stations and a yard on the ground of the Republican Valley road in Lincoln, to be used by the Rock Island and Pacific Companies jointly. Prior to December 1, 1890, it had expended in such construction between South Omaha and Lincoln over $1,400,000. All this was done in reliance upon the contract, and the railway and buildings erected could be usedfor the principal purpose for which they had been constructed only in connection with the tracks of the Union Pacific at and between Council Bluffs and South Omaha and at and between Lincoln and Beatrice. The work at Lincoln had commenced on December 1st, when the Pacific Company notified the Burlington & Missouri Company, whose depot it had theretofore been using, that after December 31st it would abandon such use. This notice was given with the intention of entering into the joint use of the Rock Island depots and tracks.
About June 1, 1890, the St. Paul Company entered upon the use and possession of the bridge and the tracks between the points named in its contract.
November 26, 1890, a change of management in the Union Pacific took place, and opposition to the contracts developed. Early in January, 1891, the Pacific Company forcibly prevented the use by the Rock Island and St. Paul Companies of its tracks at Omaha, which they were entitled to use under the contracts, and absolutely refused to perform the contracts. Thereupon these suits were commenced, one by the Rock Island Company against the Pacific Company and the Republican Valley Company, and the other by the St. Paul Company against the Pacific Company. The Pacific Company set up, by way of defense, that the use of this road as claimed would deprive it of the means granted to it under the act of congress to earn moneys with which to maintain its corporate existence, perform the duties of a common carrier, and meet the demands of the government; that the officers of the Pacific Company were not so authorized to execute the contracts as to make it competent for them to do so, and that they were not so entered into as to bind the company to the performance thereof; that the contracts were unjust and inequitable, and were improvidently made, and ought not to be sanctioned and enforced by a court of equity; that the government di ectors of the Pacific Company did not authorize or sanction the contracts; that the contracts were ultra vires, and that that company did not have any right, power, or authority to enter into them; and that the contracts were not such as a court of equity could or should specifically enforce.
In the Rock Island Case, the circuit court decreed that the contract was 'the valid obligation of the parties thereto, and should be performed in good faith by each of them,' and that it secured the several rights embraced thereby, all of which were specifically set forth, subject to the following limitations:
'(1) That the engines, cars and trains of complainant shall be moved on said tracks under rules and regulations to be agreed upon by and between the parties, or ordained by referees selected and appointed in the manner provided by said contract, and securing equality of right, privilege, and advantage to trains of the same class operated by both parties, and to trains of a superior class operated by either a preference over trains of an inferior class operated by the other, which rules and regulations shall be executed, and all engines, cars, and trains moved, under the immediate direction of the superintendent or other officers of the defendant the Union Pacific Railway Company.
'(2) That the Union Pacific Railway Company may admit any other company or companies operating a connecting railway or railways to the joint possession and use of the railway, or any part thereof, at and between Council Bluffs and South Omaha, upon substantially the same terms as those granted to the complainant, and apply the compensation which it may receive from such additional company or companies to its own use, without accounting for the same or any part thereof to the complainant.
'(3) The complainant shall not do any business as a common carrier of persons or property to or from any stations on said line between said cities of Lincoln and Beatrice.
'(4) That complainant shall make compensation for such possession and use as provided by said contract.'
The decree then continued:
'III. That the defendants, the Union Pacific Railway Company and the Omaha & Republican Valley Railway Company, are commanded severally to specifically perform, keep, and observe the several covenants, promises, and agreements in said contract set out, to be by them, either jointly or severally, observed, kept, or performed; and that said railway companies, and the officers, agents, attorneys, and employes of each, are hereby commanded and enjoined to wholly refrain from directly or indirectly interposing any obstacle, interference, hindrance, or delay to the performance of the several promises, covenants, and agreements in said contract set out, or to the enjoyment of any of the rights or privileges by said contract granted, concerning the railway and railway property above described, by any and all of the parties to said contract, or by any of the officers, agents, attorneys, or emplyees of said parties, or any of them; and especially from in any manner obstructing or interfering with said complainant in restoring and maintaining the connections which have heretofore been constructed, or in constructing and maintaining, at such point or points as may be determined under the contract, additional necessary connections between the railways of the Chicago, Kansas & Nebraska Railway Company and the Omaha & Republican Valley Railway Company at Beatrice, and between the railway of complainant and that of the Omaha & Republican Valley Railway Company at Lincoln, in the state of Nebraska, and between the railway of complainant and the railway of said Union Pacific Railway Company, at South Omaha and Omaha, in the state of Nebraska, and the city of Council Bluffs, in the state of Iowa; and from doing any act or thing, or permitting the doing of any act or thing, if it shall have power to prevent the same, whereby said complainant may be prevented from enjoying any and all of the benefits and advantages secured to i by said contract, or doing any act or thing which the complainant by the terms of said contract is authorized to do, from interfering with the use of, and from removing, injuring or destroying, buildings or other structures erected by the complainant upon the grounds of the defendant the Omaha & Republican Valley Railway Company, in the city of Lincoln, in the state of Nebraska, without the consent of said complainant.
'IV. That each and every party hereto is commanded to refrain from interposing any obstacle or hindrance to the establishment, or alteration, or amendment in the manner providedby said contract, of time cards, rules, and regulations governing the operations of engines, cars, and trains over said railways and every part thereof, or to the execution and enforcement of such time cards, rules, and regulations, when so established, altered, or amended, otherwise than by apt proceedings in a court having competent jurisdiction.
'V. That nothing in this decree contained shall operate to estop any party hereto from recovering against another party or parties, by appropriate proceedings in law or equity, the compensation to which it is now or may be hereafter entitled, for the use of any of the railway and appurtenant property between and at Council Bluffs and South Omaha, between and at South Omaha and Lincoln, between and at Lincoln and Beatrice, and between McPherson and South Hutchinson, or from recovering in such proceedings damages which it has sustained, or may sustain, because of any breach or violation of said contract.
'VI. That while this decree is final in determining the rights of the parties under said contract, the court reserves the power to make additional orders from time to time, as may be necessary to enforce such rights.'
The decree in favor of the St. Paul Company was to the same effect, mutatis mutandis.
John F. Dillon and John M. Thurston, for appellants.
J. M. Woolworth, for Chicago, R. I. & P. Ry. Co. Geo. R. Peck, for Chicago, M. & St. P. Ry. Co.
Mr. Chief Justice FULLER, after stating the facts in the foregoing language, delivered the opinion of the court:
The questions to be considered are whether these contracts were within the corporate powers of the parties, were duly authorized as respects the Union Pacific Railway Company, were such contracts as a court of equity can specifically enforce, and were properly enforced on the merits.
It will be most convenient to consider the appeal in the case of the Rock Island Company. If the decree in favor of that company is affirmed, a like result must follow on the appeal in the case of the St. Paul Company. And we may remark, in the outset, that the main contention of the Pacific Company concerns the tracks between Council Bluffs and South Omaha, including the bridge.
1. Railroad corporations possess the powers which are expressly conferred by their charters, together with such powers as are fairly incidental thereto; and they cannot, except with the consent of the state, disable themselves from the discharge of the functions, duties, and obligations which they have assumed. Can it be held that the contract with the Rock Island Company, judged by its terms, construed in the light of matters of common knowledge, of the evidence, and of applicable legislation, was made in the assumption of powers not granted, or amounted to the surrender of powers that were?
The general rule is that a contract by which a railroad company renders itself incapable of performing its duties to the public, or attempts to absolve itself from those obligations without the consent of the state, or a contract made by a corporation beyond the scope of its powers, express or implied, on a proper construction of its charter, cannot be enforced, or rendered enforceable by the application of the doctrine of estoppel. Thomas v. Railroad Co., 101 U. S. 71; Central Transp. Co. v. Pullman's Palace Car Co., 139 U. S. 24, 11 Sup. Ct. 478.
But where the subject-matter of the contract is not foreign to the purposes for which the corporation is created, a contract embracing 'whatever may fairly be regarded as incidental to, or consequential upon, those things which the legislature has authorized, ought not, unless expressly prohibited, to be held by judicial construction to be ultra vires.' Navigation Co. v. Hooper, 160 U. S. 514, 525, 16 Sup. Ct. 379; Attorney General v. Railway Co., 5 App. Cas. 473, 478; Brown v. Winnisimmet Co., 11 Allen, 326, 334.
Taking up the contract with the Rock Island Company, what is the nature of the undertaking of the Pacific Company? In several places in this instrument, it is called a 'lease,' and the parties are called 'lessor' and 'lessee'; while, on the other hand, in the record of the proceedings of the executive committee of the Pacific Company and of its stockholders, it is called an agreement 'granting trackage rights' between Council Bluffs and South Omaha. But what it was styled by the parties does not determine its character or their legal relations, and in its interpretation the rule applies that 'the court is not only at liberty, but required, to examine the entire contract, and may also consider the relations of the parties, their connection with the subject-matter of the contract, and the circumstances under which it was signed.' Chicago, R. I. & P. Ry. Co. v. Denver & R. G. R. Co., 143 U. S. 596, 609, 12 Sup. Ct. 479.
In Thomas V. Railroad Co., 101 U. S. 71, 79, Mr. Justice Miller stated the real question to be 'whether the railroad company exceeded its powers in making the contract, by whatever name it may be called, so that it is void.'
And Mr. Justice Brewer, in his opinion on circuit, observed: 'Neither the form of expression on the one hand, nor the name on the other, is conclusive. We must see what rights and privileges were in fact granted, what burdens and obligations assumed.'
The contract provided that the Pacific Company hereby 'lets the Rock Island Company into the full, equal, and joint possession and use of its main and passing tracks.' The possession here spoken of was such possession as the Rock Island Company would have when its engines, cars, and trains were running over the tracks. The company had no possession before its trains came on the tracks, or after they had run off of them; and while its trains were on the tracks, its possession was only of the particular part occupied temporarily while running over them. Moreover, all trains were to be moved under the direction of an officer of the Pacific Company. The Rock Island trains, coming upon a Pacific track, immediately passed from the control of the Rock Island Company into that of the Pacific, and its officials were subjected to the orders of the Pacific's officers. And throughout the whole contract there does not appear to be a single provision which looks to any actual possession by the Rock Island of any of the Pacific property beyond that which was involved in its trains being run over the tracks under the direction of the other company. The contract in this regard was really an agreement for trackage rights, for running arrangements,—a 'terminal contract' with compensation on a 'mileage' or 'wheelage basis,' rather than a lease.
The Pacific Company, in its answer, said that it had offered and now offered 'to accept and transport all the cars and trains of the complainant, freight and passenger, to and from all points on the line of the said defendant described in said supposed contract, and thereby enable the complainant to maintain its business at Omaha and South Omaha, and to carry on exactly the same business that it could have carried on by the operation of its own trains by its own engines and by its own employees, as provided for in said supposed contract; and it says that it had offered, in the utmost good faith, to perform this service, immediately and at all times, for the said complainant, at a reasonable compensation, to be fixed in any fair, usual, and ordinary manner.' It thus appears that the Pacific Company could do what it had co tracted to do, and that the contention resolves itself into the proposition that there is a fundamental legal difference between authorizing the Rock Island to haul its trains with its own engines, and agreeing to haul them with the Pacific Company's engines, though in either event they were to be moved under the train dispatchers of the Pacific Company,—a difference we find ourselves unable to admit.
In Chicago, R. I. & P. Ry. Co. v. Denver & R. G. R. Co., 143 U. S. 596, 618, 12 Sup. Ct. 479, the Rio Grande Company had granted to the Rock Island Company the use of its terminal facilities at Denver, and it insisted that it could more conveniently handle the Rock Island trains with its own engines and crews than with those of the Rock Island. But this court, speaking through Mr. Justice Brown, said: 'It is obviously necessary to the harmonious working of the two systems that the general control and management of the yard should remain with the defendant; but it is not easy to see why that control may not be as well exercised over two switching crews belonging to two different companies as over two crews belonging to the same company. * * * It occurs to us that it would cause fully as much inconvenience to transfer the control of trains from the employees of one company to those of another, as such trains enter or leave the terminal yard, as it would be to permit the switching of such trains within the yard by the hands that brought them in or were to take them out. It appears that yards have been jointly operated in this manner in such large railway centers as Kansas City, Toledo, and Chicago without serious difficulty. We think that the same rule should also be applied to those employed in handling the freight. With reference to this, the decree of the court below provided that the plaintiff had a right to employ its separate switching crews and operate its own switching engines in the yards of the defendant company, under the sole and absolute supervision, direction, and control, however, of the yardmaster or other properly constituted officer or agent of the defendant, and subject to the orders and instructions of such yardmaster, etc., and in this there was no error.'
Such being the nature of the contract, a contract frequently made between railroad companies, upon what reasonable ground should it be held invalid as an unlawful assumption of power?
The evidence shows that, between the bridge and South Omaha, some of the most thickly populated and densely settled portions of the city of Omaha are situated; that five railroads, engaged in transcontinental traffic, do their terminal business there, taking up and setting down passengers, collecting, unloading, and delivering freight; that a large part of the territory is filled with the tracks of the Union Pacific and Burlington Companies, and that there is scant room, if any, for another company, with the many tracks required for terminal business; that the whole territory is very valuable, densely populated, and filled with tracks; and that at South Omaha are stockyards and packing industries of great extent, furnishing the companies a vast volume of freight, and compelling the building of many tracks. If it were true that railroad companies could not, ordinarily, without the aid of a statute, grant running facilities over their tracks, even when such an arrangement would not interfere with their business, the application of so rigorous a rule to defeat a contract, as between the parties, in respect of tracks in the congested parts of large cities, where the entire use of them is not required by their owners, does not seem reasonable. It is well said by Sanborn, J., speaking for the circuit court of appeals: 'Courts cannot be blind to the fact that every railroad company cannot have entrance to our great cities over tracks of its own, or to the fact that railroad companies do, and every public interest requires that they should, make proper contracts for terminal facilities over the roads of each other.'
We think that it would be ca rying the doctrine of ultra vires much too far to deny absolutely the competency of a railroad company, being a public highway, whose use is common to all citizens, to contract to give another running rights over its tracks without express statutory authority, and that, under proper circumstances, such a contract may well be held within its implied powers.
In Lake Superior Ry. Co. v. U. S., 93 U. S. 492, Mr. Justice Bradley adverts to and comments on the fact that, in England and in this country, railroads, when first constructed, were by the legislatures and the people regarded and treated as public highways for the use of all who had occasion to run their vehicles thereon; and this is certainly so far true, in modern acceptation, that, being for are ordinarily competent to make contracts are ordinarily competent to make contract which will subserve such use.
But the determination of the existence of the power to grant running rights in this instance does not rest on these considerations alone. For the provisions of the Pacific Railroad acts relating to the bridge over the Missouri river, its construction and operation, imposed on the Pacific Company the duty of permitting the Rock Island Company to run its engines, cars, and trains over the bridge and the tracks between Council Bluffs and Omaha, and we think that South Omaha was included.
The original charter of 1862 required the construction of the Pacific road from the east bank of the river, and so impliedly authorized the company to bridge it, and the amendatory act of 1864 expressly gave the corporation authority 'to construct bridges over said Missouri river.' The bridge contemplated was for the company's use, as a part of its road, and no provision was made for other roads or other business, nor were any special means provided for the construction of the bridge.
In 1871 several roads had been built from the East to Council Bluffs, and others were building, and roads were in process of construction in Nebraska, with Omaha as their termini.
The Omaha Bridge act (16 Stat. 430) was then passed, by which, 'for the more perfect connection of any railroads that are or shall be constructed to the Missouri river, at or near Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Omaha, Nebraska.' the company was authorized to issue bonds not exceeding $2,500,000, and to 'secure the same by mortgage on the bridge and approaches and appurtenances, as it may deem needful to construct and maintain its bridge over said river, and the tracks and depots required to perfect the same, as now authorized by law of congress.' The bridge was 'to be so constructed as to provide for ordinary vehicles and travel,' and the company was authorized 'to levy and collect tolls for the use of the same.' The act further provided: 'For the use and protection of said bridge and property, the Union Pacific Railway Company shall be empowered, governed and limited by the provisions of the act entitled 'An act to authorize the construction of certain bridges and to establish them as post roads,' approved July twenty-five eighteen hundred and sixty-six, so far as the same is applicable thereto.' The act of 1866, thus referred to (14 Stat. 244), is entitled 'An act to authorize the construction of certain bridges and to establish them as post roads.' It authorized the construction of nine different bridges, eight across the Mississippi river and one across the Missouri river. The first bridge provided for was to be constructed at Quincy, Ill., and by the first section it was made lawful for any person or persons, company or corporation, having authority from the states of Illinois and Missouri for that purpose, 'to build a bridge across the Mississippi river at Quincy, Illinois, and to lay on and over said bridge railway tracks, for the more perfect connection with any railroads that are or shall be constructed to the said river at or opposite said point, and that when constructed the trains of all roads terminating at said river, at or opposite said point, shall be allowed to ross said bridge for reasonable compensation, to be made to the owners of said bridge under the limitations and conditions hereinafter provided.'
The common object of both these acts plainly was the more perfect connection of roads running to the bridges on either side of the river. And this is in harmony with numerous acts of congress referred to in the opinion of the circuit court of appeals (15 Stat. 37; 16 Stat. 121, 173, 185, 473, 599; and many others); all of them indicating a settled policy that all structures of this character should allow connecting roads to cross them with their cars, trains, and engines. It is said that the reference to the act of 1866 should be confined to its second and third sections; but, as the matters provided for in those sections were fully otherwise covered in the Pacific Railroad acts, that does not commend itself to us as a reasonable construction. But it is argued that, even if the Pacific Company were authorized to grant to the Rock Island Company the right to run its trains, with its engines, over the bridge, it was not empowered to grant the same rights over the tracks. The evidence shows that the tracks east of the bridge were upon the approach to the structure proper, and it appears from the maps that the depot at the west end of the bridge was more than half a mile distant. The act of 1871 provided that, for the more perfect connection of the roads east of the river with those west of it, the company might issue bonds, and secure the same by mortgage 'on the bridge and approaches and appurtenances'; and it would seem to be clear that the approaches on the west side, as well as on the east, must be regarded as part of the structure. Moreover, the act refers to 'the tracks and depots required to perfect the same.' A railroad bridge can be of no use to the public unless united with necessary appurtenances, such as approaches, tracks, depots, and other facilities for the public accommodation. And we consider Council Bluffs, Omaha, and South Omaha, under the facts, as necessarily embraced in the intention of congress. It is true that it appears that, from the depot to the point in South Omaha where the tracks of the companies connected, is about four miles; but the scheme of congress was to accomplish the more perfect connection 'at or near Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Omaha, Nebraska,' and we think this distance reasonably within the terms of the act of 1871, liberally construed, as the act should be.
The legislation of 1862 and 1864 in respect of the Union Pacific Railway Company was under consideration in Union Pac. Ry. Co. v. Hall, 91 U. S. 343, 345, and it was said by Mr. Justice Strong: 'The scheme of the act of congress, then, is very apparent. It was to secure the connection of the main line by at least three branches, with the Missouri and Iowa railroads, and with a railroad running eastwardly from Sioux City in Iowa, either through that state or through Minnesota. An observance of this scheme, we think, will aid in considering the inquiry at what place the act of congress, and the orders of the president made in pursuance thereof, established the eastern terminus of the Iowa branch. From it may reasonably be inferred that the purpose of congress was to provide for connections of the branches of the main line of the Union Pacific road with railroads running through the states on the east of the territory, and to provide for those connections within those states at points at or near their western boundaries.'
On June 15, 1866, an act was approved (14 Stat. 66), 'to facilitate commercial, postal, and military communication among the several states,' carried forward as section 5258 of the Revised Statutes, which provided that 'every railroad company in the United States, whose road is operated by steam, its successors and assigns, be, and is hereby, authorized to carry upon and over its road, boats, bridges, and ferries, all passengers, troops, government supplies, mails, freights, and property on their way from any state to anot er state, and to receive compensation therefor, and to connect with roads of other states so as to form continuous lines for the transportation of the same to the place of destination.'
It is impossible for us to ignore the great public policy in favor of continuous lines thus declared by congress, and that it is in effectuation of that policy that such business arrangements as will make such connections effective are made.
We are of opinion that it was within the powers of the Pacific Company to enter into contracts for running arrangements, including the use of its tracks, and the connections and accommodations provided for; and we cannot perceive that this particular contract was open to the objection that it disabled the Pacific Company from discharging its duties to the public. By the contract the Pacific Company parted with no franchise, and was not excluded from any part of its property or the full enjoyment of it. What it agreed to do was to let the Rock Island into such use of the bridge and tracks as it did not need for its own purposes. This did not alien any property or right necessary to the discharge of its public obligations and duties, but simply widened the extent of the use of its property for the same purposes for which that property was acquired, to its own profit so far as that use was concerned, and in the furtherance of the demands of a wise public policy. If, by so doing, it may have assisted a competitor, it does not lie in its mouth to urge that as rendering its contract illegal as opposed to public policy. Ability to perform its own immediate duties to the public is the limitation on its jus disponendi, we are considering, and that limitation had no application to such a use as that in question.
The leading cases of Thomas v. Railroad Co., 101 U. S. 71; Pennsylvania R. Co. v. St. Louis, A. & T. H. R. Co., 118 U. S. 290, 6 Sup. Ct. 1094; Oregon Ry. & Nav. Co. v. Oregonian Ry. Co., 130 U. S. 1, 9 Sup. Ct. 409; Central Transp. Co. v. Pullman's Palace Car Co., 139 U. S. 24, 11 Sup. Ct. 478; St. Louis, V. & T. H. R. Co. v. Terre Haute & I. R. Co., 145 U. S. 393, 12 Sup. Ct. 953; U. S. v. Union Pac. Ry. Co., 160 U. S. 1, 16 Sup. 190,—arose upon instruments which dispossessed the corporations of all their property and of all capacity to perform their public duties. But we have no such case here.
The argument is pressed that the Pacific Company might become disabled by reason of the increase of business in the future, but the defendant asserts, in its answer that it is able to carry on the business of hauling complainant's cars 'immediately and at all times,' if it may do so with its own engines and on its onw terms, and be permitted in the meantime to repudiate this contract. The proof wholly fails to establish that the contract involves any present inability, or any existing ground for apprehension in that regard, and shows that the bridge and tracks of the Pacific Company and fully adequate to meet much larger demands than are now, or within any reasonable time can be expected to be, made upon them under the contract. The country, as was said below, will grow in population and business, and the business of this particular corporation will increase, but with the increased volume of business come increased facilities for its transaction. Moreover, increase in the same ratio for the future as in the past is not to be expected, for new roads are constantly being built and other channels of transportation opened; and it cannot be conclusively assumed that the common means of transportation 20 years hence may not be quite different from what they are at present. It will not do to hold this contract void, and allow defendant to escape from the obligations it assumed, on the mere suggestion that at some time in the remote future there is a possibility that the suggested contingency might arise. Should it happen, however, the courts are competent to relieve from the consequences of so radical a change of condition.
Objection is made that, by reason of the provision for referees in case of difference between the two companies as to the operation of trains, the full control of the Pacific Company of its road and franchises is taken away. If that stipulation were stricken out, the right of the Rock Island Company to use the tracks, subject to the reasonable management of the Pacific Company's officers, would still remain, and the contract itself contained a provision contemplating the possible invalidity of some one of the stipulations not of the essence of the contract. There does not appear to have been any specific contention in the circuit court or in the court of appeals that that particular clause was invalid; and, if it were, the power reserved in the decree was sufficient to permit an application to the court for its modification, and the substitution of the judgment of the court. We cannot hold that, if the particular clause were objectionable, the contract would be invalidated as a whole; and it is too late to ask a reversal on the ground that the clause itself is not enforceable.
We do not feel called upon to enter at length upon other objections urged by appellants' counsel. One of them was that the Rock Island and St. Paul Companies derived no power from the laws of Nebraska to enter into the alleged contract, because they had not complied with the statutes of the state in that behalf. After the testimony was closed, and as the final hearing commenced, defendants moved the court to permit the introduction of the evidence upon which this contention is based. This was objected to by complainants, the objection sustained, and defendants excepted. We concur in the view of the circuit court of appeals, which held that there was no abuse of discretion in the court below in denying the motion, and did not consider the rejected evidence or the argument based upon it. The Rock Island Company built its road from South Omaha to Lincoln as vested with the corporate power to do so, and it contracted as in the possession of the power as a corporation existing in and under the laws of Nebraska. The state appears to have been content, and the contract, not being necessarily beyond the scope of the powers of the corporation, must, in the absence of proof to the contrary, be deemed valid.
Nor can the contract be held invalid because, within its prescribed duration, the charter of the Rock Island Company expired by its terms. The contract was carefully drawn in view of such expiration of the several corporate existences of the parties to it, who bound themselves to take such steps as might be necessary to continue the contract in force. And, as observed by the court of appeals, the contingency that the Rock Island Company 'will cease to exist and leave neither assigns nor successors is far too remote to have any influence upon the validity of this contract.' 10 U. S. App. 192, 2 C. C. A. 174, 51 Fed. 309
It is also said that the contract was void so far as the Republican Valley Railroad Company was concerned, because without consideration, inasmuch as the Rock Island Company was to pay the Pacific Company for the possession and use of the railway and appurtenant property between Lincoln and Beatrice to the Pacific Company, and so the Valley Company, as an independent corporation, received no compensation. But the stockholders of the Valley Company entered into the covenants in question, and as each of its incorporators was an officer or employ e of the Union Pacific Company; its road was built with the funds of that company; every share of its stock ever issued was taken, held, or voted by some officer or employ e of that company in trust for it; the officers of the two companies had always been the same, and in their operation no distinction had ever been made between the two roads; and their earnings had gone into, and their expenditures been paid from, a common treasury,—we think there is no merit in the objection that, for the reason given, the Valley Company was not bound by its covenants.
But it is earnestly contended that the Pacific Company had n power, under its charter as a federal corporation, to operate any other line of road than those lines which it was specifically authorized by congress to construct, and that it was prohibited, under the constitution and laws of Nebraska, from doing so, and therefore that it could not obligate itself to use, and to pay to the Rock Island Company compensation for the use of, the road between South Omaha and Lincoln.
It does not appear that this point was called to the attention of the circuit court, or decided by it; nor, in the errors assigned to the decree of the circuit court in the circuit court of appeals, was there any error attributed to the decree in this particular; nor did that court pass upon any such question. It is, indeed, admitted that the point is raised for the first time in this court. We have to determine, on this appeal, whether, in our judgment, the circuit court of appeals did or did not err, and affirm or reverse accordingly. It is true that our decision necessarily reviews the decree of the circuit court in reviewing the action of the court of appeals upon it, and, under the statute, our mandate goes to the circuit court directly; but it is, notwithstanding, the judgment of the circuit court of appeals that we are called on primarily to revise. It will be seen, then, that the judgments of the courts of appeals should not ordinarily be re-examined on the suggestion of error in that court, in that it did not hold action of the circuit court erroneous, which was not complained of. We will, however, make a few observations on the point thus tardily presented.
The eighth section of the eleventh article of the constitution of that state provided that no railroad corporation of any other state or of the United States, doing business in Nebraska, should be entitled to exercise the right of eminent domain, or have power to acquire right of way or real estate for depot or other uses, until it should have become a corporation of the state, pursuant to the constitution; but we do not see what that prevision has to do with this question. The stipulations of the contract relating to the use of the Rock Island tracks between South Omaha and Lincoln by the Pacific Company did not embrace the acquisition of right of way or real estate, or the exercise of the power of eminent domain by the latter.
By the contract the Rock Island Company gave the Pacific Company 'the right and privilege to move and operate its trains over the tracks,' and nothing more, and it was provided that the Pacific Company should do no business at intermediate points. The Pacific Company was to run its trains over the Rock Island tracks 45 miles, and it agreed to pay a fair compensation for doing so. It was perfectly competent for the Pacific Company to contract to deliver at Lincoln freight and passengers taken up at Omaha; and, in carrying out such contract, it could make deliveries in car loads, just as well as in small parcels. It follows that its cars might be run through, and the fact that, under this contract, the Pacific Company would haul its cars with its own engines amounts to no more than a mere method of doing the business. And as, when it contracts for deliveries beyond its own line, it must pay the connecting company for its services, that compensation might be fixed by the parties upon any basis they agreed to. Here it agreed to pay a certain sum per mile for the mileage over which its trains run, and the difference between that and any other mode of payment did not go to the powers of the company. Where a corporate contract is forbidden by a statute, or is obviously hostile to the public advantage or convenience, the courts disapprove of it; but when there is no express prohibition, and it is obvious that the contract is one of advantage to the public, the rule is otherwise. As remarked in Navigation Co. v. Hooper, 160 U. S. 514, 16 Sup. Ct. 379: 'Although the contract powers of railroad companies are to be restricted to the general purposes for which they are designed, yet ther are many transactions which are incidental or auxiliary to its main business, or which may be useful in the care and management of the property which it is authorized to hold, and in the safety and comfort of the passengers which it is its duty to transport. Courts may be permitted, where there is no legislative prohibition shown, to put as favorable construction upon such exercise of power by railroad companies as is necessary to promote the success of the company within the powers of its charter, and to contribute to the comfort of those who travel thereon.' And that principle is applicable to the transportation of through freight and passengers over connecting lines.
Under the laws of Nebraska, railroad companies are clothed with ample power to make leases, or any arrangements for their common benefit, consistent with and calculated to promote the objects for which they are created. Comp. St. Neb. 1887, p. 248, c. 16, § 94. There is nothing in the charter of the Pacific Company that prohibits such an arrangement as this in controversy, unless by implication; and as by it the public interest was subserved, that company reached its own lines by a shorter route, and accommodated its own through freight and travel, we are not prepared to hold that it was invalid.
These observations also apply to the clause of the contract in respect of the road between McPherson and Hutchinson, but it should be added that that reach of road was held and operated by the Kansas Company, which was a Kansas corporation. The Union Pacific Railway Company was formed by the consolidation of the Union Pacific Railway Company, a federal corporation, the Denver Company, a Colorado corporation, and a corporation originally named the Leavenworth, Pawnee & Western Railway, afterwards called the Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division, and lastly the Kansas Pacific Railway. The latter company, by its first name, was incorporated under the laws of the territory of Kansas, and upon the admission of Kansas into the Union became a corporation of that state. The acts of congress of 1862 and 1864 clothed it with new franchises, but did not deprive it of its powers as a state corporation, which could be exercised by the consolidated company in Kansas so far as not in derogation of its federal powers. And Kansas corporations were duly empowered to enter into leases and the like by the state laws. 1 Gen. St. Kan. p. 443, c. 23, § 112.
2. Was the contract, if within its powers, duly authorized by the Pacific Company? No question arises but that the contract was executed in due form, and, as to the manner in which its execution was authorized, the facts appear to be: On April 22, 1890, the executive committee passed the resolution approving the contract, and authorizing the president of the company to execute it, and on the 30th of the same month the stockholders, at their regular annual meeting, voted to approve the contract and the action of the executive committee relative thereto. The board of directors never formally acted. As soon as the contract was executed, the Pacific Company required the Rock Island Company to make proper connections between McPherson and Hutchinson, which was done, and the Pacific Company commenced to run over those tracks, and continued to do so until after the disputes between the two companies became flagrant. On the other hand, the Rock Island Company commenced the construction of its road between South Omaha and Lincoln, and of the stations and yards at Lincoln, on the lands of the Republican Valley Company. Appellants contend that the action of the stockholders and the executive committee was ineffectual, because the board of directors was the only body that could authorize the president and secretary to make the contract. The contract appearing on its face to have been duly executed, and the parties having entered upon its execution, necessarily with full knowledge on the part of the board of directors of the Pacific Company, the board would be presumed to have ratified it, alth ugh it in fact took no affirmative action in the matter. Pennsylvania R. Co. v. Keokuk & Hamilton Bridge Co., 131 U. S. 371, 381, 9 Sup. Ct. 770.
When, by the charter of a corporation, its powers are vested in its stockholders, and this was the common-law rule when the charter was silent, the ultimate determination of the management of the corporate affairs rests with its stockholders, and the charter of the Pacific Company did not commit the exclusive control to the board of directors.
By the first section of the act certain persons named, together with five commissioners, to be appointed by the secretary of the interior, were, with their successors, created a body corporated and politic, with certain powers, which were to determine after the company was fully organized, 'and thereafter the stockholders shall constitute said body politic and corporate.' It was further provided: 'Said company, at any regular meeting of the stockholders called for that purpose, shall have power to make by-laws, rules and regulations as they shall deem needful and proper, touching the disposition of the stock, property, estate and effects of the company not inconsistent herewith, the transfer of shares, the terms of office, duties, and conduct of their officers and servants, and all matters whatsoever which may appertain to the affairs of said company.' The same section provided that the directors 'shall have power to appoint such engineers, agents, and subordinates as may from time to time be necessary to carry into effect the object of this act, and to do all acts and things touching the location and construction of said road and telegraph. Said directors may require payment of subscriptions to the capital stock after due notice, at such times and in such proportions as they may deem necessary to complete the road and telegraph within the time in this act prescribed.'
Acting under the authority conferred upon them by the charter, the stockholders of the Pacific Company adopted by-laws for the government of the corporation and for the regulation of its business affairs. By section 2 of article 4 of the by-laws it was provided: 'The board of directors shall have the whole charge and management of the property and effects of the company, and they may delegate power to the executive committee to do any and all of the acts which the board is authorized to do, except such acts as by law and these by-laws must be done by the board itself.' Thus, the stockholders authorized the board of directors to delegate the power to the executive committee to do any and all acts which the board itself was authorized to do. The executive committee derived its authority from the stockholders through the board of directors. By section 2 of article 5 of the by-laws it was provided: 'The executive committee shall have, and may exercise by a majority of its members, all the powers and authority which from time to time may be delegated to said committee by the board of directors.' As early as March 15, 1877, the board of directors adopted a resolution, 'that while the board of directors is not in session, the full power thereof, under the charter and by-laws, is hereby conferred upon the executive committee, and the proceedings of said committee at its last meeting are hereby ratified and* confirmed.' In 1879 the form of resolution adopted by the board was as follows: 'Resolved, that while the board of directors is not in session, the full power under the charter and by-laws be, and it is hereby, conferred upon the executive committee.' Similar resolutions were passed every year up to April 30, 1890, when the board of directors passed substantially the same resolution which they had been in the habit of adopting from year to year. It was shown that the meetings of the executive committee were frequent, but that the board usually met only twice a year, the business of the company being more conveniently transacted by the committee.
The contracts in question were in the proper form, signed and executed by the proper executive of icers, and attested by the corporate seal. They were approved and authorized by the executive committee, which committee had all the powers of the board, and were ratified, approved, and confirmed by the stockholders at their regular annual meeting. This was sufficient to bind the Pacific Company, although no formal action by the board was had. But it is argued that this cannot be so because of the peculiar relation which the government directors of the Pacific Company bore to the corporation, differing from that of other directors; and the absence of the government director, who was a member of the executive committee, from the meeting which approved and authorized the contracts, is also commented on, as if, thereby, the action of the executive committee in that behalf was rendered ineffective.
By the first section of the act of 1862 not less than thirteen directors were to be elected and two to be appointed by the president of the United States, 'who shall act with the body of directors, and be denominated directors on the part of the government.'
The thirteenth section of the act of 1864 is as follows:
'That at and after the next election of directors, the number of directors to be elected by the stockholders shall be fifteen; and the number of directors to be appointed by the president shall be five; and the president shall appoint three additional directors to serve until the next regular election, and thereafter five directors. At least one of said government directors shall be placed on each of the standing committees of said company, and at least one on every special committee that may be appointed. The government directors shall, from time to time, report to the secretary of the interior, in answer to any inquiries he may make of them, touching the condition, management and progress of the work, and shall communicate to the secretary of the interior at any time such information as should be in the possession of the department. They shall, as often as may be necessary to a full knowledge of the condition and management of the line, visit all portions of the line of road, whether built or surveyed; and while absent from home, attending to their duties as directors, shall be paid their actual traveling expenses, and be allowed and paid such reasonable compensation for their time actually employed as the board of directors may decide.'
We see nothing in the provisions relating to government directors which makes it indispensable that the board should formally authorize such contracts as the one under consideration. Congress did not vest in the government directors any peculiar powers. They had the same powers as other directors, and no more; but, as government directors, they were to make reports to the secretary of the interior in respect of the affairs and matters mentioned in the act of 1864. They could not, either by a negative vote, or by absenting themselves from the meetings, prevent the transaction of the necessary business of the company, in which they were entitled to participate on the same terms as their associates. Congress did not look to any action of theirs for the protection of the public interests, but sought to secure those interests by specific legislation. Thus, it was provided, by the act of 1862, that patents for lands and government bonds should not be issued to the company until the road had been constructed, examined, and approved by the commissioners, and the facts certified to the president and secretary of the treasury; and a forfeiture of the rights belonging to the company and the lands granted to it, in case of default on its part to redeem the bonds, or any of them, when required to do so by the secretary of the treasury, in accordance with the provisions of the act, was also provided for.
The joint resolution for the protection of the interests of the United States (16 Stat. 56); the appropriation act of March 3, 1873 (17 Stat. 485, 508); the Thurman act (20 Stat. 56); the act amendatory of the fifteenth section of the act of 18 2 (18 Stat. 111); the act providing for a commission to investigate the transactions of the company (24 Stat. 488),—are examples of such legislation. And it was through them, and not through the agency of the government directors, that congress sought to protect the interests of the government and the public. We regard the position as wholly untenable that this provision for government directors took the corporation out of the general rule that, except in cases where the charter imposes a limitation, the stockholders are the proper parties to take final action in the management of the corporate affairs.
3. The jurisdiction of courts of equity to decree the specific performance of agreements is of a very ancient date, and rests on the ground of the inadequacy and incompleteness of the remedy at law. Its exercise prevents the intolerable travesty of justice involved in permitting parties to refuse performance of their contracts at pleasure by electing to pay damages for the breach.
It is not contended that multiplicity of suits to recover damages for the refusal of defendants to perform would afford adequate relief, nor could it be; for such a remedy, under the circumstances, would neither be plain nor complete, nor a sufficient substitute for the remedy in equity, nor would the interests of the public be subserved thereby. But it is objected that equity will not decree specific performance of a contract requiring continuous acts involving skill, judgment, and technical knowledge, nor enforce agreements to arbitrate, and that this case occupies that attitude. We do not think so. The decree is complete in itself, is self-operating and self-executing, and the provision for referees in certain contingencies is a mere matter of detail, and not of the essence of the contract.
It must not be forgotten that, in the increasing complexities of modern business relations, equitable remedies have necessarily and steadily been expanded, and no inflexible rule has been permitted to circumscribe them. As has been well said, equity has contrived its remedies 'so that they shall correspond both to the primary right of the injured party, and to the wrong by which that right has been violated,' and 'has always preserved the elements of flexibility and expansiveness, so that new ones may be invented, or old ones modified, in order to meet the requirements of every case, and to satisfy the needs of a progressive social condition, in which new primary rights and duties are constantly arising, and new kinds of wrongs are constantly committed.' Pom. Eq. Jur. § 111.
We regard the case of Joy v. St. Louis, 138 U. S. 1, 11 Sup. Ct. 243, as determining that this contract was one within the control of a court of equity to specifically enforce. In that case the St. Louis, Kansas City & Colorado Railroad Company acquired by succession, under a contract, the right of running its trains over the line of the Wabash Company from a point on the northern line of Forest Park, through the park, and into the Union Depot at St. Louis, together with the right to use side tracks, switches, turnouts, and other terminal facilities. It was a continuing right, and unlimited in time; and the contract contained provisions regulating the running of trains, and prescribing the duties of superintendents, trainmasters, and other offiers. The objections that are urged against the specific performance of the contract under consideration were urged against the specific performance of that contract, and were severally overruled; and it was held that nothing short of the interposition of a court of equity would provide for the exigencies of the situation.
This case was cited with approval in Franklin Tel. Co. v. Harrison, 145 U. S. 459, 12 Sup. Ct. 900. The contract there was one for the use by Harrison Bros. & Co. of a wire of the Franklin Telegraph Company between Philadelphia and New York. It appeared that Harrison Bros. & Co. had been in the possession of a certain valuable contract with the Insulated Lines Telegraph Company, to the ights of which company the Franklin Telegraph Company had succeeded. Desiring to have that contract terminated, the Franklin Company entered into a new contract with Harrison Bros., by which the Franklin Company agreed to allow Harrison Bros. the right to put up, maintain, and use a telegraph wire on the poles of the Franklin Company. At the expiration of ten years thereafter the wires were to become the property of the telegraph company, after which time the telegraph company was to lease the same to Harrison Bros. for $600 per annum, payable quarterly, and with all the other terms and conditions as they existed before. The ten years having expired, Harrison Bros. continued to use the wire, paying the stipulated sum of $600 per annum therefor; but, after this had gone on for about three years the telegraph company served notice on Harrison Bros. putting an end to the agreement, whereupon Harrison Bros. filed a bill to restrain the telegraph company from terminating the contract, and to have the same specifically enforced, and this court held that the contract was one proper for specific performance.
The same rule was laid down in Prospect Park & C. I. R. Co. v. Coney Island & B. R. Co., 144 N. Y. 152, 39 N. E. 17, where many authorities are cited.
In Railroad Co. v. Alling, 99 U. S. 463, this court directed an injunction against the Ca non City Railway Company from preventing the Denver road from using the right of way through the Grand Ca non, and said: 'If, in any portion of the Grand Ca non, it is impracticable or impossible to lay down more than one roadbed and track, the court, while recognizing the prior right of the Denver Company to construct and operate that track for its own business, should, by proper orders, and upon such terms as may be just and equitable, establish and secure the right of the Ca non City Company, conferred by the act of March 3, 1875, to use the same roadbed and track, after completion, in common with the Denver Company.'
In the Express Cases, 117 U. S. 1, 6 Sup. Ct. 542, 628, the express companies sought to restrain the railway companies from refusing to carry express matter on the terms of contracts which had expired, which the court held could not be done, and it was said: 'The legislature may impose a duty, and, when imposed, it will, if necessary, be enforced by the courts; but, unless a duty has been created, either by usage, or by contract, or by statute, courts cannot be called on to give it effect.'
It was objected, in Joy's Case, that the court was proposing to assume the management of the railroad 'to the end of time'; but Mr. Justice Blatchford, speaking for the court, responded that the decree was complete in itself, and that it was 'not unusual for a court of equity to take supplemental proceedings to carry out its decree, and make it effective under altered circumstances.' And the court applied the principle that considerations of the interests of the public must be given due weight by a court of equity, when a public means of transportation, such as a railroad, comes under its jurisdiction. 'Railroads are common carriers, and owe duties to the public,' said Mr. Justice Blatchford. 'The rights of the public in respect to these great highways of communication should be fostered by the courts; and it is one of the most useful functions of a court of equity that its methods of procedure are capable of being made such as to accommodate themselves to the development of the interests of the public, in the progress of trade and traffic, by new methods of intercourse and transportation. The present case is a striking illustration. Here is a great public park, one of the lungs of an important city, which, in order to maintain its usefulness as a park, must be as free as possible from being serrated by railroads; and yet the interests of the public demand that it shall be crossed by a railroad. But the evil consequences of such crossing are to be reduced to a minimum by having a single right of way, and a single set of tracks, to be used by all the railroads which desire to cross the park. These two antagonisms must be reconciled, and that can be done only by the interposition of a court of equity, which thus will be exercising one of its most beneficent functions.'
Clearly, the public interests involved in the contracts before us demand that they should be upheld and enforced.
4. Doubtless a court of equity may refuse to decree the specific performance of a contract, if it be unconscionable, or bad faith in the parties seeking its enforcement be shown, or duress or fraud appear, or if it be unjust or inequitable, or if the decree would produce results so inequitable as to be incompatible with the proper exercise of the jurisdiction. But here it appears that the contracts were solicited by the Pacific Company, were fairly made on terms substantially proposed by itself, and that their violation by that company was unjustifiable. The contracts were approved promptly and with unanimity. The consideration appears to have been fair and reasonable. The St. Paul and Rock Island Companies abandoned their previous enterprise in reliance on them. They entered upon the performance of the contracts, and large sums of money were expended in carrying them out. The conduct of the Pacific Company was not such as to commend itself to a court of equity, and we can do no better than to quote from the opinion of Mr. Justice Brewer, in deciding the case on circuit: 'It is to the higher interest of all, corporations and public alike, that it be understood that there is a binding force in all contract obligations; that no change of interest or change of management can disturb their sanctity or break their force; but that the law which gives to corporations their rights, their capacities for large accumulations, and all their faculties, is potent to hold them to all their obligations, and so make right and justice the measure of all corporate as well as individual action.'
Mr. Justice SHIRAS, dissenting.
To make arrangements with other railroad companies, whereby they are permitted to make use of the Missouri River bridge, and of the tracks and station houses within the cities of Omaha and South Omaha, may be fairly held to be within the range of the general authority of the Union Pacific Railway Company. Such contracts are not unusual, and are calculated to promote the convenience of the public and the welfare of the railroad companies which enter into them; and, if the contracts in question presented such a case, I should have no difficulty in affirming their validity. But, as I read them, they go far beyond such supposed arrangements, and contain covenants and stipulations which bring them within the condemnation of our previous decisions.
What is granted to the Rock Island Railway Company and to the St. Paul Railway Company is not a mere right or privilege, for a reasonable compensation, and subject to the rules and regulations of the Union Pacific, to run their trains over the bridge and into and out of the city stations, but 'the full, equal, and joint possession and use of the main and passing tracks' belonging to the lessor company, and extending from Council Bluffs on the east side of the Missouri river to the town of South Omaha, a distance of ___ miles. Nor is the power of control and management reserved to the Union Pacific Railway Company. The words of the contract, in that particular, are as follows:
'Schedules of rules and regulations for the movement of engines and trains over the several railways hereby let and demised shall be made for each railway by the duly-authorized officers of the lessor and lessee companies by which such railways shall at the time be operated. Such schedules shall, as nearly as may be practicable, accord equality of right, privilege, and advantage to trains of the same class operated by the lessor and lessee, and shall secure to neither any preference or discrimination against the other. They shall be executed, and all trains moved, under the immediate direction f the superintendent or the officer of the lessor company. If the parties cannot agree upon the adoption of any schedule, rules, or regulation, or as to the modification of any one existing, either party may demand a decision of such controversy by referees as hereinafter directed. The referees are hereby invested with power to prescribe schedules, rules, and regulations, and to modify existing ones; and, in case of willful disregard by either party of the rights of the other, to award damages to the party injured for injuries sustained because of such willful act.'
The legal effect of these contracts is to create a joint ownership, for 999 years, of an important portion of the Union Pacific's railroad and appurtenances, 'a full, equal, and joint possession of its tracks,' and a subjection to rules and regulations prescribed by the duly-authorized officers of the lessor and lessee companies, and, in case of disagreement, subjection to the decision of referees, mutually appointed, invested with power to prescribe schedules, rules, and regulations, and to modify existing ones.
These contracts, in my opinion, are plainly void, within the principles of the following cases: Thomas v. Railroad Co., 101 U. S. 71; Branch v. Jesup, 106 U. S. 468, 1 Sup. Ct. 495; Pennsylvania R. Co. v. St. Louis, A. & T. H. R. Co., 118 U. S. 290, 6 Sup. Ct. 1094; Oregon Ry. & Nav. Co. v. Oregonian Ry. Co., 130 U. S. 1, 9 Sup. Ct. 409; Central Transp. Co. v. Pullman's Palace Car Co., 139 U. S. 24, 11 Sup. Ct. 478. The doctrine of those cases may be sufficiently expressed by the following paragraph, taken from the opinion of Mr. Justice Miller in the case of Pennsylvania R. Co. v. St. Louis, A. & T. H. R. Co., 118 U. S. 309, 6 Sup. Ct. 1094.
'We think it may be stated, as the just result of these cases, and on sound principle, that, unless specially authorized by its charter, or aided by some other legislative action, a railroad company cannot, by lease or any other contract, turn over to another company, for a long period of time, its road and all its appurtenances, the use of its franchises, and the exercise of its powers, nor can any other railroad company, without similar authority, make a contract to receive and operate such road, franchise, and property of the first corporation, and that such a contract is not among the ordinary powers of a railroad company, and is not to be presumed from the usual grant of powers in a railroad charter.'
'The clear result of these decisions may be summed up thus: The charter of a corporation, read in the light of any general laws which are applicable, is the measure of its powers, and the enumeration of those powers implies the exclusion of all others not fairly incidental. All contracts made by a corporation beyond the scope of those powers are unlawful and void, and no action can be maintained upon them in the courts, and this upon three distinct grounds: The obligation of every one contracting with a corporation to take notice of the legal limits of its powers; the interests of the stockholders not to be subjected to risks which they have never undertaken; and, above all, the interest of the public, that the corporation shall not transcend the powers conferred upon it by law.'
In commenting upon that clause of the contracts in which the Union Pacific Company 'lets the Rock Island Company into the full, equal, and joint possession and use of its main and passing tracks,' the opinion of the court states that 'the possession here spoken of was such possession as the Rock Island Company would have when its engines, cars, and trains were running over the tracks. The company had no possession before its trains came on the tracks, or after they had run off of them; and, while its trains were on the tracks, its possession was only of the particular part occupied, temporarily, while runn ng over them.'
But this view, I submit, overlooks the necessary meaning of the language of the contracts. The possession whose right is given is described as full—that is, entire, not imperfect, or insufficient; as equal—that is, as great as that of the lessor company; as joint—that is, united in interest and obligation with the other party. If doubt could be entertained of the meaning of language so explicit, such doubt would be removed by the other express provisions that the 'schedule of rules and regulations shall, as nearly as may be practicable, accord equality of right, privilege, and advantage to trains of the same class operated by the lessor and lessee, and to trains of a superior class operated by either a preference over trains of an inferior class operated by the other. * * * All rules and regulations shall be reasonable and just to both lessor and lessee, and shall secure to neither any preference or discrimination against the other.'
Again, the opinion states that, 'moreover, all trains were to be moved under the direction of an officer of the Pacific Company. The Rock Island trains, coming upon a Pacific track, immediately passed from the control of the Rock Island Company into that of the Pacific, and its officials were subject to the orders of the Pacific's officers.'
I am unable to so read any provision of the contract. On the contrary, as already stated, it is expressly stipulated that 'the schedules of rules and regulations for the movement of engines and trains over the several railways hereby let and demised shall be made for each railway by the duly-authorized officers of the lessor and lessee companies by which such railways shall at the time be operated'; and, if the parties cannot agree upon such rules and regulations, then mutually appointed referees shall exercise authority to 'prescribe schedules, rules, and regulations, and to modify existing ones.' The plain meaning, as I think, of these contracts, is that the Union Pacific Railway Company has thereby parted with its sole and absolute control of those portions of its road and tracks that are embraced within the scope of the contracts, and with the sole and absolute power to exercise its franchises to occupy, possess, and operate such portions of its road, and has agreed to participate, for a period of 999 years, with other railway companies, in the full, joint, and equal possession of those portions of its road, in their physical aspect, and to confer upon such other companies the right to join, on equal terms, in the making of all rules and regulations pertaining to the use and management thereof. When a contract provides for the possession of a railroad, and for its operation by rules and regulations, it has covered everything that exists,—the road as a physical structure, and the franchises to operate it by rules and regulations.
It is true that the contract provides that the rules and regulations 'shall be executed, and all trains moved under the immediate direction of the superintendent or other officer of the lessor company.' But the duties of such an officer are subordinate. He is to carry out the rules and regulations prescribed jointly and equally by the lessor and the lessee companies, and the meaning and effect of the provision in question is to prevent the confusion that would result if there were two superintendents to enforce the same rules over the same portions of railroad.
The opinion of the court disposes of the cases hereinbefore cited by the observation that they arose upon instruments which dispossessed the corporations of all their property, and of all capacity to perform their public duties, and that such is not the case here.
But the reason why the contracts in those cases were held void was, not because they embraced all the property of corporations, but because the companies sought to part with the possession and control of their property without legislative authority for doing so. Can that be a sound view which, while admitting that the Union Pacific Railw y Company is forbidden to lease the possession and control of its road to another company, without authority expressly given, yet would hold that that company may, without such authority, part with the possession and control of one-half or of any appreciable part of its road? Can it be maintained that, while the Union Pacific Railway Company cannot lease its railroad from Council Bluffs to Ogden, it may contract with the Rock Island Railway Company to give it joint and equal possession and management of its road between those points? And, in point of principle, if such a contract would be void if embracing the road between Council Bluffs and Ogden, how could it be declared valid if embracing the road between Council Bluffs and South Omaha?
The views of the majority seem to me to overlook the essential question, and that is, the power of the Union Pacific Railway Company to part with its road and franchises, temporarily or forever, in whole or in part. A contract by that company to share its road and those powers, called 'franchises,' which are necessary to operate it, is just as much forbidden by the principle of the cases as a contract to lease its road as an entirety. The objection to an irrevocable contract for 999 years, that the Union Pacific Railway Company may hereafter need to use its tracks and franchises in their entirety, is not satisfactorily met by the suggestion that, in such event, the courts can in some way relieve the company from the contract. It is not easy to see how an engagement now held valid can be hereafter dispensed with.
The Union Pacific Railway does not hold and exercise the powers conferred on it by congress, subject to the control and approval of the courts. Nor is it competent for the courts to enforce or relax, at their will, and according to their views of expediency, the obligations of contracts into which the railway company may have entered.
Other provisions of these contracts which seek to subject the Omaha & Republican Valley Railway Company and the Salina & Southwestern Railway Company to the use of the Rock Island and St. Paul Companies, and which render the Union Pacific Railway Company liable as lessee of railroads owned by the Rock Island Company, are, in my judgment, equally without authority of law. But it is scarcely worth while to consider them minutely. As this is a proceeding to enforce specific performance of the entire contract, invalidity of any important part of the contract, but for which it would not have been entered into at all, is enough to defeat the bill.
It is scarcely necessary to say that, if these contracts were void for the reasons given, no action taken under them would justify a court of equity in enforcing them. As was said in Thomas v. Railroad Co., above cited: 'In the case of a contract forbidden by public policy and beyond the powers of the defendant corporation, it was its legal duty—a duty both to the stockholders and the public—to rescind and abandon the contract at the earliest moment; and the performance of that duty, though delayed for several years, was a rightful act when done, and could give the other party no right of action, and that to hold otherwise would be to hold that any act performed in executing a void contract makes all its parts valid, and that, the more that is done under a contract forbidden by law, the stronger is the claim to its enforcement by the courts.'
'A contract ultra vires being unlawful and void, not because it is in itself immoral, but because the corporation, by the law of its creation, is incapable of making it, the courts, while refusing to maintain any action upon the unlawful contract, have always striven to do justice between the parties, as far as could be done consistently with adherence to law, by permitting property or money parted with on the faith of the unlawful contract to be recovered back or compensation to be made for it. In such case, however, the action is not maintained upon the unlawful contract, nor according to its terms, but on an implied contract of he defendant to return, or, failing to do that, to make compensation for, money or property which it has no right to retain. To maintain such an action is not to affirm, but to disaffirm, the unlawful contract.'
I think that the judgment of the circuit court of appeals should be reversed, and the cause remanded to the circuit court, with directions to set aside its decree and dismiss the bill.
Mr. Justice GRAY likewise dissented.
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With more than 35,000 licensed & state-sanctioned cannabis businesses, the US cannabis industry is generating billions of dollars in revenue every month, with an estimated 70% which remains in cash.
In 2022, the industry is on track to generate $30 Billion in sales with millions of Americans participating as purchasers in the regulated medical or adult use cannabis market across 37 states.
If, as projected, only 30% of the US cannabis industry is banked, which based on sales just this year, means that 100s of Millions of dollars in cash likely remains unbanked, creating a significant public safety risk for employees, patients, consumers, and police officers.
Law Enforcement Benefits When Licensed Businesses Can Bank Business Revenue
FACTS: What the Cannabis Banking Bill Does
- The Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act is a public safety bill that would allow banks to take deposits from lawfully licensed, state sanctioned cannabis companies. It does not change the federal status of cannabis, nor impose any obligation upon any state that has not otherwise decided to have a cannabis program within their jurisdiction.
- SAFE Banking makes it harder for illegal drug cartels to bank their illicit proceeds by ensuring that only licensed operators have access to legal banks.
- SAFE Banking gets cash off the streets and into US banks and credit unions.
MYTHS: What the Cannabis Banking Bill Does Not Do
- SAFE Banking does not change the legal status of cannabis in any state or municipality, or on the federal level.
- SAFE Banking does not force any state, county, or city to allow cannabis in its jurisdiction if it otherwise decides.
- SAFE Banking does not create a pathway for illegal drug cartels to bank their illicit proceeds because of the rigorous KNOW YOUR CUSTOMER & ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING (KYC/AML) requirements included in the bill.
- When businesses are FORCED to operate only in cash only, monitoring for tax fraud and suspicious activity is significantly more difficult.
- When businesses are FORCED to operate only in cash, they are vulnerable to theft, robbery, and the violence that accompanies those crimes.
- When businesses are FORCED to operate only in cash, hundreds of thousands of employees have to transport their pay and business revenues in cash, making them targets for criminals.
- SAFE Banking helps law enforcement by creating digital, traceable business records and allowing limited resources to target illegitimate cartel activity.
Law Enforcement Case for SAFE Banking
Reduce Cash Motivated Crimes
The principal goal of the SAFE Banking Act is to increase public safety by reducing the amount of cash on hand at state-legal cannabis businesses. A recent analysis of robberies at Washington State cannabis businesses indicated that cash dominates as the target for cannabis store robberies and while cannabis products also play a role, it is almost always in combination with cash.
In recent years, society has seen a shift away from an economy based primarily in cash, but when it comes to cannabis businesses, they do not have equal access to traditional banking services. Forcing businesses to operate in cash increases the potential for crimes of opportunity, as unfortunately has been seen too often in the state-legal cannabis industry.
Dilute Transnational Criminal Organizations
State-legal, regulated cannabis in the United States has led U.S. Customs and Border Protection to focus on other more serious threats, and access to banking helps sort out lawful compliant operators from illicit cartels. According to the Congressional Research Service, “since the first states began legalizing marijuana for recreational use in 2012, there has been a decline in seizures of the drug by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). CBP seized 582,413 pounds of marijuana nationwide at and between ports of entry in FY2020, which is down more than 80% from 2,822,478 pounds in FY2012.”
Increase Anti-Money Laundering Compliance
The SAFE Banking Act directs the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) to update its 2014 guidance on filing Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) for cannabis activity. While 2014 FinCEN guidance does not explicitly address legacy funds, it provides detailed direction as to the filing of SARs that apply to deposit of legacy funds whenever made.
The SAFE Banking Act directs FinCEN, in coordination with federal banking agencies, to update and enhance its guidance to provide the necessary clarity for financial institutions to safely provide financial services to legitimate cannabis businesses. This guidance will continue to address the SARs filing requirements, but it also should address customer due diligence and enhanced due diligence, such as direction for banks to ensure that such businesses comply with all applicable federal and state tax laws and licensing laws.
Reduce Tax Fraud
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In a legislative session full of changes and additions to California’s ever-changing employment regulations, one major topic of discussion was the California Fair Pay Act, which will enter into law on January 1, 2016. The law, signed by Governor Jerry Brown on October 6, is considered to be one of the toughest equal pay laws in the country, and it will require substantial adjustment by California employers to ensure full compliance. If you are an employer, now is a good time, alongside your labor and employment attorney, to reexamine your job descriptions and pay packages to ensure you’re in compliance with the new law.
Equal pay for “substantially similar work”: California’s existing equal pay law, California Labor Code section 1197.5, called for male and female employees to be paid equally for “equal work on jobs the performance of which requires equal skill, effort, and responsibility.” Critics of the law argued that this allowed a loophole whereby employers could pay female employees less simply by using a different title for those employees. The change in the law will make it easier for female employees to show that, even if their titles are different, where their job tasks and the conditions under which they perform them are substantially similar, they should be paid the same amount as their higher-earning male colleagues.
Exceptions to the rule made more specific: The outgoing equal pay law states that employers can deviate from equal pay for equal work where the pay differential is due to a seniority or merit system, a system that pays based on quantity or quality of production, or some other “bona fide [i.e., genuine, legitimate] factor other than sex.” The new law further specifies what qualifies as a “bona fide factor” by continuing, “such as education, training, or experience.” The new law places the burden on the employer to show that the bona fide factor isn’t based on a sex-based differential, is related to the job in question, and is “consistent with a business necessity.” If the employee can show that there is a comparable alternative option that would allow equal pay and still serve the purposes of the business necessity, then the employer will not be permitted to rely on the bona fide factor to avoid paying the employees equally.
No retaliation against employees who share salary or compensation package information: Previously, employers could prevent their employees from discussing their pay or benefits. California employees will now have the right to disclose their wages and to discuss the wages of others, without fear of retaliation from their employers. If an employer nevertheless does retaliate against an employee for discussing compensation, the employee now has the right to bring a court action against that employer ordering the employer to reinstate the employee, and to sue for any back pay owed as a result of the retaliation.
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With the economic system hovering, airplane ticket costs have reached an all-time excessive!
Sadly, the hovering costs won’t assist shorten your “dream locations” checklist. The rising prices might coerce you to assume that the perfect answer now could be to surrender your wanderlust.
However, what if we informed you there was a technique to journey by retaining your journey bills minimal? Sure, you learn that proper! Websites like Going (Previously Scott’s Low-cost Flights) scour the web to search out the perfect deal for you and ship them to your inbox!
So, what are these websites? Let’s discover out.
1. Greenback Flight Membership
Following scorching on the heels of Going, Greenback Flight Membership nearly operates the identical method as SCF.
Greenback Flight Membership considers your standards and searches 1000’s of amazingly priced flight offers worldwide! As soon as it collects all well-suited offers, it sends them to your inbox, emailing you in regards to the flight plans. DCF highlights the perfect offers and the perfect time to guide your Flight by means of this e mail.
Discovering low-cost airfares by means of DFC is slightly intuitive. Go to the platform and make the most of its custom-made search bar, offering fundamental info like location, flight date, and price range. The DCF group always works behind the scenes to observe costs.
Its fixed overwatch helps you discover the perfect offers on the proper time. To get perception into the wonderful offers from DCF, you should purchase both of the subscriptions:
- Premium at $69 yearly.
- Premium Plus at $99 yearly.
The premium plus plan allows you to additionally obtain notifications for first-class and enterprise seats. This plan additionally integrates the 20% off Cell Passport Plus, making the additional quantity value it!
Anybody with a historical past of touring has probably come throughout Kayak. This platform has been round for some time and affords wonderful airfares, motels, rental vehicles, and different offers.
To get a listing of low-cost costs by means of Kayak, you should arrange a flight alert on the platform, requiring you to enroll on the platform. Kayak customers can activate flight monitoring for any flight search by means of the upper-left portion of the “Search Outcomes” window.
The search outcome web page on Kayak additionally provides you a pop-up to set a worth alert. This pop-up sends you an alert each time your most well-liked Flight is accessible on the costs you need. Every time Kayak will get a success, the platform sends you a ping by means of the “Notifications” part on the web site.
Finally, Kayak is an efficient instrument with a user-friendly interface, putting low-cost airfares at a distance of some clicks!
3. Google Flights
Given its intuitive interface, Google Flights counts as among the best platforms to search out low-cost flights.
Like different platforms, you should enter your search particulars for Google Flight to work its magic. Getting into your outcomes will present you a calendar with numerous airways providing offers.
Be at liberty to scroll throughout the calendar and select the one which resonates most with you! Google Flights additionally has a worth graph to offer you an concept of the bottom journey days.
That will help you sketch out the plans, Google Flights additionally has filters, together with the variety of stops, time of day, airways and alliances, and costs. To permit additional personalization to your itinerary, Google Flight helps you to select most well-liked cities to checklist potential connections.
What units Google Flights other than different websites is its “secret” discover function. This function lists the most cost effective flights to varied locations within the chosen area. It additionally comes with extra filters, permitting you to refine your preferences whereas concurrently wanting over the following 6 months for reasonable flights to a selected location.
Apart from itemizing low-cost flights, Google Flights additionally highlights some money-saving suggestions. The following tips may be helpful in the event you change airports or journey days.
The one draw back of utilizing Google Flights is that you just can not discover sure airways by means of it. For example, you can not see Southwest airfares as a US traveler. You need to go to the airline’s web site immediately and see the flights accessible to see their least expensive choices!
4. Subsequent Vacay
By its capability to let its prospects guide flights to their subsequent trip at dirt-cheap costs, Subsequent Vacay counts as one of many preferrred options to Websites like Going.
Subsequent Vacay has an efficient search engine, permitting customers to search out flight plans becoming their schedule and price range rapidly. Subsequent Vacay additionally affords useful instruments and sources as an extension of its search engine.
These instruments may help you establish essential elements, together with worth comparisons, fare alerts, and discovering unique airline offers. Subsequent Vacay affords quite a few reductions and promotions when reserving flights to make airfares extra inexpensive.
Subsequent Vacay comes with two pricing plans:
- The Free Model.
- The Premium Model at $25 yearly.
Subsequently, the following time you propose a trip with your pals or a getaway, Subsequent Vacay is value testing.
5. Matt’s Flights
Mat’s Flights has developed a wholesome status for serving to vacationers discover superior flight offers!
Their web site induces an easy-to-use interface, permitting customers to make the most of the buffet of fantastic airline offers.
Not solely does this web site try to deliver you the perfect offers potential, nevertheless it additionally gives detailed details about the flights and their deliberate routes. Matt’s Flight additionally has a function permitting you to check numerous flight offers side-by-side.
A side-by-side comparability permits you to make an in depth comparability and select a deal higher suited to your wants and price range. It additionally affords insights on how to save cash when discovering a flight and leverage frugality.
Contemplating the unique offers and reductions Matt’s Flights affords, it simply ranks as among the best websites options to Going.
Touring is a sought-after expertise for a lot of however, the prices related to touring make it troublesome for many to fulfill their needs.
Happily, making use of some methods, similar to shopping for tickets on the proper time, may help you lower your expenses and make the journey with out overgoing your price range. Websites like Going preserve a relentless oversight on the airplane ticket costs and notify you on the proper time so you will get tickets at a discount.
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A grandad from Leeds spent two years creating a brilliant Halloween show on his estate - which features more than 400,000 lights.
Steve Audsley, 51, spent lockdown building the massive 21-foot high and 40-foot long frame in front of his home in leafy Gildersome.
The mechanic created a shortened version of the 1984 cult classic ‘Ghostbusters’ to fit into the 15-minute dazzling light parade which runs each night at 7pm.
The show features moving props, and neon lights flickering in sync with snippets of the film.
He spent up to 11 hours a day working on the ‘hobby’, which involved building the frame from scratch, coding the light show and planning the storyboard.
He said in the first three days more than 1,200 people from across West Yorkshire came to enjoy the show in the village of fewer than 6,000 residents.
Steve, who grew up in Morley, said: “All the kiddies were buzzing singing Ghostbusters, it was raining but everyone was so happy.
“It’s a really good environment to be in and it just brings me so much joy to see people enjoying themselves.
“After the last 18 months, we all need it.
“It’s just brilliant, it’s a right good vibe.
“These lights are my hobby, I just love doing it.
“My grandkids love a light show, and I love making them happy.”
The shows will run all week at 7pm and the grandad-of-three said they are also taking in donations for the British Heart Foundation.
So far they have raised £400 in three days.
He added: “There must have been 1,200 people coming through last night when we had it all up. It’s just amazing.
“It’s for charity as well, so we do something good.”
For Halloween, sweet-toothed Steve said he has ordered 220lbs of Haribos, marshmallows and other Ghostbusters-themed treats.
Steve said: “We just want kids to come out and enjoy themselves this Halloween.”
The eco-conscious dad-of-three said he will be doing ‘something even bigger for Christmas’ but said the light show only consumes ‘about a kettle and a half of electricity’.
He said: “For 15 minutes, it consumes about a kettle and a half of electricity when it’s all fired up.
“But when there are 150 people outside, they aren’t putting the kettle on. So I’m doing more for the environment.
“Last night the amount of people who were stood in the rain enjoying the show - and they weren’t putting the kettle.”
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REOPENING OF CHÂTEAU DE LA ROCHE GOYON
from Wednesday 19 MAY 2021
The team of the Château de La Roche Goyon (Fort La Latte) is delighted to announce the reopening of the château and its park.
Our team has been preparing the reopening of the park and the castle for several weeks now.
During your visit, we will ask you to respect the barrier gestures and the rules of social distancing. We are counting on you.
A direction of circulation is set up as soon as you arrive in the park.
Signs indicating barrier gestures are on site all along the path leading to the castle.
Separation barriers with a direction of movement have been put in place on the parts of the castle where visitors could pass each other. (ex: drawbridges, ticket office ...)
The castle team in contact with the public is equipped with protective masks and / or visors.
A regulation of visitors upon entry is carried out to maintain social distancing and to allow a more secure visit.
Wearing a mask is compulsory during your visit for all visitors.
You will be asked for your health pass at the Ticketing to visit the castle. Details here
Sanitary rules to be observed
Promote payments by credit card and contactless payment.
One person for the payment of tickets.
The physical distance of two meters minimum between each family must be respected.
On the course of the visit, hydroalcoholic gel was put in place. Wash your hands regularly with the hydroalcoholic gel.
Do not touch any objects
Do not touch objects, barriers, display cases, stained glass windows, doors, furniture.
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The race for the vacant position of the Chief of Staff to President Goodluck Jonathan heated up on Tuesday with five candidates emerging as leading contenders.
Investigations in Abuja showed that those who had been pencilled in for the post included a former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Prince Chibudom Nwuche, a former Head of Service to the Federation, Mr. Steve Oronsaye and a former Governor of Cross River State, Donald Duke.
Others are the Chairman of DAAR Communications, Chief Raymond Dokpesi and the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Power, Dr. Godknows Igali.
It was also gathered although the President was considering picking the next chief of staff from the South-South, he had not ruled out the possibility of choosing a candidate from the South-West.
Barely 24 hours after Chief Mike Oghiadomhe resigned, the race for his successor became intense on Tuesday.
While a Presidency source said that Jonathan had already zeroed in on Oronsaye before Oghiadomhe’s resignation became public knowledge, another source said Jonathan had not made up his mind on his successor.
The source, who insisted that Oronsaye had been picked, said Jonathan was aware that the news of Oghiadomhe’s exit would naturally attract lobbyists, hence the decision to quickly make up his mind on his successor.
However, an aide of the former head of service, who spoke to one of our correspondents on the condition of anonymity, said that he was not aware that Oronsaye, who had travelled out of the country, had been contacted by the Presidency.
Meanwhile another Presidency source said,
“I can tell you that the search for the next chief of staff has not been concluded. Although Oronsaye is being mentioned, there are others, who are still being considered. Such people include Dokpesi, Igali and Nwuche.”
It was gathered that some of Jonathan’s confidants were insisting that the post should remain in Edo State. Dokpesi and Oronsaye are from Edo State.It was, however, learnt that there were others, who felt that the President should shift his attention to other states in the South-South.
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Poole Museum is coming to Lighthouse!
Enjoy a vibrant programme of creative and cultural activity as Poole Museum’s Museum on the Move arrives in our Main Gallery this July. Supported by Poole Museum Foundation.
Activities and events will shine a light on Poole’s unique stories and heritage – from cod fishing to our historic links to Newfoundland. Explore Poole through the ages at our pop-up workshops, with opportunities to discover unique artefacts and get involved in themed crafting for all ages.
While their building is closed, find out about Poole Museum’s exciting redevelopment and their three new galleries: Harbour Life, Shipwreck! and Setting Sail.
Museum on the Move – Harbour Life
Thursday 27th July 2023 1 – 3pm
In the café outside the main gallery
Facebook event link https://www.facebook.com/events/1331150887611214
Join Poole Museum On The Move at Lighthouse Poole for a fun filled exploration of all things Poole and harbour life – the harbour, boats, birds and sea!
Get up close and handle a selection of unique artefacts from our extensive collections! Become an archaeologist and uncover treasures in our fun sand pit dig! And get creative with some themed arts and crafts!
These activities are free. Suitable for adults and children of all ages! Drop in, no booking required.
Poole Museum @ Lighthouse – Guided Exhibition Tour
Thursday 27th July 2023 6.30 – 7pm
Facebook event link https://www.facebook.com/events/2618453634970713
A special talk and guided tour of the exhibition, Poole Museum @ Lighthouse.
Join Poole Museum’s Joe Raine as he shares some fascinating exhibition highlights, navigating through hundreds of years of Poole’s unique stories and heritage.
Delve into the depths of the museum’s collection to discover Poole’s historic links to Newfoundland and learn the tales of visiting ships lost in the seas around the mouth of Poole harbour.
Timed to coincide with the opening night of SALT: A Community Play for Poole – A landmark production created in collaboration with 100 community members.
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A digital version of the program for Limestone University's 2022 Fall Commencement scheduled for this Saturday, Dec. 17, at 2 p.m. inside Fullerton Auditorium is now available.
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The words came first on this song. I felt so strongly about my experience on a homeless soup run in Piccadilly Gardens in Manchester, I had to get the words out in lyrics first before I could create the article I was planning to write.
There was just too much emotion flying around to put into the 500 or so factual words that eventually appeared in the Manchester Evening News. The song got to the heart of it so much better.
It originally had a slower folk melody, but I resurrected it in 2013 and wrote a gypsy upbeat tune with fiddle and acoustic guitar to emphasise the urgency of the message that homelessness is not going away. Wake up.
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A secluded modern masterpiece by renowned architect Edward R. Niles, rises above the majestic bluffs of Point Dume. Enter the gated private driveway and emerge into a magnificent rich green canopy of multiple specimen trees punctuated by a brilliantly colored festival of flowers. Formerly home to the Tonight Show’s late host, Johnny Carson, this pristine compound expands over four acres of park like grounds, gardens and pathways with private access to the gorgeous beach below. The voluminous residence is comprised of wood and glass, arranged in triangular geometric shapes and patterns, and offers spectacular panoramic views of the Pacific Ocean and coastline.
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What’s in store for artificial intelligence (AI) in California? Will there be an “AI summer” hiatus as the Assembly recommends, or will legislation and regulatory proposals go forging ahead? Regardless of whether California bills to regulate the use of AI advance, the issues addressed in such legislation underscore issues employers that have adopted AI in employment decisions—or are contemplating doing so—should consider. Such topics include the intended use and benefit of an automated decision system, data privacy and the types of information or data used by the AI system, and protections in place to mitigate against the risk of inaccurate, discriminatory, and biased results of the AI system.
The following is an overview of which bills are dead and which are still pending while the legislature is on its summer recess:
Senate Bill 313 – Dead Bill, for Now
This bill would have enacted the “California AI-ware Act,” which sought to establish—within the Department of Technology—the Office of Artificial Intelligence (the “AI Office”). The AI Office would have possessed the power and authority to “guide the design, use, and deployment of automated systems by a state agency to ensure that all AI systems are designed and deployed in a manner that is consistent with state and federal laws” pertaining to privacy and civil liberties, and minimizes bias.
This bill will not go forward this session. Because we are in the first year of the two-year session, however, there is a possibility this bill will be revisited after the new year. A related bill, Senate Bill 721,1 will go forward, however.
Assembly Bill 302 – Still Pending
Assembly Bill 302 would require the Department of Technology within the Government Operations Agency (the “Department”), in coordination with other interagency bodies, to conduct on or before September 1, 2024, a “comprehensive inventory” of all “high-risk automated decision systems”2 that have been proposed for use, development or procurement by, or are being used, developed or procured by, state agencies.3
The “comprehensive inventory,” which would be due by September 1, 2024, would need to include a description of all of the following:
- any decision the automated decision system can make or support and the intended benefits of that use, as well as the alternatives to any use;
- the results of any research assessing the efficacy and relative benefits of the uses and alternatives of the automated decision system;
- the categories of data and personal information the automated decision system uses to make its decisions; and
- the measures in place, if any, to mitigate the risks, including cybersecurity risk and the risk of inaccurate, discriminatory, or biased decisions, of the automated decision system.
On or before January 1, 2025, and annually thereafter until January 1, 2029, the Department would have to submit a report of the comprehensive inventory to the Assembly Committee on Privacy and Consumer Protection and the Senate Committee on Governmental Organization. It remains to be seen how the Department’s inventory and report would align with the SB 721 working group, also studying and reporting on AI. The focus of AB302, however, seems to be solely on “high risk” automated decision systems already in use, rather than the overall future use of AI itself, which is the focus of SB721.
Senate Concurrent Resolution 17 – Still pending, but see below on what the Assembly has to say
Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 17 commits to two primary resolutions. First, SRC 17 expresses the California Legislature’s commitment to the five principles4 promulgated in the White House’s “Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights,” guiding the use, design, and deployment of automated systems in a manner intended to protect the rights of the public while leveraging the benefits of AI. Second, SRC 17 affirms the legislature’s commitment to examining and implementing these principles in its own legislation and policies related to the use and deployment of automated systems in California.
Assembly Joint Resolution 16: The AI Summer
On May 4, 2023, the Assembly proposed an Assembly Joint Resolution (AJR 16) that urges the United States government to impose an immediate moratorium on the training of AI systems more powerful than GPT-4 for at least six months to allow time to develop AI governance systems. The series of findings and statements spelled out in this resolution are vast. To quote part of the resolution: “Society has hit pause on other technologies with potentially catastrophic effects on society. We can do so here. Let’s enjoy a long AI summer, not rush unprepared into fall…”
The Assembly is sending copies of this Resolution to the president, vice president, speaker of the House of Representatives, majority leader of the U.S. Senate, and to each representative from California in Congress.
With all of the federal proposals regarding use of AI, this is a particularly strong statement for California’s legislature to make.
Littler and its Workplace Policy Institute will continue to monitor these regulations, and those previously examined, and provide updates on any significant developments.
1 SB721 creates a working group of experts in the field of AI, computer science and data privacy who will deliver a report to the Legislature on artificial intelligence. This is important working group because it will define the term “artificial intelligence” for all future legislative purposes. Not only will the Group define AI, it will also study implications of its use, determine steps to prevent misinformation campaigns and harmful effects on children, and determine which state agencies will oversee implementation of policies recommended by the Group. These polices will affect both the public and private sectors.
2 Automated decision system is defined to mean a “computational process derived from machine learning, statistical modeling, data analytics, or artificial intelligence that issues simplified output, including a score, classification, or recommendation, that is used to assist or replace human discretionary decisionmaking and materially impacts natural persons.” Spam email filters, firewalls, antivirus software, identity and access management tools, calculators, databases, datasets, or other compilations of data are explicitly excluded from the definition of an “automated decision system.”
A high-risk automated decision system means an “automated decision system that is used to assist or replace human discretionary decisions that have a legal or similarly significant effect, including decisions that materially impact access to, or approval for, housing or accommodations, education, employment credit, health care, and criminal justice.”
3 State agency includes “every state office, department, division, bureau, and the California State University.” Excluded are the University of California, the Legislature, the judicial branch, and any administrative or regulatory board, commission, committee, council, association, or authority consisting of more than one person whose members are appointed by the Governor, the Legislature, or both.
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Sarah graduated from the Royal Veterinary College in 2011 and went straight into a large animal only practice, working on the New Forest in Hampshire for five years. Sarah joined the liVEsTock partnership in October 2016 and, amongst other things, set up the Flock Health Club within the practice. This was a chance for her to focus on her favourite aspect of large animal work; sheep!
The group reflects how the practice aims to now work with all sheep clients; focusing on knowledge transfer, shared experiences and building sustainable relationships among clients, as well as between vet and client. Sarah also carries out bull fertility testing for clients and enjoys all aspects of beef cow work. She has a beautiful working cocker called Solo, who she is always attempting to make useful on shoots, but that is still work in progress!
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In my day...
Two Older Ladies in Lecce |
I am not old. I can't start saying that. If I do, then for the next 50 years (hopefully), I will be uttering the same phrase. However, I am old enough to say that I remember how things were living in Rome over a decade ago. When I first came to Rome in 2000, I lived in the area known as Trastevere, and at that time, it was really the heart of traditional Rome: cobble-stoned streets, laundry hanging in the windows, fresh bread baking in the forni (bakeries) and the local laundromat to do your wash. Undoubtedly, you've seen these classic Italian pictures on postcards and the like.
No one spoke English. As a nascent Italian speaker testing out my two and a half years of college Italian on real Italians, this wasn't always an easy thing. I remember going into a local shop not knowing the word for tape and instead trying to describe it in Italian. My description must have been stellar because she pointed me to a sponge, maxi pads and, though closer, glue. We reverted to walking around the store together trying to find this mystery item. Finally, I saw it and picked it up. "Ah!", the store owner said, "Scotch!" Of course...
This was not an isolated incident of banal errands being at times excruciatingly difficult. Nonetheless, I loved it. I loved breaking out my wobbly, holey Italian and testing out the rigor of my two year training. I loved completing phrases that people actually understood. I loved living in a different language, a different culture, a different pace of life, a different way of being.
If you know Trastevere now, you know that the Trastevere of my memory is a very different place than it is today. Trastevere has, in a way, become the most "American", or at least foreign, place in Rome. The three American universities have tripled in student body size in 10 years- thereby, tripling the amount of student apartments necessary and even the amount of building space for classes. Local business has changed to cater to this new wave, modernizing many if not most of the restaurants, bars and stores in the area- adding to the trend of Friends Cafe (the one modern, American-type, odd-ball bar that existed when I was there) with Good Cafe, Bir & Fud and T-Bone station.
I have always found the trend ironic that the more people travel to a place to presumably get of their norm, the more places change to accommodate the travellers (who I suppose miss their norm).
When I came to Italy, I had no intention to resume my "norm". So the rise of fast food chains like Subway, shopping malls and American-style breakfasts at restaurants always makes me a little nostalgic- the "back in my day" mentality of admittedly "older" people.
All this is to explain why my trip to Puglia was so poignant for me. Like day trips to small towns outside of Rome, my trip to Puglia was a reminder of the Italy I knew when I came 12 years ago: few English speakers, restaurants without menus, cities that aren't overrun and therefore are still polite to tourists...
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The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man • God’s Trombone: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse • “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing”
Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
James Weldon JohnsonIt is a difficult thing for a white man to learn what a colored man really thinks; because, generally, with the latter an additional and different light must be brought to bear on what he thinks; and his thoughts are often influenced by considerations so delicate and subtle that it would be impossible for him to confess or explain them to one of the opposite race. This gives to every colored man, in proportion to his intellectuality, a sort of dual personality; there is one phase of him which is disclosed only in the freemasonry of his own race. I have often watched with interest and sometimes with amazement even ignorant colored men under cover of broad grins and minstrel antics maintain this dualism in the presence of white men.
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How to protect your skin from Polution in the UK
Did you know that the UK ranks in the 85th position of the 2021 pollution Index? Yes! This means that the UK is on the list of the top 100 most polluted countries worldwide. The quality of the air where you live has a significant effect on the quality of your skin, hair, and overall health. This makes skin protection a necessity for UK residents as air pollution is the primary culprit behind collagen destruction. Living in a polluted environment can strip you of your youthful glow and speed up the ageing process.
What is air pollution, and how does it damage your skin?
In simple words, Air pollution refers to all the harmful solid particles and gases present in the air. Car pollution, Smog, fumes, and chemicals from factories, and dust are all factors that contribute to the increasing air pollution in the UK and worldwide. Some of the skin issues that one might develop due to excessive air pollution are:
- Clogged pores
- Sensitive skin
- Dry and flaky skin
- Uneven skin tone
- Blackheads and acne
Moreover, breathing in polluted air has been linked with some serious health issues such as lung cancer. Thus, do your part in reducing air pollution by avoiding smoking and taking a bus or walking to work instead of driving there.
Let's explore some simple self-care steps that you could add to your daily beauty regime to protect yourself from air pollution.
Wash your face twice a day
Dirt, sweat, impurities, and excess oil start to build upon our faces as we go by our busy schedules. This is why it is recommended to wash face with a gentle, soothing cleanser at least twice a day, once in the morning and once at night, to ensure you are getting rid of all the leftover makeup, pollutants, and impurities. This will help you cleanse your pores and prevent skin breakouts.
Try out homemade exfoliating masks once a week
Exfoliation is a crucial step when it comes to unclogging pores and getting rid of dead skin, and unmasking the fresh new cells below. Moreover, exfoliation helps prepare the skin to absorb other products such as serums and moisturizers more effectively. Homemade exfoliants are the best as they are not as harsh as the packaged exfoliating masks found in your local drug stores. To achieve a youthful glow blend, mix three tablespoons of ground coffee and half a cup of yoghurt and add some honey to the mixture. Afterwards, gently scrub your face with the mixture for around 5 minutes. Coffee contains antioxidants that will provide you with skin protection from the sun. PRO TIP: Since homemade exfoliating masks are gentler, you could use these twice a week for the best results.
Soothe and calm your sensitive skin with Avene thermal spring water spray
If you have dry or sensitive skin, chances are that it may become irritated after cleansing and exfoliation. The multi-use Avene Thermal spring water spray will act as a makeup fixing spray along with soothing and calming the skin after you are done with cleansing. This thermal water spray is suitable for all sensitive skin types and will be a great new addition to your daily beauty regime.
Don't forget to use SPF!
Sun protection is essential throughout the year in all weather. However, the UK weather has changed throughout the years, and heatwaves have become common. This makes it even crucial for you to wear skin protection in the form of sunscreen as overexposure to the sun can cause wrinkles, sunburn, and in severe cases, skin cancer. Head to the local drug store and find an SPF of 30 or higher. There is a wide range of effective Sunscreen present in the market to choose from, and you can easily find one that fits your skin type best. PRO TIP:
For people with oily and acne-prone skin, it is recommended to find a non-comedogenic sunscreen.
Maintain a healthy diet rich in Antioxidants
Pollution is the main culprit of oxidative stress caused by free radicals that harm the tissues in our bodies, causing us to get sick. Thus, the best way to fight free radicals is to maintain a healthy diet rich in antioxidants to fight oxidative stress. Add healthy foods such as raspberries, Broccoli, lettuce, pumpkin, kale, carrots, etc., to your diet as they are rich in antioxidants. Food supplements rich in antioxidants can also help tackle pollution's effects on our skin and overall health.
You must have heard of the terms' Smokers skin' or 'cigarettes skin'; these terms refer to the skin damage that smoking or being around smokers can cause to your skin. Smoking produces free radicals and oxidative stress, leading to temporary or permanent damage to the skin. Below are some of the side effects caused by smoking:
- Premature ageing
- Saggy skin
- Uneven skin tone
- Acne Inversa
- Skin cancer
- Hair loss
Besides, smoke sticks to the surroundings, and it can pollute the air around you even after cleaning. This means that if someone smoked even once inside your home, you will suffer skin damage and inhale smoke for weeks. So, avoid smoking as it could be doing some severe damage to your overall health and your skin without you even knowing.
Hangout in green spaces and shaded areas
Base your outings around green spaces that provide shade from the sun. Greenery plays a massive role in purifying the air we breathe, thus being around trees will help you ensure that the air you are surrounded with and breathing in is cleaner. Also, shaded areas like parks and under trees make the best picnic spots, so surround yourself with greenery as it can be great for skin protection and your overall health.
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What are some tips for choosing the right drinkware?
There are a few things to keep in mind when choosing the right drinkware for your needs. Here are a few tips:
Consider the material: Glass, ceramic, metal, and plastic are all common materials used for drinkware. Each has its own benefits and drawbacks, so choose the material that best suits your needs.
Consider the size: Drinkware comes in a variety of sizes. Choose the size that will best suit your needs.
Consider the shape: Drinkware also comes in a variety of shapes. Choose the shape that will best suit your needs.
Consider the style: Drinkware is available in a variety of styles. Choose the style that best suits your needs.
Where can I buy quality glassware sets?
There are a few places to buy quality glassware sets. Department stores, home improvement stores, and online retailers all sell glassware sets. When purchasing a glassware set, it is important to read the reviews to ensure that you are getting a quality product. Additionally, it is important to compare prices to ensure that you are getting the best deal possible. Finally, make sure to select a set that will fit your needs. For example, if you entertain often, you may want to purchase a set that includes multiple glasses.
What is the difference between melamine and ceramic tableware?
Melamine tableware is made of a type of plastic that is heat-resistant and very durable. It is often used in commercial settings because it can withstand a lot of wear and tear. Ceramic tableware is made from clay that has been fired in a kiln. It is typically more delicate than melamine tableware and is not recommended for use in high-traffic areas.
What are the best Turkish kitchen products?
Some of the best Turkish kitchen utensils and products include:
Turkish Coffee Pots: These coffee pots are designed to make the perfect cup of Turkish coffee. They usually have a long handle and a small spout, which helps to control the pour and prevent spillage.
Baklava Pan: This is a special pan that is used to make the traditional Turkish dessert, baklava. It is large and rectangular, with multiple layers of phyllo dough.
Turkish Tea Kettle: This kettle is designed specifically for brewing Turkish tea. It has a long spout to control the pour, and a small opening at the top to allow steam to escape.
Spice Grinders: These grinders are used to grind the spices that are used in Turkish cooking. They come in a variety of sizes and styles, but they all have a durable design that can handle the tough spices.
Knife Sets: These sets of knives are designed for use in the kitchen, and they come with a variety of different blades to suit different needs. The sets usually include a paring knife, a chef's knife, and a bread knife.
Cutting Boards: These cutting boards are designed for use in the kitchen, and they come in a variety of sizes and materials. The most popular cutting boards are made of wood, but there are also options made of plastic or glass.
Pots and Pans: Turkish pots and pans are designed for use in the kitchen, and they come in a variety of sizes and materials. The most popular pots and pans are made of stainless steel, but there are also options made of aluminum or copper.
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The merging will provide advanced solutions and services for combat readiness of land forces.
Thales has completed the acquisition of RUAG Simulation & Training, including its 500 employees and with sales worth approximately € 90mn (US$ 94.86mn) in 2021.
The consolidation will complement Thales’s footprint in the land market in particular, meanwhile sustaining its field-proven expertise in helicopters and military aircraft solutions. This acquisition will provide an opportunity to reinforce local footprint in priority geographies (France, Switzerland, Germany, and United Kingdom), while increasing presence in UAE and Australia.
The synergies of Thales and RUAG S&T will create new opportunities to accelerate the deployment of next generation hybrid solutions, combining world-class live and synthetic expertise. The initiative, which is driven by the digitalization of land forces, is fully in line with the global evolution toward more environmentally friendly solutions, in line with Thales ESG commitments.
Thales’ Training & Simulation business designs and delivers training capabilities for armed forces, civil and government helicopter operators worldwide.
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Cheaper by the Dozen 2
The kids have been waiting to watch this sequel since we watched the first installment a few weeks ago. Despite adding Eugene Levy to the cast, this one is not as good as the first (and the first was only "okay"). It felt like an updated version of John Candy's "The Great Outdoors," and they completely stole the scene of John Candy on the water skis by having Steve Martin kneeboarding. Plenty of laughs, but it had me thinking "Hm, I've seen this before." There were a couple little love stories thrown into this one, which my kids thought was gross, and my son said it best when he said "this version is more serious. Definitely not as funny."
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Choosing the right fencing for your property is hard because there are so many options for fencing. Chain link, iron, and vinyl are popular fencing options. However, most homeowners in Los Angeles love wood fencing. Because it is easy to cut the wood into any height and size. And it easy to paint or stain any color on the wood. Redwood and Cedar are the best.
Here are the benefits of a wood fence installation in Los Angeles, CA.
A wood fence defines your property lines. And it increases your privacy and security. To increase privacy, install a wood fence that has no space between the boards. Additionally, it is safe for children and pets to play near a wood fence. Also, wood fencing keeps unwanted people or animals out of your property.
2. Affordable Fencing
It is easy to find cheap and top quality wood. Wood fencing products are cheap. Therefore, it is much cheaper to install a wood fencing than to install an iron fencing. This is because finding cheap wrought iron is hard. Iron is expensive because it is expensive to produce. But wood occurs naturally and it is found in abundance.
3. Easy to Install
It is easy and simple to install a wood fencing, especially horizontal wood fences. Call a fencing company in Los Angeles to install it. The company takes a short time to install the fence. You will never have to disrupt your normal activities for a long time. Installing a wood fence is straightforward.
4. Durable Fencing
A wood fence is not only gorgeous. It can also last for a long time. However, you need to choose the right wood because some wood does not last for a long time. Redwood and Cedar can last for a long time. Once you install your fence, take proper care of it and maintain it properly. Proper maintenance increases the lifespan of your wood fence.
5. Increased Curb Appeal
As mentioned above, wood fencing is gorgeous. Therefore, it can increase the curb appeal for your property. It is the cheapest way of increasing the appeal of any property. It boosts your home’s value because most buyers prefer homes with a good fence.
6. Environmentally Friendly
Additionally, a wood fence is environmentally friendly. Most homeowners are trying to avoid polluting the environment. They are not only switching to natural sources of energy. They are also switching to wood fencing. Most companies use environmentally-friendly stabilizers and preservatives to make their wood fencing. Also, wood decomposes easily.
7. Noise Reduction
Wood fencing reduces noise around your home and yards. Do you live in a high-traffic area or a noisy neighborhood? If yes, install a wood fencing. A wood fence can turn your backyard into a private oasis. If you want some peace in your home, call a reputable fencing company in Los Angeles to install a wood fence.
8. It is Versatile
Last, but not least, a wood fence fits almost anywhere. It can be installed in parks, suburban homes, universities, government offices, etc. This is because wood fencing is versatile. It is used to protect and decorate any property. It gives a classic and timeless look.
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About Louisiana Rugby
Louisiana Rugby Officer's Welcome,
Louisiana Rugby, a federal 501c3 nonprofit, was formed in 2012 to help bring the game of rugby to a wider population of Louisianans, specifically youth and high school. Since 1999, youth and high school rugby teams have called Louisiana home. It is our goal to help the dedicated community of players, coaches, referees, volunteers, parents, and supporters to improve the game we all love by providing this organization as a forum for development.
Whether you are new to rugby, just returning, or are a long-time devotee, we welcome you to join the Louisiana Rugby community in our mission to growth the game and introduce its benefits to all.
Welcome to rugby!
Wesley Eustis, President
Louisiana Rugby is dedicated to spreading the game to the youth of Louisiana.
Our aim is to do as much good as possible by growing sustainable teams in a wide variety of locations and populations.
Formed in 2012, Louisiana Rugby is the descendant of a long rugby tradition in southeastern Louisiana. It is a non-profit affiliate of USA Rugby.
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Happy Hands Manicure Set
Discover the Joy of Perfectly Groomed Little Hands with the Happy Hands Manicure Set
Introducing the ultimate solution for your child's hand care, the Happy Hands Manicure Set. Expertly designed for everyday use, this set promises not only safe grooming but also a fun experience for your little one. Available in multiple colors to add a splash of joy to your child's routine, this manicure set is also a thoughtful gift for any parent.
- Baby Scissors: Featuring curved and rounded blades with a protective cap for safety, these scissors make trimming your child's nails safe and stress-free.
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Looking for a functional and adorable gift? The Happy Hands Manicure Set is a perfect choice. It’s not just a gift, but a thoughtful contribution to the daily life of new parents, assisting them in the delicate task of grooming their newborn. The variety of colors makes it easy to personalize your gift, matching it to any preference or nursery theme.
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- August 20, 2021
Luján Highlights Historic Infrastructure Investments in “Recover and Rebuild” Tour Across Eastern and Southeastern New Mexico Communities
Local Leaders Across Four Counties Applaud Luján’s Leadership
Nambé, N.M. – Following the U.S. Senate passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) spent the week meeting with local leaders across eastern and southeastern New Mexico to discuss how increased infrastructure investments would benefit the state. In visits to Clovis, Portales, Hobbs, Carlsbad, and Roswell, Senator Luján met with local mayors, city and county officials, and education and health care leaders.
“This week, I was honored to travel across eastern and southeastern New Mexico to strengthen relationships, learn more about local priorities, and discuss how the bipartisan infrastructure legislation will help New Mexicans recover and rebuild from the pandemic. Showing up matters – and I appreciated the opportunity to highlight how this legislation will empower New Mexico’s economic recovery and create new, good-paying jobs,” said Luján. “The bipartisan infrastructure legislation is an investment in New Mexico’s future that will drive needed investments to communities across the state.”
“I would like to thank Senator Luján and his team for our meeting on Monday, and for his support of infrastructure projects, including the MLK street project, which are important to area residents,” said Clovis Mayor Mike Morris. “Senator Luján and his team are extremely responsive in providing information and assistance regarding federal programs and activities, and we thank them for their support.”
“I would like to thank Senator Luján for coming to Portales and meeting with our community representatives. I feel as though the conversations provided the Senator with some insight as to the needs of our City, the public schools along with ENMU,” said Portales Mayor Ron Jackson. “I think communication is a valuable tool to move our community forward and when we have the opportunity to meet in person it’s even more productive. We are all Americans representing our cities and the State of New Mexico – we do not need to be red or blue but be red, white, and blue.”
“On behalf of the City of Hobbs, I sincerely appreciate Senator Luján and his staff for taking the time to come and visit our community. Our conversations provided some valuable information to all involved and we believe he left the community with a greater understanding of the needs and desires of our residents,” said Hobbs Mayor Sam Cobb. “We look forward to additional engagement with the Senator and his staff in the future.”
“I appreciate the time spent with Senator Luján and his staff. Visiting Southeastern New Mexico shows his character on how he is representing is distinct and how he will communicate and listen while serving,” said Lovington Mayor David A. Trujillo. “Our meeting was informative and my question in regards to our oil and gas economy were answered and relayed in Carlsbad, New Mexico, by visiting a site the following day.”
“The community of Jal recognizes and appreciates the time and effort made by Senator Luján and his staff during their visit to our area. I hope the information shared during our conversation offered the Senator and his team clarity and a better understanding of our particular needs and concerns,” said Jal Mayor Stephen Aldridge. “We hope this opportunity was the first of many engagements with the Senator and his staff and look forward to working with his office in the future.”
“We had a productive meeting with Senator Luján, where we discussed several key issues related to our community and our economy. We hope he’ll be back very soon so we can give him a full tour of Carlsbad and its industries,” said Carlsbad Mayor Dale Janway.
“Senator Luján’s willingness to help us develop a multi-faceted approach to bringing jobs, economic development, educational opportunities and prosperity to Southeastern New Mexico is greatly appreciated. The help will provide lasting benefits for generations of people who are thirsting for good paying jobs and the ability to better provide for their families,” said Chaves County Manager Bill Williams. “Again, realizing that this is a regional project that reaches well beyond the City of Roswell and provides economic opportunities and diversity for the entire region is crucial.” | <urn:uuid:1fed83c6-8de4-49c9-ac61-05416ee4f4b5> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://www.lujan.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/lujan-highlights-historic-infrastructure-investments-in-recover-and-rebuild-tour-across-eastern-and-southeastern-new-mexico-communities/ | 2024-04-24T02:19:08Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818999.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20240424014618-20240424044618-00768.warc.gz | en | 0.971603 | 949 |
Optika Anda was the first in Europe to present a digital assistant to help with vision care!
Everyone’s favourite character loved by kids and adults alike – Anda Panda has now ‘come to life’ and got a new role as a 24/7 vision coach. Find out how Anda Panda can help you and how to access it. 👇🏻
The new digital assistant of Optika Anda is available on WhatsApp, allows all smartphone users to find a solution for their vision faster, provides support with appointments, answers questions about Anda ambassadors and much more!
“At Optica Anda, we always strive to keep up with new technologies on the market, and since taking care of our users is the most important thing to us, we decided to use the best of AI. That’s how we created a vision coach that is at the service of our users 24 hours a day, 7 days a week”, said Optika Anda about how the AI solution was created. 🐼
Anda Panda digital assistant, as your vision coach, has its own learning algorithm that allows it to get better and systematically improve through every interaction with users. Anda Panda is available to everyone on WhatsApp, and can be accessed by scanning the QR code from the visual or by clicking on LINK . | <urn:uuid:e7cebf79-11cb-4405-b94d-c1776abe30ca> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://www.lumini.hr/en/news/optika-anda-was-the-first-in-europe-to-present-a-digital-assistant-to-help-with-vision-care/ | 2024-04-24T02:30:04Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818999.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20240424014618-20240424044618-00768.warc.gz | en | 0.96027 | 274 |
Quite often the products we are using can cause irritation, leaving us to believe we have sensitive skin, when in reality, the products we are using are the culprit.
Mainstream products utilize synthetic ingredients which end up irritating our skin. Sensitivities like redness, dryness and flaking are all indications of a product that may be too harsh for your skin.
A secret I learned when I began formulating safe and healthy skincare: Skin care SHOULDN'T sting! Skin care should not sting, tingle or burn on a daily basis. If it does, you'll get redness, peeling and flaking.
A better alternative: safe, gentle, natural ingredients. Our skin absorbs everything we put on it. A healthy approach to safe skin care is using plant-based ingredients.
Safe ingredients that are gentle for skin:
ROSE HIPS: When it comes to cosmetics, rose hip seed oil is one of best plant oils you can use on your skin. This oil is a beautiful plant alternative to synthetic retinol. It is gentle, helping to even skin tone while toning down redness. Find it HERE!
LICORICE: The antioxidant-rich ingredients of the licorice plant can help shield skin from free radical damage. Moreover, licorice root can help to lighten dark spots on the skin and treat uneven skin tone, resulting in glowing, healthy skin. Find it HERE!
VITAMIN C: The variety if Vitamin C in skincare matters. We use a gentle Vitamin C that will stimulate collagen production as well as clarifying and brightening the skin by inhibiting the production of pigment thereby promoting a more even skin tone. Unlike ascorbic acid, it will not exfoliate or irritate skin. Find it HERE!
GREEN TEA: Green Tea Extract is known to help diminish the signs of aging, such as wrinkles and fine lines. Its antimicrobial and astringent properties along with its ability to balance the skin’s oil production and minimize the appearance of enlarged pores make Green Tea Extract ideal for use in products that target acne breakouts. Find it HERE!
GREEN COFFEE OIL: The oil is rich in antioxidants and flavonoids which provide protection from the effects of free radicals, restore moisture to skin, help the appearance of puffy eyes while improving the production of collagen. Find it HERE!
Your skin care products shouldn't be painful. You can achieve luminous, healthy skin with these safe, natural ingredients you trust. You can stop worrying about what you’re putting on your body and be confident about your skin and your products.
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We picked up one of the new MagSafe Duo chargers to see if it's worth Apple's super high asking price.
Apple first introduced the MagSafe Duo alongside the new iPhone 12 models in October, but until its surprise release on Tuesday, there was no word on when it would come out. It's available from the Apple online store now, and also some retail stores in the United States.
The MagSafe Duo is made from a white material with a book-style design. One half has a MagSafe charger that attaches magnetically to iPhone 12 models, while the other half has an Apple Watch charging puck. The Apple Watch charging puck can be used flat or it can pop up so you can charge the Apple Watch in Nightstand mode, but the MagSafe charger remains flat. The design is simple and clean, and it folds over neatly, something that will be great for future travel.
On the surface, the MagSafe Duo looks like a decent charging option, but at its price point, there are compromises to be aware of. It does not ship with a power adapter so you need to purchase one or use one that you already own, and there are charging limitations.
The MagSafe Charger on its own can charge an iPhone 12 at up to 15W with Apple's 20W USB-C charger, but if you use that same 20W USB-C charger with the MagSafe Duo, an iPhone 12 will be limited to a maximum of 11W. You can use a 27W+ charger instead and it will charge at up to 14W, but it is not able to hit that 15W maximum. Apple's 20W USB-C Power Adapter costs $19, and the 30W version is $49, so adding on a charger raises the cost of the MagSafe Duo quite a bit.
There have also been some MagSafe Charger charging limitations with certain power adapters that are PD 3.0 compatible, and that may also be a concern with the MagSafe Duo.
At the $129 price point, the MagSafe Duo really should have come with a power adapter rather than just a USB-C to Lightning cable. A standalone Apple Watch charging puck is $29 and a MagSafe Charger is $39 for a total of $68, but Apple is charging close to twice that to connect them together.
There are plenty of wireless charging options that are well over $100, but most of those include power adapters. There aren't any other multi-device MagSafe charging options that are available at the current time, but third-party manufacturers are working on solutions that might be better than what Apple is offering.
So who should buy this? Apple fans who have an Apple Watch and an iPhone 12 and who plan to travel often will likely find the MagSafe Duo useful, but it's not a must-have accessory nor is it any kind of deal, which is worth keeping in mind. We recommend waiting to see what kind of third-party accessories come out in the next few months. | <urn:uuid:ae491e7e-432a-419e-8953-29ef7b32ae38> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://www.macrumors.com/2020/12/03/hands-on-magsafe-duo/ | 2024-04-24T02:57:08Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818999.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20240424014618-20240424044618-00768.warc.gz | en | 0.961172 | 615 |
March 1, 2024: What to know about Maine's primary elections ahead of Super Tuesday
Next Tuesday, voters in Maine and more than a dozen other states will cast ballots during the single-largest primary day of the 2024 elections.
By presidential primary standards, this year’s Super Tuesday contests are relatively anti-climactic because the Republican and Democratic tickets are pretty much set at this point. Absent some ground-shaking legal or political developments, the nation appears headed for a Biden-Trump rematch this November.
But electors are still at stake in Maine. And for the first time this year, thanks to Maine’s switch to a “semi-open” primary, independent voters can join the proverbial party without literally having to join a party. | <urn:uuid:457b248d-f023-4ad8-92e8-46d9c3218778> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://www.mainepublic.org/podcast/maines-political-pulse/2024-03-01/march-1-2024-what-to-know-about-maines-primary-elections-ahead-of-super-tuesday | 2024-04-24T02:16:05Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818999.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20240424014618-20240424044618-00768.warc.gz | en | 0.949903 | 157 |
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Or any of the other female celebrities who remain awkwardly unmarried and childless after the age of 40?
Because they’re making everyone confused and uncomfortable, especially in Hollywood. How are we meant to view Hollywood’s ‘It Girls’ when they’re no longer young but they’re not wives or mothers either?
They must be unhappy. They must be disappointed. They must feel like failures.
Because the implication in every media story is that these women are failures; failures at life. They haven’t made that expected transition from ‘It Girl’ to ‘Yummy Mummy’, so we mock their plastic surgery and we tut-tut with faux concern about their biological clocks.
Cameron Diaz has reportedly said she’s had a gutful of this idea that her life is incomplete. Not true, she says.
According to RadarOnline: “During Oscar weekend, Cameron insisted to friends that she is fine and dealing well with life, despite not having a steady man for the last few years.”
Cameron’s very frustrated with how often she has to remind her friends how great her life is, right down to telling them that she has $50 million in the bank and her pick of any man she wants.”
Hollywood loves an ‘It Girl’. We all do. Hot, young, sexy women who ride the zeitgeist wave of fame, selling movies, albums, beauty products and magazines.
Julia Roberts. Gwyneth Paltrow. Charlize Theron. Beyonce. Jessica Simpson. Pink. Victoria Beckham. Kim Kardashian. Giselle. Elle. Angelina Jolie. Kate Moss. Liz Hurley. Reese Witherspoon. Jennifer Lopez.
They’ve all captured endless media attention. Many still do. But after that initial rush, all these women have had kids. And thank heavens, because it’s saved them from the incessant mindless question, “So…do you want to be a mother some day?” | <urn:uuid:a2b18f4e-6ab0-4771-a8da-08f1eea66689> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://www.mamamia.com.au/cameron-diaz-not-married/ | 2024-04-24T03:43:34Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818999.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20240424014618-20240424044618-00768.warc.gz | en | 0.947134 | 434 |
The MapPoint Review?
Well, here we are at the end of the week and still no MapPoint review. We failed, but to be fair it has been a frustrating and bewildering process.
We downloaded a 60 day trial of the software (about 2Gb) and installed it without any problems. A first look at the software proved promising, ease of use, navigation creating a map showing household concentrations was all quite good (not perfect, but good). And then we hit a problem....
One of the main things we wanted to do to try the software out for business use was to import our own customer data and display it on a map - a function we feel is vital for any business wanting mapping software. And so we imported a customer database of around 7,500 records. MapPoint goes through a process of matching the records to it's own geographic data to give each record a location on the map and this is where the problem occurred.
After importing 7,500 records (of what we felt was reasonably clean address data), MapPoint said it could not find a unique location for around 1,100 records - about 15% of the file. Address matching is not an exact science and there will always be records that can't be matched but we expected, at most, about 5% so this was a bit of a surprise. After the matching attempt, MapPoint provides a useful process of presenting you with the records that didn't match, one-by-one, so you can select the appropriate address from the list MapPoint presents you with.
The problem we had was that for the majority of our addresses it couldn't match (granted we didn't do all 1,200) MapPoint presented us with identical addresses to pick from! For example, MapPoint told us it couldn't find a match for:
"100 Milford Road, Bath, Avon, BA2 5RW"
and asked us to choose the correct address from the following:
"100 Milford Road, Bath, Avon, BA2 5"; or
"100 Milford Road, Bath, Avon, BA2 5"
We thought maybe MapPoint should realise these are exactly the same but no, instead MapPoint presented us with about 1,200 of these to go through and manually fix.
After checking our data, using different databases and so on we encountered exactly the same problem time and time again. We went on-line to try and find a solution but with no luck. We tried to find any settings in the software we could play with to try and stop it happening but couldn't find any. Finally, as it is a new product, we thought we should let Microsoft know what we found so they could fix it with a patch new release. We called the help desk who finally told us they aren't offering any telephone support on the product as it is officially still in Beta...despite us saying we didn't need support, we were reviewing their software and were providing product feedback they still could do this over the phone. They directed us to their website to send them the feedback via email.
So we went to the website and found the area where we can send them a message. To do this we had to put the product id in and, having done so, it then proceeded to tell us that to send them the message was going to cost us £46! We thought this was a little cheeky - charging us £46 so we could tell them about a problem we have found with their software.
So, as it stands, we have been unable to tell Microsoft what we have found and are not sure when it will be fixed. It is a real shame as first impressions were promising but we feel let down by the import process and also by Microsoft support - any developer should have very easy lines of communication to get valuable product feedback.
So, the review is shelved for the time being as, in our opinion, the product is simply not fit for purpose at this time. How Microsoft will get to know about this problem and fix it we don't know but we'll keep an eye on it and finish the review when we can.
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Paris Hilton hit back at the internet trolls who have been mocking her son's head size, by branding them as 'sick' and declaring that her baby is 'perfectly healthy'.
Hilton became a mother in January 2023, after a four-year relationship with Carter Reum and a two-year engagement. It followed a string of unsuccessful relationships for the socialite, beginning with Edward Furlong way back in 2000 and several called-off engagements.
Her son is called Pheonix and has been adored by her followers, he has also received lots of trolls due to having a larger head than usual and she has finally had enough of the discussion surrounding the infant.
The comments came on Instagram and led to her retaliating after suffering the jibes for months. 'There are some sick people in this world. My angel is perfectly healthy,' she wrote on the short-form video platform. 'And yes, of course he has been to a doctor, he just has a large brain'.
It's possible that her child has a condition called macrocephaly, which can be complicated provided it isn't a genetically inherited trait but thanks to modern medicine and medical practices, it can be navigated quite well.
Hilton has not been deterred and is looking to have more children with her fiancee in the future.
What is macrocephaly?
The word itself means 'large head' and means that a head is larger than normal for infants of the same age and sex. Specifically, if the circumference of the head is greater than the 97th percentile, or 97% of other children.
It's a rare disease that only affects between 2% and 5% of the United States population, which is roughly 16.6m people at the upper end of the scale and as low as 6.6m.
Symptoms of macrocephaly can include tightness or bulging of the baby's soft spot, unusual eye movements, unexplained projectile vomiting, irritability that progressively worsens, high-pitched cries as though the infant is experiencing pain and delays in mental development.
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This Great Graphic was posted by Benn Steil and Dinah Walker of the Council on Foreign Relations. Based on GDP, it shows who is under and over represented on the IMF.
Ironically, it is not just many developing countries that are under represented, but the world's three largest economies, the US, China and Japan are also under represented. Europe (and Saudi Arabia) would stand to lose the most if the IMF voting (quotas) were based on economic output.
Steil and Walker suggest that this is why the US has consistently sided with developing countries over Europe in IMF reform. We would go one step further. It is another example of the point we have made in different contexts: that the rise of China, and the BRICS in general, does not necessarily come at the expense of the US, but rather other countries.
In addition, while looking at what the IMF quotas would look like if they were distributed by GDP is a useful exercise, it seems like a crude measure of economic power. For example, GDP rewards countries with large populations, but GDP per capita, would arguable be a fairer measure and China would not do so well. On the other hand, small oil exporters, would do considerable better. Moreover, such economic fundamentalism misses other elements of power. Indeed, the point is that there is no objective metric and whatever metric is used is laden with values and judgments.
Great Graphic: What a GDP-based IMF Would Look Like
Reviewed by Marc Chandler
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While "babushka" is officially defined and understood in the fashion and beauty world as a triangularly folded scarf that's worn on your head, the word is all grandma to me. This is mostly because I call my Russian-speaking grandma "babushka," which is a direct translation. Her passion for dressing me in the style as a child also helps the situation. Childhood memories aside, it appears the babushka is back in style thanks to Billie Eilish. On Saturday, November 4, the singer wore the accessory to the 2023 LACMA Art+Film Gala, setting the tone for plenty of cold-weather hairstyles to come.
Dressed in an all-black Gucci tracksuit that was decidedly casual for the formal event, Eilish wore her jet-black hair in a messy bun at the bottom of her neck. Placing the scarf (which, also black and also Gucci, was tied under her chin in true babushka fashion) at her crown, she let her face-framing bangs and bright red roots peek out.
The "What Was I Made For" singer also added a pair of nighttime sunglasses and the new, animal-free Gucci Demetra 1955 Horsebit bag, which she was recently tapped to promote, to round out her outfit. A bit of black mascara and eyeliner let her ocean eyes shine while her lips were painted the prettiest shade of pale pink.
Honestly, the Grammy winner deserves huge props for showing up to a formal event completely herself—and making the babushka red carpet-appropriate.
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Kim Kardashian Confirms to Jimmy Kimmel Whether the Weirdest Rumors About Her Are True or Not
Emphasis on the WEIRDEST rumors.
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Cute Summer Outfits From the Runways With Real-Life Appeal
From beach bumming to al fresco dining.
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J.Crew x Catbird Will Take Over Your Summer Jewelry Stack
The new collab is the prettiest addition to your wardrobe.
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What is pain for?
"Pain, pain, pain... Pain is something that I am so used to by now and as a part of life I am always learning to go through it... Literal pain: body aches are a part of my every day existence. Pain of defeat or caused by other people has happened to me many times. Pain that comes from unforeseen circumstances always wants to become my best friend even though I don't want it. Pain has many forms, but why why is it here at all??
As a Christian the only logical explanation I give myself that God created it (or allows it to happen), so we never abandon Him. Think about it? Do you talk to God more when everything is perfect or when everything is bad. Of course, when everything is bad. God is a genius!! Why would He make everything perfect if he knows that due to our human nature then we won't need Him anymore??
He created us to have a relationship with Him and help other people. If people never had problems, why would we ever talk to God or help anyone at all?? Help from God or help for other people won't be needed. Yes, we may talk to God just to praise and thank Him or help people to have even better lives than they already have. But seriously?? I think you get my point that when things get tough we turn to God for help more than when things are well. And God wants us to turn to Him always in all ways! When people need real help like food, shelter, etc. we are more proned to help them than when people have it all and happy with their lives.
Another reason we have pain is because I believe it's designed by God, Universe, whoever for growth. This is my optimistic look at it. A pessimist may think: "Pain is made for suffering." Not me! Although I understand and felt all kinds of pain and I don't like it one bit the most growth I have ever had in my life has come through pain. The pain of eating disorders led me to become one of the most health conscious people in the world. The pain of domestic abuse, depression, attempted suicide, divorce abandonment, rejection by the society led me to become one of the best motivational speakers that has ever lived. The pain of hardships when it comes to achieving my dreams is leading me to unimaginable greatness that will be admired by generations to come because I believe I am the greatest!!!
As I was writing this post I have called my friend Richard to ask his opinion about why we have pain. He is one of the smartest people I know and his feedback is very valuable to me. He said that pain happens because it's a part of human experience, for a purpose and it helps you realize the value. The way I understood it is that the pain helps you appreciate what you do have or be grateful for all of that you have. Good points, right?? I am so glad I called. Thank you, Richard, for your help!
Here you have it - for God, growth and appreciation of what we do have I believe are the main reasons of pain. Now as you know them be ready to accept the pain and learn from it. Pray to God for help. And when it comes to growth get it in any way you understand it: learning from your mistakes, mending relationships, making different investments, moving, etc. and most importantly never never giving up. And be always grateful!
Pain makes us resilient! As hard as it is use it to your advantage and make it your motivation, your drive to keep going!! You have what it takes to conquer it all because you have God, Universe, whoever. And you also have the strongest the most grateful person you know - the person who is reading this post! Why not you?" Marina Amdream. P.S. Shop MarinaAmdream.com for all the inspirational gear I design. | <urn:uuid:48fde9fa-f646-4412-8074-f5b2d0c747ef> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://www.marinaamdream.com/single-post/what-is-pain-for | 2024-04-24T02:25:24Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818999.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20240424014618-20240424044618-00768.warc.gz | en | 0.98189 | 798 |
Virtual Tour Software Market Forecasts to 2028 – Global Analysis By Device Type (Head Mounted, and Gesture Tracking), Deployment (Cloud and On-Premises), End User (Automotive, Real Estate and Other End Users) and By Geography
According to Stratistics MRC, the Global Virtual Tour Software Market is accounted for $354.83 million in 2022 and is expected to reach $1070.15 million by 2028 growing at a CAGR of 20.2% during the forecast period. Travel agencies and tour operators are used by the virtual tour software to create virtual visualisations of tourist sites. Tourism businesses use virtual visualisations to accurately depict traveller locations to customers. Internet content managers that like merging virtual tours on websites or online portals utilise this software with the help of sales and advertising groups for promotional purposes. Businesses can save money by using virtual tour software instead of engaging professional videographers to make digital tours.
According to the National Association of Realtors in the U.S., virtual tours have received more than 87% more views than those without 360 virtual tours. In addition, more than 50% of buyers would not prefer to visit the website to shortlist the property if they don't provide a 360 virtual tour.
Increasing Technological Advancements
Virtual reality offers a wider range of industrial applications because to technological advancement. The software that supports destination-based marketing is one of the expanding uses of virtual reality. This software is being widely adopted by numerous industries as a new marketing tactic to improve consumer interaction, including education, automotive, manufacturing, security, real estate, tourism, and hospitality. Through the virtual solution and increased interactive sessions, the marketing approach is anticipated to enhance consumer experience.
Lack of awareness and information to Customers
All potential clients can browse and access the information thanks to the programme. Customers can only see a restricted amount of data from end users including educational institutions, real estate, tourism, and hospitality. Customers may only have limited access to the nearby locations' data. Tour operators might not be able to offer or limit the regions they might not wish to highlight. This is anticipated to have a detrimental effect on market expansion.
Rising adoption of AI-assisted Chabot virtual tours
Virtual tours based on AI and cloud computing are being adopted by a number of businesses in a number of sectors, including automotive, real estate, education, and healthcare. For the purpose of providing product promotions, major market companies are utilising methods like mergers, acquisitions, and partnerships to adopt cutting-edge technology like A.I., cloud computing, and analytics tools.
High interaction costs
Many agents only employ digital tours on their ultra-luxury offerings due to the hefty price tags. A digital tour can only be created by agents for the most expensive properties. Due to this, not everyone can benefit from digital tour promotion. For generating digital tours, several virtual tour firms demand astronomically high prices. Virtual tours created by businesses cost a lot of money.
In order to stop the coronavirus from spreading during the COVID-19 pandemic, a number of manufacturing facilities and building projects have been put on hold. Consumers and businesses have been compelled by this pandemic to adopt cutting-edge technologies like virtual reality and software for virtual product tours. Additionally, numerous real estate owners were advertising their apartments and homes on a virtual reality 360-degree platform during the pandemic.
The cloud segment is expected to be the largest during the forecast period
The cloud segment is estimated to have a lucrative growth, due to the accessibility of cloud-based tour software from anywhere in the world, the increase is mostly attributable to the increasing acceptance of advanced technology-enabled tour software in the real estate, educational institutions, tourist, and hospitality industries. A cloud-based platform for virtual tours of historical sites, hotels, and real estate properties is being developed by a number of the industry's top companies. Additionally, growing enterprise cloud spending has accelerated the adoption of cloud-based virtual tour software.
The real estate segment is expected to have the highest CAGR during the forecast period
The real estate segment is anticipated to witness the fastest CAGR growth during the forecast period, due to the growing desire from home buyers to list residential properties online via virtual tours, it is anticipated to expand at a notable CAGR throughout the projection period. Before contacting an agent or visiting any residential homes, the majority of home buyers conduct their research online, according to Matter port.
Region with highest share:
Asia Pacific is projected to hold the largest market share during the forecast period. It is anticipated to continue to dominate the virtual tour business, accounting for more than two-fifths of the global market. This is because more companies are investing in virtual tours thanks to the growth of the IoT (Internet of Things) and the planning of events like product launches and shows, among other things. However, LAMEA is anticipated to experience the quickest CAGR over the forecast period due to an increase in advertising and marketing investments from major companies and a rise in demand for online events.
Region with highest CAGR:
North America is projected to have the highest CAGR over the forecast period, making it the mind-boggling nation in the market for virtual tour software. The enhancement would be made possible by marketing analysis tools and by current players who have genuinely grown used to the market over time. Despite this, business associations, outcast leaders, etc. are focusing their efforts on producing customer-driven products that will further contribute to the development in this field. The market for virtual tour software is likely to experience fundamental growth as a result of increasing revenue, increased compensation, pattern-setting advancement, and invention, along with initiatives to promote awareness of the demand.
Key players in the market
Some of the key players profiled in the Virtual Tour Software Market include Concept3D, Inc., Klapty, Kuula LLC, CloudPano, RTV, Inc., Matter-port, Inc., Eyespy360, 3DVista Stitcher, Roundme Limited, Matterport, Kolor, SeekBeak and Real Tour Vision
In June 2022, Concept3D, Inc. announced a partnership with a higher education engagement hub, Pathify, to offer campus tours through virtual mapping.
April 2022, Washington-based Mass Interact teamed up with Full Measure Education, to offer virtual tour solution to enhance campus visits. The partnership aims to improve students’ enrolment and retention, increasing search ability, tailored virtual experience, and more.
In March 2022, Concept3D, Inc. announced a strategic collaboration with PlatformQ Education, a software development company, to integrate Concept3D and PlatformQ solution capabilities. The partnership is expected to expand virtual touring along with enhancing virtual experience.
In July 2021, Kuula LLC announced a partnership with Angola-based real estate, AngoCasa, to incorporate virtual tours into its properties.
In May 2021, EyeSpy360 announced collaboration with real estate sales and marketing developer, Chime, to provide its virtual tour content. The company integrated its software with website management tool of Chime that offers live tours and virtual walk-in.
Device Types Covered:
• Head Mounted
• Gesture Tracking
End Users Covered:
• Real Estate
• Tourism & Hospitality
• Other End Users
• North America
Rest of Europe
• Asia Pacific
Rest of Asia Pacific
• South America
Rest of South America
• Middle East & Africa
Rest of Middle East & Africa
What our report offers:
- Market share assessments for the regional and country-level segments
- Strategic recommendations for the new entrants
- Covers Market data for the years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2025, and 2028
- Market Trends (Drivers, Constraints, Opportunities, Threats, Challenges, Investment Opportunities, and recommendations)
- Strategic recommendations in key business segments based on the market estimations
- Competitive landscaping mapping the key common trends
- Company profiling with detailed strategies, financials, and recent developments
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The snack food industry has seen tremendous growth over the past few decades and has become a staple of people’s daily lives. From casually enjoying a bag of chips at home to grabbing a protein bar on the go, snacks have firmly cemented their place in consumers’ routines.
The Rise of Snacking
Our fast paced lifestyles have contributed significantly to the rise of snacking between main meals. People simply have less time than before to sit down for three elaborate meals each day. Snacking allows them to consume calories in small portions throughout the day in a convenient manner. Studies show that people now spend more time snacking than actually eating meals. Another factor is the increased health consciousness – snacks allow portion control and intake of nutrients in between meals.
Variety of Products
To cater to the diverse tastes and needs of customers, snack food companies offer an incredible variety of products. Salty snacks such as potato chips, pretzels and nuts continue to be top sellers driven by their addictive flavors and crisp textures. However, the industry is going beyond traditional snacks and innovating constantly. Some examples include protein bars to fulfill fitness goals, veggie straws for health conscious customers, snack boxes or grab and go packs for convenience. There is truly a snack for every occasion, time of the day and consumer profile.
Healthier Options Dominate Growth
While indulgent junk foods will always have their place, current trends show that healthier Snack Products are dominating category growth. Customers want to satisfy their cravings without feeling guilty about it. As a result, products with claims of being nutrient-dense, high in proteins or fibers, lower in sugars and made from natural ingredients are gaining immense popularity. Granola bars, roasted chickpeas, whole grain crisps and jerky snacks are some categories that are outpacing others driven by health halo. Companies are reformulating existing recipes or coming up with new innovations to capitalize on this demand.
Rise of Private Labels
Alongside the growth of branded snacks, private label or store brand snacks have also seen tremendous success in recent years. Major retailers realized that people trust the quality and affordability of their in-house labels. Private label snacks, priced attractively, have enabled customers to indulge in their favorites without worrying about costs. This has given national brands tough competition on prices while still delivering on taste and variety. Today, private label snacks command around 20% of the market and their sophistication matches any leading brand.
E-Commerce Opens New Avenues
The boom in e-commerce has opened new opportunities for snack makers to reach audiences. Online retail behemoths like Amazon have dedicated snack categories that give visibility to a diverse set of brands. Customers can search for flavors from across geographies to satiate their cravings from the comfort of their homes. E-commerce has also enabled small artisanal brands to achieve national footprints. Companies too are allocating separate funds for digital marketing, exclusive online launches and curated bundles that cater to online buyers’ habits.
Globalization of Snacking Preferences
With globalization and fusion of cultures, international snacks are gaining huge popularity. Japanese wasabi peas, Korean rice cakes, Middle Eastern biscuits – unique global flavors are exciting consumers worldwide. International travel and exposure through media have sparked curiosity about snacks from other regions. This trend gives big opportunities for artisanal brands to scale up. It is also inspiring large companies to develop worldwide product portfolios through acquisitions and partnerships for a truly globalized snacking experience.
Factors like our busy lifestyles, health trends, e-commerce boom and a fusion of cultures are reshaping the competitive dynamics and innovation potential in this high growth space. With consumers’ snacking needs expected to only intensify further, companies will have to stay agile in outpacing changes through a variety of tasty, values-driven products.
1. Source: Coherent Market Insights, Public sources, Desk research
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Solar Power is free
Solar Power can be used to provide free energy from the sun for many different applications. Marlec Engineering are experts in off-grid and grid connected solar installations with over 30 years experience in the field. As a distributor of a range of solar panel types for many different purposes, and with an experienced in house design team we are able to realise your goals whatever your requirement.
Solar Panels can be used:
- To generate power on boats, caravans and other mobile demands
- To charge batteries for leisure and professional uses
- To power off-grid remote applications with integrated Wind and Solar Systems
Specifically Designed for a professional yet affordable look for any leisure application with the ability to keep batteries constantly charged.
- Ranges from 75-150W
- Rigid frame & glass
- Mounting brackets for fixing to vehicle roofs included
- Aluminium Frame
- Transmissive Toughened Glass
- Plug-in 3m cable
This handy and lightweight solar car battery charger keeps your batteries from deep discharge by replacing the natural discharge when you are away.
- Powerful 7.5W
- Plugs into a cigarette lighter socket
- Comes with 1.5m cigar lighter plug and 3m cable with clamps
- Permanent fixing screws included
- Ideal for winter battery maintenance
These solar cells are ideal for school experiments and can be used to show:
- The distance and angle between the light source and the solar cell affecting the voltage.
- The distance and angle between the light source and the solar cell affecting the current.
- This light intensity affecting the voltage and current of the solar cell.
- The affect of the different wavelengths from different coloured lights on the voltage and current of the solar cell.
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Benji's Pet Food and Accessories on Market Street
A huge thank you to Sonia Whittaker at Benji's Pet Food and Accessories for supporting Friends of Marple Memorial Park.
Sonia began with a surprise donation of £90 via our Local Giving page in October 2021. It turned out she had been collecting customers' loose change plus receipts from the sale of carrier bags for the group since early in the first lockdown. Sonia continues to do this and her most recent donation was an amazing £198.57 in July 2023. Just fantastic support for Friends of the Park.
Collection Box updates:
Here's a running total of the funds raised at Benji's Pet Food and Accessories for Friends of the Park:
October 2021: £90.00
July 2023: £198.57
Running total £288.57
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My homeschool blog, ChristianHomeschooler.info is now live! I have been asking Jeff for a good one month, to find me good combining words for a homeschool blog. I went to check with AdWords and believe me, I still can’t seem to figure out how they work. It wasn’t until I sat the hubby down and worked on his laptop last Tuesday night, did he get to focus to finally get me a the perfect name for a homeschool blog.
This is actually a sweet distraction from the still many things we have to take care of after what Ondoy has brought us. A couple of months since and we are still on our way to getting a few documents we need replaced. After turning the house around and finding term life insurance quotes alongside other important documents displaced and misplaced by the flood waters, we are getting each one replaced one at a time. The local government can be frustrating when it comes to these things. It takes a lot of time and effort.
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NO FEE UNLESS WE WIN
Failure to Diagnose, Such as Missed Signs of Serious Illness or Disease
We rely on medical professionals to evaluate our medical issues and provide us with diagnoses so that we can heal or manage a new way of life after an operation. Unfortunately, medical professionals sometimes overlook what is causing our ailments. This often results in a lower quality of life for patients and sometimes causes further complications as time goes on. If you believe a medical professional has failed to properly diagnose you or a loved one in a timely manner, you may have a right to compensation.
Causes of Failure to Diagnose
There are myriad of reasons why a medical professional may fail to diagnose a patient’s illness. This happens most often when the medical professional:
- Does not listen to the patient
- Does not recognize the patient’s symptoms
- Misinterprets the patient’s symptoms
- Fails to perform necessary tests
- Misreads lab results
- Is unfamiliar with the illness because it is rare
According to John’s Hopkins researchers, 80,000 to 160,000 people suffer from diagnosis errors annually. Of these instances, 68.8 percent were rooted in outpatient care, while 31.2 percent were rooted in inpatient care (though failed diagnoses rooted in inpatient care are more likely to be lethal). In fact, between 1986 and 2010, failed diagnosis claims totaling more than $38.8 billion were paid out by responsible parties.
Consequences of Failure to Diagnose
Many things can happen when a medical professional fails to properly diagnose a patient. Depending on the circumstances, one or more of the following complications can occur as a result of a delay in diagnosis:
- Cancer: The patient may develop cancer, or if the cancer was already present, a delay in diagnosis may make the cancer more difficult to treat.
- Heart attack: Missing early warning signs of heart problems may result in a patient suffering a preventable heart attack.
- Arthritis: Failing to diagnose bone or joint problems in a timely manner often results in poor quality of life for some period of time, and may result in exacerbation of the condition.
- Pregnancy complications: Failing to diagnose dietary issues, hereditary concerns, or other issues may result in pregnancy complications that could have otherwise been avoided.
Know Your Rights
Under Illinois law, if you or a loved one has suffered due a medical professional’s failure to diagnose, you may be entitled to compensation through a personal injury lawsuit. You may qualify for reimbursement of medical expenses, or compensation for pain and suffering, disability, disfigurement, permanent impairment, and loss of earning potential.
For a confidential, compassionate, in-depth, free, and, most importantly, thorough consultation with a Rockford Personal Injury Lawyer about your failure to diagnose medical malpractice case in Rockford, Belvidere, Freeport, Rochelle, Oregon, Loves Park, Byron, Machesney Park, Roscoe, Rockton, or elsewhere in the State of Illinois, call or text message us at (815) 391-0089, or e-mail us 24/7/365. We offer in-office consultations, and routinely make visits to clients’ homes, hospital rooms, nursing homes, and other off-site locations to make retaining our services as easy as possible. | <urn:uuid:e148d45a-ef59-4af9-a402-dac41883710a> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://www.marriettlegal.com/failure-to-diagnose/ | 2024-04-24T03:54:18Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818999.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20240424014618-20240424044618-00768.warc.gz | en | 0.931964 | 692 |
'Marvel's Voices: Legends' Creators Share the Joy of Working with Storm, Black Panther, Patriot & More
Ezra Claytan Daniels, Sean Damien Hill, Sheree Renée Thomas, Julian Shaw, Justina Ireland, and Eder Messias weigh in on their 'Marvel's Voices: Legends' stories.
This year, the acclaimed MARVEL'S VOICES anthology returns with MARVEL’S VOICES: LEGENDS (2024) #1. Featuring some truly special talent as well as iconic characters like Storm, Black Panther, and Deathlok, LEGENDS is a send-up to Black excellence all across the Marvel Universe.
We spoke to some of the creatives behind the anthology—Ezra Claytan Daniels, Sean Damien Hill, Sheree Renée Thomas, Julian Shaw, Justina Ireland, and Eder Messias—to see what excited, inspired, and moved them about working with some of Marvel’s most legendary heroes.
"Deathlok the Demolished"
Ezra Claytan Daniels
"Deathlok was always one of my favorite characters, ever since I first saw him on a Marvel trading card in the early '90s. I mean he's a zombie cyborg, what's not to love? I fell in love with him even more when I read Dwayne McDuffie and Denys Cowan's run, which to this day is one of the most stunning comic runs ever, in my opinion."
"As a Black writer and artist, I really looked up to both Dwayne and Denys. When I won the Dwayne McDuffie Award for Diversity in Comics in 2017 for my book Upgrade Soul, it was incredibly meaningful for me and just underscored the debt I owed to them. So, when Marvel asked me if I wanted to contribute to LEGENDS, I knew I had to pay homage."
"Deathlok was the only character I wanted to write and, thankfully, he was the same one they were hoping I'd say! There's a lot about Deathlok that aligns with the themes I explore in my other work: aging, technology, identity and agency are all ideas I find compelling, and Deathlok is the perfect vessel through which to explore them."
Sean Damien Hill
"It was incredibly great fun to get to work with Ezra and Marvel on 'Deathlok the Demolished.' I remember the original Dwayne McDuffie depiction of the character. I was really drawn to this sense of selflessness he holds."
"He’s a good man whose life was stolen from him, but he’s in a place now where he won’t let that happen to anyone else, and self-sacrifice doesn’t scare him from that. To draw how a moral choice a character makes—even to their own detriment—affects them is a big part of drawing a hero story for me."
"The World Is Not Ready"
Sheree Renée Thomas
"I'm a huge fan of both Black Panther and Storm, and I've long wanted to see more about their amazing relationship and history together. Creating a story in which their love as a couple is a beautiful testament to the power of friendship and forgiveness was a dream come true."
"Individually, they are the ultimate super heroes, but together, they are nearly unstoppable. I think it's something fans have been fascinated by and imagined for a long time, and I'm thrilled to explore this great storyline from a special point-of-view: the future! I’m looking forward to more adventures from this fantastic family."
"[Storm and Black Panther] have such a rich history. So many great stories. Having two small children myself, I really enjoyed drawing their grandchildren and could relate to T'Challa’s frustration—but also the love that he has for them. I can't wait to see what future awaits the grandchildren. It was an honor being able to bring these characters to life."
"Powers for the People"
"I loved everything about this Patriot story. The character's return to wearing the cape reminded me of when I almost gave up being an artist. When I read the script, I confess that my eyes watered and I was thrown back 30 years, to when I watched a report about the 'world of comics.'"
"I was born in a Brazilian favela and lived there for 30 years. I saw and heard all kinds of phrases that don't allow someone to evolve: 'You're not that good!' 'This is industry is not for you!' 'Art doesn't pay the bills!' And even though I've been working different professions since I was 14 years old, I never gave up on being an artist."
"Today, at 40 years old, I did it: I'm at Marvel! My story is like much Patriot’s, from start to finish. Just as the Patriot had the chance to exterminate Crossbones, he didn't do it, because he was worried about leaving a good legacy for those children. I did the same. The favelas show you many dark paths, but I'm really thankful to people like my godmother, my children, and my wife, [who helped me] maintain my dignity and find the strength to move forward."
"'Power to the People' is not just a story that I had the opportunity to draw. It’s proof that I’m on the right way. Thank you so much to Sarah Bruntand, David F. Walker, and Marvel for allowing me to be a part of this."
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As summer continues, more children are riding bikes and Breakstone, White & Gluck is pleased to be donating bicycle helmets through our Project KidSafe campaign. This morning, Attorney David W. White delivered 100 bike helmets to Everett Police Chief Steven A. Mazzie and Sgt. Joseph Gaff.
This is the 6th year Breakstone, White & Gluck has made the donation through the Everett Police Department. Each year, our attorneys donate the helmets and the Everett Police Department decides how to distribute them to best reach children who need one. We are excited to see what this year holds!
Breakstone, White & Gluck and our Project KidSafe Campaign
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MASSDEVICE ON CALL — A team of researchers in Boston says a simple blood test could help predict the onset of Type II diabetes up to 10 years ahead of any symptoms.
The team, which followed more than 2,400 patients for 12 years, reported that 201 of the subjects eventually developed diabetes, according to a report on their research in Nature Medicine. They found that five amino acids had "highly significant associations with future diabetes."
Patients with the highest levels of amino acids were five times as likely to develop diabetes, they reported.
"These findings underscore the potential key role of amino acid metabolism early in the pathogenesis of diabetes and suggest that amino acid profiles could aid in diabetes risk assessment," according to the report.
“These findings could provide insight into metabolic pathways that are altered very early in the process leading to diabetes,” added Dr. Thomas Wang of Mass. General Hospital’s Cardiovascular Research Center in prepared remarks. “They also raise the possibility that, in selected individuals, these measurements could identify those at highest risk of developing diabetes so that early preventive measures could be instituted.”
Boston hospital performs first full face transplant in the U.S.
Surgeons in at Boston’s Brigham & Women’s Hospital performed the first full face transplant in the U.S., giving a new nose, lips, facial skin, muscles and nerves to a Fort Worth, Texas, man last week.
A team of more than 30 doctors and nurses took 15 hours to "replace the facial area of patient Dallas Wiens," according to a press release.
It’s the second face transplant to be performed at the hospital.
Quality-of-life gap between bypass surgery and stenting narrows
Percutaneous coronary intervention — better known as stenting — is gaining on coronary bypass graft surgery when it comes to quality of life, according to a study in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Results from a quality-of-life analysis of data from the Syntax trial comparing the two coronary artery disease treatments. Patients who underwent CABG reported slightly better relief from chest pain than those treated via PCI.
Lead author Dr. David Cohen of Saint Luke’s Mid-America Heart Institute in Kansas City told the heartwire (paid) blog that most patients would experience "comparable" levels of angina a year after undergoing either procedure, meaning that the "gap is narrowing."
"The main finding is that bypass surgery is still somewhat better at relieving angina than PCI, but the difference is quite small, and to most patients, it’s probably negligible. I think the clinical message here is that angioplasty with the introduction of drug-eluting stents has continued to get better," Cohen said.
Stem cell therapy for enlarged hearts
Researchers used stem cells to help restore hearts enlarged by heart attacks to their normal size, using cells from the patients’ own bone marrow for the procedures.
The small study, involving eight male patients, must still be confirmed in larger trials. But co-author D. Joshua Hare of the Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine says the study is "a big step forward" after 10 years of research into stem cells.
“We can’t say whether that’ll be in three or seven years down the road. It’s hard to speculate precisely. But we’re talking sometime this decade,” he said.
Health care reform roundup
- Newt Gingrich predicts health care law repeal in 2013:
Newt Gingrich thinks the health care reform law will be repealed after the presidential election in 2012.“I think it will be repealed probably by March or April 2013,”
the former House speaker said, adding that it’s unlikely that court challenges will succeed in striking down the law. “I think we could guarantee that people would have access to care dramatically easier and with much less complexity than ObamaCare,” Gingrich said. “It is clearly an indefensible bill.”
- Legal challenges proceed in Florida, D.C.:
The federal government wants the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit to deny a request for initial en banc review of a lawsuit seeking to block the health care reform law. The feds say the plaintiffs, including 26 states led by Florida, are in a hurry to get the case before the U.S. Supreme Court.Meanwhile, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia fast-tracked its review of Judge Gladys Kessler’s February dismissal of another challenge to the law.
Lead plaintiff the American Center for Law and Justice and five individual plaintiffs appealed Kessler’s ruling. - Rep. Charles Gonzalez says individual mandate is crucial to genetic testing:
Rep. Charles Gonzalez (D-Texas) says the health care reform law’s individual mandate is the key to ensuring access to the latest generation of genetic tests, because it creates a pool of patients large enough for insurers to profitably cover the tests.“The thrust of our bill was prevention and wellness,”Gonzalez said. “And this ties right into that.”
- States look to cope with or escape health care reform:
Legislators in Texas are looking to exempt the Lone Star State from the health care law, but in California hospitals are trying to get ahead of the curve by adapting to the law’s new accountable care organization rules. In Indiana, two hospitals plan to merge to be able to better comply with the law, and in the Bay State the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation cites eight lessons to learn from the Commmonwealth’s pioneering health care reform effort. But in North Dakota they’re not having any of it — the Peace Garden State is asking the feds for a waiver from the law’s requirements. | <urn:uuid:bcdd61c9-7a77-4477-aec5-3f359169ba95> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://www.massdevice.com/blood-test-predicts-diabetes-risk/ | 2024-04-24T03:13:02Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818999.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20240424014618-20240424044618-00768.warc.gz | en | 0.950497 | 1,220 |
Free Access to Information Online is Possible with These Tech Tools
In 2022, the world remains subject to censorship, despite widespread internet accessibility. Freedom House published a report detailing global internet freedoms, and findings indicate that 2021 was the 11th consecutive year of global internet freedom declines. The countries most affected by government crackdowns included Uganda, Belarus, and Myanmar.
The report further suggests that freedom of speech, expression, and opinion is being threatened in many countries worldwide. Governments continue to arrest religious, social, or political activists, restrict access to social media networks, or implement deception in data extraction technology and spyware to monitor users’ online activities.
This paints a worrying picture for entrepreneurs attempting to conduct business activities across international borders. The sanctioning of speech, association, and economic enterprise can adversely impact the livelihoods of citizens worldwide.
To this end, innovative techniques are being implemented to counteract government censorship and controls by opening up online communication channels. Various high-tech solutions are readily available to obfuscate borders, boundaries, and state-sanctioned constraints. These include VPN for PC, Mac, and smartphone devices, proxy servers, the onion router, et cetera.
For those who know, VPNs (Virtual Private Networks) are robust technological solutions to bypass government-imposed restrictions on Internet access. Unfortunately, as governments around the world continue to implement blocks on undesirable websites, this leads to a situation of a state-controlled intranet.
Already, such measures are in effect across many countries, including the following: Cuba, Eritrea, Belarus, North Korea, Equatorial Guinea, Turkmenistan, Iran, China, Vietnam, Russia, et al. You can use a VPN to circumvent such blocks by encrypting the internet connection and making it appear as if you are accessing the internet from another country. This allows users to access otherwise restricted websites and content.
However, not all VPNs are created equal. Some may be more reliable than others, and some may be more expensive. Generally, VPNs are a safe way to bypass government restrictions on Internet access. An important point to focus on is whether VPNs share user logs with the authorities.
A proxy server is another type of tool that you can use to bypass government restrictions on Internet access. A proxy server is an intermediary between the user’s device and the internet. When a user attempts to access a website, the request first goes through the proxy server, which then forwards the request onto the desired website. The website then responds back through the proxy server, which sends the response back to the user’s device.
Because proxy servers act as intermediaries, they can be used to hide a user’s IP address and location. This makes it more difficult for governments or other entities to track a user’s online activity. Additionally, because proxy servers can be located in different countries, you can use them to access websites that governments would otherwise block in the user’s country.
It’s worth noting that not all proxy servers are entirely anonymous, and some keep logs of user activity. Conduct the necessary research on a proxy server before using it to ensure that this tool meets your needs and requirements.
The onion router (TOR) is a free software program that allows users to browse the internet anonymously. Unlike VPNs and proxy servers, which only provide anonymity while browsing the web, Tor also provides anonymity while using email, instant messaging services, etcetera. Tor works by routing traffic through a series of volunteer-run nodes (or relays). Each node only knows about the node immediately before and after it in the circuit; no single node knows both where the traffic came from originally and where it is going ultimately.
Furthermore, each node only knows about which relay came immediately before it; no single node knows both where the traffic came from originally and where it was going ultimately. This makes it very difficult for anyone who is trying to track or spy on users who are using Tor because their activities appear scattered and random, with no apparent pattern emerging. Tor is widely regarded as a powerful tech resource for staying safe online.
While Tor does provide a high degree of anonymity, it should be noted that it is not perfect, and there have been instances where users’ activities have been tracked despite using Tor. Therefore, users should take care when using Tor and make sure that they are not doing anything that could potentially get them into trouble.
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If you have a small kitchen, you know how challenging it can be to find enough space to store all of your food, utensils, and cookware. Without a pantry, it can become even more difficult to keep everything organized and easily accessible. But don’t worry, there are plenty of creative solutions that can help you make the most of your limited space!
One idea is to utilize the inside of your cabinet doors. By installing shelves or hanging storage racks, you can make use of vertical space that would otherwise go unused. This is a great way to store spices, canned goods, and even kitchen tools, keeping them neatly organized and easily accessible.
If you have deep drawers in your kitchen, consider using dividers or organizers to keep everything in its place. This can help prevent small items, like utensils or measuring spoons, from getting lost or buried beneath larger items. You can also use drawer organizers to separate and categorize items like towels, sheets, and more.
Another space-saving idea is to utilize the area above your cabinets. Placing baskets or decorative bins on top can provide additional storage for items that are used less frequently. Just be sure to keep them organized and labeled so you know what’s inside!
For items like dried goods, jars, and tins, consider adding shelving or wall-mounted storage. This can be a great way to keep these items organized while also making them easily accessible. Plus, it can add a decorative touch to your kitchen!
If you have a garage or other storage space available, consider purchasing a freestanding shelving unit to store bulk goods or items you use infrequently. This can help free up space in your kitchen cabinets and keep everything organized in one place.
Of course, an expert in kitchen organization, such as Laura Forsyth of Forsyth Interiors, might have even more inspiring ideas and advice. Laura has published several articles on organizing small kitchens and can provide guidance on how to make the most of your available space.
In conclusion, organizing a small kitchen without a pantry may seem like a daunting task, but with some creative thinking and the right storage solutions, you can create a functional and spacious kitchen. By utilizing vertical space, drawer organizers, wall-mounted storage, and other space-saving techniques, you can ensure that everything has its place and is easily accessible. So don’t let a lack of pantry space lead to storage overspill – take action and start organizing!
Organizing a small kitchen without a pantry
Having a small kitchen without a pantry can be challenging when it comes to storing all your kitchen essentials. However, with a little creativity and smart organization, you can make the most of your space and keep everything in order. Here are 10 ways to effectively organize a small kitchen without a pantry:
- Maximize your storage space: Look for areas in your kitchen that can be utilized for storage. This could include the space above your cabinets, the sides of your refrigerator, or even the inside of cabinet doors.
- Use space-saving containers: Invest in airtight containers or canisters to store dry goods such as pasta, rice, and cereals. This will not only help keep them fresh, but also save space by keeping them organized and easily accessible.
- Utilize vertical space: Install shelves or hanging organizers on your walls to store cookbooks, mugs, or utensils. This will free up counter space and make your kitchen appear more spacious.
- Get creative with drawer organization: Use drawer dividers or small containers to keep your utensils, measuring spoons, and other small kitchen tools organized and easily accessible.
- Consider a kitchen cart or island: If you have some extra space, a kitchen cart or island can offer additional storage options. You can use it to store pots, pans, and other kitchen utensils.
- Think outside the kitchen: If you have limited cabinet space in your kitchen, consider utilizing storage spaces in other areas of your home. For example, you could store extra linens or cleaning supplies in a nearby closet or under your bed.
- Use clear containers: Opt for clear containers for storing items such as spices, snacks, or baking supplies. This way, you can easily see what’s inside without having to open every container to find what you need.
- Take advantage of wall space: Install hooks or racks on your walls to hang pots, pans, kitchen utensils, or even towels. This will keep them within reach and free up cabinet space.
- Organize with labels: Labeling your containers, jars, and tins can help you quickly locate specific items and maintain order in your kitchen. Use a label maker or write directly on the containers.
- Keep countertops clear: Cluttered countertops can make a small kitchen feel even smaller. Keep them clear by storing appliances or utensils that are not frequently used.
By following these 10 ways, you can effectively organize your small kitchen without a pantry and make the most of your available space. Remember, organization is crucial for maintaining a functional and enjoyable cooking environment. Happy organizing!
1 Be ruthless with decluttering
When organizing a small kitchen without a pantry, it’s important to start by decluttering and getting rid of any items you don’t need or use regularly. Clear out your inbox, drawers, and shelves, and assess what items are taking up valuable space.
Many people have a tendency to hold onto things thinking they might be useful someday, but this only leads to a cluttered and disorganized kitchen. Be honest with yourself and determine which items you really need and use on a regular basis.
Start by cleaning out your pantry-style shelving, if you have any. Get rid of expired food items and donate any items you won’t use. If you have duplicates of items, keep the ones that are in better condition or will last longer.
Next, declutter your kitchen cabinets and drawers. Get rid of any old or unused kitchen gadgets, broken utensils, and mismatched cookware. Make sure to go through your collection of dish towels and keep only the ones that are in good condition and that you actually use frequently.
By decluttering your kitchen, you will have a clearer vision of what storage space you actually have available. This will help you know which organizing tools and storage solutions you will need to purchase or utilize in order to make the most of your space-saving options.
Always remember, if you haven’t used an item in the past year, it’s time to let it go. Be ruthless with your decluttering and create a more spacious and organized kitchen for yourself.
2 Kit out a ‘pantry’ cabinet…
If you have a small kitchen without a pantry, you might be wondering where to store all your kitchen staples. One solution is to create a ‘pantry’ cabinet where you can neatly organize and store your dried goods, canned foods, and other kitchen essentials.
To make the most of this cabinet, you could use shelves or shelving units to create additional storage spaces. Utilize canisters or containers to keep things organized and easily accessible. You can label them with the contents, so you know exactly what is inside each one.
If you’re thinking of organizing your kitchen without a pantry, look for an organizer that can fit inside the cabinet. This can help you make the most of the deep space and keep everything organized. There are many different types of organizers available, so you can find one that suits your needs and the size of your cabinet.
You can also use the cabinet to store items that you might not think of as pantry staples but are still useful to have on hand. This could include things like extra linens, kitchen gadgets, or even bottles and jars. By utilizing the space in the cabinet, you can make your small kitchen feel more spacious and stop storage overspill on your countertops.
Of course, if you have a larger kitchen, you can always have a dedicated pantry area for storing all your food items. However, for those with smaller kitchens, a well-organized ‘pantry’ cabinet can offer the same benefits and help keep your kitchen tidy and functional.
3 …or use a drawer
If you don’t have a pantry in your small kitchen, another option for storing your food items is to utilize a drawer. This can be a great way to keep your pantry-style items organized and easily accessible while saving space in your kitchen.
Here are some tips and advice for organizing your kitchen items in a drawer:
- Think about what you’ll be storing: Take some time to consider what you’ll be storing in your drawer. This will help you determine how much space you’ll need and what type of organizer or containers you might want to purchase.
- Make use of smaller containers: Instead of storing items in their original packaging, consider transferring them to smaller containers or canisters. This will help you maximize the space in your drawer and keep items neatly organized.
- Group similar items together: Keep like items together in your drawer to make it easier to find what you need. For example, you could group together cooking oils, sauces, and spices in one section of the drawer.
- Consider using drawer dividers: Drawer dividers can help you create separate sections in your drawer, making it easier to keep different types of items organized and preventing them from getting mixed up.
- Utilize the space beneath your drawer: If you have a deep drawer, consider using the space beneath it for additional storage. You could install a small shelf or hooks to hang items like kitchen towels or oven mitts.
- Keep bottles and jars upright: To prevent spills and leaks, make sure to store bottles and jars upright in your drawer. You can use drawer organizers or dividers to keep them in place.
- Consider your style: If you want to keep your kitchen drawers looking tidy and organized, consider using matching containers or canisters. This can give your kitchen a cohesive look and make it easier to find what you’re looking for.
- Keep cleaning supplies separate: If you’re storing cleaning supplies in your kitchen drawer, make sure to keep them separate from your food items to prevent any cross-contamination.
- Don’t overcrowd your drawer: While it can be tempting to fill your drawer to the brim, try to resist the urge. Leaving some empty space in your drawer will make it easier to find and retrieve items.
By organizing your pantry-style items in a drawer, you can make the most of your kitchen storage space. Whether you have a small kitchen or just prefer a more organized look, using a drawer can help you keep your essentials easily accessible and your kitchen looking tidy.
4 Store vegetables in baskets
When it comes to organizing a small kitchen without a pantry, finding efficient storage solutions for your vegetables is crucial. Vegetables often take up a lot of space and can quickly lead to storage overspill if not properly organized. One effective way to store your vegetables is by using baskets.
Baskets make it easy to keep your vegetables in one designated area while also allowing for proper airflow, which helps to keep them fresh for longer. Choose baskets with deep sides that can hold a good amount of vegetables without taking up too much space on your countertops or in your cabinets.
Before storing your vegetables, it’s important to give them a good cleaning and remove any excess moisture. This will help to prevent spoilage and extend their shelf life. Once cleaned, you can store them directly in the baskets, making sure to keep similar vegetables together.
A space-saving idea is to use smaller baskets within your refrigerator drawers. This will help to keep different types of vegetables separate and organized, making it easier for you to find what you’re looking for.
If you have a spacious garage or pantry-style storage available, consider using larger baskets or containers to store your vegetables. This will free up valuable kitchen space and keep your vegetables easily accessible.
You can also use baskets to store other items, such as dish towels or linens, allowing you to free up drawer space for other kitchen essentials. By utilizing baskets for storage, you can maximize the available space in your small kitchen without a pantry.
So, if you’re looking for ways to stop storage overspill in your small kitchen without a pantry, consider implementing the idea of storing your vegetables in baskets. This simple and practical solution will help you stay organized and make your kitchen more functional.
Inspired by Laura Forsyth’s article “Organizing a small kitchen without a pantry – 10 ways to stop storage overspill,” published in July.
5 Utilize the tops of cabinets
When you’re organizing a small kitchen without a pantry, it’s crucial to utilize every available space. One area that often gets overlooked is the tops of cabinets. These spaces can be great for storing items that you don’t use on a daily basis but still need to keep within reach.
One option is to purchase space-saving shelving or wire baskets that can be placed on top of the cabinets. This will help you make use of the vertical space and keep your countertops clear. You could also use decorative containers or jars to store items like dried goods or cooking staples on top of the cabinets.
If you’re thinking about utilizing the tops of cabinets, there are a few things to keep in mind. First, make sure you’re not storing anything too heavy or breakable, as it could potentially fall and cause damage. Second, be mindful of the height of the cabinets and the items you choose to store on top. You don’t want anything to be too difficult to reach or retrieve.
If you’re keen on the idea of utilizing the tops of cabinets but aren’t sure where to start, look for inspiration online or in magazines. There are plenty of images and articles that can help guide you in organizing and styling these spaces. You could also get advice from an expert in kitchen organization to help you make the most of the space you have.
In our July 2022 issue of Lovely Interiors, Laura Forsyth, an expert in organizing small kitchens, published an article full of tips and advice on how to make the most of your kitchen’s storage without a pantry. She suggests utilizing the tops of cabinets as a great way to keep your kitchen organized and spacious. Laura also provides a step-by-step guide on how to organize items like cleaning supplies, linens, and bottles on the tops of cabinets.
6 Compromise countertop space within reason
When it comes to a small kitchen without a pantry, it’s important to be keen on utilizing every available space. Countertop space is precious, but you can compromise within reason to create more storage options.
One way you could do this is by organizing your jars, bowls, and other kitchen items neatly on the countertop. Always keep in mind the items you use most frequently and make sure they are easily accessible. You might also consider purchasing shelves or containers to help keep things organized.
Laura Forsyth, an expert in kitchen organization, shares her advice: “Utilize the space above your cabinets by installing shelves or hanging hooks. This will free up valuable countertop space and allow you to store items that you don’t use daily.”
If you have limited countertop space, you could also make use of other areas in your kitchen. For example, you could hang hooks on the backs of cabinet doors to store towels or pot holders. You could also use the sides of cabinets to hang shelves for spices or cooking utensils.
Another idea is to utilize the space under your sink. You could install a small shelving unit or use baskets to store cleaning supplies and linens.
When it comes to compromising countertop space, privacy is crucial. Make sure your storage solutions are discreet and keep items neatly organized.
Remember, there are always ways to stop storage overspill and make your small kitchen feel more spacious. By thinking creatively and considering space-saving organization options, you can create a functional and efficient kitchen without a pantry.
7 Find space for spices
If you’re keen on organization, you might find yourself with a selection of spices that need storing. While some homes have spacious countertops or a pantry-style storage area, others might have to look for alternative ways to keep their spices neat and easily accessible. Laura, the guide author, suggests utilizing a spice organizer, which is a great solution for kitchens without a pantry. Whether you have a deep drawer or a small area in your refrigerator, there are storage options available to help you stop the clutter.
A spice organizer can come in the form of a rack with shelves or a drawer insert, or it could be a pantry door organizer. With these organizers, you can neatly store your spice bottles and jars, making it easy to find what you need while keeping everything in one place. Some spice organizers also offer space-saving options, with compartments for spice tins and even a built-in rack for storing lids.
If you’re not a fan of the spice rack or drawer insert, Laura suggests another option: using magnetic containers. Simply attach the containers to the side of your refrigerator or any other metal surface, and you’ll have your spices within arm’s reach.
Another suggestion is to utilize the space on the back of your cabinet doors. By installing spice racks or organizer shelves on the inside of the cabinet doors, you can create extra storage space while keeping your spices easily accessible.
So, whether you choose a spice organizer, magnetic containers, or cabinet door storage, finding space for spices in a kitchen without a pantry is crucial for keeping your kitchen organized.
8 Remove bulky packaging – and decant into clear containers
One of the easiest ways to create a more organized and spacious kitchen is to remove bulky packaging from your pantry items and instead store them in clear containers. Not only will this make your pantry look more tidy and stylish, but it will also help you see what items you have available and when they need to be restocked.
Clear containers are a great option because they allow you to easily identify the contents inside, so you can quickly grab what you need while cooking. You can use clear plastic or glass containers, whichever style suits your preference and kitchen decor.
When decanting your pantry items into clear containers, be sure to label them so you know what’s inside. You can use sticky labels or even a label maker for a more professional look. This will make it easier to find and access the items you need, saving you time and effort.
Another benefit of using clear containers is that they can help prevent food waste. When you can see what’s inside, you’re less likely to forget about items or let them go bad. This can not only save you money, but also reduce food waste and help the environment.
In addition to storing dry pantry items like rice, pasta, and cereal, clear containers are also great for storing liquids, such as oils, vinegar, and sauces. This can help prevent spills and keep your shelves or drawers clean and organized.
If you’re short on space, consider using stackable containers or those with nesting lids, which can help maximize your storage capacity. You can also use containers with different sizes and shapes to better fit your shelves or drawers.
By removing bulky packaging and using clear containers, you can create a more organized and functional pantry-style storage in your small kitchen. This will not only make it easier to find and access your pantry items, but also make your kitchen look more neat and clean.
9 Bring in portable storage space
If you find yourself in need of extra storage space in your small kitchen, bringing in portable storage options can be a great solution. These items can be easily moved around and provide additional storage where you need it most.
One option is to use a rolling cart or kitchen trolley. These are usually equipped with shelves or drawers, providing a convenient place to store kitchen essentials such as pots, pans, and small appliances. They can be positioned near your work area, allowing easy access to your supplies while you cook.
Another idea is to use a small storage cabinet or armoire. These types of furniture pieces can be placed in a corner or against a wall in your kitchen, offering extra storage space for items like dishes, glassware, and linens. Look for options that have shelves or drawers to help you organize your belongings.
If you have limited floor space, consider utilizing the space above your countertops. Install floating shelves or a wall-mounted storage system to keep your kitchen essentials within reach. This is a great way to store items such as spices, utensils, and cookbooks. You can also use hooks or rods to hang pots, pans, and kitchen towels.
For smaller items like spices and condiments, using a spice rack or wall-mounted organizer can help keep your countertop clutter-free. There are many space-saving options available, such as magnetic spice jars or tiered organizers, which allow you to maximize your storage space.
If you have a garage or a basement, you could also consider storing non-perishable goods and kitchen items in these spaces. Invest in some sturdy shelving units to keep your supplies organized and easily accessible. This can free up valuable space in your kitchen cabinets for items that you use more frequently.
When thinking about portable storage options, it’s always a good idea to consider the dimensions of your kitchen and the available space you have. Measure the area where you plan to place the storage unit to ensure it will fit properly. Additionally, consider the style and design of your kitchen interiors to choose a storage solution that complements your space.
By bringing in portable storage space, you can create a more organized and spacious kitchen without the need for a pantry. These space-saving options offer flexibility and can help you keep your kitchen essentials within reach while maintaining a clutter-free environment.
10 Avoid buying in bulk
One way to stop storage overspill in a small kitchen without a pantry is to avoid buying in bulk. While purchasing items in bulk might seem like a good idea, it can quickly lead to a cluttered and disorganized space.
Instead of buying large quantities of items, think about what you will actually use and how long it will take you to use them. For example, purchasing a pack of 20 towels might seem like a good deal, but if you only have space to store a few towels, it could result in a crowded and messy kitchen.
When it comes to food, consider purchasing smaller quantities of items that you use frequently. Instead of buying a 10-pound bag of rice, opt for a smaller 2-pound bag that can easily fit in your kitchen cabinets or drawers. This will help ensure that your pantry-style items stay fresh and don’t take up too much valuable space.
Another solution to avoid buying in bulk is to utilize other spaces in your home for storage. If you have a garage or a basement, you can dedicate some shelves or storage bins for pantry items. This way, you can keep a stock of goods without overcrowding your kitchen.
Furthermore, always be mindful of the expiration dates on your items. If you tend to buy in bulk and don’t use all the items before they expire, it’s a waste of money and space. To avoid this, try to keep a list of what you have and use older items first before purchasing new ones.
Additionally, consider investing in storage containers or jars that can help keep your pantry items organized. Labeling these containers can help you easily identify what each one contains and keep your kitchen looking tidy.
One option to consider is an over-the-door organizer. These organizers often have multiple compartments and can be hung on the inside of a pantry or cabinet door, making use of otherwise unused space.
You can also utilize shelving to keep your pantry items accessible and organized. Installing shelves above your countertop or in under-utilized corners can provide extra storage space for items such as jars, bottles, and cans.
Lastly, always remember to regularly clean and declutter your pantry items. Remove any expired or unused items to free up more space. This will help make the most of your available storage and keep your small kitchen organized.
By following the advice above and avoiding buying in bulk, you can stop storage overspill in your small kitchen without a pantry and create a more organized and functional space.
Q: What are some ways I can organize my kitchen without a pantry?
A: There are several ways to maximize storage in a kitchen without a pantry. You can utilize cabinets, shelves, and other available spaces.
Q: How can I make my cabinets more organized and spacious?
A: One idea is to use containers, jars, or canisters to store items neatly. This helps to keep your cabinets tidy and allows for easy access to your kitchen staples.
Q: What are some space-saving ideas for organizing smaller kitchen items?
A: You can use hooks, drawer dividers, and shelving to maximize the space in your kitchen. This will help you to keep your items organized and easily accessible.
Q: How can I keep my countertops clean and clutter-free?
A: By utilizing hooks, shelves, and other organizational tools, you can keep your countertops tidy and free from clutter. This will also provide more privacy and space for cooking and meal preparation.
Q: What are some tips for organizing dried goods and spices?
A: You can use jars, canisters, and bottles with labels to neatly organize and store dried goods and spices. This will make it easier to find what you need and keep your kitchen pantry-style.
Q: What is the most crucial aspect of kitchen organization?
A: The most crucial aspect of kitchen organization is to have a designated place for everything. By assigning specific spaces for different items, you can ensure that everything has its place and is easy to find.
Q: What are some tips for organizing kitchen items in a stylish way?
A: You can use stylish containers, jars, and canisters to make your kitchen look lovely and organized. Additionally, you can choose organizers and storage solutions that match the overall style of your kitchen.
Q: Is it important to keep my kitchen drawers organized?
A: Yes, keeping your kitchen drawers organized is essential for finding items quickly and efficiently. You can use dividers and organizers to separate utensils, bowls, and other kitchen tools.
Q: What should I consider before purchasing kitchen organizers?
A: Before purchasing kitchen organizers, think about your specific needs and the items you want to organize. Consider the size of your kitchen and the available space for storage.
Q: What are some benefits of organizing a small kitchen without a pantry?
A: Organizing a small kitchen without a pantry offers several benefits. It helps to keep your kitchen clean and clutter-free, makes it easier to find items quickly, and maximizes the available space.
What can I use instead of a pantry
When it comes to organizing a small kitchen without a pantry, finding alternative solutions can be a game-changer. Instead of feeling overwhelmed by storage overspill, there are several creative options that can serve as a pantry substitute. Here are some ideas to consider:
- Organizers and shelving: Utilize wall-mounted shelves, floating shelves, or organizers that can be placed on countertops or inside cabinets. These space-saving solutions can help keep your kitchen items organized and within reach.
- Kitchen cabinets: If you have kitchen cabinets with enough space, you might not need a separate pantry. By organizing your cabinets strategically, you can create designated areas for storing dried goods, canned items, and other pantry essentials.
- Containers and canisters: Purchase clear containers or canisters to store dry goods like flour, sugar, rice, and pasta. Not only will these containers keep your items fresh, but they also make it easy to see what’s inside.
- Drawers: Make use of deep drawers by organizing them with dividers or baskets. This is a great option for storing items like kitchen linens, utensils, and other pantry-style items.
- Countertops: Utilize your countertops to store frequently used items like oils, spices, and cooking utensils. By having these items easily accessible, it will make your cooking process more efficient.
- Garage or basement: If you have extra space in your garage or basement, consider creating a small storage area for pantry items. Just make sure to properly organize and label everything to avoid a cluttered mess.
- Table or cabinet with doors: Invest in a table or cabinet with doors that can be used to store pantry items. This will help keep your kitchen looking tidy while providing additional storage space.
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Eph.2:1-2 “He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, 2 in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience,
When you were dead in trespasses and sin, God gave you the gift of faith to believe in him by the hearing of his Word, for faith comes by hearing and by the hearing of His Word. That spark of faith made you spiritually alive when you respond to the call of salvation. Eph. chapter 2 says you are made alive, because before you were dead spiritually.
Before we came to know Christ we were dead in trespasses and sin. Absolutely dead. But by the grace of God He made us alive through faith in Christ. Eph.2:4-5 says, “But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, 5 even when we were dead in trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved).” Two times Paul describe us dead. God’s diagnosis is that we were dead. The life of God is the only remedy.
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says, “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest anyone should boast.”
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Children in Pre-K4 begin wearing school uniforms, and their classrooms are housed in the Elementary Building. New, exciting curriculum is introduced to inspire learning at the more advanced level.
Land of the Letter People Curriculum
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Spring at McMurdoston only officially arrives once the swallows are back… and I’m glad to say that they arrived a couple of days ago. They seem to appear in the area, disappear tantalisingly for a day or two and then gather in greater numbers, before actually beginning the breeding process. Tonight they are back in the bike shed – my bike has been relegated to the gardening shed!
Other welcome Spring sightings include sand martins starting to build their nests in the banks on the Cairn River, a redstart in the small woodland at the top of our drive (along with a blackcap, garden warbler and willow warbler) and hundreds of tadpoles in the pond. Best of all, today we drove to Glenkiln where we saw Beltie calves, a crested grebe and heard a cuckoo. | <urn:uuid:2d2f20d4-a60a-4d0f-8b71-4bc8b7ae3b15> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://www.mcmurdoston.co.uk/spring-has-sprung/ | 2024-04-24T03:06:07Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818999.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20240424014618-20240424044618-00768.warc.gz | en | 0.946784 | 175 |
PFCU Employees Collect Items for My Brother’s Keeper
PFCU employees teamed up to collect socks, pajamas and hygiene products for My Brother’s Keeper, a shelter in Flint Michigan. The drive was led by Senita Knox, PFCU Credit Union’s Owosso Branch Manager, with a goal to collect 100 items. The PFCU team surpassed the goal and collected 425 items along with a cash donation of $100.
"My Brother’s Keeper is an important part of our community and being able to support this organization in this way was important to me," said Knox. "Seeing our PFCU team come together to support My Brother’s Keeper was nothing short of amazing and I am so proud to work with a team that steps up to support important community organizations like this one."
This is one of the many organizations that the PFCU team has reached out to support this year demonstrating commitment and care for the communities the credit union serves.
My Brother’s Keeper was founded in 2005 by Patrick McNeal as a shelter for homeless men in the city. The shelter began as a warming center for people who needed a place to retreat from the cold weather. The first winter My Brother's Keeper was opened it served 480 people as a warming center and food pantry.
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Practical Ways to Support a Grieving Family
When a family is going through the difficult process of grieving, it can be challenging to know how to best support them during this time. If you’re wondering how you can lend a helping hand, consider these practical things you can bring to a grieving family.
From comforting food to essential household items, these gestures can make a significant impact on their well-being. 1.
Sympathy Meals: A warm, homemade meal can provide solace and nourishment during a time of grieving. Consider preparing a sympathy meal, whether it’s a favorite family recipe or a comforting dish like lasagna or chicken pot pie that can be easily reheated.
If cooking isn’t your forte, you can also consider ordering a hot meal from a local restaurant or delivering groceries for them to prepare meals themselves. Another thoughtful option is to provide freezer or crockpot meals that can be stored and enjoyed at their convenience.
2. Household Necessities: Grieving families may find it difficult to attend to regular household chores, so providing essential items can be of great help.
Consider gifting things like natural hand soap, paper towels, ziploc bags, dishwasher detergent, bottled water, and even a soft blanket. These simple gestures help alleviate the stress of mundane tasks and contribute to creating a comfortable and supportive environment.
3. Toilet Paper: Though it may seem like a trivial item, toilet paper is a practical necessity that often goes overlooked.
By providing a steady supply, you can ensure that the family isn’t burdened with one less thing to worry about during their grieving process. 4.
Paper Plates & Other Disposables: As grieving families often face an influx of visitors, providing paper plates and other disposable items can help alleviate the burden of cleaning up after those who come to pay their respects. These disposables can help simplify the process and allow the family to focus on their healing rather than on household chores.
5. Cash or Gift Cards: Sometimes, the best gift is flexibility and choice.
Cash or gift cards to stores such as Walmart, Amazon, or local grocery stores and restaurants can give the grieving family the freedom to purchase the items they need or to indulge in a meal or treat. In addition to providing practical assistance, it shows your thoughtfulness and consideration for their needs and preferences.
Meaningful Gifts to Support a Grieving Family
Aside from practical items, consider presenting the grieving family with meaningful gifts that will provide a lasting tribute to their loved one and offer comfort in the midst of their sorrow. These thoughtful tokens can help honor the memory of their loved one and provide solace during this difficult time.
Here are some meaningful gift ideas you can consider:
1. Personalized Memorial Bird Feeder: A personalized memorial bird feeder made of cedar wood can be a beautiful and symbolic gift.
Engraved with the name and dates of their loved one, it provides a tranquil oasis where the family can find solace in the company of birds, knowing that their loved one’s memory lives on. 2.
Here for You Gift Basket Care Package: Create a care package filled with items that promote self-care and comfort. Include items like protein bars for nourishment, a soft pillow mist for relaxation, scented candles for ambiance, and a hand-written note expressing your support and love.
3. “Raise a Glass in Memory” Bottle Opener: This engraved walnut and maple wood bottle opener is not only functional but also serves as a personalized memorial gift.
With the name and dates of their loved one elegantly engraved, it offers a tangible reminder of their cherished memories while providing a practical tool for everyday use. 4.
Atlas Coffee Club Subscription: For those who find solace in a warm cup of coffee, a subscription to a coffee of the month club can be a comforting gift. Each month, they will receive freshly roasted beans from different regions of the world, along with a postcard detailing the unique origins and brewing tips.
This gift allows the family to take a moment for themselves and savor the simple pleasures in life. 5.
Leather Journal: Writing can be a therapeutic outlet for processing emotions and preserving memories. A leather journal provides a perfect place for the grieving family to reflect, write letters to their loved one, or record their thoughts and feelings.
Consider adding a personalized touch with a custom inscription. By providing practical items and thoughtful gifts, you can offer support and comfort to a grieving family during their time of loss.
These gestures not only alleviate practical burdens but also show your genuine care and empathy. Remember, though, that every family’s needs are unique, so be sure to consider their specific circumstances and preferences when extending your support.
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Cumulative failures in risk assessment and management meant neglect contributed to the death of a teenager at a mental health unit, a coroner has found.
Christopher Brennan, aged 15, died on August 31, 2014, while an inpatient at Bethlem Hospital’s adolescent unit, which is run by South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM).
Christopher had been admitted to the Bethlem Hospital 6 weeks earlier after a number of incidents of self-harm, which had led his family and Greenwich CAMHS (run by OXLEAS Trust) to feel unable to keep him safe at home. In the previous 2 years, Chris’ mental health had markedly deteriorated, resulting in self-harm and a number of hospital admissions.
Notable failures by Bethlem hospital were acknowledged as significant contributors to his continued self-harming and ultimately, his death:
• No formal, documented risk assessment was produced at any time during Chris’ 6 weeks in hospital
• No care plan existed
• Chris was allowed access to materials that he could use to self-harm.
The Coroner, Selena Lynch, said in her narrative conclusion: “Christopher’s actions [on the day of his death] were in part because of cumulative and continuing failures in risk assessment and management. His death was contributed to by neglect.”
In a statement, Chris’ family said: "Losing our beloved son and brother when he was just 15 years old was so painful. Losing him as a result of the hospital's failure to protect his life is unbearable. Chris will never be forgotten and no other child should be allowed to die in this way."
Deborah Coles, director of INQUEST said: “Chris was an extremely vulnerable young child who was in hospital because of his high risk of self-harm and where he should have been safe. The multiple and inexcusable failings in his care allowed Chris to endanger himself many times over.
“Sadly Chris’s death is not an isolated one. He is one of at least 11 child deaths of mental health in-patients INQUEST has identified between 2010 and 2014. Incredibly, we find that no single body is responsible for collating, analysing or publicising these deaths and that these deaths are not being independently investigated. The lack of resourcing of child and adolescent mental health services across the country is a national scandal.
“The only possible response to this case and the growing public outcry and disquiet around mental health services for children and young people is for an urgent independent review. We call upon the government to now take this necessary step.”
Tony Murphy from Bhatt Murphy Solicitors, acting on behalf of the Brennan family, added: “Deaths in psychiatric hospitals are not investigated by an independent body pre-inquest, which means that Coroners have to rely on evidence gathered by the very organisation under investigation. Jeremy Hunt should not allow mental health trusts to investigate themselves in this way, not least in such a shocking death as Christopher’s.”
In response, a spokesperson for SLaM said: “We offer our sincere apologies to Christopher’s family for their loss. Areas of learning for the Trust were identified through a serious incident investigation and we have carefully reviewed our procedures accordingly. More recently, the service has been inspected by the Care Quality Commission and care was found to be of a ‘good’ standard. We hope this offers some reassurance to the family that lessons have been learnt from this very tragic event.” | <urn:uuid:d4040656-f3c0-4cb9-a48d-5c8d8fa91d8b> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://www.mentalhealthtoday.co.uk/neglect-contributed-to-death-of-christopher-brennan-in-mental-health-unit-coroner-concludes | 2024-04-24T02:48:24Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818999.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20240424014618-20240424044618-00768.warc.gz | en | 0.983255 | 736 |
Effective date: September 1, 2019
1. About accessing and using our Services
1.1 You are responsible for the internet connection and/or mobile charges that you may incur for accessing and/or using our Services. You should ask your mobile operator or internet service provider if you are unsure what these charges will be, before you access and/or use our Services.
1.2 There may be times when our Services or any part of them are not available for technical or maintenance related reasons, whether on a scheduled or unscheduled basis.
1.3 Some of our games are advised to be played with headphones. Under no circumstances those games should be played in any situations, that need your undivided attention.
1.4 People with known health problems, physical or mental, should consult a doctor, if using our Services is suitable for them. By all means, if you feel uncomfortable while using our Services, immediately stop playing our games or using our Services.
1.5 Our Services and games, including all updates, are provided as is and as downloaded. A warranty of services cannot be given.
1.6 Our games save the player’s progress on the player’s device and/or remotely. Under no circumstances Mental Home is responsible for the loss or damage of this data.
1.7 WE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES RESULTING FROM POSSESSION, USE, OR MALFUNCTION OF THE GAMES OR ANY OF OUR OTHER SERVICES, INCLUDING DAMAGES TO PROPERTY, COMPUTER FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION AND DAMAGES FOR PERSONAL INJURIES, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF THESE DAMAGES. IN NO EVENT SHALL OUR LIABILITY EXCEED THE ACTUAL PRICE PAID BY YOU (IF ANY) FOR THE LICENSE TO USE OUR GAMES OR SERVICES.
1.8 We are not responsible for:
- losses or harm which are not reasonably foreseeable by you and us at the time of you agreeing to these terms and conditions including those losses which happen as a side effect of foreseeable losses. This could include loss of data, loss of opportunity, service interruption, computer or other device failure or financial loss;
- any damage that may be caused to any device on which you access or use any of our Games or other Services that is caused in any way by our Services unless that damage is directly caused by our failure to exercise reasonable skill and care in the provision of the applicable Games or other Services;
- any increase in loss or damage resulting from breach by you of any of these terms and conditions; or
technical failures or the lack of availability of any of our Services.
- any increase in loss or damage resulting from breach by you of any of these terms and conditions; or
2. User conduct and content
2.1 You must comply with the laws that apply to you in the location that you access our Services from. If any laws applicable to you restrict or prohibit you from using our Services, you must comply with those legal restrictions or, if applicable, stop accessing and/or using our Services.
2.2 You promise that all the information you provide to us on accessing and/or using our Services is and shall remain true, accurate and complete at all times.
2.3 Information, data, software, sound, photographs, graphics, video, tags, or other materials may be sent, uploaded, communicated, transmitted or otherwise made available via our Services by you or another user (“Content”). You understand and agree that all Content that you may be sent when using our Services, whether publicly posted or privately sent, is the sole responsibility of the person that sent the Content. This means that you, not us, are entirely responsible for all Content that you may upload, communicate, transmit or otherwise make available via our Services.
2.4 You agree not to upload, communicate, transmit or otherwise make available any Content:
- that is or could reasonably be viewed as unlawful, harmful, harassing, defamatory, libellous, obscene or otherwise objectionable;
- that is or could reasonably be viewed as invasive of another’s privacy;
- that is likely to, or could reasonably be viewed as likely to incite violence or racial or ethnic hatred;
- which you do not have a right to make available lawfully (such as inside information, information which belongs to someone else or confidential information);
- which infringes any intellectual property right or other proprietary right of others;
- which consists of any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising, promotional materials, ‘junk mail’, ‘spam’, ‘chain letters’, ‘pyramid schemes’ or any other form of solicitation; or
- which contains software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy or limit the functionality of any computer software or hardware or telecommunications equipment.
2.5 You agree that you will not, under any circumstances:
- Engage in any act that Mental Home deems to be in conflict with the spirit or intent of the Services or make improper use of Mental Homes’s support services.
- Use or take part (directly or indirectly) in the use of cheats, exploits, automation software, bots, hacks, mods or any unauthorized third-party software designed to modify or interfere with the Services, any Mental Home game or any Mental Home game experience.
- Modify or cause to be modified any files that are a part of the Services or any Mental Home game without Mental Home’s express written consent.
- Disrupt, interfere with or otherwise adversely affect the normal flow of the Services or otherwise act in a manner that may negatively affect other users’ experience when using the Services or playing Mental Home’s games. This includes win trading and any other kind of manipulation of rankings, taking advantage of errors in the Services to gain an unfair edge over other players and any other act that intentionally abuses or goes against the design of the Services.
- Disrupt, overburden, or aid or assist in the disruption or overburdening of any computer or server (“Server”) used to offer or support the Services or any Mental Home game environment.
- Institute, assist, or become involved in any type of attack, including without limitation distribution of a virus, denial of service attacks upon the Services, or other attempts to disrupt the Services or any other person’s use or enjoyment of the Services.
- Attempt to gain unauthorized access to the Services or to the computers, Servers, or networks connected to the Services by any means other than the user interface provided by Mental Home, including but not limited to, by circumventing or modifying, attempting to circumvent or modify, or encouraging or assisting any other person to circumvent or modify, any security, technology, device, or software that is part of the Services.
- Post any information that is abusive, threatening, obscene, defamatory, libelous, or racially, sexually, religiously, or otherwise objectionable or offensive or engage in ongoing toxic behavior, such as by repeatedly posting information on an unsolicited basis.
- Post any information that contains nudity, excessive violence, or offensive subject matter or that contains a link to such content.
- Attempt to, or harass, abuse, or harm, or advocate or incite harassment, abuse, or harm of another person, group, including Mental Home employees, including Mental Home’s customer service representatives.
- Make available through the Services any material or information that infringes any copyright, trademark, patent, trade secret, right of privacy, right of publicity, or other right of any person or entity or impersonates any other person, including without limitation a Mental Home employee.
- Reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, decipher or otherwise attempt to derive the source code for any underlying software or other intellectual property used to provide the Services or any Mental Home game, or to obtain any information from the Services or any Mental Home game using any method not expressly permitted by Mental Home.
- Solicit or attempt to solicit personal information from other users of the Services or any Mental Home game.
- Collect or post anyone’s private information, including personally identifiable information (whether in text, image or video form), identification documents, or financial information through the Services.
2.6 Mental Home reserves the right in its sole discretion to review, monitor, prohibit, edit, delete, disable access to or otherwise make unavailable any User Content ( without limitation) without further notice, for any reason or for no reason at any time.
2.7 Mental Home assumes no responsibility for the conduct of any user submitting any User Content, and assumes no responsibility for monitoring the Services for inappropriate content or conduct. We do not, and cannot, pre-screen or monitor all User Content. Your use of the Services is at your own risk. By using the Services, you may be exposed to User Content that is offensive, indecent or otherwise not in line with your expectations. You bear all risks associated with the use of any User Content available in connection with the Services.
2.8 The Services may include various forums, blogs and chat features where you can post User Content, including your observations and comments on designated topics. Mental Home cannot guarantee that other members will not use the ideas and information that you share. Therefore, if you have an idea or information that you would like to keep confidential and/or don’t want others to use, do not post it on the Services. Mental Home shall have no responsibility to evaluate, use or compensate you for any ideas or information you may choose to submit. You are solely responsible for your interactions with other users of the Services and any other parties with whom you interact through the Services and/or Mental Home games. Mental Home reserves the right, but has no obligation, to become involved in any way with these disputes.
3. Availability of and Updates to the Services
3.1 We do not guarantee that any of our Services will be available at all times or at any given time or that we will continue to offer all or any of our Services for any particular length of time. We may change and update our Services without notice to you. We make no warranty or representation regarding the availability of our Services and reserve the right to modify or discontinue the Services in our sole discretion without notice, including for example, ceasing a Game or other Service for economic reasons due to a limited number of users continuing to make use of that Game or other Service over time, for technical reasons (such as technical difficulties experienced by us or on the internet) or to allow us to improve user experience. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY, YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT ANY OR ALL OF OUR SERVICES MAY BE TERMINATED IN WHOLE OR IN PART AT OUR SOLE DISCRETION WITHOUT NOTICE TO YOU. YOU ASSUME ANY AND ALL RISK OF LOSS ASSOCIATED WITH THE TERMINATION OF OUR SERVICES.
3.2 You understand that the Service is an evolving one. Mental Home may require that you accept updates to the Services and to Mental Home’s games you have installed on your device or computer. You acknowledge and agree that Mental Home may update the Services and Mental Home games, with or without notifying you. You may need to update third party software from time to time in order to receive the Services and play Mental Home games.
4. Virtual Goods and Virtual Money
4.1 Our Games may include virtual currencies such as lights, jewels, gems, gold (“Virtual Money”), items like “10 games” or services for use with our Games (“Virtual Goods”) or paid subscriptions for Virtual Money and/or Virtual Goods (“Subscriptions”). You agree that once purchased Virtual Money, Virtual Goods and/or Subscriptions have no monetary value and can never be exchanged for real money, real goods or real services from us or anyone else. You agree that Virtual Money, Virtual Goods and/or Subscriptions are not transferrable to anyone else and you will not transfer or attempt to transfer any Virtual Money, Virtual Goods and/or Subscriptions to anyone else.
4.2 You do not own Virtual Goods, Virtual Money and/or Subscriptions but instead you purchase a limited personal revocable licence to use them – any balance of Virtual Goods and/or Virtual Money does not reflect any stored value.
4.3 You agree that all sales by us to you of Virtual Money and/or Virtual Goods are final, that we will not refund any transaction once it has been made and that an active Subscription cannot be cancelled during the Subscription period. If you live in the European Union you have certain rights to withdraw from distance purchases; however, please note that when you purchase a licence to use Virtual Goods or Virtual Money from us, you acknowledge and agree that we will begin the provision of the Virtual Goods or Virtual Money to you promptly once your purchase is complete and therefore your right of withdrawal is lost at this point.
4.4 You agree, that…
- any risk of loss of Virtual Money, you purchased, is transferred to you upon completion of the purchase; and
- any risk of loss of other data associated with your Game play (including, without limitation, your progress through the Game, or the level or score you have reached in our Games) is transferred to you immediately at the time such Game play data is generated.
4.5 We may revise the pricing for Virtual Goods, Virtual Money and/or Subscriptions offered through the Services at any time, but if you have an active Subscription such changes will only take effect following the end of the then-current Subscription period, at which date your Subscription will automatically terminate. We may limit the total amount of Virtual Goods or Virtual Money that may be purchased at any one time, and/or limit the total amount of Virtual Money or Virtual Goods that may be held in your account in the aggregate. You are only allowed to obtain Virtual Money and Virtual Goods from us or our authorized partners through the Services, and not in any other way.
4.6 Depending on your platform, any Virtual Goods, Virtual Money or Subscriptions purchased is purchased from your platform provider and such purchase will be subject to its terms of service and user agreement. Usage rights for each purchase may differ from item to item. If you are unsure about usage rights you should check with your platform before making a purchase. Unless otherwise shown, content available in any in-game store has the same age rating as the game.
4.7 Some of our Apps on the Apple App Store or Google Playstore will allow you to obtain the benefit of the application on a subscription basis. Payment for such a subscription (which may be for example weekly, monthly or yearly) is facilitated via an in-app purchase from the respective store. The legal relationship associated with the purchase and any consumer or other rights arising therefrom are strictly allocated to the respective store and not Mental Home. When conducting the purchase, recourse is made to the payment options as determined in your user account with the respective store. The payment and general terms of the respective store apply. Mental Home is not a party to the purchase transaction and hereby disclaims any and all obligation, responsibility and/or liability that may arise as a result of the purchase transaction.
4.8 By signing up for an auto renewable subscription in our iOS Apps, you agree that your subscription will be automatically renewed at the end of each paid subscription period, unless you cancel it. Deleting the App from the device does not necessarily result in cancellation of your subscription. For more information how to manage subscriptions please refer to Apple Support at: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202039 or Google Support at: https://support.google.com/googlepay/answer/7644008. Where an auto-renewal subscription is offered, the purchase offer will indicate the subscription’s duration, price and terms of payment.
4.9 For auto renewing subscriptions completed in our Apps following terms apply:
- Payment will be charged to the User’s Account at confirmation of purchase.
- Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period.
- Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal.
- Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the User’s Account Settings after purchase.
- Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that App, where applicable.
- The User can cancel a free trial or subscription anytime by turning off auto-renewal through his/her App Store account settings. This must be done 24 hours before the end of a free trial or subscription period to avoid being charged. The cancellation will take effect the day after the last day of the current subscription period, and you will be downgraded to the free service.
- Cancellation of a subscription and/or of auto-renewal will not entitle the User to any refund.
4.10 Reset or Deletion of User Account
- A Deletion of your User Account deletes all data, including all paid purchases and cannot be restored.
- A Reset of your User Account resets the game to Zero, including all Virtual Goods and Money, regardless if purchased or received.
5. Intellectual Property
5.1 You acknowledge that all copyright, trade marks, and other intellectual property rights in and relating to our Services (other than Content which is contributed and owned by players) is owned by or licensed to us.
5.2 Whilst you are in compliance with these terms, we grant you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, personal, revocable limited licence to access and/or use our Services (but not any related object and source code) for your own personal private use, in each case provided that such use is in accordance with these terms. You agree not to use our Services for anything else. These terms also apply to any update or patches which we may release or make available for any of the Services and any such update or patch shall be deemed part of the Services for the purposes of these terms.
5.3 YOU ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT, OTHER THAN LICENSE GRANTED TO YOU BY THESE TERMS, YOU SHALL HAVE NO OWNERSHIP OR PROPERTY INTEREST IN ANY OF OUR SERVICES. You must not copy, distribute, make available to the public or create any derivative work from our Services or any part of our Services unless we have first agreed to this in writing.
5.4 In particular, and without limiting the application of paragraph 4.3, you must not make use or available any cheats or technological measures designed to control access to, or elements of, our Services whether on a free of charge basis or otherwise.
5.5 You must not copy, distribute, make available to the public or create any derivative work from any Content belonging to any other user of our Services.
7. Dispute Resolution and Law
If a dispute arises between you and Mental Home, we strongly encourage you to first contact us directly via email to [email protected] to seek a resolution.
All disputes in widest meaning, about the game itself, the quality of the game and our services must be prior to any other action adressed in written form to us.
You agree that all disputes between you and Mental Home shall be solely governed by the laws of Austria, without regard to conflict of law provisions. You agree that any claim or dispute you may have against Mental Home must be resolved exclusively by a court located in Vienna, Austria.
Mental Home e.U.
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Combined Day/Night Driver’s Scope CDND-1
It is a combined day/night driver’s system. Day and night channels are combined making it more convenient for the driver as there is no need to change devices.
The day channel is made up of two prisms cut from specialized optical glass for an extra large field of view. It is equipped with anti-laser filter for wavelengths 800, 900, 1064, 1540 nm.
The day channel also allows stereoscopic surveillance of terrain, which allows for distance estimates. The night channel is night visual, which means it intensifies stray light through micro-channel image intensifier tubes with integrated auto-gating and control functions. All outer glass surfaces are electro-heated to prevent misting and fogging under adverse weather conditions both inside and outside the vehicle.
- Remarkable field of view
- Electrical focusing function
- Watertight construction
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U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) sent a pointed letter this afternoon to Kay Erickson, director of the Oregon Employment Department.
Merkley’s letter comes after a May 27 hearing in front of the Oregon House Business and Labor Committee in which Erickson revealed the agency was even further behind paying out benefits than the agency had previously disclosed.
“OED had previously reported a backlog of 38,000 cases, which on its own is a large but understandable number given the volume of claims the state has been inundated with,” Merkley wrote. “But we now know that while OED has processed 366,000 claims, many of them have not actually been paid. As many as 200,000 Oregonians have yet to receive benefits in order to pay bills, buy groceries, pay rent or mortgages, and weather this crisis with dignity.
“There are thousands of Oregonians waiting for answers about the cause for this delay. OED’s lack of proactive communication with the public has rightly created intense frustration.”
Although Erickson leads a state agency and reports to Gov. Kate Brown, much of the money OED distributes comes from the federal government—and Congress dramatically expanded the range and amount of unemployment benefits available in response to the COVID-19 pandemic though the federal CARES Act.
Merkley, a former speaker of the Oregon House, has plenty of experience dealing with state agency directors, and he made plain to Erickson the consequences of her agency’s struggles.
“The intent of the expanded unemployment eligibility and payments I fought for in the CARES Act (H.R. 748) were to help Oregon’s economy remain afloat during this crisis,” Merkley wrote. “When 200,000 families lack these vital funds to pay rent [and] utilities, support local businesses and contractors, buy groceries, and more, this impacts all of Oregon. A bottleneck of hundreds of millions of dollars held up at OED is felt far and wide.”
In addition to a not-so-gentle reminder that he’s watching, the senator, who is running for reelection this year, requested detailed information from Erickson about her agency’s work: when, how and how many claims are getting processed—and paid.
“OED must bring to bear all available resources, including those authorized to you by the federal government, to do whatever it takes to provide Oregonians with these vital benefits in this difficult time,” Merkley concluded. “It has been more than two months since these resources have been approved by Congress. Please update my team and the public on a regular basis about the status of all claims you have received, and what your plans are for rapidly improving OED’s ability to process backlogged claims and payments.”
Erickson is likely to face a similar line of questioning Saturday morning, when she is scheduled to answer questions at a rare weekend interim legislative hearing in front of the House Business and Labor Committee at 9 am.
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Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley this week announced that farms and other small businesses in Oregon have earned a combined total of over $32 million in rural business grants and loans from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to help them grow and continue to create job opportunities statewide.
“Our rural economies thrive when small businesses thrive,” Wyden said. “Grants and loans that help emerging businesses grow will mean more jobs and opportunity for Oregonians across the state, and marks another important step in my efforts to secure the future of Oregon’s rural economies, especially as we continue to weather this pandemic.”
“Small businesses are the backbones of our communities, and especially so in our more rural towns,” Merkley said. “I am thrilled USDA Rural Development has selected 12 different rural Oregon businesses to invest in. These funds will benefit small business owners, workers, and community members around rural Oregon by creating and saving jobs and providing important resources to get these small businesses’ products and services across the neighborhood, state, and country.”
USDA’s Rural Business-Cooperative Service programs provide the capital, training, education and entrepreneurial skills that can help those living in rural areas start and grow businesses or find jobs in the agricultural economy. These investments support America’s long-term prosperity by ensuring that our rural communities are able to take care of themselves, grow and prosper. The USDA amounts and the Oregon recipients include the following:
- $249,372 to Casad Family Farms — a small family livestock ranch and farm in Madras to increase reach and accessibility of meat products from the farm through new market expansion opportunities.
- $50,000 to Wolf Gulch Farm — a certified organic pepper farm in Jacksonville to conduct third party research on economic, market, management, technical, and financial feasibility of adding products to its farm.
- $250,000 to RiverCrest Ranch — a vineyard in Jacksonville to launch its own estate bottled private wine business through developing a brand and implementing a marketing strategy.
- $250,000 to Mt Hood Forest Products — a lumber company in Hood River to expand its sale of wood chips.
- $247,137 to Mountain Valley Meat Service — a cattle ranch located in Mount Hood Parkdale to buy 20 additional cows, USDA certification, marketing purposes, packaging/butchering supplies, maps, brochures, local merchandise, and signage.
- $210,349 to Quackenbush Farm — a mixed vegetable farm in Eagle Creek to support market expansion, increasing its workforce capacity, delivery and distribution costs for wholesale and farm-to-school customers, advertising campaigns and Organic and Good Agricultural Practices certifications.
- $250,000 to Cal Farms — a small radish farm in Oregon City for new packaging and labeling, as well as hiring packing/processing personnel.
- $200,000 to Community and Shelter Assistance (CASA) in Sherwood to provide ongoing technical assistance to manage all of its housing cooperatives so that it remains viable long-term affordable housing options.
- $1,005,000 to Rambo Development in La Grande to buy a Texaco gas station with a car wash and convenience store.
- $2,150,000 to PPM Investments and Gasco to buy and operate an Exxon gas station in La Grande.
- $1,335,000 to MSP Fuel to buy and operate the Mobil gas station in La Grande.
- $2,790,000 to Island City LLC to buy and operate the Chevron station in Island City.
- $1,890,000 to K&L Investments to buy and operate the Chevron station in Baker City.
- $5,000,000 to Virk Hospitality to preserve and renovate The Bandon Inn.
- $10,062,900 to A4 Quality Property LLC to buy a turn-key Travel Centers of America truck stop with a fast food restaurant and convenience store in Huntington.
- $4,615,000 to The Lodge in Sisters — a 62-unit assisted living facility in Sisters to buy out the three current owners.
- $24,206 to hot sauce company Hot Winter in Cottage Grove to help expand distribution and sales channels into California.
- $48,600 to Blue Elderberry Farm in Salem to develop a business and marketing plan for growing and producing organic locally sourced blue elderberry syrup.
- $250,000 to Champoeg Creek Farm — a sustainable farm in St. Paul, specializing in processing turkey meat, to expand its market share to develop broad brand name recognition.
- $250,000 to Full Farm CSA — a small organic vegetable farm in Junction City to expand the sales of organic produce in Portland, Eugene, and Corvallis through targeted marketing.
- $49,853 to Little Crow Vineyards in Portland to increase its direct-to-customer sales, processing/fermenting, bottling, and labeling.
- $250,000 to Chateau Bianca — a small winery located in Dallas to increase its canned wine customer base by buying grapes to supplement Chateau Bianca’s production and create custom processing and canning supplies.
- $250,000 to Airlie Winery & Vineyard in Monmouth to increase sales staff and online marketing, intake of grapes for wine production, and processing of grapes.
- $250,000 to Shaniko Wool Company Maupin to make Responsible Wool Standard (RWS) certified wool and to increase sales throughout North America.
- $250,000 to TerraSol Organics — a small microgreen farm in Williams to hire two new sales staff, design and print promotional materials, a website, and professional packaging.
- $250,000 to Diggin’ Livin’ Farm and Apiaries — a small beekeeping farm in Cave Junction to expand its line of value-added honey beverages through targeted marketing, professional branding, and larger distribution.
- $250,000 to White Estate Winery in Grants Pass to increase sales through the expansion of the company’s market and product line.
- $250,000 to Oshala Farm — a small organic family farm in Grants Pass to grow its organic herbal tea line through marketing materials and a wholesale website portal to streamline the ordering process.
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We are selling large Scan x ray machines for cargo and pallet security inspection and detection in airport.
It’s an excellent machine for the purpose of keeping your goods safe and secure. It has a large input tunnel and is made of high-quality materials. You can use it to scan luggage, pallets, boxes, or other items that need to be inspected before they are shipped or carried on board a plane.
Contact us today to get more information about this machine!
We are pleased to introduce our line of large Scan x ray machines for cargo and pallet security inspection and detection in airport.
Our large Scan x ray machines have a very large input tunnel, which allows you to scan pallets and containers with maximum size of 1.5 meters long, 1 meter wide and 1.5 meters high.
Our large Scan x ray machines offer the same great features that you have come to expect from us including:
– Dual-energy imaging with backscatter reduction technology
– LED lighting
– Real-time data processing
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Welcome to the historic fishing port of Mevagissey. The following information is supplied to help your stay be a pleasant one. As Mevagissey is a working harbour, you must appreciate that working boats have priority. No fuel is available to non-commercial vessels.
We offer several premier moorings in this unique harbour on the south coast of Cornwall. Mevagissey Harbour offers a safe drying inner harbour mooring, and the use of an always afloat outer harbour mooring, when tide time will not allow access to the inner harbour. We have premier moorings available for yachts capable of taking the ground safely at low water.
Minimum length: 30 feet
Maximum length: 36 feet
Maximum draft: 4 feet 6 inches
Inner harbour: Fore and aft laid and maintained by harbour staff.
Outer harbour: Free use of visitor’s mooring.
Harbour parking pass included in the agreement.
For those interested in sailing from a unique harbour with many good day sails, weekend sails and further, apply to the Harbour Office for more details.
SEASONAL SUMMER OUTHAUL MOORINGS:
Suitable for vessels to a maximum length of 18′ LOA are available from 1st April until 30th September.
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COEXISTENCE - without violence, without hate speech, without assault on human dignity is the theme of the posters specially selected from the fund of the International Triennial of the Stage Poster – Sofia. The exhibition is part of the traveling expositions of the State Institute for Cultural under the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
In 2001, Bojidar Ikonomov, at the invitation of the Socio-political contemporary art museum in Jerusalem, created his remarkable poster COEXISTENCE. Today, 21 years later, the Triennial gives new life to the topic, placing it in the focus of the public attention with the desire to convey universal and current messages through it. The theme of the tenth Triennial: The Power of the Poster is a fertile opportunity to select posters that visualize intolerance to violence in all its forms and varieties, to hatred and its language. The exhibition is a civil and creative reaction against aggression, anti-Semitism and against a number of prejudices accumulated over the years. These posters convincingly promote the idea of tolerance, coexistence, respect for human rights, and responsibility towards the world, the environment, and future generations.
The State Institute for Cultural includes the exhibition in its program on 2023 commemorating the International Holocaust Remembrance Day - January 27. Anti-Semitism and the Holocaust are the most drastic manifestation of intolerance, and this collection of posters with strong and symbolic messages expresses clear and unambiguous opinions towards any assault on human rights, the right to speak about injustice, and declares resistance to violence. The works of famous poster artists such as Holger Matthies, Lex Drewinski, and Gitte Kath deal directly with the topic. The war in Ukraine has also provoked the artistic positions of Mila Lozanova and Georgi Iankov, whose works, along with other anti-war posters, convincingly affirm the right to life.
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Urban Planning Challenge
BackOn the 19th of July, the Geography department welcomed UrbanPlan UK, an educational
initiative developed by the UK’s Urban Land Institute. A-Level Geography students worked with UrbanPlan staff and ULI member-volunteers to explore the financial, market, social, political, and design requirements of modern urban developments and urban regeneration. Under the guidance of land use experts, 4 teams of students prepared and pitched their ideas for regenerating the fictional town of Ellham, with each student demonstrating the responsibilities of real roles within urban development proposals.
Congratulations to the Better Futures Team for their excellent winning pitch, and thank you to UrbanPlan and ULI for organising such an insightful event.
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How to control high blood pressure with an easy 10-day plan. Hypertension, or high blood pressure, is a leading cause of heart disease, strokes, and kidney disease in the United States. About half of the adults in the US have high blood pressure, yet most do not have it under control. I am a board-certified nephrologist, which means I'm an MD who specializes in kidney disease and hypertension, so taking care of high blood pressure is what I do every day. Are you interested in learning how to control your high blood pressure? Then let's get started.
I'm Dr. Frita and I'm a board-certified kidney and high blood pressure specialist, day in and day out, I take care of patients with hypertension. I understand that controlling high blood pressure can be frustrating. Sometimes you can really try your best, and those numbers just keep fluctuating. They go up, they go down, and you get tired of it. If you're reading this and you're someone who's really struggled with your blood pressure numbers, you may have come to the conclusion that, "Hey, having high blood pressure runs in my family, it's just normal for me." Well, guess what? It's not. Even if you don't have symptoms from your hypertension, the high blood pressure is still doing damage to your blood vessels. It's damaging the vessels in your brain, the vessels in your heart, and definitely the vessels in your kidneys. So please don't give up on controlling your high blood pressure. Today, I'm going to give you a plan.
How To Control High Blood Pressure with A 10-Day Plan! Day 1: Monitor and Record Blood Pressure Numbers
On day one, you want to learn how to monitor and record your blood pressure properly, that's key. If you don't know what your blood pressure actually is, how are you going to control it? And so the first thing you want to do is make sure that the blood pressure cuff is the proper size.
How To Measure Blood Pressure Cuff Size
The American Heart Association has an 80-40 rule, which is actually pretty good. If you think about the bladder of the blood pressure cuff, that's the part that wraps around your arm. You want to make sure that the width of the blood pressure cuff bladder is approximately 40% of the size of the circumference of your arm. To determine the appropriate size of the blood pressure cuff, you can use a tape measure or a string. Simply wrap it around your mid-upper arm and take note of the measurement. Ideally, the width of the cuff should be around 40% of this measurement, or slightly less than half.
As far as the length of the blood pressure cuff, you want to make sure that the length is about 80% of the length of the circumference of your arm. If your blood pressure cuff is too small, that will give you a falsely elevated blood pressure. So if you're one of these people who has big arms and you are constantly getting very high blood pressure readings, make sure that the blood pressure cuff is large enough. You may need an adult large cuff, or you may even need a thigh cuff if you have really big and buff arms.
And if you are a very thin person and you're getting low blood pressure readings, it may be a false low number if the blood pressure cuff is too big. Consult with your physician or even go to your local fire department and make sure that your blood pressure cuff is the right size.
How To Measure Blood Pressure Manually At Home
When you measure your blood pressure manually at home, you want to make sure that you are relaxed and that you have an empty bladder. So sit, and do some deep breathing, and try to relax. Uncross your legs and feet. Your feet should be nice and flat on the ground, and your arms should be at the level of your heart. Now you are ready to properly measure your blood pressure. And you may have a wrist cuff, that's okay. Just make sure that you calibrate it with your local fire department or with your physician's office to make sure you're getting accurate blood pressure readings.
What Is Normal Blood Pressure?
Normal blood pressure is when that top number, or the systolic number, is less than 120, and the bottom number, the diastolic number, is less than 80. These numbers were updated in 2017.
Hypertension Stage 1
You have hypertension stage 1 if that top number or systolic number is between 130 and 139, and if that bottom number, or diastolic number, is between 80 and 89.
Hypertension Stage 2
You have stage 2 hypertension if that top number is over 140 and the bottom number is over 90.
What Is Blood Pressure?
Now let's talk about what blood pressure actually means. Your blood pressure is the force that your blood exerts on your blood vessels. So the systolic, or the top number, is the pressure when the heart is squeezing or contracting. It's the pressure on your blood vessels. That diastolic number is the pressure in those vessels when the heart is relaxed.
So if you have a blood pressure of greater than 130 over 80, then you have hypertension, and you definitely need to consult with your doctor. One thing that will help is keeping a daily journal and figuring out what time of day your blood pressure may be higher because, in some people, the blood pressure will fluctuate. So it's very important to write down those blood pressure numbers and your heart rate numbers because that will help to guide your physician on how to treat your blood pressure.
Days 2-3: Adopt a Heart-Healthy Diet
What you put into your body is key. Food can be medicine, food can also be kryptonite. And so you want to really take the time, over days two and three, to learn which foods are best for your blood pressure. You want to incorporate fruits, and vegetables, like cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli, kale, and Brussels sprouts. You also want to incorporate beets because they have nitrates, which are converted to nitric oxide in your body, and that's a natural way to dilate your blood vessels. You also want to incorporate garlic. Garlic has a substance called allicin, which helps to relax the blood vessels and help the blood pressure to decrease.
Learn which foods to avoid. You want to avoid high-sodium foods, you want to avoid prepackaged foods, and you definitely want to avoid added sugar. You are in luck because I have created a wonderful library of videos that will help you learn which foods you should have.
I have a video on nine power vegetables that are good for your blood pressure, and on low-sodium foods that are good for your blood pressure. I also have videos on what to avoid, like the 10 worst foods to eat if you have diabetes. Check out these videos after you finish reading this article. Once again, be sure to consult with your physician and your registered dietician before making any major changes to your diet.
Days 4-5: Commit To Regular Physical Activity
Yes, you definitely want to exercise because that helps to lower your blood pressure. When you exercise, that helps to release endorphins. That also helps you to maintain a healthy weight. We know that when you are someone who has a healthier weight, and less abdominal fat, you tend to have better blood pressure. There are different ways you can commit to regular exercise.
Ways You Can Commit To Regular Exercise
Yes, you can have a gym membership, and you can be intense while committing to attending most days of the week. In fact, the American Heart Association recommends that most adults exercise for at least 150 minutes of moderate exercise each week. That's about 30 minutes of exercise for five days of the week.
Walking or Running
You have the flexibility to choose between walking or running to incorporate physical activity into your daily routine. You can start with a brisk walk for 30 minutes, three times a week, and gradually increase the intensity and duration as you get used to it. Running is also an excellent option, especially if you prefer high-intensity workouts.
Keep Your Body Moving At Work
Take the stairs instead of taking the elevator. On your lunch break, have a nice light lunch, and then get up and walk around in the parking lot, or get a lunch buddy and walk around the building. Keep your body moving.
Yoga and Meditation
You can also do yoga, as well as meditation because that usually incorporates slow, deep breathing. And when you have slow, deep breathing, that helps the heart to slow down and helps the blood vessels to dilate. And meditating is a great way to clear your mind, decrease stress, and decrease blood pressure.
HIIT training is something that's wonderful also. Once you step into that realm, you engage in a combination of weightlifting, calisthenics, and balancing exercises. It's a great fusion that ensures a well-rounded workout experience.
Many things, will help you as far as exercise. Make sure you consult with your physician. If you have a gym membership or access to a personal trainer, find out which exercises are healthy for you and can help you reduce your blood pressure. Beyond just directly benefiting your blood pressure, exercise can also help with your mental health. So be sure to check out my video on how exercise can help with mental health after you finish reading this article.
Day 6: Stress Reduction Techniques
Stress is big, everyone has it. It's ubiquitous, it's everywhere. And when you have stress, that increases those stress hormones, like cortisol and adrenaline. These hormones cause your blood vessels to tighten or constrict. And guess what, it sends your blood pressure up. So if you're someone who is stressed several times throughout the day whether it be in traffic, fussing at your kids, or dealing with people at work. If these things stress you out, then you are potentially raising your blood pressure several times during the day. And so you definitely want to figure out how to incorporate stress-reducing techniques. Here are a few.
You want to sit, and meditate, and clear your mind. Now, meditation does not just mean you sit in a corner and you're quiet while you think about what you had for breakfast, or you go through your things-to-do list. No, you have to have a free mind, a calm mind. So you want to learn some meditation techniques, and that can help to reduce your stress.
Control What You Can Control:
If you're a big worrier, you worry about what's going on in this country or that country over there. You worry about what's happening with your buddy who had a bad day yesterday morning. You see someone who crosses the street, they look like their leg hurts, and you worry about them. If you're worrying about everything all the time, that's going to increase your stress. I want you to be compassionate, I do, but I also want you to control what you can control, and I don't want you to be a worrier, where your stress is causing high blood pressure. So figure out how to control what you can control, and decrease stress that way.
Have A Plan:
Also, you want to make sure that you have a plan. If you write things down in a journal or you come up with a daily plan, and you really say, "Okay, I have this long things-to-do list, but I'm gonna put the top three most important things on the top of the list," you really worry about getting those things done. And for the things you don't get done, hey, tomorrow's coming, and try not to be so hard on yourself.
Remove Toxic People From Your Daily Life:
Friends, yeah, especially work friends, make sure you remove toxic people from your daily life. I don't mean get rid of them, like, they're going leave the face of the earth. But you want to make sure you're very cognizant of how much you interact with them or how much you let the words that they say control you. If someone is not for you, even if they seem like they're for you, if they're not for you, they can be strategizing to pull you down at work. I'm not trying to make you paranoid, but I want you to really pay attention and weigh your relationships, even family relationships.
If you have toxic people in your life and you really feel like they're bringing you down, do some assessments and get rid of these people. And make sure you seek counseling. Because, hey, you want to make sure the problem is not you. Either way, you want to make sure that your relationships with friends and family are nourishing relationships that are going to decrease your stress and help you to have better blood pressure.
Engage In Stress-Reducing Activities:
Do you know why a lot of little kids don't have stress? Because they play. Well, guess what? When you're an adult, you can play as well. Find out if there are any work sports teams you can join. Or, if you're a member of a local gym, maybe there are some different sports activities available to you such as dodgeball, or flag football. Go out and play. Go with friends, enjoy healthy foods, enjoy laughing, enjoy dancing. Figure out those things that you love, have fun, and play!
Stress-reducing techniques can also help you to lower your blood pressure. Be sure you watch my video on seven ways to reduce stress in the workplace after you finish reading this article.
Days 7-8: Monitor Sodium Intake
Oh my goodness, having a high-salt diet is a no-no if you want to control your high blood pressure. Now, you may be listening to me and thinking, "Oh, I'm good, I don't pick up the salt shaker, I do sea salt or pink Himalayan salt." Well, guess what, they still have sodium. So I want you to become a label watcher. According to the American Heart Association, most adults should be eating less than 1,500 milligrams of sodium per day. Yes, go look at the labels. You can get up to that 1,500 milligrams of sodium per day very, very quickly.
In order to avoid having high sodium, you want to avoid prepackaged foods. Definitely, you want to avoid fried foods and avoid canned foods as much as you can. But even some of the everyday things that we eat, like ketchup, have salt in them. Or, if you think you're being healthy by eating vegetables, like maybe you have a bowl of canned corn, take a look. It's loaded with salt as well. The key is to figure out ways to flavor your food without adding a lot of salt. Use lemon zest, garlic, and peppers. And in order to control your blood pressure, make sure you minimize the amount of sodium you take in.
Day 9: Limit Alcohol and Caffeine
I'm about to lose all my friends here but hear me out. Day nine, you want to limit your alcohol and caffeine intake.
Now, we know that alcohol is everywhere. It's just a part of our society. If you go to a wedding, they're drinking alcohol. If you go to a birthday party, alcohol. If you're watching a program on television, they might say, "Hey, what are you drinking?" We see alcohol everywhere.
And, you know, perhaps you can have alcohol in moderation, but when you have excess alcohol, it can increase and worsen your blood pressure. The CDC recommends that the average woman have no more than one drink a day. The average man, no more than two drinks a day.
So what is a drink? I'm not talking about a 16-ounce glass full of dark liquor. No, that is not a drink. I don't care if it's one glass. A drink is considered 12 ounces of beer, five ounces of wine, or 1.5 ounces of 80-proof liquor, something like whiskey, vodka, or something that's strong. It is advisable to consult with your physician, as some individuals may need to completely abstain from drinking alcohol.
Caffeine, which is actually a drug, is the most commonly used drug worldwide. Now, studies show us that if you're having less than 400 milligrams of caffeine a day, then you probably are not having detrimental effects. But, truth be told, if you have hypertension and you drink a lot of caffeine, it actually can, in some cases, increase your blood pressure. Consult with your physician.
And if you find that you're someone who does need to cut alcohol all the way out, or caffeine all the way out, this is not the end of the world. There are strategies. Now, if you're someone who actually has an issue with having excess alcohol, make sure you consult with your physician and consult with your mental healthcare provider.
And if you simply must have that kind of alcohol feeling, there are mocktails you can try. And there are different restaurants that are actually non-alcoholic restaurants. As far as caffeine, of course, you can have decaffeinated drinks, like decaffeinated tea, decaffeinated sodas, and decaffeinated coffee. Mind you that, even in a lot of these decaffeinated beverages, there is some caffeine, but certainly, it will be less milligrams than for fully-caffeinated beverages. I can't stress it enough to please consult with your physician about your alcohol and caffeine intake.
Day 10: Create a Long-Term Plan For Lower Blood Pressure
Day 10, create a long-term goal on how to control high blood pressure. This is a marathon, it is not a quick sprint. You're going to have good days and down days. You are going have weeks where you did really, really great, and you are going have weeks where you could've done better. The key is not to beat yourself up. Celebrate the good days. Celebrate days when you have really a healthy diet when you do your exercise, and when you do your meditation techniques.
When you wake up in the morning, celebrate yourself! Go over all of the good things that you've done towards your journey to lower blood pressure. Hey, for that matter, just go over the good things about you, that help to decrease stress. Don't dwell on the negatives. That's really key. Also, make sure, again, that you consult with your physician. We have all of these different lifestyle-management techniques for blood pressure, but in some cases, you may need medications. You want to talk to your physician about the risks versus the benefits of medication, and you want to make sure that you and your physician are on the same page.
If, while doing these lifestyle-management changes, your blood pressure actually starts to get lower, you want to make sure that you keep your physician up to speed, so that they can pull away medications as needed. It's integrative, not one or the other. We do the lifestyle adjustments, but you may be in a situation where you need medication as well, and that's okay.
You also want to set realistic goals. If you've had blood pressure that has been 180 over 110, and your body has adjusted to that high blood pressure, you're not going to drop your blood pressure right away, not even necessarily in 10 days. It may not be perfect, but we want to start seeing incremental lowerings of the blood pressure. Again, work with your physician to find out which blood pressure goals are realistic for you.
So there you have it. I want you to have a positive attitude, jump on in, and collaborate with your physician, and your healthcare provider, and I want you to implement this 10-day plan to lower your blood pressure. Tell me which part of this plan resonated most with you. Please share your thoughts in the comments below. If you found this article to be helpful and informative, be sure to share it with the people you care about.
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Sugar may be the most common “diet nasty”, but salt is a health risk factor that deserves equal attention. Too much sodium increases the risk of high blood pressure – a leading cause of heart attack and stroke – and people on both sides of the Tasman are eating far too much of it.
The World Health Organisation recommends a healthy adult eat no more than 2g of sodium a day; roughly as much sodium as you get in a teaspoon. The bad news is the average New Zealander eats about 3.5g of sodium a day, which is nearly two times the amount we should be consuming. Most of our sodium (between 75-80%) comes from processed foods, in particular bread, processed meat, sauces, cereal products and cereal-based dishes. The rest comes from salt we add to cooking (about 10%) and the sodium already present in food.
Reducing your salt intake has numerous health benefits. A study published in the journal Public Health Nutrition found the health impact of a 15-25% reduction in sodium intake from processed foods in New Zealand and Australia would result in a 10% reduction in total burden of disease from stroke and a 12% reduction of the total burden of disease from heart attack.
Dave Monro, the New Zealand Heart Foundation’s food and nutrition manager, says there needs to be more noise about the importance of salt reduction. “We are probably going to struggle competing with sugar and saturated fat,” he admits. Monro adds that some food companies have made efforts to reduce salt levels in certain products including bread, breakfast cereals and processed meats. But more could be done, he asserts.
The easiest way to reduce your salt intake is to eat more fresh foods, cut back on processed foods and takeaways, and use other herbs, spices and seasonings instead of salt. Remember to read the packet of food you buy at the supermarket and try to purchase items with less than 120mg of sodium per 100g. | <urn:uuid:ba88fc50-af15-49cb-866b-c2323030debc> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://www.mindfood.com/article/are-you-eating-too-much-salt/ | 2024-04-24T02:59:33Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818999.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20240424014618-20240424044618-00768.warc.gz | en | 0.961746 | 404 |
Entrepreneurs are always looking for ways to do more with less. Whether you are a seasoned veteran with a successful business or a new startup, you are always going to be looking for ways to grow. Some ways of growing are worth the expense. For example, hiring a great sales person. But, there are other ways to grow that can help you succeed in big ways that don't cost anything. Here are 3 of them.
1.) Partnerships/Joint Ventures One of the easiest ways to grow is to create a partnership or joint venture with another company or entity that has complimentary products or services. You can then bundle your services with theirs an they with yours to create an even more compelling offer. Additionally, you can do a revenue share together when you bring them opportunities and they can do the same with you. You also get access to now sell to their customers and they get access to yours. It costs nothing to do this other than a little time and ingenuity. 2.) Affiliates If you have a product that people people can buy online or without interacting with a sales team on your side, an affiliate program may be a good way to go. You can pay commission to those that bring sales to your door. This works great with influencers, brand ambassadors, and those with big networks looking to monetize them. All this takes is creating an affiliate page for people to sign up and coming up with a commission structure. You can use Paypal to start as a way to pay commissions and then go seek out influencers and those that would be a good fit with a good audience for your product or service and invite them to be an affiliate. 3.) Current Customers This last should come as no surprise. One of the best places to get new business and grow is by getting referrals from your current clients. If you take good care of your clients, all you really have to do is ask them. But, you may consider putting in place referral program where they receive an incentive of some kind for referring you if it makes sense for your business. Again, this costs nothing except taking good care of your clients and some sweat equity. So, there you go. 3 ways to grow your business whether you are seasoned or start up that cost nothing other than time, a little work, and ingenuity. |
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Being a BA, I have a very good idea when I should start my work at the initiation of the project.But I struggle with question: "When will you be done with this project?"
At my firm, most of the BAs are working on more than one project at a time which is typical like any other IT firm. But we have to provide resource availability in advance(for e.g. 90 days). For this reason I would like to know:
When does a BA END his/her role in a particular project?
Is it dependent on the BA's role and responsibilities in a firm?
Is it dependent on the knowledge level of the project/business of the BA?
Is it dependent on how much more the BA wants to learn post his/her delivery of requirements/other deliverables?
Is it dependent on when the BA realizes he/she can provide no further value to the project since there are more skilled resources to take over the "torch"?
It would help if you can share your experience here so that we can better estimate our availability.
This is not too hard.
1: Find out what your deliverables (documents etc) are; and, once you've delivered you're done. To manage progress find out what tasks are involved in delivering your deliverables, and once these tasks are done, you're done!
2: Any subsequent changes should come through your change management system; and when the Change Request is allocated to you its becomes just another deliverables. Start at 1.
Le me at first rule out some items. In my opinion, the answer should NOT depend on:
What is important, as kmajoos mentioned, is what are the expectations of the role of the BA on the given project/organization. You can determine this by asking, upfront, questions such as:
Hope this helps!
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New App Seeks To Match Workers With Restaurants That Are Hiring
- August 13, 2021
HAMPTON, NH — Anyone who has been watching the economy knows that restaurant employees are very difficult to find right now.
Competition for workers, and the rising wages that have come with it, has made it so that even entry-level workers, who just a couple of years ago were earning the minimum wage, or slightly above, are now often seeing double that when they walk in the door. The competition for workers, too, has led to employers spending a lot of time attempting to find people to fill positions. Some of the traditional ways of finding employees — classified ads in a newspaper, a sign on the lawn, or even Craigslist are not drawing applicants to positions.
Enter Fliptable, a new cellphone app that connects employers, specifically restaurants and food establishments, with potential new employees.
The company, which likens itself to “Bumble for the restaurant industry,” has more than 100 restaurants using its technology to hire employees. After a successful launch in Burlington, Vermont, Fliptable moved into New Hampshire — with nearly two dozen eateries already signed up. The model is subscription-based — the restaurants pay to use the app while the job applicants are able to communicate with the business for free.
Kati Pittendreigh, the front-of-house manager for Galley Hatch Restaurant in Hampton, has been using the app for a few weeks and likes its ease of functionality. Working her way up during the past eight years at the restaurant, which has been in the same location off Route 1 and owned by the same family for more than five decades, she knows a bit about the industry. And Pittendreigh said, finding workers, had been difficult — but nothing she has seen recently.
“(Employees) come in waves,” she said. “When I’m fully staffed, I get applications. Now that fall is starting, I’m losing some of the kids who are going off to college. Right now, we’re desperate. (And) everyone who wants a job can get one.”
Hampton, too, being a beach town, means that while there are regulars, the bulk of the foot traffic is seasonal. Pittendreigh is hoping when some of the other businesses in town close for the season, workers will apply.
Wages at Galley Hatch, which is known for its seafood but also its full-service bakery (Kay’s Café & Bakery), weekend prime rib, and other items, have also increased like every other business. Pittendreigh, who needs kitchen staffers, badly, said wages have gone up to between $12 and $20 an hour, depending on the experience. During the past few weeks using Fliptable, she has found several candidates, and at least a few look like possible fits for the restaurant.
“I think that people finding the app and getting it will help,” Pittendreigh said. “I think the idea of it is great. It is easy to use. If I get people to respond, I get interviews out of it.”
Previously, Pittendreigh said, she used Indeed and Facebook, as well as walk-ins. But those traditional forms of employee recruiting “were not panning out.” She added, “Indeed is usually better. The biggest problem has been that less than half the people who reply respond or show up for the interview.” After spending all that time recruiting, it gets frustrating and Pittendreigh has other responsibilities, too. With Fliptable though, “I can jump right on my phone. I put in some details … It is really easy.”
Other restaurants in Patch communities using the app include Beefside Restaurant in Concord, the Manchester Country Club in Bedford, and Sky Meadow Country Club in Nashua.
As a promotion for its New Hampshire launch, Fliptable is giving 25 job seekers who apply via the app and get hired by a participating restaurant a $250 bonus after 15 days of employment.
Anyone who downloads the app and completes a restaurant or job seeker profile will have a chance to win $1,000 until the drawing closes on Aug. 31, according to the company.
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There are going to be lots of great reasons to play online for free casino games next year. Online casino slots are a hit due to the numerous prizes they provide. You can win lots of prizes when you play online slot machines.
The primary reason to play no-cost online casino games is because you could win real money. Sign up for an amount of spins for free. Once you have deposited money into your account, you’ll be able to use those free spins to win real cash. You can also practice the game’s rules and become acquainted with them through playing no-cost casino slots. You can learn from top players and play to improve your odds of winning.
Another reason to try out free online casino games in the coming year is because you can win real money gambling games. This is the most common reason cited by players. There are numerous casinos that offer players the chance of winning real money. Some of these casinos are more reputable than others, so it is important to conduct some research prior to playing any casino games.
Online poker stake games free tournaments and slot machines are two of the most well-known games at casinos that are free. You need to know how much bet365 recensioni you are able to afford and what type of bonus you will receive when you deposit money. Some people make a deposit needed to make real money right away but then lose all the winnings when they lose their bet.
Many players enjoy playing for online casino games for free since there is no financial risks. To play any game, all you have to do is to type in the address: casino. You can access the games at the convenience of your home by simply typing the address of the casino. You can play at the majority of these casinos for up to 24 hours per day, which means you don’t need to leave your house to test your luck.
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Participating in free casino games can also increase your chances of winning. Many casinos offer a certain percentage from the winnings on each hand that is played in their slots. These bonuses can significantly increase your winnings as well as reduce the time it takes to make your winnings. Bonuses should be made use of whenever you can. You can be certain that you won’t be losing anything if you play free. | <urn:uuid:439ea179-a948-4041-9baa-8b5c3a844757> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://www.montemiel.es/play-online-casino-games-for-free-and-reduce-your-chances-of-losing/ | 2024-04-24T02:52:37Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818999.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20240424014618-20240424044618-00768.warc.gz | en | 0.968684 | 597 |
Toronto’s Socratic Theatre Collective presents a gender-swapped take on Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes is a character that gets a lot of interpretation, from the BBC’s Sherlock, to the CBS procedural Elementary to the films starring Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law (Just to name some adaptations from recent history), when a writer needs a hyper-intellectual detective with barely functioning social skills the resident of 22B Baker street is a go-to choice.
The Socratic Theatre Collective have followed suit with their latest production, putting their own spin on the classic detective by genderswapping almost every character from the Holmes canon and sending them to run amok in a metafictional examination of the classic stories.
I’m a big fan of genderswaps; when done correctly they can put a whole new spin on characters and stories. That being said, in the hands of the wrong writer it can simply become the same story only in dresses (or trousers, depending on the original genders). I was a little worried that might be the case with Bitch of the Baskervilles, but S.R. Kriger has created an interesting examination of gender within Holmes that is still a solid (if a little clumsy in the middle) mystery.
Taking its core narrative from the classic Hound of the Baskervilles, Bitch of the Baskervilles stays relatively true to the source text for the first 5 minutes or so and then joyfully goes mad, incorporating elements from a variety of classic Holmes mysteries that at first came off as just fan service but actually tie together quite well, becoming one grand conundrum that only the Great Detective could sort through.
One slightly duff note mystery wise was the incorporation of a modified version of A Scandal in Bohemia which didn’t work into the rest of the plot but was more an excuse to incorporate the iconic character of Adler for a scene and explore their relationship with Sherlock within the gender bent universe. It’s a great scene that I really enjoyed but when every other mystery tied into the climax and solution to the mystery it was a bit offputting.
Performance wise, Bitch of the Baskervilles is fantastic. Amanda O’Halloran is one of the most infuriatingly smug Sherlocks I’ve ever seen and Liz Bragg’s Jane Watson holds the story together while equally giving the audience a voice for all the insanity going on around her. Kudos have to go to Laura Vincent as well for her performance as Jackie Stapleton whose physicality and mannerisms were just a joy to watch as she sleazed her way through the show.
I also want to give recognition to Victoria Banjavcic whose costumes gave a lushness to the performance that the bare bones set couldn’t achieve; I often say that all you need for good theatre are a couple boxes and a stick, but good costuming always gives that much more to a production and I enjoyed the work put into giving every character a unique and fun look.
Whether you’re looking for a solid murder mystery, a metafictional exploration of Holmes or just a fun frothy romp, Bitch of the Baskervilles is a great choice for a night of theatre and well worth the $25 price tag (even moreso if you’re a student or senior and only have to pay $15). | <urn:uuid:b14e4121-389e-48ea-851c-a18660a5cf9d> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://www.mooneyontheatre.com/2016/02/20/reiew-the-bitch-of-the-baskervilles-socratic-theatre-collective/ | 2024-04-24T02:28:08Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818999.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20240424014618-20240424044618-00768.warc.gz | en | 0.949168 | 699 |
Mortgage rates were steady to slightly lower today, depending on the lender. Underlying financial markets continue moving in a narrow range--something that's not uncommon for the first few weeks of the summer. It's that market movement that can result in mortgage lenders issuing mid-day reprices. The more volatile and the bigger the moves, the more likely lenders are to reprice. Today saw zero reprices.
Rates may have risen this morning were it not for weaker economic data. In general, weaker data tends to drive demand for the safe-haven of the bond market (which results in lower rates). This morning's Durable Goods data was noticeably weaker, and bonds improved immediately following its release at 8:30am. Though the improvement in markets was modest, it meant that most lenders were looking at bond prices that were at least as good as last Friday's.
Despite today's relative lack of change, the potential for movement is generally higher heading into the rest of the week. Risk-averse borrowers should consider that we're effectively at the lowest rates in more than 8 months. Risk-tolerant borrowers should simply make sure they have a stop-loss in place (in terms of how much rates could rise before locking at a loss) and a game plan established with their loan originator.
Loan Originator Perspectives
It must be summer, as bond markets continued slumbering, with rates virtually unchanged today. The rest of the week MAY bring some minor pricing improvements due to month end demand, but hard to hope for much more than that. If you're floating, have realistic goals for your pricing; it's unlikely we'll see rates move substantially before the end of next week (if then). I'm not in a big hurry to lock new loans, particularly those closing in August. -Ted Rood, Senior Originator
Today's Most Prevalent Rates
- 30YR FIXED - 3.875-4.00
- FHA/VA - 3.5-3.75%
- 15 YEAR FIXED - 3.125-3.25%
- 5 YEAR ARMS - 2.75 - 3.25% depending on the lender
Ongoing Lock/Float Considerations
- Investors were relatively convinced that the decades-long trend toward lower rates had been permanently reversed after Trump became president, but such a conclusion would require YEARS to truly confirm
- Instead of continuing higher in 2017, rates instead formed a narrow, sideways range, and held inside until April. Investor perceptions are shifting such that fiscal reforms and other policy developments will need to live up to expectations in order to push rates higher. Geopolitical risks would also need to avoid flaring up (more than they already have)
- For the first time since the election, we're in a rate environment where you wouldn't be crazy not to lock at every little opportunity/improvement. Until/unless it's broken, the highest rates of early-2017 mark the ceiling, and we're now waiting to see how much lower we can go from here.
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Choose your words carefully and you’ll not only avoid missteps — you’ll become a more valued employee, suggests columnist Dave Willmer.
Computerworld — Maintaining a positive relationship with your manager is key to a productive, satisfying job. And the actions you take — completing your work on time, putting in extra effort when necessary, volunteering to assist with critical initiatives — can help strengthen this bond. However, in some cases, simple words can break it.
Here are eight phrases that make managers cringe, with explanations about why you should avoid using them in the workplace:
1. “Just a heads-up … I won’t be able to finish the project that’s due tomorrow.” It’s important to notify your boss when a project is headed for trouble , but the time to do so is well before the situation has become critical. Sitting on a problem until just before the deadline can turn a bump in the road into a multicar pileup. Give your manager enough time to coordinate the help you need. | <urn:uuid:e501c020-9d16-427b-8246-2d5a5743729d> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://www.motiveworkforce.com/2010/06/02/eight-phrases-your-boss-doesnt-want-to-hear/ | 2024-04-24T02:29:31Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818999.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20240424014618-20240424044618-00768.warc.gz | en | 0.938496 | 218 |
IBM is buying Blade Network Technologies to bolster its cloud enterprise networking capabilities and better compete with the likes of HP and Cisco
IBM is buying Blade Network Technologies in a move that gives it greater networking and cloud capabilities and more ammunition as it competes with the likes of Hewlett-Packard and Cisco Systems in the burgeoning converged data centre space.
IBM officials announced on 27 September that the company intends to acquire Blade in a deal that is expected to close in the fourth quarter. No financial details were announced.
Blade makes blade server and top-of-rack switches and software designed for cloud computing and virtualised environments. IBM officials said the company plans to incorporate Blade’s products into its servers, which are being optimised to handle the large streams of data generated in areas such as cloud computing environments and “smart” infrastructure, from power grids to traffic systems.
“Blade will help IBM better integrate networks with its systems, optimising them for workloads that require high-speed and low-latency performance such as cloud computing and business analytics,” Brian Truskowski, general manager of IBM’s System Storage and Networking business, said in a statement. “For example, faster data transport enables faster decisions important for analytics workloads. Blade will increase IBM’s system networking development, sales, support, skills and awareness and help IBM build smarter systems that are optimised for client requirements.”
The deal makes a lot of sense for IBM, Zeus Kerravala, an analyst with The Yankee Group, said in an interview with eWEEK. It enables IBM to incorporate strong networking capabilities into its systems, and it also enables the company to compete with HP, Cisco, Oracle, Dell and others looking to provide businesses with converged data centre packages that tightly integrate compute, storage, networking, management and virtualisation capabilities into single offerings. | <urn:uuid:f2703ff3-adf8-4d93-b7fe-b974bc7585a8> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://www.motiveworkforce.com/2010/09/29/ibms-blade-networks-buy-boosts-cloud-efforts/ | 2024-04-24T02:30:15Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818999.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20240424014618-20240424044618-00768.warc.gz | en | 0.947424 | 387 |
The Oxford Cruise throttle assist is designed to reduce wrist and hand fatigue on long journeys by assisting throttle operation when cruising on motorways and major roads. It's easy to fit and remove, easily adjustable and fits the majority of motorcycles and scooters.
• Universal design
• Fits 32mm-36mm grips
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Use this motorcycle practice test question to prepare for the real written exam at the DMV or during your motorcycle safety course.
If your motorcycle’s chain breaks while riding:
- The rear wheel will immediately lock up.
- The rear wheel will immediately lose power.
- The front wheel will lock up.
- The rear brake will not work.
Find the answer to this question and an explanation below.
This topic may show up on your motorcycle permit test.
The answer is: B. The rear wheel will immediately lose power.
How’d you do? Learn more about this motorcycle topic below.
Explanation: Motorcycle Chain Problems
In order to pass your motorcycle permit exams and to become a safe rider, it’s important to know why a particular answer on the motorcycle written test is correct.
A broken chain or belt while riding will result in an immediate loss of power to the rear wheel.
If this happens, you should close the throttle, apply the brakes, and stop your motorcycle in a safe spot off of the road.
A broken drive chain will often be thrown from the bike, creating a hazard for you and others around you.
In some circumstances, the drive chain may get caught or slapped and can result in a cracked engine case.
A motorcycle chain hitting your leg or anything else can cause some serious damage. That is another reason why it is important to always wear protective motorcycle pants.
If your engine case is damaged by a broken chain, the chances are high that it will not be able to be repaired.
You can prevent a broken chain or belt with proper maintenance and inspection.
Inspecting your chain should be part of your pre-ride inspection as well.
Motorcycle chains should be kept clean and lubricated with the appropriate amount of slack.
If the chain is stretched or the teeth on the front and rear gears are worn, you should replace the chain and gears altogether.
You can find more information about this topic in the motorcycle rider’s handbook.
Check out more motorcycle permit test questions and answers here.
Find in-depth articles for new riders in our section dedicated to learning how to ride a motorcycle.
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Exploring the Telluride Housing Market: Insights from Mountain Rose Realty
Are you considering diving into the captivating Telluride real estate scene? As the snow-capped peaks of the Rocky Mountains embrace this charming Colorado town, opportunities in Telluride real estate continue to intrigue investors and homebuyers alike. At Mountain Rose Realty, we're committed to keeping you informed about the latest trends and developments in Telluride's housing market. Let's take a closer look at the current housing sentiment shaping Telluride, CO 81435, as of March 2nd, 2024.
- Median List Price: $8,899,000
- Median Price of New Listings: $12,925,000
- Price per Square Foot: $1,653
- Average Days on Market: 240
- Median Days on Market: 189
- Inventory: 61
- Median Rent: $20,000
- Market Action: 25
As we delve into the data, the market action index remains steady at 25, suggesting a balanced equilibrium between buyers and sellers. However, there's a slight advantage leaning towards buyers, presenting an opportune moment for those seeking their dream home or investment property in Telluride.
Despite the breathtaking scenery and allure of Telluride, recent trends indicate a modest slowdown in the market. Both prices and inventory levels have remained relatively unchanged in recent weeks. This stability offers buyers a chance to explore available options with less urgency, allowing for thoughtful consideration and negotiation.
Anne-Britt Ostlund's Perspective
As a seasoned real estate professional with a deep-rooted passion for Telluride, I believe that understanding the nuances of the local market is crucial for making informed decisions. Whether you're searching for a cozy mountain retreat, a luxurious ski-in/ski-out chalet, or an investment property with potential for lucrative returns, navigating the Telluride real estate landscape requires expertise and insight.
With a median list price of $8,899,000 and a diverse inventory of 61 properties, Telluride offers a range of options to suit various preferences and budgets. From quaint historic homes nestled in the heart of town to sprawling estates boasting panoramic mountain views, there's something for everyone in this idyllic mountain enclave.
Stay Informed with Mountain Rose Realty
At Mountain Rose Realty, we're dedicated to providing you with the latest updates and expert guidance to help you navigate the Telluride housing market with confidence. Whether you're a first-time homebuyer, seasoned investor, or looking to sell your property, our team is here to assist you every step of the way.
As we reflect on the current state of the Telluride housing market, it's evident that opportunities abound for savvy buyers and sellers alike. With a slight advantage leaning towards buyers, now is the time to explore the wealth of options available in this picturesque corner of Colorado. Whether you're drawn to Telluride for its world-class skiing, vibrant cultural scene, or simply its unparalleled natural beauty, there's no shortage of reasons to call this mountain paradise home.
Contact Mountain Rose Realty Today
Ready to embark on your Telluride real estate journey? Reach out to Mountain Rose Realty today to discover how we can help you achieve your real estate goals in Telluride, CO 81435. From personalized guidance to unparalleled expertise, we're here to make your real estate dreams a reality. | <urn:uuid:c7e5c7d6-a163-4851-8cef-007e506c9cf2> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://www.mountainroserealty.co/blog/exploring-the-telluride-housing-market-insights-from-mountain-rose-realty/ | 2024-04-24T03:27:50Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818999.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20240424014618-20240424044618-00768.warc.gz | en | 0.906258 | 711 |
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April 21, 2020
Dear MTN Friends and Family,
The mark of a great organization is not how well it performs when things are good, but how well it performs when things are bad. During this COVID-19 pandemic – a time like no other we have experienced before – this network has been nothing short of amazing.
Our REACH (MTN-034) sites have been continuing follow-up with participants doing all that they can do to ensure these young women have their study products (the dapivirine ring or Truvada as PrEP) as well as the support they need to continue using these products. Whether making contact by phone or providing special transport to the clinic where multiple safety measures are in place, site staff have gone above and beyond (Read the write-up on REACH-ing Beyond Expectations.)
Likewise, our DESIRE (MTN-035) sites are not letting the threat of COVID-19 stand in the way of completing the final weeks of follow-up for some 180 remaining participants so the study can provide answers about what people who engage in anal sex want in a rectal delivery HIV prevention product.
And in the throes of it all, the Wits RHI Shandukani site in Johannesburg is managing to complete visits with four women in the DELIVER (MTN-042) study, who themselves delivered in recent weeks (both moms and babies are doing well!). Meanwhile, the study teams in Malawi, Uganda and Zimbabwe are busily working from laptops and home computers (oftentimes with interruptions in service or power) to ensure readiness for study activation after the pandemic subsides. All four sites are working to be activated for B-PROTECTED (MTN-043) as well.
Here in the U.S., staff from our sites, the Network Laboratory, Statistical Data Management Center and Leadership and Operations Center have been similarly constrained but are managing as best they can. Indeed, the whole world is making concessions – doing whatever is necessary to contain the spread of the virus and ensure the safety of our global community.
Earlier today, it was announced that the HIV Research for Prevention Conference (HIVR4P) scheduled to take place 11-15 October in Cape Town has been postponed until 17-21 January 2021.
Likewise, in the best interest of our public health and safety, we have made the decision to cancel the MTN Regional Meeting, which would have taken place the week before HIVR4P. This was to be our last Regional Meeting – we regret that we won’t have that opportunity to celebrate and reflect upon all that we have accomplished together these past 14 years.
It’s no secret that the MTN will cease to be a National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)-funded network after November 30. But this does not mean the end. NIAID’s Division of AIDS has said it is committed to seeing the REACH, DELIVER and B-PROTECTED studies through to their completion. So, many of us will in fact continue working together. (And while there won’t be a Regional Meeting, we are hoping we can convene a meeting of the three study teams sometime next year.)
And to our other sites and study teams and our many collaborators and partners with whom we have had the pleasure to work with over the years – you are, and will always be, a part of the MTN Family.
The fight against HIV is far from over. Our work continues. Not even the COVID-19 global pandemic will stand in our way.
We will persevere. Together.
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In these uncertain times, we want all members of our staff to be focused on taking care of their families and delivering for our clients, not on whether they will have a paycheck next month. While we can’t be sure how the impact of this pandemic will play out long-term, at this time we are committing that there will not be any reduction in staff at MUFG Investor Services in 2020 due to COVID-19.
Furthermore, there will be no cuts to employee benefits, as we want all our colleagues to know that we have their backs, especially during these uncertain times. In fact, we are pleased to be able to share that we have expanded employee benefits for parental leave and community volunteering in all regions, and are expanding maternity leave pay for our staff in Canada and private medical insurance coverage for our staff in the UK. Additionally, as a response to the adjustments our staff have had to make in light of the pandemic, each employee will receive compensation each month to cover incidental work from home expenses and we expanded our Sick Pay Policy for employees impacted by COVID-19.
We are confident in our ability to emerge from this global crisis by working together and showing our clients just what we are made of. Just in these past few weeks, our staff have continued to exceed expectation and demonstrate their unwavering commitment to MUFG and to our clients. It is only right that we show the same commitment to each and every one of our colleagues. | <urn:uuid:8934b075-42e1-4a0d-bd37-f03207dbacbf> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://www.mufg-investorservices.com/statement-from-mufg-investor-services/ | 2024-04-24T02:20:52Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818999.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20240424014618-20240424044618-00768.warc.gz | en | 0.976137 | 296 |
Daher announced the TBM 910 as the newest member of its TBM business turboprop aircraft family, succeeding the TBM 900 version with the incorporation of a next-generation integrated flight deck, along cabin interior and safety enhancements.
Unveiled at today at the U.S. Sun 'n Fun International Fly-in and Expo at Lakeland, Florida, Daher’s TBM 910 benefits from the same range, performance and technical features that have contributed to the TBM 900’s success in Daher’s six-passenger pressurized single-engine turboprop aircraft product line.
Among the key changes are the TBM 910’s Garmin G1000 NXi flight deck, which succeeds the G1000 version on TBM 900s – bringing a modernized high-resolution flight display design with significant performance enhancements.
The G1000Nxi’s state-of-the art processors provide a faster system boot-up and software loading, while also enabling the system to manage more aviation data and maps (including visual approach plates), and offering additional capabilities such as enhanced situational awareness. Another feature is the improved cockpit connectivity, allowing wireless transfer of aviation databases from the Garmin Pilot app on a mobile device to the G1000 NXi system.
An enriched “feel” with the flight deck’s new keyboard joystick gives more accurate panning and fluid navigation on the multi-function display pages.
The TBM 910’s cabin interior features new seat shapes and additional fittings that are identical to the TBM 930.
“Three words can describe the TBM 910: speed, readability and connectivity,” explained Nicolas Chabbert, Senior Vice President of the Daher Airplane Business Unit, during a Sun 'n Fun press conference.
“The TBM 910 is just as fast as its predecessor in flight, while offering pilots quicker access to cockpit information, along with safety-enhancing guidance and improved readability. Therefore, the TBM family of very fast turboprop continues to grow with the TBM 910 – an alternative to the high-end TBM 930 version.” | <urn:uuid:7cc11f4d-24bd-4c65-a265-137d159fc406> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://www.muncieaviation.com/post/2017/04/06/daher-upgrades-its-very-fast-turboprop-aircraft-family-with-the-tbm-910 | 2024-04-24T03:14:05Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818999.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20240424014618-20240424044618-00768.warc.gz | en | 0.924534 | 452 |
Booking agency ICM Partners has hired international music agent Simon Clarkson to head up its domestic Electronic Music Department (EMD).
Clarkson (pictured) will be based in Los Angeles, starts his new role immediately and brings with him clients including Skrillex, Alison Wonderland (both outside North America), Aluna George and San Holo, complementing Primary Talent International's Decked Out dance division. ICM joined forced with Primary earlier this year.
Clarkson previously spent eight years as an agent at WME and prior to that ran Mainstage Artists.
He said: “[I am] very excited to join the team at ICM and Primary to fortify and bolster the Electronic Music Department, a genre we all believe we can continue to grow significantly over the years."
His talent and experience are a perfect fit for us
Rob Prinz, ICM Partners
The announcement was made by Rob Prinz, worldwide head of concerts at ICM and Matt Bates, head of international at PTI/ICM.
“We are thrilled to have Simon join the agency to help us build out a domestic Electronic Music Department, an area we’ve long wanted to expand in” said Prinz. “His talent and experience are a perfect fit for us.”
Clarkson is credited in playing a key role in developing acts such as Skrillex, Calvin Harris, Kygo, Eric Prydz, Adam Beyer and Above & Beyond on the live scene.
“Simon is highly respected within our industry, has tremendous clients, relationships, and expertise that perfectly complement our strengths and we could not be happier to have him join the ICM/Primary family,” added Bates. | <urn:uuid:0b0dfe2c-0f57-4fe8-ae33-4d283f01fcc6> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://www.musicweek.com/live/read/icm-partners-hires-simon-clarkson-to-run-electronic-music-department/080737 | 2024-04-24T02:08:23Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296818999.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20240424014618-20240424044618-00768.warc.gz | en | 0.962901 | 354 |
What is a guardian ad litem? What is the GAL's role? Who pays for the GAL?
Deciding how your family will be restructured to best meet the needs of your children during and after divorce or upon a court determination of paternity is perhaps the most important decision you, as a parent, will make. Legal custody, physical placement, and child support issues must be decided to ensure that your children's needs continue to be met. "Legal custody" means making major decisions affecting your children, such as medical care, education, and religion. "Physical placement" means the amount of time your children will spend with each parent. "Child support" means providing for your children's financial needs.
If parents have disagreements, they must participate in mediation to help them resolve issues. If parents still don't agree, the judge will appoint a guardian ad litem (GAL) to assist the judge in making custody, placement, and support decisions.
This brochure answers commonly asked questions about the guardian ad litem's role in the divorce or paternity process.
A GAL is an attorney, licensed to practice law in Wisconsin. The GAL's role is to represent the best interests of the children as determined by the GAL through an investigation.
The GAL will investigate the facts, participate in negotiations, and take a position in court on legal custody and placement. The GAL is also involved in the financial issues of a case when those issues affect the children, such as child support and child expenses. The GAL does not have any of the rights or duties of a parent or general guardian. Although the GAL may be incorrectly referred to as the children's attorney, the GAL's role is to advocate for the best interests of the children. This may not be the same as advocating for what the children want.
When parents cannot agree on custody or placement, the court must appoint a GAL. The parents must first try mediation to reach an agreement, unless the court waives that requirement. If no agreement reached, the court will appoint a GAL to assist the court in deciding custody or placement. The court also will appoint a GAL if the court has special concern for the welfare of a minor child. The court can appoint a GAL any time in the proceeding when the best interests of the children are at issue. The exception is in a modification proceeding if the proposed modification would not substantially alter the placement times. In that situation, the court may find that a GAL would not assist it in making its orders.
A GAL is appointed by a family court commissioner or judge, usually upon request of one of the parents. The procedure varies – some counties have lists of attorneys who take GAL appointments, other counties have contracts with specific attorneys for GAL appointments.
In representing the best interests of the children, the GAL may negotiate settlements, conduct formal and informal discovery, hire experts, interview witnesses, investigate whether there has been violence or abuse between parents, comment on proposed parenting plans or any stipulation or mediation agreement reached by the parties and participate in all court proceedings. Either party may request a status hearing before the court on the actions taken and work performed by the GAL any time after 120 days from the GAL's appointment.
The GAL will meet with both parents, usually separately and in the GAL's office. The GAL will generally meet with your child. The GAL will decide when and where to meet with your child, which could be in the GAL's office, each parent's home, or another location.
Because the GAL is an attorney, the GAL investigates facts that are relevant to the issues in your case. Much of the investigation is called "informal discovery," which is conducted through interviews with each parent, the child, or other people with significant information. You may also be asked to sign a release authorizing the GAL to review relevant records, such as school, medical, or mental health records.
The GAL may ask other experts, such as a social worker or a psychologist, to provide input and possible future testimony regarding the case. If there are problems with alcohol or drugs, the GAL may ask a parent to participate in screening tests or ask the judge to order such tests.
The GAL also may use "formal discovery" to assist in the investigation, including interrogatories, requests for document production, or conducting depositions.
In investigating and developing input for the court's consideration, the GAL must consider the following legal factors:
The GAL generally will give the parents and/or attorneys a preliminary summary of what the GAL will present to the judge. The input could change depending on additional evidence or facts that are uncovered. Generally, the parents' attorneys will discuss the GAL's preliminary recommendations with their clients. Most often, settlement proposals are exchanged, and the case is resolved by agreement. If the parents cannot agree, the case is prepared for trial before the judge, who will consider the evidence presented and make the final decision.
The judge decides who pays for the GAL's services. The requirements vary from county to county. Generally, each parent is responsible for one-half of the GAL's total costs, including the GAL's legal fees and investigation costs, such as tests and experts. The court also may require the parents to pay an initial deposit and periodic payments to the GAL during the case. If the judge decides that both parents are unable to pay for the GAL's services immediately, the judge may have the county pay the GAL bill. However, the parents still are responsible for the GAL fees and the county may require the parents to reimburse the county.
There are very limited circumstances in which a new GAL would be assigned to your case. Disagreement with the GAL's recommendations is not a valid reason to request removal. Only the judge can remove a GAL.
By statute, the GAL serves in a case until either the parents reach a written agreement resolving the issues and the judge approves it, or there is a hearing and the judge decides the case. The judge can discharge the GAL if one is no longer necessary. If your case is appealed, the GAL is involved in the appeal process unless the court orders otherwise. If a new motion is filed in your case in the future, the judge may reappoint the same or a different GAL.
To download a PDF version of this brochure, click here
This is one in a series of consumer information pamphlets sponsored by the State Bar of Wisconsin. This pamphlet, which is based on Wisconsin law, is issued to inform and not to advise. No person should ever apply or interpret any law without the aid of a trained expert who knows the facts, because the facts may change the application of the law.
Other titles include: Alternative Dispute Resolution; Arrest; Bankruptcy; Buying/Selling Residential Real Estate; Choosing a Process for Divorce; Custody and Placement; Durable Powers of Attorney; Divorce; Guardians Ad Litem in Family Court; Health Care; Hiring/Working with a Lawyer; Landlord/Tenant Law; Marital Property; Personal Injury; Probate; Revocable Living Trusts; Small Claims Court; Starting a Business; Traffic Accidents; Wills/Estate Planning.
Last revised: 6/2012
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