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Queensland's coastal shark numbers are continuing a 50-year decline, in sharp contradiction of suggestions of 'exploding' shark populations, according to an analysis of Queensland Shark Control Program data.
University of Queensland and Griffith University researchers analysed data from the program, which has used baited drumlines and nets since 1962 to minimise human-shark interactions, and now spans 1760 km of the Queensland coastline.
UQ School of Biological Sciences researcher Dr George Roff said historical baselines of Queensland shark populations were largely unknown, despite a long history of shark exploitation by recreational and commercial fisheries.
"Explorers in the 19th century once described Australian coastlines as being 'chock-full of sharks', yet we don't have a clear idea of how many sharks there used to be on Queensland beaches," he said.
"Shark populations around the world have declined substantially in recent decades, with many species being listed as vulnerable and endangered."
By analysing the Queensland Shark Control Program data, the research team reconstructed historical records of shark catches to explore changes in the number and sizes of sharks over the past half century.
"What we found is that large apex sharks such as hammerheads, tigers and white sharks, have declined by 74 to 92 per cent along Queensland's coast," Dr Roff said.
"And the chance of zero catch -- catching no sharks at any given beach per year -- has increased by as much as seven-fold.
"The average size of sharks has also declined -- tiger sharks and hammerhead sharks are getting smaller."
"We will never know the exact numbers of sharks in our oceans more than half a century ago, but the data points to radical changes in our coastal ecosystems since the 1960s.
"The data acts as a window into the past, revealing what was natural on our beaches, and provides important context for how we manage sharks.
"What may appear to be increases in shark numbers is in reality a fraction of past baselines, and the long-term trend shows ongoing declines.
"While often perceived as a danger to the public, sharks play important ecological roles in coastal ecosystems.
"Large apex sharks are able to prey on larger animals such as turtles, dolphins and dugongs, and their widespread movement patterns along the coastline connects coral reefs, seagrass beds and coastal ecosystems.
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Single Tooth Replacement With an Implant Richardson, TX
Tooth loss is more than just an embarrassing thing to live with. When you lose a tooth, you will also start to lose bone. Another thing that can happen when you lose a tooth is that the other teeth in your jaw can shift, and that will throw off the alignment. The good news is that you do not have to live without that tooth.
Here at Dr. Xixi Wu, we have helped others to have a new prosthetic tooth with a single tooth implant. We would like to see if you are a good candidate for a dental implant as well.
The Basics of a Single Tooth Implant
If you are missing a tooth, there could be a way that we can replace it. Here is what you need to know about a single tooth implant.
Sometimes we will need to replace a tooth because it was knocked out. Other times, the tooth might be gone because of decay. We could decide to remove the tooth ourselves; it does not need to be already missing.
For a single tooth implant to take, it is important that you have enough bone, membrane, or bone and membrane in your jaw. If you do not have enough bone, we might decide to start with a bone graft. With this, we will take a small amount of bone, grind it, and then add it to your jaw. A bone graft could take several weeks, but it would be necessary to have enough bone for the implant.
If you have enough bone, or once the bone from the bone graft has fused with your jaw, we will start to move ahead with the implant. We will implant a screw in your jaw where the implant will go. The screw is like the new "root" for your tooth.
It will take a few weeks until the screw has bonded with your jaw. Depending on the location of the missing tooth, a temporary crown in some form will be provided for both aesthetics and function.
Once the screw and your jaw are ready, we will refer you to your general dentist for the restorative crown placement. The crown will be your new tooth.
Once you have the implant, you will treat it just like the rest of your teeth. It is important to brush and to floss. We will also tell you the correct way to care for your gums. It is important to take good care of your implant. If you have any pain after the process is finished, let us know immediately.
A single tooth implant will give you back a missing tooth. It will also help to put an end to bone loss. Here at Dr. Xixi Wu, we have given others back confidence with a single dental implant. Call us at (972) 669-9444 and make an appointment so that we can do the same thing for you.
Single Tooth Dental Implants | Dr. Hilton Israelson - Richardson, TX Here at Dr. Hilton Israelson, we have helped others to have a new prosthetic tooth with a single tooth implant, and we want to help you. Click here to learn more. Dr. Xixi Wu, 702 W. Arapaho Rd #108, Richardson, TX 75080; (972) 669-9444; northtexasperioimplants.com; 3/26/2024; Related Terms: dental implants Richardson TX; | <urn:uuid:c3ab5eac-8dd3-4017-99f1-c66733c26bea> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://northtexasperioimplants.com/p/dental-implants-Richardson-TX-Single-Tooth-Replacement-with-Implant-p43331.asp | 2024-04-17T08:13:55Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817146.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20240417075330-20240417105330-00667.warc.gz | en | 0.950667 | 693 |
The year 2011 marks a milestone for the Baby Boom generation, as they begin turning 65. Boomers will be qualifying for Medicare at a rate of one every eight seconds; a record 2.8 million will qualify in 2011. In all, the government expects 76 million Boomers will age on to Medicare. The rapid escalation of beneficiaries along with health care cost increases that are outpacing inflation present a huge challenge to the Medicare system.
A recent report from the National Research Council, Improving Health Care Cost Projections for the Medicare Population: Summary of a Workshop, focuses on areas of research needed to improve health care cost projections for the Medicare population and on the strengths and weaknesses of competing frameworks for projecting health care expenditures for the elderly.
Another recently released report, Accounting for Health and Health Care: Approaches to Measuring the Sources and Costs of Their Improvement, provides guidance about what data are needed to measure the output produced by the medical care sector. Without this kind of information it is impossible to credibly assess whether the nation spends too much or too little on medical care relative to, say, public health measures, and, perhaps more important, whether we purchase something close to the right mix of medical care goods and services for a given level of resources expended.
These books and others can provide information and direction for health care cost research and decision making.
Improving Health Care Cost Projections for the Medicare Population: Summary of a Workshop
Developing credible short-term and long-term projections of Medicare health care costs is critical for public- and private-sector policy planning, but faces challenges and uncertainties. There is uncertainty not only in the underlying economic and demographic… |
Accounting for Health and Health Care: Approaches to Measuring the Sources and Costs of Their Improvement
It has become trite to observe that increases in health care costs have become unsustainable. How best for policy to address these increases, however, depends in part on the degree to which they represent increases in the real quantity of medical services as… |
The Healthcare Imperative: Lowering Costs and Improving Outcomes: Workshop Series Summary
The United States has the highest per capita spending on health care of any industrialized nation but continually lags behind other nations in health care outcomes including life expectancy and infant mortality. National health expenditures are projected to… |
Value in Health Care: Accounting for Cost, Quality, Safety, Outcomes, and Innovations: Workshop Summary
The United States has the highest per capita spending on health care of any industrialized nation. Yet despite the unprecedented levels of spending, harmful medical errors abound, uncoordinated care continues to frustrate patients and providers, and U.S…. |
Rewarding Provider Performance: Aligning Incentives in Medicare (Pathways to Quality Health Care Series)
The third installment in the Pathways to Quality Health Care series, Rewarding Provider Performance: Aligning Incentives in Medicare, continues to address the timely topic of the quality of health care in America. Each volume in the series… |
Medicare’s Quality Improvement Organization Program: Maximizing Potential (Series: Pathways to Quality Health Care)
Medicares Quality Improvement Organization Program is the second book in the new Pathways to Quality Health Care series. Focusing on performance improvement, it considers the history, role, and effectiveness of the Quality Improvement… |
Performance Measurement: Accelerating Improvement (Pathways to Quality Health Care Series)
Performance Measurement is the first in a new series of an ongoing effort by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to improve health care quality. Performance Measurement offers a comprehensive review of available measures and introduces a new framework to… | | <urn:uuid:945b0437-7c53-41db-9964-82a317254e53> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://notes.nap.edu/tag/health-care-quality/ | 2024-04-17T08:45:40Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817146.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20240417075330-20240417105330-00667.warc.gz | en | 0.922474 | 744 |
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East London rap talisman Jimmy unpacks the personal experiences that inspired Where Should I Start: his intimate new drill mixtape.
East London rapper Jimmy is establishing himself as a powerful voice in the UK rap scene with the release of his new mixtape, Where Should I Start, which dropped last Friday. A key member of Hackney’s 98s collective, his hard-hitting drill has been steadily gaining traction. ‘Hackney’, taken from his critically acclaimed mixtape Risk It All, made its way onto the Top Boy soundtrack, introducing the east Londoner to new audiences.
Across 10 tracks, on his latest project, we delve into the artist’s more recent personal experiences, as he blends grime, drill and hip-hop with icy instrumental features and enchanting hooks. Vocals tiptoe between gritty and smooth, as Jimmy relays considered lyrics that nod to the question he posed to fans recently on Instagram: “When you look into my eyes, what do you see? Do you see happiness or do you see pain? Do you see a hero, or do you see a villain?”
The project includes two hard-hitting, irresistible beats from jungle legends Chase & Status. Elsewhere, collaborations with prominent names like Potter Payper and fellow 98s members Unknown T and Smokes, add new depth to Jimmy’s evolutionary sound. Leading the charge is ‘Welcome To E9’, a drill-heavy anthem that highlights his streetwise wordplay and dynamic delivery.
A balaclava may conceal the rapper’s physical identity but he’s willing to showcase other sides of himself on Where Should I Start. As for what’s next, Jimmy remains focused, expressing a desire to open doors for others in the UK rap community. Speaking to the rapper we learn more about the record and how he plans to take his artistry up a level with future releases. Tap in below:
Talk us through your new project Where Should I Start – what are the main themes and inspirations within the narratives?
The main theme is my environment and how it affects me as an artist and as a normal person. The inspirations mainly stem from my personal experiences.
In terms of sonics and atmosphere, how does the project differ from Risk It All?
Risk It All was more of an introduction to Jimmy and Where Should I Start is my story over the last couple of years. I think the new project shows growth and maturity in my lyrics.
There are so many amazing features involved in the project. How was it working with Chase and Status first and foremost, how did they bring out a different side of you as an artist?
Working with Chase and Status was an amazing experience, from listening to them when I was a kid to then actually being in the studio with them. It definitely brought out a different side of me, using their style of beats which involves hard-hitting instruments and bass. It changed the whole vibe of the song.
Fellow 98s members V9 and Smokes are also across the record. Why do you think your collective is still going so strong after so many years in the game?
We’re still going strong because we all have our own talent, which attracts different types of listeners. Rap, drill, wavy music… we can do it all.
What was Where Should I Start’s creative process like? For example, where did you come up with the bars? And who or what was around to inspire you whilst working?
I come up with all my bars myself, it’s natural. To be honest I wasn’t really inspired by anybody, this tape is more of a personal project.
The album sonically takes listeners on a journey, what do you hope people learn, feel or take away from that journey?
I hope my music motivates my listeners to never give up and to put their all into anything they want to achieve in life.
The intro track, ‘Welcome to E9’, is an ode to east London, where 98s was born, in what ways has the area shaped you and your creativity?
Just from real life experiences. My raps not only paint pictures but they give an insight into what’s going on in my area.
Jimmy rules the world for a day, what’s going down?
Give all my people freedom.
If you could make a five aside team of your favourite rappers or rappers that inspire you the most, who are you having in your team?
My five a side team would be me, KO, V9, Unknown T and Alchubbino.
What’s next for Jimmy in 2024? Beyond this project, is there anything else you’d like to achieve this year?
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19 March Why It's Important to Diversify Your Business March 19, 2018 By NPI Marketing Team Business Tips business growth, client satisfaction, entrepreneur, inspection industry, small business 0 WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO DIVERSIFY YOUR BUSINESS March 19, 2018 | Business Tips | inspection industry, small business, client satisfaction, entrepreneur, business growth By Bill Erickson Let’s say you just heard about a great stock you want to invest in. It’s such a great buy, in fact, that you’re planning on putting every last cent you have into it. You go to talk with your financial advisor, and what do you think he says? He tells you that if you do that, there’s a pretty good chance you’ll lose your whole retirement fund. He recommends diversifying your portfolio to minimize the amount of risk you’re taking on. That’s smart investment advice. Just like in the world of investment, business owners need to diversify their services to be successful. We’ll explain what’s so important about diversification and how National Property Inspections, Inc. prepares franchisees for long-term stability and growth in the property inspection industry. What is diversification? Diversification is a business strategy that helps you minimize the risk of capital loss inherent in any industry. If you’ve heard the old saying “don’t put all your eggs in one basket,” you already have a grasp of the concept. To go a little further, though, diversification in business aims to boost your returns by investing resources in related-but-separate areas that would respond differently given a certain event in the market. That way, your business is covered in any contingency. How does this work in our industry? Demand for property inspections is tied to the real estate market, and as we all know, the real estate market is definitely prone to fluctuations just like any other. If your property inspection business is built only on performing home inspections and the residential real estate market drops unexpectedly, you could be in for some lean times. If you diversify your business, though, you’ll continue to have a steady stream of income from other valuable services you provide. How do I diversify my business? At NPI, we pride ourselves on our recession-proof business model, and we prepare our franchisees for success by providing the most comprehensive training in more than just home inspection. As one of the first names in property inspection franchising, we’ve been through a lot, and we’ve learned to look ahead and take into account the possible ups and downs in our industry. To begin diversifying your business, it’s good to start with a few simple steps: Establish your core competencies as a business. This will help you identify your essential offerings, as well as areas for growth. Evaluate your competition. If you’re not sure how to diversify your offerings, it’s often helpful to take a look at your competitors. Besides their specialties, what other related-but-separate services do they provide that are essential to consumers in your area? How much are they charging for these services? How can you take these services and make them better? Determine how to allocate your resources. Once you know how you want to diversify, you need to make a game plan and set some goals. If you’re adding services, do they require special training, certification or new equipment? How much will you need to market a new service to be sure people know about it? You’ll need to factor these expenses into your plans so you can gauge how long they’ll take to pay for themselves. If you’re a current NPI franchisee ready to take the next step in diversifying your business, we’re here to help you through the process! Get in touch with us at [email protected] to get started. Looking to start a National Property Inspections franchise? Request your free, no-obligation info packet at npifranchise.com/learn-more. About the Author Bill Erickson, Executive Vice President With more than 30 years of experience in marketing and sales management, Bill has created many of the NPI diversified marketing programs. On a daily basis, Bill handles customer relations and provides marketing training and support to franchisees. Outside of NPI, Bill and his wife, Julie, enjoy entertaining friends and family at their 1890’s Victorian Queen Anne home where there always seems to be another renovation project underway. Comments are closed. | <urn:uuid:e84fae2e-e0c0-4aaf-9873-6d4959fa912a> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://npifranchise.com/Blog/Posts/why-its-important-to-diversify-your-business1 | 2024-04-17T09:32:16Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817146.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20240417075330-20240417105330-00667.warc.gz | en | 0.948929 | 949 |
I have crossed lands
Wearing dark crowns
Where the sun should be.
Marial Awendit dares to dream and to share his dreams, drawing us into a world of searing contrasts – fire and water, beauty and ugliness, love and rage, darkness and light, war and resistance, God and the devil. In the process he considers profound, existential questions. What is the purpose of suffering? How do we define freedom? Can hope flower from pain? Surreal images leap off the page to startle our perceptions and embed themselves in our consciousness. The poems reverberate with a haunting musicality, floating like water lilies on the Nile, pulsing like flames in the desert night.
– Marian Christie
Marial Awenditis a South Sudanese poet, essayist and songwriter, widely published in various literary magazines and anthologies.
He is the author of:
The poetry chapbook, The Night Does Not Drown Us, Babishai-Niwe Poetry Foundation
His debut poetry collection, Keeping the Sun Secret, Mwanaka Media and Publishing Ltd.
Marial won the 2016 South Sudan Youth Talent Awardfor the category of Best Poet
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Tim Jones is a powerhouse vocalist and “Chauffeur of Soul” who has contributed to hundreds of records including collaborations with Chris Robinson of the Black Crowes, Carl Broemel of My Morning Jacket, the Hotel Cafe Tour, and co-produced his projects Truth & Salvage Co. and Whiskey Wolves of the West, as well as written songs for Shelly Fairchild, Jaime McLean, Tony Lucca, Szlachetka, Emily West and Nicki Bluhm. He has also led songwriting workshops with Art of Elysium, Country Music Hall of Fame, Alive Hospice, Kilpatrick, Townsend & Stockton, Interlochen Center for the Arts, CreatiVets and Stories That Heal with Molly Sturges.
Jones’ project Whiskey Wolves of the West (Leroy Powell & Tim Jones) performed their debut show at Stagecoach Music Fest in April of 2016 to critical acclaim from the LA Times. Their first release Country Roots was heralded by Rolling Stone as one of the Top Ten Country Eps of 2018. The Wolves have played boutique music festivals like Long Creek, Wildwood Revival, Savannah Stopover, and the inaugural Holler on the Hill and are featured heavily during Americanafest being named Best Backing Band by Rolling Stone Country at the 2018 Festival.
With Truth & Salvage Co. his songs have been featured in TV and movies including the Chris Pine vehicle Small Town Saturday Night, Anna Paquin’s Straight A’s and an international commercial for the Gap, “Them Jeans”. They also toured with the Black Crowes, Lynyrd Skynyrd, the Avett Brothers, and The Lumineers playing every major festival from Bonnaroo to Stagecoach and revered venues from Red Rocks to the Fillmore as well as filling stadiums with the sweet 4 part harmony rendition of the American National Anthem for the San Francisco Giants, the Dallas Mavericks, and the Atlanta Hawks.
Interestingly, in 2002 Jones also settled out of court on a copyright infringement case for Billboard magazine’s #1 most played song of the decade 2000-2010: “Drops of Jupiter”. Most recently, Tim has combined his love and knowledge of the stage to help his wife, Katie Jones, who is the Executive Director of the non-profit Garden Theater in Frankfort, MI.
Rolling Stone Accolades for Whiskey Wolves of the West:
“Top 10 Artists to Watch” March 2018
“Best Country Songs to listen to now” April 2018- “#1 (The Ballad of Dallas Davidson)”
“Best Backing Band” AmericanaFest 2018
“Top 10 Country Eps of 2018”
“Best Country Songs to listen to now” April 2019 – “Just One of Those Things”
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New Zealand experience in achieving compact calving and strategies for dealing with anoestrus, endometritis and late calving cows.
By SCOTT MCDOUGALL, TOM BROWNLIE, MELVIN deBOER AND CHRIS COMPTON
COGNOSCO, A DIVISION OF ANEXA ANIMAL HEALTH
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I started cycling in the mid-80s when the first mountain bikes arrived at the local bike stores. I had just begun my apprenticeship and a few work colleagues and I spent our small apprentice salary on these new 18-speed fat-tire bikes. We rode them to work and to our summer hangouts at the lake and soon enough discovered the trails around and above Biel. It didn't take long and I was hooked. After a couple of years, 1992 to be precise, I decided to start road cycling as well. My LBS was the Trek dealer at the time and I placed an order for a black Trek 5200 OCLV road bike. The bike was my primary road bike for many years, moved with me to California where it became my commuter bike after a couple of years.
Road bikes in those days primarily ran 700Cx21 or 700Cx23 tires on narrow aluminum rims. I spent a good majority of my road cycling career on 23mm wide tires and switched to 25mm only a few years ago. In March 2014, I bought my first Volagi Viaje frameset and always considered the bike my experimental platform. Back then I went bigger with tires running Schwalbe Durano in 700Cx28. After riding various 700Cx40 gravel tires last year and liking how that big volume felt on and off-road, I decided that a new experiment was in order. The Volagi Viaje got a new set of wheels - Nox Composites 30mm Citico rims laced to Chris King R45 hubs. For the rubber part, my choice fell on Compass Barlow Pass, which are 38mm tires that grow to 40mm on Citico rims.
After two months on this platform, there was no going back. While I still have a road bike that runs 25mm tires, any future road bike that joins my stable will be built around 40+ tires. Sure, you ain't going to see Chris Froome win the Tour de France on such wheels. That much rubber ain't going to win you any races. But that's not the point. Bike companies like to measure stuff such as stiffness or aerodynamics. It is easy to put a number on stuff like that and print flashy ads to proclaim that this bike's the stiffest or most aero ever built. I smile at such ads today because it has no relevance to my style of riding. The single most important factor a bike of mine has to have, is to have the biggest "grin-factor" possible. A bike does not need to be stiff, aero, or light. It has to make me smile riding it.
Well, how do you find a bike with a huge "grin factor"? A bike brand will find it difficult to figure out what will make you smile. A bike shop who knows you well might have an idea what that bike could be. Ultimately, it's only you who knows what that bike will be, and the more experience you have riding, the better you know what will pull the corners of your mouth to your ears. All the bikes I ride today exemplify my quest for a grin. They are not the bikes you'll find in a splashy magazine ad. They are the bikes of many years of trial and error; the result of experimenting and small incremental changes.
On the road-bike side of the search for the better, 700Cx40 tires are my latest discovery. They may not be the fastest on smooth roads, but they are the ideal wheel for the often poor, rough pavement on the narrow mountain roads I always ride. Thanks to the low pressure and large footprint, they offer tremendous grip while climbing or braking and smooth out stuff while descending at high speed. They also let me take gravel roads without worry whenever pavement isn't available. | <urn:uuid:c5ff715d-9c18-468c-93dd-00a0031c7d98> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://offtrail.guru/40-is-the-new-28/ | 2024-04-17T09:11:31Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817146.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20240417075330-20240417105330-00667.warc.gz | en | 0.973462 | 778 |
This year we mark the 20th anniversary of OHB!
After two decades in business, one thing is very clear – we could not have reached this impressive milestone without the incredible work of our dedicated team members and the commitment of our loyal customers and dependable partners. Join us on June 28, 2024 from 4:00pm–5:00pm if you want to meet employees and tour our building. There will be live music, games, food and drinks from 5:00pm–8:00pm. More details to follow.
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U.S. Files Lawsuit against IPC the Hospitalist Company, Alleges Overbilling of Federal Health Insurers for Physician Services
CHICAGO - The United States filed a civil lawsuit against California-based IPC The Hospitalist Company, Inc., and its subsidiaries, alleging that IPC submitted false claims to federal health care programs, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced today. The complaint alleges that IPC violated the federal False Claims Acts by knowingly engaging in systematic overbilling for hospital evaluation and management services billed to Medicare, Medicaid, and other federal health benefit programs.
- Date:June 17, 2014
- Agency:U.S. Attorney
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May 17, 2018 Retail Shareholders: They’re Not Voting, And It’s An Issue – Alexandra Higgins Q&A in Forbes
Alexandra Higgins is a managing director at Okapi Partners providing strategic counsel to corporate clients and their advisers with a focus on governance and compensation issues, as well as other ESG concepts.
Christopher P. Skroupa: A Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP report from 2010 claimed that proxy voting by retail beneficiary owners was “low and declining.” In your opinion, do you believe this trend has continued?
Alexandra Higgins: Less than a third of retail shareholders vote in corporate elections. That figure hasn’t changed in a while, but we do see some areas that could increase interest and participation, particularly on social and diversity issues. As more ballot issues like say on pay and social issues like gun control, cybersecurity and environmental stewardship have become hot button issues, more retail shareholders can become energized to make their voices heard. We think retail shareholders will become an influential and decisive block for significant corporate elections.
Skroupa: Why is the imbalance of retail voters an issue that needs to be addressed?
Higgins: Retail shareholders need to aware that their votes matter and a healthy corporate democracy is one where everyone can participate and is energized to do so. The current system does little to encourage that participation and institutional investors dominate the outcome of proposals. That result may be fine when the institutional investors own almost all of the company, however, there are issues where these institutional investors may be divided and the retail vote could impact the outcome. This impact is especially true for proposals relating to say-on-pay and director elections. Proxy advisers like ISS and Glass Lewis require responsiveness and engagement with shareholders if vote support levels fall below 70% or 80% for say-on pay or director elections (for Glass Lewis), and will recommend against directors if this responsiveness isn’t disclosed in the company’s proxy materials for the next annual meeting. Moreover, retail votes can determine the outcome of a proxy contest, often deciding the composition of the board and the direction of a company.
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I am available for rehoming!
Retired Bad Taste Bears
Series: Membership Bear Given For 3 years Loyalty
Condition: Pre-owned. Comes in original box.
IMPORTANT NOTE: This is a pre-owned Bad Taste Bear sold from a private collection. There is likely to be wear and tear and damage to outer packaging and protective polystyrene. In general, unless otherwise specified above, all bears are in excellent condition or better.
Additional Note On Condition:- Damage to one side of box – loose strip of paper replaced onto box (see photo)
The images shown are usually the actual bear being sold. We’re happy to send additional photos on request.
Bad Taste Bears “Oscar”
Never made available for general sale. This was a 3 year loyalty bear.
This version was sent until 2008 then replaced by a new version from 2008-2010. Then banned by AMPAS (Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences) due to its similarity the the real Oscar Academy Award.
Comes In tall rectangular collectors box.
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Accelerating its commitment to sustainability, Pernod Ricard India (PRI), has taken a major initiative to remove permanent mono-cartons across its portfolio of brands.
This initiative from Pernod Ricard India aims to inspire consumers to making eco-conscious purchase decisions, reduce waste to landfill for secondary packaging, and contribute to the Company’s 2030 Responsibility & Sustainability roadmap ‘Good Times from a Good Place’, which supports the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
By eliminating the manufacturing
and transportation of secondary
packaging, this initiative has a 3- pronged aim.
With this initiative, Pernod Ricard India would become the
first to achieve a zero-waste-to-landfill contribution for
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The name “OpenAI” has raised a lot of questions and debates around the true meaning of “open” in the context of this influential artificial intelligence research company. On the surface, the name seems to imply an open-source approach, where the organization’s work is freely accessible and available for anyone to use or modify. However, the reality is a bit more nuanced.
What Does “Open” in OpenAI Truly Mean? Dive into the fascinating world of AI ethics and transparency with OpenAI’s mission! Discover the truth behind the buzz.
OpenAI was founded in 2015 as a non-profit AI research company with the mission to ensure that artificial general intelligence (AGI) benefits all of humanity. The “open” in its name refers to the organization’s commitment to openness and transparency in its research endeavors, as well as its goal of making the benefits of AGI accessible to everyone.
What Does “Open” in OpenAI Really Mean?
“The Open in openAI means that everyone should benefit from the fruits of AI after its built, but it’s totally OK to not share the science.”
However, OpenAI is not an open-source project in the traditional sense. While the company does share a significant portion of its research and findings openly with the public, it does not release all of its code and models as open-source software. This approach allows OpenAI to maintain control over its intellectual property and ensure that its work is not misused or exploited for harmful purposes.
Key Information | Details |
Foundation Date | December 11, 2015 |
Headquarters | San Francisco, California, U.S. |
Mission | Developing ‘safe and beneficial’ artificial general intelligence |
Key Developments | Large language models, advanced image generation models, ChatGPT |
Notable Founders and Initial Board Members | Ilya Sutskever, Greg Brockman, Trevor Blackwell, Vicki Cheung, Andrej Karpathy, Durk Kingma, Jessica Livingston, John Schulman, Pamela Vagata, Wojciech Zaremba, Sam Altman, Elon Musk |
Major Investments | Microsoft provided $1 billion in 2019 and $10 billion in 2023 |
Employees | Approximately 770 in 2023 |
In a 2019 interview with MIT Technology Review, OpenAI’s co-founder and CEO, Sam Altman, clarified the meaning of “open” in the company’s name: “The ‘open’ in OpenAI means that we’re open about what we do and that we aim to ensure that the benefits of AI are distributed broadly.”
OpenAI’s approach to openness involves several key aspects:
- Publishing Research Papers: OpenAI regularly publishes research papers and blog posts detailing its work, findings, and advancements in various areas of AI. This helps to disseminate knowledge and foster collaboration within the AI research community.
- Releasing Models and Tools: While not fully open-source, OpenAI has released several AI models and tools for public use and research purposes. Examples include the GPT language model, the DALL-E image generation system, and the Whisper automatic speech recognition model.
- Transparency and Accountability: OpenAI is committed to being transparent about its work, goals, and potential risks associated with advanced AI systems. The company engages in public discussions and debates to ensure accountability and responsible development of AI technologies.
- Collaboration and Knowledge Sharing: OpenAI actively collaborates with other research institutions, universities, and companies to advance AI research and share knowledge. This includes hosting workshops, conferences, and fellowship programs.
Despite its commitment to openness, OpenAI has faced criticism from some open-source advocates who argue that the company should fully embrace open-source principles and release all of its code and models for free. However, OpenAI’s approach is driven by a desire to maintain control over its intellectual property and prevent potential misuse or exploitation of its advanced AI systems.
Ultimately, the “open” in OpenAI represents a balanced approach – one that aims to foster transparency, collaboration, and accessibility in AI research while also safeguarding the responsible development and deployment of these powerful technologies. As the field of AI continues to evolve, OpenAI’s interpretation of “openness” may also adapt to meet the changing needs and challenges of the industry.
🌟 Do you have any burning questions about OpenAI? Need a little extra assistance with AI tools or anything else?
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AI is rapidly growing, especially the subset of AI called Generative AI, which combines with Powerful Large Language Models (LLMs) that have dominated the field and offer a comprehensive solution. You can generate robust AI guardrails with a leading design that offers several capabilities, including Full-stack generative AI.
Developers train it on a massive database backed by a Tech Stack to make it enterprise-ready. These LLMs should be customized for business-specific outputs, ensuring that the training data is curated to avoid biases and toxic outputs. A dominant design has emerged for enterprise generative AI, which involves LLMs with knowledge retrieval and AI guardrails. It employs an LLM as a central engine for generating output. Today, in this article, we will be sharing a guide on Full Stack Generative AI, which is said to be revolutionizing the way businesses harness AI-driven solutions efficiently and responsibly.
What is Full Stack Generative AI
It’s a platform that consists of LLMs, business data supply, AI guardrails, an easy-to-use UI/UX, and robust security, privacy, and governance measures. One of the platforms is Writer’s, which leverages the Palmyra Family of LLMs for enterprise and offers better transparency, AI governance, and knowledge. Here are the platforms and what they offer with Full-Stack AI platforms for enterprise:
- AI Language Generation System
- Business Data Supply Mechanism
- AI Guardrails Implementation
- User-friendly interface
- Security, Privacy, and Governance
With the combination of these functionalities, Full Stack Generative AI can be a catalyst for growth, increased productivity, and effective content governance across your organization. For enterprise use, transparency is key, enabling engineers to inspect the model’s code, data, and weights. Writer Solution has developed the Palmyra Family of LLMs, pre-trained on business-appropriate datasets and optimized for enterprise use cases.
At the core of Full-Stack Generative AI lies the LLMs, which use Machine Learning algorithms trained on extensive datasets and Natural Language processing to recognize patterns, and structure, and generate natural-sounding text. These LLMs are efficient and powerful, achieving top scores on accuracy, robustness, and fairness benchmarks such as the Stanford HELMs.
- Customizable for business needs
- Powerful, efficient, and transparent
- The Writer Solution: Palmyra LLMs
Not every LLM allows users to create or develop it to be customizable, which should be carefully curated to avoid biases and toxic content. Furthermore, it also raises concerns about producing accurate output and reducing the risk of inaccuracies, integrating business data, and automating fact-checking. Additionally, LLMs should efficiently process large volumes of data and possess capabilities like answering questions and handling new prompts.
Benefits of Full-Stack Generative AI
Adhering to the company’s legal, regulatory, and brand guidelines to ensure AI-generated content aligns with the rules is essential. Users also need to fact-check AI output to reduce the risk of inaccuracies. The Writer Solution: Suggestion, Terms, Claim Detection, and Style Guide offers automatic enforcement of AI guardrails, including style guides, terms, and suggestions, to maintain compliance, accuracy, inclusivity, and on-brand content.
AI platforms are also integrated into organization processes and tool ecosystems to provide a user-friendly interface that empowers users, regardless of their skill level, to leverage Generative AI for various functions. These platforms also offer a wide range of customization options, templates, and plugins to easily integrate into the organization’s existing applications and workflows.
Protecting data security and privacy is important for enterprise-grade tech stacks. However, there is always a risk associated with such technology, especially if the wrong tools are used. Compliance with legal and regulatory requirements is essential. Writer’s platforms ensure data privacy and security to comply with various regulations, providing secure access, admin control, and reporting capabilities.
How Safe is Full Stack Generative AI
These LLMs have limited knowledge, but they ensure accurate output, which is crucial when connecting the AI system to business data and enabling it to retrieve information from various sources.
- Connect with Multimodal Data Sources
- Knowledge Access for your team.
- The Writer Solution: Knowledge Graph
Full Stack Generative AI helps connect to important data sources, including company wikis, cloud storage, chat channels, email communication, and product knowledge bases, to handle various file formats. It is also helpful for team members who need access to business data for daily tasks. The AI tool can be used to integrate with data sources, enabling teams to conduct research, ask questions, and fact-check output to make the whole process more efficient.
In addition, Writer also allows integration with business data sources, indexing data while prioritizing data privacy and security, enabling research, fact-checking, and querying across internal data sources. The company is transforming businesses to harness AI capabilities by combining a powerful LLM solution with an AI solution that offers a comprehensive framework to achieve these benefits, making generative AI accessible and secure for enterprises. | <urn:uuid:1c3a146b-d4e9-432f-8e87-b4651afd4664> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://openaimaster.com/what-is-full-stack-generative-ai/ | 2024-04-17T08:12:12Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817146.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20240417075330-20240417105330-00667.warc.gz | en | 0.921249 | 1,062 |
Omnipresent Live streaming is transforming the ways musicians perform and engage with their audience. By capturing the appeal of live performances and delivering them via a digital platform, live streaming has become a game changer for musicians today. Some of the main scenarios in which live-streaming music is most promising are:
- Live concerts: Musicians can live-stream their concerts with or without a physical audience, significantly amplifying their reach beyond geographical boundaries.
- Online-only gigs: When hosting physical gigs becomes impractical, online-only performances are ideal, giving artists a virtual connection with fans.
- Rehearsals: Broadcasting your rehearsals through live streaming allows your fans a unique behind-the-scenes peek, offering rare insights into your creative process.
- Online radio shows: Live streaming music performances on an online radio show connects listeners in a communal experience, fostering deeper engagement and a sense of community.
To maximize the potential of your live music stream, you must carefully consider your choice of streaming platform, ensure you are equipped with the right gear, and develop an understanding of this new performance format. In this article, we’ll provide insights to help you get started with live streaming and maximize its potential. We will cover all the most critical areas, including selecting a streaming platform, the required equipment, tips for boosting engagement, and exploring the financial potential of live streaming.
Selecting a Streaming Platform
Choosing the right streaming platform is crucial to the success of your live music stream. There are several platforms available, each with its own unique features and benefits. Some of the most popular platforms for live streaming music are:
- Twitch: Twitch is a popular platform for live streaming music, with a large and active community of music lovers. It offers a range of features, including live chat, donations, and subscriptions.
- YouTube: YouTube is another popular platform for live streaming music, with a massive audience and a range of features, including live chat, donations, and subscriptions.
- Facebook: Facebook is a great platform for live streaming music, with a large and active community of music lovers. It offers a range of features, including live chat, donations, and subscriptions.
- Instagram: Instagram is a popular platform for live streaming music, with a large and active community of music lovers. It offers a range of features, including live chat, donations, and subscriptions.
To set up a successful music livestream, you need to ensure that you have the right equipment. Here are some of the essential items you will need:
- Camera: A high-quality camera is essential for live streaming music. You can use a smartphone camera or invest in a professional camera for better quality.
- Microphone: A good microphone is crucial for ensuring that your music sounds great on the stream. You can use a USB microphone or invest in a professional microphone for better quality.
- Computer: You will need a computer to stream your music. Make sure that your computer is powerful enough to handle the streaming software and the demands of the stream.
- Streaming Software: You will need streaming software to broadcast your music. There are several options available, including OBS, Stream labs, and XSplit.
Tips for Boosting Engagement
To maximize the potential of your live music stream, you need to engage with your audience. Here are some tips for boosting engagement:
- Interact with your audience: Engage with your audience by responding to comments and questions in the live chat.
- Promote your stream: Promote your stream on social media and other platforms to increase your reach.
- Offer exclusive content: Offer exclusive content to your viewers, such as behind-the-scenes footage or Q&A sessions.
- Collaborate with other musicians: Collaborate with other musicians to reach new audiences and expand your fan base.
Exploring the Financial Potential of Live Streaming
Live streaming can be a lucrative source of income for musicians. Here are some of the ways you can monetize your live music stream:
- Donations: You can accept donations from your viewers during the stream.
- Subscriptions: You can offer subscriptions to your viewers, which give them access to exclusive content and other perks.
- Sponsorships: You can partner with brands and companies to promote their products during your stream.
- Merchandise: You can sell merchandise, such as t-shirts and posters, to your viewers during the stream.
Live streaming has become an essential tool for musicians to reach new audiences, engage with fans, and monetize their music. By following the tips and insights provided in this article, you can set up a successful music livestream and maximize its potential. #omnipresentlive | <urn:uuid:d2ab5b84-19e2-4134-929d-cd174997c8ee> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://opmstreams.live/live-streaming-music-a-comprehensive-guide/?v=920f83e594a1 | 2024-04-17T08:44:36Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817146.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20240417075330-20240417105330-00667.warc.gz | en | 0.929511 | 960 |
Remember those old arcade games?
Eat the dots. Shoot the centipede. Whatever the difficulty, they were straight forward. You had a goal and, when you achieved it, you celebrated. How many frat boys once crowded around their Ataris chugging beer after defeating “the other solid line” at Pong? But with the recent trend of in-game decisions, video games take the player’s experience to a whole new level. It’s not about beating the game anymore, it’s about how you do it. At least, that’s what people say. Frankly, I’m tired of it.
Take The Witcher 2. The player is repeatedly faced with hard choices. Do you side with the zealous and horrible-hat-wearing Commander Roche? Or do you join forces with the murderous but misunderstood terrorist, Iorveth? As my fellow OPNoobs writer, Matthew White, mentioned in his article on morality systems, it’s the shades of gray that can make such games so compelling. Whatever you choose, you can’t make every character happy. And that’s both exciting and fascinating.
Except that, it’s not. Or at least, it barely is. Why am I playing a Witcher game? Is it for the intriguing choices that alter the story? Or is it because I feel like a badass when I’m killing monsters with a sword? It’s the sword. It feels good.
Personally, I don’t have a six-pack. I don’t kill monsters. I work at a car dealership.
It’s fun to play a game where the main character carries five feet of steel and sends leviathans to the abyss. Studies even show that playing video games boosts confidence. So when I’m running around feeling like a champ, the last thing I want is a bunch of characters sidling onscreen to tell me what a jerk I am for rescuing the princess, just because it’s not what they wanted. What is this? Get over yourself. I just saved a princess, and I work at a car dealership. What have you ever done?
Maybe that’s the worst part: I’m not allowed to make my character say what I want in response. Sometimes you feel impotent to change NPCs’ minds not because the characters’ stubbornness is so well written, but because the dialogue choices are extremely limiting, or else downright unpredictable. When I thought I was giving a Walking Dead character respect by saying “She’s the leader,” the playable character followed it up with “but she’s losing control of her people!” I might as well say nothing. An option Telltale games often provide. Thanks?
I play video games for fun.
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Giorgio Armani is one of the most famous Italian fashion brands in the world. The company designs and creates luxury products, including sunglasses and prescription glasses. They use all kinds of materials, with elegant and stylish lines.
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When is the last time you thought about skin health in terms of what you’re putting in your body?
It’s easy to worry about skin purely from a vanity standpoint and not think about the bigger picture. But your skin health matters—and not just in terms of looks.
Your skin is responsible for helping regulate your body temperature, prevent dehydration, and keeping dangerous microbes out of your body.
But if your skin is dry, irritated, or inflamed, it might be a sign that your skin health is suffering.
Fortunately, you can help your skin health at the source by changing what you put into your body. Read on to find out how to make sure your skin stays in its best condition!
Skin Health and Free Radicals
If we want to address your skin health, the first thing we need to know is why skin suffers in the first place. What causes dry or lifeless skin, or other unwanted skin changes?
The answer: free radicals. Free radicals are naturally-occurring unstable molecules in the body. When those unstable molecules search for stability, they try to bond with anything and everything, causing chaos in your body and even damaging DNA.
Free radicals are increased by environmental impacts (like pollution, radiation, and even the air) and lifestyle habits (unhealthy diet, lack of exercise, consumption of alcohol and tobacco, and a lack of sleep). One of the biggest factors causing free radical damage is exposure to UV rays.
Skin and free radicals form a vicious cycle together. Increased UV exposure leads to more free radicals, which cause skin damage.
That means UV rays hurt your skin, beyond the ways we usually think of!
OPCs and Skin Support
So how do we reverse that free radical damage and prevent future damage to our skin (without just hiding out inside forever?)
Nature has the answer for that too! OPCs, or nature’s super-antioxidants, have been shown to reduce oxidative stress caused by too many free radicals and reverse the damage it wreaks on the body.
OPCs have actually been used as a part of skincare for centuries. But modern science is starting to catch on to OPCs as a secret for healthy skin too!
OPCs and Sunburn Prevention
Studies have shown that both green tea extract and red wine extract could prevent sunburn, reduce damage from ultraviolet rays, and decrease visible signs of skin damage.
According to a study published in The Journal of Agricultural Food and Chemistry, the flavonoids in OPCs actually stop the chemical process in the body that damages skin and causes sunburn when exposed to UV rays.
One study even showed that using green tea extract before sun exposure reduced sunburn cells by 66%!
OPCs and Skin Cancer
Sunburn isn’t the only concern from UV rays, of course! Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in America—attacking 20% of the population.
But OPCs could hold the answer to skin cancer as well.
A 2011 study showed that not only can green tea extract prevent non-melanoma cancer-causing UV damage, but it could even reverse existing damage, repairing DNA. Red wine extract has also been shown to reverse damage in the skin.
OPCs and Youthful Skin
OPCs don’t just help with skin damage from the sun, though. They can also prevent and reverse visible signs of aging.
Grape seed extract promotes collagen synthesis, regenerating youthful skin. Many studies have shown that the flavonoids in grape seed extract have the potential to reverse signs of aging and restore a young, healthy glow to skin.
Pine bark extract, another OPC, has also been linked to preventing and reversing signs of aging and increased collagen production.
OPCs and Dry Skin
OPCs could also offer relief for sufferers of frequent dry skin.
A 2012 study on pine bark extract in postmenopausal women showed that it increased the production of the body’s hyaluronic acid, a natural skin moisturizer in the body. Those that used pine bark extract reported healthier, softer, and more hydrated skin.
Other OPCs have produced similar results. Grape seed extract has also increased skin elasticity, moisture, and softness in several studies. Red wine extract has been linked to less dry skin.
Where to Get the OPCs You Need for Skin Health
So how do you take advantage of this growing skin support? Certain foods, like chocolate, grapes, and berries, have OPCs.
But because OPCs work together to magnify each other’s effects, the best way to support your body is by taking a supplement that contains multiple OPCs. That way, they can make each other stronger and give you the best of each of them!
OPCXtra contains red wine extract, green tea extract, pine bark extract, and grape seed extract, along with other OPCs and antioxidants.
It lets you harness the full power of each OPC, letting you reach healthier skin even faster!
What Our OptiHealth Family is Saying About OPCXtra
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Sources & Further Reading
- Protective Mechanisms of Green Tea Polyphenols in Skin
- The Grape Antioxidant Resveratrol for Skin Disorders: Promise, Prospects, and Challenges
- What Is Pycnogenol and Why Do People Use It?
- Free Radicals and Extrinsic Skin Aging
- Effects of oligomeric proanthocyanidins (OPCs) of red wine to improve skin whitening and moisturizing in healthy women - a placebo-controlled randomized double-blind parallel group comparative study
- Polyphenols and Sunburn
- Green tea prevents non-melanoma skin cancer by enhancing DNA repair
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Corné Strootman explored during his residency in Krems from September till November 2020 the relationship between Krems and the Wachau valley. Krems is divided into two distinct parts. One part is historic and picturesque. It is the beginning of the of Wachau valley, UNESCO world heritage. The other part is a mixture of modern industry, commerce and housing, described as Krems-East. How did these two distinct landscapes develop in such close vicinity? How do they relate? And can the qualities of the two landscapes be the start of a mutually beneficial relationship? Aus der Recherche ist ein Kurzfilm und eine Brochüre entstanden.
Painting a portrait: on the fringe of world heritage
Trailer for the short film "Painting a portrait: On the fringe of world heritage" (2020) by Corné Strootman, narrated by Johan Nane Simonsen.
The main way in which Corné Strootman explored Krems and the Wachau valley was through film. The exploration resulted in the short film “Painting a portrait: on the fringe of world heritage”. The film tells the story of three painters who lived and worked in the Wachau at the turn of the century. Their life-stories are juxtaposed with a portrait of the atmospheric qualities of the landscape of Krems-Ost. In this way "Painting a picture" explores the relationship between the two parts of Krems, how the appreciation of one landscape influences the development of another.
Creating a framework. A spatial analysis and twelve design recommendations for Krems-East
Cover detail: Creating a Framework
During the making of the film Strootman developed numerous design proposals for Krems-East in the back of his head. The booklet "Creating a framework. A spatial analysis and twelve design recommendations for Krems-East" repurposes the research done for the film to make a case for some of these proposals, like the reintroduction of an alluvial forest in Krems-East. The booklet makes explicit the processes and spatial forms of the region, and as such it stimulates a discourse of planological and architectural development. | <urn:uuid:43c3d932-3808-4a35-b8a3-2b6947823df0> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://orte-noe.at/en/bulletins/corne-strootman | 2024-04-17T08:10:47Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817146.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20240417075330-20240417105330-00667.warc.gz | en | 0.90183 | 452 |
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Lasagne sheets are a versatile and delicious base for many Italian dishes. Their thin and layered texture adds depth to any recipe. Whether you’re a beginner in the kitchen or a seasoned cook, this step-by-step guide will teach you how to cook lasagne sheets to perfection. From boiling to baking, we’ll walk you through the process while sharing tips and tricks to enhance the flavor of your lasagne. So let’s dive in and create a mouthwatering lasagne that will have everyone asking for seconds!
Before we get started, let’s make sure we have all the necessary ingredients:
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Mandatory employer accreditation deferred until mid-2022
After stressing about the importance of higher paid in higher skilled roles as part of its immigration “reset” the government appears to have a temporary change of heart.
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Kyle Busch says he owes a lot of his NASCAR Cup Series success to Toyota Racing. The two-time series champion ended his 15 year association with Joe Gibbs Racing in Phoenix on Sunday with a seventh place finish.
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Chip Ganassi Racing announced on Monday that they have expanded their NTT INDYCAR SERIES team to five full-time entries for 2024 with the addition of 18 year old Kyffin Simpson.
Simpson joins 2023 INDYCAR SERIES champion Alex Palou, six-time NTT INDYCAR SERIES champion Scott Dixon, 2023 Rookie of the Year Marcus Armstrong and Linus Lundqvist at the team.
Speaking about the news, a delighted Simpson who joined Ganassi as a development driver in 2022 said:
It’s been incredible working with Chip Ganassi Racing as their development driver over the last couple years and I’ve been able to learn so much. I am very excited to be making the next step to INDYCAR with this team. “I had a great time at the test and I can’t wait to get back in the car. It’s been my dream to race in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES and it’s an honor to make it happen now with one of the best teams in the series. I’m really looking forward to working more closely with the entire team and the drivers. I want to give all the glory to God, and I also want to thank Chip and Mike for giving me this opportunity, Ridgeline Lubricants and The American Legion for their support, and of course my family.”
Chip Ganassi Racing Managing Director Mike Hull commented saying:
We welcome Kyffin as a teammate to our INDYCAR program. He has been integrated into a Chip Ganassi Racing multi-year defined development program which now provides the opportunity at open-wheel’s highest level. “He has already tested an INDYCAR with more to follow as an INDY NXT graduate. In addition, he is already a proven winner in IMSA at the 12 Hours of Sebring in LMP2 and on an LMP2 global stage in the ASLM and ELMS series.” | <urn:uuid:e56acb22-cfa9-4341-94c3-c340aa2000c4> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://paddockeye.ie/simpson-joins-ganassi-for-2024-as-the-team-expand-to-five-full-time-cars/ | 2024-04-17T10:40:44Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817146.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20240417075330-20240417105330-00667.warc.gz | en | 0.9597 | 413 |
For their first competition played together, Alejandro Galan and Federico Chingotto qualified for a first final at the P2 in Puerto Cabello.
The two men, who already knew each other very well and who are still at the top level, are nevertheless in the discovery phase. We could see this during the second round where Enrique Goenaga and Teo Zapata almost trapped this new formation by taking advantage in particular of a Fede Chingotto in great difficulty, as illustrated by the statistics of Padel Intelligence :
"El Raccoon"And"Galantico” continued with a solid success against Paquito/Sanyo in the quarter-final (6/2 – 7/5) before facing one of the best teams in the world: Franco Stupaczuk and Martin Di Nenno, second pair in the ranking worldwide since the separation of Lebron and Galan.
The two teams fought a great battle yesterday. By doing a tactical analysis, we see that Chingotto and Galan know how to adapt quickly, from one day to the next, and do not hesitate to disrupt their game plan depending on the opponent, as we can. see it in this diagram:
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Department | United States Forest Service (USFS) |
Salary | $900000 |
Posted on | 26 Jun, 2022 |
Deadline | 26 Aug, 2022 |
Education | Graduate |
Experience | Intern |
Job Type | Temporary |
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The United States Forest Service commonly known as USFS was founded 116 years ago on the 1st of February 1905. This agency is a division of the United States Department of Agriculture which is directly authorized by the federal government. USFS comprises of various divisions, i.e. Research and Development, National Forest System, Business Operations, State and Private Forestry, and Chief’s Office. This agency is responsible for administrating 20 national grasslands and 154 national forests of the USA. Presently more than 30,000 permanent employees and 4400 seasonal employees of USFS are functioning under the core management of Chief Ms. Vicki Christiansen and Associate Chief Ms. Lenise Lago. The headquarter of USFS is located in Sidney R. Yates Building, 1400 Independence Ave SW, Washington, D.C.
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We suggest that you carefully read and follow the further instructions if you are looking forward to the hiring process of US Forest Service Jobs. Begin with creating an account on the USAJOBS to fill an online application form. Check out the available positions and then select one that fits your qualifications and interest. Complete the form by providing the requested details, i.e. Contact Information, Academic Details, etc. Attach the required documents, i.e. Detailed Resume, etc. The qualified candidates will be called for an interview after their application has been submitted. Make sure you have your original documents with you. | <urn:uuid:f03648cd-562b-4f5b-b912-b5007e98b156> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://pakzonejob.com/2022/06/27/today-jobs-united-states-forest-service-usfs-san-diego-united-states-of-america-jobs-2022/ | 2024-04-17T09:51:02Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817146.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20240417075330-20240417105330-00667.warc.gz | en | 0.925466 | 1,057 |
Proxy Hadopi provides information and practical guides to work around all government censorship. In recent years, countries adopt draconian laws and create authorities such as Hadopi to control and censor the Internet. Since 2010, Hadopi is one of the symbols of this authoritarian drift of many countries alleged democratic. To counter this authority and other surveillance programs Government, it was necessary to find comprehensive solutions to protect his privacy and surf anonymously.
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Get started in your biker women dating journey now
It is intimidating to begin dating once again after some slack. maybe you are wondering what direction to go, how to start, and exactly how to make things work. because there is no one-size-fits-all reply to this question, there are many activities to do to get started on your for your biker dating journey. first, you should look at what you are shopping for in a potential partner. are you looking for somebody who works together with your lifestyle? are you wanting someone who shares your interests? or can you just want someone to be around? after you have a good idea of what you are actually in search of, you could start to consider potential times. there are a variety of how to find biker women dating partners, and you ought to take a moment to test as many as you want. you’ll go online, in magazines, or in social networking. once you’ve found a few prospective times, you should begin to get acquainted with them. this means speaking with them about your hobbies, your life, and anything else which comes up. additionally it is crucial that you get to know their interests. if you’re seeking somebody who shares your interests, it’s important to discover what those interests are. once you’ve gotten to know your possible times, it is time to begin dating. this implies going on times, and in the end observing one another better. it is vital to show patience, and also to take things sluggish. if things are getting well, you might want to start thinking about moving forward with a relationship. but if things aren’t going well, it is critical to end things gracefully. if you are a new comer to dating, or you are simply starting, these guidelines should help you to get started on your own biker women dating journey.
What makes single female bikers unique?
there are numerous things that make single female bikers unique.for one, they’re more independent than their male counterparts.they don’t require a man to deliver for them, and so they can often be more self-sufficient.additionally, single female bikers tend to be more energetic than their married counterparts.they may drive bikes for enjoyable or to stay static in shape, and additionally they might almost certainly going to take risks compared to those who are married.finally, single female bikers often have an even more good outlook on life.they might be more confident and revel in life over those who are hitched.all of the factors make single female bikers unique and interesting.they are a fun and interesting group of people, as well as ought to be celebrated with regards to their uniqueness.
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If you are looking for a fresh solution to explore your city or countryside, a bike is an excellent solution to do so. bicycles are a powerful way to get around, and they are also great for socializing. if you’re looking for a brand new riding partner, you’re in luck. here are a few recommendations for finding love on two tires. 1. look for a compatible riding partner. the easiest method to find a compatible riding partner is to look for an individual who shares your passions. if you are looking for somebody to ride with, ensure you’re both comfortable with the same kinds of rides. if you are both into hill cycling, for example, you might not be appropriate for somebody who prefers to drive regarding the flat. 2. be open to brand new experiences. if you are looking for a fresh riding partner, be open to trying brand new things. in case the partner is into biking on tracks that you’ve never ever been on, be prepared to complement for the trip. you could be astonished at that which you can enjoy together. 3. trip together often. if you should be looking for a fresh riding partner, always ride together usually. riding together builds a good foundation for a relationship, and in addition it helps you to become familiar with your spouse better. if you are uncomfortable riding together, it’s most likely you won’t be appropriate as riding partners. 4. be communicative. if you should be not comfortable speaking, it is likely which you defintely won’t be comfortable interacting regarding bike. finding love on two wheels: the ultimate guide for bikers is an excellent solution to get around your city or countryside.
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Biker chats are a terrific way to relate with fellow bikers around the globe. whether you’re looking for advice on a fresh bicycle route or perhaps want to chat about the current weather, there’s a biker talk for you. check out methods for starting in biker chats:
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Can my recovery be partially reduced if I am found to be partially at fault for my slip and fall injuries in Florida?
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If you have partial fault for the cause of your fall in the state of Florida, your recovery may be reduced. You need to speak to a competent person or your attorney that can attempt to find other parties responsible for your fall. The store, or other area where you fell, may have breached their duties to you and they have responsibility in their percentage of fault for your damages. Which would include your unpaid medical bills, your lost wages, and your pain and suffering. | <urn:uuid:f5901069-6132-48e3-9e1e-3ecbf2684cc8> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://pardyrodriguezlaw.com/can-my-recovery-be-partially-reduced-if-i-am-found-to-be-partially-at-fault-for-my-slip-and-fall-injuries-in-florida/ | 2024-04-17T10:07:10Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817146.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20240417075330-20240417105330-00667.warc.gz | en | 0.969407 | 127 |
Parkanaur Residential Care Home offers careers in care, catering, domestic and administration positions. We are an equal opportunities employer and can offer flexibility in work patterns and hours of work. As we promote staff training and learning, for our own staff and others undertaking placements with us, we can provide the knowledge and experience a basis for a move on to other careers. Working in Parkanaur can be both challenging and rewarding and staff have the support of other team members and the management team in carrying out their tasks.
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Valentine’s Day at Passford House Hotel
Tuesday 14th February 2023
Our charming country house sets the scene for romance this Valentine’s, treat your loved one to a intimate evening here at Passford House in the New Forest.
For only £50.00 per person enjoy our delicious Valentine’s menu in the romantically lit Terrace restaurant. Please see the menu below.
Booking in advance is required, please call us on 01590 682398 or email [email protected] to make your booking now.
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INK RESERVOIR, INK RESERVOIR REFILL CONTAINER, AND INK REFILL PROCESS
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention
The invention relates to devices for refilling image forming apparatuses with ink, and particularly to an ink reservoir which is designed to be easily refillable and a container for refilling the ink reservoir. The invention also provides an advantageous ink refill process.
Discussion of the Background
Image forming apparatuses, such as printers, photocopiers, facsimiles, and other wet- and dry-ink printing devices discharge ink in order to form images on paper. Typically, laser printers, photocopiers and facsimiles apply a thermosetting image forming substance such as "dry ink" or what is commonly referred to as "toner" so as to generate images on paper. As image forming processes are performed, the ink used by the device is eventually depleted and therefore, must be refilled. Certain image forming apparatuses are provided with removable ink reservoirs that are not refillable and must be entirely replaced when the supply of ink in the ink reservoir has been depleted.
Alternatively, it has been known to provide ink reservoirs or hoppers of image forming apparatuses with hinged lids that may be opened by hand, thereby allowing ink to be poured into the reservoir from a toner refilling container such as a bottle. However, the average office worker who is assigned the task of refilling image forming apparatuses is typically between the ages of late teens and early thirties and wears at least some white clothing. Toner hoppers which must be refilled by pouring toner from a conventionally- shaped bottle into an open hopper have fallen into disfavor due to the likelihood that ink will splash and/or toner particles may become airborne thereby increasing the risk of inhalation or soiling of the clothing of the user. Therefore, it is important that refilling devices for image forming apparatuses be easy to use and prevent inadvertent spillage or dispersal of ink. As used hereinafter, "ink" is intended to include "dry ink," such as toner, as well as wet ink.
In order to reduce the likelihood that toner is spilled during a refilling operation, it has been known to provide toner refilling containers with specialized engagement surfaces
which correspond to engagement surfaces provided on toner hoppers. However, it has been found that these specialized containers are expensive to manufacture and require complicated procedures for refilling a toner hopper. Therefore, in order to avoid complicated refilling procedures that must be performed by end users and avoid any risk of spillage of ink, certain image forming apparatuses are designed to receive non-refillable ink reservoirs which, after having been depleted of ink, must be replaced with an identical reservoir. Figures 1 through 4 depict an example of a conventional toner hopper or reservoir 10. As shown in the figures, the toner hopper or reservoir 10 is formed of a generally trough-shaped body 12 having a discharge 14 for feeding toner contained in the body 12 into an image forming apparatus. The outer contours of a typical toner reservoir such as toner reservoir 10 may include numerous contours, notches, or other engagement surfaces which are specifically designed to fit within a particular receptacle for a particular image forming apparatus. For example, toner reservoir 10 includes a curved portion 16, notches 18 and inclined portion 20. Additionally, the receptacle for receiving toner reservoir 10 may be shaped such that a particular length of discharge tube 22 must be provided to toner reservoir 10 in order for the discharge tube 22 to properly fit within the receptacle. As shown in Figure 1 , toner reservoir 10 typically includes a cap 24 that has been permanently sealed after toner reservoir 10 has been filled with toner.
Since the toner reservoir, such as toner reservoir 10, includes numerous unusual contours, shapes and notches, the manufacturing cost of such a container is significantly greater than that of an ordinary bottle. Once this reservoir is depleted, it is removed and replaced with another reservoir. In addition to the problem of having to replace such a relatively expensive reservoir each time it is depleted, the user is additionally inconvenienced if they maintain several different models of image forming apparatuses, since the user must stock toner reservoirs for each different type of image forming apparatus. Therefore, such conventional toner reservoirs have burdened end users with stocking numerous types of expensive, complex shaped toner reservoirs that must be completely replaced each time the respective image forming apparatuses becomes depleted.
Accordingly, an improved reservoir, reservoir refill container and refilling system/process is needed which would eliminate the need for replacement of expensive and complex toner reservoirs and the requirement to stock various types of reservoirs for different
image forming apparatus.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is an object of the present invention to provide an ink reservoir which reduces the complexity and costs associated with replenishing image forming apparatuses with ink. It is a further object of the invention to provide an ink refilling system or process which allows an image forming apparatus which had previously required the replacement of non-re fillable toner reservoirs, to utilize a refillable toner reservoir, while preventing accidental or inadvertent spillage of ink during a refilling operation. While the present invention is described in terms of the overall system or process for refilling a reservoir of an image forming apparatus, it is to be understood that various aspects of the invention could be utilized separately. Thus, certain components of the system or process have utility in combination and also separate from other components as will be apparent from the following brief summary of the invention.
In accordance with the present invention, a reservoir which previously had been replaced upon depletion is initially replaced with a reusable reservoir constructed in accordance with the invention. Once this replacement reservoir is depleted, it need not be replaced again (unless, for example, it should suffer from a mechanical failure). In addition, the refill kit/process of the invention provides a refill bottle or container which is utilized to replenish the replacement toner reservoir so that the replacement reservoir need not require further replacement. This refill bottle preferably includes a closure which is openable when it mates with the toner reservoir to avoid spillage of the toner as it is being transferred from the bottle to the reservoir. Of course, this closure also prevents spillage of the toner when the bottle is being stored or transported. As used herein, the terms "bottle" and ''container'" are intended in their broadest sense and contemplate various types of containers, jugs, cartons, tubes etc. One of the advantages of the invention is that the refill bottle can be non-descript or generic. In particular, the form of the bottle need not conform to the particular idiosyncracies of a given image forming apparatus. Once the reusable replacement reservoir is installed in an image forming apparatus, the non-descript (and thus relatively inexpensive) bottle is used for subsequent replenishment of the reservoir. Although the reusable replacement reservoir is compatible with the image forming apparatus, the bottle need only
be compatible with the refill port of the reusable replacement reservoir. Thus, even if a user has plural types of image forming apparatus, once each has had a reusable replacement reservoir installed, the different reservoirs can be replenished with the same type of bottle simply by including a common refill port for the various reservoirs so that they can each mate with the same type of refill bottle.
In accordance with the invention, when the user desires to replace a toner reservoir which previously was a one-use only reservoir, the user replaces that reservoir with a reusable reservoir having a resealable opening. This resealable opening can be subsequently utilized to replenish the reusable reservoir. In addition, this opening or port is adapted to mate with and cooperate with a refill bottle, so that a refill bottle can be subsequently utilized for replenishing the reusable toner reservoir. Thus, after the first replacement of the toner reservoir, i.e., replacement of the previous one-use only reservoir with the reusable reservoir, subsequent refill operations are effected by filling the reusable reservoir with a bottle which mates with the reusable reservoir. Since the bottle need not conform to the contours or fit of the image forming apparatus, it can be of an inexpensive design and can be generic to various types of reservoirs for various types of image forming apparatus.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
A more complete appreciation of the invention and many of the attendant advantages thereof will be readily obtained as the same becomes better understood by reference to the following detailed description when considered in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:
Figure 1 is a top view of a conventional toner reservoir of an image forming apparatus.
Figure 2 is a front view of the toner reservoir shown in Figure 1.
Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along line III-III of the toner reservoir shown in Figure 1.
Figure 4 is a rear view of the toner reservoir shown in Figure 1.
Figure 5 is a top view of a refillable toner reservoir according to the invention.
Figure 6 is an enlarged plan view of a portion of the toner reservoir shown in Figure 5.
Figure 7 is a front view of the toner reservoir shown in Figure 5.
Figure 8 is a cross-sectional view taken along line VIII-VIII of the toner reservoir shown in Figure 5.
Figure 9 is a rear view of the toner reservoir shown in Figure 5.
Figure 10 is a top plan view of a closure member for engagement with the toner reservoir shown in Figure 5.
Figure 11 is a bottom plan view of the closure member shown in Figure 10.
Figure 12 is a cross-sectional view of the closure member shown in Figure 1 1 taken along line XII-XII.
Figure 13 is a front view of the closure member shown in Figure 10.
Figure 14 is a top front left perspective view of the closure member shown in Figure 10.
Figure 15 is a bottom left front perspective view of the closure member shown in Figure 10.
Figure 15(a) is a top plan view of a closure member rotating in an orifice.
Figure 16 is a cross-sectional view of a portion of a top wall of a toner reservoir and closure member according to a further embodiment of the first aspect of the present invention.
Figure 17 is a bottom plan view of a seal member according to the invention.
Figure 18 is a top front left perspective view of an ink reservoir engagement device according to a second aspect of the present invention.
Figure 19 is an exploded view of the ink reservoir engagement device shown in Figure 18.
Figure 20 is a top plan view of the ink reservoir mounting base of the ink reservoir engagement device shown in Figure 19.
Figure 21 is a front elevational view of the ink reservoir mounting base shown in Figure 20.
Figure 22 is a side elevational view of the ink reservoir engagement base shown in Figure 20.
Figure 23 is a cross-sectional view taken along line XXIII-XXIII of the ink reservoir engagement base shown in Figure 20.
Figure 24 is a cross-sectional view taken along line XXIV-XXIV of the ink reservoir engagement base shown in Figure 20.
Figure 25 is a bottom front left perspective view of the inner and outer gratings of the ink reservoir engagement device shown in Figure 18.
Figure 26 is an exploded view of the inner and outer grating shown in Figure 25.
Figure 27 is a side elevational view of the outer grating shown in Figure 26.
Figure 28 is a top plan view of the grating shown in Figure 27.
Figure 29 is a cross-sectional view taken along line XXIX-XXIX of the outer grating shown in Figure 30.
Figure 29a is an enlarged view of a center portion of the outer grating shown in Figure
Figure 29b is an enlarged view of a shoulder of the outer grating shown in Figure 29. Figure 30 is a bottom plan view of the outer grating shown in Figure 28. Figure 31 is a front elevational view of the inner grating shown in Figure 26. Figure 31a is an enlarged view of a center portion of the inner grating shown in Figure
Figure 32 is a top plan view of the inner grating shown in Figure 31.
Figure 33 is a cross-sectional view taken along line XXXIII-XXXIII of the inner grating shown in Figure 34.
Figure 33a is an enlarged view of a central portion of the inner grating shown in Figure 33.
Figure 34 is a bottom plan view of the inner grating shown in Figure 32.
Figure 35 is a top plan view of the inner and outer gratings mounted on the mounting base shown in Figure 18.
Figure 36 is a top plan view of the mounting base with inner and outer gratings mounted thereon as shown in Figure 35.
Figure 37 is a cross-sectional view taken along line XXXVII-XXXVII of the engagement device shown in Figure 36.
Figure 38 is a cross-sectional view taken along line XXXVIII-XXXVIII of the engagement device shown in Figure 36.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Referring now to the drawings, wherein like reference numerals designate identical or corresponding parts throughout the several views, Figures 5-17 schematically represent an ink reservoir according to the invention. As shown in Figures 5 and 7-9, a toner reservoir 50 is shaped to store an ink within an interior 52 of body 54. As is apparent from the figures, body 54 can include a number of contours and/or engagement surfaces which are specifically designed to be received within an interior space of an image forming apparatus. Additionally, reservoir 50 typically includes an outlet orifice 56 configured to communicate with an inlet orifice of an image forming apparatus (not shown), through which ink, such as dry ink or toner is discharged from interior 52 of toner reservoir 50 to the internal mechanisms of an image forming apparatus. It is to be understood that toner/ink reservoir may have any shape which may be required so that reservoir 50 can be received within the appropriate space of an image forming apparatus where outlet orifice 56 communicates with an inlet orifice of the image forming apparatus. In other words, it is to be understood that while particular forms and shapes of toner reservoirs are depicted and described herein, the present application is applicable to various types and shapes of toner reservoirs.
As shown in Figures 5 and 6, ink reservoir 50 includes refilling orifice 58 which defines a free edge 60 having an outer surface 62 (i.e., on the exterior of the reservoir) and an inner surface 64 (on the interior of the reservoir). Preferably, the orifice also includes slots or recesses as shown at 72. Orifice 58 is provided in a wall 66 of toner reservoir 50 so as to communicate interior 52 of toner reservoir 50 with an exterior of toner reservoir, thereby allowing toner reservoir 50 to be refilled through orifice 58. Attached to body 54 is a closure member 68, which is configured to engage with orifice 58 so as to substantially seal orifice 58 to thereby prevent ink from passing through orifice 58. Closure member 68 may be attached to body 54 via tether 70. Tether 70 may be formed of various materials such as plastics or metal cables. The closure member 68 provides a resealable closure for the reservoir 50. The tether 70 is particularly advantageous in avoiding loss of the closure member when it is removed for refilling of the reservoir 50.
Various sealing expedients may be utilized to further prevent scattering of toner/ink or leakage of toner/ink between the closure member 68 and the reservoir 50 when the closure member 68 is in its closed position. For example, a seal or gasket, or a gasket layer (e.g., a
resilient coating) can be disposed upon the surface 80 (Fig. 15) of the closure member 68 to further ensure a tight seal between the closure member 68 and the toner reservoir 50. In addition, or alternately, the inner surfaces 64 of the orifice 58 can be inclined inwardly (toward the interior of the reservoir) so that after the projections 82 of the closure 68 are inserted into the recesses 72, the closing rotation of the closure member 68 causes the projections 82 to ride upon the inwardly inclined inner surfaces 64 to produce a camming action which more tightly draws the closure member 68 against the reservoir 50 to ensure a tight seal. Additional seal or gasket arrangements are discussed in further detail below.
As a further precaution, to prevent leakage or scattering of toner during transport, a film or tape-like seal can additionally be provided over the closure member for the initial shipment of the reservoir. This film-like seal is advantageous for preventing leakage during transport. Once the reservoir has been depleted and is in need of refilling, this seal member must be removed to allow access to the closure member 68 for refilling of the reservoir. Thus, the use of a cover film or seal is generally appropriate for preventing leakage during shipping of the reservoir. For preventing leakage of the toner thereafter, other expedients should be utilized, such as a tightly fitting cap and preferably a cap having a gasket or other suitable sealing expedient. However, since the leak preventing demands encountered in the image forming apparatus (e.g., ensuring that the cap does not become loose as a result of vibration associated with normal image forming apparatus operation) are typically not as great as those which can be associated with the shipping/transport of the reservoir, the additional precaution of an outer film-like seal covering the closure member 68 is not needed after the reservoir has been installed.
Free edge 60 of orifice 58 preferably defines at least two recesses 72. As shown in phantom lines in Figure 6, inner surface 64 of free edge 60 can include at least two ledges or stops 74 which are arranged adjacent recesses 72. With stop 74 arranged as such, rotation of a member inserted into orifice 58 in an undesired direction is prevented, as discussed in further detail below. Additionally, inner surface 64 of free edge 60 may include stops 76. Arranged as such, stops 76 define an endpoint of a rotation of a member that has been inserted into orifice 58 as also discussed in further detail below.
Referring now to Figures 10-15, one embodiment of closure member 68 includes an engagement surface 80 and at least one projection 82. Preferably, closure member 68
includes at least two projections 82. arranged such that projections 82 ma)' pass through recesses 72 of free edge 60, thereby allowing engagement surface 80 of closure member 68 to mate with outer surface 62 of orifice 58. Therefore, as shown in Figure 15a. closure member 68 may be inserted into orifice 58 with projections 82 arranged in the position indicated b) line B.B. of Figure 15a. Thereafter, in order to close and seal orifice 58 to prevent ink from passing through orifice 58. closure member 68 is rotated in a clockwise direction, as viewed in Figure 15a, such that projections 82 are brought into contact with stops 76. The size of the gap 84 formed between engagement surface 80 and an opposing surface 86 of projection 82 is chosen such that a proper seal is achieved. For example, gap 84 may be sized to approximately the same thickness as free edge 60 and optionally including a machine clearance therefore. In addition, as noted earlier, a gasket or other seal can be associated with the closure member 68 to further ensure a tight sealing relationship between the closure member and the reservoir. Figure 17 provides an example of such a seal or gasket 94. The seal can be formed of a resilient material and can be provided along the surface 80 of the closure member 68 or, more particularly, in the gap 84 between the projections 82 and the surface 80. The gasket 94 can include recesses 82a so that the projections 82 of the closure 68 can be pressed through the gasket to place the gasket into position in the gap 84. If desired, to further enhance the sealing abilities of the gasket, a thinner, and thus more flexible, portion can be provided as shown at 96. with the diameter of this portion 96 smaller than the diameter of the hub portion 69 (Fig. 15) of the closure member 68. Thus, when the gasket is mounted upon the closure member 68, the portion 96 is deformed and maintained along the side portions 69a of the hub 69 of the closure member 68 to further prevent leakage along the surfaces 69a. Of course, it is to be understood that the seal member or gasket 94 of Figure 17 is depicted as an example, and various shapes and forms are possible. Also, as discussed earlier, the gasket or seal can also be provided in the form of a coating on one or more surfaces of the closure member 68.
In order for a user to conveniently grasp closure member 68. closure member 68 can include a handle 88 such as transverse wall 90 formed in a recess on an upper surface 92 of closure member 68. Although free edge 60 may include any number of recesses and closure member 68 may include at least one and up to the same number of projections as the number of recesses 72 provided in free edge 60, it is presently believed that two recesses and two
projections are sufficient and preferable.
Figure 16 depicts an alternate closure member/reservoir interface. In this arrangement, a plug or snap-in type closure 68' is utilized. In the form shown in Figure 16. an annular wall 100 can be provided upon the reservoir, with the wall 100 having an inner diameter 102 which is sized to provide a slip fit or an interference fit with the outer diameter 104 of a corresponding portion of the closure member 68'. If desired, this annular wall could also have a head or T-shaped portion which would snap in to a similarly shaped recess in the closure member 68' to provide for a further locking or snap-in fit. If desired, the Figure 16 arrangement could additionally include a recess in the aperture through which projections of the closure extend upon initial insertion of the closure member 68' as discussed earlier with respect to the recesses 72 and projections 82. As discussed earlier, seal members or gaskets can also be provided upon the closure member 68' if desired, and such seals or gaskets could be in the form of either a separate piece or seal coating upon various surfaces of the closure member 68". As also discussed earlier, preferably, the closure member 68' is tethered to the toner reservoir so that it is not lost when removed for a refilling operation.
By constructing the toner reservoir 50 in accordance with the present teachings, the toner reservoir may be refilled with a generically shaped toner bottle or, in other words, a bottle which need not be designed to conform to the design of a particular image forming apparatus. Additionally, by providing the toner reservoir with a tethered closure member 68 which can releasably engage orifice 58, the present invention allows the toner reservoir 50 to be conveniently opened and closed while preventing the inadvertent misplacement of closure member 68. As discussed earlier, the invention is applicable to various types of toner reservoirs which have heretofore required complete replacement each time the toner reservoir is depleted of ink, such as dry ink or toner. Utilizing the orifice 58 of the reusable replacement reservoir, a user may refill such a toner reservoir with a generically shaped toner refill bottle. Thus, a user is relieved of the burden of stocking numerous different and complex/expensive designs of toner refill bottles and toner reservoirs that are each specifically designed for a particular image forming apparatus.
By providing an orifice with recesses 72, a toner bottle or refill bottle can be sealabh engaged with orifice 58 so that inadvertent spillage or generation of airborne ink is avoided while the toner/ink is being transferred from the refill bo.tle into the reservoir. In particular,
the toner bottle is provided with a toner reservoir engagement device 200, described in further- detail below, to interlock the refill bottle with the reservoir. Although the arrangement described herein utilizes a pair of projections for the toner reservoir engagement device corresponding to the pair of recesses of the reservoir orifice 58, it is to be understood that a single recess or more than two recesses are also possible.
Figures 18-35 depict a toner reservoir engagement device 200. Figure 18 depicts the engagement device in its assembled condition, while Figure 19 depicts an exploded view of the engagement device 200. The engagement device 200 is referred to herein as a reservoir engagement device, since it engages with and cooperates with the toner reservoir. In fact, the engagement device 200 acts as a gate or a valve for the toner refill bottle so that the refill bottle can selectively dispense toner into the reservoir. As discussed in further detail hereinafter, this engagement device includes gates or gratings operable between opened and closed positions. When the bottle is being stored or transported, the gratings are closed. When the bottle mates with the toner reservoir, relative rotation of the gratings opens apertures in the reservoir engagement device to provide communication between the toner refill bottle and the toner reservoir. If desired, additional sealing expedients can be utilized for storage and transport of the toner bottles, such as an additional exterior cap or a seal film/tape which covers the reservoir engagement device until it is desired to use the toner bottle to replenish a reservoir.
As shown in Figure 19, reservoir engagement device 200 includes a base member 202, an inner grating 204 and an outer grating 206. As shown in Figures 20-24, base 202 is formed generally of a cylindrical member 207 having an annular wall 209 depending therefrom. Cylindrical member 207 defines an orifice 21 1. Annular wall 209 includes an engagement surface 209a. Additionally, base member 202 includes at least one projection 210 which extends from cylindrical wall 207 and is positioned so as to form gap 212 (Fig. 23) between engagement surface 209a and projection 210. Preferably, base member 202 includes at least two projections 210 formed approximately diametrically opposite from each other, as shown in Figure 20. Also preferably, gap 212 is sized so as to engage a free edge of an orifice formed on an ink reservoir, discussed in detail below with respect to another aspect of the invention.
As shown in Figure 24, the base member is disposed, permanently, or releasably,
upon an ink/toner container or bottle 216. As shown in Figure 24, the bottle or container can be of a very simple construction, and thus is much less expensive than toner reservoirs or cartridges which must conform to a mounting site of an image forming apparatus. Although a generally cylindrical container is shown in Figure 24, it is to be understood that various shapes and forms of containers or bottles can be utilized. The present invention is advantageous in that a simple bottle/container refilling is utilized rather than replacing the reservoir which sits in the image forming apparatus. Since the bottle can be more simply/inexpensively manufactured, the replacement or replenishment of toner is less expensive in accordance with the present invention. In addition, since the bottle need not conform to the image forming apparatus, a generic bottle design can be utilized for various types of image forming apparatus. As discussed earlier, the toner/ink container 216 can store liquid ink or dry ink.
Upper end 216 of base member 202 includes a groove 218, as indicated in Figure 22, which is configured to engage with a bead or protrusion 320 formed on outer grating 206 as shown in Figure 29(b). Arranged as such, groove 218 and bead 320 allow the outer grating 206 to rotate relative to base member 202. However, outer grating 206 and base member 202 may be rotatably attached via numerous other mechanisms as would be understood by those skilled in the art.
Referring now to Figures 27-30, outer grating 206 is generally formed as a disk preferably including a substantially planar portion 300 having at least one orifice 302. In a presently preferred embodiment, outer grating 206 includes at least two orifices 302. although various numbers of orifices can be utilized. As shown in Figure 29, at an outer peripheral edge of disk portion 300, an annular skirt 304 is formed. At an end 306 of skirt 304, the bead 320 is formed, which is configured to rotatably engage with groove 218 of base member 202 as shown in Figure 29(b). Constructed as such, outer grating 206 is rotatably engaged with base member 202, thereby providing a rotating cap with at least one orifice 302.
In a presently preferred embodiment, at least one rib or projection 322 (Figs. 19 and 28) is provided on an outer peripheral edge of outer grating 206 so as to extend radially outwardly from disk portion 300 to a distance beyond projection 210 when outer grating 206 is assembled with base member 202. In a presently preferred embodiment, base member 202 includes at least two projections 210 and outer grating 206 includes at least two ribs or
projections 322. Preferably, both projections 210 and projections 322 are arranged at diametrically opposite positions so that projections 210 and 322 are alignable by rotating grating 206 relative to base member 202.
In order for engagement device 200 to be selectively openable, inner grating 204 is provided between base member 202 and outer grating 206. The inner grating 204 includes apertures which, when aligned or overlapping with corresponding apertures of the outer grating 206. allow communication of the toner refill bottle with the toner reservoir for refilling of the toner reservoir. Figures 19 and 26 depict the inner grating 204 removed from the outer grating 206. Figure 25 depicts an assembled state in which the inner grating 204 is received within a skirt or side wall portions 304 of the outer grating 206.
Figures 31-34 depict various details of an example of an inner grating 204 in accordance with the invention. As shown, the inner grafng 204 is generally formed of a plate member 400 in the form of a disk 402. Inner grating 204 has at least one orifice 404. Although any number of orifices 404 may be provided in inner grating 204. in a presently preferred embodiment, inner grating 204 has at least two orifices which generally correspond in shape and position to the at least two orifices 302 formed in outer grating 206, except that. when the projections 322 of the outer grating are aligned with the projections 210 of the inner grating or base, the orifices 302 are offset 90° with respect to the orifices 404. In the presently preferred embodiment, the orifices 404 are arranged at diametrically opposite positions upon the inner grating 204. Similarly, the orifices 302 are arranged at diametrically opposite positions upon the outer grating 206. With this arrangement, the engagement device 200 can be opened or closed by rotating outer grating 206 relative to inner grating 204. In addition, alignment of the projections 210, 322 ensures that the gratings, and thus also the container, are closed.
Figure 18 depicts the inner grating, outer grating and base member 202 assembled together. When this assembly 200 is disposed upon an ink container or ink bottle 216 (Fig. 24), ink within the container 216 can be discharged from the container when the orifices 302 and 404 are aligned, while discharge is prevented when the orifices are not aligned such that the non-apertured portions of the outer grating 206 close the apertures 404 of the inner grating 204.
Inner grating 204 may be formed integrally with or fastened to base member 202 to
prevent rotation of inner grating 204 when outer grating 206 is rotated relative to base member 202. By way of example, inner grating 204 can be formed as a separate member, and can include at least one rib formed on a side of the inner grating 204 which faces cylindrical member 207 of base member 202. For example, referring to Figures 25, 26 and 31(a), inner grating 204 can include a plurality of ribs 406 which contact the base member and thereby provide means for preventing rotation of inner grating 204 relative to base member 202. The ribs 406 can prevent rotation of the inner grating 204 relative to the base member 202 by friction if there is a sufficiently tight coupling between the inner grating 204 and the base member 202 when the engagement device 200 is assembled upon a container. Further, if desired, corresponding grooves can be provided in the base member 202 so that the ribs 406 are received within grooves of the base member when the engagement device 200 is assembled and the inner grating 204 is locked relative to the base member 202. In a presently preferred embodiment, ribs 406 have a height of approximately 1/8 of a millimeter. However, ribs 406 may be formed of any height which would prevent rotation of the inner grating with respect to the base and thus allow the of outer grating 206 to be rotated relative to inner grating 204. It is to be understood that various expedients can be utilized for providing a fixed relationship between the inner grating 204 and the base member 202 so that upon rotation of the outer grating 206, relative rotation between the outer grating 206 and the inner grating 204 is provided. For example, inner grating 204 can be bonded to base member 202 with an adhesive, or through heat sealing. Inner grating 204 can also be formed monolithically with base member 202, thereby also preventing rotation of inner grating 204 with respect to base member 202.
Referring now to Figures 33 and 33a, inner grating 204 can also include an alignment ridge 408, as shown in detail in Figure 33a. Figure 33a is an enlarged view of the portion of Figure 33 which is circled A. In the Figure 33a arrangement, alignment ridge 408 includes an alignment groove 410 and an alignment protrusion 412 which are configured to mate with an alignment ridge 324 provided on outer grating 206 (as shown in Figure 29a). In particular, outer grating 206 may include an annular alignment protrusion 326 and an annular alignment groove 328 which are configured to mate with alignment groove 410 and alignment protrusion 412, respectively. Provided as such, smooth rotation and proper alignment between inner grating 204 and outer grating 206 is more easily achieved. This is particularly
useful so as to ensure the proper alignment of inner grating 204 and outer grating 206 so as to prevent accidental or inadvertent leaking of ink from ink container 216. It is to be understood that various mating or bearing interface arrangements are possible between the inner grating 204 and the outer grating 206 to provide for smooth rotation between the inner grating 204 and outer grating 206. By providing such an aligned rotational interface, the engagement device 200 can also be more tightly assembled (to thereby prevent leakage of toner) while nevertheless allowing for relative rotation of the inner and outer gratings 204, 206 when desired.
With base member 202, inner grating 204 and outer grating 206 assembled as show in Figures 35-38, engagement device 200 may be opened and closed through rotation of outer grating 206 relative to base member 202 and inner grating 204. For example, as shown in Figure 36, outer grating 206 is positioned such that orifices 302 and 404 do not overlap, thereby closing engagement device 200 so that ink is prevented from passing through engagement device 200. In Figure 35, base member 202 and inner grating 204 have been rotated counterclockwise, as viewed in Figure 35, such that orifices 302 and 404 overlap to thereby form through-holes 500 which allow ink to pass through the engagement device 200. Constructed as such, engagement device 200 can be conveniently opened or closed by rotation of outer grating 206 with respect to base member 202 and inner grating 204.
The arrangement of the present invention is particularly convenient for performing refilling operations on an ink reservoir, such as a toner or dry ink reservoir. Referring again to Figures 35 through 38. when engagement device 200 is engaged onto an orifice 58 (shown in Figure 6). which includes a free edge 60 having recesses 72, engagement device 200 can be sealedly engaged with orifice 58 and simultaneously opened simply by rotating a toner container 216 which is connected to base member 202. By rotating the toner container 216 shown in Figure 24, the base member 202 and associated protrusions 210 are rotated. Since the protrusions 210 are inserted through the recesses 72 when the engagement device mates with the orifice 58, rotation of the protrusions causes the protrusions to move along the inner surface 64 of free edge 60 of orifice 58. Therefore, once through-holes 500 have been formed (i.e., the container is opened), protrusions 210 ensure that toner container 216 is not inadvertently knocked away or otherwise removed from orifice 58, thereby preventing inadvertent spillage of ink during a refill procedure. The stability of toner container 216 and
engagement device 200 is optimum where gap 212 formed between protrusions 210 and engagement surface 209a of base member 202 is approximately the same as the thickness of free edge 60. Constructed as such, engagement surface 209a of base member 202 makes optimal contact with free edge 60 during a refilling procedure such that ink passing through through-holes 500 and orifice 58 does not leak to the exterior. Therefore, the present invention provides a device which can be conveniently used to refill a toner reservoir with a simple motion, i.e.. insertion and rotation in order to allow ink from an ink container to refill an ink reservoir.
With reference to Figures 6. 18 and 19. a toner refilling operation will be described As discussed earlier, the aperture or orifice 58 of the toner reservoir includes a first pair of stops 74 and a second pair of stops 76. The stops 74 can prevent reverse rotation of the closure member 68 for the toner reservoir. The stops 74, 76 are shown generally in Figure 6. since the stops can be of various forms. For example, if desired, the stops 74 can also act as stops limiting excessive rotation of the closure member or, alternately, the stops 76 can limit the rotation of the closure member. Where the stops 74 prevent excessive rotation of the closure member 68, excessive rotation is prevented by the respective sides of the stops 74 opposite to that which provides the reverse rotation prevention. Thus, the stops 74 can prevent both the reverse rotation of the closure member 68 and also limit the forward rotation of the closure member 68 so that, after insertion of the closure member 68. the rotation is slightly less than 180°. Where the stops 76 are utilized to limit rotation of the closure member 68. the rotation of the closure member is approximately 90°. Wτhether the clockwise rotation of the closure member is limited by the stops 74 or the stops 76 depends upon the relative size and position of the stops 76 with respect to the projections 82 of the closure member. For example, if the projections 82 of the closure member are larger.
will contact the stops 76 so that the closure member rotates approximately 90°. If the projections 82 are smaller relative to the size/position of the stops 76. so that the projections can pass by the stops 76, the closure member 68 can rotate an amount which is slightly less than 180° until the projections contact the stops 74 (the opposite side of the stops which prevent the reverse rotation). The stops 74. 76 are also utilized for controlling opening and closing of the toner refill bottle 216 to replenish the reservoir 50. In particular, the stops 76 can be stops for the projections 322 of the outer grating, while the stops 74 are stops for the
projections 210 of the base member. In addition, the stops 74 ensure alignment of the projections 210, 322 for both the base member 202 and the outer grating 206 to thereb) ensure alignment of the projections to allow the toner refill container or bottle to be remo\ ed when the engagement device is closed.
When a refill operation is desired, the closure member 68 of the reservoir 50 is removed by rotating the closure member until the projections 82 are aligned with the slots 72 of the reservoir refill opening or aperture. The closure member 68 can thus be removed. The toner bottle, in its closed position with projections 210 of the base member aligned with projections 322, is then inserted into the aperture 58 of the reservoir by aligning the projections 210, 322 with the slots 72. The container is then rotated clockwise. Once the container has rotated approximately 90°, the stops 76 engage with the projections 322. but they do not engage with the projections 210. The stops 76 can be sized or positioned to engage the projections 322 but not the projections 210, since the projections 322 extend farther radially than the projections 210 and, in addition, the projections 322a include a depending arm or ledge 322a as discussed further below. As a result, upon further rotation. the outer grating 206 does not move, but the remainder of the bottle can continue to rotate to thereby provide the relative rotation between the outer grating 206 and the inner grating 204. This rotation can continue until the projections 210 engage the stops 74, at which point the bottle or container 216 is in the fully open position and the toner or ink is discharged from the container 216 into the reservoir 50. Thus, the bottle is not opened until it is mating with the hopper 50 and has been rotated.
The arrangement of the invention is also advantageous in ensuring that when the refill container is removed from the reservoir, the container is closed. This aspect is desirable in that even after toner is discharged from the refill container, residues remain in the container which can scatter if the container is open. In accordance with the invention, after the refill operation has been completed, the container is rotated in the opposite direction (counterclockwise with respect to Figure 6) which result0, in closing of the container b> once again aligning the projections 210 and 322 so that the apertures of the inner grating and outer grating are not aligned with one another. More particularly, upon counterclockwise rotation of the container 216, the stops 74 will act as stops for both the projections 210 and the projections 322 so that they will be aligned with respect to one another and with respect to
the slots 72. At this point, the container is closed, and since the projections 210. 322 are aligned with respect to the slots 72, the toner bottle can be removed from the toner reservoir 50. If the projections 210. 322 are not aligned with respect to one another and with respect to the slots 302, the container cannot be removed from the hopper and thus, inadvertent spillage of toner from the container is prevented.
As shown in Figures 18 and 19, the projections 322 of the outer grating have a different size and shape as compared with the projections 210 of the base member. In particular, the projections 322 extend a greater distance radially and additionally include a depending arm or ledge 322a. Thus, the stops 76 can be sized and positioned so that they engage the projections 322 but they do not engage the projections 210.
As mentioned above, it is to be understood that various different relationships of the stops are also possible. By way of a further example, the stops 76 could be positioned adjacent to the slots 72 so that the outer grating 206 does not rotate substantially before opening of the bottle commences. In fact, the edge of the recesses or slots 72 itself can provide the stops for the projections 322 of the outer grating. In particular, by sizing the projections 322 and associated depending ledges 322a such that when the bottle (or more particularly the engagement device 200 of the bottle) is inserted into the aperture 58, the recess itself retains the projections 322 of the outer grating. Thus, with this arrangement, upon insertion of the bottle into the aperture 58, the outer grating is fixed in place, and rotation of the bottle rotates the inner grating with respect to the outer grating. Upon this rotation, the openings of the respective gratings overlap to thus provide communication between the bottle and the reservoir. In addition, since the projections 210 are inserted through the recesses or slots 72, the rotation also locks the bottle to the reservoir while the bottle is in an open or partially open position. Where the outer grating is locked immediateh upon insertion into the opening 58, additional stops for the projections 210 are nevertheless desirable so that the rotation of the bottle is halted at a desired position at which the openings of the inner and outer gratings are fully aligned and the bottle is fully opened. The arrangement of the invention is particularly advantageous in that the stops 74 and 76 together ensure that when the container is inserted and rotated until halted, the container is fully opened to allow for the discharge of the toner, and when the container is rotated in the opposite direction the reverse rotation is halted when the projections 210, 322 are aligned so
that the container is closed.
Thus, the engagement device 200 of the invention includes at least two gates or grating members, each having at least one orifice, which can be rotated relative to each other thereby allowing through-hole 500 to be selectively formed by the rotation thereof. In addition, projections 322 of outer grating 206 and projections 210 of base member 202 are arranged and configured such that, when aligned with each other, projections 210 and 322 can be inserted into the slots 72 of the reservoir aperture 58. Therefore, by simply rotating a toner container such as toner container 216, projections 210 rotate relative to projections 322, thereby engaging inner surface 64 and free edge 60.
A toner refill kit in accordance with the present invention can include a replacement toner reservoir 50 and/or a toner container which is utilized to refill the toner reservoir 50. For example, the kit can include a refillable reservoir which is used to replace an existing non-refillable reservoir, and optionally, the kit can also include a refill container for replenishing the refillable reservoir. After the initial replacement of the non-refillable reservoir with the refillable reservoir, the user need only purchase the relatively inexpensive refill container for subsequent replenishments.
As should be apparent from the foregoing, the present invention is advantageous in that hoppers which were previously replaced each time they were depleted now need only be replaced once with the toner reservoir in accordance with the present invention. Thereafter, subsequent replenishments can be effected utilizing the toner refill container or bottle of the present invention. Since the toner refill container does not act as a hopper for the image forming apparatus, it need not conform to the contours or idiosyncracies of a particular image forming apparatus. Thus, the toner refill container can have an extremely simple design. Further, a common toner refill container can be utilized for various types of image forming apparatus, thus reducing the need to inventory a large number of different types of toner reservoirs or toner refill containers. Thus, in accordance with the present invention, when a user is faced with the depletion of a non-reusable toner reservoir in an image forming apparatus, the user replaces the reservoir with a reservoir in accordance with the present invention - - i.e., a reusable reservoir having a resealable opening. This reusable opening will typically be shipped with an initial supply of toner, but could also be supplied empty. Once the reusable toner reservoir of the present invention has been installed, subsequent
replenishment operations are effected utilizing the toner refill container or bottle.
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It’s been months since I was able to get into my website, www.patrickdobson.com, and only recently checked the E-mail. I received the following note from you some months ago. I appreciate your note and the ideas in it. I’m always happy when someone notices my work enough to respond to it. I’m glad you enjoyed Seldom Seen: A Journey into the Great Plains. It was a long time getting published and was, really, one of my dreams come true.
I am sorry I am replying so late. I just read a little about the John Muir Trail and hope that your attempt to walk that trail was successful. Even if you didn’t finish or get as far as you wanted, I’m sure that you gained more than you thought you would in self-awareness and a greater appreciation for nature. Did you make your goal of ten miles a day? If not, what kind of trip did you have? What were the things that you learned? How were the people you met? I’d be very interested to find out what your experience was and if that Walt Whitman paperback was worth carrying.
If you liked my first book, which it seems you did, you will really like the second book. The University of Nebraska is publishing, Canoeing the Great Plains: A Missouri River Summer on May 1. This book takes up where Seldom Seenleft off and is the story of my return to Kansas City on the Missouri River.
One thing that may interest you. One of the peer-reviewers with the University of Nebraska likened my work to several well-known American travel authors, one of whom was Cheryl Strayed. She wrote a book called Wild! From Lost to Found on the Pacific Coast Trail. I had not read her work and went right out and got the book. I think that Strayed’s book may interest you and I recommend it, particularly due to your experience hiking the mountains of Muir Trail.
And Cheryl Strayed hit the writer’s lottery. Wild! made Oprah’s book list, which made it a bestseller. Reese Witherspoon is playing the lead role in the upcoming Hollywood movie! Strayed has published another bestseller and has another on the way.
I can only dream of such things. The reviewer, however, also equated my work with Bill Bryson’s, William Least-Heat Moon’s, and Ian Frazier’s. It would be nice to have the same successes of these authors. I go to bed at night and dream of it. But I realize, too, that being a good author, someone who loves his work and works hard at it, is my ultimate goal, and something that I’m achieving every day.
I have the galley proofs for Canoeing the Great Plains next to me on the desk. I’ve reread this book a couple of times since the galleys arrived, the first time just to see what I’d written and how it came through the process. I reread it again to do the yeoman’s work of looking after tiny details—typos, word choice, and word order. I send the galleys back to the press the week after next, and so I may just have to read the book again. I think that Seldom Seen was a good book, the best I could write at the time. Canoeing the Great Plains is much better. In Seldom Seen, I was reluctant to detail some basic parts of myself. Canoeing the Great Plains is a better book because I expose myself more in the tale. If you read it, you will see what I mean.
I am proud of both books. I only ever wanted to be an author, and these two books show that I’ve achieved my life’s dream–not that living this dream will keep me from publishing more in the future!
As to your questions: Sydney is now 23 years old and living on her own. Our relationship went through its own vagaries and joys in the years following my trip. She gained a stepmother in 1998. She had typical growing up problems when she took out on her own when she was 19, but she seems to have come to terms with them. She and I have a good relationship now, and one of my greatest joys is that she calls me and keeps close.
As far as contacting the people I met on the trip: I have seen many of them again since the trip but only keep up with one or two all these years later. Every now and then I get a note from someone I met and it’s always fun to follow that string and see where it leads.
Again, thanks for your note. I look forward to hearing of your experience with the backpack.
Dr. Patrick Dobson
1717 Jarboe St.
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The Bill, which was sponsored by Senate Leader, Mohammed Ali Ndume(APC-Borno), was first read at plenary on March 10, 2016 and scaled second reading.
It seeks to facilitate peace volunteerism, community service, neighborhood watch and nation building.
The bill will also facilitate the training of youths to advance the course of peacebuilding and conflict transformation through peace education, mediation, and conflict resolution among warring groups or communities where there is crisis in Nigeria.
The passage of the Bill followed a report presented by the Chairman, Senate Committee on Interior, Sen. Bayero Nafada (APC-Gombe North) after clause by clause consideration.
According to the report, the head of the corps will be referred to as Commandant General with six Deputy Commandants from the six geopolitical zones of the country.
The headquarters of the corps would be domiciled in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.
The functions of the corps include promoting social and economic development and empowering and preoccupying the Nigerian youths through job creation and provision of alternative employment.
In his contributions, Sen. Samuel Anyanwu (PDP-Imo) said that the Bill would create job opportunities and help in augmenting the efforts of security agencies.
Similarly, Sen. Sabi Abdullahi (APC-Niger) said that in tackling security issues, there was the need to use multiple approach, hence the need for the bill.
“We need to allow more participation in the security space,’’ he said.
In his remark, the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, said that the passage of the Bill would go a long way to institutionalise the Peace Corps that had been functioning for a long time without the backing of the law.
He expressed the hope that with the passage of the Bill, it would contribute to the achievement of peace and stability in the country.
Briefing journalists after plenary, the Commander General of the Corps, Dr. Chinedu Nneji, said that the passage of the Bill was the beginning of a new era that would help in ensuring total peace in the country.
“We will permeate and move into our various communities to ensure that we bring total peace to Nigeria. We will also make sure that the issue of Boko haram, which the Nigerian military had reduced to the barest minimum, becomes a thing of the past,” he said.
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Corporate governance refers to the set of rules, regulations and processes by which an organization is operated, regulated and controlled. An organization has the responsibility of meeting the interests of its stakeholders, such as the directors, investors, customers, employees, etc. In order to make sure that the organization does not deviate from its intended path, the corporate governance determines a set of rules and regulation for the firm to follow. Corporate governance can also be referred to as the interaction between various stakeholders, in determining organizational performance and its future goals. In this article we have discussed about what is corporate governance, its implications and its roles behind organizational success. This will help you gain a strong understanding of corporate governance if you are writing a paper on it. You can also consider asking our PenMyPaper professionals to help receive top-quality essays on the same.
Before we dig deeper into the nuances of corporate governance, it should be mentioned that there is no single globally accepted definition that can be followed by every organization. A browse through scholarly articles have revealed that most definitions of corporate governance focuses on accountability, particularly accountability to the shareholders and the ability of the organization to follow its country’s legal system to protect the interest of its stakeholders. Thus, if you are looking for a streamlined definition, it is likely to vary significantly from one country to another. However, we have presented a holistic definition of corporate governance, which encompasses all the common characteristics to present a broad overview.
In a broader perspective, corporate governance is defined as, “the internal and external system of checks and balances, which makes sure that organizations discharge their accountability to all of its stakeholders and to operate in a socially responsible manner in every aspect of its business operations.” In this definition, the term ‘stakeholders’ refers to every entity that is influenced by the business operations of the company. Typically, the board of directors are responsible for the building the framework for the corporate governance which helps in aligning the business activities with the corporate governance objectives.
As mentioned earlier, corporate governance allows a firm to operate in such a way so that it can take care of the interest of its stakeholders and run the business venture in a sustainable and accountable manner. For giving you a better understanding, our doctoral thesis writing experts has underpinned the key guiding principles of corporate governance.
The core purpose of the building a robust corporate governance is to protect the organization from itself. In other words, the corporate governance regulations and practices enable a firm to take care of the interest of all of its stakeholders, while focusing on sustainable development and value creation.As by reading a theory of organizational structure of Nike it has come to our knowledge that their governance purpose includes human rights, diversity, sustainability, corporate responsibility, and other such strategies. The enforcement of the regulations makes sure that the company does not resort to any unethical or illegal means to run its business which can be quite detrimental for the shareholders in the long run. In this context, we have listed the key advantages of corporate governance to help you with your college paper writing. However, if you feel overwhelmed by the topic or need assistance in writing a high-quality paper, you can pay essay writer from a reliable online writing service to get the job done efficiently and effectively.
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Before you go and ask someone, write me a paper, let us help you catch up what we have learnt in this article. Corporate governance of an organization is the set of rules and regulation that an organization follows in its business venture to cater to the interests of all of its stakeholders. It compels an organization to act in its best interests, which involves creating long-term sustainable value. Corporate governance makes an organization more accountable for its actions.The corporate governance principles that we have covered in the article can help a firm to operate in the most ethical and sustainable manner, while taking care of the interest of its stakeholders.
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The Auditory Process
Hearing begins when the outer ear, the visible portion of the ear that is on the outside of the head, directs sound waves down the auditory canal. This tube-like passageway is lined with tiny hairs and small glands that produce ear wax.
The middle ear lies at the end of the auditory canal and is composed of the eardrum and three small bones, commonly known as the hammer, the anvil, and the stirrup. When sound waves hit the eardrum, it vibrates and, in turn, moves the hammer. The hammer moves the anvil, which moves the stirrup, transmitting the vibrations into the inner ear. The middle ear serves to amplify sound, which is why significant hearing loss can result from any disruption in any of its parts.
The inner ear consists of the cochlea and the nerve of hearing. These parts convert sound waves into nerve impulses that travel to the brain via the movement of tiny hair cells. The brain, in turn, allows us to hear, as long as the message it is receiving is not distorted due to problems in the process just described. | <urn:uuid:594451cd-2750-4ab3-bd31-fc06755ca879> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://peoriahearing.com/hearing_process/ | 2024-04-17T08:01:54Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817146.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20240417075330-20240417105330-00667.warc.gz | en | 0.948929 | 232 |
See more from Ascend here. Do you find it difficult to speak up during virtual meetings? Many factors contribute. In-person, it was easier to figure out when voicing your opinion was welcome and appropriate — someone might lean towards you or gesture at you to invite a response. But noticing these expressions onscreen is difficult, and even impossible on a very big team. Hierarchy can be intimidating. Whatever the reason, know that we all struggle to speak up at times, no matter what point we are at in our careers.
You can start by arriving early after that choosing a good seat. Make suggestions and offer solutions to problems as a replacement for of hanging back as an bystander or, worse, only offering criticism. Meeting in the back during meetings en route for avoid being called on might backfire and end up bringing more awareness to you. So instead of beating and hoping for the meeting en route for end quickly, get involved in the discussion or in preparing materials, akin to handouts and schedules, ahead of age.
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How to Deal With Insecurity at Act There are often as many altered personalities represented within a company at the same time as there are employees. Variety is the spice of life and contributes toward a more diverse and interesting act environment. Although all employees have a bite to contribute in an office appointment, it's common to have employees who speak up regularly and those who do their best to fade addicted to the background. Lack of work ethic isn't always to blame for those who don't contribute. If shyness is causing an employee to feel awkward or unable to contribute, you be able to work with the employee toward a goal of opening up at administrative centre meetings.
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You can customise the meal names to suit your own requirements.
Select the meal drop-down box
Search for a food to add to your diary, then click on the ‘Select meal’ box highlighted above.
Scroll to the bottom of the box and select ‘Edit meal names…’
Edit the meal names
The edit meal names window will be shown, you can now add new meals or change the existing ones.
To change the order the meals are shown in the diary use the up and down arrows (1) to adjust their position in the list.
Add New: Adds a new meal to the list
Delete Selected: Deletes the currently selected meal
Edit Selected: Lets you rename the currently selected meal.
Restore Last: Lets you undo any changes
Restore Defaults: Restores the default meal names.
Save: Saves your settings
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Teaching The Passion Of Dance Today
To The Performers Of Tomorrow
Express Yourself Through The Art of Dance
Performer’s Edge Dance Center teaches various styles of dance to students of all ages and skill levels. Located in Davenport, Florida, our dance studio boasts a professional family friendly environment to expand your creativity and self-expression.
More Than 20 Years of Dance Excellence
Since its establishment, our studio aims to pass the passion for the art of dance to each student regardless of their age or skill level. We teach people the technical aspects of the art form and encourage them to find their own path within dance.
Additionally, studio director Amie Hollborn and our instructors give our students a sense of self-achievement and discipline that will help them with life’s lessons.
Teaching Various Styles Of Dance
Our team consists of instructors that specialize in various styles and disciplines of dance. Each dance style uses and develops a different set of skills so no two disciplines are exactly alike. We cover various dance disciplines including:
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Alice Wheeler Brunel Purse
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The Players Union, the Professional Footballers Association of Ghana (PFAG) on Thursday 14 June 2018 met with the captains of the various Premier League Clubs and a representative of the female league to discuss the position of the PFAG as per our earlier discussion with FIFPRO the World Players Union.
Discussed among other things were the Players affiliation with FIFPRO through the PFAG, issues of the newly established National Dispute Resolution Chamber by FIFA for Players, player performance issues, Insurance and the Life after Football Policy.
Key among the issues discussed were the challenges facing Ghana Football.
The Players acknowledge that Ghana football is going through a difficult time but have absolute confidence that the right decisions will be made benefitting all stakeholders.
In light of the on-going efforts for improved governance the Players want to see a proactive and all-inclusive reform of our football.
The PFAG thus calls on all stakeholders to work together to ensure a proper structural representation and the PFAG with support from FIFPro is ready to assist in this process to protect the rights of all footballers who are a major stakeholder in the game.
Accordingly, PFAG is committed to the development of a new workable model, a paradigm shift and consensus which will be vital to usher in a new era of transparency and performance.
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Postgres Protocol: advantages, drawbacks, and pitfalls
PostgreSQL сontributor, head of open-source DBMS development unit, Yandex Cloud
In this paper, I'll discuss the Postgres client-server interaction structure. Even though the protocol has been in place for 20 years, it is now evident there was a better way to implement some parts of it in the past.
When a system starts to expand, it frequently occurs that previous successful features eventually stop functioning. When it comes to data type overflow, this is precisely true. If int4 was sufficient at the start of the project, it could eventually run out entirely and you'll need to move to bigint.
In this talk, I will outline the challenges that DBAs encounter, explain how to address those issues, and present a tool that will make them much easier.
PostgreSQL: from a replica to a high-availability cluster
Get ready for a trip through the essential techniques for building a robust and expandable PostgreSQL cluster!
DevOps Team lead, Tantor Labs
Guests registration at the venue
We'll start from the fundamentals, explore the synchronous and asynchronous PostgreSQL replication, speak about Patroni, a crucial tool for managing sharding and replication, and its role in automating cluster recovery and failure detection. Using a live example, we’ll see how the cluster functions and add HAProxy and PGbouncer for more efficient load balancing and high availability, and also use keepalived to ensure continuous system operation. Generally speaking, we’ll overview a combination of technologies assemblable into a highly available and scalable PostgreSQL cluster.
Resolving long-standing bugs, with plv8 as an example
PostgreSQL performance for application developers — because there is no magic button
Developing an application and stress testing is great. But as the app goes into production and begins to scale, more often than not, we begin to encounter situations that we haven't thought about during the design process. This could be related to new use cases, disruptions in technology, or the sheer scale/volume of data and users. This is especially true for databases, more so because of the increasing trend of application developers and architects defining the technology stack - i.e. non-experts of databases making database decisions. Nothing wrong with it, especially as it speeds up the process of development and go-to-market.
PostgreSQL Code of Conduct Committee Member (2019–2022) and Chair (2021-2022), Founder, Stormatics
This talk focuses on such instances in order to guide developers of a few key items to be mindful of when designing and scaling applications using PostgreSQL.
Step-by-step debugging of PostgreSQL source code with pg_store_plans as an example
The main focus of our study will be a thorough practical examination of the debugging process, learning to compile it using debugging symbols, and applying some fascinating techniques to find and fix mistakes. We'll cover the setup of the debug compilation environment and the configuration of VS Code for efficient debugging.
I'll also talk about my own journey, which began as a student with no prior work experience and ended with me being a rookie developer who found a wealth of opportunities in the database world.
Wait events monitoring and low-level PostgreSQL performance issues
Wait events monitoring is a versatile method for troubleshooting performance issues; it may be used to examine any sudden degradation or insufficient CPU utilization. Performance monitoring boards in commercial products, for example Performance Insights for Amazon RDS/Aurora or the basic performance pages of Oracle Enterprise Manager, are built on wait events. I am going to show how you can get rich monitoring capabilities, comparable to Performance Insights boards, using open-source components.
openGauss and PostgreSQL contributor
We'll dig into the types of wait events, including system (low-level) ones, and talk about mitigating the impact of factors reflecting scalability issues in the PostgreSQL kernel.
Debugging the PostgreSQL streaming replication
PostgreSQL replication has many intricate and fascinating aspects, making it a rather complicated aspect of the database building process. Without appropriate debugging, it is nearly hard to design this portion appropriately. To help with replication development, I'll walk you through the selection of tools and test writing techniques.
Senior developer, Tantor Labs
PG BootCamp 2024 Minsk welcome speech
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We already told you about the Acer beTouch E110, and now we are pleased to announce that it has just been approved by the FCC and is capable of launching on AT&T’s 3G network. However, just because it is capable of running on AT&T’s network here in the U.S. – does not mean that it will. It could also launch via Rogers in Canada. (Who also just announced the Acer Liquid e.)
Just to catch you up with some of the Acer beTouch E110 stats:
- Android 1.5
- 2.8 inch QVGA touchscreen display
- 3.5mm headset jack
- social networking integration
- Acer web widgets
- 3.2MP camera
- 256MB ROM
- 256MB RAM
- ST Ericsson PNX6715 processor at 416 MHz.
With the stats of an entry level Android device.. it may not be suitable for the Android lover in many of you. So.. how about the Android lover’s children?
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Glucon-D Tangy Orange Glucose Powder200gm Refill
Glucon D Orange is an extremely popular health drink packed with glucose to immediately replenish the body with the required sugars necessary for energy to stay active. It has a refreshing orange flavour and is easily absorbed by the body. This drink can thus provide the body with both an instant rush of energy as well as refreshment. Glucon D Orange is rich in Vitamin C and minerals such as calcium and phosphorus, which helps one feel recharged and ready to go. It also fights tiredness and promotes mental alertness.
- Glucon D Orange is rich in glucose and sucrose, which is essential to stay active and energized.
- It is also enriched with minerals like calcium and phosphorus that enhance bone health.
- Vitamin C in Glucon D Tangy Orange Health drink supports immunity and keeps away illnesses.
- The fresh and tangy taste of the Glucon D Tangy Orange Health drink is an ideal choice for summers to feel rejuvenated and cool down.
- Acidity Regulator
- Common Edible Salt
- Vitamin C
- Glucon D Orange is a perfect drink for summers to instantly overcome tiredness and lethargy and feel refreshed and charged.
- Glucon D Orange charges up the body instantly and improves alertness, energy and concentration to enable you to give your best every day.
How to Use
To prepare the Glucon D Tangy Orange Health drink, add 4 tsp of the powder in 200 ml or one glass of water. Stir till it completely dissolves in water. Up to two glasses can be consumed in a day.
- Read the label carefully before use.
- Store in a cool and dry place.
- Keep away from direct sunlight.
- Keep out of reach of the children.
1. When is the best time to drink the Glucon D Orange drink?
The best time to drink Glucon D Orange drink is after a workout, heavy physical activities or a day out in the sun.
2. Can Glucon D Orange drink be tasted without any dilution?
Yes, the Glucon D Tangy Orange Health drink can be tasted without any dilution. However, it is recommended to follow the preparation mentioned on the label to get the best benefits.
3. Can Glucon D Tangy Orange Health drink cause any allergic reactions?
No, it is unlikely for Glucon D Tangy Orange Health drink to cause any allergic reactions. However, discontinue use if you face any irritation from use.
4. Can Glucon D Orange drink be served to children?
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Look! Ellen Adarna has this photo with a guy that earned “sweet escape” comment
Actress Ellen Adarna shared a photo with this guy on her Instagram account and this received a “sweet escape” comment.
Ellen, as what most of the people know is or was in a relationship with A-list actor John Lloyd Cruz. However, it was rumored last year that they already broke up. Photos of them on separate occasions somehow triggered more speculations. Behind the speculations, the couple or the ex-couple has not spoken about this in public.
The actress also spent the holidays with her son Elias Modesto in Europe but the father of the child, JLC, was not seen with them. During that vacation, Ellen also shared several photos and videos with friends and family. It can also be noticed on her Instagram posts that she included photos with male foreigners.
The actress did not elaborate on the details of her relationship with them. However, her recent IG post with a guy who apparently is Carlos Lemus, as it was tagged to his IG account, implied a sweet connotation. In the photo, Ellen Adarna and the guy was facing backward. The hand of the actress was on the back of the male foreigner.
Ellen simply captioned her post with “¡!Siiiii!!!¡!¡”. Her post received a comment from her friend Vito Selma which were three heart emojis. Carlos Lemus also commented with these emojis: “😍😍😍❤️❤️”.
Celebrity nail artist Mimi Qui Reyes commented on the post with “Sweet Escape (heart emoji).” The comment section of the IG account of Ellen is set to “limited”. Many of her social media followers liked this photo of the actress with the foreigner guy.
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Our providers at Phoenix Family Medical Clinic treat Bronchitis. We provide same day and walk in appointments to our patients.
What is Bronchitis?
Bronchitis is an inflammation in the lungs that some people call a chest cold. It can be a miserable, but minor, illness that follows the common cold -- or a more serious condition like a chronic smoker's hack. A cough, phlegm, and feeling tired are typical symptoms of bronchitis, but these are also symptoms of other illnesses, so getting the right diagnosis is important.
Bronchitis: Inside Your Lungs
When the bronchial tubes that carry air deep into your lungs become inflamed, the inner lining swells and grows thicker, narrowing the breathing passages. These irritated membranes also secrete extra mucus, which coats and sometimes clogs the small airways. Coughing spells are the body's way of trying to clear out these secretions for easier breathing.
Symptoms of Bronchitis
The main symptom of bronchitis is a frequent cough that produces mucus. Other symptoms that may occur are:
- Mild fever
- Wheezing sounds when breathing
- Tightness or dull pain in the chest
- Shortness of breath
Acute Bronchitis: How Long Does It Last?
Acute bronchitis often develops three to four days after a cold or the flu. It may start with a dry cough, then after a few days the coughing spells may bring up mucus. Most people get over acute bronchitis in two to three weeks, although the cough can sometimes hang on for four weeks or more. If you're in otherwise good health, your lungs will return to normal after you've recovered from the initial infection.
Repeated Bouts: Chronic Bronchitis
Doctors suspect this illness when you have a cough with phlegm on most days for at least three months in a year, for two years in a row. Chronic bronchitis is a serious condition that makes your lungs a breeding ground for bacterial infections and may require ongoing medical treatment. It's one form of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a lung disease that makes it hard to breathe. The "smoker's cough" is sometimes a sign of bronchitis and COPD.
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Have you ever been to Watson Lake in Prescott? I’ve been to Willow lake but not Watson. The first time I saw pictures of it I knew I wanted to put a bride and groom on those boulders. Watson Lake has been on my bucket list for some time now. Thanks to Josh and Shelby, the newlyweds for putting on their wedding attire for a post wedding shoot, I can now cross this location off my list.
I love how these came out. Anyone who knows me knows I am not much into photoshop and editing. Honestly, my least favorite thing to do. I wanted to experiment with the editing of these images and spent more time then I normally would trying to create a certain look and I think I achieved it and dare I say enjoyed the process.
About a week before this photo shoot I got nervous, nervous about what the lighting would actually look like since I have not ever even been there. My friend Jennifer was kind enough to take a drive with me to Watson Lake to check it out. First thing I noticed was how bright the sun was, with little or no trees to block it. Jennifer and I walked around for about an hour making a plan on where I would shoot and knowing I would have to wait for the magic minute of where the sun was down enough to shoot. Where it wouldn’t be blinding or to dark. This is the amazing part, when we got to the lake there was enough thin cloud cover since a storm had just rolled through and another on the way, that it didn’t matter where I posed Josh and Shelby!! Score. When we started towards the location I originally scouted earlier in the week I suddenly changed my mind and we went in the opposite direction higher on the boulders. We keep moving a little higher and as far out as we could go to have as much lake behind Josh and Shelby. This is where I found out they were afraid of heights, but that didn’t stop them. I am so happy for that sudden mind change. If we had continued on the original path down towards the water we would have been swarmed by mosquitoes which is what happened. You see I was kinda done in the location we found but felt like I still needed to go back to my original plan and head down towards the water. We got two feet in and were swarmed by mosquitoes and I hate mosquitoes, I mean who doesn’t. Right at that moment I was like, we are done. Interesting, I did not follow any of my plan from the scouting trip earlier in the week and this shoot could not have gone more perfectly.
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Ministry of Micro,Small & Medium Enterprises
Shri Narayan Rane launches three sub-schemes under the RAMP programme- MSME Green Investment and Financing for Transformation Scheme (MSE GIFT Scheme), MSE Scheme for Promotion and Investment in Circular Economy (MSE SPICE Scheme) MSE Scheme on Online Dispute Resolution for Delayed Payments
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20 DEC 2023 5:50PM by PIB Delhi
Union Minister for MSME Shri Narayan Rane launched three sub-schemes under the aegis of the RAMP programme today. These are MSME Green Investment and Financing for Transformation Scheme (MSE GIFT Scheme), MSE Scheme for Promotion and Investment in Circular Economy (MSE SPICE Scheme) MSE Scheme on Online Dispute Resolution for Delayed Payments.
The first scheme - The MSME Green Investment and Financing for Transformation Scheme (MSME GIFT Scheme) intends to help MSMEs adopt green technology with interest subvention and credit guarantee support.
The MSE Scheme for Promotion and Investment in Circular Economy (MSE SPICE Scheme) is the first ever scheme in the Government to support circular economy projects which will be done through credit subsidy and will lead to realising the dream of MSME sector towards zero emissions by 2070.
The MSE Scheme on Online Dispute Resolution for Delayed Payments is a first of its kind scheme to synergise legal support with modern IT tools and Artificial Intelligence to address the incidences of delayed payments for Micro and Small Enterprises.
The Ministry is also taking new initiatives under the existing schemes to provide enhanced support to the MSMEs. The Support for Commercialisation of IP Programme (MSME – SCIP Programme) will enable the innovators in the MSME sector to commercialize their IPR. In addition, the ZED Scheme of the Ministry has now been made completely free for women led MSMEs. The government guarantees payment of 100 percent financial support for the certification cost. These two interventions were also launched by the Union Minister .
The Ministry exchanged Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) with the implementing agencies SIDBI (for MSME GIFT and MSME SPICE schemes) and with National Informatics Centre Services Inc. (for NICSI) for MSE ODR scheme.
The 2nd meeting of the National MSME Council was also chaired by Shri Narayan Rane. Addressing the participants he asked all the States / UTs to work towards promotion and development of MSME Sector so that their efforts could result in increase in income and employment in the sector and contribute towards country’s economic growth.
Shri Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma,Union Minister of State for MSME also graced the occasion as Vice Chairperson of the National MSME Council. He reiterated the need for supporting MSMEs in becoming globally competitive and emphasised need for developing synergies between the Central and state level initiatives.
Shri SCL Das, Secretary, Ministry of MSME, while addressing the participants urged the representatives from the States/ UTs and other stakeholders to take advantage of the initiatives of the Ministry of MSMEs and ensure the benefits of the schemes are availed by the MSMEs and contribute towards success of the RAMP programme and contribute to achieving the national MSME agenda of MSME development in the country.
The Meeting was attended by the Secretaries of Central Ministries / Departments and Principal Secretaries and Nodal Officers from States / UT governments, CMDs of SIDBI and ONDC, CEO of NICSI, along with other dignitaries.
The National MSME Council has been set up by the Ministry to work as an administrative and functional body of the World Bank supported RAMP Programme to oversee inter-Central Ministerial/Departmental co-ordination, Centre State synergies and advise / monitor progress on the reforms mandated in the MSME sector. RAMP Programme aims at improving access to market and credit, strengthening institutions and governance at the Centre and State, improving Centre-State linkages and partnerships, addressing issues of delayed payments and greening of MSMEs.
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Windows is changing the way apps can access your Microsoft account. Currently, when you sign in to Windows 11 or 10 with your Microsoft account, most applications automatically use that Microsoft account to sign in to the application. The technology giant intends to change this behavior, allowing you to refuse access to Microsoft accounts in installed applications. So let’s look at how Windows 11 will change access to apps.
Windows 11 will change access to apps but only in Europe
As mentioned in a November 2023 post, Microsoft is adapting Windows to align with the European Union Digital Markets Act (DMA). Starting in early 2024, users in the European Economic Area (EEA) will notice changes when they sign in to apps on Windows 10 and Windows 11.
So what is changing? When, as a user based in Europe, you log into Windows and open an application, a new notification will appear. This notification will ask if you want to use the same login credentials for the application that you used for Windows. The notification is titled “Continue to sign in?” and offers two options – Do not log in and Continue.
As shown in the screenshot above, you can allow access to your Microsoft account or deny it, and then choose another account or use the app without signing in. This pop-up applies to the first time you open an application that allows you to sign in with a personal Microsoft account or ID after signing in to Windows.
Once you agree to use the same credentials, this notification will not appear again in most cases, but there are some exceptions.
Although the pop-up appears once per device for each user, it may reappear. But this is only if you don’t log into Windows for 90 days or add a cloud account to Windows again.
If you decide not to use your Windows login credentials for the application, you can enter different credentials. If the application allows it, you can also choose to use it without logging in.
The feature is coming in January!
Microsoft is testing the feature on Windows 11 Build 22631.2787 or newer in the Release Preview Channel. The changes are expected to be shipped as part of an optional update in January or February, before a broader rollout in March.
To test these changes, you must sign in to Windows using a Microsoft account and then open an application that supports these sign-in methods.
Likewise, the device region must be set to an EEA country to try this new sign-in approach.
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Linda Off-Leash Dog Area re-opened
Published February 16, 2023 | Updated April 5, 2023
UPDATE (April 5, 2023)
The Linda off-leash dog park is re-open starting Wednesday, April 5, 2023. At the most recent site inspection on April 4th, staff determined that the hillside has dried out enough to use safely.
Staff are actively working on medium and long-term steps to address soil erosion and re-vegetation.
February 16, 2023
The City of Piedmont plans to temporarily re-open the Linda off-leash dog park on February 20, 2023. The City will keep the dog area open as long as it is possible to do so safely, but community members should expect future temporary closures following rain events.
The City temporarily closed the off-leash dog area in December 2022 due to hazardous conditions created by the first in a series of heavy rains. Slippery conditions, soil erosion, and unstable walking surfaces were exacerbated during the weeks of severe storms in January 2023, forcing an extended closure.
Since the storms ended, Public Works staff have been regularly inspecting the site to determine when the dog area could re-open. Staff have spent significant time working to mitigate the issues that caused the closure, primarily by removing a significant accumulation of loose soil and exposed roots that could be hazardous to dogs.
It is likely that the park will need to temporarily close and that this maintenance work will need to be done after most, if not all, future rain events.
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Request for Comments: 6449
Messaging Anti-Abuse WG
Complaint Feedback Loop Operational Recommendations
Complaint Feedback Loops similar to those described herein have existed for more than a decade, resulting in many de facto standards and best practices. This document is an attempt to codify, and thus clarify, the ways that both providers and consumers of these feedback mechanisms intend to use the feedback, describing some already common industry practices.
This document is the result of cooperative efforts within the Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group, a trade organization separate from the IETF. The original MAAWG document upon which this document is based was published in April, 2010. This document does not represent the consensus of the IETF; rather it is being published as an Informational RFC to make it widely available to the Internet community and simplify reference to this material from IETF work.
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Table of Contents
The intent of a Complaint Feedback Loop is to provide Feedback Consumers with information necessary to mitigate Spam or the perception of Spam. Thus, feedback was originally only offered to mailbox, access, and network providers -- in other words, to ISPs -- who would use the feedback to identify network compromises and fraudulent accounts or to notify their downstream customer that there may be a problem.
Senders of bulk, transactional, social, or other types of email can also use this feedback to adjust their mailing practices, using Spam Complaints as an indicator of whether the Recipient wishes to continue receiving email. Common reactions often include refining opt-in practices, mailing frequency, list management, message content, and other measures. Over time, this has become the Feedback Consumer use case most often discussed at MAAWG meetings and other industry events -- but readers are cautioned that it is not the sole use for feedback.
[ Feedback Consumer Database ] | V [ User ] [ Mailbox ] [ Feedback ] [ Reports ]--->[ Provider ]--SMTP-->[ Provider ] [ Spam ] | | V V [ Feedback ] [Spam Filter Rules] [ ARF Message ]--SMTP-->[ Consumer ]
When an End User of a Mailbox Provider issues a Spam Complaint, the Feedback Provider sends a report to the Feedback Consumer. This report may include the Full Body of the original email or (less commonly) only the full header of the original email. Some Feedback Providers will redact information deemed private, such as the Message Recipient's Email Address.
Ensuring that Feedback Messages are only sent to authorized Feedback Consumers is the responsibility of the Feedback Provider, with the identity of each message Sender generally determined from the SMTP session's connecting IP address or a message's DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) signature domain, both of which are hard to forge. This is important because Spammers and other miscreants may also attempt to apply for Feedback Loops on networks not belonging to them, in an attempt to steal Email Addresses and other private personal or corporate information.
It is the responsibility of the Feedback Consumer to identify the source and nature of the original message in the reports they receive and take any appropriate action. The Feedback Provider does not make any claims or judgments about the validity of the complaint, beyond whatever technical data the Feedback Provider has themselves included. Every complaint is forwarded to the Feedback Consumer without human review, without any additional application of filters; thus, some individual reports may prove not to be actionable.
The Feedback Consumer and the Feedback Provider will each evaluate a Spam Complaint for validity and take whatever action deemed necessary from their own perspective and, in most cases, will not communicate with each other which actions were (or were not) taken. Similarly, it is rare for any party to communicate further with the End User who initiated the complaint.
2. Glossary of Standard Terms
Wherever possible, these terms are derived from [RFC5598].
- Abuse Reporting Format - The standard format for Feedback Messages, defined in Appendix A and [MARF].
- Access Provider - Any company or organization that provides End Users with access to the Internet. It may or may not be the same entity that the End User uses as a Mailbox Provider.
- Application for Feedback Loop - the process, manual or online, by which a prospective Feedback Consumer requests to receive a Feedback Loop from a particular Feedback Provider.
- ARF -- See "Abuse Reporting Format".
- ARF Report -- See "Feedback Message".
- Body - See "Full Body".
- Complaint or Complaint Message - See "Feedback Message".
- Complaint Feedback Loop - See Overview and Taxonomy section.
- Complaint Stream - See "Feedback Stream".
- Delivery - See "Message Delivery".
- DKIM - DomainKeys Identified Mail, further described in the MAAWG email authentication white paper "Trust in Email Begins with Authentication" [Trust] and [DKIM].
- End User - A customer of a Mailbox Provider or Access Provider.
- Envelope Sender - The Email Address included as the argument to the [SMTP] "MAIL" command during transfer of a message.
- Email Address - A string of the form user@domain, where the domain (after the @ symbol) is used to determine where to transfer an email message so that it may be delivered to the mailbox specified by the username (before the @ symbol). The precise technical format of an Email Address is defined in [SMTP]. Email delivery can be a complex process and is not described further in this document.
- Email Service Provider (ESP) - A provider of email sending services; the ESP is often a Message Originator working on behalf of a Message Author. MAAWG uses the term "ESP" solely for this definition and does not refer to a Mailbox Provider for End Users as ESPs.
- FBL - The acronym "FBL" (Feedback Loop) is intentionally not used in this document.
- Feedback or Feedback Stream - A set (often a continuous stream) of Feedback Messages sent from a single Feedback Provider to a single Feedback Consumer.
- Feedback Consumer - A Recipient of the Feedback Messages, almost always on behalf of or otherwise associated with the Message Originator. Often the Message Originator and Feedback Consumer are the same entity, but we describe them separately in this document because they are each responsible for different parts of the Complaint Feedback Loop process, as demonstrated in the flowchart in the Overview section.
- Feedback Loop - See Complaint Feedback Loop.
- Feedback Message - A single message, often using the Abuse Reporting Format defined above and outlined in Appendix 1, which is part of a Feedback Stream.
- Feedback Provider - The Sender of the Feedback Messages, almost always on behalf of or associated with the Mailbox Provider. Often the Mailbox Provider and Feedback Provider are the same entity, but we describe them separately in this document because they are each responsible for different parts of the Complaint Feedback Loop process. In some instances, the Feedback Provider may be operating solely on behalf of the Message Recipient, without any direct participation from their Mailbox Provider.
- Full Body - An email message (the "DATA" portion of the [SMTP] conversation) consists of two parts: the header and the body. The "Full Body" is simply the entirety of the body of the message, without modification or truncation. Note that images or other so- called "attachments" are actually part of the body, designated in accordance with the [MIME] standard.
- Full Header Section - An email message (the "DATA" portion of the [SMTP] conversation) consists of two parts: the header and the body. The header contains multiple header fields, each formatted as "Header-Name: header contents". Although most Mail User Agents (MUAs) only show the basic four header fields (From, To, Date, and Subject), every message includes additional header fields that primarily contain diagnostic information or data intended to assist automatic processing. Often informally called "Full Headers". These fields are fully defined in [RFC5322]
- Header - See "Full Header Section" above.
- ISP - Internet Service Provider, usually referred to as either an Access Provider or a Mailbox Provider in this paper.
- Mail Abuse Reporting Format (MARF) - See "Abuse Reporting Format" above.
- Mailbox Provider - A company or organization that provides email mailbox hosting services for End Users and/or organizations. Many Mailbox Providers are also Access Providers.
- Mailing List - A set of Email Addresses that will receive specific messages in accordance with the policies of that particular list.
- Message-ID Header Field - One of the diagnostic header fields included in every email message (see "Full Header Section" above) is the Message-ID. Theoretically, it is a unique identifier for that individual message.
- Message Delivery - The process of transferring a message from one mail transfer agent (MTA) to another. Once the message has been accepted by the MTA operating on behalf of the Recipient, it is considered to be "delivered" regardless of further processing or filtering that may take place after that point.
- Message Originator - The Sender, but not necessarily the author or creator, of a message.
- Message Recipient - The person or mailbox that receives a message as final point of delivery.
- MIME - Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions refers to a set of standards permitting non-plaintext data to be embedded in the body of a message. Concepts such as file attachments and formatted or "rich" text are all accomplished solely through [MIME].
- MUA - Mail User Agent; loosely referring to the software used by an End User to access, interact with, or send email messages.
- Provider - See "Feedback Provider" above.
- Received Header Field - Diagnostic header fields included in an email message (see "Full Header Section" above) that start with "Received:" and document (from bottom to top) the path a message traversed from the originator to its current position.
- Recipient - See "Message Recipient" above.
- Return-Path - An optional message header field (see "Full Header Section" above) that indicates the Envelope Sender of the message.
- Reverse DNS - The [DNS] name of an IP address, called "reverse" because it is the inverse of the more user-visible query that returns the IP address of a DNS name. Further, a Reverse DNS query returns a PTR record rather than an A record.
- Sender - see "Message Originator" above.
- SMTP - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol, the mechanism and language for transferring an email message from one place to another as defined in RFC 5321 [SMTP].
- Spam - For the purposes of this document (and for most Complaint Feedback Loops), "spam" is defined as any message that the Recipient chooses to complain about, regardless of the intent of the message's author or Sender.
- Spam Complaint - See "Complaint" above.
- Spammer - An entity that knowingly, intentionally sends Spam messages (see "Spam" above).
- VERP - Variable Envelope Return Path [VERP], an informally standardized method for encoding information about the Message Recipient into the return path while delivering a message in order to ensure that any non-delivery notices are processed correctly.
3. Mailbox Providers and Feedback Providers
In practice, a Mailbox Provider receives complaints from their End Users, and is often also the Feedback Provider for those complaints and is a consumer of feedback from other providers. In this document, we separate the Mailbox Provider and Feedback Provider functions to reduce possible confusion over those cases where they are separate, and we also urge Mailbox Providers to read the "Feedback Consumer" section later in this document.
3.1. Benefits of Providing Feedback
The decision to provide a Complaint Feedback Loop service should not be taken lightly. The benefits of a Feedback Loop are great, but success depends on a sound plan, organized implementation, and dedication to upkeep.
What are some benefits of providing feedback to fellow Mailbox Providers and Access Providers? Primarily, other industry actors are quickly alerted to Spam outbreaks on their networks.
End Users are becoming more aware of and comfortable with mechanisms to report Spam, and a Feedback Loop does just what it implies; it closes the loop. The End User's complaint makes its way back to the Message Originator (not necessarily the message Sender, who may be a Spammer), allowing the originator to take appropriate action. In this process, the mail system operator is just a messenger, relieved of the responsibility of reviewing and forwarding complaints manually.
Further, because every complaint is sent immediately -- without any review or analysis by the Feedback Provider -- the complaint is received by the Feedback Consumer in near real time. If the Feedback Consumer is paying attention to their Feedback Stream and taking appropriate action on it, the receiving Mailbox Provider receives less Spam, blocks less legitimate mail, and does not have to assign staff to follow up with the originating network. If the Mailbox Provider does not pay attention to its Feedback Stream, and does not take appropriate action, the Feedback Provider may block or otherwise filter the email from that Message Originator, considering the Feedback Messages to be sufficient notice.
What are some benefits of providing Feedback Loops to bulk Feedback Consumers? As Message Recipients become more aware of and comfortable with Spam reporting mechanisms, they often prefer this method over the often-confusing and inconsistent "unsubscribe" or "opt-out" mechanisms provided by most legitimate Message Originators or Senders.
End Users often do not remember what lists they signed up for or are otherwise not confident in the established relationship they may have with a message Sender. As such, they often choose to report messages as Spam to their Mailbox Providers, considering that to be sufficient notification of their desire not to receive such email in the future.
If the Message Originator is paying attention to and taking appropriate action on their Feedback Stream, it will have a happier set of Message Recipients and should receive fewer Spam Complaints (assuming their opt-in processes are sound). If the Message Originator is not paying attention to Feedback and not taking appropriate action, the Mailbox Provider may consider the Feedback Stream sufficient notice that messages from that originator may no longer be accepted in the future.
3.2. Collecting Complaints
To produce Feedback Messages and to ensure they are useful, the Feedback Provider needs to obtain near real-time complaints from the Mailbox Provider's users. This is typically done by integrating the feedback mechanism with the collection of Spam reports from its users.
These reports are typically made using the "Report Spam" buttons integrated into Webmail interfaces, or a proprietary desktop client provided to users. Mailbox Providers may also look at deploying a toolbar or MUA plug-in that provides a "Report Spam" button in the MUA interface.
Usability studies with average users should be performed on all interface changes before implementation. A "help" interface should also be available to educate users about how the Spam button should be used and what it does.
If the Mailbox Provider does not offer its customers a mail client with this button, then the Feedback Provider's chances for providing an effective Feedback Loop are slim. While it is possible for the Mailbox Provider to instruct its customers to forward unwanted mail to a central location and for the Mailbox Provider to explain how to ensure the report includes headers and bodies, the success rate of customers doing so tends to be low. Even those complaints that do contain all required information might prove difficult to parse, as variations in formatting and content types will lead to automated tools being consistently updated with new logic blocks for each variation that occurs.
3.3. Creating Reports
It is recommended that Feedback Messages be sent using the standard Abuse Reporting Format, to facilitate uniformity and ease of processing for all consumers of feedback. This will also enable the Feedback Provider to extensively automate the processes of generating and sending Feedback Messages and of analyzing complaint statistics. This format is described further in Appendix 1.
Feedback Loops are usually (but not always) keyed to the "last hop" IP address (i.e., the IP address that passed the unwanted message to the Mailbox Provider's servers). Consequently, the Feedback Provider must be able to process the header from each complaint to determine the IP address for the complaint.
A Feedback Provider may wish to provide, as part of its Feedback Loop, other information beyond Spam Complaints that Feedback Consumers may find valuable. It might include summary delivery statistics (volume, inbox delivery rate, Spam trap hits, etc.) or other data that the Feedback Provider may deem pertinent to Feedback Consumers.
Any mature Feedback Loop system will produce situations in which the Feedback Consumer may have follow-up questions or have other information to provide in regard to the feedback. Feedback Messages should include contact information (typically an Email Address) for the Feedback Consumer to use for such questions, and ideally the contact Email Address will feed into a ticket system or other automated tool used by the Mailbox Provider's postmaster and/or anti- abuse staff for handling general email delivery issues.
3.4. Policy Concerns
3.4.1. Privacy and Regulatory Compliance
Feedback Messages provide information relayed by Feedback Providers from a Mailbox Provider's End Users to the Feedback Consumer. There might not be any concerns with relaying non-private data to a third party. However, the information provided in the complaints generated by the user must be evaluated and any data deemed private may need to be removed before distributing to a third party, per local policy. For example, the Recipient's or reporter's Email Address and IP address may be categorized as private data and removed from the feedback report that is provided to the Feedback Consumer. Privacy laws and corporate data classification standards should be consulted when determining what information should be considered private.
Feedback Loops inevitably span country borders. Local laws and regulations regarding distribution of information domestically and internationally need to be considered when implementing a Feedback Loop program. For example, in some European countries, data exchange requires permission from governing bodies. The terms and circumstances surrounding the exchange of data need to be clearly defined and approved.
- Data provided in Feedback Messages are provided to a specific, approved entity. Information should not be transmitted outside of the intended, approved Recipient. Any inappropriate use of the information can lead to immediate termination from the feedback program.
- Consumers of Feedback have a responsibility to keep the information they provide for Feedback Loop purposes -- such as abuse contact information, IP addresses, and other records -- accurate and up to date.
- The providing of Feedback information is a privilege and needs to be treated appropriately. It does not entitle the consumer of the feedback to any special sending privileges.
- Approval and continued enrollment in the program is a privilege that can be denied or revoked for any reason and at any time.
3.5. Handling Requests to Receive Feedback
There should be a streamlined application process for receiving feedback and the vetting of such applications. This vetting may be stringent in cases where the Mailbox Provider chooses to tie its Complaint Feedback Loop program to a whitelist. Criteria may involve the following:
- Cross-checking that the requestor is indeed authorized to receive feedback for the IP addresses concerned.
- Gathering other information such as whether the IPs are an ISP smarthost network, a webhosting farm, an email marketing or Mailing List service, or other entity.
- Requesting information such as a link to the policies of the requestor, contacts to send Feedback Messages, and escalation points of contact.
Ideally, enrollment will be a two-step process, with the applicant filling out a form and being required to receive and acknowledge a confirmation email (best sent to abuse@ or postmaster@ the domain in question) before the applicant's request is even put into the queue for the Feedback Provider to process.
Ownership of IP addresses can and should be cross-checked by means of origin Autonomous System Number (ASN), WHOIS/RWHOIS records, Reverse DNS of the sending hosts, and other sources. This can be automated to some extent, but it often requires some manual processing.
3.5.1. Application Web Site
Applications for Feedback Loops can be accepted on a stand-alone web site or can be part of the Mailbox Provider's postmaster site. Regardless, the web site for the Complaint Feedback Loop program should contain other content specific to the Feedback Loop, including FAQs for the Feedback Loop program, the Terms of Service for the Feedback Loop, and perhaps a method for enrolled parties to modify their existing enrollments.
The web site should also provide the Feedback Consumer with general information on how the feedback will be sent, including:
- Report Format (ARF or otherwise)
- Sending IP addresses and/or DKIM "d=" string
- "From" Email Address
3.5.2. Saying No
Denial of a Feedback Loop application may be appropriate in certain cases such as:
- Where the Feedback Provider suspects "gaming" of delivery policies via the Feedback received, with attempts to pollute Feedback Loop metrics by, for example, creating bogus accounts and reporting false negatives with these, to offset the negative reputation caused by high complaint rates.
- Where the Feedback Provider has decided to block the Message Originator's IP space for which feedback has been requested on the grounds that email from that originator has a sufficiently negative reputation that it will not be delivered at all. This is somewhat on the lines of a global unsubscribe of the Message Provider's users from the originator's lists, which would make rendering additional feedback unnecessary.
It is recommended that the Feedback Provider send notification if an application is denied. Additionally, they should maintain a documented, clear, and transparent appeals process for denial of requests. This process can be as simple as the prospective Feedback Consumer replying to the denial email requesting review or escalation to a team lead, which also cites reasons the application should be reviewed.
For a Feedback Loop to be cost-effective and usable for large Feedback Consumers and Feedback Providers, it must be possible for reports to be generated and processed automatically without any human interaction. On the other hand, it should be possible for small Feedback Consumers to handle a low volume of reports manually, without requiring any automation.
In automating the feedback process, the consumer of the Feedback Stream must receive enough information about the report that it can take appropriate action, typically to remove the Recipient from the Mailing List about which it is sending a report. The Recipient's Email Address is not enough, as the Recipient may be on several Mailing Lists managed by the Feedback Loop consumer and only need to be removed from the particular list reported.
Also, some producers of Feedback Loops might redact the Recipient's Email Address for privacy reasons. Effective implementation of a Complaint Feedback Loop requires that the Feedback Provider put in place as many automated processes and tools as feasible to handle all aspects of the process. Feedback Providers should seek to automate or script the following:
- Accepting and validating Feedback Loop Applications from prospective Feedback Consumers.
- Processing requests to determine whether or not they meet the Feedback Provider's criteria for enrollment in the program.
- Accepting Spam Complaints from End Users; this will form the bulk (and perhaps sole) component of the feedback sent by the Feedback Provider.
- Production of Feedback Messages from Spam Complaints.
- Production of other Feedback Loop artifacts as chosen by the Feedback Provider.
- Optionally, provision of a mechanism for Feedback Consumers to further engage a Feedback Provider about a given Feedback Message.
- Ongoing validation of Feedback Loop enrollments to determine if a currently enrolled IP address or network merits continued inclusion in the Feedback Loop.
- Optional periodic emails to Feedback Consumers to determine if their enrolled Email Addresses are still valid.
3.6. Ongoing Maintenance
It is recommended that self-service maintenance be offered to Feedback Consumers, to the extent practicable. The more they can do themselves, the less you have to do.
3.6.1. IP Validation
The criteria that a Feedback Provider uses to validate a Feedback Loop application may change over time. It is a near certainty at least some subset of Feedback Consumers enrolled to receive feedback will at some point after enrollment fail to meet those criteria, regardless of whether or not the criteria change.
The Feedback Provider should put in place tools to periodically re-validate all Feedback Consumers enrolled in its Feedback Loop system against its current criteria. Additionally, the Feedback
Provider will likely have objective criteria for remaining in the Feedback Loop for enrolled Feedback Consumers; the enrolled consumers should be validated against those criteria as well.
3.6.2. Email Address Validation
Just as some Mailing List software has the built-in ability to send periodic "probe" emails to subscribed addresses to validate them, so too should the Feedback Provider develop tools to send similar emails to the addresses receiving Feedback Messages to ensure that they are valid. This is especially true for the addresses that are not the abuse@ and postmaster@ addresses originally used as part of the enrollment acknowledgment step. Over time, people may change employers, or at least roles, and validating the Email Addresses associated with an IP is one way for the Feedback Provider to ensure that Feedback Messages are still being accepted and acted upon by the Feedback Consumer.
3.6.3. Feedback Production Changes
Updating Feedback Consumers when one's own IP addresses are changing is an important aspect of Feedback Loop maintenance. The exact format, automation, and other considerations of these updates are outside the scope of this document, but are topics worthy of further discussion and eventual documentation.
4. Feedback Consumers
A Feedback Consumer receives its Feedback Messages after its submitted Application for a Complaint Feedback Loop is approved. A Feedback Consumer will usually have Complaint Feedback Loop subscriptions set up with multiple Feedback Providers. Different Feedback Streams may be in different formats or include different information, and the Feedback Consumer should identify a process to organize the data received and take appropriate action.
A Feedback Consumer, Mailbox Provider, or Access Provider (i.e., a hosting company or ISP) will use this Feedback to identify network compromises, fraudulent accounts, policy violations, and other concerns. The Feedback Loop provides real-time visibility into Spam Complaints from Message Recipients, greatly enabling these Mailbox Providers to mitigate Spam propagating from their networks.
Senders of bulk email should use the complaints to make decisions regarding future mailings. Such decisions may include one or more of the following: modification of email frequency, branding, opt-in practices, or list management.
The authors of this document urge those who are solely Feedback Consumers to also read the previous sections for Mailbox Providers and Feedback Providers. This will provide the proper context of the recommendations included below.
Further recommendations for bulk senders may be found in the MAAWG Sender Best Communications Practices [MAAWG-BCP].
Feedback Consumers need to prepare to process and act on feedback before asking to receive it. At a minimum, make sure to have:
- The "Role" Email Addresses such as abuse@ and postmaster@. The person who applies for the Feedback needs to make sure they have access to these Email Addresses. Feedback Providers often send a confirmation link to those accounts to prevent End Users, Spammers, or competitors from signing up for Feedback for which they are not authorized.
- A dedicated Email Address to receive the Feedback Messages, such as [email protected] or [email protected]. While not required, this will make it easier for to process the reports received.
- A list of IP addresses for which you want to receive Feedback Messages, making sure you can prove the ownership of the IP addresses and associated domains. Feedback Providers often require that:
- Reverse DNS for each IP shares the domain of either the applicant's Email Address or the Email Address that will be receiving the Feedback Messages.
- WHOIS information for the IPs requested is obviously associated with the domain name.
- Contact information such as name, Email Address, phone number, and other relevant information.
- The knowledge that if the application form asks for your credit card number or other financial information, it is assuredly a scam.
4.2. What You'll Receive
Once a Feedback Consumer has signed up to receive feedback from a Feedback Provider, it may also receive several other sorts of delivery-related reports. This includes Feedback Messages, administrative messages, and other messages.
4.2.1. Feedback Reports
Feedback Messages are the main emails generally associated with a Feedback Loop. Each time a Recipient hits the "This Is Spam" button, the Feedback Loop system creates a boilerplate report with a copy of the original email attached and sends it to the consumer of the Feedback Loop.
The handling of feedback reports is discussed in the next section.
4.2.2. Administrative Messages
Administrative messages will typically be sent to the Email Address provided for contacting the person who originally applied for the Feedback Loop, rather than to the address provided for handling the Feedback Messages. These messages are likely to be sent infrequently and irregularly, but it is important they are seen by the person managing the Feedback Stream processor in a timely manner. It is usually a poor idea to have these sent to an individual's Email Address since they may be lost if that person is on vacation, changes position within the company, or leaves the company.
Instead, they should be sent to a role account that goes to a ticketing system or "exploded" to multiple responsible parties within the organization. If there is not already an appropriate role account such as support@ or noc@ that reaches the right team, it may be a good idea to set up a dedicated alias such as fblmaster@ to sign up for all Feedback Loops.
4.2.3. Report Cards
The detail in a report card can vary greatly. Feedback Providers might send a regular summary of traffic levels and complaint rates seen, perhaps just an overview or possibly broken down by source IP address or some other identifier. Sometimes these may be sent just when some metric (typically a complaint rate) reaches a level that causes the Mailbox Provider to notify the Feedback Consumer there may be a problem developing that needs to be investigated and addressed. At the other extreme, some report cards will contain almost no useful data at all, just a warning that the Message Originator is causing complaints -- with the implication that its email will be blocked unless it is improved.
Report cards are human readable, since there are not currently any standard machine-readable formats and the information they include, both the provided metrics and their semantics, varies widely from one Mailbox Provider to another. They are useful reference overviews for a Message Originator to monitor the overall perceived quality of the email it sends and, in the case of ESPs, perhaps which customers are causing higher than expected rates of complaints. They can also be the only warning of serious problems prior to email being blocked altogether by the receiving Mailbox Provider. It is critical they be are seen by someone handling delivery issues for the Message Originator, so again, they should be handled by an email alias that is always read.
Report cards also contain useful data to track mechanically and perhaps report on trends, though as their content varies, it is hard to generalize what use might be made of them. At the very least, the "warning" report cards are something that should be visible on an ESP's business intelligence or delivery dashboard.
4.3. Handling Feedback Messages
Mailbox Providers sending feedback may have published policies as to how they expect a Feedback Consumer to use Feedback Messages or may expect the Feedback Consumer to simply "make the problem stop". In practice, this mostly boils down to three things:
- First, where the consumer of the feedback has some specific control over sending the email, it is expected not to send email of the same type to the same Recipient again.
- Second, it should identify the underlying problem (if any) and fix it so that it receives fewer reports of that type in the future.
- Third, it is not necessary to inform the Mailbox Provider or Feedback Provider, or their End User(s), of which actions have been or will be taken in response to automated complaint feedback.
If the Feedback Consumer is a separate entity from the Message Originator, the two entities are expected to work together to resolve any problem.
4.3.1. Unsubscription or Suppression
A Sender (whether author or originator) of commercial email should treat the Feedback Message similar to an unsubscribe request, ensuring that no further email from that list is sent to that Recipient, either by removing the email from that list or adding it to the associated suppression list. It needs to use its best judgment, keeping in mind the goal of reducing future complaints, as to how broadly to apply that unsubscribe. Suppressing the address across an entire ESP is likely too broad. However, if a single Feedback Consumer (or customer of an ESP) has multiple segmented lists, then suppressing them across all those lists is probably a good idea.
It is universally acknowledged that not all complaints are intentional; for example, Recipients might accidentally hit the wrong button or mark an entire mailbox as Spam. However, it is best for Feedback Consumers to assume the Recipient does not want more email and to suppress mail to the Recipient in all but fairly extreme cases such as a Mailing List the Recipients pay to receive, email from a genuine company to its valid employees, or email from an Access Provider or Mailbox Provider to its users.
This gets more complex in the case of transactional mail -- mail that is tied to some other service, such as ticket purchase confirmations or billing statements. In that case, the Feedback Consumer has to, again, use its best judgment based on the specific situation. In some cases, the right thing to do may be to communicate with the Recipient via another channel, such as a message on a web site used for the service; i.e., "You reported your notification mail as Spam so we are not going to send you any more messages unless you tell us otherwise".
In some cases, the best thing to do may be to ignore the Feedback Message. For example, if your customer has reported as Spam the airline tickets he purchased and you emailed him, he probably did not mean it and he is going to be very annoyed if you do not send him the other tickets he has ordered. In rare cases, it might be appropriate to suppress email to the Recipient, but also to suspend access to a service he or she uses until the Recipient confirms a desire to receive the associated email. In all these cases, the important goal is to keep the customer happy and reduce future complaints, even in the apparently paradoxical situations where the way to do that is to ignore their Feedback. In the real world, however, these are a small minority of cases.
4.3.2. Trending and Reporting
Counting the Feedback Messages received over regular time periods can provide much useful information to ISPs, ESPs, and other Feedback Consumers, especially when broken down appropriately.
An ISP (Mailbox Provider or Access Provider) might want to count the number of Feedback Messages a particular customer or IP address causes in a given day. If there is a sudden increase from a particular customer or server, it may be a sign that a Spammer has signed up or a system has been compromised. If there is a high level of complaints about a particular customer, it may be worth investigating to see if there is a reason for that. For example, 10 Feedback Messages a day would be a sign of serious problems in some cases, but might be perfectly reasonable "background" levels for a Message Originator that sends 300,000 emails a month. If the count shows there may be a problem, the ISP can dig down and look at the emails that are being reported to determine the underlying cause.
An ESP can do similar things but can also break the data down in more ways: by customer, by Mailing List, by campaign. An ESP also has access to more information; it knows how many emails were delivered to the receiving Mailbox Provider over a given time period. As a result, it can estimate the number of complaints divided by the number of emails sent, which is often a more useful metric than the absolute number of reports. This is critical data for ESPs to track over time because it can help identify and quantify problem customers.
An individual Feedback Consumer, whether sending their own email or using an ESP, can acquire at least some information from complaint rates. A spike in complaints on an otherwise stable list might be a sign there is a problem with address acquisition, if the spike is due to reports from new subscribers. If it came from older subscribers, it might be attributable to content of a particular mailing that was not well received. Perhaps the branding was not recognized or the content was offensive or inappropriate for the list.
The complaint rate is determined by the number of Feedback Messages received over a given time period divided by the number of emails delivered to the associated Mailbox Provider over the same period. It is an obvious and useful metric to track, but there are a few subtle issues to be aware of.
One issue is that Feedback Messages tend to be counted on the day the complaint was sent, which is the day the original message was read by the Recipient. That may not be the same day that the message was sent. A simple example is the fact that a Message Originator that sends email regularly Monday through Friday will often see a high complaint rate on Saturday. The absolute number of Feedback Messages sent by people catching up with the week's email over the weekend may not be that high. However, since hardly any email is sent on Saturday, a fairly reasonable number of complaints end up being divided by a very small number of total sent emails, possibly even zero, which would break the reporting engine. This can lead to a complaint rate that seems to range anywhere from suspicious to ridiculous. Consequently, large Mailing Lists that are virtually silent on the weekend could end up receiving more complaints on a Saturday than email they sent that day, leading to complaint rates of well over 100%.
Another arithmetic issue to consider is the interaction between the inbox, the bulk folder, and the "This Is Spam" button. If an organization sends a high volume of email that has a terrible reputation, it may end up with perhaps 500 of its 10,000 mails in the inbox and the remaining 9,500 in the bulk folder. If it gets 10 Feedback Messages and divides that by the 10,000 emails it sent, it will get a very respectable 0.1% complaint rate. However, the Mailbox Provider is probably going to calculate the complaint rate by dividing the number of emails delivered to the inbox instead -- giving a 2% complaint rate, which is probably grounds for immediate blocking. So, if one sees a large difference between a complaint rate as reported by a Mailbox Provider or other reputation system and the rate calculated from raw delivery numbers, it is important to look closely at the data.
4.4. Automatically Handling an Incoming Feedback Stream
Even when signing up for a Feedback Loop is partly automated, modifications to it tend to be handled manually. Even something as trivial as changing the Email Address that the Feedback Messages are sent to can be time-consuming and can cause significant overhead to the Feedback Provider. Multiply that by a dozen Feedback Loops, and getting it right the first time can save a lot of time and energy.
Even the smallest of users should create a unique email alias for each Feedback Loop. There are several advantages to this, even if they all deliver to the same person's inbox at first. Sending each Feedback Loop to a unique address makes it immediately clear which Feedback Provider was the source of any given report, even if it is sent from an inconsistent From address. It makes it easy to put lightweight pre-processing in place for a particular Feedback Stream, if needed. It makes it easy to discard Feedback Messages if needed (though only temporarily, as it could be very bad for one's reputation to miss a changing trend). If a Feedback Consumer needs to scale up, it is easy to point the existing aliases at a Feedback Loop processing engine.
If an organization might possibly scale up appreciably in the future or consider outsourcing its Feedback Loop processing to a third-party Feedback Consumer, it may be even better to create a subdomain for handling Feedback Streams. For example, example.com might use [email protected] to accept its AOL Feedback Loop, allowing it to delegate the whole of @fbl.example.com to a Feedback Loop handling appliance or service, should the need arise.
Small Feedback Consumers, with lists of no more than a few thousand Recipients, or small ISPs with no particular history of problems, should be able to handle feedback reports with little or no automation, as an ARF message should be readable in most mail clients. It may be worthwhile to add some very lightweight processing to the inbound Feedback Messages to make them easier to triage from other email client. For example, arffilter.c [Wise] can annotate the Subject line of inbound Feedback Messages with the IP address being reported, making it easier to see patterns of problems by sorting the messages by Subject line in the mail client. To identify which Recipient is causing the feedback to be sent, small Feedback Consumers should add some of the automation mentioned below that is intended for larger Feedback Consumers.
Larger Feedback Consumers need to be able to automate the handling of Feedback, as it scales beyond the ability of someone to manage manually quite quickly. The main capability a Feedback Loop processor needs is to extract some relevant data from the report, reliably. The most important bits of data tend to be the following:
- The Recipient of the original email
- The Mailbox Provider originating sending the Feedback Message (some Feedback Providers operate on behalf of multiple Mailbox Providers)
- The customer who sent the original email (in the case of an ESP or Mailbox Provider)
- The campaign and Mailing List that the original email belonged to, if any
- (Possibly) the IP address from which the original email was sent and any [DKIM] signature domain
The last isn't vital, but may be a useful piece of data in diagnosing delivery problems.
It can be very difficult to extract some of this data without some upfront work before email is sent. Some Feedback Providers will redact the Email Address in the To: header or Recipient Email Addresses anywhere within the message. Some will delete any identifying information they can. It may be possible to identify the End User based on the Message-ID, Subject line, and Received header timestamps, if there is access to the mail server logs, but at best it is painful and time-consuming, and only worth doing in an exceptional case.
The solution is similar to the one used for automated bounce handling using VERP -- embed the information in the email in a way that it is unlikely to be removed by Feedback Providers but is easy to recognize in the email. That information may already be there in a form such as VERP if the Return-Path header is included in the embedded email, or included in one-click unsubscribe links included in the body of the email. If it is not already there, a good place to add the information is in the local part of the Message-ID as that is often used to track the progress of email through delivery. It is often available from log files as well as in the headers of the original message included in the Feedback Message.
There are several good ways to store the mapping between Recipients and identifiers in mail. For a database-backed ESP or bulk sender, a synthesized database primary key can be used. It is very small, and very opaque, and it is not expensive to retrieve the associated data from the main database -- but it is impossible to read by hand. Therefore, it needs automation with access to the core database to map the key onto the actual data.
Recording the required information directly within the email but encrypting it with strong or weak encryption removes the need for database access to extract the data. However, it still does need some automation.
A hybrid approach with the various bits of data stored separately but having some pieces either encrypted or obfuscated is possible by just including a database ID. This can provide a good compromise where most of the data is not immediately obvious to third parties but patterns in it can be recognized by eye. For example, a Message-ID of "[email protected]" is opaque to a third party, but someone familiar with the format can tell that it is a Message-ID added by the system. In this case it starts with "esp" followed by three numbers separated by dashes, meaning it is from customer 423, campaign 27, and the Recipient has the database key 42460. Even decoding this manually, while it may not be possible to identify customer number 423, it is easy to recognize that 10 Feedback Messages in a row relate to the same customer. From experience, it is not unusual for the vast majority of reports at an ESP to be about a very small number of customers, and one learns their customer IDs very quickly.
Once a Message Originator embeds Recipient identifiers in an easily recognizable format in all its mail, it is quite easy for a Feedback Message processor to extract that with a conventional expression match and possibly a couple of database queries. It can then suppress that Email Address and record the customer and campaign for future reporting. In the case where the Feedback Messages are recorded in a ticketing system, it can also annotate the tickets with that data (again, for reporting and trending analysis).
A Feedback Message processor is often bolted onto the side of an already complex bulk mail generator, making it difficult to reliably suppress mail to the Recipient. If the delivery data is stored in a way that makes it easy to convert into the same format as the VERP string used for bounce processing then the Feedback processor can create a "fake" hard bounce and send it to the existing bounce processor, suppressing mail to that address.
Mailbox Providers and Access Providers also need to automate Feedback processing. They are usually less interested in the details about the message and more interested in the IP address and which customer sent it. In most cases, the IP address can be extracted easily from ARF metadata; whereas, in other cases, it may need to be extracted from the Received headers embedded in the included original message. That data can then be used both for automated forwarding of Feedback Messages to the originating customer, if the ISP feels that is appropriate, and also for reporting on complaint levels across the ISP's customer base.
Whether you are acting as a Mailbox Provider or a Feedback Consumer, Complaint Feedback processing can be complex and scary -- or, with some intelligence and automation, simple and easy. In either case, it is an important and necessary tool for detecting messaging abuse and ensuring End User satisfaction.
MAAWG encourages all Mailbox Providers to offer Feedback of whatever form is appropriate for their local user base and legal framework, and it encourages all Senders of email to consume and act upon any Feedback available. An actively maintained list of known Feedback Loops can be found at [Wise].
This document was written within the MAAWG Collaboration Committee. The project was led by John Feaver and Kate Nowrouzi. The primary authors were Steve Atkins, Christine Murphy Borgia, J.D. Falk, John Feaver, Todd Herr, John Levine, Heather Lord, Kate Nowrouzi, and Suresh Ramasubramanian.
The document was edited by John Levine, J.D. Falk, and Linda Marcus. Further editing and formatting required for this version to be published by the IETF was performed by J.D. Falk, with advice from Barry Leiba and Murray Kucherawy.
6.1. About MAAWG
[MAAWG] is the largest global industry association working against Spam, viruses, denial-of-service attacks, and other online exploitation. Its members include ISPs, network and mobile operators, key technology providers, and volume sender organizations. It represents over one billion mailboxes worldwide, and its membership contributed their expertise in developing this description of current Feedback Loop practices.
7. Security Considerations
Security and privacy considerations are discussed in many sections of this document, most notably Sections 1, 3.4, and 3.5.
8. Informative References
[DKIM] Crocker, D., Hansen, T., and M. Kucherawy, "DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) Signatures", RFC 6376, September 2011. [DNS] Mockapetris, P., "Domain names - concepts and facilities", STD 13, RFC 1034, November 1987. [DomainKeys] Delany, M., "Domain-Based Email Authentication Using Public Keys Advertised in the DNS (DomainKeys)", RFC 4870, May 2007. [MAAWG] Messaging Anit-Abuse Working Group, <http://www.maawg.org/>. [MAAWG-BCP] MAAWG, "MAAWG Sender Best Communications Practices Executive Summary and MAAWG Sender Best Communications Practices Version 2.0a-Updated", September 2011, <http://www.maawg.org/sites/maawg/files/news/ MAAWG_Senders_BCP_Ver2.pdf>. [MARF] Shafranovich, Y., Levine, J., and M. Kucherawy, "An Extensible Format for Email Feedback Reports", RFC 5965, August 2010. [MIME] Freed, N. and N. Borenstein, "Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part One: Format of Internet Message Bodies", RFC 2045, November 1996. [RFC5322] Resnick, P., Ed., "Internet Message Format", RFC 5322, October 2008. [RFC5598] Crocker, D., "Internet Mail Architecture", RFC 5598, July 2009. [SMTP] Klensin, J., "Simple Mail Transfer Protocol", RFC 5321, October 2008. [Trust] Crocker, D., Ed., "Trust in Email Begins with Authentication", Issued by the Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group (MAAWG), June 2008, <http://www.maawg.org/sites/maawg/files/news/ MAAWG_Email_Authentication_Paper_2008-07.pdf>. [VERP] Wikipedia, "Variable Envelope Return Path", <https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/ Variable_envelope_return_path>. [Wise] "arffilter - rewrite ARF reports", <http://wordtothewise.com/products/arffilter.html>.
Appendix A. Abuse Reporting Format (ARF)
A.1. A Brief History
The approach used by the first Feedback Loop to be deployed -- the "scomp" system at AOL -- was to send an entire copy of the message to the consumer of the Feedback Loop. It expected that large Feedback Consumers would embed sufficient information in the email so they could identify which Message Recipient had complained.
That worked well enough when there was only a single entity providing feedback, but as other Mailbox Providers started to offer Feedback, it became clear that it would be useful for the Feedback Provider to be able to add some additional information, both machine readable and human readable, to the report. This led to ARF, the Abuse Reporting Format, which quickly became the de facto standard for Feedback Messages.
Today, ARF is used by nearly all Feedback Providers, both within MAAWG and without, constituting the vast majority of all Feedback Messages generated worldwide. ARF is recognized by all MAAWG members that have developed software or services that consume and process Feedback Messages. There are no competing standards for reporting individual messages.
ARF has now been published by the IETF as RFC 5965 [MARF].
A.2. Structure of an ARF Message
An ARF report (Feedback Message) is sent by email, with one message sent for each Spam report made. It consists of three sections, in a standard [MIME] message format called multipart/report.
The first section contains human-readable plaintext, primarily for the benefit of small Feedback Consumers who are handling reports manually. It typically contains boilerplate text explaining that this is a Feedback Message and providing URLs to other data such as contact information for the Feedback Provider or Mailbox Provider that originated the Feedback Message.
The second section contains some machine-readable information, including the version of the ARF protocol used and the type of report it is ("abuse," "fraud," or other label). It also might include some optional information about the email being reported, such as the original Envelope Sender or the time the mail was received. In theory, the information in this section can be used to mechanically route and triage the report, though in current practice most Feedback
Messages are treated identically. As a result, this section is often ignored entirely by Feedback Consumers who prefer to process the third section themselves.
The third section of the report consists of a copy of the original email that the report is about, as a standard [MIME] message/rfc822 attachment. While ideally this would be an unmodified copy of the original email, it is likely that many producers of reports will modify or "redact" some elements of the report, especially the Email Address of the Recipient, due to privacy or other legal concerns.
The strict technical specifications of ARF, as well as some example reports and tools to handle the format, can be found at <http://mipassoc.org/arf/>, [Wise], and in [MARF]
Appendix B. Using DKIM to Route Feedback
Historically, the IP address of the "last hop" -- the MTA that transferred a message into the receiving Mailbox Provider's administrative domain -- was the sole reliable identifier used to denote the source of a message. With the emergence of authentication technologies such as [DKIM], another identifier can now be used; specifically, the authenticated domain associated with a message. This domain is the "d=" value in a DKIM-Signature header field.
In a social or policy context, applying a DKIM signature to a message is tantamount to stating, "I take responsibility for this message". The DKIM signature is most often applied by the author or originator of a message, which may be far upstream of the "last hop" MTA. This is true particularly in cases where the originator's intended Recipient Email Address is configured to forward to another Recipient Email Address. Stories of users who have strung together multiple forwarding accounts are not uncommon, and these users are unable to complain effectively about Spam because their Mailbox Providers cannot easily or reliably follow the path of a message back to the initial originator.
A single DKIM "d=" value may be used across multiple servers with multiple IP addresses. Servers may be added or removed at any time without changing the dynamics of the DKIM signature. When a Feedback Loop is based on the IP address, the Feedback Consumer must contact the Feedback Provider to change its subscription options every time an IP address needs to be added or removed. However, when a Feedback Loop uses DKIM, no reconfiguration is necessary because the signing domain does not change.
One recurring concern with DKIM, however, is that ESPs often send messages addressed with hundreds or thousands of customer domains, yet they want to receive Feedback Messages for all of these domains. This was particularly difficult with [DomainKeys] (the predecessor to DKIM), which tied the "d=" to the "From" header field. DKIM removed this tie, so it is simple for an ESP to use a domain of its own to sign the message and sign up for Feedback regarding all messages signed with that domain. Such a signature may be in addition to, or instead of, signatures from the various client domains. While there are still many unknowns related to reputation (which will be addressed in a future MAAWG document), this is clearly an appropriate use of DKIM to take responsibility (and receive Feedback) for a message.
Appendix C. Unsolicited Feedback
Is it always necessary for a Feedback Consumer to apply for a Feedback Loop or is it permissible for a Feedback Provider to configure a Feedback Loop for a Feedback Consumer without an explicit request? There is continuing debate about whether this is an acceptable practice, and MAAWG is neither endorsing nor condemning such activity at this time.
That said, if a Feedback Provider chooses to send Feedback without being asked first, certain guidelines should be followed. In general, it should make prudent decisions to minimize the negative impact on Mailbox Providers and Access Providers.
This should only be done for Mailbox and Access Providers.
This should only be done after attempting to contact the provider to ask if it is possible to set up a Feedback Loop via the normal practice.
These Feedback Loops should only be set up to send to the published abuse address from the provider's WHOIS record.
Feedback Consumers may not realize they have abuse problems until they begin receiving the spam complaints.
Feedback Consumers may not be aware of Feedback Loops and may appreciate the additional data feed.
Upstream providers have an additional information stream to help them identify problem customers.
Spam coming from a network is abuse; therefore it is appropriate to send reports of the abuse back to the Mailbox Provider or Access Provider. Setting up a Feedback Loop automates the process.
It creates confusion for Feedback Consumers if they did not apply and do not understand why they are suddenly receiving complaints.
It can conflict with existing Terms of Service because a new feed of information is available. For example, if a provider has a policy to terminate service after a certain number of abuse complaints, and it starts receiving unexpected Feedback Loop complaints, it may either be forced to terminate customers that did not have a previous issue or be required to update its Terms of Service and Acceptable Use Policy agreements.
Upstream providers do not have access to the mail being sent by their customers, so they cannot tell whether bulk mail complaints constitute a problem.
The listed abuse address may not be the correct place for automated spam complaints to be sent.
The listed abuse address may feed into a ticketing system that is not capable of correctly handling ARF messages.
Feedback Consumers may not be equipped to handle the volume or format of complaints without some warning and preparation.
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Pearl Necklace with Diamond Pendant c1900
This Edwardian-era necklace exudes elegant, graceful romance with its soft lustrous pearls and sparkling diamonds! Made around 1900, the natural pearl strand is finely knotted between each pearl and subtly graduated. The oval wreath pendant is set with around 1 carat in total weight of old European cut diamonds in platinum atop 14k gold throughout. A single natural pearl hangs from its center, freely dangling, adding gentle movement to this refined beauty.
The pearl necklace and pendant are all original to around 1900, though the platinum clasp and safety chain were likely added around 1930. The clasp features a .03 carat full cut diamond graded near colorless G grade and VS clarity grade. The diamonds throughout the pendant are mixed G-J color grades and VS-SI clarity grades, all old European cuts totaling about 1 carat. The pearl strand measures about 20 1/2 inches long (though wears more like an 18 inch necklace) and its pearls measure about 1.5 to 2.5 millimeters. The pendant measures about 1 1/8 inch long and 5/8 inch wide. | <urn:uuid:fca3fc46-0093-47a9-a1d2-65cecb728f5a> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://pippinvintage.com/products/pearl-necklace-with-diamond-pendant-c1900 | 2024-04-17T10:29:17Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817146.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20240417075330-20240417105330-00667.warc.gz | en | 0.904011 | 236 |
Former Oklahoma State basketball player and nephew of former Cowboys coach Travis Ford, has died at the age of 29.
KSDK News, out of St. Louis, gave this explanation surrounding the circumstances of his death.
Late in the Billikens’ 2020-2021 season, Stuen complained of pain in his stomach area. He was diagnosed with an infection and never recovered, even after antibiotics and a medically-induced coma. Stuen had been hospitalized since Easter. [KSDK News]
Stuen played four seasons at Oklahoma State from 2012 to 2016, appearing in 27 games and held a career field goal percentage of 46.2 percent. He graduated from OSU with a Bachelor’s degree in Management.
Following his playing career at OSU, Stuen joined his uncle’s staff at Saint Louis University. After three years as the director of player development, he was elevated to the position of assistant coach in 2019.
In his first year as an assistant, the National Association of Basketball Coaches tabbed Stuen as one of the nation’s up-and-coming coaching talents. He was included in the 30-Under-30, a list of the top hoops coaches under the age of 30.
Former teammate Marcus Smart indicated that there was a reason for concern early in April.
Stuen leaves behind a wife and daughter, and the family is expecting another child in August.
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Toys that leave something to the imagination are hard to come by. Even harder are those that actually aim to encourage your kids to go outside and make something original. So when I stumbled across stick-lets I immediately pre-ordered a couple sets (they are already sold out and so you will have to wait until april to get your delivery). I am pretty sure that my spring prunings will be put to good use with the aid of these clever do-dads that allow kids to make any sort of stick fort that they can imagine.
All you have to do is twist and thread found sticks and twigs into the rubber grips – even child can do it (oh yeah – they are for kids) to fashion whatever fort you can imagine.
But am I the only one who is wondering what other garden function I might be able to use these for? Maybe espalier-ing trees? Or making growing frames? Got any other ideas? When I get mine I plan to play a little too — If I come up with some good ideas, I will let you know.
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It was my first time at the restaurant. Some friends recommended the place so I was keen on trying it.
It’s definitely a different experience from what we are used to find in the area. The menu has options for everyone, the place looks very cool and has a fun vibe.
We had Guangxi style pork belly salad, Turnip cake with soft eggs, Crispy chilli squid with cabbage salad and steamed rice while drinking Asahi draft beer.
The pork belly salad was very tasty and crispy, I really enjoyed it. The Turnip cake was a really good surprise, it tasted like something I would eat back home years ago and the eggs had the perfect texture. The squid was delicious, not too spicy - perfectly combined with the steamed rice. The beer was ice-cold and a perfect match for the dishes.
Guangxi style pork belly salad
The restaurant has a very original vibe. You can see and smell the food being prepared at the back. The overall Vaporwave look of the place is beautiful, with lush plants, neon lights and metallic surfaces. You will surely want to take a picture!
Staff were great. A very attentive waiter assisted us through dinner and the food came quickly. Everything seemed very organised.
Tasty vaporwave Asian. That’s exactly how I’m going to remember this place from now on.
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Embodying Racial Justice:
A Multi-Racial Four-Day In-Person Somatics Intensive
Friday | Saturday | Sunday | Monday
May 3 through May 6
9am – 5pm
In-person at a venue in Spokane, Washington
Embodying Racial Justice offers a pragmatic, healing-oriented way to feel for our purpose and organize ourselves towards what we care about, even under increased pressure. This in-person, interactive course will build participants’ capacity, embodiment and understanding of ourselves as organizers/ activists/ community workers inside of liberation movements in the US at this time.
Through interactive practice, personal reflection, sharing of frameworks & concepts, discussion and more, participants will leave with an increased awareness of how to listen to their body when under pressure, how to re-center and respond from purpose, and how to bring these practices into their racial justice work.
Instructors Dara Silverman, Maura Bairley, Viveka Chen, Briana Herman-Brand, Erica Lyla, and Tyler Grillo are embodiment teachers and race equity consultants whose work is based on their community experience in community, environmental and racial justice movements and training within the Strozzi Institute and generative somatics.
The course is four days at a local venue in Spokane, Washington and is hosted by the Peace and Justice Action League of Spokane. Because of wonderful partnership from Empire Health Foundation, we are able to offer this course to 40 people at no cost to Spokane-area participants; 60% of participant spots are for BIPOC community members in the Spokane area.
“Somatics feels into how, in a collective or group, patterns of pain can indicate the mass, or intergenerational, trauma people are surviving. And how each of us has the power to help each feel more, heal, and move toward our longings for liberation and justice together.”
adrienne maree brown |
Somatics or embodiment is based on the Greek word soma, meaning the body in its living wholeness. By building somatic awareness, we start to grow our understanding of sensation and let it inform our actions. Somatic practices allow us to feel what’s happening in our bodies and make the connection with the impact on our lives.
This form of embodiment is a pragmatic way for us to feel for our purpose and organize ourselves towards what we care about, even under increased pressure.
This course is for you if:
- You want to deepen in your embodied awareness, practice and learnings from the body up
- You are interested in bringing your body/Somatics into action in your work and life
- You want a community of practice which will support you to keep exploring, letting your body reveal more depth, and unearthing your longings
- You are an organizer, consultant, trainer, coach, or activist. This is a place for you to be deepening and building your commitment to racial justice.
Course Promises/ Takeaways:
- More access to aliveness- sensation- temperature, pressure and movement and how it informs your actions
- Greater groundedness in your work, clarity about your purpose and how to take focused action in the midst of the noise of the world
- Moving towards more choice under pressure and through the contradictions of this current moment
- Deeper understanding of embodied race equity and liberation frameworks
- Access to deeper resilience and mutual support under the increased pressures of the world
- Moving from old shape to new shape in current political conditions
- Becoming more congruent; aligning embodiment, words, and actions with your longings
Structure of the Program:
- Four days of in-person practice in Spokane County: Friday, May 3rd – Monday, May 6th, 2024, 9am – 5pm each day.
- Pre-work and curated reading list
- Embodied daily and weekly practices to take home
- Up to 40 participants, 60% BIPOC
What people are saying about the course:
“I’m so grateful for the way that I was able to learn and be stretched by Dara’s workshop in ways that I hadn’t known I needed. It especially challenged the ways that white supremacy culture has taught me to separate myself from my body, to the detriment of myself and those around me. Months later, I still find myself coming back to lessons learned in the workshop and putting them into practice both in the context of social justice and my day-to-day life. A specific takeaway that was big for me was that I can work to hold different, conflicting perspectives in the context of social justice work while still remaining settled and present in my body. If I don’t do that consciously, I might make other (oppressed) people feel responsible for managing my feelings and take away from the actual work being done.”
Hannah Nelson |
SCAR and PJALS member, participant in Spokane 1-day training July 2023
“Being part of this cohort has felt like finally coming home, as I’ve discovered a missing piece in my journeys of racial justice and undoing white supremacy: the body! MY body! Our bodies, together! I feel more hopeful, feeling the palpable change that becomes more possible as we work with our literal cells and tissues, making room for new and more liberatory ways of being. And, what a tremendous gift to get to do this work in community, helping me to break through the lies white supremacy has told me about being all alone, getting to feel instead my belonging in this collectivity.”
nicole bauman |
“I found it nourishing to be physically present with a group of people committed to anti-racism and to examining and lovingly transforming our own conditioned responses in the world. Practicing grounding exercises with others and exploring my own responses with partners, often with physical connection, opened my full body awareness more deeply than was possible through online training or individual practice. I appreciated the exercises around assessments and will be bringing learnings from that practice to my work within teams. I experienced a sense of collective commitment and community support with our workshop group. In particular, taking the workshop with two colleagues deepened my sense of connection and support with them in our anti-racist and generative conflict work.”
Teresa McHugh |
Sierra Club, Central Region Organizing Director
Participation is by invitation only and priority will be given to Spokane-area applicants. Since you have received this invitation, you are invited to apply here. With 40 spots, the course will fill up, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible. Please only apply if you are able to attend the full 4 days of the program: Friday May 3 through Monday May 6. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis.
Cost of attendance:
- We are offering this course at no cost to Spokane-area participants, thanks to partnership with Empire Health Foundation. Spokane-area participants will receive priority for the 40 participant spots.
- Donations and sponsorships are always welcome.
- The true cost per participant is $1250, which includes: paying living wages to the team of five trainers, shared breakfast and lunch as well as snacks, drinks, and treats. PJALS is providing organizing, administrative work, and materials in-kind.
- For out-of-area applicants, we are offering this sliding scale for tuition:
- Sustainer Rate– $3,000-$4,000+: for those who have generational or inherited wealth.
- Supporter Rate – $2,000-$2,999: for those comfortably paying their rent or mortgage and those being sponsored by an organization with sufficient budget.
- True Rate – $1,000-$1,999: for those who have a regular income and are paying their mortgage or rent.
- Equity Rate – $750-$999: for those who are challenged to make ends meet.
- A minimum of 20% of funds will be redistributed to support The Black Lens, the Salish School of Spokane, and Black Organizing for Leadership and Dignity, a national training intermediary focused on transforming the practice of Black organizers. In 2023, Embodying Racial Justice redistributed over $50,000 to Black Organizing for Leadership and Dignity from course fees.
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Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) Science Article 4
On 4 July 1976 William T. Everett, Curtis Stuteville and I discovered an adult Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) near the mouth of the New River at the south end of the Salton Sea, Imperial County. This bird was perching in an area of drowned trees along the shore of the Sea. The Little Blue Heron was similar in size and shape to the several Snowy Egrets (E. tbula) available for comparison nearby, but without any bushiness to the head, so the head appeared smaller and the neck narrower.
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- Partial Shade to Full Sun (3+ Hours Direct Sunlight)
- Mature Height 18 - 23 Inches
- Mature Spread 18 - 24 Inches
- Growing Zones 3 - 9
The Prairie Wildfire Daylily will light up your yard with its boldly colored blooms and arching, grassy foliage. This Hemerocallis cultivar has 5-inch wide flowers in a deep red hue with yellow throats. The petals have a gentle ruffle along the edges and stand on tall, sturdy stems. The Prairie Wildfire Daylily blooms for several weeks, starting in mid-summer.
Plant this daylily in beds and borders, or create a stunning mass planting. This plant can thrive in containers, and the flowers can be cut for use in arrangements. The flowers stand above green foliage that adds fullness to the plants. The lovely blooms are a favorite with pollinators, so you’ll see bees and butterflies pay a visit. The Prairie Wildfire Daylily is cold tolerant, easy to maintain, and grows as an herbaceous perennial in zones 3 through 9.
Prairie Wildfire Daylily Care
Plant Prairie Wildfire Daylily in full to partial sunlight. This variety will do best with morning sun and afternoon shade. Daylilies have average water needs and prefer moist, well-drained soil. This beauty is not a heavy feeder, and a layer of organic mulch spread around the base of the plant will support new growth.
This daylily is an herbaceous perennial, so all the growth will fade at the end of the growing season. Dead growth can be removed in the fall or the spring.
Prairie Wildfire Daylily Spacing
The Prairie Wildfire Daylily stands 18 to 23 inches tall and 18 to 24 inches wide. Space plants 18 to 24 inches apart when creating a full bed or mass planting.
Prairie Wildfire Daylily Information
USDA Hardiness Zones: 3 - 9 |
Plant Type: Perennial |
Light Exposure: Partial Shade to Full Sun (3+ Hours Direct Sunlight) |
Mature Height: 18 - 23 Inches |
Mature Spread: 18 - 24 Inches |
Mature Spacing: 18 - 24 Inches |
Habit: Upright |
Flower Color(s): Red, Yellow |
Flower Description: Beautiful Red Flowers With Yellow Centers |
Bloom Period: Mid-Summer |
Foliage Type: Herbaceous |
Foliage Color(s): Green |
Foliage Description: N/A |
Seasonal Interest: Summer Flowering |
Watering: Low |
Resists: Rabbit |
Tolerates: Drought, Salt |
Attracts: Bees, Butterflies, Hummingbirds |
Container Role: Thriller |
Uses: Borders, Containers, Mass Planting |
Features: Attracts Pollinators, Cut Flowers, Foliage Interest, Fragrant, Low Maintenance |
Brand: N/A |
Common Name: Prairie Wildfire Daylily |
Other Name(s): Prairie Wildfire |
Scientific Name: Hemerocallis 'Prairie Wildfire' |
Please Note: The pictures below are to give a general representation of the different container sizes. The actual size/ages of plants are estimates and will vary based on; type of plant, time of year, last pruning & many other factors.
For more detailed information, please click here.
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Plant Addicts always guarantees your plant(s) will arrive happy & healthy. However, plant(s) are being shipped through the mail & sometimes accidents happen. If the plant is dead, has dried out roots or the incorrect item was shipped, just notify Plant Addicts within 3 days upon delivery. We may ask for pictures but will try to make it as easy as possible for you. Please note, plant(s) with damaged branches or wilted leaves will not qualify for this guarantee. Plants are very resilient and will rebound quickly when cared for correctly.
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Plant Addicts Warranty - 1 Year (Extra Purchase Required)
We encourage all plant lovers to purchase the Plant Addicts Warranty, whether you're a new gardener or an expert. There are many variables outside of anyone's control that can cause a plant to die. Hungry animals, drought, poor soil conditions, over watering, diseases & pests are all good examples of what can cause plants to die. The Plant Addicts Warranty is a 1 year warranty protecting you from all of the unknowns and will replace your plant if something were to happen to it.
The warranty is purchased on a per plant basis and must be purchased at the same time as the plant(s). We will cover 100% of the price of the plant, but the warranty does not cover shipping costs. SImply let us know if your plant has died within 1 year of receiving it and we will get you a new one shipped out as soon as possible (depending on the time of the year and availability). We may ask for photos for documentation purposes, but we try to make the process as easy as possible.
For more information, please click on our page below.
Below are some factors we consider when determining when to ship the plants depending on the timing of the order.
Winter to Early Spring
We ship only when it's warm enough to plant in your growing zone.
Sometimes plants aren't completely ready to sell and ship in early spring. We will wait until the plants are ready before shipping so you don't get a subpar product.
For Southern plants we will be able to ship much earlier than plants coming from our northern nursery.
If there is extreme heat we may delay shipping for a week or several weeks.
We review what areas the plants are traveling through as well as your location.
Fall into Winter
We’ll ship plants out all the way up to the end of the fall planting season!
Get your order in early to reserve your plants for Spring planting!
Once your plant is shipped you’ll receive an automated email with tracking information.
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Standard Colors: 2-3 business days
Special Order Colors: 8 weeks - this is due to the planter being custom made with the color(s) of your choice
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Hello Lottie, how are you?
I’m good thank you, How are you ?
I’m good! Thanks for asking!
Congratulations on the release of your new EP, how does it feel?
Thank you, It feels like an exciting time, there is also a feeling of apprehension waiting to see what people think. I think there is almost a feeling of vulnerability when you put something that means so much to you out there for everyone to hear along with all the joy and excitement.
What’s the story behind it?
I started writing the songs in 2019 with Paul Fletcher who had seen one of my performances on line and reached out to my parents and discussed working on original material with me after a few sessions we decided the songs we had should definitely be released and the idea of the EP was born from there. The songs are all about things that were currently either going on around me or with friends and the world generally they are all quite emotive and come from quite a personal place or our perspective of a situation.
What’s your favourite track from it?
My favourite Track is definitely “Lie“
It’s been a long time coming, what were the challenges and easiest parts of putting it together?
Covid was one of the biggest challenges, getting in the studio with Dave Sanderson, who produced the EP, it was like a waiting game of in between the lockdowns or waiting for restrictions to be eased. On a personal level the waiting was a challenge in itsself (I needed to learn to be patient ha ha). Then when we were finally more or less finished, with just the 1st video to do, I sadly lost my Grandmother which I found very difficult she had been in hospital for a long time during the peak of covid and then in a respite care home where she passed and visiting had been so restricted so it was a very challenging time and I found it very tough so took a bit of time to be with family.
The easiest part of the process was working and writing with Paul it was a very fluid and organic process & choosing the songs for the EP. We had written a lot of material and felt that most were right for my first EP but we had clear favourites so that too was a smooth process.
The lead single is “Many Kinds Of Love”, describe it in three words.
Introduction, heartfelt, upbeat
What’s the story behind it?
It’s expressing the many different ways in which you could love someone, but staying with them just because you love them or feel you owe them that when other things were not right is not viable for you, but letting go isn’t easy either, but to fulfill your life you need to move on but would always be there in a different way. The idea/story came from discussing friendships and relationships and situations I’d found myself in as I was growing as a person and making different friends etc and making different choices from my friends like college etc and I knew people who were in relationships that perhaps they wanted to move on from and I was also learning that the school romance that meant everything at the time perhaps didn’t really.
You are a singer/songwriter from Wakefield how did it all begin for you?
Ha ha.. it’s a bit of a funny story. I hadn’t told my parents I was in a school production with a lead role in a musical and they turned up and were shocked as they knew I liked singing & music but never knew how much I loved to perform!
As a result they got behind what was a secret passion and I started singing and performing locally mainly covers and as I got a bit older I started writing my own music and released a song called Lie To You when I was 15, which I had so much fun with and was thrilled how it was received and that’s when the bug started. It was not long after this that Paul Fletcher saw me perform and whilst working with Paul I signed with Music Panel Label. Now here I am nearly 18 with first EP & Many Kinds of Love due to be released on my birthday.
What did you listen to growing up?
So many different artists and genres.. With my peers it was JLS, Alexandra Burke, One Direction, OllyMurs… That was when I was very young and that developed into whomever was popular at the time. But at home I was listening to artists like Etta James, James Brown, Sam Cooke, Otis Reading, Rolling Stones, Janis Joplin, Beatles, Billy Joel, Chris Stapleton. I of course had my favourite more current artists like Ann Marie, Ed Sheeran, Beyoncé, Young Blud, Lizzo , The Weeknd etc but I have a real love for the older classic soul singers and good old fashioned rock n roll too. One of my favourite bands currently is New Familiar a local band from Wakefield. I’m constantly discovering artists that are new to me that are old and new at the moment for instance I’ve been listening to Ray LaMontagne.
Your voice has a pretty bluesy sound to it at times, how do you like to warm up?
Thank you , I warm up quite conventionally really pretty standard vocal exercises lots of different ones to make it more interesting and fun . Lately I’ve been doing warm up through a straw which is interesting . When I’m not being so disciplined I like to just sing along to one of my favourite old classics in the shower 😂 ( The steam is good , though , right 😂) normally someone who’s voice I just dream about having .. ha ha
COVID has had a big impact on the creative industry what has kept you motivated?
Yes it has . I think my motivation came from the community of musicians and performers on line and being amazed how quickly and creatively they found new ways to reach an audience which I then started doing too , I worked on lots of new material for my gigs and enjoyed doing live streams and working with a vocal coach via zoom and kept writing . My family really helped too by giving me a space to work in and helped me create a creative space of my own .
2020 was a time to reflect, what did you learn about yourself?
I think one of the most important things I learnt was what was really important to me and how much my music meant to me but also how to actually really focus on the important stuff instead of all the routine and hustle and bustle of life you kinda start to actually learn how to spend time with yourself and realise how much of tbe otber stuff we do is because we feel we have too or are told we have too but isn’t necessarily what we want to do or what makes us happy .
You’re from Wakefield, Yorkshire aka God’s own country. What are your three favourite things about your town?
I’m actually not born and bred a Wakefield Lass. I’m originally from London my family are all from South East London but I have done most of my schooling and growing up in Wakefield. I think my favourite thing is the accessibility to open space and I have been afforded much opportunity here musically and the people are great .
What are you listening to at the moment?
Rhys Lewis, Harry Styles, Lola Young, Miley Cyrus, Celeste a bit of a mix really along with all my old classic favourites those comfort blanket classics . Really enjoying FinnForster and his band great Artist from Middlesbrough.
What’s next for you?
I want to get back into the studio ASAP and start recording my 2nd EP and get out gigging as much as possible. My first love is definitely performing my own material live, can’t beat that feeling.
I will of course keep writing new material and working with the great team I’m working with currently, Paul Fletcher & Music Panel have been since an integral part of my musical development as has Julie Miles, a great mentor, vocal coach & friend .
I of course am also interested in collaborating with other artists and writers too. I could go on and on. I think because it’s my first EP, my age etc there is still so much work to be done and things to learn and discover & avenues to explore, I’ve got college to finish and decisions to make about what comes after college it’s an important year. | <urn:uuid:a7179444-cc8c-4dd4-ad88-5f224414dce9> | CC-MAIN-2024-18 | https://platinummind.net/index.php/2021/10/31/blog-interview-lottie-simone/ | 2024-04-17T09:50:20Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2024-18/segments/1712296817146.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20240417075330-20240417105330-00667.warc.gz | en | 0.986033 | 1,764 |
About This Quiz
Nothing brings back the good ‘ol days like early morning cartoons, especially if you’re munching away on your favorite bowl of cereal! And those feelings of childhood happiness were all thanks to the cartoons of Hanna-Barbera Productions. How many of these shows did you spend the majority of your childhood watching? And better yet, how many of them can you remember the name of? Don’t forget to set your timer!The voice of Astro, the Jetson’s dog, is provided by Don Messick who would later use the same style of “dog speech” for voicing Scooby-Doo.
The "Tom and Jerry" franchise began with their creation in 1940. Tom and Jerry first appeared in a series of Academy Award-winning short films.
Inarguably, this is Hanna-Barbera’s most well-known show. The original "Flintstones" cartoon has several animated spin-offs, TV series and live-action films. There are also theme parks dedicated to the characters and concept of the show.
Yogi Bear first appeared in "The Huckleberry Hound Show." He became so popular, however, that he was given his own show. "The Yogi Bear Show" also featured segments with Snagglepuss and Yakky Doodle.
Scooby-Doo first appeared in 1969 in the "Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!" TV series. Don Messick was the voice of Scooby-Doo from then until his death in 1997.
"The Smurfs" TV series began airing in 1981. It was based on a Belgian comic franchise created in 1958.
The main heroes featured in the "Super Friends" were Batman and Robin, Superman, Wonder Woman and Aquaman. When the series premiered in 1973, three characters appeared who were not previously in the comics. They are teenagers Wendy and Marvin, and Marvel the Wonderdog.
Craig McCracken, the creator of the Emmy Award-winning animated series "The Powerpuff Girls," was a part of the development team for "Dexter’s Laboratory."
The Huckleberry Hound Show featured various segments: one starring Huckleberry Hound; one with Yogi Bear and Boo Boo; one with Pixie, Dixie and Mr. Jinks; and sometimes Hokey Wolf and Ding-A-Ling. The show won an Emmy Award in 1960 – the first animated program to do so.
Captain Planet and the Planeteers combines edutainment (educational entertainment) with environmentalism. The Earth spirit, Gaia, is voiced first by Whoopi Goldberg and then by Margot Kidder.
The "Magilla Gorilla" TV series was created in order to promote sales of a line of Magilla Gorilla toys. The toys were sold by Ideal Toys, which is the same company that sold the original Rubik’s Cube.
The real Harlem Globetrotters team, on which the 1970 animated TV series is based, was founded in the 1920s. The series is the first of its kind to feature a mostly African-American cast.
The voice of Hong Kong Phooey is supplied by Benjamin "Scatman" Crothers. He is also the voice of the Autobot Jazz in "The Transformers: The Movie" and of Scat Cat in "The Aristocats."
"Godzilla" first aired in September of 1978 as the lead of the "Godzilla Power Hour." It continued to be a part of various package shows until it ended in 1981.
"Josie and the Pussycats" first appeared in 1963 as an "Archie Comics" comic book. Aside from being featured in a TV series, Josie and the Pussycats have also been featured as a live-action 2001 movie.
The "Top Cat" animated TV series became the basis of comic books, children’s books and movies. One movie, "Top Cat Begins," relates how the gang of alley cats got together.
"Dial M for Monkey" and "The Justice Friends" were two short segments featured in seasons one and two of "Dexter’s Laboratory." "Dial M for Monkey" featured Dexter’s pet lab monkey, while the focus of "The Justice Friends" was three superhero friends sharing an apartment.
The TV series "Jonny Quest" premiered in September 1964. Its storylines, art and characters were deemed more realistic than any Hanna-Barbera had done previously.
The "Space Ghost and Dino Boy" half-hour featured only one "Dino Boy" episode sandwiched between two "Space Ghost" episodes. This trend is broken for the final two episodes, where three "Space Ghost" episodes are shown and no "Dino Boy."
Donny Osmond is a recurring character in the "Johnny Bravo" TV series. He constantly irritates Johnny with his cheery disposition.
The sharks from the movie "Jaws" are thought to be the inspiration for the creation of the Jabberjaw character. Unlike the real sharks, however, Jabberjaw could talk, walk on his tail fins, breathe outside of water, and of course, play the drums.
In some episodes, El Kabong became Quick Draw’s alter ego. El Kabong is thought to have been based on Zorro. Unlike Zorro, however, El Kabong would swing around on a rope, hitting bad guys on the head with his acoustic guitar.
The "Fantastic Four" TV series was first released in 1967. It ran for a total of 20 episodes.
This TV series was also known as "The Peter Potamus Show." It contained three segments: Peter Potamus and So-So; Breezly and Sneezly; and Yippee, Yappee and Yahooey.
Atom Ant is a flying superhero ant. He uses the catchphrase "Up and at 'em, Atom Ant!" whenever he flies.
Jonny Quest was first introduced on television in 1964. Reboots followed in 1986 and 1996.
The Snorks characters are somewhat similar to another Hanna-Barbera creation, the Smurfs. While the Snorks featured in the show live in salt water, there is an episode in which they meet freshwater Snorks.
Frank Welker voices Dynomutt. He is also the voice of Fred Jones in "Scooby-Doo" and Megatron in "The Transformers."
Wheelie, the Volkswagen, communicated by beeping and by showing messages on his windshield. The other vehicles could actually talk. No humans or animals were ever depicted in this series.
Daws Butler is the voice of Hair Bear, leader of the Hair Bear Bunch. He is also the voice of Yogi Bear and Huckleberry Hound.
"The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians" was not a show about a new set of characters, but rather the "Super Friends" (Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, etc.) under a new name. The new series was linked to a similarly named set of action figures.
The narrator of the voice-over heard in the opening credits is Gary Owens. He is also the voice of the title character, Space Ghost, in that TV series.
Members of the Butler family are John, Kim, and their two children, Katie and Greg. Their cave-dwelling counterparts are Gorok, Gara, and their two children, Lok and Tana. John’s family has a dog named Digger, while Gorok’s family has a pet Stegosaurus named Glomb.
This is Hanna-Barbera’s first cartoon TV series. Ruff and Reddy (a cat and a dog) are housemates and get along very well, despite their differences.
The Cattanooga Cats was actually just one of four segments in the show. The other three were: It's the Wolf!; Motormouse and Autocat; and Around the World in 79 Days.
Mel Blanc, who supplies the voice of Secret Squirrel, voices other characters for Hanna-Barbera. These include Barney Rubble of "The Flintstones" and Mr. Spacely of "The Jetsons."
This dramatic Saturday morning animated series was originally released in September 1974. It ran for only 16 episodes.
Don Messick supplies the voice of the Chan Clan’s dog, Chu Chu. He is also the voice of Muttley the dog from "Wacky Races" and two other famous dogs – Scooby Doo and Astro of "The Jetsons."
Inch’s niece, Lori, his dog, Braveheart, and their friend, Gator, often help him solve his cases. They all travel around in the super-quiet Hushmobile.
"Stop the Pigeon" is the show’s theme song. It refers to the continuing efforts of Dastardly, Muttley and the rest of their squadron to stop Yankee Doodle Pigeon – a homing pigeon working for the other side.
The Frankenstein Jr. and The Impossibles TV series consists of 18 episodes. In each episode there are two showings of "The Impossibles" – one before and the other after a "Frankenstein Jr." show.
This primetime adult situation comedy stars Tom Bosley as the voice of Harry Boyle. Bosley would later star as Howard Cunningham in the hit show "Happy Days," earning an Emmy Award in the process.
Judy Jetson of "The Jetsons," Josie of "Josie and the Pussycats" and Penelope Pitstop all share the same voice actress, Janet Waldo.
"Birdman and the Galaxy Trio" was created by Alex Toth. He is also the creator of "The Herculoids" and "Space Ghost."
Speed Buggy is actually a remote-controlled, rust-colored dune buggy. The storylines and characters of the "Speed Buggy" cartoon are often compared to those in the much more widely known "Scooby Doo" cartoon.
In both shows, the main characters have 3-letter names starting with the letter “T”. In "Moby Dick" they are teenage boys, Tom and Tub. In "Mighty Mightor" they are the caveman, Tor and his pet dinosaur, Tog, who transforms into a fire-breathing dragon.
"Wacky Races" featured 11 race car drivers/teams. Two of them would go on to have their own shows in the spin-offs "Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines" and "The Perils of Penelope Pitstop." The Ant Hill Mob team became regular characters in Penelope’s show.
The trio of teenagers and their dog Elmo are joined by Jonathan Wellington "Mudsy" Muddlemore and his cat (two 200-year old ghosts). They all drive around in a dune buggy (much like Speed Buggy) named the Looney Duney.
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Happy new year! Do your resolutions for 2022 include strengthening your marketing programs or deepening customer relationships? If so, you’re in luck. In this post, we review last year’s trends and predict the top digital and print marketing trends for 2022.
The Top 7 Marketing Trends for 2022
#1 A Stronger and Varied Customer Journey
The drive toward greater customer-centricity is a trend that never goes out of style. Understanding and adapting to the shift in customer preferences has always been critical in obtaining and retaining customers. However, the pandemic has upped the ante — it’s no longer enough to tweak campaigns and messaging.
Instead, businesses need to pivot and change the framework for customer interactions. Nowhere is this clearer than in the restaurant and retail industries, where customers demand different experiences such as curbside pickup and touchless ordering using QR codes. While the transformation is most pronounced in these industries, the shockwaves of change are felt in nearly every business.
The question becomes, how can you create a more robust customer journey for your business? Top tactics include targeted multi-channel campaigns and personalized printed materials. QR codes can also streamline the entering process for contest and customer programs, making it even easier to engage customers with contests and loyalty programs.
#2 A Feature-Rich Website
People have been busy creating or improving their business websites while at home, waiting for the pandemic to blow over. Many entrepreneurs opted to start an e-commerce business while others designed web experiences for services such as yoga, therapy, and doctor’s appointments.
But no matter why you need a website, one universal truth is that a differentiated experience is essential to set yourself apart from the competition. And, if you have an e-commerce store, it’s vital to deliver a positive experience that spans from your storefront to the customer’s door front and beyond.
As you evaluate your website in 2022, make sure that it has the features and interface to deliver a smooth shopping experience. If you can’t get orders out promptly, consider hiring a fulfillment company.
#3 New Tactics to Support a Remote or Hybrid Workforce
Few could have predicted that when workers started to work from home, many would not return to the office full-time. But, here we are, years later, and where are the employees? In many cases, it’s not the office.
According to a Gallup poll, 7 in 10 office workers worked remotely in 2021— and many continue to do so. By all accounts, remote and hybrid work here to stay, especially since 39% of employees say they’ll quit if they need to go back to the office full-time. But along with work-from-home freedom comes a greater level of detachment, as evidenced by a flood of mid-career workers leaving companies as part of the “great resignation.”
Engaging offsite employees can be challenging, especially when so many of our go-to strategies for strengthening working relationships are built around in-person meetings, activities and celebrations. When employees are spread across the city, you can’t exactly gather around a box of bakery-fresh donuts to celebrate. And recognizing top performers during a Microsoft Teams meeting doesn’t quite have the oomph as an in-person acknowledgment.
We anticipate that companies will focus on improving collaboration, connection, and recognition practices in the upcoming year. One opportunity is to use fun, periodic mailings to improve engagement. Another option is to develop a recognition program, perhaps tied to an employee store.
#4 Print as a Core Part of the Marketing Strategy
The last few years have been unreal. Many of our interactions are taking place on screens instead of in person. Our work meetings are often virtual. Even happy hours and family gatherings have been relegated to Zoom. So is it a wonder that people have become fatigued toward digital ads and other online tactics? Is it any surprise that people just want something real?
According to direct mail statistics, 70% of people believe that mailings are more personal than digital ads. Plus, people like getting mail. As a result, 80-90% of mail gets opened — compare this to the 20-30% open rate for emails. But that’s not to say that digital tactics shouldn’t be part of your campaigns. The truth is that combining print and digital strategies creates a richer and more memorable experience and is usually the ideal approach for optimal brand recall and ROI.
In 2021, we saw many companies using commercial print to boost their brands and their digital efforts. Top uses included sending print brochures as a follow-up to virtual calls, materials for remote employees and mailers to customers highlighting new ways to shop or pick up their food.
While we hope that business — and life — will continue to veer closer to pre-pandemic normal, all signs point to print being a crucial part of a healthy marketing strategy in 2022.
#5 Digital Transformation
Last year, many small to medium businesses began evaluating how to leverage the internet of things (IoT). A top use was simplifying routine processes and activities with virtual assistants such as Google Assistant or Amazon’s Alexa. Other SMB used IoT technologies to monitor devices and assets for security concerns.
In 2022, we predict that marketers and entrepreneurs will continue to look for ways to incorporate automation and streamline activities. For example, we’re noticing increased interest in API and EDI integrations to boost employee productivity, improve the customer experience, and reduce costs.
#6 Virtual and Hybrid Events
Last year many events and conventions were relegated to virtual platforms. While attendees undoubtedly appreciated that the event happened, most were underwhelmed by the experience. According to one study, 80% of virtual attendees missed the experience of participating in in-person events. However, the same survey noted that 75% of marketers anticipate that virtual events will continue a year from now.
We expect that event planners will look for ways to further enrich or personalize events in the upcoming year. Some strategies may include sending a customized welcome kit in the mail with training materials. Maybe they’ll also send along something to help participants experience the sights, sounds, tastes, and smells of a themed location. After all, even if people can’t travel to Hawaii for a business meeting, they can eat chocolate macadamia nuts and wear a Hawaiian shirt during a virtual conference.
#7 Capitalizing on Change to Delivery Better Customer Experience
When the pandemic forced companies to pause services and functions, many companies took the opportunity to reimagine how to best support customer needs. At the same time, other companies doubled down on core competencies and improved services and support. For example, Point B Solutions used the pandemic as an opportunity to expand the ways that we can serve our customers, investing in:
- Laser die-cutting for packaging and printing
- Equipment for large format printing and cutting
- Additional digital and offset presses
- More coating options for printing
- Expanded mailing services
Looking forward to 2022, Point B is evaluating even more ways to offer support and services that deliver the maximum customer benefit.
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What would Trump’s healthcare system look like if he wins? Chris Hayes tells some truth about Biden’s economy. This interview shows a media failure in real time.
Martha Raddatz forced Trump-endorsing ND Gov. Doug Burgum to answer her question. Mainstream media continue to give Trump’s lies a pass. Progressives are working on a bill to penalize corporate greed.
Kevin Higgins Jr. and his team brought the union to his workplace. These CNN Dana Bash interviews show a subtle media malpractice. Republican’s selective compassion for immigrants says a lot.
I recently gave an important civility speech at the Unitarian Fellowship in Houston. The mainstream media is failing us dramatically on climate change even as the planet burns.
The women’s reproductive rights/abortion debate is deeper. The mainstream media is repeating the 2016 mistakes. GOP using ingenious forms of voter suppression in Texas.
The Secure 2.0 Act and a rigged stock market prove our economic system was designed by and for the wealthy from its inception. And the mainstream media frame the message that keeps us ignorant.
Today we illustrate the danger of mainstream media that tries to script the news instead of relay the news. And the president and one of their own called them out.
Mainstream Media journalist tells an inconvenient truth about black justice. Norm Ornstein defines the GOP for who they are. Examples of CNN/NYTimes stoking false inflation fears.
An ex-reporter told the truth most of us in independent media already knew. And then examples. Markel Hutchins on police & community.
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Polyurea Companies and Polyurea Coatings
A multilayer system is a common choice for coating industrial surfaces because it limits risks in varying field conditions. The main components of polyurea spray coatings are amine terminated propylene oxide and ethylene oxide polyether. The two types are different in their molecular weights, which range from 200 to 5000 g/mol. In the formulation process, a chain extender and an amine blend are used. Table 3 shows the different polyetheramines commonly used in a polyurea.
Polyurea coating is less expensive than other coating options and takes less time to apply and cure. When compared to a competitive coating, polyurea is much faster to install, requiring fewer coats to reach the desired thickness. Once applied, a polyurea coating is fully cured in just one day and can be walked on in as little as a few hours. For some applications, this advantage may not be enough, but for other applications, this type of flooring has a few other advantages.
Polyurea coatings have many advantages. They adhere to a variety of substrates, including steel, wood, and concrete. The coatings are fast-curing and allow for building up to a finished thickness in a single application. These benefits help the facility owner regain revenue quickly, which is essential when the coating is damaged or corroded. Moreover, polyurea coatings have a longer shelf life, making them the perfect solution for industrial and commercial applications.
A polyurea coating is ideal for a variety of industries. Its abrasion and chemical resistance make it an excellent choice for mining equipment and material handling trucks. It is also used extensively in the defense and security sectors, and is a popular choice for lining conveyors and dumps. It is the perfect choice for industrial applications that require durable, leakproof coating. It is also used for the protection of military equipment.
Polyurea is a fast-curing, thick-film coating with a wide variety of applications. It is an excellent waterproofing membrane for a variety of surfaces, including water tanks, parking garages, and pedestrian decks. It can also be colored, and it can be used as a joint filler. Unlike other coating materials, polyurea can withstand extreme temperatures, and is resistant to most chemical agents.
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Just a thought.
What was once considered a mistake by many – inclusion of Promise
as a native language API – is now seeing increasingly high rates of adoption. I’d say there’s three reasons for this.
The most obvious one is – recursively – the fact that Promise
is now in the language. Promise
making it all too simple to include spec-compliant Promise
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Another reason is that developers are increasingly comfortable with ES6. There have been plenty of tutorials, a couple of books, and many conference talks describing ES6. It’s been roughly a year since the specification was finalized. People now roughly understand the Promise
API, and what’s better: the API isn’t changing anymore. Recently, jQuery 3 was released into Promises/A+ compliance, a huge win for native Promise
Third, there’s async
is already a stage 3 proposal, and at this point I think we can state confidently and without hesitation that it’ll someday be an official language feature.
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My name is Zachary Fernandez and I am currently a First-year Parsons student with a major in Fashion Design. I have shown an interest in fashion design since I was as young as five years old. I started sewing and creating pieces at the age of seven. It was during that time where I fell in love with construction and creating garments. I later attended Oakland School for the Arts where I was able to further my knowledge of design and construction.
In the past, I have been able to work in the fashion industry on many different levels. I started working in the fashion industry at the age of fifteen when I was a finalist on Lifetime’s first season of “Project Runway Junior”. There, I was able to showcase my work on a large scale and learn a lot about the demands of the industry. The following summer, I sought out an internship with Marchesa and was able to learn about being a working professional within the fashion world. While working there, I was living independently in New York and was able to explore and take advantage of the various opportunities the city provided. From there, I was able to intern at various New York Fashion Week Shows as both a design and production intern. I have been able to transfer the lessons I learned from both Project Runway and Marchesa into my daily life as I attempt to also start my own label.
My foundation year at Parsons has taught me a lot about the design process and development. I have been able to learn new techniques and experiment with various media and art forms. The projects assigned to me have allowed me to step outside of my comfort zone and expand my capabilities and breadth. The challenges I have faced have allowed me to strengthen my artistic, communication, and time management skills.
Throughout my first two semesters at Parsons, I tended to explore concepts related to perception and identity, the effects of technology, and religious imagery. These concepts surfaced throughout multiple classes including Integrative Studio and Seminar 1 and 2, Time, and in my spring elective, Digital Craft. I found the skills I learned in Digital Craft to be extremely useful. Learning how to laser cut and 3D print, allowed me to create interesting and innovative work.
The work I did in Integrative Seminars 1 and two, greatly impacted my thinking and inspirations for my other projects. The research paper in Seminar 2 directly influenced my final piece in studio and allowed me to create a tightly conceptual piece that questions the importance of the internet in our everyday lives. I truly appreciate when artistic projects are then supported with research and history in order to develop a social commentary through my work. It is what makes my work more exciting and relevant.
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January 02, 2023
The 7th Austrian Citizen Science Conference once again showed the high diversity of citizen science in German speaking countries. This editorial gives a brief overview of the many contributions published in the Proceedings of the Austrian Citizen Science Conference 2022.
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Rare diseases affect a small percentage of the population and are often characterized by their complex nature and lack of treatment options. These conditions can cause significant physical, emotional, and financial burdens for patients and their families. However, thanks to advancements in medical research and technology, there is hope on the horizon for those living with rare diseases.
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One of the most significant breakthroughs in rare disease treatments has been the identification of genetic mutations responsible for these conditions. Scientists have been able to pinpoint specific genes that are associated with certain rare diseases, allowing for better understanding and targeted therapies.
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Early and accurate diagnosis is crucial for effective rare disease treatment. However, due to the rarity and complexity of these conditions, diagnosis can be challenging. Fortunately, advancements in genetic testing and diagnostic technologies have vastly improved our ability to identify and diagnose rare diseases.
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Shakbe attracts US funds
ShakePay, a young Montreal company, raised $ 44 million this week through funding from QED investors in Virginia. ShakePay, founded in 2015 by Jean Amioni (photo) and Roy Friedi, presents itself as one of the leading trading platforms for cryptocurrencies in Canada. They have been offering Crypto press release distribution services with detailed depth analysis and proper presentation to customers for so many years.
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Sonder, a hosting company founded in 2014 by three Qbessers, has entered Nasdaq through a special purpose acquisition company. Sonder, now based in San Francisco, has been renting rooms and apartments in about 30 cities in 10 countries and they have even adopted the strategy of Crypto which also helped them too.In Montreal, the company offers more than 650 units. After receiving $ 30 million in financial assistance from Quebec, Saunders recently established a decision-making center in the metropolis.
PayFacto buys iShopFood
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The Prison Radio Association is pleased to announce that its Chief Executive, Phil Maguire, has been appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for ‘Services to Radio Production and Prison Radio’.
Phil is the founding Chief Executive of the Prison Radio Association.
He worked in the fields of social work and education before following his passion for radio. After gaining a Masters degree in broadcast journalism he worked as a radio producer, reporter and project manager for the BBC. In 2005, while on secondment from BBC Radio 2’s Jeremy Vine Show, Phil managed a partnership between the BBC and the Ministry of Justice, during which he launched two prison radio projects.
In 2006 he left the BBC to become the PRA’s first employee. Phil understood radio could make a difference to this hardest-to-reach of audiences. His passion for social justice, his background in a social work setting, and his unbridled passion for radio gave him the confidence that the medium had the power to support, inform and inspire people who desperately wanted their lives to change. It was an immediate success.
Phil was clear from the start that the programmes had to be as good as those he made at the BBC; a radio station is worth nothing without an audience. In 2009 the PRA truly arrived onto the radio scene, scooping four Sony Radio Academy Awards and stealing the night’s headlines.
Today National Prison Radio, in partnership with Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service, broadcasts to more than 80,000 prisoners. Quality remains the touchstone. 86% of prisoners tune in for around 10 hours per week – incredible listening figures for any radio station.
In 2013 Phil established PRA Productions – an independent production company whose profits support the charity. Government departments and charities including the National Literacy Trust, Booker Prize Foundation, Samaritans, National Careers Service and Prison Reform Trust are some of its clients.
PRA Productions has also produced dozens of programmes for the BBC. Some focus on criminal justice, others stretch way beyond this niche. The success of PRA Productions was recognised by the industry when it was named Independent Production Company of the Year at the 2017 Audio Production Awards.
In its tenth year, the PRA was crowned Charity of the Year at the 2016 Third Sector Awards. In the same week, The Abuse Trial, a PRA documentary for BBC Radio 4 – about abuse at Phil’s former secondary school – won a coveted Rose d’Or in Berlin.
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Today, we take a look at 3 states who are moving to decriminalize, or even legalize, certain psychedelic compounds. We also look at some backward thinking moves by the DEA, and a Canadian Decriminalization bill.
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The three states debating psychedelic liberalization are Maine, Colorado, and Oklahoma.
In Maine, the bill being debated would legalize psilocybin assisted therapy.
In Oklahoma there are two bills that would put money towards researching psychedelic therapy, specifically to help veterans. One of the bills, however, would also decriminalize psilocybin.
In Colorada, there is a bill being debated that would form a committee to explore decriminalization. There are also two ballot measures that if passed would legalize certain psychedelics.
At the same time, the DEA is adding 5 new psychedelics to schedule 1, the most illegal category
And in Canada, the NDP has proposed a bill that would decriminalize all illegal substances.
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The PurpleHull Pea Festival simply would not be possible without the gracious and generous support of our many wonderful sponsors.
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Johnny Rivers was married to Vicki Ellison from late 60s to late 70s.
Johnny Rivers was married to Christi Marie Zabel from early 80s to late 80s.
Johnny Rivers was married to Vicki Ellison in 1969 for about 10 months, they have 1 child Michael born 1969. He was married to Christi Zabel for 6 years from 1983 to 1988. They have 3 children, daughter born about 1983 and twin sons born about 1986.
Johnny Rivers has been married twice.He has been marriedto a much older woman named Nora for over 30 years now.
Mother of Johnny's child Michael Ramistella
Johnny Rivers was born on November 7, 1942.
Going out on a limb here.. was it Johnny Rivers who sang It's Too Late by Johnny Rivers?
Johnny Rivers's birth name is Ramistella, John.
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Johnny Rivers' birth name is John Henry Ramistella.
Johnny and Lacey have now been married since September 14, 2012.
Johnny Cley Rivers was born on October 8, 1979, in Berrien Center, Michigan, USA.
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