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Mary Wilkerson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., Mathematics, Virginia Tech
M.S., Mathematics, Virginia Tech
B.S., Mathematics Education/Psychology, Virginia Tech
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- Assistant Professor, Coastal Carolina University
- Visiting Faculty Member, Cornell University
- Graduate Teaching Assistant, Virginia Tech
Mary Wilkerson, Ph.D., has been with the Department of Mathematics and Statistics since 2012.
She earned a Bachelor of Science in mathematics education and psychology in 2007, and a Ph.D. in mathematics in 2012, all from Virginia Tech. Her primary field of study is complex dynamics. Typical research interests of hers involve using discrete techniques (e.g., finite subdivision rules and circle packings) to model holomorphic maps.
Her teaching interests center on courses with analysis-based content, like calculus and complex variables. Wilkerson is a Project NExT (New Experience in Teaching) fellow and has participated in the AMS Mathematical Research Communities program on complex dynamics. She is the current coordinator of the Coastal Carolina University High School Math Contest and a member of the Safe Zone LGBTQIA+ Ally Network at CCU. | <urn:uuid:1585276f-b60b-4674-8d55-415f4f21255e> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://www.coastal.edu/academics/facultyprofiles/science/mathematicsandstatistics/marywilkerson/marywilkersonprofile.php | 2024-04-14T23:30:52Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296816904.18/warc/CC-MAIN-20240414223349-20240415013349-00867.warc.gz | en | 0.893023 | 250 |
Growth marketing in their DNA
In 2009, two brothers from Jakobstad along with their friend founded a marketing company called Genero, because they wanted to change the way marketing was done. In the early years, their client base consisted mainly of small local businesses and startups. Today, Genero focuses on measurable digital marketing, helping companies utilize digital tools and channels, and so-called growth hacking methods. Although the company’s geographical reach has expanded beyond Jakobstad to cover the whole of the Nordic countries and Central Europe, it has not forgotten its Ostrobothnian roots.
“Our hometown is a part of us, and we are proud of it. We work honestly and with our feet on the ground” say CEO Rasmus Östman and COO Sebastian Östman of Genero.
For the people at Genero, Ostrobothnian values and effectiveness are in their DNA. They want to challenge companies to focus on marketing that drives growth.
“With everything we do, we ask ourselves, what would we do if we were the client. When applying a successful growth marketing strategy, you need to differentiate from the competition and give a more significant value to the target group. That is why we also work with branding and strategy,” explains Rasmus Östman.
The brothers say that the folks at Genero work to suit the client’s needs. In their view, it is essential to look at marketing needs through the eyes of the client, instead of being stuck with planning just for themselves or the industry.
“We have experience from the other side of the table as well, so we understand the clients’ needs. Our clients’ success is our inspiration,” Sebastian Östman adds.
To date, Genero has been expanding quickly, with an annual growth rate of up to 50 percent, and the company nowadays has offices in both Helsinki and Jakobstad. However, there is always room for improvement, and for the Östmans, this currently means focusing on further developing the existing digital marketing methods.
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Crystal Kirscht wrote:I discovered the same thing. Only it only compiles in Eclipse and in VSCode (which both use Java 17). However when I run Java from the command line on the same code it does not compile. I'm not sure what is different
Is this valid/legal?
Can a company restrict me from taking the exam?
Does Oracle validate in some way, that a student has taken a course from X company?
Can I take the exam on my own? (After studying of course)
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There is something that needs to stabilize when it comes to the future of blockchain, cryptocurrencies and the Metaverse. These are massive technological advances and they are already multi-trillion dollar opportunities. A serious risk is that the financial losses being seen in the financial prices of these assets is hurting the future culmination of these underlying themes. The start of 2022 has been very volatile and the losses could send those who want these advances are harsh enough that it feels worse than when the “Dot-Com Bubble” burst two decades ago.
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies did not exist in 2000 when the last digital bubble burst. “Crypto” as a combined group has matured into the “new gold” in the digital age. That is supposed to be some safety against traditional assets, inflation and other uses. This also puts crypto in line with other collectibles for better or worse. Just do not confuse the underlying stocks as collectibles, although they may be competing for the same capital at this point.
Collectors Dashboard wants to evaluate some of the current market trends and consider how the long-term opportunities could be at-risk (or simply leaped over) if these prices continue to slide. And we cannot ignore that non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are all quoted in Ethereum and other crypto prices rather in raw dollars. Guess what that does for those prices — and will the IRS tax gains on NFTs as collectibles or tax them as financial assets?
Bitcoin, Crypto, Metaverse
The so-called HOLDrs maintain that the future is around Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, with many predictions that Bitcoin may rise to $100,000 or even much higher over time. Bitcoin peaked at roughly $69,000 in November of 2021, but now the price is back down to about $35,000. At the same time, the high-flying tech stocks that will own the creation of the Metaverse and Web3 have been plummeting in 2022. One driving force for risk-assets (stocks and crypto) is that the years of a zero interest rates are about to see interest rate hikes now that inflation has reached unacceptable levels (more than 6% by the end of 2021).
How do prices begin to stabilize if the risk assets tied to blockchain, cryptocurrencies and the Metaverse are getting crushed. Market forces such as forced sales, investors panicking, stop-loss trades, and forced liquidations from margin calls are all happening so far in January. It’s a vicious cycle when this happens and that is where we are right now at the start of 2022.
Even with cratering crypto prices and lower stock prices, the charge decentralized finance (DeFi) forges ahead at the same time that Web3 and the Metaverse are beginning to become entrenched. The reality is that these are all intertwined and part of the same effort. And again, this represents a multi-trillion opportunity. If only those damned prices would stop hurting everyone who is investing in these assets that are needed.
There are two critical reports which have been issued in recent days that conflict greatly with each other. The investment banking form UBS has warned that a “crypto winter” is likely coming. Goldman Sachs is outlining how Web3 and the Metaverse represent a multi-trillion economic contribution. Is it possible that both reports could be correct when Web3 and the Metaverse have to be so interconnected with blockchain and cryptocurrencies? Then there is a third report worth evaluating by Bitwise Asset Management pointing toward cryptocurrency asset allocations and talk of a $100,000 price target on Bitcoin.
While China and the United Kingdom (and others) are exploring and pursuing their own digital currencies, the Federal Reserve in the United States has also laid out its first views and a public comment period for a U.S. central bank digital currency (CBDC). Is it possible that the Federal Reserve will take down Bitcoin and other cryptos in this process, or will these all exist side by side?
The UBS “Crypto Winter”
Because the prices of risk-based assets like stocks and cryptos are tanking so far in 2022, the UBS “crypto winter” gets the first glance. UBS cites a growing number of factors pointing to a “crypto winter.” One is that the case for Bitcoin as a currency and inflation hedge is dwindling. UBS also cites flaws in Bitcoin’s technology as well. UBS also worries that regulation could stymie the development of the industry. And ultimately, they point to the cratering price of Bitcoin as investors are bracing for the Federal Reserve’s interest rate hikes (expected to be three or more rate hikes in 2022).
As for the case of a “crypto winter,” UBS worries that this is where asset prices continue to fall but fail to recover for a long time. The last crypto winter was in late 2017 and early 2018. The price of Bitcoin had peaked at about $20,000 but the slide down to $4,000 over the next year resulted with investors losing interest in digital assets like Bitcoin.
With the recent price drops that are being seen, many of which are when other markets are closed, the argument that Bitcoin is “better money” is falling short because of very volatile prices and also with its limited supply. And UBS worries that stablecoins and DeFi projects are almost certain to face more regulation as “bigger setbacks from authorities in the coming months.”
Goldman Sachs Multi-Trillion Dollar Metaverse
Goldman Sachs’ Insights cited a United Nations figure that the world’s digital economy represented 15.5% of total GDP in 2018. The firm is forecasting that the digital economy’s share of total GDP rose to 16.8% by 2021, representing approximately $15 trillion. The forecast lays out the bearish and bullish cases and the timing:
In the most bearish case with ~15% of the digital economy shifting towards the virtual world and ~2.5% market expansion from current estimated levels, we arrive at a ~$2.6 trillion total market opportunity and in the most bullish scenario of ~33% of the digital economy shifting to the Metaverse and ~25% market expansion, we arrive at a ~$12.5 trillion opportunity. While the range is quite broad, we acknowledge that we are still 20 years into web 2.0 and expect the timing of web 3.0 will be similar, if not longer.
There is a lot more to the Goldman Sachs Metaverse and Web 3.0 view, and the firm recently in a separate report noted that Bitcoin could overtake gold as an investment.
Bitwise/ETF Crypto Trends by Financial Advisors
The fourth annual survey release of Bitwise/ETF Trends 2022 Benchmark Survey of Financial Advisor Attitudes Toward Crypto Assets is all bullish on Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies. That should be expected considering the nature of the report. The key takeaways are 1) the coming asset allocations that are obviously coming, and 2) loose talk of a $100,000 price target on Bitcoin.
The survey survey of more than 600 financial advisors showed that the number of advisors giving allocations is currently just 15%. An additional 14% of advisors indicated that they will “probably” or “definitely” allocate assets toward crypto in 2022.
The Bitwise survey showed that 53% of the respondents expect that Bitcoin’s price will rise to $100,000 or more within five years. That figure was only 15% of respondents a year earlier.
More in-depth coverage on the Bitwise/ETF Trends report are available.
What About These Falling Asset Prices?
Is this another “Dot-Com Bubble” in the making? Perhaps, but in some aspects may be worse if these prices do not stabilize.
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) was the most recent huge announcement about gaming and the Metaverse. It is paying nearly $70 billion in cash to acquire Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI). While this sounds like it’s about gaming and the expansion around the Xbox and gaming ecosystem, this is ultimately going to rapidly expand Microsoft’s advancements in the Metaverse. Just look at the HoloLens product, think about Microsoft Teams, LinkedIn and the Office ecosystems all being more integrated. Microsoft has a $2.2 trillion market cap, but that is down 15% to about $296 per share since nearly hitting $350 per share in November of 2021.
Facebook isn’t even Facebook anymore now that the company changed its name to Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB). This had been a $1 trillion company as its shares peaked above $384 late last summer, but the controversies and regulatory woes of the company hurt the stock. Despite Meta’s stock price recovering to $350 by the end of December (2021) its stock was down to about $303 this week.
Walmart Inc. (NYSE: WMT) might not be a technology company you first think of, but having the world’s largest retail operation will require some advancements as the Metaverse takes hold. More recent advancements into launching a cryptocurrency and efforts for the Metaverse didn’t prevent Walmart’s stock from falling. Its stock was at $145 a week earlier, but the stock had slid to about $140 at the most recent close. Despite having sales of more than $550 billion, its market cap is currently about $389 billion.
Coinbase Global, Inc. (NASDAQ: COIN) was the first pure crypto-trading platform to come public. It was valued above $100 billion after peaking above $400 after its initial public offering. With a 13% drop on Friday to about $192 per share, it was barely holding a $50 billion market value. The company has also opined about how it sees itself in the Metaverse.
And what about Bitcoin itself? After peaking close to $69,000 its slide back to $35,000 represented about a 49% correction. That has all contributed to a significant drop in the ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF (NYSEArca: BITO). This ETF holds Bitcoin futures rather than owning Bitcoin outright, but its price was down 10.4% in a day to close $24.10 most recently (and Bitcoin’s price is down so far over the weekend. So what if it peaked above $44 per share shortly after its launch? Its market value is now down to under $1 billion.
The technology companies on the NASDAQ lost close to $1 trillion in market value in the month after the March 2000 peak. Things continued to get worse back then for the “New Economy” stocks (sound familiar?), but think about what did not even exist in 2000:
- Search was dominated by Netscape, AOL, Yahoo! and a few others.
- Google was still only taking hold.
- Facebook did not exist (even if The Globe tried).
- Online ads were sold by companies directly.
- The only concepts like Bitcoin and crypto (Digicash and eCash) did not succeed.
- The Metaverse was a concept shown in Sci-Fi movies with bad graphics.
- And back then no single company was ever valued at $1 trillion.
And for collectibles in the year 2000, there were no sales above $1 million for baseball cards and there were no fractional ownership platforms. But hey — at least Tom Brady was about to take his first snap as a quarterback later that year.
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What we do with our first couple hours determines the tone, mood, and productivity level for the rest of the day. These 7 early morning tasks will help you make the most of your days!
Having a solid morning routine in place is the key to having a productive day. In fact, what we do with those first couple hours determines how much we’ll get done throughout the rest of the day.
But what exactly should we be doing when we first wake up in the morning to promote maximum productivity and satisfaction?
There are 7 things I find make the most difference, so I try to do these as often as possible.I try to wake up early and do them before my kids wake up. It’s really tough, but it makes me a happier and better mom! My journey to this morning routine started with reading The Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod. Over time, I adapted his system to best meet my needs as a mom.
My morning routine goes as follows:
Waking up early is REALLY hard for me. I’ve always been a believer in putting God first and reading my scriptures and saying my prayers right when I wake up, but I find that when I’m waking up before 7am, this is a bad idea. I just fall asleep 😴. So now I workout first to give me that zap of energy (and ensure I don’t crawl back into bed).
Even if you like to workout later in the day–like going on a walk with the kids or taking a class at the gym–I think it’s beneficial to do something to get your blood pumping when you first get out of bed. Do 20 jumping jacks or 10 push-ups. Run up and down the stairs a couple of times.
Or you can do your full workout here. I find it’s best for me to do this option. It’s harder to find excuses when you just get up and do it right away. Yes, I oftentimes plan to do more of a workout later (like a long walk with Roxy), but if the rest of my day goes downhill, I know I got a workout in–even if it was only 10 or 15 minutes long.
2. Pray (or meditate)
Next, I pray. If you’re not the praying type, you can do meditation or breathing exercises here. Just sit in silence and try to have a calming experience. For me, there’s nothing more calming than prayer. I love talking with God, sharing my gratitude and hopes and fears and dreams with Him and asking for His guidance in my life. I look forward to these quiet moments in the early morning and the clarity that they bring.
3. Read Scriptures (or a personal development book)
Take a few minutes to read something positive and uplifting. For me, that’s my scriptures. But if you aren’t religious, that’s fine. Read a few pages of a positive, life-changing book. You can even start with The Miracle Morning. Spend a few minutes filling your mind with important words to start your day off on the right foot.
I’m a huge believer in affirmations. Seriously, if you’ve held back because it sounds weird (I understand, I promise. I was there once, too), you need to give them a try. They are life-changing!
There are apps that guide you through affirmations. You can buy cards or journals that help you. Or you can write your own. I personally wrote a two page series of personalized affirmations for myself and what I want in my life, and it’s one of the best things I ever did for myself.
Saying these affirmations every morning (out loud when I can) is HUGE. It helps me keep my priorities straight, make forward progress on my goals, and remember what’s important to me personally. And this, in turn, helps me create my dream life.
I’m very particular about the way that I journal, and it’s definitely not the traditional method. I focus on brain dumping (getting all my stress out), gratitude, and goals. I wrote a post all about my journaling routine here if you want more details about how to create a purposeful journaling routine for yourself.
6. Get Ready for the Day
Okay, I know what you’re thinking, “But I’m a stay-at-home mom. Why would I get ready in the early morning? Isn’t that the perk of this whole thing, that I don’t have to get ready every day?” Well, yes. But also no.
Getting ready signals to our brain that we’re ready to work. If we stay in our pajamas and put zero effort into our appearance, it’s going to be a lot harder to have a productive day. Plus, what if something comes up and we have to go somewhere? Then we’re rushing around trying to get dressed and brush our teeth.
Just try it for a week and see how you feel. I’m not saying you have to get all glammed up and spend 45 minutes doing your make-up and hair each morning. But do something. Brush your teeth. Wash your face. Put on a little bit of mascara. Brush your hair and maybe run a straightener through it. Get dressed. Then watch your productivity (and your mood) escalate!
7. Listen to Something You Enjoy (podcast, music, or audiobook)
I do this while I workout, and again while I get ready for the day. More often than not I’m listening to a podcast, but sometimes I turn on some music and dance around (I often do this at breakfast with the kids). Just like number 3, this fills your mind with positive or fun things and adds a little joy to your day. Music and uplifting words are huge mood boosters!
When you wake-up early and do these 7 things, you set your day up for success. You’re now ready to tackle your to-do list and spend quality time with your little ones. Plus, if the rest of the day goes downhill, look at how much you’ve already accomplished! You’ve already had a successful day before the kids even woke up. Supermom!
This whole process takes me about an hour and fifteen minutes. So I wake-up at about 6:15 and I’m done by 7:30, just in time to get the kids up and ready for school.
What’s the first thing you do when you wake-up in the morning?
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Automation is a huge blessing, as it leads to increased productivity, lower operating costs, better time management, and faster ROI. That is if you know how to make the most of it. What automation can bring to the table when it comes to project management is a better-organized business and faster project delivery, decreased repetitiveness, and fewer responsibilities on your hands. So, are you up for giving automation a try?
There are lots of ways in which automation can contribute to project management. You just have to find the best ones. Since we are already on the topic of saving time with the help of technological automation tool, let us save you some time on the search as well. Here is how you can use automation to boost project management.
Analyze Your Current Processes
Before you start with the automation, you first need to determine which processes should be automated. Focus your attention on aspects of your project management that could be enhanced with technologies.
For example, if you send numerous emails daily, you could gain a huge benefit from email automation. Using an automated tool to set up appointments and meetings can save you 80% more time.
The point of automation isn’t to lessen the number of team members. The goal is to take from your hands, repetitive tasks, and leave you more room for creative and intellectual processes.
Define the operations that you should automate by focusing on questions such as:
Which processes can be automated within our company?
Which processes take most of our time?
Will automating those processes improve the project’s success?
What are our priorities when it comes to automation?
Can our software support the requirements of automated technologies?
Aside from analysing what could be automated, you also need to think about which processes allow for automation. Defining the automation solutions that are applicable to your project, and your company is the first step towards automation.
Select the Automation Tools
After you’ve established what needs to be automated, the next step is to choose the appropriate technologies. This is a big responsibility because the tools you pick will affect the outcome of the automation.
If you research the available automation tools, you’ll realize that the choices are endless. The reason why is, that automation has become essential in project management, and the demand for automation tools is consistently increasing. Consequently, innovative minds respond to that demand with automation products.
What you should pay attention to when choosing automation tools are their reviews. Look into the type of companies that use those tools and how do they fit into your niche. Lots of automation tools offer free trials, so you should give them a try before you make a final decision. What Comidor does, is to offer a free POC development based on organisations’ customised needs and business challenges.
To give you a place to start, Comidor is a digital automation platform with project management functionalities such as KanBan boards and Gannt chart. Comidor’s project management tool enables users to plan and execute projects, and monitor the performance baselines during the whole project life cycle.
Help Your Team Understand the Benefits and Ways of Automation
Automation can only reach its full potential if you have your team members on board. That’s why training your team to use automation tools is a big part of boosting your project management processes.
Start by explaining how automation can improve your success. Emphasize that they can get more done in less time and reduce pressure by decreasing the chances of human errors. Instead of focusing on numerous tasks at once, automation will help them prioritize their obligations and get organized.
People often believe in the misconception that multitasking is great for productivity. The fact is that multitasking can cost teams 40% of productivity because of the consistent switching between tasks. Explain to your team that automation tools will help you bring that productivity level to maximum.
The crucial part is that you properly educate and train employees to use automation tools. If you throw the new technologies at them, you can create an even bigger mess.
What would be of great help for your employees is to provide them with proper training in how to use the new automation tools. This is why you need to count in the training time in your schedule before the automation tools become a regular part of your workdays.
Automation – the Present and Future of Project Management
As project managers have realized the benefits of automation, it is slowly becoming an essential element of project management. Automation is only getting more prominent, so the sooner you get on board, the better.
However, using the wrong project management tools for automation can lose you some valuable time (not to mention money). That’s why these tips on how to boost project management with automation can give you proper direction. Simply choose the automation methods and tools that would work best for your project and let it make your life much easier.
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International relocation after Brexit: what you need to know
The Brexit is officially a fact by now. This means that the United Kingdom is no longer part of the European Union, which makes it a ‘third country’.
The changes that come with this, will also influence the international relocation business. This article will explain which new customs, tax and other regulations are in place when moving between EU member states and the UK.
Moving to the UK after Brexit
EU citizens seeking to go the UK, must now comply with UK domestic immigration laws. Free movement no longer applies. An international passport will be sufficient for a stay up to 90 days (within a 180-day period). If you want to live in the UK for a longer period or permanently you may need to apply for a visa, depending on the purpose and the length of the stay. You can apply for one here. In some cases you are also required to pay an immigration health surcharge to cover the cost of any medical treatment in the UK.
General regulations for goods moving to the UK
Goods moving from the EU to the UK and vice versa also need to undergo certain regulations. Goods need to be declared to customs and are potentially chargeable to duty and import VAT in the destination country.
About the transport of residence relief system
When private individuals transfer their country of residence from the EU to the UK whilst taking every household effect and personal property with them, they can call on the transport of residence relief system and avoid paying any VAT or other duty costs. To appeal to this system the person also needs to fulfill the following requirements:
- The person must have been a non-UK resident for at least 12 months
- The person must have owned the goods for 6 months or more
Moving to Europe after Brexit
UK residents looking to move to EU will need to check the relevant country embassy website, since the regulations will be done on a country-by-country basis. Highly skilled workers can apply for a blue card which gives them the right to live and work in an EU country.
Tip: check your job qualifications in the country of destination
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Can I still live and work in the EU or the UK?
Approximately around 850.000 UK nationals are currently living in the EU and around 4.000.000 EU citizens have been granted residence status in the UK. British expats in the EU or EU citizens in the UK who were already living in that country before January 2021 can continue to work, live and study in their host country whilst remaining their right to healthcare, social security benefits and pensions. The only condition is that they must register as a resident in the country.
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The massive impact coronavirus has had on how we do business and live our lives is undeniable. Millions of former in-office employees suddenly became remote workers, dealing with challenges and adjustments required of them and their companies to keep things afloat. For many, this remote work became normal, so much so that companies now must consider its impact on recruiting, retention, and employee relocation in the post-COVID-19 era. As the demand for remote work increases, we can assume that the job market will become even flatter since more employees will be available to fill roles at companies located elsewhere.
As we entered the second year of the pandemic, we could see that more and more employees are opting to relocate out of densely populated and expensive cities and relocate to more rural and peaceful locations, all because they can work remotely. We could also see many companies doing the same. With many of their workers now performing their duties from home, pricey office leases in large cities became unnecessary. As a result, many businesses have relocated to more affordable locations within the US, with some even downsizing their office spaces.
Another mobility trend has also emerged amid the COVID-19 pandemic, named de-location, where an employee is allowed to move from their current location to another one and work remotely while keeping their position. Many companies have recognized de-location as valuable talent retention and cost reduction strategy, although some businesses are implementing pay cuts for employees choosing to de-locate. To learn more about de-location, we recommend reading this study done by northAmerican®.
Through all of this, one thing has stayed the same for all companies – the need for finding and retaining top talent. However, the recruitment process in the post-COVID-19 era has changed. This article will discuss talent recruitment and corporate relocation trends in the upcoming new age of business.
Recruiting From Anywhere
Probably the most notable change in recruiting over the past two years is the expansion of the talent pool. Many companies today can hire new employees from anywhere in the world. Companies that can emphasize remote work have bigger chances of attracting the talent they need. This is a rare opportunity for talent acquisition as the need for remote workers aligns with candidates’ desires to work remotely. According to research by Motus, 40% of Gen Z and Millennial professionals want more flexibility in choosing where they work. Many of these candidates are interested in relocating from expensive metropolitan areas to more affordable suburban locations. This leads to the conclusion that those companies that are able to decentralize their offices or adopt remote work policies can benefit from the current talent surplus by drawing from top candidates, regardless of location.
The pandemic has also changed the way businesses connect with new candidates. For example, last year, Taco Bell hosted safety-conscious hiring events. Interviews were done outside, and drive-up hiring parties allowed candidates to stay in their cars. Nowadays, these and similar hiring events, as well as virtual career fairs, are becoming commonplace. In some cases, a potential candidate doesn’t even need to interact with people when being interviewed. Instead, they can record their answers to a uniform set of questions at any time (including off-hours and weekends), which lowers the pressure on hiring managers and HR teams.
A lot of companies use Zoom to connect and interview their candidates, as well as Loom, a video-messaging tool where candidates can send a two-minute video that serves as an elevator pitch of sorts. Virtual hiring also saves time and money, as candidates don’t need to come to the office for an interview, which is an all-day affair both for them and the HR department. Now companies can schedule numerous interviews in a day without anyone having to leave their house.
Even during the pandemic and worldwide travel bans, people were willing to relocate for work. In fact, according to the survey done by Wakefield Research, 80% of workers were willing to relocate during the pandemic, including 31% who would relocate internationally. Therefore, it is safe to expect that employee interest in corporate relocations will continue to grow as more people are ready to explore new opportunities. Additionally, 84% of workers have stated they would relocate for work when COVID-19 is no longer prevalent in the world, and 46% would be willing to relocate internationally. This is proof that the global mobility industry shows no signs of slowing down anytime soon. Workers are determined and willing to relocate to advance their careers, and businesses should be prepared to support these workers.
But, to attract and retain skilled talent, companies must create strong talent mobility offerings and programs that create unique experiences for mobile workers. 55% of workers stated that they would want their employer to handle all the logistics, while 92% said they would need a financial incentive (a pay raise or a promotion, housing allowance, or reimbursement for moving expenses) to accept the relocation.
This survey has provided valuable insight for businesses into how employees are considering family relocations, particularly after the time they’ve spent together during the pandemic:
- 81% of married employees or those in a relationship are more willing to relocate, compared to 64% of single employees;
- 89% of employees with children would be willing to relocate for work;
- 46% of employees would be willing to relocate for less than six months without their families or partners;
- 36% of employees said they would relocate without their family or partner for more than three years, mostly due to concerns about how their families will adapt to the relocation.
These are all signs of a bright future ahead for the global mobility industry. Now companies must adjust talent mobility strategies and policies to match their employees’ wants, needs, and concerns. A lot of things may have changed due to COVID-19, but some things stay the same, namely, the need for top talent and the willingness of people to relocate to advance their careers and lives.
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Salford is a thriving cultural, economic and residential destination, home to 251,000 people and 10,500 businesses. Unprecedented levels of economic growth over the last decade, including renowned schemes, such as MediaCityUK, has transformed the city, creating one of the most highly skilled digital and technical workforces in the Greater Manchester city region.
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The Malachite Fouled Anchor Kilt Pin features a sterling silver kilt pin in a fouled (rope-wrapped) anchor design set with beautiful green Scottish malachite. The pin is an unusual form with the malachite channel-set inside the sterling sheath. Measures approximately 2.5 inches tall. A rare find!
In nautical terminology, a fouled anchor is one that has become hooked on some object on the seafloor or has its cable wound round the stock. The history of the fouled anchor as an insignia dates back to the seal of Lord Howard of Effingham who served as Lord Admiral of England during the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588. The most recent Lord Admiral, Prince Philip, used the emblem until his death in 2021. The seal is also flown on the ship carrying the monarch to sea or during the launching of a warship of the Royal Navy.
Material: Scottish malachite, sterling silver (.925 silver)
Era: Mid-Victorian (estimated)
Artist: Unknown (unhallmarked)
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Sergio J. Castro is a principal Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) instructor and consultant with Oracle University. He has 8 years of cloud computing experience, and 27 years of overall IT experience. You can find his OCI blog posts on the A-Team Chronicles. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science from the Autonomous University of Baja California. He is an OCI Certified Architect, Professional; and AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Associate. He focuses on Networking and Next-Generation IT services. | <urn:uuid:43ba7f24-c244-40e4-9a71-e8454c2553d2> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://www.coursera.org/instructor/~95461149 | 2024-04-15T00:40:29Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296816904.18/warc/CC-MAIN-20240414223349-20240415013349-00867.warc.gz | en | 0.919505 | 106 |
As the pandemic turned the world upside down, little did I know mine would change forever when a tragic accident claimed my father in October. I realised that adjusting to the virus was not my new normal, after all, that living life without my hero was. There wasn’t a day he didn’t call to remind me to stay safe, and now those calls have stopped forever. Reminiscing about the moments we spent together has been my source of comfort in this time of grief. On Father’s Day, I missed my usual early morning call to him because I’d overslept. Later, he teased me for slacking, saying that I needed to step up my game. “You lost your place as the winner this year.” I’d underestimated how much my calls meant to him.
As a first-generation college student, he encouraged me to go beyond my limits, never failing to show how proud he was of my achievements. He dreamt I'd use education as a stepping stone to break through our humble background, where survival is from hand to mouth. He taught me that I can do everything I put my mind to, and that if I studied hard to achieve my dreams, I’d become an independent woman.
When people talk about embracing change, they don’t mean the kind covid-19 imposed on the world alongside words like face masks, social distancing, regular hand-washing. They also don’t mean change that follows death. How one deals with that remains a mystery to me, but I do know that my dad’s death has reshaped my view of life. I am more reserved now, but I have learned to place value on friendships and relationships. I’ve come to accept that change can be an avenue for growth. Whenever I feel lonely, I find a quiet spot and repeat my positive affirmations: You are amazing, loved, and appreciated. You are what you believe and can do anything you resolve to do. Each time the situation overwhelms me, I think about what my dad would say to me, and slowly my worries dissipate.
In my loss, I share the pain of thousands of families worldwide who have lost loved ones to the pandemic. Nothing prepares one for the shock of grief. Luckily, family and friends offer me comfort in these trying times. There is a light at the end of the tunnel, I believe, and while 2020 has been a tough year, we will persevere. | <urn:uuid:81f7fcac-9f02-4114-9961-fb6782f8c1af> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://www.covidhqafrica.com/my-father-my-hero/ | 2024-04-15T00:33:55Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296816904.18/warc/CC-MAIN-20240414223349-20240415013349-00867.warc.gz | en | 0.968884 | 517 |
Fournier, a senior political columnist with the National Journal and former Washington bureau chief and White House correspondent for The Associated Press, is a Detroit native who attended Detroit Homecoming in 2014 and 2015.
David Kirby was waiting tables in 2013 at Craft Work, a trendy restaurant in Detroit's West Village neighborhood, when he spotted Mayor Mike Duggan across the room and announced to his colleagues, "I'm taking the mayor's table. He's mine." A few years earlier, the West Village would have been the last place you'd expect to find an ambitious young waiter cornering a big-city mayor. Craft Work is located inside 4,000 square feet of craggy brick building that housed a used clothing shop until 2012. The east-side neighborhood was filled with vacant lots and storefronts. By 2013, the West Village was trending hip — a magnet for millennials like Kirby. Grabbing a handful of menus, the 26-year-old raced to Duggan's table and said, "Mr. Mayor, I'm your waiter tonight, but I won't be a waiter forever. I'm going to open a local-foods market, and I need you to promise to come visit my store." Within two months, Kirby had opened the Parker Street Market, a bodega-style organic grocery two blocks from Craft Work. Tips he earned waiting tables at night were spent the next day on Lowe's shelving units, which Kirby stocked with an inventory bought on consignment. The shelves were so sparse he bought flowers to fill empty spaces.Kirby immediately turned a profit, a modest one, slightly expanded the market, and quit the restaurant job after realizing he could support his wife and month-old baby by selling food rather than serving it. Duggan, a Democrat, has visited Parker Street Market several times, once with Republican Gov. Rick Snyder.
Purpose-driven millennials who don't remember 'Old
Detroit' build anew
"I kept my word," Duggan said.
It was the mayor who first told me about Kirby. I bumped into Duggan recently at the second annual Detroit Homecoming, a joint effort by the political and business communities to enlist "expats" like me into the city's post-bankruptcy recovery. I asked him how the city can keep grinding upward. How does Detroit write a comeback narrative that's real and durable, and not be just another buzzy-hyped brand that goes to hell? Duggan said the key is to attract and retain young adults: millennials, a uniquely equipped generation of social entrepreneurs who don't trust government. You do that by getting out of their way, he said. Let each young transplant build a life in Detroit while building a better Detroit. "Look," he said, "I've obviously got to make sure they don't spray graffiti on the walls and there's no squatting in homes," Duggan chuckled. "But other than that, have at it. Let them innovate. Let them create. Let them do good things and make a profit." That's when Duggan told me about Kirby. "The kid walks up to me and says he's going to own the largest chain of local-foods stores in the state of Michigan!" For Duggan, the ex-waiter is a model for a new Detroit, a city slowly rising from the ashes with an infusion of young, civic-minded strivers. Innovators. Disrupters. Dreamers. Risk-takers. Consensus-builders. Millennials like Kirby (who moved to Detroit in 2013 from hipsteresque Brooklyn) have no patience for institutions that still play by 20th century rules. The day after talking to Duggan, I drove 20 minutes from downtown to Kirby's market. The shelves were stuffed with organic foods, local and national brands. The counter was built from a wooden crate, which slid across the worn wood floorboards when I leaned against it. "Don't worry about that," Kirby said. "Nothing fancy here." He welcomed customers by name as they walked in, and they came in a constant stream. Basic groceries, snacks, fresh juices, beer and wine in a space the size of a traditional Detroit "party store," though Kirby's prices are higher and the products far better than anything sold via that old business model. Two years ago, Kirby was taking a walk with his wife when he noticed a "for rent" sign in an abandoned storefront on Parker and Kercheval streets. "The rent was exactly what I had in my savings account: $500," he told me.The landlord agreed not to collect rent until the store opened.
Kirby found a wholesaler willing to give him inventory that he would pay for out of his first sales. One of the first things Kirby did was remove the metal bars that had been on the storefront's windows, a long-ago concession to the neighborhood's crime problem. I asked why he took them off. "Why not?" he shrugged. "I don't have any connection to Old Detroit, the don't-come-down-here-it's-too-dangerous Detroit." I told him Old Detroit is my Detroit. The son of a riot cop, I was born and raised not far from Kirby's market. When I left the city in 1985, after graduating from the University of Detroit, there were already bars on the windows of West Village.He nodded and smiled. "It took 20 years to get one business in this neighborhood and less than a year to get 20 more." Wise man, this kid. He was reminding me that change comes slowly, then all at once. After quitting the restaurant, Kirby quickly expanded his inventory by carrying the goods produced by young Detroiters like Lisa Ludwinski, whose pies had such a following that people lined up around the corner during Kirby's first Christmas season in 2013. "Our barrier to entry is low," he said. "Just come in with your product, and I'll take it." Last year, Ludwinski won a contest for young entrepreneurs and used the $50,000 prize to open a bakery, Sister Pie, across the street from the Parker Street Market. When I visited, the bakery was packed with customers, including a group of women drawn in from the suburbs for the $5 special: a cup of coffee and slice of pie served on elegant china.Success breeds success. Eight empty storefronts near the market and bakery are about to be filled by local startups.
Most of Kirby's customers are longtime residents of West Village and nearby Indian Village, economically and racially diverse Detroiters who remember when the corner of Kercheval and Parker housed a series of failed businesses — a hot dog stand (three months), a used appliance store (six months) — and who embraced his lofty ambitions. He attributes his success to "a perfect storm of entrepreneurship: Food business owner looking for shelf space and a small market with lots of it." He also credits a business and political community that is working together — for once. (Duggan and Snyder refer to each other in their stump speeches, respectively, as "my partner.") Kirby is being modest. He is a success because he is fearlessly creative and consultative, a purpose-driven social hacker who thinks anything is possible if it's important enough to change. He is a product of his times — part of a generation shaped by economic tumult, technological surge and war. He brings success to Detroit by disrupting it. | <urn:uuid:8bb5cabb-9967-4d60-a826-d6215f123e93> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20151114/NEWS/311159986/purpose-driven-millennials-who-dont-remember-old-detroit-build-anew | 2024-04-15T00:06:26Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296816904.18/warc/CC-MAIN-20240414223349-20240415013349-00867.warc.gz | en | 0.980854 | 1,517 |
Being charged with Federal Medicaid Fraud is a serious crime.. The process of being charged with a crime can be confusing and overwhelming; which is why it is important to retain an experienced federal health care fraud attorney.
What is a Federal Medicaid Fraud Crime?
Medicaid programs prohibit fraudulent conduct such as knowingly submitting false or fraudulent claims, or submitting false documentation in attempts to wrongfully qualify for medicaid and more.
Federal laws that govern both Medicare fraud and Medicaid fraud include:
- False Claims Act (FCA)
- Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS)
- Physician Self-Referral Law (Stark Law)
- Social Security Act, which includes the Exclusion Statute and the Civil Monetary Penalties Law (CMPL)
- United States Criminal Code
Medicaid programs prohibit the fraudulent conduct addressed by these laws.
CONSEQUENCES OF FEDERAL MEDICAID FRAUD
Medicare fraud is a serious federal crime. If you or someone you know is found guilty and convicted of Medicare Fraud in South Florida, they can face the following punishments:
- Civil penalties may include recovery of up to three times the amount of damages sustained by the Government as a result of the false claims, plus financial penalties per false claim filed
- Criminal penalties (for false, fictitious claims) can include fines, prison time or both.
FEDERAL MEDICAID FRAUD ATTORNEY IN SOUTH FLORIDA
When facing such serious federal health care fraud charges it’s important to have an attorney with experience on your side.
Our Fort Lauderdale lawyers can successfully handle federal medicaid fraud cases. Our team includes former state prosecutors who know the tactics of the federal prosecutors and how they think. We work with you to build the very best case against your allegations so that you can achieve your best future.
Federal Medicaid Fraud Defense Strategies
Each case and client is different, so we customize the defense strategies based on the facts of each case.
Some things we do ensure, however, is that we contact witnesses, conduct in-depth interviews, research, investigations and depositions to make sure that we have access to any and all information available to your case.
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- Rossen Law Firm helped a man avoid minimum prison time for a Federal Child Porn possession charge in South Florida.
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Dubrovnik, old stone house for sale, 1.250.000 €, ID: 4191
- 320 m²
- 1.700 m²
- 180 m
- Sea view
Old stone villa with a large garden and a view of the sea.
The house has 320 m2 and consists of three floors.
On the ground floor there is a spacious hallway, living room, kitchen with dining room, two bedrooms and a bathroom.
There are two large bedrooms, a bathroom and a kitchen on the first floor, and another large bedroom in the attic.
In front of the house there is a large yard and terrace.
It is located only 100 m from the sea.
A beautiful architectural wonder can be obtained with a small investment.
More about Dubrovnik
Dubrovnik barely needs further introduction but this medieval walled city with its polished limestone pavements laid out to a plan 600 years old is a magnet for tourists from around the whole world. It is regularly on the list of 'Must see places on earth'. It has its own international airport, is a busy yachting destination and is close to Mljet National park. People looking for an exotic wedding location, the huge numbers of honeymooners and cruise ships stacked up outside the harbour are all indications of the increasing popularity of this town to visitors.
It was damaged and repaired following the Balkan war in the 1990's which perhaps even added to its reputation.
People who bought property in Dubrovnik after the war would by now have seen a massive rise in Dubrovnik real estate prices. Most believe as we do, that the apartments and villas in Dubrovnik will see further rises in prices for the foreseeable future.
Tourism is now a 52 week a year industry and Dubrovnik property, whether commercial or residential will reflect this. Another factor affecting the prices of villas and apartments in Dubrovnik is the geographical lay out of the town. It is impossible to build further property in Dubrovnik and the surrounding area as it is a walled city surrounded by steep cliffs.
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IT SAP Security/GRC Lead Specialist: Responsible for managing and providing SAP support to Energy Transfer users within functional and technical areas of expertise. This includes interacting with users to understand requirements, evaluating alternative solutions, resolving problems/issues, developing training materials, providing user training, communicating status and documenting system changes (e.g. new reports and functionality) to the appropriate business levels in the organization.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Project Management:
- Plans, directs and coordinates activities in order to ensure project goals are accomplished within defined constraints.
- Identifies and schedules project deliverables, milestones, and required tasks.
- Problem Resolution:
- Research production problems and/or enhancement issues and make appropriate configuration changes to the system. Initiate action and evaluate issues to develop alternative solutions. Apply expert knowledge and experience to resolve problems.
- Conduct day-to-day troubleshooting and break-fix activities. Provide telephone support to share in the 24×7 365-day support of SAP production system.
- Act as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) lead for all SAP Security and GRC modules including but not limited to S4, Fiori, BPC 11.0, O-BPC, E HANA, Solman, GRC 12 components EAM, ARA, ARM and BRM
- Continuous Improvement and Efficiency Projects:
- Develop and implement SAP security policies, architecture and processes. This function includes identifying SAP security solutions, implementing standards and best practices, identifying and remediating vulnerabilities and other associated compliance activities.
- Experience and strong understanding of internal controls, security practices and a working knowledge of S4 and Fiori configuration, functionality and SAP GRC for Controls and SOD resolution strategies to enable the business process transformation needs.
- Understands and Applies Sarbanes Oxley compliance knowledge in internal controls/business process controls design, development, testing, implementation, support, and documentation of a Risk and Controls Matrix for the S4 SAP environment.
- Thinks strategically as the future internal controls/business process controls design is built
- Translate business requirements into a robust security model for SAP S/4 HANA, BPC, E-HANA, Fiori, PO, GRC implementation in accordance with the overall business and IT strategy.
- Knowledge Transfer/Mentor:
- Develop and conduct SAP training and knowledge transfer to business clients.
- Proactively train other IT resources further develop their understanding of SAP application configuration and business processes.
- SOX Compliance:
- Ensure that changes/enhancements are completed using appropriate SOX control processes. Recommend/implement SOX change control process changes as necessary.
Education and/or Experience, Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job duty satisfactorily. The requirements for this position are listed below:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Accounting or equivalent work experience plus experience related to the applicable level.
- Experience should include 2 SAP full project life cycle implementations, and SAP Security design and implementation experience with at least 1 SAP greenfield project implementation experience
- 2-3 years of GRC 10.1/12 Access Control implementation experience with at least 1 new implementation experience
- Administration/Troubleshooting complex security issues related to S4 HANA, BPC, O-BPC, ChaRM, E-HANA Security, Fiori catalogs, groups and configure security roles
- Configure GRC SOD Rule Set and work with the compliance team to test, evaluate the effectiveness of SOD’s and mitigation controls.
- Experience with Integrating SAP with SailPoint IdM is preferred
- Should be well versed working with internal and external auditors and remediate gaps from IT/SAP audits
- Should be able to lead Customer Workshops and Presentations Independently
- Responsible for the effectiveness of SAP Security Controls (Emergency Access, SOD Compliance, etc.) and addressing audit findings in SAP environments
- Deep expertise in implementing the various modules of GRC Access Control – ARA, ARM, EAM, BRM along with complex workflow layouts using MSMP and BRF+
- Implementation experience with GRC Process Control module and integration with Access Control is preferred
Required experience is commensurate with the selected job level:
- The Senior IT Specialist level requires a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience and 5-8 years of relevant job related experience
- The Lead IT Specialist level requires a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience and 8+ years of relevant job related experience
- The Principal IT Specialist level requires a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience and 10+ years of relevant job related experience.
- Knowledge of oil and gas industry is a plus
- GRC certification is preferred
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
- Usually, normal office working conditions.
- Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time due to prolonged periods of sitting or standing.
- Occasional overnight travel may be required.
- Occasional visits to industrial/manufacturing settings, which may include exposure to various materials and chemicals, as well as extreme temperature conditions and loud machinery, and require appropriate personal protective equipment.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Vet
DISCLAIMER: The above statements, which are subject to change, are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified.
An equal opportunity employer/disability/vet
Energy Transfer is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against qualified applicants on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, pregnancy, veteran status, genetic information, citizenship status, or any other basis prohibited by law.
The nature and frequency of the above working conditions and requirements may vary depending on individual operational circumstances. Where feasible, the Partnership will make reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities to enable them to perform the essential functions of the job.
DISCLAIMER: The statements listed in this job posting, which are subject to change, are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified.
- Project Management:
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5.9cm by 4.4cm by 2.7cm approx.
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Kambaba Jasper is a stone of Peace and Tranquility, imbued with the nourishing green energy of Nature. Its dark mystic circles and deep green swirls comforts and protects, calms and relaxes, soothing troubled minds and restoring balance to the body and spirit. Its slow steady frequency expands one’s ability to focus and is a remarkable aid in meditation, granting the release of negative thoughts and feelings, Kambaba Jasper draws wisdom from its ancient life energies and encourages one to open the heart to loving the self and others more fully, and increases the ability to receive love in return.
Kambaba Jasper is one of the more exotic Jaspers, a rare orbicular variety from Madagascar and South Africa. Kambaba Jasper is comprised of microcrystalline Quartz interlaced with Stromatolites, ancient fossilized colonies created by cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) and other primeval microorganisms. These Stromatolites date back more than three billion years and are the oldest known fossils, containing the earliest records of life on Earth
A stone of nurturing energies, Kambaba Jasper provides strength for those who are broken-hearted by love, rejection or sudden abandonment, to find their way out of emotional despair and in facing issues that must be resolved
This stone may be used to increase money flow and prosperity in one’s life. Kept in the workplace it improves an already established career or business interest, and wards off any unnecessary or unwanted changes.
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Positive clinical trial results from the final report on NGA-01 gel & NSA-01 capsule (CANNASEN®CBD Arthritis Gel & CANNASEN®CBD ARTH Supplement)
CS MEDICA (“CS MEDICA” or the “Company”) announces today that, after conducting the final efficacy analysis in their clinical trial, their CANNASEN®CBD Arthritis Gel & CANNASEN®CBD ARTH Supplement (NGA-01 gel and NSA-01 capsule), met all the trial’s primary and secondary efficacy, tolerability & safety endpoints. The final analysis was based on 60 cases of osteoarthritis. The trial data showed that both NGA-01 and NSA-01 were well tolerated, no adverse event was reported, and no significant changes were observed in the urinalysis. The results strengthen our product offering and improve our competitive advantage in the Medical CBD product market.
Today, CS MEDICA announces the final trial data from their clinical trial on NGA-01 and NSA-01. The primary objective was to evaluate the efficacy of NGA-01 gel and NSA-01 capsule in relief in joint pain, inflammation and mobility for patients with arthritis. The secondary objective was to study the cooling effect and bone strengthening activity of NGA-01 gel and NSA-01 capsule, to evaluate the safety of NGA-01 gel and NSA-01 capsule when administered to adult subjects with Osteoarthritis with joint pain, to evaluate the tolerability of NGA-01 gel and NSA-01 capsule when administered to adult subjects with Osteoarthritis with joint pain. The final objective analysis is based on 60 cases of Osteoarthritis, as specified in the study protocol.
Lone Henriksen comments
“This clinical study results, mark another important step for CS MEDICA and continues our strong track record for delivering impactful products. It gives us a unique position in the market as first mover with proven effective and safe Medical CBD products. It paves the way for further R&D of products within this category and gives us a solid foundation to build our commercial track record. These results combined with the patents pending and trademark foresee a high value & revenue in the years to come.
We are proud to share these results as the trial shows that the CANNASEN®CBD Arthritis Gel & CANNASEN®CBD ARTH Supplement in combination are proving to be both safe and efficient for patients and most important our CANNASEN®CBD Arthritis Gel & CANNASEN®CBD ARTH Supplement improves the overall quality of life for patients with Osteoarthritis.”
The data of the trial shows that the CANNASEN®CBD Arthritis Gel & CANNASEN®CBD ARTH Supplement (NGA-01 and NSA-01 capsule) was well tolerated, and no adverse event was reported during the study & no significant changes were observed in the urinalysis. All the vital signs were found normal at baseline and the end visit.
The conclusion of the study
The WOMAC Index and VAS score has significantly reduced in the Test arm (active product test) with a combination of CANNASEN®CBD Arthritis Gel & CANNASEN®CBD ARTH Supplement (NGA-01 gel and NSA- 01 capsule). All the major attributes like pain, stiffness, tenderness, crepitus, and pain during flexion have shown improvement during the treatment. Both Subject’s and Physician’s Global Assessments (SGA) have shown reduction in the disease intensity on one hand, and EQ-5D has shown betterment in the overall life quality of the subjects. There was reduction observed in the Hs-CRP & ESR values and the change were significant for ESR values. The Treatment was found well tolerable, and no AE (Adverse Events) were reported during the study. The Pain indices, assessments, and life quality questionnaires together confirms that the combination of CANNASEN®CBD Arthritis Gel & CANNASEN®CBD ARTH Supplement (NGA-01 gel and NSA-01 capsule) is effective in the treatment of Osteoarthritis with joint pain, along with improving the overall quality of life.
WOMAC Index; The Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Arthritis Index (WOMAC) is widely used in the evaluation of Hip and Knee Osteoarthritis. It is a self-administered questionnaire consisting of 24 items divided into 3 subscales:
- Pain (5 items): during walking, using stairs, in bed, sitting or lying, and standing upright
- Stiffness (2 items): after first waking and later in the day
- Physical Function (17 items): using stairs, rising from sitting, standing, bending, walking, getting in / out of a car, shopping, putting on / taking off socks, rising from bed, lying in bed, getting in / out of bath, sitting, getting on / off toilet, heavy domestic duties, light domestic duties
Change in patient reported joint pain and function scores. WOMAC score has 3 subdivisions which include knee pain, stiffness, and physical function. The score ranges from 0-96, with lower scores representing better knee pain, stiffness, and function.
WOMAC- Index for Osteoarthritis, Functional ability were assessed by; 1. Walking – time required to cover 30 meters in seconds. 2. 10 sit -ups time required in seconds and 3. Time taken to climb 10 steps.
VAS score; One of the important scores/results is the VAS score, which is the Visual Analogue scale (VAS) – a psychometric response scale that have been used in questionnaires. It is a measurement instrument for subjective characteristics or attitudes that cannot be directly measured.
The EQ-VAS records the subject’s perceptions of their own current overall health and can be used to monitor changes over time. The self-assessment questionnaire is self-reported description of the subject’s current health in 5 dimensions (EQ-5D), i.e., mobility, self-care, usual activities, pain/discomfort, and anxiety/depression.
Figure 1: VAS with other Visual Scales
Subject Global Assessment of disease severity (SGA), Subjects grades the overall severity of their symptoms according to the following 5-point scale:
0= Clear; no Arthritis symptoms at all.
1= Very mild; very slight Arthritis symptoms that do not interfere with daily life.
2= Mild; slight Arthritis symptoms that interfere with daily life only occasionally.
3= Moderate; definite Arthritis symptoms that interfere with daily life frequently.
4= Severe; intense Arthritis symptoms that interfere or restrict daily life very frequently.
The subject will perform a disease assessment using subject’s global assessment (SGA).
Hs-CRP & ESR values; Since pain and inflammation are often intertwined, these two commonly ordered blood tests can be helpful indicators that pain and inflammation are present. The erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR or sed rate) and C-reactive protein (CRP) are among the oldest laboratory tests still in use. Both bloods tests are used to detect inflammation in the body. Inflammation can present as either acute (i.e., from injury or infection) or chronic. Multiple cells are involved in the release of inflammatory mediators, which combine to generate pain in joints, muscle, discs, ligaments, tendons, fascia, etc. Since pain and inflammation are often intertwined, the two tests can be indicators that pain and inflammation are present, as well as be markers of treatment effectiveness.
The full study with the results of each primary and secondary efficacy endpoints will be published in a scientific paper on a later stage. As we are developing a scientific paper, we cannot disclose the efficacy endpoints at this stage.
The study design was a double blind, randomized, parallel group study to evaluate efficacy and safety of combination of NGA-01 gel and NSA-01 capsule in the treatment of Osteoarthritis with joint pain (NGA-01 gel and NSA-01 capsule) when administered for up to 60 days at 60 adults between the ages of 30 to 80 years, who have a clinical diagnosis of Osteoarthritis with joint pain at any of the joints; Knee, Hip, Ankle, Elbow and Shoulder.
This study was performed in accordance with ICH E6 R2, Schedule-Y (2017) and Ethical Principles as per the Declaration of Helsinki (2013) including archiving of all the essential documents.
This study was conducted in compliance with the final protocol, the applicable Harmonized Tripartite Guidelines for Good Clinical Practice (GCP), the relevant sections of Good Laboratory Practice (GLP), local laws and regulations and the provisions of Declaration of Helsinki.
All enrolled subjects have received either NGA-01 and NSA-01 capsule (CANNASEN®CBD Arthritis Gel & CANNASEN®CBD ARTH Supplement) or placebo gel & Capsule (randomized in a 1:1 ratio) with the first dose applied at the Day 1 Study Visit. Subjects were instructed to apply the study medication twice daily for 60 days. Subject’s visited for study-related assessments on days 1st, 15th, 30th, 45th and 60th day.
This study was verified and reviewed independently according with the final protocol, the applicable Harmonized Tripartite Guidelines for Good Clinical Practice (GCP), the relevant sections of Good Laboratory Practice (GLP), local laws and regulations and the provisions of Declaration of Helsinki.
WOMAC Index was developed in 1982 at Western Ontario and McMaster Universities. WOMAC is available in over 65 languages and has been linguistically validated. Change in Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Arthritis Index (WOMAC) scores from baseline [Time Frame: Any time-point from Baseline to Day 60]
The EQ-VAS is a vertical visual analogue scale that takes values between 100 (best imaginable health) and 0 (worst imaginable health), on which patients provide a global assessment of their health.
EQ-5D is one of the most reliable QOL questionnaire for Arthritis and other pain related studies. It consists of a questionnaire and a visual analog scale (EQ- VAS).
This disclosure contains information that CS MEDICA A/S is obliged to make public pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation (EU nr 596/2014). The information was submitted for publication, through the agency of the contact person, on 12-07-2022 20:53 CET.
For more information about CS MEDICA, please contact:
Lone Henriksen, CEO
Phone: + (45) 71 20 30 47
CS MEDICA A/S is a Danish medico cannabis company founded in 2011. CS MEDICA is committed to developing, manufacturing, and commercializing over-the-counter (OTC) medical device products containing cannabinoids. The Company runs its business through the two fully-owned subsidiaries, Galaxa Pharma A/S (distributor and representative of foreign manufacturers in the Nordic, registered medical device product distributor) and CanNordic A/S (Medical device developer and seller (BtB), registered medical device product manufacturer). CS MEDICA distributes products across the European borders and is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark.
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London, May 17 (IANS): The question where does cancer originate have long occupied the attention of scientists and the answer may well be found in cancer stem cells, a study confirmed.
The gene mutations driving cancer were tracked for the first time in patients back to cancer stem cells, according to the study.
“We have identified a subset of cancer cells, shown that these rare cells are invariably the cells in which the cancer originates, and also are the only cancer-propagating cells in the patients,” said Petter Woll from Oxford University.
The researchers investigated malignant cells in the bone marrow of patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) and followed them over time.
They demonstrated that a distinct and rare subset of MDS cells showed all the hallmarks of cancer stem cells, and that no other malignant MDS cells were able to propagate the tumour.
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ISLAMABAD: After the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government came to a sudden and premature end, leaving the country in a constitutional vacuum and economic uncertainty, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme with Pakistan is expected to hit another ‘pause’.
Esther Perez Ruiz, IMF’s resident representative in Islamabad, told Dawn that the fund would engage with the new government once it was formed.
The fund’s $6bn Extended Fund Facility (EFF) for Pakistan had already hit a deadlock earlier this month when beleaguered Prime Minister Imran Khan announced a major relief package involving a tax amnesty scheme and energy price cuts, seen by the IMF staff mission as a reversal of agreed reform measures introduced in the mini-budget to revive the programme after months of virtual suspension.
A bloodbath in the stock market on Monday, following days of exchange rate depreciation, triggered fears that the IMF had terminated or suspended its programme with Pakistan after the constitutional vacuum caused by Mr Khan’s decision to seek dissolution of the National Assembly moments before facing a no-confidence motion.
Fund’s country rep says ‘no concept of suspension’ in IMF programme
When contacted, IMF’s Esther Perez Ruiz said: “The Fund looks forward to continue its support to Pakistan and, once a new government is formed, we will engage on policies to promote macroeconomic stability, and inquire about intentions vis-a-vis programme engagement,” she said, adding “There is no concept of suspension within IMF programmes”
The Ministry of Finance also claimed that the two sides “remain engaged in data-sharing and reform discussions as part of EFF,” adding that there is no truth to speculation about the suspension of the programme”.
The EFF, approved by the IMF board on July 3, 2019 had remained mostly off-track throughout its 33-month period and should have come to its conclusion by September 2022 under the original schedule.
After being on the brink of a severe currency and fiscal crisis, the programme helped stabilise the economy by re-balancing the macroeconomic policy mix. The gains during the first nine months of the programme strengthened buffers and allowed Pakistan to weather the unprecedented Covid-19 shock, according to the IMF.
After an initial take-off, though, the programme remained virtually paused for well over a year and was revived following the completion of some prior actions, including independence from the central bank and commitments to do away with tax exemptions and tax amnesty schemes while increasing energy prices for full cost recovery.
This led the IMF to observe that Pakistan has a long history of stop-and-go economic policies and weak implementation of structural reforms. This has resulted in elevated vulnerabilities and low investment and growth, which weigh on the population, including through high poverty incidence, weak development indicators, and limited progress in achieving the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Despite significant efforts to bring the programme back on track earlier in the year, the authorities’ efforts shifted toward expansionary macroeconomic policies and reversed some earlier reforms in an attempt to spur growth.
After the disbursement of one installment, the programme again hit a roadblock when Mr Khan removed then-finance minister Dr Abdul Hafeez Shaikh over SBP law controversy. After a gap of another nine months, the programme was revived again after the government agreed to complete a series of prior actions that had previously missed various deadlines and introduced a mini-budget in December 2021.
The revival again was short-lived as political challenges led prime minister khan to come up with populist measures including significant price cuts and yet another tax amnesty – third under his three-and-half-year rule – despite prior commitments not to again offer such money whitening schemes.
The fund had strongly objected to the government’s justifications for the amnesty scheme and the financial impact and financing sources of the relief package. As a result, the Fund’s mission and the government authorities could not conclude the seventh review of the $6 billion EFF.
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In a recent BBC documentary, entitled Beauty and the Bleach, presenter Tan France (of Queer Eye fame) tackles the issue of colourism. Also known as pigmentocracy, colourism is defined as discrimination that privileges light-skinned people of colour over their darker-skinned peers.
France was born in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, to Pakistani immigrant parents. He says he had always assumed that colourism had “something to do with colonialism”. He also illustrates, with harrowing personal stories, how it comes from within one’s own community. “It’s our own people who are saying that we are not worthy,” he says. “We are not worthy unless we are light-skinned.”
As a system, colourism is deeply rooted in the violence of colonial history. The slave-owning colonial societies of the Caribbean and the United States sustained myths of white racial purity. Preferential treatment of lighter-skinned slaves and the “one drop rule” led to lighter skin shades being associated with status and respectability.
My research shows that colourism was also commodified during the late colonial period, by an imperially supported capitalist economy that racialised Indians. France rightly notes that the south Asian or brown experience cannot be conflated with the Black experience, not least because of the prevalence of anti-blackness within many South Asian communities.
In Beauty and the Bleach, Tan France explores the skin-shade prejudice he experienced as a South Asian child in England
However, both Black and south Asian people continue to grapple with the legacies of their colonial histories. They continue to experience racism too.
Rooted in colonial narratives
Historically, Indians and Europeans alike popularised perceptions of south Indians and lower castes as darker skinned. In the late 18th and 19th centuries orientalists held that Aryan peoples had displaced indigenous Dravidians across the Indian Subcontinent, from around 2000 to 1600 BC.
Colonial thinkers distinguished between “strong pale Aryans” and small dark-skinned primitive Dravidians. Colonial ethnographer HH Risley further racialised Indians by codifying different castes ranging from “Dead Black” to “Flushed Ivory”.
These ideas fed into European civilisational ideas of superiority and progress, which were selectively adopted by other groups. Certain north Indian and Bengali muslims, for instance, connected Persian and Afghan heritage to Aryan genealogies.
So although caste and connections to skin colour were not created by European thinkers, they were consolidated by the British colonial state. Groups from the northern regions of India, deemed lighter-skinned and stronger, were classified as martial races and recruited into the colonial army. Later, through the 1881 and 1901 censuses, racialised caste descriptions became a matter of public record. Across Indian society, fair skin continued to hold currency.
How skin lightening became a big industry
Long before Unilever launched its Fair and Lovely cream in 1971, European and US companies commodified skin lightening in colonial India. Early 20th-century marketing for soaps and creams, as well as skin-lighteners, promoted ideals of superior hygiene, femininity and whiteness to Indian consumers. Local Indian entrepreneurs capitalised on their popularity, connecting fairer skin to class mobility.
The idea that “lighter means beautiful” was also reinforced, from the turn of the 20th century, by commercial photography and cinema in both Hollywood and Bollywood. And when people from south Asia and the Caribbean migrated to the UK, these preferences for lighter skin were transported to post-war Britain.
This discrimination compounded the racism they experienced at the hands of white British communities. France recounts his childhood trauma of facing racism outside and colourism at home. In the 1970s and 1980s, in Black and south Asian communities in Britain, skin shade remained associated with the very real question of social mobility.
Voices of resistance
In colonial India, there was some pushback against colourism. Anti-caste thinkers including Jyotirao Phule and BR Ambedkar rejected ideas that endorsed Aryan and Brahman superiority. Opposition to colour-based prejudice could also be found in popular poetry as well as in debates in women’s periodicals.
In the US and in Britain, from the 1960s, Black power movements and anti-racist socialist organising embraced the Black is beautiful discourse. This idea resurfaced more recently, in 2017, in a campaign launched by the Indian non-governmental organisation, Women of Worth, entitled Dark is Beautiful.
In post-apartheid South Africa activists inspired by anti-colonial thinking have attempted to ban skin lighteners and their harmful ingredients. However, the use of these products remains complex.
Some people view skin-lighteners as a modern beauty choice. Along with new lightening technologies, including laser treatments and plastic surgery, these products remain hugely popular. Social media filters, meanwhile, continue to value lighter skin tones.
In 2020, Unilever announced it was replacing “fair” in its Fair & Lovely product range with “glow”. My research highlights how the choice of “glow” is reminiscent of early 20th-century advertising — products are simply rebranded to align them with a more contemporary stance.
Much of France’s documentary focuses on his sense of shame at having on two occasions — at 9 and 16 — bleached his skin. But it was a response to racism and seen as a “matter of survival”. Skin-lightening, for many, is still seen as a means of accessing the social capital needed to improve prospects, from better career opportunities to romantic relationships.
France dwells on the role community elders play in perpetuating this idea. Many south Asian women continue to share older advice about foods to eat or concoctions to make to improve skin colour and glow.
If these practices, like the discrimination at their root, have long been what singer Kelly Rowland describes in the documentary as the “said unsaid” within communities of colour, the historic resistance to them is finding new voices.
Across mainstream and social media, British Black and south Asian people are speaking out. As a second-generation British Pakistani woman, this is what I try to do too. France’s documentary stands as a poignant challenge to speak openly about these painful truths.
The writer is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Trinity College Dublin
Republished from The Conversation
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We are counting down to the close of the year where we reflect on 2017 and celebrate; we get to raise our glasses and say cheers to the upper echelon, the very best, the cream of the crop- the most Deaf-Friendly Businesses of 2017!
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Baltimore is a town of depth and breadth; fanning out from a picturesque harbor, it boasts both the culinary delights of Little Italy and its culinary love affair with crabs. The historical town is known for jobs in science, engineering and technology as well as its proximity to one of the most foremost teaching hospitals in the nation. And for several days in August it was the host to one of the largest Black Deaf gatherings in the country.
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Our first Deaf-Friendly Certified Businesses were announced in the spring and now we’re eager to share more about each of these stellar Businesses. Out of dozens of businesses who came close, each of these businesses made the final cut, meeting a rigorous criteria below, created by Deaf reviewers and deaffriendly staff.
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Curb cuts, missed hues from Surface's facial recognition, CAPTCHAs, Alexa, and flubbed Starbucks orders were just a few topics mentioned at the Designing and Building Accessible, Inclusive Products panel last month.
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You’re having a day… you overslept, spilled your coffee, misplaced your keys, and got a parking ticket. Lovely. Then, the clouds start to part; you go into a business and receive amazing customer service. The staff is dreamy, makes eye contact, smiles at you, knows some signs and you leave feeling a million times better. All of a sudden the day is looking better and the world is a more deaf-friendly place.
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Do you know the people who are plugging in reviews on deaffriendly.com? Every quarter, we pick the brains of our most active reviewers. They are the words behind our deaf-friendly mission, the stars of our 1-5 star ratings, and the soul of this website.
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We’re kicking off the month of May with big things, announcing the first five Deaf-Friendly Certified Businesses. It’s important to us to celebrate the work of businesses who are not just trying to make the world a more deaf-friendly place, but are making their businesses deaf-friendly places to be.
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Spring is here, and with it marks the beginning of a new exciting chapter for us at deaffriendly as we announce our new certification program, Deaf-Friendly Certified Business. This program spotlights businesses around the nation who consistently go above and beyond to provide top notch deaf-friendly customer service to Deaf customers.
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Across the country coffee shops, stores, restaurants and gas stations have shuttered their doors. Many businesses have closed for the day in observance of "Day Without Immigrants."
Posted by: Staff Writer on Jan. 10, 2017 | Comments
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The 25-year-old alliance between the BJP and the Shiv Sena was on the verge of collapse Friday with both parties adopting a tough stance on the issue of seat-sharing for the Oct 15 state assembly elections, party officials said.
Both the warring partners are holding a series of crucial meetings during the day to take a final call on continuing the alliance.
"It's on the verge of breaking - Only a formal announcement is awaited," a senior state Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader, requesting anonymity, told IANS early Friday.
Similarly, a senior Shiv Sena functionary hinted to IANS that the alliance "is over", but the party has decided to wait for further developments before declaring its stand.
However, a ray of hope emerged Friday morning for the feuding partners with union Minister Nitin Gadkari meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi over the issue. Gadkari is expected to arrive in Mumbai Friday afternoon with a compromise formula intended to save the alliance.
The crux of the issue is primarily seat-sharing, besides projecting Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray as the next chief ministerial candidate. The BJP is demanding both parties contest 135 seats each with the remaining 18 in the house of 288 being allotted to other smaller alliance partners.
The Shiv Sena's latest offer is 119 seats to the BJP, including the share of the other smaller partners, which the BJP rejected outright. There has also been no commitment from the BJP on who the next chief ministerial candidate will be or from which party.
After BJP president Amit Shah gave indications in his public rallies in the state Thursday that the "BJP will form the next government" without mentioning its allies, the party reportedly served a 24-hour 'ultimatum', which Shiv Sena dismissed late Thursday night.
The Shiv Sena also resolved after an emergency meeting that any final decision on the issue - to snap ties or to continue the alliance - would be left to Uddhav Thackeray's discretion.
Both parties were fully prepared to start filing nominations of candidates from Saturday without finalising the contentious issue of seat-sharing between them.
The sharp tussle between the allies has suddenly changed the political scenario with optimism brewing in the ruling Congress-Nationalist Congress Party camps over their prospects in next month's elections.
As the BJP-Shiv Sena remained at daggers drawn, smaller partners like the Republican Party of India (A) and Swabhimani Sanghatana squirmed with apprehensions over their fate and future if the matter remained unresolved or the alliance collapsed.
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With pride for our first two data company summits, we’re excited for what lies ahead.
Jun 21, 2022
In 2021, approximately 74 zettabytes — or 74 billion terabytes — of data were consumed across the world. That number will more than double by 2024, when the world is projected to consume 149 zettabytes of data.
Data will only grow in importance as an essential component of IT innovation— and as enterprises prioritize digital transformation, technology executives have the opportunity to adopt more effective and sustainable data management processes to set a new standard for sustainability in IT, while also maintaining a competitive advantage. However, these changes won’t happen immediately, which only underscores the importance of discussing them now.
Delphix’s four data company summits (DCS) are designed to facilitate those conversations, and we’re proud to be halfway through the series. Most recently, DCS Paris featured technology leaders discussing the digital transformation, sustainability, and data management strategies that have propelled their organizations forward. Sky Italia Head of Infrastructure Service Operations Massimiliano Ricci explained in a session how to achieve fast and secure application delivery in a Zero Trust model, while BNP Paribas Group CIO Bernard Gavgani discussed the top digital transformation priorities for the CXO suite.
Meanwhile, a panel composed of Nordea Head of Quality Assurance Andy Armstrong, Worldpay Head of Platform Engineering & Design Arvind Anandam, and Statkraft Head of Trading Support, IT Dirk Horstrup discussed how tech leaders have empowered development and test teams to accelerate data-driven innovation of products, services and operations, while also accomplishing sustainability objectives. In another panel discussion, Stonex Group Global Head Of Infrastructure Anup Anand and National Grid Engineering Senior Director of Dev Enablement Thiruchendhil Arasu addressed how to balance technology investments, operational awareness and practices, and environmental discipline to transform DevOps to innovate faster, more responsibly, and sustainably in a separate panel.
Delphix’s next two data company summits, to be held at Lido House in Newport Beach, CA (June 23) and The Thompson in Chicago (June 28), promise to be just as informative and inspiring as the previous two data company summits.
At DCS Newport Beach, technology executives from Wells Fargo, Experian, LA Fitness, Mattel, California State University, Molina Healthcare, BeachBody, will discuss the following:
Leading at the Intersection of DevOps and Compliance to Drive Sustainable Digital Transformation
How to Maximize IT Agility Within An Expanding Business
Building a Sustainable Transformation Culture that Empowers People and Innovates Processes
Bringing Products to Market Faster With Efficient Test Data Management Practices
Meanwhile, DCS Chicago will feature keynotes and panel discussions from technology leaders representing Dell, Walmart, Optum, Express Scripts, Lumentum, and U.S. Silica. These leaders will discuss the following:
Digital Leadership Transformation
Data Megatrends and the Art of the Possible
Galvanizing People for Sustainable Transformation
Data for DevOps: The Intersection of Data Automation and Data Security
Participating in a data company summit offers multiple benefits for attendees— such as learning about sustainability and digital transformation strategies directly from peers, participating in a donation match program to make an immediate sustainable impact, and enjoying the amenities of world class cities.
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On Sunday, the Broncos, Rockies, and Avalanche all have home games in Denver.
The Broncos are playing the 49ers at Empower Field at Mile High with kickoff at 6:20 p.m. The Rockies game at Coors Field will start at 1:10 p.m. and the Avs are playing a pre-season game at Ball Arena at 7 p.m.
Thousands of fans are expected to go downtown for the games. Society Sports and Spirits, a sports bar near Ball Arena, is excited about the crowds.
“I love the fans of sports. That's what makes my world go round. That's what puts bread and butter on the table for all of us," said Shantal Buck, a manager at Society Sports and Spirits. “We actually do all of our hiring in August right before football season to get ready for football and the whole shebang. This is our time to shine.”
Those with RTD Denver provided some tips for people attending the games on Sunday:
- Plan ahead and prepare for large crowds
- Purchase a Daypass for a round-trip fare when purchasing tickets at the ticket-vending machines to avoid long lines after the game
- Download the RTD Mobile Tickets app [rtd-denver.com] for easy, convenient fare purchase and storage. If customers are frequent users of the Uber, Lyft and Transit apps, RTD fares can be purchased there, too.
- Please note, the Auraria West Station is closed for events at Empower Field at Mile High
- Check the RTD website before travel for schedules and to plan your trip [rtd-denver.com].
- For the latest details about service, follow RTD on Twitter @RideRTD [twitter.com] and sign up for Rider Alerts [rtd-denver.com]
The Denver Police Department also shared a statement with Denver7 ahead of the games tomorrow:
Sunday is an exciting day for Denver sports fans, and these events will also result in a large number of pedestrian, cyclist, and vehicle traffic in the downtown area.
With this in mind, the Denver Police Department asks people to be safe and vigilant due to the number of large events in close proximity. Those traveling around Coors Field, Empower Field at Mile High and Ball Arena area are encouraged to scout potential parking options and plan their routes and means of travel beforehand while allowing for plenty of extra time to arrive at their destination.
With the Rockies game scheduled in the afternoon, we don’t anticipate that traffic crossing over into traffic for the other two events, but it’s still good for folks in the area to be aware during the afternoon and evening.
DPD offers the following tips for a successful Denver sports Sunday:
- Plan ahead for a safe, sober ride to and from the stadiums, or wherever you will be watching the games.
- Utilize mass transit – RTD provides many options for transit. Check out the best route by visiting http://www.rtd-denver.com [rtd-denver.com].
- Carpool – either with a designated driver or a ride share service.
- Allow extra time – If driving, plan for extra time to arrive and park.
- Ride your bike, or use bike sharing – There is bicycle parking around Coors Field [mlb.com] near Gates A, B and E.
- Be aware of your surroundings and be mindful of person safety.
- Cheer on your favorite team safely and responsibly!
- Fewer cars on the roads and highways means less traffic, plus it removes the risk of driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol – making it safer for all!
- Please ensure you enter and exit ride share vehicles in safe areas and away from traffic.
- If you see something illegal or suspicious, please report it to police immediately.
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Google Rolls Out June 2019 Core Update
As it warned on Sunday, Google has launched the June 2019 algorithm update. That update is now rolling out according to an update from Google.
At 1:02pm ET, Google wrote “The June 2019 Core Update is now live and rolling out to our various data centers over the coming days.”
For those asking, the June 2019 Core Update has not gone live yet. This thread will be updated when that process has begun.
— Google SearchLiaison (@searchliaison) June 3, 2019
Why pre-announce this Core update? Since the community has been asking Google to be more proactive when it comes to changes they were inspirted to help us out a bit. Danny Sullivan, Google search liason, said there is nothing specifically “big” about this update compared to previous updates. Google is being proactive about notifying site owners and SEOs, Sullivan said, so people aren’t left “scratching their heads after-the-fact.”
Well, other than the Page Speed Update and the Mobile Interstitial Penalty Update you don't see Google “pre-announcing” stuff often. Must be big. https://t.co/QwuyWB2P4o
— Casey Markee (@MediaWyse) June 2, 2019
Google’s previous advice.
Google has previously shared this advice around broad core algorithm updates:
“Each day, Google usually releases one or more changes designed to improve our results. Some are focused around specific improvements. Some are broad changes. Last week, we released a broad core algorithm update. We do these routinely several times per year.
What can you take for certain from the above statement? Well, expect some sites to note drops or gains, or both. There’s nothing wrong with pages that may now perform less well. Instead, it’s that changes to our systems are benefiting pages that were previously under-rewarded.
Again, it's super important to understand that for Google Core there is no ‘fix’ for pages that may perform less well other than to remain focused on building great content. Over time, it may be that your content may rise relative to other pages.”
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Google’s new analytics features: ‘App + Web’ properties
In an effort to make our lives easier, Google is finally updating the App + Web Property in Google Analytics. This is a pretty significant change because it will help users measure multiple websites and apps. Yay!
Google introduced the App + Web Properties in July 2019 allowing people to measure data across not only their app but their websites all in a single place. The design was created specifically to help site owners better understand their users’ journey across various platforms.
App + Web Properties also allows you to include more custom analysis options and gives you much faster access to your users’ data.
The features include:
Multiple Web Streams
Now supporting up to 50 data streams across all of your interfaces (apps, websites and web apps) all from a single property. The supports apps also include Google Firebase web apps, finally.
You’ll now be able to see all aggregated metrics across all data streams, and can apply filters to view a single data set.
More Custom Analysis Options
Initially, there were five options for cross-platform analysis. Google has added the following two more options:
Cohort analysis: Compare engagement between groups of similar users with more metric and dimension breakdowns.
User lifetime: Insight into the lifetime activity of a group of users, based on custom dimensions you choose.
Automated & Custom Insights
Only available for web properties users previously, you can now add automated and custom insights in App + Websites properties.
The newly added automated insights now use machine learning to help identify key trends and anomalies in your data. Pretty slick right? The custom insights also allow you to tell Google Analytics which metrics you care about and want to be notified about.
Faster Access to Data
In a feature that was previously only available to web properties, you can now get the data you care about faster by asking a question directly in the Google Analytics Search bar.
You asked and Google listened. Both automated and custom insights, among other instant answers from Google analytics search dropdown are now available. Are you non-English speaking? Good, I bring you other good news, the updates will soon be available in other languages supported by Google Analytics very soon.
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Today, fashion has not just restricted to trendy clothes and accessories. Instead, it has gone far beyond to attractive hairstyles, nail arts and various others. With these extra attributes, you can get a unique look that compliments your outfit and gives you a gorgeous and an outstanding look in front of the crowd. Particularly, in case of nail arts, Penguin Nail Art is consistently gaining popularity among large numbers of young girls and women. Here, we will discuss about few interesting patterns in Penguin Nail Art.
Cute Penguin Nail Art
This is a special nail art design, which goes along with bright outfits. It is simple design depicting cute penguin face with a bright white color, black dotted eyes and a touch of orange in the middle. There is a light blue color on the background as border.
Green Glitter Nail Art Idea
It is another unique and very attractive design, which can make your nails very much eye catching. It is a one of the versions of the penguin designs in which the nail of the middle finger is painted with glittering green paint and the nails of the two adjacent fingers depicts a cute penguin with black hairs and a sort of tiny pony. The thumb and the last finger are painted dull white.
Pretty Pink Nail Design
This design is a perfect example of power of simplicity combined with fine design. In this nail art, all the nails except for the middle finger are painted with pink color neatly. The nail of the middle finger is beautified with a penguin structure mostly in black and white with a touch of golden and orange.
Beautiful Penguin Nail Art Idea
This is another very simple but very beautiful nail art design in which nails of all the fingers except the one in the middle is painted with a plain glittering light blue. The middle finger is uses a penguin sticker on top with the same blue color on the background.
Simple Snowflake Nail Art
This art is full of snowflakes and bright glittering blue on the background. The nail of the thumb has a stone studded on the center with the projecting out snowflakes. The rest of them has different types of penguins.
Navy Blue Polka Dotted Nails
A beautiful mix style brings about the beauty of dotted style together with the penguin. All except the nail on the middle is painted with navy blue and highlighted with bold white dots. The one, which is left, shows a typical image of penguin.
This nail art comes with a bright red color, which symbolizes the joy and love. It is perfect for special occasions, like Christmas. All except one of the nails is painted with plain red and one of the nails in between shows the black and white penguin with three dots of red.
Lovely Ice Blue Nail Art with Rhinestones
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We’re now just a few weeks out from the latest Vanillaware game, Unicorn Overlord. And with all the talk of fantasy tales, heroics, and war on the horizon, we should probably examine how battle actually works in the world of Vanillaware’s strategy RPG.
The latest bit info dump sent out by Atlus and Vanillaware does just that, as well as detail some of the more strange and fascinating allies Prince Alain can recruit in his quest to liberate the world of Unicorn Overlord. It’s not all swords, bows, and magic, after all. We’ve got bestial races to recruit, and they’ve got quite a bit of Vanillaware flair. Plus, a combat system that reminds me of the Gambit system from Final Fantasy XII? Let’s take a look, starting with the characters:
Yunifi and Nigel
We’ll start with our two human characters. The former, Yunifi, is part of the Bastorian resistance group, the Frostblooms. Bastoria looks to be a frigid area, largely populated by animal-like (bestral, here) races, but we’ll get to that in a moment; Yunifi looks to bring some archery to the crew if you recruit her.
Nigel, meanwhile, is leader of the Knights of the Sacred Heart. He’s got an imposing presence, and I’m curious where his allegiances lie. He’s definitely got some rival energy going on, at the least.
Ramona, Morard, and Dinah
Now we’re talking. Ramona is the leader of the Frostblooms and descendant of the owl bloodline, and adoptive mother to Yunifi. Owl mage! Love this! We also have Morard, a lion bestral from the Frostblooms and all-around beefy boy. That big axe looks terrifying.
Dinah rounds out our potential bestral allies today, a captain of the Snowpetals and lance-wielding warrior. It’s really interesting to compare these designs to, say, Dragon’s Crown or Odin Sphere and see how Vanillaware’s fantasy designs have changed over time, yet still look absolutely fantastic.
Sanatio and Elgor
For our last batch of character previews today, Sanatio is an angelic attendant and leader of the Heavenswing Knights. We knew there were winged fliers in this game, but the idea of a full-on heavenly host of a faction somewhere in this game is super intriguing to me.
And for an enemy, we’ve got Elgor. He’s a knight, he’s big, he’s mean, and he’s got a nasty spiked shield. Apparently, none have seen his face and lived to tell of it. I just dig how evil he is. This guy has Saturday morning cartoon villain vibes, and I like it.
As for the game mechanics, Vanillaware’s strategy RPG has fields of combat (battle stages) where war is fought in real time. Units can contain multiple characters, and deploy from towns to venture forth and fight.
It looks like managing where these units are, in a macro sense, is going to be crucial. Once two units near each other, they can fight, though players can “swap” one unit for another if they’re close to each other.
Units can also enact large-scale strategies and effects on the battlefield. Capturing a certain area may let you summon cyclones to your aid, in a move that feels very Dynasty Warriors. Or your own units can rain arrows or slash a blade wave across the the field.
If you lose a battle or need to recover stamina, you can wait and rest, but this does leave you open to enemy attacks. And what happens when you engage in close combat, rather than map-scale posturing? It’s time for logic.
What to do, what to do
Look, there is a specific type of person this sort of thing appeals to. If you’ve scrolled this far down in a news post about an upcoming fantasy strategy RPG, you’re probably at least somewhat that kind of person. So, welcome. This is the tactics screen in Unicorn Overlord.
Battles in this world play out automatically, according to what tactics each unit has set. Sides will take turns using their Active Skills, metered out by AP, and ends when all AP is exhausted. There are also Passive Skills, which consume PP, and automatically fire under certain conditions.
So let’s say you want your warrior to stab. Great! Put that Slice skill at the top of the order. But if their Heal skill is below it, they won’t ever move past the logical priority of Slice coming first. So, bump Heal up, and give it a condition, like “if the Target is below 50% HP.” Now, they’ll Heal if that condition is met, and otherwise Slice away.
It’s like a version of Final Fantasy XII‘s Gambit system, expanded to accommodate a full squad in battle, and I’m really interested. With enough units, soldiers, and skill variety, there could be so many variations and potential set-ups to experiment with.
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And so 15 or so Hashers met at Lanterns cave wondering in which direction he might send them. And send them he did - on through the old dead centre of Devonport, found some not so virgin bush behind the Council workshops, past the Hillcrest Primary school 3 times, and wound up back at Lanterns. Some walking wankers actually walked the runners trail - double wankers!!
As we know Lantern likes a fire! In fact he had 3 fires going when we all got back, one in the house, one in the man cave, and one in the fire pit outside.
In due course, Lanterns feast was served up. Large pieces of chicken, sausages and beefburgers along with salad on some other green stuff. And in keeping with tradition, he served up icecream cake and pavlova. Crow was very watchful all night.
Bastard did the Lip and awarded downs to -
. Lantern for a top run,
. Pioneer for 410 runs,
. Bald Eagle for having his own lip,
. TT for 395 runs,
. Maggie May for 409 runs, practice,
. Bastard for calling On On when the Trailmaster was present,
. Ringer for losing weight -reason given having to perform every night of the week with sex partner SupaSal.
Hashers like Soff, Cheeze, Crow kept in the background and missed out .GA went home early. And at the end of the night, it was the Central Coast Cruisers last to leave again.
The biggest loser from the weekend was awarded to Tracka - something about a black and white bird.
The Hub resurfaced and was worn with great pride by Tracka - and was awarded for the next week to Ringer for being such a performer!
Next weeks run will be at the carpark behind the weighbridge at Sulphur Creek/Heybridge with the On On back at Bastards in Adina Court, Penguin.
The run after that will be Tracka's run at the Coles Beach picnic are carpark - we know it well.
And the run after that will be set by Dint TBA.
The Drunken Walkers will stumble from the Lighthouse Hotel about 7.30pm AET.
If you want a freeby double ticket for Mr Holmes tonight 645pm. Message Dint ASAP, he has ONE spare double pass! First in best dressed...
The monk was absent last monday and we got washed out! The packs left Valentinos for FannyMays home where a quick circle was held with a lubricating dose of gluwein. On return to Valentinos the pack got soaked.
Fortunately Valentinos still allowed us in and FannyMay's dry towels got us all relatively comfortable for Pizza and Beer.
Next run at Boner's home: 2 of 2 Wrights Rd. in Ulverstone!
And so, 15 Hashers made their way to Eagle's garage for another adventure in East Devonport. As Crow was late again, this time his excuse was bringing 540 as 1080 was otherwise engaged, the CCC team took some time to catch up. In fact Soff did not catch up at all.
It seems the trail went over the bridge and came right back again. Eagle did say it was short and sharp.
Back in the garage, inadequately warmed by a pissy little fan heater, Eagle served up soup, rissoles and rolls, and chockolate moose and strawberries. There was none left.
Dint performed the Lip and downs were awarded to -
. Eagle for a short run on a cold night,
. Soff for 800 runs,
. TT for 393 reversible,
. Ringer for 11 reversible,
. Cheeze for 534 for dislectic week,
. Supasal for 132 as above,
. Dint for calling 540 520,
. and a couple of others not worthy of mention.
GA brought along another friend (one wonders where he finds them). When asked if he had a knickname, he said he had one and it was Dodgy, so that became his hash name.
As far as the Hub goes, GA was so interested in bringing his friend along that he forgot to bring the Hub along as well. It was no contest that GA was awarded the Hub for another week.
During a lull in proceedings (Dint was eating) Eagle was heard to say "Every old person has a young person in them, saying what the f*ck happened". And he also said the he took his MG Sprite for a run on Saturday with the hood down - jeez, what is he trying to prove!
Another piece of lost property surfaced - this time it had Bonor's name on it.
Biggest losers this week were Cheeze and Bonor - Maggie was relieved.
Raffles were won and won and everyone won won.
Drunken walkers will walk from the Forth Pub at half past on Thursday if they can!
Next weeks run will be from Valentino's in Best St, Devonport, opposite Gowans Toyota. Bring some extra cash for drinks.
And the run after that will be from Bonor's place somewhere in Ulverstone. Ah an update- its at 2/2 Wrights Road, off Trevor St, somewhere near the Simplot exit off the bypass. We have been there before. You all remember that?
I shall wave to you all as I pass by on the Spirit of Tasmania next Monday with my motor bike and a few others doing traffic control for the cycling Tour of the South Coast - Mt Gambier to Port Fairy over a week or so.
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A tie clip (also tie slide, tie bar, or tie clasp) is a clothing accessory that is used to clip a tie to the underlying shirt front, preventing it from swinging and ensuring that the tie hangs straight, resulting in a neat, uniform appearance.
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A new leaked video shows the design of the alleged Google Pixel 7a
The design itself is similar to that of the Google Pixel 6a
It is believed to have a 90Hz refresh rate display
Google Pixel 7a leaks
A leaked video of Google Pixel 7a has been spotted on Slashleaks (via 9to5Google, which they spotted on. The design itself looks fairly similar to the Google Pixel 6a and other Pixel smartphones that came out in 2022. As far as the Android 13 settings go, the device has been labeled as the Pixel 7a, and it uses a design validation test software which is pre-release software. As per the video, the language of the smartphone was set to Vietnamese and it pays to note that Google A-series smartphones are manufactured in Vietnam.
Google Pixel 7a specifications (expected)
It is believed that the Google Pixel 7a has a display that adjusts the refresh rate based on content, from 60Hz to 90Hz. This would be the first time that such a feature has been included in an A-series smartphone. Other leaks have indicated that the smartphone will be equipped with a Samsung display along with a primary camera from Sony. The video leaked online doesn’t refute or confirm these claims.
Some also believe that the Google Pixel 7a will support wireless charging, making it the first of the A-series smartphones to offer this feature.
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Eyeing an Adobe Lightroom subscription? The photo editing software can now be downloaded directly from the Mac App Store. On Thursday, June 20, Apple added Lightroom CC to the largest catalog of Mac apps in the world, allowing for easier access for downloading the popular photo editing app. Lightroom is the first flagship Adobe app to come to the desktop-based App Store.
The update brings Adobe Lightroom CC to the App Store, offering simpler downloads for users who already have an Apple ID. While Mac users could already download the software directly from Adobe — and still can — opting for the App Store download could save time since Mac users may already have data such as purchasing information stored from previous downloads.
The update brings Adobe Lightroom CC, not the older but more robust Lightroom Classic, to the App Store. The Adobe Lightroom Plan subscription includes Lightroom CC and 1 TB of cloud storage for about $10 a month. Photographers who want both Lightroom CC and Photoshop, or who prefer Lightroom Classic, can still download the Photography Plan, which includes all three programs (with 20 GB of storage instead of 1 TB), for the same price through Adobe.
While Lightroom CC may be the first major Creative Cloud app to come to the Mac App Store, the mobile app has long been available to download for iOS devices. When Adobe redesigned the popular photo-editing app, the focus of Lightroom CC was a program that could edit from anywhere, consistently. Since the launch, a few features have come to the desktop version first, creating a few differences between the Mac and iOS version as well as between the PC and Android option.
Apple hasn’t commented on whether additional major Adobe apps will be coming to the App Store, such as the Photoshop-Lightroom subscription option or other Creative Cloud apps like Premiere Pro and Illustrator.
Apple redesigned the Mac App Store last year, later adding major apps such as Office 365 (Earlier this month, Apple iCloud arrived on the Microsoft Store). Launching with MacOS Mojave last fall, the updated Mac App Store uses an updated organization scheme and adds Apple’s latest apps like Apple News while also bringing Voice Memos to the desktop and expanding FaceTime.
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Orange and SFR ‘close to deal’ to combine OCS and Altice Studio
Orange and Altice France/SFR are close to a deal to merge their premium series and movies offerings, OCS and Altice Studio, according to a French press report.
According to Le Figaro, the pair are looking to merger their premium channel offerings to better take on the likes of Netfliix.
The paper said that Orange and SFR have been in talks for some months are now set to seal a deal imminently.
For Orange, an agreement would enable it to offer Altice Studio’s attractive roster of rights, including shows from NBCEurope and Discovery to its subscribers, adding to its own line-up of content, including high-profile series from HBO through its deal with the US group signed last year.
According to Le Figaro, the combined offering would effectively involve Altice Studio being merged into Orange’s offering.
Altice Studio launched last August, headed by RMC Découverte deputy CEO Guénaëlle Troly. Altice committed to air 400 films a year on the channel and to premiere two series each month.
The channel was given a budget of €160 million to acquire exclusive content and invest in new original series. However, no original French series has yet been commissioned.
A fusion of the two services would represent another blow for French pay TV leader Canal+, currently reeling from its loss of top-tier French football rights to Spanish broadcaster Mediapro. A combined OCS-Altice Studio would present a stronger competitor not only to Netflix but to Canal+’s own struggling SVOD service CanalPlay. | <urn:uuid:44f7b684-057c-4e3b-9035-5d09ec8f56d0> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://www.digitaltveurope.com/2018/06/01/orange-and-sfr-close-to-deal-to-combine-ocs-and-altice-studio/ | 2024-04-14T23:50:31Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296816904.18/warc/CC-MAIN-20240414223349-20240415013349-00867.warc.gz | en | 0.968439 | 349 |
Todays Dirac Live calibration was for a customer in Berkshire, his awesome home theatre system consists of an Arcam AVR30 with PMC Speakers and dual REL subwoofers and as you can see more toys.
I followed my standard calibration procedure of getting two channel to sound just right. This took me a couple of hours and 6 different target curve designs to find the sweet spot for the speakers and system. I then integrated the dual subwoofers for two channel to get their integration and time alignment about perfect.
I then used what I leant and put that to good use for the movie sound side of the system and spent a few hours working on levels and time alignment to bring the whole system into a fine balance of everything, detail, excitement immersion and impact but with subtlety that keeps you wanting to listen to more.
Then the icing on the cake was adding Dirac Bass Control processing which helped to improve the audible bass resolution of the system which helped to improve the overall systems integration of speakers to subwoofers, improving the perception of clarity and space.
Finally going to back to two channel music for a final check and tweak Bass Control was had made a really nice improvement for music too.
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MOTOVAN ANNOUNCES BLACK RIDER PROGRAM
MOTOVAN ANNOUNCES BLACK RIDER PROGRAM
BOUCHERVILLE, QC MARCH 27th 2016 – It is with great enthusiasm and excitement that Motovan announces the rumored program that has everyone talking for quite a while now THE BLACK RIDER.
The sponsorship program is a never seen before initiative by a distributor and will give the chance of a lifetime to young amateur riders and upcoming pros to have the chance to live the “factory rider lifestyle” and this from an early age. ‘’We were looking at a new way to showcase the multiple great brands we carry at MOTOVAN and at the same time to increase our support to the athletes in a way that is unique – comments David Bond MOTOVAN’s Marketing Project Leader.
This program will give a fair chance to all to live the ‘’dream’’ and have a shot at a season where they have to concentrate only on their performances on track and being a brand ambassador off track and embrace the products they represent.
The BLACK RIDERS (a.k.a BLK RDR) will have their own custom made gear in all disciplines (MX, FLAT TRACK, CSBK, UTV, DRAG HARLEY SERIES) to reflect the new logo of the team and the partners, who support with MOTOVAN this unique initiative.
The task of the MX gear has been trusted with a partnership with California based Canvas MX who was just perfect for the needs of this program and their quality custom gear business. “All of us here at Canvas MX are very excited about the coming projects with Motovan. Our goal with Canvas MX is to give companies an alternative route to optimize their branding and marketing by giving people the option to create their own gear and “brand themselves.” We are very thankful that Motovan has recognized the push we are trying to make in the industry and we can’t wait for others to also see the value in self branding gear“ – Michael Leib & Chuck Carothers
The graphics kits will be designed and produced for all BLACK RIDERS by montreal based KUTVEK. Marc-Antoine Généreux – “ It is a natural association with MOTOVAN as over the years both companies have been supporting the pro and amateur athletes often together. Also we at Kutvek have similar values of design and great efficiency and it was a great project to support.“
This program does not only address top level performers but rewards also positive attitude off and on the track with BLACK RIDERS who are positive influencers in their communities and that bring a lot to the racing industry or their communities. “It goes without saying many have these qualities but we had to make a hard choice in the roster of athletes MOTOVAN had already and the ones that applied to the program. This being said it doesn’t mean that if someone wasn’t chosen to be a BLACK RIDER this year that he or she will not be in the future years to come- explains David Bond.
The first edition of BLK RDR’s will be issued contracts of 2 years in order to launch to program and it is our intention to grow this program. The list of the first edition of BLK RDR is as follows:
BLACK RIDER |
JORDAN SZOKE | CSBK |
STACEY NESBITT | CSBK, WORLD JUNIOR EUROCUP |
MIKE DASILVA | CMRC NATIONAL MX , CHALLENGE QC |
JEAN-CHRISTOPHE BUJOLD | CMRC NATIONAL MX , CHALLENGE QC |
EVE BRODEUR | CMRC WMX NATIONALS + AMA WMX |
JARETT MAY | VIHSS, BCORCS, CXCC, RED BULL R&L |
JOHN STEVENSON | VIHSS, BCORCS, CXCC, RED BULL R&L |
FRASER STEWART | VIHSS, BCORCS, CXCC |
STEPHANE CRETE | HARLEY DRAG SERIES |
SIMON TAILLEFER | CMRC , Challenge QC, FMSQ |
FREDE FOREST | WMX Challenge QC, FMSQ, CMRC MX |
IZAAK / ELIOTT ADAM | CMRC, CHALLENGE QC |
PY DENEAULT | GNCC ATV / FMSQ ATV |
DAVID MONGRAIN | CSBK, ASM, CHALLENGE QC |
SAMUEL LAVOIE | CMRC NATIONAL MX / CHALLENGE QC |
DON TAYLOR | AMA PRO, FLAT TRACK CANADA |
LUCAS RHEAUME | AMO, MMRS, CHALLENGE QC |
JASON BENNY | CHALLENGE QC, CMRC NATIONALS , AMO |
DAVIN GROSE | AMO / MMRS / CMRC |
MITCHELL BRADBURY | MCQ MX, CMRC NATIONALS |
JAKE MICHAUD | FMSQ, CMRC NATIONALS MX |
We truly believe that the customers and riders of this industry are not only top performers but people who truly enjoy the sport and we wanted to give them an opportunity also to live the dream.
Indeed we will be monitoring the social media and the tracks at each provincial and National event to find the next BLK RDR for the years to come. The easiest way to become part of this exclusive team is for you to show great value of a brand ambassador and give us no choice but to notice you…
Do you have what it takes?
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The Arena Boulevard in Amsterdam is a top-notch location, where literally thousands of people come by when they go to a concert, party or movie. There, you can find JinSo, a modern yet relaxing lounge bar and Asian-style restaurant. The restaurant understands that if you are in a hurry for an event you will not have time for sumptuous dining, so they serve your meal within 20 minutes. JinSo’s neighbours are hardly small players: there is the Ziggo Dome, one of the biggest arenas in the Netherlands and a known address to international performers. Then there is AFAS Live, formerly known as the Heineken Music Hall, where smaller scale events take place.
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Disney Guests were recently incredibly upset with a Disney Park for canceling a special ticketed event after they had waited for hours.
One of the best parts of a Disney vacation (if your budget allows for it) is going to some of the wonderful “After Dark” or “After Hours” events that Disney has available for fans to enjoy and partake in. At the Disneyland Resort in Southern California, Disneyland After Dark includes events like Sweethearts’ Nite and Princess Nite; Walt Disney World Resort in Central Florida also has its version—Disney After Hours.
Of course, these won’t always go down well, and sometimes extraneous events or circumstances can cause things to go awry, and that’s precisely what happened recently. Recently, fans discovered that a fan-favorite offering of Sweethearts’ Nite was canceled.
TikTok user and Disney Guest @92_Brandon shared that they waited over an hour for the fireworks at the Disneyland After Dark event Sweethearts’ Nite at Disneyland Park just for Cast Members to announce it was canceled at the Park.
Check out the video:
Fans in the comments were very sympathetic to the OP, though many also shared why the fireworks for Sweethearts’ Nite being canceled made sense.
@DeziArenas93 pointed out that it seemed pretty windy in the video, so it made sense that Disney would cancel it since that could result in a fire. Another fan similarly concurred that while it was indeed disappointing, it was for Guests’ safety.
Another user, @Collin, was more concerned with the cancelation and compensation afforded to Guests. He shared, “What? Even during ticketed events? Crazy! They should offer a small compensation for all that money they paid for the event.”
The OP responded humorously to this comment suggesting “free churros for everyone.”
More about Sweethearts’ Nite from Disneyland Resort
Party in the name of love—with an extra pinch of pixie dust! Share the enchantment on select nights January 31 through February 16, 2023 at Disneyland Park.
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20 January 2023: Today the UK Centre for Digital Trade and Innovation (C4DTI) and Electronic Transaction Development Agency (ETDA) launch an exciting new partnership project, funded by the Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office, to provide a cheaper, faster, simpler and more sustainable trading environment between UK and Thailand. The project will be delivered by C4DTI, in partnership with the Centre for Applied Sustainable Transition Law [CASTL] who will be providing legal expertise and project facilitation.
C4DTI will be providing technical assistance to Thailand to support the removal of legal barriers and alignment of national law with the UN Model Law on Electronic Transferable Records (MLETR). This will enable commercial trade documents to be handled in digital form and the trading system to go paperless, helping SMEs to trade at a lower cost, removing unnecessary complexity caused by inefficient paper-based processes and speeding up the flow of trade transactions.
The current trade system suffers from burdensome, paper heavy processes that act as a barrier to the flow of transactional information and ultimately, a drag on economic growth. ICC and Commonwealth studies estimate that legal reform will deliver $9 trillion in trade growth across the G7 and $1.2 trillion across the Commonwealth in addition to an 80% cut in trade transaction costs, a 75% reduction in processing time and a 50% cut in the trade finance gap ($1.7 trillion worldwide).
Presently up to 27 paper documents can be used in a typical transaction, taking up to three months to process all of which should be completed in hours if digitalised. In total, 4 billion paper documents float through the trade system at any given time.
C4DTI is an ICC United Kingdom-led public, private partnership that enables government and industry to coordinate and accelerate the digitalisation of UK trade. The Teesside-based C4DTI is also working with Singapore’s Infocomm Media Development Authority, the UK’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, and the Department for International Trade to test and connect digital trade systems between Singapore and the UK. Working closely with Thailand and Singapore, the two largest ecommerce markets in the ASEAN region, is an important component of the UK’s efforts to strengthen and expand trade ties with Asia.
Chris Southworth Secretary General, ICC United Kingdom said:
“This partnership is another great example of the enormous gains to be had for the UK and other nations when we work together as a global community to modernise trade systems and remove all the unnecessary paper. This project will help us align efforts across government and the private sector and accelerate digital transformation across the trade system”.
Mark Gooding OBE, His Majesty’s Ambassador to Thailand said:
“The British Embassy Bangkok is thrilled to be partnering with ICC United Kingdom and ETDA Thailand to bring global trade into the twenty-first century, making it more efficient, accessible, affordable, and environmentally-friendly to trade internationally through digitalisation. This project will play an important role in enabling us to achieving that goal, placing the UK and Thailand at the forefront of global efforts to encourage inclusive economic growth through digital trade.”
Dr Sak Segkhoonthod, Advisor and Acting Deputy Executive Director, ETDA, said:
“It is a great opportunity for ETDA MDES, government agencies and private sectors in Thailand to learn about guidelines and best international practices, and exchange views on the importance of digital trade economy domestically and internationally as well as to find recommended solutions together which will increase economic value and the country’s competitiveness and ready for changes to keep up with the world transformation.”
About ICC United Kingdom
ICC United Kingdom is the UK representative office of the International Chamber of Commerce, the largest world business organisation representing 45 million companies in 100 countries. ICC’s mission is to promote inclusive, sustainable and green trade. Its rules underpin $25 trillion of global trade.
The ICC Centre for Digital Trade and Innovation (C4DTI) is an ICC United Kingdom-led, global initiative based in Teesside in the North-East of England. Launched in April 2022 as a public, private partnership, its mission is to accelerate the digitalisation of UK trade and promote the adoption of interoperable legal, standards and rules frameworks.
The Adopting and Implementing Electronic Transferable Records in Thailand project team will organise three workshops where knowledge, best practice, and lessons learnt will be shared between the Thai authorities, industry, experts and their UK counterparts.
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In the 1970s two ways of examining society, neither of them very satisfactory, will probably continue to vie for intellectual favor. One is the New Left rebellion against the organizational rationalism of a complex technological polity. The second is the style comfortable to the social scientists and bureaucrats who administer such societies, a style ostentatiously prosaic, empirical, and nonideological, lineal descendant to Benthamite felicific calculation and the Fabianism of the Webbs. In extreme versions it manifests itself in essay like Edward Banfield’s The Unheavenly City, said to be widely admired in the White House. A home for more moderate expression of the problem-solving non-ideology is The Public Interest, a journal about which more will be said later.
The younger radicals cherish one-to-one relationships, diffusion of power, and immediacy of sensual gratification. They suspect technology and organizational hierarchies. Until they took to criticizing their acolytes’ excesses, Herbert Marcuse and Paul Goodman were popular New Left gurus. Their successor appears to be Charles Reich whose The Greening of America, an impassioned celebration of youthful virtue, amounts to a prophecy of revolu...
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Nikon will let you swap out memory card slots in the D5
Yesterday, we shared with you the latest Nikon rumor, which states upwards of 90% of Nikon’s D5 camera production will be the more advanced XQD model, as opposed to the CompactFlash (CF) model.
Interestingly enough, we’ve come across a more conclusive piece of news today that states Nikon will be able to swap out the memory card bays in its new flagship D5 cameras…for a fee.
Whether you get the CF model and want to upgrade to the XQD version at a later point or vice versa, Nikon’s D5 brochure says very clearly that the memory card bays will be able to be interchanged with one another.
Of course, this change isn’t meant to be done by you, the end user. Instead, Nikon says you will need to ship your D5 off to a Nikon service facility to have the job done.
It’s not clear how much the operation will cost, but it’s nice to know Nikon has implemented such a program for those who want to either revert back to old media or future-proof their CF model down the road.
Looking at this, it’s a bit surprising this hasn’t been offered by many camera companies in the past. Furthermore, imagine if camera companies started including different media format modules that you could hot-swap in and out yourself?
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Visiting the Weird Lens Paradise – the largest collection of restored cameras and lenses in Europe
When it comes to weird lenses, the first name that springs to many minds is YouTuber Mathieu Stern. So, who better to go visit the weird lens paradise at Camera Rescue? So, that’s exactly what Mathieu did. He hopped on a flight to Tampere, Finland, to check out their huge collection of kit. Fortunately, he shot a video so the rest of us could see some of the cool lenses he got to play with and tell us more about the Camera Rescue project.
Camera Rescue claims to have the largest collection of vintage lenses and cameras in Europe. Their plan is to rescue and restore camera equipment that has been lost, forgotten, abandoned and left to ruin. Their most immediate goal is to rescue 100,000 cameras by 2020. So far, that figure is up to 57,863 since 2010, so they still have a little way to go.
But these rescued cameras aren’t just restored and left on a shelf. No, they’re being resold to help more people get into photography, and particularly film photography. At the moment, their showroom currently houses around 6,000 of the items they’ve restored over the past near-decade. A further 7,000 are up for sale, and there are around another 2,000 awaiting repair.
We featured Camera Rescue earlier this year when they were interviewed by Jordan Lockhard from Cameraville, but Mathieu’s video offers more insight into their processes and introduces us to some very unusual lenses and cameras.
It seems the folks at Camera Rescue also let Mathieu loose on the streets of Tampere with a few of their more unusual lenses, which should be coming in future videos. I’m sure a few of us will be keeping an eye out for those.
If you could have anything, what old or weird lens or camera would you want?
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Special License Plates in Vermont
Several specialty license plates are available to Vermont residents. You can order plates for organizations and causes, vanity license plates, and military plates. Application processes vary depending on the type of special plate you'd like.
Read below to learn more about specialty license plates available from the Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV).
NOTE: Looking for disability parking plates? Visit Disability Placards & Plates for complete details.
Specialty License Plate Options
In Vermont, specialty license plates are available for:
- Amateur Radio Operators.
- The American Legion.
- Building Bright Futures.
- Conservation (multiple design options).
- Emergency Medical Services.
- Lions Club International.
- Rotary International.
- The Vermont State Firefighters Association.
License plates for professional roles and membership organizations require proof of eligibility, such as:
- Your valid membership card.
- A letter verifying your employment.
See the VT DMV website for the eligibility requirements.
Apply for Specialty Plates
The application process for Vermont specialty plates differs from plate to plate.
To find specific information about applying for a particular specialty plate, visit the Vermont DMV website and click on your desired plate.
The information you will find typically includes the following:
- The application form associated with the specialty plate.
- Links to fee information.
- Specialty plate fees vary by plate.
- A list of additional required documents.
- This typically applies when you must meet certain eligibility requirements.
NOTE: If you are applying for license plates for a new vehicle, you will also need to register it. Visit our page on Vehicle Registration in Vermont for more information.
Fees for Specialty License Plates
The fee for each specialty license plate varies. Some tags have only application fees, while others have annual fees.
These specialty plate fees are charged IN ADDITION to regular vehicle registration fees.
Examples of specialty plate fees include:
- Building Bright Futures plate: $29 annually.
- Conservation license plate: $32 annually.
See the VT Department of Motor Vehicles website for a complete list of plate fees.
Vanity License Plates in Vermont
The standard VT license plate and some specialty plates can be personalized with a custom tag number.
To check if your desired plate may be personalized, visit the Vermont DMV website and find your plate.
Your personalized vanity plate must have no more than:
- 7 characters on standard plates.
- 6 characters on motorcycle, moped and small trailer plates.
- 5 characters on disabled parking plates.
- 4 characters on antique or exhibition plates.
Vanity plates CANNOT include language that:
- Is profane or vulgar.
- References drugs.
- Expresses prejudice.
- Resembles the name of a government agency.
Apply for Personalized Plates
To personalize a standard (non-specialty) plate, submit a completed Special Plate Application (Form VD-017).
To personalize a specialty plate, complete the personalization options on the corresponding special plate application form. See “Apply for Specialty Plates" above for more information.
VT Military License Plates
Military plates from the Vermont DMV are available to veterans, active duty military, and members of military organizations.
Examples of available license plates include:
- The Afghanistan Campaign plate.
- The POW license plate.
- The U.S. Veteran license plate.
- The Veterans of Foreign Wars plate.
Each plate has specific requirements for proof of eligibility. Most require certification from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
See the VT DMV website for a complete list of available plates and eligibility requirements.
Apply for Military Plates
You'll find complete application information for military-related license plates on the Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles website.
You'll usually need to submit:
- The appropriate application form.
- Additional required documents proving your eligibility.
- Make sure you fully read the “required documents" section for the plate prior to competing and submitting your application.
- Payment (if required).
Any military plate fees are charged IN ADDITION to standard Vermont registration fees.
Antique Vehicle Plates in VT
The VT DMV offers specialty license plates and registration for:
- Antique vehicles.
- Street rods.
For vehicle guidelines and application information, contact the VT DMV at (888) 998-3766.
Renew, Replace, or Transfer Plates
Renew Specialty Plates
Specialty plate renewal in Vermont is part of your registration renewal process.
Several specialty plates come with a renewal fee that is charged in addition to your standard registration renewal fees. See your application form to find your renewal fee.
To learn more about renewing your registration, visit our Registration Renewal in Vermont page.
Replace Specialty Plates
If your license plates get lost, stolen, or damaged, you can apply for replacement plates in person or by mail.
NOTE: if your plates were lost or stolen, or if BOTH plates were damaged, the Vermont DMV requires that you get a plate with a new number.
To learn how to apply for your replacement plates, visit our License Plates and Placards in VT page.
Transfer Your Specialty Plates
When you sell your car, you keep your license plates; you do not give your plates to the buyer.
If you wish, you may transfer your specialty plates to another vehicle that you own/purchase. If not, you must surrender them to the Vermont DMV.
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Exceptional Employee Experiences Lead to Customer Success
Over the last couple of years we have seen businesses face immense challenges which has encouraged us all to rethink and dramatically change how we operate. So many parts of our lives have been upended, and so quickly, that it’s brought into stark reality exactly what’s essential, and what’s not.
The common thread through this all—challenge and change alike—is humanity. In our professional and personal lives, we’re all consumers, searching for great experiences that keep us coming back for more. And now more than ever, consumers hold the power, with an ever-expanding menu of options. One bad experience and you’ve lost them.
We know that customer success is business success and this can be accelerated by people-focused leadership. The word “people” encompasses everyone and that includes employees. A great customer experience starts with a great employee experience.
Here are three insights about what really drives rewarding customer experiences.
#1 Great leadership
It’s critical that leaders take personal responsibility for building and nurturing a customer-focused culture, and fully supporting their employees in service of that goal.
According to a recent Forrester survey however, only 44% of employees believe their leaders hold themselves accountable for exceptional customer experiences. Clearly there is ample room for improvement here. Even if leaders are setting a customer-focused tone, it’s clearly not translating well to the rest of the organisation—including those most often interacting with customers.
Just telling your employees that you’re going to focus on ensuring fantastic customer experiences isn’t going to work. Repeating the words “customer first” in all your emails and Zoom calls isn’t enough.
Actions create change, not words. When leaders embrace—and model—a customer-first mentality, it cascades through the organisation, positively impacting everything from hiring similarly customer-focused people to dedicating budget to employee training, resources and recognition.
The Forrester research is crystal clear here: 89% of respondents in the most customer-focused organisations felt they had the tools, technologies and information they needed to succeed.
The list of these change-making actions is long, and maybe you can’t do everything right away. But start small and make your intentions clear: You’re listening and responding to your employees’ needs.
Think about things like giving them the space they need to be creative. Fostering a nimble environment that allows for quick adaptation to changing customer needs and circumstances. Measuring their experiences and then acting on the results. Automating manual processes and removing roadblocks. And supporting their health and wellness—both physical and mental.
If you’re customer-focused, you’re probably already doing a lot of these things for your customers. The point here is to replicate that same intent and laser focus—and create great experiences for your employees.
#2 Budgets and behaviours
All the methods mentioned so far around improving employee and customer experience certainly take dedication and leadership. But without budget, they can be hard to achieve.
One approach is to position customer experience as part of every employee’s role, not just those who interface with customers, or have customer success in their titles. Every interaction a customer has with your brand should be positive and memorable. That’s why it’s so important for leaders to frame each department’s mission—whether finance, sales, design, digital, or support—as having a direct impact on customer success.
Creating these memorable moments keeps customers happy and helps prove that customer success is a real business driver, justifying further investment internally.
Yet, sometimes the budget just isn’t there, so search for those opportunities where momentum can be made in small, incremental steps, and at a lower cost.
Data is key here. Did those small changes lead to a better employee experience? Did that in turn lead to a better customer experience? Given the myriad ways now available to gather and measure data, it’s easier than ever to show a return on these initiatives, which should lead to further investment. It might even be true that your existing efforts are already having an impact, but the data just hasn’t been analysed in a way that shows it.
No matter how you slice the data to prove the business benefits, one through-line must remain: Every change you make must improve the employee and customer experience in a measurable way.
If anyone in the decision chain is having a hard time grasping that, it’s time to preach the power of empathy. Have leaders spend time learning and experiencing the day-to-day realities of their employees who interact with customers. Have them talk with customers to get an intimate understanding of their challenges and needs. Employees and customers aren’t just lines on a spreadsheet or numbers expressed in a bottom line. They’re all people searching for simplicity and success.
#3 Moving forward
Growing and reinforcing a customer-focused culture starts with people-focused leaders. Equipping your employees with the right resources—empowerment, automation, tools and budget—will help them create rewarding customer experiences while thriving in their careers. Done right, it’s a virtuous circle. Altruism pays off in the near term by enriching the lives of everyone associated with your business, and in the long term by improving your bottom line.
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Below are the top five recommended dog collars for Border Collies, with short item descriptions to explain why you would want those collars for your Border Collie. At the end of the article is a buying guide filled with extra information that you may find useful while looking for your Border Collie’s new collar.
Best Dog Collars for Border Collies
Here are our Border Collie dog collar reviews.
The GoTags Personalized Dog Collar is made with clear cut lettering to make reading the inscription easy, for a better chance of your Border Collie being returned to you in the case of them getting lost. With five colors and four sizes, this collar comes in a wide variety of options for you to choose from. The collar is made with a strong nylon for your Border Collie’s comfort while wearing it.
- Easy to read lettering is big and clear cut
- Wide variety of sizing and style options to choose from
- Strong nylon gives the collar durability and comfort to your Border Collie
The Blazin Safety LED Dog Collar is made to be USB rechargeable to save you money on batteries. The collar is water resistant and durable enough to last years of use with your Border Collie. The four sizes and ten colors give you many choices on how you want your Border Collie’s collar to look.
- USB rechargeable saves you money and is environmentally friendly
- Water resistant and tough to last years
- Wide variety of options for sizing and style
The Mile High Life Reflective Dog Collar makes walking safer for both you and your Border Collie, especially at night when the cars can’t see you as well. With four sizes and seven colors this collar comes in a variety of styles for you to choose from. The durable nylon material is comfortable but made to last with your Border Collie’s active lifestyle.
- Reflective material makes you easier to see at night
- Wide variety of options for you to choose from for style
- Collar is tough enough to survive daily use
The Didog Personalized Metal Plate Dog Collar is made with only the best materials to ensure a durable and long lasting collar for your Border Collie. With seven colors and five sizes, you have a variety of choices for your Border Collie’s collar. The lettering is engraved deeply into the metal plate of the collar for an easy to read inscription.
- All high quality materials are used in the collar
- Wide variety of style choices for you to choose from
- Easy to read lettering is dug deep into the metal plate on the collar
The DAIHAQIKO Leather Dog Collar is made from genuine leather to ensure a durable and comfortable collar for your Border Collie. All the hardware is durable metal to ensure a long lasting collar for your Border Collie. The average time before a replacement is needed is three to five years, saving you money on constantly replacing the collar.
- Leather is real for a durable but soft collar
- Metal is heavy duty and made to last
- Collar is durable and lasts on average over three years
Border Collie Dog Collar Buying Guide
As you can see from the above products, there are multiple different types of collars and thousands of ones with nothing but style to them. Whatever you need in your Border Collie’s collar, there is one on the market to match your needs. When buying a collar you should always measure your dog and compare it to the brand’s sizing guide to be sure of a well fitting collar for your Border Collie. Below we will discuss the most popular types of collar and why each one is a good buy for your Border Collie.
When owners hear the word training collar they immediately think of awful visuals such as shock collars that hurt their furry baby. I’m here to assure you that while there are shock collars on the market that DO NOT hurt your Border Collie, there are also other options for training collars such as vibrations, sound or even scent. If you don’t like one of the options, you can try another one.
Having an LED collar for your Border Collie can be nice for when they seem to blend into the shadows when you let them out to use the restroom at night. Another reason they are nice, besides the obvious cool look of them, is night walks become a lot more fun!
Personalized collars can have anything from your address, phone number, your Border Collie’s name, or a special saying on them. What you choose to put on it is up to you. Whether you want this type of collar for style or safety if they ever get lost away from home, it is a great asset to have.
Most dog collars are made with nylon webbing due to its durable but soft to the touch qualities. The material is tough enough to last with your Border Collie’s daily tasks and it is made to avoid painful rubbing or chafing. It is rare to see a good quality collar that isn’t made of nylon.
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Rising Home Prices, Rents may Motivate More Buyers
The convergence of expectationsrnabout both rising home prices and rising rents may motivate more consumers tornpurchase a home in the coming months according to Fannie Mae. The company drew this conclusion from resultsrnof its October National Housing Survey released Wednesday morning.</p
The percentage of survey respondentsrnwho expect home prices to remain about the same ticked up two percentage pointsrnto 48 percent in the October survey while those expecting further pricerndeclines went from 11 to 10 percent, 13 percentage points lower than Octoberrn2011 and the lowest level since the survey’s inception in June 2010. While the percentage expecting pricernincreases over the next twelve months declined from 37 percent to 36 percent thernpositive difference between those saying home prices will go up and thosernsaying they will go down remained steady at a survey high of 26 percentagernpoints. The average price changernexpectation went from an increase of 1.5 percent in September to 1.7 percent inrnSeptember. Expected price changes havernbeen in positive territory and steadily increasing since November 2011. </p
Half of respondents expect rents tornincrease over the next 12 months, the highest proportion in the history of thernsurvey, compared to 47 percent in the previous survey. Only 3 percent expect rents to decline whilern43 percent expect rents to be essentially unchanged, up from 42 percent inrnSeptember. Anticipated rent increasesrnjumped 8 basis points in one month to an expected increase of 3.9 percent.</p
“This has been a year of steadyrngrowth in the percentage of consumers with positive home price expectations,”rnsaid Doug Duncan, senior vice president and chief economist of Fannie Mae.rn”Increasing household formation, encouraged by an improving labor market, isrnadding additional momentum to the housing recovery and putting upward pressurernon rental price expectations. Expected increases in both owning and rentingrncosts may encourage more consumers to buy and add further strength to thernhousing recovery already under way.” </p
Seventy-two percent of respondentsrnsay it is a good time to buy, while 18 percent say it is a good time to sell,rnconsistent with the trends seen over the past six months.</p
Consumers may be further propelledrntoward a purchase decision by expectations about interest rates. The percentage of respondents expectingrnfurther rate decreases declined from 10 to 7 percent since the previous surveyrnwhile those expecting the rates will increase in the next year went up by 4rnpercentage points to 37 percent.</p
When asked about the state of therneconomy, the share of respondents who say it’s on the right track dropped to 38rnpercent, down 3 percentage points from last month. Conversely, those who say therneconomy is on the wrong track climbed 3 percentage points to 56 percent. Thernshare of consumers who expect their personal financial situation to get betterrnor stay the same over the next year remained essentially level at 43 percentrnand 40 percent, respectively.</p
The Fannie Mae Survey polls 1,001rnAmericans, both homeowners and renters, monthly via phone to assess theirrnattitudes toward owning and renting a home, home purchase and rental pricernchanges, homeownership distress, the economy, household finances, and overallrnconsumer confidence.
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Trying to make exhaust quieter
Good idea ? Bad idea ?
If this is a bad idea then are there any other options besides rerouting the exhaust up the chimney?
This is a Trane TUH example...
I had hopes that there would be such a thing as a 'vent muffler' but it does not look like such a thing exists. I am curious about why the vent pipes have terminate a certain way. As ecman51 suggested it might be due to the condensation turning into ice and plugging up the pipe. But my intuition says the exhaust would be warm and it would melt any ice away so that shouldn't happen.
you might try tossing on a T such as in the pic. That may allow enough of the airflow to flow each direction so as to allow a gradual pressure drop which would be heard less.
Exhaust vents ARE prone to freeze ups. Your elbow down is an invitation to plugging the vent and shutting the furnace off when it snows or sucking up leaves or other debris, which will likely also shut off the furnace.
Follow the manual.
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don’t tell me the ending to: Bioshock
I’m part way through Bioshock. It is starting to get a little dull with some fetch quests. At the same time, it is becoming a bit too easy.
This is a problem many RPGs face. In order to give a sense of progression, your character must gain new abilities and become more powerful. Despite new trials arising to challenge you, your character steadily becomes better than these enemies to instill that sense of progression. This leads to the game becoming easier the longer you play, without needing to increase skill. Combined with learning a combat systems patterns, this can turn a game into almost an automated process. Most great RPGs make this progression very slight, almost unnoticeable. They also have excellent presentation, to make sure that as the experience transitions from a game you play to a game you watch, it becomes more interesting to watch.
Bioshock so far lacks the extra “umph” other RPGs express by making you look extremely cool while you bowl over the average bad guy. The extra abilities are fun to use, but are not exciting to behold. Instead, it is exploring the exquisite, changing environment and engaging characters propel you forward. While that is certainly enough, I have played RPGs that have gotten all of these aspects correct <cough>Baldur’s Gate (2, especially)</cough>. Missing any particular part of this equation (exploration/environment + story/characters + progression/combat) will stick out.
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With its 700/900 Series, dormakaba offers a line of versatile stops and holders. This line complements the existing full range of door closers, providing a total door control system.
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Durable and visually pleasing
Separate stops and holders are the preferred method of limiting door swing. They are ideal where the use of wall or floor tops is precluded. The 700/900 Series high quality units are both durable and visually pleasing.
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Helen W. Acebal
December 20, 1928
October 12, 2016
Helen W. Acebal Obituary
Stay up-to-date on event information as well as memories shared on Helen W. Acebal’s Tribute Wall.
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John R. Auer
April 7, 1928
December 21, 2014
John R. Auer Obituary
Stay up-to-date on event information as well as memories shared on John R. Auer’s Tribute Wall.
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I. Company type and contact details
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This website belongs to DOVIT SA.
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You can contact DOVIT for any questions regarding our products or services at the following numbers:
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Our website works with all standard web browsers such as Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox. If all or part of the contents of our website is not displayed on your web page, please try an alternative browser.
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Our site uses the following cookies, which you can manually and individually authorise or reject using your browser settings.
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When you use our website, your personal data may be collected. When this happens, we do all we can to protect your right to privacy and to protect your data. The processing of your personal data is performed in compliance with the relevant legislation, including the European General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) 2016/679 of 26 April 2016.
Please find the relevant information below.
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In this case, the data controller is DOVIT SA.
For any questions relating to data protection, please contact DOVIT at the following address:
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The data that we collect
The data that we collect on this site relate solely to visitors and holders of an account on the DOVIT website.
We process your data on a voluntary basis or when it is necessary to ensure ongoing access to our website or to provide you with the most suitable services for your specific circumstances. Depending on the case, the collection and processing of your data is therefore based on:
- your consent [Article 6.1), a) of the GDPR], whenever you ask DOVIT for specific services (newsletters, personalised contact, etc.);
- a contractual requirement or prior to a contract between you and DOVIT [Article 6.2), b) of the GDPR], when you enter into a contract with DOVIT and either you or DOVIT must comply with a contractual obligation (accessing and operating home automation equipment, entering into the contract, identifying the client in order to provide the service, etc.);
- DOVIT’s legitimate interests, such as maintaining and improving the services offered on our website [Article 6.1), f) of the GDPR];
- In some cases, la loi we may be obliged by law to collect certain data, such as metadata [Article 6.1), c) of the GDPR].
We collect the information that you provide to us through the use of our website or by other means when required (emails, etc.). The confidentiality of information provided in this way is of course of prime importance for DOVIT.
(a) The type of information collected in this way specifically includes, depending on your usage of our website:
- The location given by your browser;
- IP address;
- Metadata (connection times, your connection speed, webpages viewed, etc.) ;
- Any other information required to view, access or use our website.
b) If a Dovit account is created (particularly to access remote Dovit services using a smartphone app)), the following categories of information may be collected:
- User identification data (surname, first name, username, password, date of birth, etc.) ;
- Contact details (email address, telephone number, postal address, etc.) ;
- User preference data (languages used, country, type of mobile device, type of computer system used.
(c) If Dovit’s remote home automation services are used, the following information may also be collected in addition to the categories of information shown in points (a) and (b) above:
- Identification of the building concerned (description, serial number, full postal address);
- Identification of the home automation equipment (router number, access codes, etc.).
Furthermore, if the persons concerned indicate their consent, we collect and process their identification and contact data in order to keep them informed of relevant announcements and newsletters concerning DOVIT. You will be given details of the information requested, which may include: surnames, first names, email address, telephone number or any other information needed to provide you with the requested service.
Do we share the information collected in this way?
We do not send your private data to any third parties except at your express request or for the strict purpose of fulfilling our legal obligations.
For instance, it may happen that we provide some of your personal data to a public authority (court, police, etc.) that requests us to do so and that has the legal authority to demand such information from us.
Pursuing criminal offences, particularly anti-money-laundering and terrorist financing are among the rare circumstances in which we are occasionally obliged to provide some of your personal data.
We do not sell your personal data and do not provide them to third parties for commercial purposes. However, as already stated in point II (“Cookies”) of this legal notice, we cannot verify how third-party companies collect and process data collected using their own third-party cookies for their own purposes, which differ from those of DOVIT.
Security of your data
The personal data that we process are kept securely and access to them is restricted to authorised persons.
We have implemented both physical and technical security measures to ensure the confidentiality and integrity of your personal data. For instance, your data are regularly saved on a back-up server, thereby enabling us to ensure that your data are not damaged or lost.
Whenever you communicate with us and also when you provide personal data, it is important that you should protect yourself from any attempted data capture or intrusion. Use robust passwords, log off your computer after each session and encrypt your messages and documents whenever possible. DOVIT cannot be held liable for any physical or moral damage or loss you may incur as a result of a security breach or negligence on your part.
If you wish to access your own personal data, we may ask you to provide proof of your identity in order to ensure the security of such data.
Furthermore, your data are only kept for the time needed for the purpose for which they were collected. As a rule, we keep data from cookies or other metadata no longer than 12 (twelve) months after collecting them. The exception to this retention period is in the event of being legally obliged to keep your data for a longer period. For instance, as part of our obligation to keep commercial documents and invoices, we are obliged to keep such data for a minimum period of 10 (ten) years.
You have several rights with regard to your personal data:
- The right to request access to your personal data;
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- The right to request a restriction on the processing of your personal data and to understand the impact of such a restriction;
- The right to object to the processing of your personal data and to understand the impact of such an objection;
- The right to the portability of your personal data;
- When the processing of your data is based on your consent, the right to withdraw your consent at any time without such withdrawal affecting the lawfulness of the previous processing;
- The right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling;
- The right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority.
Please note that we may need to restrict or deny the exercise of one of these rights for reasons pertaining either to a legal requirement or to specific de jure or de facto circumstances.
IV. Intellectual property
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The content, webpages, designs, photographs, downloadable or viewable documents on the DOVIT website (“the Content”) are the exclusive property of their respective copyright holders.
Unless stated otherwise, you have no right or licence to use (commercially or otherwise), communicate, reproduce or sell the Content. If you wish to obtain permission to do so, please contact DOVIT, which will evaluate your request as soon as possible or redirect you to the relevant copyright holders.
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Small pox vaccine might have countered HIV
OPERATION Smallpox Zero was launched in India in 1975. Around this time, a WHO official has been quoted saying he would “eat a tyre off a jeep” if smallpox was eradicated in India. D A Henderson, the programme’s director, is said to have sent him a jeep tyre. Smallpox was certified globally eradicated on December 9, 1979.
But relief over the first success story of modern medicine was short-lived. The experts of the immunization drive did not know that another virus, lurking in the African forests, was as keen for smallpox to clear out as they were. Soon, the mysterious virus ended its long wait for rapid infection. It came to light in the 1980s as HIV and is still counting its victims.
“Assuming the AIDS virus first emerged in a small area in West Africa in 1930s, give or take 15 years, how did a sexually-transmitted disease spread so rapidly and widely as opposed to airborne ones?,” asked Raymond Weinstein from the biodefence programme at George Mason University in USA. What had changed post the 1970s? The period that marked the eradication of smallpox and merged into the rapid spread of AIDS had caught Weinstein’s eye. Sure, there were socioeconomic factors like unprotected sex and drugs but Weinstein’s team could not ignore a protein called CCR, essential to both the viruses.
“CCR5 and CXCR4 are two receptors on cell surfaces that help immune cells go to infection sites. HIV uses them to invade cells as a part of its life-cycle,” said Michael Weinstein, geneticist from the University of California at Los Angeles and a member of the study.
“Some European people have a mutated CCR5 gene which makes them HIV-resistant,” said Michael Bukrinsky, vicechair of microbiology, immunology, tropical medicine at George Washington University in USA and a study partner. Earlier research has shown that the pox virus uses the same route for infection. So if one’s immune cells were kept busy by pox, he or she might be resistant to HIV.
Twenty healthy naval personnel with ages between 19 and 41 years were chosen to prove the theory. All had had their doses of essential immunizations and had tested HIV-negative. Of the 20, 10 were given a smallpox vaccination.
White blood cell samples were taken from the people and their cultures were infected with HIV. Its replication in cells that received the smallpox vaccine decreased considerably. When more serum was added, it boosted HIV replication only in the non-vaccinated culture, said the study published in BMC Immunology on May 18.
How does the study explain HIVpositive people who also received the smallpox vaccine? “Adapted immune response induced by vaccination eventually decreases. In our case, it is the innate immunity induced by the vaccine that conferred protection but it is shortlived usually. So it was exciting to see protection even a year later,” said Bukrinsky. Geetha Bansal, at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in USA, agreed: “The implication is noteworthy for use of different vectors to deliver HIV immunity.”
Virologist T Jacob John, however, thinks the link made by the study is a mere speculation. The doctor from the the Christian Medical College in Vellore, said: “Imagine the smallpox vaccine continuing into the 1980s and thereafter. Its side-effects were lifethreatening in some cases. I think we were plain lucky that HIV became prevalent only after smallpox was eradicated.” Henderson concurred: “I think it is an interesting observation without enough substance to warrant any application.”
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According to a Deloitte report, the NUMBER ONE way organizations identify and reduce stress at work is through staff surveys and/or focus groups.
Anonymous employee wellbeing surveys are a first step in showing employees that you’re serious about investing in their wellbeing.
According to Gallup, employees who work for companies that invest in their wellbeing are:
📌 42% more likely to evaluate their overall lives highly
📌 27% more likely to report “excellent”
performance in their own job at work
📌 27% more likely to report “excellent” performance by their organization
📌 45% more likely to report high levels of adaptability in the presence of change
📌 59% less likely to look for a job with a different organization in the next 12 months
Employee wellness surveys are important because they give organizations an opportunity to put their employee’s wellbeing first.
With this proactive approach, companies can identify the links between stress, mental and physical health and determine which wellness programs and initiatives will create positive change in employee wellbeing, engagement, company culture and morale.
7 Reasons to Conduct An Anonymous Employee Wellbeing Survey
👉🏽 Assess the current state of employee wellbeing
👉🏽 Uncover what is impacting employee wellbeing
👉🏽 Identify the gaps in the support currently being offered
👉🏽 Make better decisions about wellbeing initiatives and support
👉🏽 Third-party-run anonymous surveys are more likely to result in honest feedback
👉🏽 Provides metrics to monitor and track progress when the survey is repeated later
👉🏽 Improve employee engagement and job satisfaction
Before making any plans for the rest of the year it’s important to meet your employees where they’re at now and assess their needs so you can best support them in the upcoming year and beyond.
VitallTeam Workplace Wellness partners with organizations in customizing, conducting, and interpreting anonymous, 3rd party employee wellbeing surveys.
With the results, you can strategically and effectively boost employee wellbeing, engagement, performance and job satisfaction.
Learn more about how to empower your employees to do their best work in this week's Wellness At Work Newsletter.
VitaliTeam Workplace Wellness provides solutions at the intersection of organizational health and individual wellbeing.
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Victor Carlos De la Cruz Matos
Victor de la Cruz Matos was born and raised in Lima, Peru. In his early 20s, he immigrated to the United States, becoming an undocumented immigrant as a young adult. This experience shaped Victor's worldview and motivated him to advocate for himself and other immigrants. Being undocumented pushed Victor to pursue his education, ultimately leading him to become the first college graduate in his family.
Being an undocumented immigrant, Victor possesses a firsthand understanding of the challenges of lacking legal immigration status, which motivates his determination to pursue education for enhanced support of immigrant communities. He achieved a significant milestone by graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of California, Berkeley. With his recent college graduation and ambitions to pursue a Ph.D. in Psychology, he aims to start a non-profit organization that makes a meaningful impact by providing accessible, inclusive, and quality mental health services to those who need them most.
As a research assistant, Victor volunteers in the Emotion, Health, and Psychophysiology lab at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). He is involved in conducting lab studies, sleep lab studies, field studies, acquiring autonomic and neuroendocrine data, and editing and scoring physiological responses. His involvement in the Emotion, Health, and Psychophysiology lab at UCSF demonstrates his commitment to research and his passion for helping others through his work.
For the DreamSF Fellowship, Victor is placed at the San Francisco Latino Parity and Equity Coalition (SFLPEC). He supports the coalition’s community outreach by planning and organizing community meetings and focus groups to conduct a needs assessment to help the membership prioritize community-informed solutions.
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Glenfiddich 26 Year Old: Meaning Crown in French, Grande Couronne is the crowning glory to your celebrations. After ageing for 26 years at the distillery, it is refined and elegant. But its crowning glory awaits. An extended finish in rare French cognac casks adds extra lavish layers of sweet tasted oak and velvety aromas of café crème, brown sugar and soft spice.
This 26 year old single malt is the crowning glory of the Grand Series, whiskies which celebrate the merging of two worlds coming together. After maturing at the Glenfiddich Distillery, Grande Couronne has an extended two-year finish in rare French Cognac casks.
Grande Couronne is the epitome of opulence, uncorked at your most grand and meaningful celebrations. Its very name, meaning crown in French is the promise of the excellence in each drop of this precious single malt.
This is single malt ascended!
Vibrant and lively with an abundance of toasty oak sweetness. Reminiscent of a French pâtisserie, freshly-baked Tarte Tatin and buttery choux pastry.
Deep, velvety smooth and indulgently sweet. Café crème with soft brown sugar and a hint of spice.
Very long-lasting sweet oak.
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Plagiarism is the act of using or closely imitating the writing of another author without his/her permission. In other means, it is an infringement, piracy, counterfeiting, and theft. Plagiarism became so rampant especially after people started relying on the internet for conducting research that several lawsuits were filed against those committing plagiarism. Educational institutions revised their laws and any student caught plagiarizing was expelled.
It was again the internet that provided the means to avoid plagiarism. Today, there are several websites which are freely available to check plagiarism. Some anti-plagiarism websites also offer free grammar check and a free online dictionary as well.
There is another term used for plagiarism checking, called plagiarism test. It is an online scan which provides a report, highlighting any possible areas of work which might be plagiarized. The widest term for it is viper anti-plagiarism. In other words, it points out errors from documents. Its main function is to highlight the sentences and phrases with some color and highlights quotes in a document to correct them.
Which is also an internet based service, which checks documents for unoriginal contents. This service is being used by newspaper editors, article writers, book’s authors and magazines publishers called IThenticate, which runs informational website plagiarism.org. Tools of Tintin are Grade Mark for online grading and feedback and Peer Mark for peer review services. It is one of the most popular plagiarism checkers.
Generally, students and writers don’t want to pay to use a good plagiarism checker and opt to use the free ones. However, they should be careful when relying on them to get accurate results. If you are going to do a lot of writing work then it’s advisable to pay and use a reliable anti-plagiarism website. Spending some money now will save you from a lot of embarrassment and a possible end to your career. | <urn:uuid:82f888f3-1a26-4bf4-aa24-6fcb253c751c> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://www.duplichecker.com/blog/preventing-plagiarism.php | 2024-04-15T00:02:44Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296816904.18/warc/CC-MAIN-20240414223349-20240415013349-00867.warc.gz | en | 0.96005 | 402 |
Little English - Classic Short
Classic Short -
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"In addition, solid-state flash memory has many other advantages over rotating mechanical hard drives that include high performance, much lower power consumption, increased durability (no track skipping) and significantly smaller size and weight. SanDisk iNAND also offers increased design flexibility since it is designed to work seamlessly in conjunction with a removable card slot. iNAND also incorporates for the first time SanDisk's new TrustedFlash technology, assuring the same level of content security for embedded stored data that is available on TrustedFlash cards."SanDisk iNAND will be available in capacities ranging from 256MB to 4GB. Product samples are available now with production scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2005. Pricing for 2GB iNAND devices is $95 in 10,000-lot quantities.
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Machine Learning, Neural and Statistical Classification
by D. Michie, D. J. Spiegelhalter
Publisher: Ellis Horwood 1994
Number of pages: 298
The aim of this book is to provide an up-to-date review of different approaches to classification, compare their performance on a wide range of challenging data-sets, and draw conclusions on their applicability to realistic industrial problems. As the book's title suggests. a wide variety of approaches has been taken towards this task. Three main historical strands of research can be identified: statistical, machine learning and neural network.
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by Alex Smola, S.V.N. Vishwanathan - Cambridge University Press
Over the past two decades Machine Learning has become one of the mainstays of information technology and a rather central part of our life. Smart data analysis will become even more pervasive as a necessary ingredient for technological progress.
by Roberto Battiti, Mauro Brunato - Lionsolver, Inc.
Learning and Intelligent Optimization (LION) is the combination of learning from data and optimization applied to solve complex problems. This book is about increasing the automation level and connecting data directly to decisions and actions.
by Mark Watson - Lulu.com
The book uses the author's libraries and the best of open source software to introduce AI (Artificial Intelligence) technologies like neural networks, genetic algorithms, expert systems, machine learning, and NLP (natural language processing).
by T. Hastie, R. Tibshirani, J. Friedman - Springer
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Renters Insurance in California
It’s good to have it.
If you are planning to rent an apartment, home, or any other place to live in the Golden State, then it is a smart choice to have renters insurance in California. Renters insurance is not a mandatory obligation required by the law to be upheld by the renter. Then the question, “Why is it a good move to have renters insurance California?”, arises.
The best renters insurance California, like us, will save you from the least possible scenario of a visiting guest injury that happened in your apartment. Moreover, our renters insurance in California is the top choice of Golden State's residents in matters of financial losses. These losses include theft, water backup damage, certain natural disasters and more.
No matter if you're looking for a place in Long Beach, Oakland, Anaheim, or any other spot in the Golden State, we're here for you.
Renters insurance is not just limited to apartments only. One will need a renters insurance in California for:
- Urban Areas: High-rise apartments and condos in cities like Los Angeles and San Francisco.
- Suburban Regions: Single-family homes and townhouses in San Jose and Orange County.
- Rural Locations: Farmhouses and cottages in Napa Valley and Sierra Foothills.
So, it doesn't matter where you live in California, you will want to have renters insurance CA. If you cannot afford premium renters insurance in California take cheap renters insurance California. Buy it to relieve yourself from the tension and stress of something bad happening to you in California like phone snatching or damage by wildfire.
Get Yourself Covered
You also might want to have renters insurance because the landlord’s insurance does not cover much and many do require them. Your landlord's insurance policy will not cover any damage to your belongings, therefore it's in your best interest to secure your own insurance. Therefore, you will be responsible for the cost of replacing your belongings in the event of a fire, accident, or burglary.
What is the Renters Insurance Coverage of e360 Insurance?
In California, the importance of renters insurance cannot be overstated. This vital form of protection offers comprehensive coverage for a wide array of personal belongings, from electronic devices to valuable heirlooms. Additionally, it provides liability coverage for medical or legal expenses that may arise from accidents within your rented property.
Whether you reside in an urban apartment in San Francisco or a suburban home in Los Angeles, the best renters insurance in California serves as an essential safeguard for your possessions and peace of mind.
California renters insurance typically includes the following coverages:
Your belongings are safeguarded no matter where you go in the globe thanks to 'personal property' insurance. With renters insurance, you won't have to worry if a leaking pipe destroys your dining room table or if someone steals your laptop while you're off exploring the world.
Loss of Use
Your 'loss of use' policy can assist you in covering the costs of a temporary residence and other living expenses if your home becomes unlivable due to a covered loss (such as a fire or a storm).
If a guest at your apartment party trips and falls, you may be held responsible. Your renter's insurance coverage should protect you in the event that someone is hurt on your property or if someone covered by the policy damages someone else's belongings.
Your medical coverage will kick in if your friend requires medical attention as a result of that slip and fall. Renters insurance protects you in the event that a visitor to your property is injured, as well as in the event that you cause bodily harm to someone else. Keep in mind that your renters insurance in California will not pay for medical expenses incurred by you or anyone living in your apartment.
Covers the cost of repairs or replacements for any covered damages that occur to house expansions, changes, fixtures, upgrades, or installations that you make.
Credit Card Insurance
Covers fraudulent charges on your bank account debit/ATM card and credit cards up to your chosen limit. This includes counterfeit bills and checks as well.
Natural Disasters Are Unprecedented
California is known for its sunny climate and mild winters, but the state has also experienced its fair share of devastating earthquakes and wildfires. Renters insurance in California normally covers damage from fire, rain, and wind, but earthquake damage may necessitate a separate coverage.
Please note that there are different packages to include in your current renters insurance to save you from the unprecedented dangers of earthquakes. We provide additional earthquake insurance at a minimal cost. This earthquake insurance also covers damage to your physical belongings.
More reasons to have renters insurance in California
Your personal items that are stored in or on any motor vehicle, trailer, or watercraft are afforded a higher level of security with the addition of the theft extension.
Backup water protects you against financial damage that may be incurred as a result of clogged drains or sewers.
Fire or Smoke Damage
The carpet may be replaced by your landlord's insurance, but your belongings would not be. In the event of a fire, smoke, or other disaster, renters insurance can help replace your belongings.
We have designed our cheapest renters insurance in California to be light on the pockets of somebody who is renting the apartment for the first time. Deductible levels can have an effect on the cost of the premium. Choosing higher deductibles will lower the cost of the insurance but it will make you lose your grip on how much you can claim.
Factors determining the renters insurance rates
There are many elements that go into determining your renters insurance rate and thus your premium, but here are some of the most regular ones:
State and postal codes are both included in the location of the rental property.
Your policy's premiums will be determined by the types and levels of protection you select for your possessions and liability.
Your renters insurance price will vary depending on your deductible level.
If you choose other types of insurance, like auto insurance or homeowners insurance, from the same provider then there is a high chance that the premium price will start lowering.
Renters insurance in major California cities typically costs between $14 and $22 per month. How much you pay for renters insurance will eventually depend on how much protection you need.
Why choose E360Insurance?
Acquiring renters insurance can be complicated, time-consuming, and dull. But with e360 Insurance, that is no longer the case.
If your landlord has requested that you increase your insurance coverage or your possessions are worth far more than you initially assumed, get in touch with our customer representative and get it done instantly.
Our smooth and sublime customer service helps us stay at the top and be our competitors' envy. The price depends on various factors but we try hard to play it from your side.
You can protect yourself and your belongings from financial ruin for a lot less than you might imagine by purchasing renters insurance in California from us. Get a renters insurance quotation without spending a dime right now.
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Scheduling a vacation can be challenging for anyone, but it’s especially difficult for business owners who fear losing clients, missing opportunities, or worse while they’re gone. As a result, they work nonstop, jeopardizing their physical and mental health, as well as their relationships.
That’s why, if you own your own business, it’s essential to schedule vacations. Not only can vacations reduce stress, strengthen your relationships, and help prevent heart disease and other ailments, they can increase your productivity and creativity when you return. These seven strategies can prepare you, your clients, and your employees for your departure, so you can enjoy the downtime you so desperately need without worrying about your business.
Empower Your Employees
If you have employees, taking a vacation is much easier when you regularly delegate tasks to them and allow them to make some decisions on their own. The tighter your grip on the reins, the more difficult it is for you to let go (and for your employees to run things while you’re gone).
Giving your employees some autonomy can help identify those you can rely on when you’re gone, too. Does one person have a knack for technology? Make her the go-to for any computer-related problems while you’re away.
Make Lists for Emergencies
Many business owners are reluctant to vacation because they fear Murphy’s Law—anything that can go wrong will go wrong while they are gone. Beat Murphy to the punch, and prepare for his arrival. If the business website crashes, what should employees do, step by step? If they can’t get it back up, is there someone they should call?
It’s a good idea for you to have a list of important contacts, including phone numbers and email addresses, with you, so you can reach your IT specialist or building manager, if necessary. Keep a physical list (in case your devices are damaged or stolen) in an easy-to-access place in your duffel or travel gear.
Choose the Best Time
When you travel can make all the difference. Schedule your vacation during your company’s slowest season. If you own a pool cleaning company, that’s probably the winter months. Try going in the summer, and you’re likely to have more emergencies arise and more trouble distancing yourself from work.
In addition to traveling during the slow season, don’t time your vacation around anything going “live,” like a new website or a new product launch. You don’t want to have to handle last minute problems or mistakes remotely.
Tell Your Clients
Once you’ve decided on a time, let your clients know you’ll be on vacation. For example, an accountant may want to send an email to clients informing them of the dates he’ll be gone. Or a restaurant owner may want to note the restaurant’s closure on its website and at its entrance to alert customers.
Depending on your clients, consider telling them you are leaving a day earlier than you actually are to minimize last minute requests while you’re trying to pack. You may also want to extend the date of your return by a day to give yourself time to catch up before fully engaging.
Find Someone to Help
Rather than close your business entirely while you’re gone, find someone to temporarily step in. A dentist can make arrangements for another dentist to cover any emergencies his patients might have while he’s gone in return for him doing the same when his colleague wants a vacation. The owner of a manufacturing firm might ask a subordinate to manage the company while he is gone or call in a retired colleague to help him out.
Before you leave, train your replacement. Explain your day-to-day procedures, make sure your expectations are clear and introduce your replacement to your employees. You may even want to have a trial run for a day before you leave to see what issues need to be addressed. Or, turn a business trip into a bleisure trip, spending part of your time disconnected and having fun.
Even if you’ve told your clients about your vacation, prepared your employees, and have experienced people lined up to deal with emergencies, it can be difficult to let go. Fight the urge to work, but if you must, follow these tips for working remotely and limit the time you spend working. Pick a specific time of day to do work, set a timer, and then physically put your computer and tablet away in your luggage .
Of course, there are times you need to be available. In those instances, you’ll want to have your laptop, tablet or at the very least your phone available. Stow them in your day pack, preferably a laptop backpack that is waterproof and has a separate, padded compartment for your computer.
Sometimes, you do need to stay in touch with employees and clients. Before you leave, define what an emergency is for your employees and tell them only to call you under those circumstances. Or, check in with them at a specified time once a day. They may not feel the need to bother you knowing you are going to call later. Plus, they can keep you up-to-date on business happenings.It can be harder to limit contact with clients. Consider using a voice answering service while you’re gone, and setting up an automatic response for your emails.
If you’ve put off traveling for far too long, make this the year you embark on at least one of your bucket list travel adventures!
Related Links (from Eagle Creek blog):
Working Remotely: What is the Digital Nomad Lifestyle?
Travel Better: 7 Tools for Staying in Touch While Traveling
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Antarctica is known as the Great White Continent, but perhaps it should be known as “Antarctica: Experiences You Can’t Replicate Anywhere Else.” More than just icebergs and glaciers, Antarctica is full of adventures that are waiting for you.
Antarctica is a bucket-list destination for many people. After all, it’s a remote destination; it’s difficult to access and is a veritable enigma in many ways. For some visitors, it’s simply the seventh continent to check off. For others, it’s a wildlife lovers’ paradise.
And it's getting increasingly popular. More than 38,000 people visited Antarctica during the 2015-2016 tourism season, and the number of visitors from November through March (the continent’s summer season) is growing each year.
Antarctica offers adventures that you can’t experience elsewhere. Camping in sub-zero temps? Check. Kayaking with humpback whales? Sure. SUP-ing near glaciers? Yep. Swimming in the Antarctic Ocean? Why not?
For those who want an experience like no other, Antarctica is an excellent destination. (Quick packing tip: Bring a bag that you can put on your back during your trip and roll on wheels at the airport, like the EC Lync System, and use a large compression sac to squeeze in big items). Here are four outdoor activities that are especially fun to try when you visit.
In Antarctica, there are two ways to explore on the water: by zodiac (a sturdy inflatable boat) or by kayak. Go with the kayak, because you'll have the opportunity to see the Great White Continent and its environs from a cool perspective. Gliding through the water, you’re closer to the terns that fly above, the penguins that pop up (their form of jumping is called “porpoising”) through the waves, and the whales that choose to surface just feet from you. The conditions are variable: There are calm days, rough days, days with brash ice, and days silently communing with seals. It’s an ever-changing adventure and while up-close-and-personal encounters cannot be planned or guaranteed, a kayak is a great vessel in which to explore.
Camping in Antarctica is more doable than you think, if you’re prepared. Campers are given foam mats, sleeping bags, and bivy sacks for the night (take your own pillow for extra comfort). After stamping out an area of snow that fits your length and width, lay down the foam mat and then snuggle into your sleeping bag and the bivy sack (the sleeping bag goes inside of the sack). Wear plenty of layers, making sure that your feet are nice and toasty. Drift off to sleep as the sky dims to twilight. While it may not be the best night’s sleep in your life, it will surely be the most memorable!
Stand-up Paddle Boarding
Stand up paddleboards (SUPs) have gained popularity as a novel way to explore and exercise in warm-water destinations. Now, they’re even popping up in Antarctica. While you may navigate some of the same waters as you would in a kayak, there is a difference in the experience: A SUP gives you an elevated perspective, allowing you to see into the water rather than just above it. The water in Antarctica is usually crystal clear; you’re able to see the penguins not only jump around you, but also swim below you. While SUP-ing is extremely condition-dependent (if it’s too rough or windy you won’t go out), SUP-ing with seals and penguins is a unique Antarctic adventure.
While there are plenty of plucky people who undertake “polar plunges” during the winter, there’s nothing quite like bounding into the waters of the Antarctic Ocean, staying as long as you dare, and then scrambling back onto the shore for a towel and warm clothes. It’s definitely not a long adventure (for instance, I lasted approximately 25 seconds), but it’s an experience unlike any other.
Whatever you choose to do, don't forget to bring a camera, because you'll want to have a record of these moments. Store your camera safely in an eTools Organizer Pro in your bag so it's less likely to get damaged in transit.
While Eagle Creek is here to provide tips and insights on travel, we cannot accept any responsibility for any potential consequences arising from the use of this information. Always conduct your own research and use your best judgment.
Related Links (from Eagle Creek blog):
Where to go Ice Diving
Packing Light for a Cold Weather Getaway
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Being infected by a virus will generally cause a short-lasting immune response, which involves the development of antibodies that protect people from being infected twice within a short period of time. However, in a new study from Cedars-Sinai, investigators have discovered that the Covid-19 immune response lasts much longer than expected, and this can be bad news.
Immune responses are the results of antibodies, proteins that detect foreign substances and protect cells from being invaded by them. While these are generally positive occurrences, autoantibodies can also be produced, and these can lead to dangers such as the antibodies attacking the tissues and organs of the body.
After analyzing blood samples of 177 people who had previously been infected by SARS-Cov-2, the Cedars-Sinai team discovered that not only did the virus result in dangerous autoantibodies, but they also lasted for up to six months after recovery. Furthermore, this unusual response was discovered in COVID-19 cases ranging from severe to mild, or even asymptomatic.
“These findings help to explain what makes COVID-19 an especially unique disease,” said study co-senior author Justyna Fert-Bober. “These patterns of immune dysregulation could be underlying the different types of persistent symptoms we see in people who go on to develop the condition now referred to as long COVID-19.”
“We found signals of autoantibody activity that are usually linked to chronic inflammation and injury involving specific organ systems and tissues such as the joints, skin, and nervous system,” added co-senior author Susan Cheng.
Some of the autoantibodies were more present in men than in women, despite the fact that women are known to be significantly more affected by autoantibodies than men.
“On the one hand, this finding is paradoxical given that autoimmune conditions are usually more common in females,” Fert-Bober explained. “On the other hand, it is also somewhat expected given all that we know about males being more vulnerable to the most severe forms of COVID-19.”
The Cedars-Sinai investigators hope to expand the scope of the study by searching for the autoantibodies in people who have suffered from the effects of “long covid.”
“If we can better understand these autoantibody responses, and how it is that SARS-CoV-2 infection triggers and drives these variable responses, then we can get one step closer to identifying ways to treat and even prevent these effects from developing in people at risk,” said Cheng.
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Global confectioner is intensifying its work on responsible palm oil
Global confectioner Ferrero is intensifying its work on responsible palm oil by announcing that it has become a member of TFT. In the coming months, TFT’s field teams will work with the company’s global suppliers to start implementing Ferrero’s new Palm Oil Charter across their operations. The Charter builds upon Ferrero’s productive efforts to gain 100% traceability in its palm oil supply chain by the end of 2014 and seeks to make sure that Ferrero has no link whatsoever with deforestation.
Ferrero uses around 150,000 tonnes of palm oil each year. It buys its oil from producers in Malaysia, Papua New Guinea and Brazil. Ferrero’s Palm Oil Charter outlines its commitments on its palm oil purchasing. At its core is a commitment to deforestation-free palm oil grown with respect for local communities, workers and biodiversity. Growers must gain the consent of local communities as they develop new plantations, and they must protect peatlands, areas of High Carbon Stock and areas with High Conservation Value such as orang-utan habitats.
Ferrero is already a member of the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), applying its Principles & Criteria across its supplier base and currently has full traceability of 75% of its supply chain to RSPO standards. Its relationship with TFT goes beyond, working on the ground with all suppliers to gain a greater understanding of the environmental issues, and in doing so pushing the boundaries of the current requirements of RSPO to meet the needs and expectations of its customers and those in its supply chain. A ‘No Deforestation’ commitment is key to this. TFT director Bastien Sachet says: “We are very pleased to see an ambitious move from a well-known company that is sending a strong message to the industry. What is very significant here is that this is Ferrero’s own Charter – it is clear about the values it wants for its products, and when companies fully own their policies, they don’t depend on anyone to make their vision and ambition become real. This encourages everyone around them to innovate and think about new ways to tackle the challenges of tomorrow.”
Bastien Sachet continues: “Palm oil is so often associated with deforestation and human rights abuses that there are calls from some for an end to palm oil use entirely, but we don’t think that’s the right approach – it would mean using more than five times as much land to replace palm with sunflower or rapeseed oil. What we really need is to arrive at a point where companies are buying fully traceable, responsible palm oil, grown without deforestation and with respect for community rights. That is exactly what Ferrero is doing, and we encourage others to follow Ferrero’s lead and help bring about greater transformation.” | <urn:uuid:0c1fe8c7-86e9-4bca-b6cc-adebf4217b8b> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://www.earthworm.org/news-stories/ferrero-becomes-tft-member-and-pushes-further-on-palm-oil | 2024-04-15T00:19:43Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296816904.18/warc/CC-MAIN-20240414223349-20240415013349-00867.warc.gz | en | 0.968463 | 601 |
As a major urban city, you could be forgiven for forgetting that Sydney is home to a great number of superb parks. As the summer approaches, you'll no doubt want to get out into the sunshine and by hiring a vehicle from East Coast Car Rentals, it's never been easier to explore the city at your leisure and discover some of those luscious green spots.
Banjo Paterson Park
The Banjo Paterson Park is an excellent choice if you have little ones with you. Aside from the vast expanses of greenery that offer good picnic opportunities and space enough to kick a ball around, you'll find a big adventure playground that has everything any child could ever dream of. Four slides, climbing nets, a fireman's pole, a sizeable sandpit and that perennial park favourite, the see-saw, all make an appearance here, among a raft of other playthings. Banjo Paterson Park also features a number of barbecues and a large, deep lake nearby, home to a family of ducks and pelicans. Additionally, a basketball court and a BMX track can be used for the more sporty types, making this park an all-round excellent choice for family fun.
Carrs Bush Park
Carrs Bush Park is known for its huge array of recreational facilities that see it rival even Banjo Peterson for things to see and do. Unlike a lot of parks, Carrs Bush features a a restaurant, the Carrs Park Cafe and Grill, so if you forget to pack your picnic there is little chance that you'll go hungry. If it's warm enough (and in the summer, it will be) why not take a dip in the Kogarah War Memorial Olympic Swimming Pool? It's clean, well-maintained, rarely crowded and the changing rooms offer an old-fashioned Victorian appeal. Away from the water, you'll find a variety of sports fields, playground areas and bushland areas for the rambler in you.
The Basin is a fine choice if you enjoy spending an evening under the stars. Catering for campers, there is a vast expanse of unspoilt land for up to 400. The Basin has it all for the outdoorsman – bushwalking trails, fishing spots and even indigenous engravings can be found here. You'll also find plentiful wildlife as you enjoy your time outdoors – a number of goannas, kangaroos, koalas and wallabies call The Basin home. A deep water swimming lagoon is also present, making the Basin the perfect destination if you're looking to get away from the stresses and strains of big-city life.
Parsley Bay Reserve
Parsley Bay Reserve is a family park awash in natural beauty. Alongside the usual picnic facilities and children's playground, there's a swimming area and a bushland circuit that takes you out into the wilds of Australian nature. It's stunning in its scenic beauty, as you'll come across a spectacular waterfall at the head of the gully. In the summer months, you may even be lucky enough to spot Eastern Water Dragons frolicking in the water.
Chinese Garden of Friendship
Found just a short walk from Sydney's Chinatown, the Chinese Garden of Friendship is a like a little piece of rural Asia. A tribute to all aspects of traditional China, you'll come across mature weeping willows, colourful lotus flowers and and array of exotic fish sunning themselves in the lagoons. Carved sculptures and a number of animals, including koi carp, water dragons, turtles and birds make their home in the Chinese Garden of Friendship and you can event take time to reflect in the natural beauty with a cup of Chinese tea from the traditional Chinese Teahouse. | <urn:uuid:e1562db5-5268-4583-ba7d-0d3918fc1fba> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://www.eastcoastcarrentals.com.au/blog/the-finest-parks-sydney-has-to-offer/ | 2024-04-15T00:20:30Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296816904.18/warc/CC-MAIN-20240414223349-20240415013349-00867.warc.gz | en | 0.949396 | 766 |
Not more than two hours drive outside of Sydney you’ll find mountain ranges covered in eucalyptus trees. Hidden amongst the overwhelming greenery you’ll find waterfalls, trails, caves, botanic gardens and so much more. The Blue Mountains are a necessary stop for any Australian road tripper, so make sure you grab your hire car from the airport! Here’s why you need to visit.
Why are they called the Blue Mountains?
It’s not just the photos. These mountains really do give off a blue haze, and it’s due to the eucalyptus trees that are spread throughout them. The natural and impressive phenomenon is due to how oil that’s released from the eucalyptus leaves mixes with the dust and water particles in the air and causes the light to reflect back. It creates a blue tinge that almost seems to emanate from the mountains themselves, bringing an almost ethereal beauty to the views stretching out in every direction.
Feb 20, 2019 at 12:48pm PST
Visit the Three Sisters
Possibly the most popular spot in the Blue Mountains, you’ll understand why when you gaze out at the three craggy pillars standing proud against the horizon.
Named for an Aboriginal legend, the story goes that there were once three sisters who were bewitched into stone to keep them safe from three brothers of another tribe. However, the elder that turned them died before he could undo his spell and return them to life. Since that day they’ve stood tall, swathed in clouds, mist and beauty.
Head to Echo Point for the best view of the Three Sisters, and make sure you’re wearing hiking boots. From this outlook you’ll find a variety of tracks you can explore.
Apr 14, 2018 at 4:56am PDT
Count the waterfalls
You’ll find a great many waterfalls waiting for you within these mountains. Head to Govetts Leap Lookout to see the Bridal Veil Falls plunge into the eucalyptus depths below, or head to Wentworth Falls. There you’ll find water tumbling down layers of rock into a waiting pool. Don’t forget to make a stop at Leura Cascades as well. Take a picnic to enjoy while listening to the stream chuckling as it makes its way down moss-covered rocks. Once it’s done, brush off the crumbs and wander further to see what you can find. There’s more viewpoints to discover, as well as additional waterfalls.
Aug 20, 2018 at 2:33pm PDT
Get your Gollum on in the Jenolan Caves
The caverns in Middle Earth that Gollum hid away in have nothing on these ones. The Jenolan Caves are some of the oldest in the world. Decorated with awe-inspiring limestone formations and fossilized remains you might just understand why Gollum spent so much time underground. Excellent acoustics in these great caverns make it one of the most unique and incredible places you can attend a concert in, while spooky night time tours will leave you with chills that aren’t from the cold.
The Blue Mountains Botanic Garden
Siblings are the theme for this region. Sister to the Royal Botanic Gardens in Sydney, the Blue Mountains Botanic Garden is set up higher than any other of its kind in Australia. Cool-climate plants fill the flower beds, complemented by views over the mountains. You’ll find a garden for every taste, as well as food at the restaurant and picnic areas.
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Seven Chambers of Commerce coming together to host the event
Source: San Diego District Attorney
August 26, 2019 (El Cajon) - Members of the public are welcome to attend the first-ever Economic Crimes Forum in East County hosted by seven chambers of commerce to learn how scams and cyber-crimes impact businesses and the community. At the event, experts from the District Attorney’s Office will teach attendees how to protect themselves and their businesses from becoming victims of fraud and other economic-related crimes.
“Crime prevention through partnership with the community we serve is an important part of our mission at the DA’s Office,” said District Attorney Summer Stephan. “We have an entire division dedicated to prosecuting economic crimes and holding the perpetrators accountable, but our prosecutors and investigators are also using their expertise to stop these crimes from happening in the first place and to protect the business community.”
The seven chambers of commerce hosting this event are the San Diego East County Chamber of Commerce, the East County Economic Development Council, the Spring Valley Chamber of Commerce, the Lakeside Chamber of Commerce, the La Mesa Chamber of Commerce, the Alpine Chamber of Commerce, and the Santee Chamber of Commerce.
The East County Economic Crimes Forum is open to the public and will be held on Tuesday, September 10, 2019, from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Grossmont College Theatre Room 26-220, located at 8800 Grossmont College Drive, El Cajon, CA 92020. Anyone interested in attending should RSVP to Kathy Kassel: [email protected] or 619-561-1031.
About the San Diego County District Attorney’s Office
The San Diego County DA’s Office prosecutes all felony crimes in the county and misdemeanor crimes committed outside the City of San Diego. The office files about 40,000 criminal cases a year and balances prosecution with numerous crime prevention programs. District Attorney Summer Stephan leads the office of more than 1,000 dedicated employees who pursue fair and equal justice, and support victims daily across San Diego County. | <urn:uuid:81028f38-7b52-4519-84ee-06b361ef97bb> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://www.eastcountymagazine.org/public-invited-first-its-kind-economic-crimes-forum-east-county-sept-10 | 2024-04-14T23:30:06Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296816904.18/warc/CC-MAIN-20240414223349-20240415013349-00867.warc.gz | en | 0.929257 | 434 |
Simple Ideas for Drawing Todoroki
Todoroki, the intriguing character from My Hero Academia, displays a unique trait of having ice and fire powers, which is visually symbolized by his half-and-half hair. Drawing Todoroki provides a beautiful symbiosis of contrasting elements that can be represented creatively. A close-up of Todoroki’s face is an ideal place to start. As a fundamental aspect of his character, it showcases the contrasting sides of his frosty demeanor against the unfettered intensity of his heated gaze. For fans of all things cute, a Chibi version of Todoroki can be a fun art project.
Drawing Todoroki in his hero outfit with a dynamic action pose can be an excellent way to capture his unwavering determination. Adding effects representing his icy and fiery powers interest to your drawings. A more abstract take on Todoroki can focus solely on portraying his elemental powers. Here, you let the contrasting elements of ice and fire take center stage.
Draw Shoto Todoroki
A beginner could start by sketching a close-up of Shoto’s face using basic shapes and lines, accurately representing the distinction of both halves to highlight his contrasting nature. Imagine a fighting stance for a more dynamic portrait, showing him ready to use his ice and fire powers. A sequence of panels depicting the evolution of Shoto through various stages of the series can render an emotionally rich portrayal of the character. This drawing style gives viewers a glimpse into Shoto’s growth and transformation. Drawing Shoto Todoroki allows one to combine traditional sketching techniques with exploring color and composition.
How to Draw A Todoroki
To draw Todoroki, a beloved character from “My Hero Academia,” the first step is penciling a rough sketch. Start with simple shapes and guidelines to create the basic structure of the head, torso and limbs. Pay extra attention to his unique half-and-half hair, as this is one of Todoroki’s most defining features.
Outline the facial features using gentle lines, ensuring you accurately mirror Todoroki’s different-colored eyes. The next step is to sketch his distinctive hair – icy white on the right and intense red on the left.
In the next phase, concentrate on his clothes. Draw the high neck of his combat uniform leading down to his sturdy, utility-packed waist. Make sure to sketch the details on his right arm, which is always packed up in a freezing sleeve.
After sketching, it’s time for inking. Use a good quality, fade-proof fine liner for this process. This step will give your drawing a refined and professional look.
The final step is coloring. This process brings Todoroki’s elements of fire and ice alive.
Drawing Todoroki is a fun and engaging activity that improves visualization and illustration skills. The result is your very own rendition of this unique and enigmatic character.
Shoto Todorokis Face
Shoto Todoroki’s face is one of the most distinct elements of his character design in the anime series “My Hero Academia.” His face tells the tale of a unique duality, representing his inherent powers. One couldn’t imagine Shoto without his iconic half-and-half feature – the right side of his hair is a stark, icy white color, the left, a stark contrast of fiery red, dividing his face cleanly into two halves.
His eyes, too, hold a distinguished feature. They are heterochromatic — the right reflects a cool, frosty blue, and the left a blazing, warm grey. His face is a canvas that artfully exhibits the mixture of his past, powers, resolution, and strength.
Draw Shoto Todoroki
Given the character’s distinctive visual elements, drawing Shoto Todoroki from “My Hero Academia” offers a stimulating creative challenge. His hair, split dyed between white and red, is visually symbolic of his ice and fire powers, and his contrasting eyes are characteristic features.
Beginners may start by sketching a front-face portrait, laying down basic shapes and lines for the face’s structure, ensuring that each half’s distinctive features are captured. Concentration on the hair is crucial as the red-white division adds character and intensity to the depiction.
To breathe life into your sketch, capture Shoto in a dynamic pose, perhaps readying his fire and ice powers. Crafting this action scene tests your ability to blend character portrayal harmoniously and the dynamic addition of elements representing his powers.
To underscore the depth of the character, consider a sequential drawing showing Shoto’s journey and evolution. This enables the storyteller within you to narrate his transformation and growth visually through your art. The blend of expressiveness, color, and power offers an engaging and rewarding experience.
A Todoroki drawing is an engaging and rewarding artistic undertaking for any fan or artist inspired by the captivating manga and anime series “My Hero Academia.” Given Todoroki’s unique appearance and striking duality, artfully representing them offers a thrilling challenge. The most striking aspect of Todoroki’s appearance is his half-and-half hair, with distinct red and white halves, symbolizing his dual ice and fire powers. Incorporating these features alongside his prominent burn scar on his left side illustrates the character’s rich backstory.
By choosing a dynamic pose, you showcase Todoroki in action, wielding his dual powers. Alternatively, sequential drawings can trace his growth and transformation as a hero.
Drawing of Todoroki
A drawing of Todoroki from the popular manga and anime series “My Hero Academia” is a visually arresting representation of a beloved character. Todoroki’s design, with its distinctive half-red, half-white hair and mismatched eyes, mirrors his dual ability to wield ice and fire. Make sure to capture his eyes, with the left a warm grey and the right a cool blue. As crucial as capturing an accurate portrait is illustrating Todoroki’s power. A dynamic action pose shows his hands unleashing ice and fire, bringing his abilities to life.
How to Draw Shoto Todoroki
Learning to draw Shoto Todoroki, a beloved character from “My Hero Academia,” presents a stimulating and enjoyable opportunity to showcase your artistry. With his distinctive two-toned hair and heterochromatic eyes, Todoroki’s appearance offers a remarkable subject for practicing and improving artistic skills. Begin by outlining basic shapes to create a foundation for the head, facial features, torso, and limbs.
Next, draw Shoto’s iconic hairstyle, capturing the sharp contrast between his frosty white right and fiery red left sides. This division is essential for effectively conveying his character and dual ice and fire abilities. Now, turn your attention to his hero uniform, paying close attention to the design details of his combat suit and the freezing sleeve on his right arm.
Sketch a rough structure using bare head, body, and limb shapes. Follow this with precise detailing of the face, drawing particular attention to his heterochromatic eyes and the scar encasing his left eye. Next, accurately represent Todoroki’s half-red, half-white hair.
After you’re satisfied with your sketch, proceed to ink the drawing. Utilize a fine liner to refine and define the sketch, providing a polished look. Use bright red and soft white shades for his hair and darker tones for his outfit. This highlights Todoroki’s unique features and brings the character to life. Drawing Todoroki is an inventive project, fulfilling in the beauty of its result and its capacity to enhance artistic skills.
Easy Shoto Todoroki Drawing
Start with a simple oval for the head and add cross lines to guide you with the positioning of the eyes and the division of his hair. Sketch in his eyes, paying attention to make one blue (right) and the other grey (left) to depict his heterochromia. Add a burn scar on the left side, which covers the area from the eye to below the cheek.
For his half-red, half-white hair, start with basic shapes, ensuring a clear contrast between each side. It serves as an iconic symbol of his ice and fire powers.
Sketch a simple figure for the body, accommodating his hero uniform design without diving into intricate details for an accessible version.
Outline your sketch to refine the creature and color it. Keep the bright red and calm white in his hair and darker tones for his outfit to create a visually balanced and authentic portrayal of Shoto Todoroki.
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Written by Victoria Laios, APD
A healthy heart is important, to maintain good overall health and also reduce your risk of developing Heart Disease. Heart Disease is a condition that affects around 1.4 million Australians and is the single leading cause of death in Australia . It is the most common form of cardiovascular disease and is becoming an ongoing economic burden to our society .
Heart Disease occurs when your arteries and blood vessels become narrowed, due to the build-up of plaque (fatty deposits) in the walls. Overtime, this plaque build-up reduces blood flow to the heart which can cause angina (chest pain). If a blood clot forms and becomes stuck in the blood vessel, this can cause a heart attack. As Heart Disease rates are on the rise, this blog will outline how you can reduce your overall risk.
Cholesterol and triglycerides
So why do I mention cholesterol and triglycerides?….Cholesterol and triglycerides are naturally found in our blood and their levels can be an indicator of Heart Disease risk.
Cholesterol is a fatty substance produced by the liver. Too much cholesterol in our blood can cause fatty deposits to build-up in our blood vessels. This makes it harder for the heart to pump blood around the body and increases our risk of heart disease or stroke. There are two types of cholesterol in our blood:
- LDL Cholesterol – “bad” cholesterol which increase our risk of heart disease.
- HDL Cholesterol – “good” cholesterol which reduce our risk of heart disease
Triglycerides are another bad fat found in the blood. Having too much triglycerides in the blood increases the risk of Heart Disease. Triglycerides can be reduced by – limiting sugary foods and drinks, as well as consuming dietary fat and alcohol in moderation.
Different types of fat found in our food
To reduce our risk of Heart Disease, we also need to understand the different types of fat found in our food. The table below outlines the different fats and their food sources:
Fats that are harmful to heart health INCREASE “LDL” blood cholesterol | Saturated fat (animal products) | Butter, cream, deli meats, cheese, cakes, pastries, deep-fried foods, chocolate, crisps, coconut and palm oil |
Trans fatty acids (hydrogenated vegetable oils) | Mainly found in processed foods (pies, cakes, biscuits and donuts) | |
Fats that are protective for heart healthLOWER “LDL” blood cholesterolINCREASE our “HDL” blood cholesterol | Monounsaturated fats | Nuts (almonds, peanuts, cashews) AvocadoPlant oils (canola, olive and peanut) |
Polyunsaturated fats and Omega-3 Fatty Acids (found in plant and marine foods) | Nuts (walnuts, hazelnuts, brazil nuts)Sunflower and soybean oilSeeds (chia, sunflower and flaxseeds)TahiniOily fish (salmon, sardines, tuna, flathead) |
How to reduce your risk of developing Heart Disease
The National Heart Foundation has developed some recommendations to reduce the risk of developing Heart Disease. If heart health is an issue for you, consider the following:
- Eat a diet low fat, especially saturated fat – replacing these foods with those containing mono- and poly- unsaturated fats.
- Consume oily fish 2-3 times a week – fish is a good source of Omega-3 Fatty Acids, which helps to reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke.
- Enjoy a variety of nutritious foods and include high fibre foods into your diet – wholegrain products, fruit, vegetables and legumes. These foods contain soluble fibre, which helps to lower blood cholesterol levels.
- Reducing your intake of sugar and salt – too much salt can harden the arteries and increase blood pressure.
- Moderating your alcohol intake – alcohol can increase blood pressure, triglycerides and lead to weight gain.
- Achieve and maintain healthy weight
- Be physically active – exercise has many positive benefits. It improves cholesterol, blood pressure and blood glucose levels, helps in weight management and lowers stress.
- Stop smoking
There you have it. Some tips on how to improve your heart health and reduce your risk of developing Heart Disease. It is important to engage in a healthy lifestyle, and make positive behaviour changes to improve your well-being. For more information and Resources, visit the Heart Foundation webpage on http://heartfoundation.org.au/
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British Telecommunications plc (BT) last week announced an agreement with the iCat E-Commerce Provider Program to offer e-commerce services to its 1.3 million small to mid-sized business customers through the newly created BT StoreCentre. iCat, a division of Intel Corp., joined in the announcement.
iCat provides services and support for small to mid-sized businesses to enter the world of e-commerce. The E-Commerce Provider Program — launched in May — packages the iCat store-building service in order to resell it available to larger companies, such as telecommunications and financial companies, along with Internet Service Providers, and others. These companies, in turn, “commerce enable” the Web sites of their customers.
“The Internet is without doubt the medium that the future of buying products and services will be based on, and by using BT StoreCentre our customers can more effectively compete on even footing with larger companies,” stated Eric Guilloteau, general manager of BT’s eBusiness division.
Flip the Switch
“Our involvement in the iCat E-Commerce Provider Program enables us to provide our customers an award-winning service to help them establish their businesses online,” added Guilloteau.
According to iCat company representative Scott Battishill, in an E-Commerce Times Interview, “one day BT was a great portal for their customers, and the next they were an e-commerce provider. They just flipped a switch, and they’re providing this established e-commerce service.”
iCat will provide the front-end solution, according to the agreement, and BT will offer real-time credit card transaction processing as well as primary customer support to its merchants. The recently announced Excite Shopping Service — created in collaboration between iCat and Excite — will be available to BT StoreCentre business customers.
An Opened Door
The terms of the agreement will also be extended to BT’s 150 wholly owned subsidiary companies internationally, according to Battishill. “Any of the companies can now step up, to iCat and say, ‘I want to do the same thing,’ and they will get exactly the same terms of the agreement and conditions we’ve extended to BT.”
“So what BT has,” added Battishill, “open the door for all of their companies throughout Europe, and the world essentially, to say, ‘ok, I also want to be a provider for e-commerce. So, there’s a little but more of a significant deal than just the fact that BT stepped onboard.” | <urn:uuid:f303abe2-e3bb-49cb-b9f7-b13eff029bc1> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/icat-e-commerce-uk-invasion-776.html | 2024-04-15T00:04:59Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296816904.18/warc/CC-MAIN-20240414223349-20240415013349-00867.warc.gz | en | 0.959246 | 554 |
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A note from us
Welcome to Awake58 – your weekly round-up of the latest community college news from across North Carolina and the country. Our last edition featured the NCCCS presidential search committee, free daycare for children of Durham Tech students, and economic impact stories from Mitchell, Pitt, and Durham Tech. You may read it by clicking here.
The NCCCS presidential search committee will meet this week… The 2023-24 FAFSA is open… Impact58 stories from Montgomery, Richmond, and McDowell Tech… The NCCCS conference kicks off Oct. 9… A profile on Shaw University…
Happy October Awake58 readers. It’s that time of year that finally begins to feel and look like fall – with shades of orange, red, and yellow peeping through the green leaves.
October also marks the beginning of the FAFSA cycle. Hannah’s piece about the Free Application for Federal Student Aid provides guidance and highlights updates, including information on the Longleaf Commitment Grant.
The search for the next NCCCS president is underway. A presidential search committee meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 5 at 9:00 a.m. You can view the agenda here.
We have several Impact58 stories in this week’s edition. Mebane writes about McDowell Technical Community College’s use of federal funds to pay for tuition and fees, Liz lifts up the work at Richmond Community College to end cycles of poverty, and Dean talks about all things taxidermy and economic impact at Montgomery Community College.
If you follow along, you know that EdNC team members have been traversing the state these past few months. Of the 58 community colleges, we’ve completed 31 Impact58 visits! And we have a full travel schedule this week with more Impact58 tours. Team members will be visiting Rockingham, Davidson-Davie, Carteret, Haywood, and Rowan-Cabarrus. We also have several team members heading to the western part of the state visiting Macon, Clay, Cherokee, Graham, Swain, and Jackson counties.
In case you missed it on Twitter, check out the John M. Belk Endowment’s visit last week to Robeson Community College.
Policy Analyst – EdNC.org
Here’s a look at what you need to know about FAFSA, or the Free Application for Federal Student Aid.
Oct. 1 was the first day students could complete the 2023-24 application. The form is open until June 30, 2024 on a rolling basis.
Here’s what you should know about FAFSA submissions through the years.
A third of high school seniors nationwide don’t submit the FAFSA, leaving an estimated $3.4 billion in aid on the table each year. Students who complete the FAFSA can seek more aid opportunities, and they’re also more likely to enroll in higher education, according to a 2020 report by Education Strategy Group (ESG). Among students who complete the FAFSA, 90% attend college directly after high school, compared to 55% of students who don’t complete the FAFSA.
Read more about FAFSA updates.
McDowell Technical Community College has an annual economic impact of $67.8 million, including $12 million in operations spending, $1.1 million in student spending, and $54.7 million in alumni impact.
Billboards around the county that say “tuition free until 2023” tell you even more about the impact of this community college, and they are catching the eye of students and workers who want to “learn and grow,” the hashtag of the college’s new strategic plan.
Goal one of McDowell Tech’s strategic plan is access: “We will expand learning opportunities and remove barriers to enrollment.”
“On May 25, 2021, McDowell Tech announced the Learn and Grow Scholarship Program, which according to the press release, “effectively eliminates one of the most significant barriers to college attendance: cost.”
You can read how McDowell Tech is using federal funds to pay for tuition and fees here.
According to a recent economic impact report, MCC’s impact on the small county (Montgomery County has about 26,000 residents) is notable. MCC added $24.4 million in income to the county economy in 2019-20 — nearly as much on its own as the impact the entire wholesale trade industry has on the county.
In terms of jobs, this means MCC supported about 560 county jobs, or one out of every 22 jobs in the county.
What some may not know is that much of Montgomery county is covered by the Uwharrie National Forest – 50,000 acres to be exact. Montgomery Community College sits against the national forest on 150 acres alongside a career and technical education center and the county’s only high school.
The choice to centralize these major educational hubs may seem natural for a county at the center of it all, but it’s also strategic.
Read more here.
This piece on Richmond Community College discusses putting industry demand and community needs at the forefront.
The college is working to place industry demand at the forefront of all of its offerings, said RCC President Dale McInnis. Knowing there is “light at the end of the tunnel,” McInnis said, plus a personalized experience with faculty, helps students succeed.
RCC serves Richmond and Scotland Counties, which are both considered Tier 1, a designation the state Department of Commerce gives to the most economically distressed counties.
“It’s all about breaking that cycle of poverty,” McInnis said.
Providing opportunities for economic mobility in the area is personal to McInnis, who grew up on a Richmond County farm — and whose family has been in the county since 1790.
Plus, learn about Bill Frye, an HVACR instructor for Richmond Community College.
Check out the story here.
Shaw University builds off of legacy with an eye toward transformation — for students and the institution
Shaw University is a private university based in Raleigh. The university serves over 1,300 undergraduate students annually. Shaw’s rich history includes the noteworthy fact that it was the first Historically Black College and University (HBCU) to offer courses in the southern United States.
This profile on Shaw University highlights the college’s rich history and discusses how the institution is moving forward with innovation.
Registration is still open for the Dallas Herring Lecture. Click here to register.
Atrium Health brings Meaningful Medicine program to Central Piedmont Community College – opening a community-based virtual clinic.
Mitchell Community College announced the selection of Randy Ledford as the new Vice President for Learning. Ledford most recently served as Vice President for Instruction at Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute.
Vance-Granville Community College will host a regional conference for employers and business leaders, giving them an opportunity to learn about techniques and innovations they can implement in their organizations. The conference is scheduled for Oct. 20 at Vance-Granville.
Wilkes Community College expands information technology partnerships allowing students to add new certifications.
Central Carolina Community College hired its first Biotechnology Pathway Navigator. The new role provides students with career development resources and industry connections.
SECU Foundation provided funding for up to 30 local students to receive Bridge to Career scholarships to attend Lenoir Community College. SECU Foundation funding for NCCCS totals over $1.6 million annually.
Wake Technical Community College awarded more than 300 student scholarships, totaling $447,204, for the 2022-23 academic year.
Laila Chambers is the first student at Cleveland Early College High School to graduate with a high school diploma, associate degree, and a certified nursing assistant credential.
Davidson-Davie Community College student seeks the highest Girl Scout award and constructs a therapeutic garden at The Dragonfly Children’s Advocacy Center in Mocksville.
Other higher education reads
LGBTQ students whose college or university provides mental health services had 84% lower odds of attempting suicide in the past year than those who had no access, according to a new brief from The Trevor Project. And while the vast majority, 86%, reported that their college offers such services, a significant number of students cited barriers to access.
This piece from The 74 highlights the importance of mental health services and access on college campuses.
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Project Management Book is the best way to improve your project management skills in 2024. We have created a list of the top 10 project management books for those who want to thrive in this ever-changing field. These books cover every aspect, from traditional methodologies to innovative techniques, ensuring you stay ahead in the project management field.
Therefore, read this article to learn about the 10 Best Project Management Books in 2024, which promises to enlighten, motivate, and transform your approach to project management.
- 10 Best Project Management Books in 2024
- 1. A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide)
- 2. Project Manager Absolute Beginner’s Guide
- 3. Project Management for Non-Project Manager
- 4. Be Fast or Be Gone: Racing the Clock with Critical Chain Project Management
- 5. Agile Project Management with Scrum
- 6. Project Management Case Studies
- 7. Making Things Happen: Mastering Project Management
- 8. Brilliant Project Management (3rd Edition)
- 9. The Lazy Project Manager: How To Be Twice As Productive And Still Leave The Office Early
- 10. The Agile Mind-Set: Making Agile Processes Work
- Benefits of Reading Project Management Books
Make sure to check: Project Management Definition: What Is It?
10 Best Project Management Books in 2024
Check out the list of the 10 best project management books in 2024 below.
1. A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide)
This book is considered the industry standard for project management and is frequently used as a reference for the Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
2. Project Manager Absolute Beginner’s Guide
This book is a top choice for beginners in project management, and covers essential concepts in depth, from planning and control to starting agile project management. The updated 4th edition includes the most recent web-project management tools, preparing readers for the most recent PMP Certification Exam.
Author: Greg Horine
3. Project Management for Non-Project Manager
This book is essential for beginners because it not only describes project managers’ responsibilities but also differentiates them from different types of managers. It shows the distinction between project and functional managers, focusing on their approaches to change and improvement to increase productivity and success.
Author: Jack Ferraro
4. Be Fast or Be Gone: Racing the Clock with Critical Chain Project Management
If you like fiction, this book will introduce you to Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM) through the characters Mike Knight and his son Tim. When Tim is diagnosed with a rare form of brain cancer, Mike quits his job and uses CCPM to expedite a pharmaceutical solution. The book simplifies CCPM for inexperienced project managers.
Author: Andreas Scherer
5. Agile Project Management with Scrum
This book introduces Scrum rules and principles with simple examples, including scaling projects, addressing complexity, creating Scrum teams, creating documents and events, and exploring the Capability Maturity Model for software development best practices.
Author: Ken Schwaber
6. Project Management Case Studies
This excellent project management book, ideal for the Intermediate level, includes case studies from major companies such as Disney, Airbus, Motorola, and The Olympics. It’s an invaluable resource for aspiring PMPs preparing for the latest certification exam, with a focus on Agile and Scrum.
Author: Harold Kerzner
7. Making Things Happen: Mastering Project Management
This book, based on the author’s background managing projects for Internet Explorer, Windows, and MSN provides valuable insights for project managers in the software industry.
Therefore, it focuses on the philosophy and strategy of effective project management, including topics like:
- How not to annoy people
- How to make things happen
- Making good decisions
- What to do when things go wrong
It is beneficial for both current and future projects because it focuses on practical expertise rather than specific methods.
Author: Scott Berkun
8. Brilliant Project Management (3rd Edition)
This advanced project management book skips the theory and focuses on the fundamentals. It is useful for experienced managers and grows with each reading. It is a timeless guide on project management principles, regardless of methodology.
Author: Stephen Barker
9. The Lazy Project Manager: How To Be Twice As Productive And Still Leave The Office Early
The book shows the importance of using TOC, Lean, and Six Sigma approaches to achieve better results. It highlights advanced project management and works for better on-time delivery and profitability while using the well-known Pareto principle.
Author: Peter Taylor
10. The Agile Mind-Set: Making Agile Processes Work
This book introduces the Agile mindset in project management, providing insights on best practices and tools. Hence, this will teach you to learn how to apply Agile principles, focusing on values such as people first, adaptation, early value delivery, and customer collaboration.
Author: Gil Broza
Benefits of Reading Project Management Books
Here are the benefits of reading project management books.
- Describes risk management strategies for project success.
- Improves communication skills, which are essential for team collaboration and understanding.
- Improves leadership abilities for efficient project coordination and execution.
- Provides useful techniques for resource allocation and utilization.
- Encourages a methodical approach to project initiation, planning, and completion.
- Creates a solid foundation for project goals and objectives.
- Improves the problem-solving abilities necessary to overcome project obstacles.
- Develops a strategic mindset for successful project planning and execution.
Summing up, now you know the 10 best project management books of 2024 for beneficial ideas and strategies. Hence, whether you are a novice or an experienced professional, these books will help you improve your skills and stay current on industry trends.
You may also check: Certified Project Management Professional: Role, Salary & More
Frequently Asked Questions
ANS: Yes, the list contains books for beginners that provide a solid foundation in project management principles.
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