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The VitalSleep mouthpiece says that you can finally get the sleep that you need without being disturbed by your own snoring. It also says that your partner will benefit from the effects as well. But how well can a seemingly simple device like this actually work?
VitalSleep claims that one of its biggest features is the ability to fully customize it to your own mouth and jaw. This is unlike other one-size-fits-all units out there that say you can just pop it in your mouth and it will work. They say that you’ll wake up feeling more refreshed, and that the quality of your sleep will improve many times over.
They say it works by pulling your jaw forward while you sleep, so that it keeps your airway open. This is one of the most common methods to prevent snoring, and is the approach taken by many different devices, including the ones that you’ll get from your dentist. They say that this is far more affordable than going with the kind that your dentist will sell you.
As far as safety concerns go, they say that this is latex free, which is great for anyone with an allergy or sensitivity to latex. They also say that it is BPA free, so you don’t have to worry about the potentially harmful effects from that. They also say that it is cleared by the FDA, and that they had to prove not only that it is safe, but also effective in order to get clearance.
Snoring is a big problem for many people, so any product that promises a fix will get some hype from people desperate for a solution. This product is no different, although they are pretty good at keeping their claims to a reasonable level.
You get two VitalSleep unites, plus to cases for $50. It comes with a 30 day money back guarantee, so you don’t have to worry so much of whether or not it works, you just have to try it as a potential solution to your snoring problem.
After you form fit this to your mouth, and make the minor adjustments with the wrench, you simply need to wear it each night to prevent snoring. Because of the custom fitting, it should stay in your mouth more consistently, and after a few nights of wearing it you probably won’t notice it’s there any more, or you might notice it’s there, but be glad because of the results it provides.
The VitalSleep is one of the mouthpieces that you heat up in boiling water and then custom fit to your mouth. On top of that they include a hex wrench so that you can move it right where you want it, and then have it stay in place. Many people that have tried it say that it helped, and of course there are people that tried it that said it didn’t. It’s just the nature of a stop snoring aid, it’s bound to get mixed reviews.
The only potential hang up here is if you’re sensitive about having a piece of plastic in your mouth all night. Some people find it hard to get to sleep or stay asleep with a foreign object in your mouth. Even though it is designed in a way that you can’t swallow it, it is still sometimes hard for some people to get used to, even with repeated attempts.
However, if you can get over the idea of having this in your mouth, you’re in luck because mouthpieces have been shown to be an effective treatment for snoring, so in all likelihood that answer to your snoring problem lies in an oral insert. Moving the jaw forward is one of the most effective treatment of heavy snorers, and there’s only so many ways you can go about moving the jaw where you want it.
Final VitalSleep Review
VitalSleep is getting our Try rating, as it has enough positive feedback to suggest that it does indeed work, or at least has the ability to work for some people in certain situations. The method it uses is sound, and is the same approach taken by professional grade snoring solutions. The price is affordable for many, and with the 30 day guarantee in place you have plenty of time to evaluate and decide if you want to keep it.
This should definitely make it onto your short list of snoring solutions to try. It’s not so much a matter of finding the one anti-snoring solver that is better than all of the others, it’s a matter of finding the one that works for you, with your specific snoring situation. So keep the process of trial and error going, because one of these is bound to work for you, and once you find it you’ll be glad you didn’t give up the search.
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All we want to do is play
Today was a very good one because a problem that the owners could only see as difficult and worrying, learned not only how to solve it, but saw it resolved.
Some days earlier, a man telephoned me to say his young dog was causing them considerable concern. It was rushing up to other dogs and showing a substantial amount of aggression, but not actually biting. They feared that if it goes on any further, then biting might be the next step. They had two dogs but the other, which was also young, they considered was not a problem.
We made an appointment for today, even though the forecast was heavy rain. Fortunately, the day was dry and a welcome change from all the rain we had been experiencing of late.
When they arrived, I placed Winston in the puppy enclosure and following our introductions, I asked them to let their young German shepherd out of the car. After an initial sniff round the garden, it ran over towards Winston with lots of aggressive barking. She had her hackles slightly raised, but there was a slight indication of a wagging tail. For Winston, he barked playfully but without him showing any sign of his heckles at all. This meant he dig not recognise any aggression in her.
As I watched them, the next time she lunged towards Winston, I fired compressed air between them both. This had the desired effect and the German shepherd backed off. She made a few more lunges but faced with compressed air; she gave up and went back to sniffing the garden.
I asked the owner to put their dog on one of the safety lines, whilst I put Winston’s muzzle and harness on him. I then attached him to the other safety line and brought him towards their shepherd. It seemed that Winston was more interested in meeting the owners than their dog, but eventually I did manoeuvre him close enough so she could smell him. This meeting ritual is so important for dogs for without it, dogs will resort to aggression.
Seeing that the aggression was easily controlled, I asked the owner to let their dog off the safety line and place the remote controlled citronella collar on her. I also released Winston and asked them to let their other dog, which was a spaniel, out of their car. This dog did in fact have a problem but different to the other only in the way it reacted to other dogs. Whilst the German shepherd would rush in and threaten to attack in order to keep other dogs away, the spaniel would run away screaming as if Winston were attacking it. The owners were thinking that this was not a problem as the spaniel only returned to them for protection.
I asked them to put the spaniel away for a short time whilst we could then take a walk up the fields with their dog and Winston. There were a few more lunges at him but the remote citronella collar did its job. Eventually she did go up to Winston and start to sniff at him properly. After that, she was no longer a problem.
The one thing I had to do was keep talking to the owners. Again, their anxiety may well have contributed to the anxiety in their dogs. Talking to them, whilst I kept an eye on their dog, meant that I kept their concern under control. As a result, their dog soon settled down and showed that it wanted to play, just like any other dog that I have stopping with me.
Returning to the car park, I let Ruby out of my car. She is a whippet cross and is a lovely natured dog that is currently stopping with me. She is waiting to complete her six months quarantine to be able to travel to the United Kingdom. She loves to play and certainly, for the female shepherd, she liked Ruby and finally gave her the sign of Play Bow, showing she wanted to play. This was indeed excellent progress. I now put Winston on his lead so Ruby could take over.
I asked the owners to let their spaniel out of the car. Once again the same thing happened, it ran away screaming as if Ruby was about to kill her, when all she wanted to do was to meet her and sniff. I also asked if they would remove the remote collar and replace this with the anti bark citronella one. This type activates automatically so if the shepherd were to attack, her bark would release the compressed air and stop her in her tracks.
One problem was when ever Ruby or their spaniel barked, this also set off the collar so though the shepherd was doing nothing wrong; it was getting the compressed air treatment.
In order to give the spaniel some more space, we once again walked up the fields. After a few more screaming sessions, these finally died away and though it ran back to the owners for some protection, its tail was now wagging. Spaniels look quite nice with a long tail.
It was not long before Ruby started into her mad run, hotly pursued by both their dogs. At last, we had reached playtime.
Whilst talking to the owners, it was obvious that cans of compressed air worked, as did the Remote controlled and automatic collars. Their concern of course was that their dog, once off the lead, the can of compressed air would not be effective at a distance. The automatic collar could go off because of their other dog barking, so they felt that it was not a good idea. I explained that, as their dog barked whenever she lunged at other dogs, this meant they did not have to keep a keen eye on her all the time; the collar would do that for them. Though they liked the remote controlled version, this meant they needed to remain more vigilant.
My suggestion was to try the cans of compressed air with their dog whilst on the lead. Doing it this way, they could reduce her aggression towards other dogs. The other important issue was that they should also learn to control their own anxiety, as this was contributing to both their dog’s reactions. This they agreed to try, but said they wanted to return and purchase the remote controlled version in a few days. They felt that to handle their anxiety, they needed to feel totally in control, which is what this type would do for them.
What they both did agreed on, was that within an hour and a half from having two dogs that were fearful of meeting others, they could see all four were now walking and playing together. This they never expected to see. Even the spaniel had stopped his screaming and he was now running round after Ruby with his tail wagging in excitement.
If it is possible to achieve so much in such a short time, imagine what their dogs could be like in a week, if they practiced sociability training.
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Making advanced 3D technologies more accessible is one of the main reasons why we started our GoMeasure3D Shop in 2014. Even if you are a one-person company with a small budget, there’s a lot you can accomplish with affordable 3D scanners and 3D modeling software.
We are currently working to expand our shop further with CAM and CNC solutions to provide you with the full workflow of 3D technology from start (3D scanning) to finish. From reverse engineering to rapid prototyping, part analysis, and inspection, we’ve got all the tools you need to get you to where you want to be with efficiency.
New Content Series: GoMeasure3D Answers
We like to kick off our celebration with a new series called GoMeasure3D Answers. Being in the industry for quite some time, there are questions we get asked all the time. We’re working on compiling a library of these frequently asked questions to share our knowledge and love for advanced 3D technologies with you.
Our first question in the series is:
That being said, if you have any questions on how you can incorporate and implement 3D scanning and measurement technologies into your work, please feel free to reach out to us.
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PA President Mahmoud Abbas has carried out his long-term threat to join the International Criminal Court, but it may may take years before anything concrete comes of it.
The decision, to be formalized in the next 2-3 months, opens the way for war crimes charges to be brought against Israel, and equally opens the Palestinians up to war crimes charges by Israel.
But, as Carsten Stahn, a professor of international criminal law and global justice at Leiden University in the Netherlands, points out, war crimes charges are far from cut-or-dried or simple to make.
“If you include all … appeals and challenges, a case could take close to a decade at least,” said Stahn.
For Abbas, who has been in power since 2005 and turns 80 in March, a decade is a long time, and in any case the expectation was always that an independent state would happen before then.
As a result, joining the ICC looks designed more to rattle Israel, and show the U.S. and others that the Palestinians will not wait forever to achieve the long-desired political outcome.
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Does your personality fit the job you’re doing?
Personality Tests and Career Development – Is this what you really are good at?
It was mid- November 2005. The light in the small conference room was dimmed and we were all watching the presentation about the personality types of the people in our team. I was staring at the projected power point presentation that showed graphs with percentages of personality types of the people in our department.
I had the feeling all eyes were on me, I felt judged. In me pride and shame were fighting, covered with a thin layer of curiosity.
I was just two weeks into my first real undergraduate job. My boss had everyone from the department take the Myers-Brick personality test, and on that day of the presentation, I started having real doubts of whether I was in the right career path. The test showed me to be a very atypical outlier to a finance focused department – I had a strong inclination to creativity and innovation.
Whether because of my stubbornness, or because of destiny, I stuck on this path of corporate career development for more than 10 years. In my thoughts I often came back to the results of this test that were, moreover, closely confirmed by another personality test that I did during my MBA studies.
By now, I suppose, we are all clear that one can be creative in any profession, hence the term “the creative accountant”.
Yet, when someone tries to map you and to stretch you on the cross of the graph, it’s hard to listen to your inner voice – after all, learnt people with cemented credentials had created these tests!
I am not dissing personality tests here. Surely, they can give you some info about yourself but only ancillary. Most probably you will not be able to discover the right career for you, and even less to develop it.
Why? Because this is an external decoding of what’s inside of you and it is limited in detail, in taste, in feel, and overall, in perception. How does the right career feel?
Well, for once it doesn’t feel like there’s something missing. Mmmm, you feel irritated when someone takes you out of your focus, while working. You enjoy doing the activities so much that it actually feels like rest. I know you’ve heard this before. I never really believed it, until I tasted MY freedom from the idea of corporate career development.
While I was chasing a career as an employee, I was always living a double life – at work I would play the career game (and not so bad at that) but in the comfort of my home, I would train myself in spirituality, psychology and esoterics.
At one point, the clock struck twelve and I had to make a change. I used everything I had been studying all along to discover the right career path for me. I’m not going to lie – it was a long process but I was determined not to waste anymore of my life!
Now, my career path is aligned with my purpose. I see Meaning in what I do and the feedback I get from people is more precious than anything!
Based on my experience as a trainer in Business with Meaning for people who want to start their own business, and now also for mid-sized businesses, I can boldly state that you can discover your most appropriate career not with tests, not through trial and error. Nor will your friends help you.
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Phew! Writing this post after a very long time. We’re back with another Tips and Tricks on How To Get Office365 And OneDrive 5TB Storage For Free.
I hope you’re pretty excited as I am because Office365 and OneDrive 5TB of storage aren’t Free. However, OneDrive is included in Microsoft 365 and Office 365 plans and, in SharePoint plans. Also, it can be purchased with a standalone policy.
Before we dig any further on how we can increase Office 365 and OneDrive storage for free, Let’s know a little more about them.
In This Article, We'll Cover:
What is OneDrive?
OneDrive is known as Personal Cloud storage, where you can store your different data such as Photos, Videos, and Different Files and Documents.
The Microsoft Corporation owns it, and you might have come across it if you’ve used your PC or laptop with the Windows Operating system. Also, if you’ve used Office 365 on your Tablet or Smartphone, you might have known OneDrive.
OneDrive lets you upload your files to it’s could server, and you can access it easily from the web browser, Windows, or it’s own app. Microsoft has made OneDrive available for Android, iOS, Xbox, macOS, and Windows.
Early in January 2014, OneDrive used to known as SkyDrive. Microsoft became a lawsuit against British television broadcaster known as BskyB for using its name. After selling a lot of conflicts, Microsoft launched an improved design of OneDrive for the web on June 18, 2015.
Enough with some History and Details of OneDrive, Let’s move forward towards, Why Should we use it or Some Benefits of using OneDrive.
Benefits Of Using OneDrive Cloud Storage
Besides getting OneDrive 5TB Plan for free, what other Pros or Benefits do we have? Well, we have many of them.
Below we will list some of the Benefits Of Using OneDrive Cloud Storage.
- Free Storage
- Easily Accessible
- A collaboration with Office Apps
- User-Friendly Interface
- Security and Privacy
- Easy To Sync
1. Free Storage
OneDrive Basic or Free plans provide with storage of 5GB, whereas if you subscribe to Office 365, it will increase the space from 1TB to 5TB.
Microsoft also provides a chance to earn storage. It provides a referral service where on every referral that signs up, you’ll get additional space for storage.
It also Provides Additional storage if users download their app into their smartphone to backup their photos from the camera.
If you feel like space is less, don’t worry, we will provide you an OneDrive for Business plan, which will increase your space up to 5TB.
2. Easily Accessible
As we have mentioned before, You can Easily Access your files once you upload them to the OneDrive. Microsoft supports a wide range of devices, from smartphones to Laptops and Tablets. It is available from every platform like Android, Windows, macOS, and iOS.
It syncs your Every data, and not to mention that it also allows you to share your files to your clients or anyone that has access to Microsoft account.
Once your file is uploaded, just do the right-click, and you’ll see an option to share. After you click on the share, you can either mail it, or you can copy the link and share it directly.
3. A Collaboration with Office Apps
Your OneDrive cloud storage is linked with other different Microsoft office apps. You can your team can get data and resources from a single centralized cloud server through OneDrive.
OneDrive for Business integrates with different Office apps like Word, Excel, Powerpoint, and so on. You and your Team can easily extract the project files from the OneDrive and save it on a Real-Time Basis. How cool is that?
It also has a neat feature known as Version control, which allows you to roll back or restore the previous version of a project. That is very useful if your Team doesn’t aggress with changes or Deletes the file accidentally.
4. User-Friendly Interface
Heres, Another cool benefit of using OneDrive. You don’t have to be the Professional to use OneDrive. It comes with clean and very easy to use interface.
It is very similar to copying and pasting files, as anyone familiar with Windows File Manager can use it. The UI is straightforward, and you can quickly look through folders to view the shared or uploaded files.
5. Security and Privacy
It becomes a significant concern when it comes to Security and Privacy. You don’t want anyone to have a peek at your photos, files, and other sensitive data, do you?
But when it comes to Security and Privacy, OneDrive helps to fill every gap and fulfill all of our Privacy and Security concerns.
OneDrive for Business goes beyond essential cloud storage. It secures our Disks and files with a high level of encryption. It also has an option for Vault, which requires an authorization to open it.
You can safely add your sensitive data there without any privacy concerns. Administrators can set link sharing options, which helps them to provide links to viable organizations only.
The Topic doesn’t end here; OneDrive also has an option for link expiration. It gives access to view files for the allocated time set by the Administrator only.
6. Easy To Sync
This feature is very beneficial for users who work with multiple devices. You can limit the number of devices allowed to view your file.
Users can now select and sync files that they want and make it available for a certain number of devices. You no longer have to worry about sharing data with your enter organizations.
However, You have to select the files manually for the File On-Demand. There are three different options available.
- Online-Only Files – These are the types of File, which are always available, but you need an internet connection to open it.
- Locally Available Files: These are the types of File which are very similar to Online-Only Files. The difference is that you can access Locally Available files without any internet connection, as it is cached locally.
- Always Available Files – As per the name suggests, they are the Types of Files, which is still available, and you can easily access them with or without the Internet.
So, these are all the benefits that you’ll get from the OneDrive. As I was writing this, I remembered a quote, “When Life Gives You a Lemon, Make a Lemonade.” Finally, Let’s move towards our primary goal, to get OneDrive 5TB Storage for Free.
Guide To Get OneDrive 5TB Storage for Free
- Foremost, Open both links for Microsoft 365 and Jialezi’s Temporary Mailbox, which is given above. Make sure you’re using Google chrome because it helps to translate, or you can add an external extension to translate the page.
- From Jialezi’s Temporary Mailbox, You can use the Default email or can change it as you preferred.
- Then go to Office 365 link and enter your email from Jialezi’s Temporary Mail service, and click start.
- Now you’ll be redirected to a different page, and It will ask you whether you’re a student or Teacher. Then select I’m a Student.
- After that, enter your desired name and password. Remember your password because you might need it later. Also, you’ll see that “We sent a verification code to [email protected] Enter the code to complete the signup.”
- Now go to your Jialezi’s Mail, you’ll receive a code there. If you didn’t receive a code, then resend it from Office 365 page.
- From Jialezi’s Mail, Enter that code into Office 365 page and then click on start.
- Finally, your account is ready to Use. Isn’t it simple? Just within 3-4 minutes, you got your Office 365 Student account and OneDrive 5TB of storage for free.
- To check your OneDrive 5TB of storage, click on the OneDrive. It will redirect you to Microsoft Login. You’ll simply have to enter your password where you entered on Step 5. It will ask you for an Authentication Email and Security Question. You can Either set it as Additional security or Cancel it.
- TADA!!! Your OneDrive 5TB storage is now Officially set up and ready to use.
- Then go to the Settings > Additional Settings > Storage Metrics. From there, you can see your stored data. Congratulations! you’ve successfully got OneDrive 5TB Storage for a lifetime.
So, That all about it! We’ll end this tutorial here. Hope by the end of this article, and you’ll be able to create Office 365 student’s accounts and Get OneDrive 5TB of storage for free.
OneDrive is very useful for storing your files and folders. It is effortless to use and has a clean and straightforward UI. You can easily upload and retrieve your data from its cloud server.
With this amount of space, you can almost upload everything in there, including large files. It’s kind of like OneDrive Unlimited Storage because it might be hard it fill it up completely. Also, you can easily share them with your friends and family.
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During the second half of 11th grade, you will be supporting your mentee with their college and post-secondary research. Watch this video to learn more about your role in this process and download resources below.
Download the questions from the video to ask your mentee about their college research.
Watch the videos we created for students to learn about fit factors:
Do a virtual college tour and learn more about colleges your mentee in researching. Use You Visit
to find colleges to tour. If you and your mentee have been approved for a Pair Expedition
, you could do a virtual tour together.
Watch this video
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magRush: It’s All in the Delivery
I was handed the launch issue of this 130pp tome at the last Printout! night. It’s All in the Delivery is a lovely piece of print – bound in unfinished rough card, featuring several different types of paper though its pages and a fifth colour orange ink throughout. The editors approached friends with the title and asked them to respond – future issues will have different themes as their titles.
Content in this debut issue includes the story behind wartime distribution of Penguin paperbacks across the globe; a piece about trucking movies; a photographic record of the daily delivery of pineapples to a Mayfair nightclub; a look at how western designers act as ‘design tourists’, tracking down small creative studios and commissioning them. Good content, well presented. Can't wait for the next issue. | <urn:uuid:314fa081-8ec0-426c-a9e3-14efd852c187> | CC-MAIN-2022-05 | https://magculture.com/blogs/journal/magrush-its-all-in-the-delivery | 2022-01-25T21:07:45Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-05/segments/1642320304872.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20220125190255-20220125220255-00718.warc.gz | en | 0.950317 | 176 |
Marketing with Uncertainty
Covid-19. It’s turning toilet paper into gold, threatening the livelihood of businesses and causing a lot of confusion along with heated debates. Brands feel stuck. Shoots are paused. Budgets will be questioned. But, here’s the good news: this isn’t new. You’ve lived this anxiety just like I have. There was the time I was trying to get a job in early 2000 (sorry, Mom and Dad). Then, the great recession of 2008 where I saw my salary decreased at my annual review. And now, we have a virus that is kicking our economy in the gut.
As a Marketing Vice President, I don’t know what tomorrow will bring, or even the next hour. Today’s threat is something different than the turbulent times of the past. We have millions of Americans who are adjusting to a new life. They are at home and looking for something. Some want hope. Some want answers. Some simply want to be entertained. As marketers, this is what we have been taught to do every day of our careers.
So, what can you do as a brand? Create something. But give it purpose and make it matter. Create something that resonates and helps shine a spotlight on positivity. Make people feel included, not isolated. Encourage activity, not apathy. Inspire people to do what they love even if that means doing it from their newly set up office in their toddler’s bedroom.
I’ve been impressed by how organizations are doing this already. A local fitness brand was days ahead of a national chain transforming daily in-person workouts into live Instagram events. Soccer clubs are offering online programming to keep aspiring Lionel Messis practicing their skills. Distilleries are creating hand sanitizers to help combat the shortage. This is a time to try something new and innovative. Some brands are stepping up to that challenge.
While some industries will face far greater obstacles than others, there’s still an opportunity to stay active and not go dark. While I can’t imagine the payroll challenges or operational endeavors we will have to navigate, I can say this with certainty: Being the brand that adapts, informs, entertains and inspires during these challenging times will make you the brand people want to engage with when they emerge from their homes and get back to their daily lives. Here’s to every brand staying healthy, energized and active.
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STORIES FROM THE VAULT: Space Rocks
On a February morning in 2013, a meteor traveled through the skies above Russia’s Ural Mountain region. Scientists estimated the meteor had a force 20 times more powerful than the Hiroshima bomb, however it exploded at a much higher altitude and the atmosphere acted as a shield. The meteor’s intense flash of light was momentarily brighter than the sun and its shockwave shattered more than a million square feet of glass, which left approximately a thousand people injured.
Although such meteor strikes are rare, meteorites can be found anywhere on Earth. Meteors are solid pieces of rock and metal that have broken away from larger pieces of extraterrestrial debris, such as asteroids. They accelerate to speeds of over 11.2 kilometers per second once they enter the Earth’s gravitational force, but their speed slows down and they turn into bright glowing balls of fire due to friction from entering the Earth’s atmosphere. If the meteor survives impact with the Earth’s surface, it is called a “meteorite.” Meteors often impact uninhabited areas, such as open fields, forests and the ocean. Perhaps one of the best places to find meteorites is in Antarctica – thousands have been recovered here, since they are easy to spot against the white landscape.
The Morris Museum has several meteorites that exhibit interesting clues about their origins. One of them, known as MET-4, is part of the Allende meteorite, the largest carbonaceous chondrite found on Earth, which landed in the Mexican state of Chihuahua in 1969. MET-4 contains a black coating on its exterior that formed from the fiery entry of this meteorite into the Earth’s atmosphere (see photograph below). This meteorite is classified as a carbonaceous chondrite, or stony meteorite – these are the most primitive forms of meteorites and they only account for around 4.6 percent of all meteorites found on Earth. The ingredients in chondrites offer us interesting clues about the earliest history of our Solar System and how it formed long before there were any planets. MET-4 contains large, calcium-aluminum rich inclusions, which are among the oldest elements in our Solar System.
Meteorites can measure a fraction of a millimeter to the size of a football field and beyond. The Morris Museum’s MET-6 is a fragment from the Canyon Diablo meteorite that formed Barringer Crater (also known as Meteor Crater) in northern Arizona around 50,000 years ago (see photograph below). This crater, which has become a national tourist attraction, is 550 feet deep and around one mile wide. MET-6 is an iron, octahedrite meteorite that is composed of metallic nickel (see photograph below). Octahedrite meteorites come from the metallic cores of asteroids and dwarf planets.
Most meteorites originate from the collision of two asteroids in space. Other meteorites come from the Moon and Mars. Recently, it was determined that a newly discovered collection of meteorites contains a very different composition from other meteorites previously known. Researchers are still pondering where in our Solar System these meteorites could have originated from. Another meteorite, known as NWA 7325, is green in color (see photograph below by Stefan Ralew) and researchers believe it could have came from Mercury, or a body similar in composition to that of Mercury.
Meteorites provide scientists with valuable clues about the origins of our Solar System and the makeup of other planets, without having to travel to these planets. Certain carbonaceous chondrite meteorites even contain amino acids – the building blocks of life. More than seventy varieties of amino acids have been found in meteorites. Some scientists believe that life’s key ingredients could have formed in space and possibly been delivered to Earth long ago by meteorites.
To see more of the Morris Museum’s meteorite collection, and to learn about things from out of this world, come to the Morris Museum’s Astro Day on Saturday, March 22nd, from 11:00 am– 4:00 pm. Night Sky Observing Hours will be 7:00-9:00 pm, weather permitting.
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Ireland put in a stunning performance in their latest U18 5 Nations Festival fixture, defeating Scotland 43-0.
Both sides arrived in Caerphilly having had narrow defeats in their opening games, Scotland lost agonizingly to hosts Wales 31-30, while Ireland had gone down by just three points to England, 15-12.
The game was the first of a double header at Caerphilly, with Wales following this game up with a 24-9 win over Italy, you can see what happened there through this link: Wales U18 v Italy U18.
Both Ireland and Scotland made a number of changes, Ireland brought in seven new players, Liam Turner and Tommy O’Brien, both of Blackrock College, came in on the wing and in the centre respectively, with Belvedere’s David Hawkshaw started at stand off. CBC Monkstown’s Eoghan Clarke came into the front row along with Ballymena’s Alex Clarke, while John McCusker started in the second row, with Portlaoise’s Sean Masterson starting on the openside flank.
Scotland meanwhile kept just three players in their starting line up from their previous game, with Edinburgh Academy wing Ben Appleson, Richard Huish number 8 Dan Markey, and George Heriots centre Cameron Hutchison keeping their places. Bedford School’s Fraser Strachan partnered him in the centres.
It was a promising start for the Scots, but it was to last just a meager four minutes as Crescent CC’s Daniel Hurley latched on to a wide pass from his fly half, and James Hume slotted the conversion, giving Ireland a 7-0 lead after just five minutes.
Ireland were at it again not long after, setting up a big drive from a lineout, from which their captain and number 8, Caelan Doris of Blackrock College, crashed over. It was to be the first of a hat-trick for the skipper.
Next across the whitewash was Wallace High School scrum half, Jonathaon Stewart, before Hurley swept across for his second try of the half as the game edged towards half time, with Ireland heading to the changing rooms 26-0 to the good.
Early in the second half Doris was at it again, driving over for his second of the game from the tail of the maul. It took Ireland out to a 31-0 lead. A mere six minutes later, Doris claimed his hat-trick, once again captialising from a dominant Irish set piece.
The game then started to peter out, with Ireland comfortably assured of victory. There was time for just one more try though, as replacement hooker Ronan Kelleher scored his side’s seventh try of the evening to secure a 43-0 victory.
It was a tough day for Scotland, who will need to regroup and regain confidence ahead of Saturday’s clash with England U18 if they are to come away from the competition with a victory, Ireland meanwhile will precede that fixture with their final game, against Italy U18, where they will be looking to make it two from three.
Full Time: Ireland U18 43-0 Scotland U18
Ireland U18 XV
15 Hugh O’Sullivan (Belvedere College)
14 Liam Turner (Blackrock College)
13 James Hume (RBAI)
12 Tommy O’Brien (Blackrock College)
11 Daniel Hurley (Crescent CC)
10 David Hawkshaw (Belvedere College)
9 Jonathon Stewart (Wallace High School)
1 Eoghan Clarke (CBC Monkstown)
2 Alexander Clarke (Ballymena Academy)
3 Tom O’Toole (Campbell College)
4 John McCusker (Rainey Old Boys)
5 Charlie Ryan (Blackrock College)
6 Ronan Coffey (Ard Scoil Ris)
7 Sean Masterson (Portlaoise RFC)
8 Caelan Doris (Blackrock College, captain)
Replacements used: Callum Reid (RBAI) Ronan Kelleher (St. Michael’s College) Matthew Dalton (Belfast Royal Academy) Michael Milne (Cistercian College Roscrea) David Robb (Galwegians) Conor Dean (Blackrock College) Conor Wharton (Oaklands College).
Scotland U18 XV
15 Patrick Anderson (Melrose RFC)
14 Ben Eynon (Strathallan School)
13 Cameron Hutchison (George Heriots School)
12 Fraser Strachan (Bedford School)
11 Ben Appleson (The Edinburgh Academy)
10 Kyle Brunton (Hawick Wanderers)
9 Harry Warr (Dollar Academy)
1 Connor Clark (McLaren High School)
2 Robbie Smith (Douglas Ewert High School)
3 Calum Eastwood (George Watson’s College)
4 Dean Roger (Highland RFC)
5 Jack Bruce (Strathallan School)
6 Andrew Horne (Preston Lodge RFC)
7 Fergus Haig (Fettes College)
8 Dan Marek (Richard Huish)
Replacements: 16 Paul Cairncross (Kelvinside Academy) 17 Ross Dunbar (Linlithgow Academy) 18 Euan McLaren (Dollar Academy) 19 Archie Erskine (Uppingham) 20 Ruari Campbell 21 Callum Cruickshank (Dollar Academy) 22 Charlie Gowling (Sedbergh) 23 Grant Hughes (Dollar Academy) 24 Fraser Dingwall (Bedford) 25 Rory McMichael (Wellington College) 26 Stafford McDowall (Merchiston Castle).
U18 5 Nations Festival Schedule:
England 15-12 Ireland
Wales 31-30 Scotland
Ireland 43-0 Scotland
Wales 24-9 Italy
Italy v Ireland – Caerphilly, 2nd April, 11.00
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The Best Nootropics for Brain Health
Brain Health is one of the most important aspects we need to consider as it impacts every aspect of your life.
I’ve personally experimented with the majority of the below nootropics as cognitive performance and neuron protection is so important to me. Some of these you feel relatively soon and for other, it can take up to 3 months before a real change is observed. But there is no doubt about it: They work, and they work really well.
In the past I’ve struggled with word recall or a lack of concentration and it’s incredibly frustrating. I haven’t experienced this in more than a year since taking nootropic supplementation seriously!
Below is my list of top brain health boosting nootropic supplements:
Also known as brahmi, this is one of the most well-known nootropics for the brain, anything from supporting brain health, addressing memory dysfunction and even aiding epilepsy. It seems that the antioxidant effect of this nootropic assists with protecting neurons and DNA damage which leads to brain disorders. Because the molecules are small enough to directly enter the brain through the Blood Brain Barrier, the impact is very powerful.
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Probably one of the most famous nootropics, rightly so, it ashwagandha. There are even studies suggesting that it can improve intelligence! On top of that, it assists with cognitive development, memory and can assist with a number of brain disorders. The studies on this are highly convincing and to boost, supplementing with ashwagandha has also shown to help with fatigue and restore calm. It can do this due to its anti-inflammatory effects.
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Imagine taking a supplement that can actually speed up your mental processing! Think back to the movies Limitless and Lucy! OK maybe not that extreme but ginkgo has certainly been shown to improve memory and speed up the processing that happens in our brains when taken daily for about six weeks.
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Sound odd that such an everyday staple in most of our kitchens could actually have brain boosting powers? Another of nature’s gifts, vanilla’s main component is vanillin and has been shown to boost the development of neurons, so that you have a healthy, happy brain! It also has positive effects on mood and anxiety. Use pure, organic vanilla bean powder in your coffee and let it get to work on your neurons!
There are studies showing that caffeine can actually restore memory following impairment from, for example, Alzheimer’s. That just gives you some indication of how powerful clean, quality coffee or tea in the right quantities can be. Add on alertness and neuroprotective effects, it’s obvious why caffeine is arguably the most famous nootropic out there!
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No, don’t take up smoking! But improvements in working memory and memory consolidation are observed from nicotine use (for example nicotine gum). A word of caution, high doses of nicotine have the opposite effect and result in decreased cognition, and nicotine is addictive, so it’s important to dose in moderation, say for example 2mg per day (from gum, not cigarettes, which contain other health hazards besides the nicotine).
Weed! Sorry, no! The cannabis plant contains THC (which results in the psychoactive effects) and also CBD (makes up about 40% of the plant). CBD is responsible for enhancing focus and the potent medicinal properties which CBD has become so famous for. It allows for better concentration by reducing anxiety and is a potent addition to any nootropic stack.
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You can safely drink quite a few cups of green tea to benefit from its incredible anti-inflammatory effects, but it might be more palatable and realistic in supplemental form. A study performed on mice showed how green tea can delay age-related memory loss, and isn’t that exactly what we want for a long life of health and vitality?
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Lion’s Mane Mushroom
The studies here are extensive and demonstrate this wonderful mushroom’s ability to increase what is called nerve growth factor, which as the name says, helps neuronal growth and protects your neurons from damage. The benefits of supplementing with Lion’s Mane are both wonderous and numerous.
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I mentioned that there was a synthetic nootropic that I think is very exciting, considered safe and well-worth incorporating into a healthy supplement regime. Noopept has been around since 1996 and was originally used in Russia to combat age-related cognitive decline. It’s considered very potent and works because it is able to improve alpha brain wave activity (which is a state in which you are able to commit information to memory, recall information easier and understand complex problems and solution them more easily).
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This powerful nootropic can cross the Blood Brain Barrier and enhance cognitive processes (memory, focus etc). It’s also an excellent anti-aging strategy for your brain!
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Who doesn’t want better memory and better sleep? Taurine steps right up in both these departments. Taurine is an amino acid abundant in our bodies and a healthy diet really benefits from supplementation with Taurine.
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I’m always amazed that this nootropic isn’t more mainstream. Maybe it needs a cooler name, but it is a true all-rounder in terms of enhancing learning, memory and overall mental functioning. It improves the transmission of nerve signals between cells. If cells can communicate better, your learning capacity increases and you remember things better.
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Aside from being an excellent spice in any kitchen cupboard and a favourite of mine on fried eggs, curcumin (from turmeric) has been used in the treatment of dementia and traumatic brain injuries (TBI). It’s able to do this due to its anti-inflammatory abilities and the benefits are astounding. Its meteoric rise in popularity of late is well-deserved, but important to remember is that it is best consumed together with black pepper as this makes it more bioavailable to humans.
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This ancient medicinal root is famous for its brain-boosting superpowers. Impressively, even a single dose of 200-400mg has been shown to reduce brain fatigue and significantly improve performance on complex mental tasks.
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Not just a bodybuilding supplement it would seem! When it enters your brain, it combines with phosphate, which creates a molecule that the brain can quite literally use to fuel its cells. Brain food! Benefits include improvements in short-term memory and reasoning skills.
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Yes, the name is a mouthful, but if you can mumble your way through it, it’s a really magnificent little compound that plays a big role in brain health. The beauty of it is that it naturally occurs in high concentrations in the brain and assists with decreasing stress, boosting focus and concentration and maintains the structure of your brain cells. Supplementing with this nootropic aids this natural process for maximum effect.
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This is a true beauty and rapidly gaining popularity amongst people-in-the-know! The quick science: it is a precursor (i.e. needed to make) an important chemical messenger (neurotransmitter) in your brain called acetylcholine. This chemical messenger optimises memory, new learning and overall brain health. It is again naturally found in the brain and supplementing shows massive potential for stroke prevention and dementia which is often caused by reduced blood flow to the brain.
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Neuroprotective abilities aside, L-Theanine can positively impact the mental and physical symptoms of stress, which plays a role in improving attention, focus, memory and learning. It’s ability to improve sleep has a host of benefits for your brain, as the brain is best cared for in our sleeping hours.
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Known as the golden root, there are a myriad of studies supporting this plant extract’s ability to improve cognitive function, enhance memory and learning and protect the brain. Packs quite a punch in my view.
Interested in remembering your own name into your golden years? Lithium is showing exciting promise for preserving cognitive function and detoxifying the brain of bad stuff.
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Formulations from OPTMZ that support brain health:
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As you can imagine, combining nootropics can be more effective than using any one nootropic on its own because they tend to compliment each other really well!
Your focus area could be enhanced cognitive performance. Or maybe you want to treat fatigue and depression and associated memory-loss without necessarily being too worried about long-term cognitive enhancement. It’s a little bit like a recipe to figure out…
There are so many brain-boosting supplements out there, so how do you know what is right for you? We are all individual, so we all have individual needs when it comes to which nootropics work best for our personal needs. Experiment with what works for YOU and what you feel you need! However, if experimentation is not your thing, here are some Bonnie and Clyde, vetkoek and mince, peanut butter and jam kind of combos mentioned by famous biohacker Ben Greenfield that hit the mark for most people:
Caffeine and nicotine
In my varsity days, my best mate used to sit outside on the patio every morning with strong tea and a cigarette. I sat with her for coffee and giggles. There’s a reason why caffeine and cigarettes have been such a popular combination over time. Besides the fact that caffeine may actually protect against some of the negative effects of cigarettes (no, this is not carte blanche to smoke as long as you drink coffee), but the combination would seem to be pretty powerful in terms of enhancing locomotive performance and your cognitive abilities. Again, in moderation as nicotine is addictive especially when in excess and can have the opposite effect when abused – so micro-dose!
Caffeine and L-Theanine
Nature is amazing. Green tea perfectly pre-packages both caffeine and L-Theanine, and it turns out that this combination can supercharge concentration, focus and energy levels while simultaneously reducing anxiety. What a power couple. But I think one person can only drink so much green tea. For this reason, I love the Kimera brand of coffees as the beans are actually infused with L-Theanine, which means all the benefits of caffeine without the jitters! You can, in fact, combine coffee with any L-Theanine supplement for this clever caffeine hack.
Caffeine, Tulsi and Astragulus
Tulsi is a calming herb (classified as an adaptogen) and also goes by the name of holy basil. Like L-Theanine, it can take the jittery edge off of caffeine, but when combined with caffeine and astragulus, it provides real longevity and brain health benefits.
Ginkgo, Bacopa and Lion’s Mane
Ding, ding, ding! Used over a period of 3 months, this stack is said to give you mental alertness over a period of 6 hours at a time without any side effects like irritability or jitteriness. This stack delivers on mental focus, memory, learning and cognitive performance. So be patient with results on this one, it could be well worth it!
Final Thoughts on the Brain Game
Introducing nootropics, specifically selected for your own personal goals, can be a game changer for your brain functioning and brain health. Choose smartly, be patient and let nature’s gifts work for your own Optimised Self!
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What is a good second career after retirement?
Many retirees launch second careers as real estate brokers and sales agents who help clients buy, sell and rent properties. The median salary of real estate brokers ($58,210) is higher than that for real estate sales agents ($48,690), who are required to work with a real estate broker.
What careers will be in demand in 2020?
10 Best Careers for the Future: Highest Paying & in Demand
- Registered Nurses and Medical Professionals.
- Data Analysts.
- Plumbers and Electricians.
- Dentists and Dental Hygienists.
- Software Developers.
- Cybersecurity Experts.
- Alternative Energy Installers and Technicians.
- Mental Health Professionals.
How can I start over 60 at nothing?
Here are some ways to take control of your life and start over after age 60:
- Find a job. If you lost your job or are experiencing financial problems, you’ll need a job.
- Know your full retirement age.
- Contribute to an IRA.
- Know when to withdraw from retirement accounts.
- Handle your finances during a divorce.
What are the best jobs for second careers?
Seasonal Jobs . Finding a seasonal job for your second job is a great way to make money during a period of the year when you have a bit more free time. Seasonal jobs include working as a delivery person during the holidays, seasonal retail jobs, summer festival jobs, resort jobs, tour guides, summer camp positions, tax season positions,…
What are the best paying jobs for seniors?
U.S. News reports that the top home-based and office jobs for seniors fetch hourly rates from $20 to $70 in nursing and $12 to $40 for financial services, such as bookkeeping, tax preparation and financial managers. Pay ranges for specialty retail sales, merchandising and grocery management jobs range from $11 to $30 per hour.
What are fun jobs for seniors?
Here are a few great jobs for retirees or seniors to spark your imagination: Craftpreneur. Blogger. Gardener. Seasonal Worker. Shop Assistant. Freelance Writer or Editor. Non-Profit Worker.
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Maybe you’ve received an inheritance. Maybe you’ve finally got some savings together. Or maybe you’re finally sick and tired of being stressed about money. No matter the reason it can be difficult to decide the best way to allocate money to maximize returns, minimize risks, and reach financial freedom. The Personal Finance Flowchart will break down step by step the best ways to allocate money.
The Personal Finance Flowchart;
Personal Finance Flowchart Step 0: Create a Budget
The first step is an extremely important starting point. In order to win with personal finance, you need to spend less than you make. To do this you need to create a detailed written budget with all your income giving every single dollar a purpose. This is the foundation for your wealth.
Budgeting gives you clarity for both your income and your expenses, which can then help you address your surplus. Just writing it down will help relieve stress and give you hope. Moneysmart has a free easy to use budget tool. Record all your income and record all your expenses and identify areas where you can reduce spending and allocate money to each area. Be sure not to go over the budget once it is established.
When looking at areas to reduce your expenses I want to draw focus to the four most important things: Shelter (paying your rent or mortgage), Food (not eating out, the bare essentials to survive), Utilities, and Transportation. These are the four critical things, address these first and pay the minimum on all your debt, anything after this is a luxury.
Personal Finance Flowchart Step 1: Build an Emergency Fund of $2000
The emergency fund is exactly that: An Emergency Fund. It is for absolute emergencies only and should be kept in a savings/checking account separate from your finances. This fund is simply there to act as insurance against emergencies. Instead of borrowing when your car breaks down your fund can be used to keep the wolf from the door and keep you on track.
Personal Finance Flowchart Step 2: Attack your Debt
Now you need to line up your consumer debt from smallest to largest (everything except your mortgage and student loans). List them all out and pay minimum payments on everything except the smallest. The smallest we will pay down as quickly as possible.
I know this may sound counterintuitive as mathematically we should pay off the highest interest first. However behavioral finance has shown that knocking out your debts smallest to largest creates momentum and a higher chance of getting it done.
Personal Finance Flowchart Step 3: Grow your Emergency Fund
After knocking down your debts it’s now time to increase your emergency fund to 3-6 months of expenses. This is going to allow a bigger security blanket for the unknown and help relieve financial stress with peace of mind. The 3-6 months is up to your judgment. If you’re in an uncertain place with your job or moving around a lot aim for the 6 months.
Personal Finance Flowchart Step 4 and 5: Retirement and Mortgage
Now that things are under control we can start to build wealth. These steps should be done simultaneously so we’re not leaving either step too late. You should max out your retirement to around 15% and pay off your mortgage as quickly as possible. A paid-for house is an excellent foundation for financial stability and wealth. By owning such a massive asset and never having to worry about rent or a mortgage again you can begin a path to wealth and financial independence.
15% is an excellent amount towards retirement while still leaving enough in the budget for general life. Check out our article on tips to maximize super.
Personal Finance Flowchart Step 6: Saving for goals and life
This is the final step and varies from person to person. First, you need to identify your goals and work towards them. Maybe you want to max out retirement further, to live a comfortable retirement. Any money you put into superannuation will be preserved until retirement. If you think you will want access to the funds before retirement you should skip this step. Maybe you like the idea of retiring early and financial independence. This is a whole separate topic but maybe maxing out super and creating a bridging brokerage account to see you through to retirement age is the way to go.
Generally we at Prophet like two types of assets: Property and Shares. When saving for things less than three years away we keep our money in cash, after this we keep our money in ETFs. For help getting started in investing check out our beginners guide here for all things investing in Australia.
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Each week during Survivor: Winners at War, RHAP blogger Matt Liguori will rank the players to determine who is playing the best and worst games, alongside Survivor: Edge of Extinction contestants Victoria Baamonde and Gavin Whitson.
Survivor: Winners at War Power Rankings – Episode 8
It’s hard to be too surprised by that merge episode, both the merge vote and the re-entry challenge results. Tyson’s peanut butter purchase paid off, as that extra fuel propelled him to a very close victory over Boston Rob and the rest of the Extinction crew.
As for Wendell, it’s fair to say he hasn’t looked like the same Wendell we saw pull out a win only a couple years ago. Wendell came in to play a different game this time around and after making a move on one of his own allies in the last round, Wendell either didn’t realize he needed to or didn’t do well enough at damage control with Sophie. Wendell came in here as one of the winners with the closest jury votes, having had 5 votes not go his way in his winning season; this season has made it a little more clear as to why that may have been the case. (But hey, he’s still a super awesome guy and anyone who’s met him at any event certainly can attest to that.)
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It’s becoming a very common occurrence for players like Tony, Jeremy, and Tyson to throw Nick’s name around. I’m having a hard time seeing where Nick would be able to get his footing from here. Michele is only one ally and clearly none of her other allies care about the new friends she made at the swap. Nick’s time has to be up soon.
Nick lost his #1 ally in Wendell this week and he didn’t see it coming. I’m not sure he has many people left on his side. He’s seen as a hyena and a scavenger, and if the trend continues he could be next. But if he’s smart, he’ll turn the tides against the “big threats.”
I remember in David vs. Goliath, Nick was calm, cool, and collected until something didn’t go his way. I think we’re going to see the same thing this week and I believe this will be what ultimately gets him sent home.
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Denise’s name came up more than I would’ve liked this episode. Going forward, Denise may be outside of that big-threat group but she still has Jeremy and Kim watching out for her and.. Adam if she needs him, right? Ben, Michele, Sarah… all options if Denise needs, but I admit I’m nervous for her.
Adam was a real contender in being voted out this week- he has no strong bonds. Even Denise was willing to take him out. Tony considers him to be a snake. He was constantly showing fear this episode, though he had Sophie looking out for him. I think Adam’s paranoia and difficult position in the tribe will cause him to crack. The only good news here is the same people are hardly ever targeted two weeks in a row.
Jeremy went from the top of the list to the bottom this week and that’s because he lost his hopeful #1, and as much as he tried.. there was no changing it. He still has his advantage in the game, but will he be able to use it? Or will he be blindsided before he gets the chance?
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I thought the outsiders would end up being Sophie, Sarah, and Tony, but Sophie did extremely well this week to turn things around and take out Wendell. The problem is that while the move was impressive, the big threats are now sticking together and Sophie stands out as a smart, strategic, under-the-radar threat who does not fit into this new lions alliance. Sophie does still have her idol, but this group is pretty good at pulling off blindsides.
Michele took a hard fall off a pole and in the rankings this week. She was left in the dark about the Wendell vote, only in the same boat as Nick (the alternate target).
Tyson managed to keep himself safe from the first vote coming back from Edge, but it’s only a matter of time until everyone realizes basically the whole jury is old-schoolers. You don’t want to be sitting next to an old-school winner in the final 3 when all their friends are sitting on the jury.
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Adam this season is becoming more and more entertaining each week. I am so sorry to him that he’s stuck with Ben out there who seems to be treating him like a playtoy. Most people aren’t showing him any respect as a game-player, which is good and bad; good because he may stick around for a while, bad because he needs to have something on his resume if he does go far.
Denise put her foot in her mouth by bragging about her Queen-slaying. Everyone is now aware she has a pretty impressive resume. She also made it known she’s a contender to win individual immunities by taking the first one home. Since she couldn’t be voted out, people wanted to weaken her by targeting Adam. Denise is proving her adaptability (which is an asset for her) but she also may have a bad rep for betraying alliances now.
I’m so happy to live in a world where Tony makes merge. I would be even happier to live in a world where Tony is a two-time winner. If the big threat alliance can stick together, I think that might be Tony’s only shot of making it much further in the game. I just hope Tony’s paranoia can be kept to a minimum in this next stage of the game.
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This merge episode was the story of Jeremy’s game. Jeremy didn’t get his way this week, but voting with the majority and not pushing too hard furthers my belief that Jeremy is one of the best players this game has ever seen, regardless of how he finishes this season. Michele, Kim, Denise, Tony, Ben, and Tyson all seem to be working with Jeremy in one way or another.
Ben considering himself a big target was pretty funny. He’s secured himself an alliance of “big threats” nonetheless. I think he should be able to make it pretty deep, since he isn’t really in the power seat and I don’t know how many people take him seriously. He’s still a bit of a blabbermouth, telling Jeremy the plan is Wendell.
Denise put a target on her back by talking about her big move against Sandra. I mean, I would be proud of that move also… but hopefully bragging about that move at the merge feast wasn’t the move that’ll eventually be her downfall. For now, I believe she’s still in good shape.
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Tyson’s return to the game was very impressive, as he avoided being immediately sent out of the game as the only old-schooler remaining. Aligned with his big-threat group is exactly where he needs to be, but in order for me to have confidence Tyson can go the distance in this merged tribe, I’ll need to see him solidify some kind of tight pair a.s.a.p. Get someone’s full loyalty. Kim would be too obvious. Maybe Tony? Ben seems obvious but it could work.
Sarah didn’t have much spotlight in this episode, but she was included in multiple strategic conversations and hasn’t had her name thrown out. She was willing to go with the flow.
Michele found herself on the wrong side of the numbers this week, but I believe she’ll be able to bounce back. There was a lot of storyline in the Michele/Wendell relationship for it to end the way it did. It reminded me of mine and Eric’s storyline that ended abruptly. But with that said, I think Michele is in it for the long haul.
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Sarah went a little quiet this week while her two closest allies worked to control the vote. I think that actually leaves her in a decent spot. Tony’s group of big-threats may or may not include Sarah, but at the end of the day I’m sure he still has her back for now. Sophie is beginning to stand out as a big threat, but Sarah can survive if Sophie does go out soon.
Tony is all for voting out the low-profile players, and he got his way when Wendell went out. His “big targets” alliance seems to be working for him and he’s steered clear of the target thus far.
Kim still has an idol. I’m putting her above some of the other “big threats” because I think the guys are going to start going after each other sooner than later.
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Michele takes a hit here having been blindsided by this vote. For the second time this season, she was totally on the outs and now heading back to camp down an ally. The good news is that most of Michele’s core allies are still in. She voted for Adam, but deep down I know they can still work together. Jeremy’s still in, Nick’s still in, and the big threats can’t stay together forever.
Kim wasn’t a huge feature in this episode, but I think she’s very safe for a while. She’s not considered a big threat and she wasn’t named as a “sleeper” target either. I don’t think she has much chance to win, but she’s certainly not going home soon.
Adam is the definition of scrappy this season. I think he’s going home every week and somehow he manages to prevail. This might be the first week Adam’s neck isn’t on the chopping block, and even if it is, I don’t think he’ll go out. Keep fighting Adam!!!
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I’m starting to feel like Kim’s ceiling here is something like Cirie’s spot in Game Changers. Both Kim and Cirie were/are huge threats, somehow slipping by votes they really shouldn’t be. For now, Kim has an idol and she’s probably included in the big-threat alliance even though we only saw the guys talking. Outside of that, she’s still got Denise, Tyson, and Sarah as possible allies.
Big props to papa Tyson winning his way back into the game. It is equally as impressive that no one even considered voting him out this week. He seems to have gotten himself into a nice spot, aligning with Tony, Jeremy, and Ben. He said it himself… if he plants his roots in a crack, he’s here to stay.
Ben has found himself in the big threat alliance which is great because he has a few new people to work with. But I’m also putting him this high because I think his connections to Sarah and Sophie will come in handy if the big threat alliance can’t find themselves on the same page.
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Big-threat Ben found some new allies this week, seemingly now working with Tony, Tyson, and Jeremy. Ben seems like the person with the second-most connections now, if not the most. He can turn in any direction and have people willing to vote with him. The possibility of Ben getting to finale night is looking stronger than ever.
Sophie continues to impress every week. She had such a handle on the tribal dynamics after the merge it seemed as though she had watched the episode herself. She spurs the vote for Wendell by telling Tony she wants Wendell out and then lets Tony spread that around himself. She’s a force, for sure, not to mention her idol.
Even though the “big threats” are supposed to be sticking together, similar to Sophie, I think Sarah has played a great game so far and has made connections to keep her in the game even if she isn’t considered a “big threat”.
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I’ve had Tony on the bottom of the rankings long enough and it’s time to change things up. Tony made the merge and survived the first vote without a single person saying his name. I was worried last week that the group of himself, Sophie, and Sarah would become the outsiders, but Tony worked hard to form a new group of lions, and for this vote… it worked. Somehow Tony is now the most well-connected person out there.
Jeremy has secured his place as #1 this week by winning immunity and having a large role in controlling tribal dynamics. He lost a friend this week in Wendell, but had enough social ties to be told that the vote was happening (even though it was an obvious ally he was losing). He still has his advantage in his back pocket that no one knows about.
Sophie is playing such a great game. I still don’t think she’s on many people’s radar and I think she’s slowly but surely becoming one of the most powerful people in the game. Sophie also has an idol, so the top spot goes to her this week.
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Guys, Machine Head are about to be polarizing again. I couldn’t be more excited.
Since the much-maligned Nu Metal detours that nearly destroyed this band’s career in the late ‘90s and early 2000s, Machine Head’s last fifteen years have been nothing but smooth sailing, both critically and commercially – 2003’s Through the Ashes of Empires was the ferocious comeback record that brought them back from the dead, 2007’s The Blackening was labeled a modern Thrash “masterpiece” by well, several pretty important people (e.g. James fucking Hetfield), and 2011’s Unto the Locust and 2014’s Bloodstone & Diamonds were also pretty much unilaterally well received. Well, the buck stops here. Enter the Bay Area titans’ ninth LP, Catharsis.
It’s not even out yet and everyone’s already up in arms. For God’s sake, Blabbermouth reviewed the record and gave it a 5.5/10. I haven’t read the actual review (because I prefer to read, you know, WRITING…not whatever those hacks on that site try to pass off as music criticism), but on a site that gives everything a 9.5, a 5.5. is like a 0.
So far, the general public has only been made privy to four of the album’s fifteen tracks, and personally, I think the debate is just getting started. Based on what I’m hearing, I still think Catharsis has a chance to be good. I really do. Machine Head are clearly taking some risks, but that’s not inherently a bad thing. It’s too early to tell whether all of this vitriol is justified.
I’m just excited as hell to review this album – I can tell that it’s gonna create a big fissure in the group’s fanbase, and that whole process of watching everybody fight it out and figuring out what side you fall on…well, it doesn’t get any more fun than that. Look out for the full review coming soon to my YouTube channel!
In the meantime, here are my thoughts on the four pre-album singles, in the order they were released:
Beyond the Pale
Released back in mid-November, “Beyond the Pale” was the public’s first taste of Catharsis, and it was immediately greeted with a tidal wave of negativity, particularly regarding the main riff’s striking similarity to the Strapping Young Lad classic, “Love?”. Personally, the whole plagiarism thing actually didn’t phase me – what did bother me was how quickly the riff gets watered down by such incessant repetition (after all, it’s used for the verses AND the chorus). And sadly, that riff is the only memorable aspect of this otherwise underwhelming single. The pre-chorus is sluggish, the dual harmonic guitar solo could’ve been recycled from any of the band’s last four records, and lyrics like “I found my heroes/the freaks and zeroes” are a turn-off as well. Though far from a disaster, “Beyond the Pale” was not a good first look.
Despite feeling like the Internet is constantly looking over my shoulder and shaming me for it, I have been enjoying the fuck out of the title track. Not only is it far and away the best of these four singles, it’s an excellent Machine Head song period. With an inspired vocal performance from Robb Flynn (who seesaws between the heavy and melodic like the seasoned veteran he is), an infectious verse riff, a rousing breakdown, and a future staple for live sing-a-longs (“can you feel my Catharsis?”), this one is a home run. And to be quite frank, for all the talk about Machine Head changing their sound, “Catharsis” does very little to tamper with the band’s formula. This is classic Machine Head. Everyone who says otherwise is buggin’.
So “Bastards”, which I recently used to make a larger point about music and politics, might be the most “different” track of Machine Head’s entire career. The divisive anti-Trump lyrics aside, the way this song begins by layering spoken-word vocals, folky acoustic guitars and finger-tapped electric guitars is undeniably unique. And to complicate things further, the tune is based around one of the poppiest chord progressions in all of music – so if it occasionally feels like a Pop song, that’s because it was written like one.
I had no idea how to feel about this little ditty for a solid week, but after about 25 fucking listens, I’ve finally decided that I like it. Sure, I could definitely do without the “no no no no” bridge, and I could do without the good guy/bad guy liberalisms, but the messages that this track ultimately sends – messages of love, inclusivity and optimism in the face of this nation’s uncertain future – are something I can get behind 100 percent. And, let’s be honest, when Flynn sings “don’t let the bastards grind ya down”, I can’t help smile as I think of Lemmy from Motorhead grunting that same refrain on the band’s classic Iron Fist album.
Is the cringe-inducing “get your middle fingers in the air refrain” a tough pill to swallow? Sure. Is the hand clapping that goes along with it even worse? Definitely. But in between the cracks, “Kaleidoscope” does manage to squeeze in some trademark Machine Head riffing – the rhythm guitars bring a walloping Thrash/Groove Metal mixture and even throw in some of their signature “alarm clock” harmonics in the bridge for good measure. I also enjoy how Flynn and Co. are not afraid to add a little grandeur to the song in the form of some tastefully placed key and string parts. Though it’s not without its low points, overall “Kaleidoscope” comes out on top for me. | <urn:uuid:9f94dc44-06b8-404d-8da3-a78acbacc769> | CC-MAIN-2022-05 | https://ryanpannymusic.com/tag/politics/ | 2022-01-25T19:12:16Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-05/segments/1642320304872.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20220125190255-20220125220255-00718.warc.gz | en | 0.948544 | 1,351 |
The Indians have momentum on their side after a down-to-the-wire win over Golden Valley last week, while the Centurions had some energy diminished after a loss to Canyon.
Saugus (4-5, 2-2 in Foothill League) brings with it a strong defensive line that has been giving Foothill League offenses problems throughout the season. Giving quarterback JT Shrout the time he needs to make plays will be key for Hart (6-3, 3-1).
In his last outing, Shrout completed 13 of 30 passes for 305 yards, three touchdowns and one interception.
Defensively, linebacker Julian Salazar is coming off a 13-tackle performance, while Trevor Laibl notched 12 tackles last time out.
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Released on February 29, 2016 (Fallstreak Records)
Ahhhh — riffs, melodies and straight ahead hard rock — former De La Cruz vocalist Roxxi Catalano has returned with his solo effort Dark Skies under his own band name Catalano.
Confidence can be an enormously positive factor for a musician, especially for one that is still up and coming, and young. While many De La Cruz fans may have thought that the band was basically a solo effort of lead axeman Casey Jones with a bunch of hired band members, this was clearly not the case. Once you hear Catalano’s Dark Skies, one can quickly realize who the chief songwriter may have been within the De La Cruz camp. The style and feel of Dark Skies may as well be De La Cruz part 2. In an interview that Sleazeroxx did with Catalano in 2014, the singer stated: “People ask me all the time, ‘How do you get signed?’ and I say the same thing, ‘Good songs!’ Just honestly write good songs — there are so many bands that look incredible but the songs are just nothing. We were lucky, really lucky, but there weren’t any tricks, it was hard work — rock ‘n’ roll is hard work. It may have seemed that it fell in our lap, but as individuals we had been slaving away (and still are) for years — it was merely the sum of its parts.”
Catalano also recruited Australian guitar wizard Stevie Strange for some shredding work on Dark Skies. The sound captures some early Def Leppard as De La Cruz’s Street Level did back in 2013. And that is a very good thing as Dark Skies’ songwriting is based on a formula of tight rock anthems with extra loud bass and guitar, and it works perfectly. Roxxi Catalano’s vocals also certainly have not missed a beat as his tenor rasp shrieks, pouts, wails, and croons, with unbridled charisma.
The songs “Twisted” and “Metal Dreams” are the hardest rocking tracks with a more metal backbeat. Some creative keyboard use greets the beginning of “Stormchild” and “Dangerous Thing.” Some further highlights are tracks “All We Need” and “Fall Awake” for being chock full of tasty and cleverly crafted riffs and choruses. The atmospheric, yet heavy on substance, track “Rxckin’ Barbie Doll” captures a hard rock summer vibe.
Fans of ’80s hard rock will likely enjoy Dark Skies not only for the songs but also for Roxxi Catalano himself. Catalano captures about as much of a decadent ’80s rock star vibe as anyone could muster. Actually scratch the muster, it’s just who and what he naturally seems to be. Dark Skies could be Catalano‘s breakout album and is a great first move for the singer after the rapid implosion of De La Cruz.
01. Metal Dreams
02. All We Need
03. Fall Awake
04. War Machine
05. Rxckin’ Barbie Doll
06. Heaven’s On The Run
09. Dangerous Thing
10. Dark Skies
Roxxi Catalano – lead vocals, backing vocals, rhythm guitars, synth arrangement, keyboards
Scott Ferrara – drums, percussion, backing vocals
Kyle D’Angelo – bass, backing vocals
Vojislav ‘Voya’ Milutinovic – guest guitar solos
Stevie ‘Strange’ Paoli – guest guitar solos
Rory Joy – guest guitar solo
Produced by Roxxi Catalano
Reviewed by Mark Hovarth for Sleaze Roxx, March 2016
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🏆 New contributors
- Kousuke Takaki fixed bug 1601734, tidying up some naming.
- Tuan fixed bug 1566116, deleting dead code.
🎁 New features
- Firefox 76: André updated ICU to version 66 with support for Unicode 13.
- Firefox 76:
Intlobjects can now be set through options.
- Firefox 77:
String.prototype.replaceAllis no longer Nightly-only and will ride the trains to release.
- Firefox 77 (Nightly-only): André implemented the Logical Assignment Operators proposal (adds the
🗑️ Garbage Collection
- Jon made various changes to GC heuristics to avoid non-incremental GCs.
- Steve landed and enabled incremental marking for WeakMaps, a big change that will help reduce long GC slices, but to reduce risk this was backed out for Firefox 77. We’re hoping this sticks in Firefox 78!
- Jon made tracing of ‘auto rooters’ faster. He also noticed regressions on Linux64 from parallel unmarking and made performance improvements to fix that.
- Jon optimized tracing of certain DOM objects in Firefox by allowing per-Zone tracing instead of tracing all of them.
- Jon fixed various OOM (out of memory) crashes by adding memory accounting for malloc buffers associated with nursery cells and by improving GC malloc triggers.
- Steve updated the static analysis for rooting hazards to GCC 9.
⏩ Regular expression engine update
Iain finished implementing the SpiderMonkey shims and JIT support for the new regular expression engine and is planning to land these in the FF 78 cycle to switch to the new engine in Nightly! This will bring support for lookbehind assertions, the dotAll flag and unicode escape sequences.
📚 JSScript/LazyScript unification
With all the groundwork in place (see previous newsletters), Ted was able to unify JSScript and LazyScript! Functions no longer require a separate LazyScript and JSScript and delazification and relazification now happen in-place.
Stencil is our project to create an interface between the frontend (parser, bytecode emitter) and the rest of the VM, decoupling those components. This lets us improve performance, simplify a lot of code and improve bytecode caching. It also makes it possible to rewrite our frontend in Rust (see SmooshMonkey item below).
The team is making good progress:
- Caroline split the script flags into multiple categories so it’s easier to assert correctness and reason about them. She also made various other changes to improve the script flags.
- Ted also simplified some flags and then fixed their documentation.
- Matthew removed more dependencies on JSScript and was then able to defer JSScript allocation to a later point in the bytecode emitter.
- Matthew disconnected FunctionBox from ScriptStencil and started removing dependencies on JSFunction. This will allow us to defer JSFunction allocation as well.
- André finished deferring RegExpObject allocation, unlocking more code simplifications.
- Jason and Caroline landed changes to make ImmutableScriptData a part of the Stencil interface instead of its field being duplicated in ScriptStencil.
- Kannan is making progress removing the frontend dependency on JSAtoms.
SmooshMonkey is a reimplementation of the front end, with the goal of making it easier to add new features to the engine, and improve the long term perspective of maintaining the codebase. \
- Nicolas Improved the generated parser speed by a factor of 2, and continues to make progress on further speed improvements to catch up with SpiderMonkey’s current hand-written parser. At the moment, we are only 47% behind SpiderMonkey.
- Arai implemented scope analysis, and started working on functions.
- Jason cleaned up parts of the python codebase and improved the safety of the rust code
- Yulia implemented Labels, Breaks, Continues and For/Do/While loops
- The team is 55% through the ES3 implementation, and 50% through the MVP implementation.
WarpBuilder is the JIT project to replace the frontend of our optimizing JIT (IonBuilder) and Type Inference with a new MIR builder based on compiling CacheIR to MIR. WarpBuilder will let us improve security, performance, memory usage and maintainability of the whole engine.
- Jan implemented support for most bytecode instructions (the slow paths) and added a tier 2 ‘warp’ job to Treeherder that runs jit-tests with WarpBuilder enabled.
- Jan added the CacheIR Transpiler for transpiling CacheIR to MIR and started using it for certain instructions.
- Tom implemented support for various GetProp, GetElem cases in the transpiler.
- Jan moved the list of all CacheIR instructions into a YAML file and used this to auto-generate reader/writer boilerplate and better debug printing code. This makes it easier and less error-prone to add new CacheIR instructions and to support new instructions in the transpiler.
💣 Exception handling improvements
- Tom removed the “extra warnings” mode. If the pref for this was enabled, the engine would report warnings in certain situations. Modern linters do a better job at many of these things.
- Tom then removed the “werror” (warnings-as-errors) mode.
- Tom fixed location information for non-error uncaught exceptions.
- Tom is now working on making it possible to inspect uncaught exceptions in the Web Console. Nicolas from the DevTools team is implementing the Console UI code for this.
📈 Miscellaneous performance improvements
- Jeff changed the UTF-8 parsing functions to never inflate to UTF-16.
- Ted removed metadata source notes from self-hosted code. This saved about 40 KB per process.
- Tom implemented CacheIR support for binary operations involving a number and string to speed up paper.io
- André moved the
Object.prototype.__proto__getter to self-hosted code so it benefits from JIT inlining support for getPrototypeOf.
- Christian fixed some slow logging code that affected all debug builds.
- André improved CacheIR support for
- André added CacheIR support for
+-operator) and optimized
+string(to convert strings to numbers).
- Jan added CacheIR support for
JSOp::ToNumericto improve WarpBuilder code generation.
🧹 Miscellaneous code cleanups
- Arai converted the source notes code from old C macros to modern C++.
- Jeff landed a lot of patches to clean up object creation code.
- André removed a lot of dead code from various MIR instructions.
- Tom continued converting some ancient jsid functions to PropertyKey methods.
- Ted added a TrailingArray type and used it for various classes with variable-size trailing arrays.
- André converted code to use <type_traits> instead of our own mfbt/TypeTraits.h
- Jeff started using the C++17 if/switch statements with initializers.
- André and Jan simplified some code with C++17 fold expressions.
- Jon converted code using std type traits to the more concise *_v and *_t versions since C++17.
- Jon gave all Cells a CellHeader type for the first word to improve the safety of GC flags and to make the code easier to understand.
- Jason worked around a CPU bug that affected the bytecode emitter.
- Yoshi is making changes to the helper thread system to make it possible to eventually use Gecko’s shared thread pool for SpiderMonkey’s background tasks.
- Jeff is landing code changes for ReadableStream pipeTo/pipeThrough support.
- Jeff and Tom Tung are working on conditionally hiding the SharedArrayBuffer constructor.
- A last minute time zone data update made it just in time for Firefox 76. Big thanks to the release team for their prompt reaction!
- Matthew added in-tree documentation on how to build and test the SpiderMonkey shell with mach.
- Andy wrote an introductory article on the design of SpiderMonkey’s WebAssembly compiler tiers, as well as an article diving into the performance of the baseline compiler
- Andy also wrote a couple of articles on the implementation of the multi-value feature.
- Andy also extended support in the debugger to access multi-value and i64 results from return breakpoints.
- Lars implemented support for the WebAssembly SIMD proposal in the x64 baseline compiler.
- Ryan made a heroic patch set that culminated in the replacement of SpiderMonkey’s nonstandard wasmTextToBinary debugging function with the standards-conforming wat crate, written in Rust.
- Ryan also re-imported the upstream WebAssembly conformance tests as part of Firefox’s web-platform tests.
- Ryan also updated SpiderMonkey’s support for the experimental WebAssembly GC proposal in response to upstream changes.
Cranelift is a low-level code generator written in Rust. While available in Firefox Nightly as backend for WebAssembly with the right
about:config prefs, Cranelift is disabled by default, being still a work-in-progress. We’re continuing to refine performance and fill in some additional feature support before making this the default setting.
The new backend also brings with it an updated machine-backend design for Cranelift, which we believe will make future work and contributions easier to develop. We’ve developed a new register allocator as part of this that is designed to be a reusable library (Rust crate) called regalloc.rs. Finally, the AArch64 support also benefits other users of Cranelift, such as Wasmtime.
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Written by a well-regarded teacher in finance, A Beginner’s Guide to Day Trading Online provides clear instruction on how to day trade.
As a book meant for newbies, it not only tackles the confusing jargon in the trading industry but also explains how to execute trading strategies.
Turner’s book also discusses risk management, technical analyses, psychology of day trading, and trading plan creation.
Furthermore, she also incorporated her own experiences in day trading from when she was just starting.
Just like other best day trading books, this one also has quizzes and checklists that beginners can work with.
If you are interested in getting one, check out Toni Turner’s book on Google Books and Amazon.
The Simple Strategy by Markus Heitkotter
Learning day trading through books can honestly be a bit boring.
That is why some people tend to drop reading about it even though they are reading the best day trading books.
However, that is not the case if you read Markus Heitkotter’s book.
In his book, The Simple Strategy, he used an upbeat tone so you can learn with enjoyment.
Heitkotter shared his journey as he shifted to day trading leaving not only his corporate career but also his country.
He expressed this shift in a positive light despite the challenges he had to overcome to bring about inspiration to first-time day traders.
Moreover, his book provides clear instructions on when to enter a trade and when to exit.
It also gives insight into small intraday trend capitalization and trading software reviews.
This book is also a go-to information source for forex and option trading. If you want to learn more about the book, you can check out its product description on Google Books and Amazon.
How To Day Trade For A Living by Andrew Aziz
Another well-featured book across sites that provide recommendations on best day trading books is Andrew Aziz’s work.
What readers love about this book is Aziz’s personal tale when he started day trading for the first time and how he lost all he earned because of lack of knowledge.
He expressed why and how day trading is something more of a job rather than a hobby like gambling.
What Set this Day Trading Book Apart from others?
In his book, Aziz summarizes day trading from start to end, from opening trade to closing it.
He also shared some techniques in strategy development and what should every trader expect in day trading.
Furthermore, he gave a clear and detailed explanation for each strategy mentioned in his book.
His concise writing style enables readers to improve in day trading.
That is why even intermediate-level and advanced traders find his book very valuable.
Having almost 2,000 five-star global reviews on Amazon, it is no surprise why this is a must-have book for new traders.
Many readers and trade experts attest that How To Day Trade For A Living by Andrew Aziz will become an essential day trading reference in the years to come.
Apart from Amazon, you can also get a copy of this best-selling day trade book on Google Books.
Technical Analysis of Financial Markets by John J. Murphy
If you want a book written by the most reliable person to teach you day trading, Technical Analysis of Financial Markets is the one you should get. This is written by John J. Murphy, an institutional investor at Wall Street with over four decades of experience.
He used to be the head of Merrill Lynch’s Technical Analysis Futures Division as well as CNBC’s technical analyst.
As a former top management member in a reputable investment bank, he is the most credible individual to teach you what you need to learn.
In his book, Murphy explained various day trading strategies backed by comprehensive examples and case studies.
He also tackled Intermarket relations, stock trend analysis, stock rotation, and profit opportunity exploitation.
He also talked in-depth about trade reversals, stock trading patterns, market cycles, and contrarian indicators.
His clear explanations in discussing complex trading data are the reason why not only experienced traders but also beginners can perceive it.
If you want a copy of Murphy’s work, you can find his book on Amazon.
#7 Best Day Trading Books: The 1 Hour Trade by Brian Anderson
If you don’t want to begin indulging with the complex side of day trading but want to get started, Brian Anderson’s The 1 Hour Trade is a great fit for you.
His book is well-received for its simplicity in approaching day trading strategies.
This approach provided clear and concise information to help traders get into focus and not be bombarded with complicated trading data.
Anderson also shared his mishaps when he first got into day trading and provided advice on how his readers can avoid making the same mistakes.
His simple book has almost 300 five-star ratings globally on Amazon.
Summary of Best Day Trading Books in 2022
|Book Cover||Book||Author’s background||#Pages||Topics||Where To Buy It|
|How To Day Trade||128||Day Trading Dictionary||Amazon|
|The New Trading for a Living||304||Trading discipline, Risk Management||Amazon|
|A Beginneer’s Guide to Day Trading Online||288||Technical Analysis, Trading Strategies||Amazon|
|The Simple Strategy||86||Stocks, Futures, Forex||Amazon, Google Books|
|How To Day Trade for a Living||382||Risk Management, Trading Psychology||Google Books|
|Technical Analysis of Financial Markets||576||Futures Markets||Amazon|
|The 1 Hour Trade||100||Trading Strategy||Amazon|
FINAL THOUGHTS ON BEST DAY TRADING BOOKS
Anyone can succeed in anything as long as they know their hands and that applies to day trading.
Getting a copy of one of these best day trading books can get you started on your journey into becoming a day trader.
Also, getting started is just the beginning of what day trading can do for you.
Becoming an expert in investing and analyzing the stock market takes a lot of good books to read coupled with hands-on experience.
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During the Overwatch League season, many content creators do companion streams to the official broadcast where they have guests on and talk about the match as it is going on. This past week, Josh “Sideshow” Wilkinson hosted a companion stream since he was not casting matches because of the homestand cancellations. When the Philadelphia Fusion hosted Florida Mayhem match, LA Valiant Head Coach Mike “Packing10” Szklanny and Caleb “McGravy” McGarvey joined Sideshow and Brennon “Bren” Hook on stream to react to the match. Here are some of the highlights.
Bren’s Talent Takedown Secret?
The 2019 Overwatch League Talent Takedown was a blast of a time for fans during the All-Star Break. Super was on commentary doing his signature trash talk on the casters and plenty of meme plays occurred in game. One thing that was not a meme was the way Brennon “Bren” Hook performed during the Talent Takedown. His Widowmaker put many a caster to an early grave and his Genji produced great results as well. Apparently according to Bren, a few of his fellow talent members thought he had help.
C9’s a Plenty on the Anniversary
This past weekend was the anniversary of the original C9 from OGN Apex Season 2, and the teams did not disappoint. For those who do not know the origin of C9ing, this is how the story goes. Cloud9 (C9) was playing Afreeca Freecs Blue in the group stages of that season. When playing on control, Cloud9 completely forgot to stop Afreeca Freecs from capping the point on back ton back points to lose the map. With that, C9 became the unanimous reference to players not capping or contesting points. The match between the Fusion and the Justice featured quite a few C9s. Of the three that occoured, the wildest of all occurred on map 4. The Fusion needed to only burn 30 second of the clock to win the map, so they decided to push up and not let the Justice even get to the point. The only problem was that Ark got there and Fusion C9ed. Their reaction was priceless.
Packing10 on the lack of Western Flex Supports
During the Fusion’s player introductions Sideshow’s chat asked a interesting question. That person asked “Why has Western Overwatch caught up at every position aside from flex support”. Looking at the facts, that person is not wrong at all. Only four OWL teams prominently feature Western flex supports: the Fuel with Crimzo, the Gladiators with Shaz, the Reign with Dogman/Kodak and finally the Eternal with HyP/Greyy. Rawkus does not even count anymore because he splits time with Rapel currently. If there is no preeminent Western talent in OWL as of now, there surely must be in Contenders. As Contenders rosters are currently constructed there are no up an coming Western flex support coming up, only main supports. Here is what Packing10 had to say about the state of Western flex supports.
Stratus Tweeting at Halftime???
Washington Justice DPS Ethan “Stratus” Yankel is quite the showman. He is known for his flowing hair, his dark sunglasses and also his trash talk. While playing the Philadelphia Fusion, Stratus decided to take a tweet break during halftime to talk about the game at hand. It is safe to say no one saw that coming.
Hafficool had Beef with Packing10?
LA Valiant Head Coach Packing10 has a long history with Overwatch. He coached in NA Contenders and EU Contenders before becoming the LA Valiant Head Coach. During his time in EU Coaching Angry Titans though, he made a few enemies. Hafficool, the Icelandic flex tank who at the time was with British Hurricane, butted heads with Packing10 on occasion. But when he joined OWL, Hafficool told Sideshow his true feelings on Packing10.
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Today is the 8th birthday of Kyle Christian Sauvage of Weatherford, Texas. Kyle and his older brother Nate are the sons of James and Kelly Shepard Sauvage and the grandsons of my brother Gary Shepard (see third picture below). Kyle is also the 7th of the 12 GGgrandchildren of Leroy and Nola Gower, and the 5th of the 13 GGgrandchildren of Will and Bura Shepard.
The first picture shows Kyle during a recent baseball game. The second picture was taken when Kyle (bottom, middle), his brother Nate (on the right) and his mom Kelly (left) along with Cindy (on the right) and I spent some time together at spring training back in March in Phoenix, Arizona.
Kyle's mother Kelly wrote me recently: "Hi Uncle Steve, yes Kyle's birthday is Tuesday. We have been really busy lately. Kyle made the all star team in baseball once again this year. Every day there was either a practice or a game. He had another great season and found he has a new favorite position...centerfield. He said he wants to play centerfield like Cameron Maybin on the Padres. He is also going to summer camp every day while I'm at work. He gets to go swimming every day and a big field trip once a week. He continues to be a big Chargers and Padres fan and has a dream of being a famous baseball player for the San Diego Padres when he grows up! Everyday he gives me more reasons to be a proud mommy!"
Family Vacation Pictures. The vacation season is well under way. Recently two of my brothers, Gary and Russ, came to California on a road trip and visited Cindy and me. One day while they were here we all went to Yosemite to sight see and to relive some of our favorite memories of years past when our whole family vacationed in Yosemite.
The third picture I am including shows the 4 of us at the entrance to Yosemite. It was the first time in 39 years that we had been in Yosemite together. From left to right are my brothers Russ and Gary Shepard (Kyle's grandfather), with Cindy and me.
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Having arrived in the UK yesterday, the jet lag under some kind of control, we decided to head out early and visit a few places in Devon. Recognising the opportunity to activate what appeared to be an easy drive-up summit, I threw the kit in the back and wrote out directions courtesy of Google Maps, with the aim of activating Christ Cross (G/DC-005).
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As the second-largest consumer economy in the world, marketing trends in China are shaping the global economy. China saw sales of consumer goods reach 6 trillion USD in 2020 (as reported by China’s Ministry of Commerce), making it an attractive market for anyone willing to expand their business overseas. If you’re thinking of entering the Chinese market or growing your existing presence in China, we have the best marketing advice for China to help you get started.
The long struggle with the COVID-19 virus has indelibly impacted the mindsets, lifestyles and behaviors of Chinese consumers. This article summarizes the shifts that have happened in the Chinese market and the new opportunities that have been created as a result of the pandemic.
1. Take A Digital First Approach
Consumers and businesses in China have accelerated their use of digital technologies as a result of COVID-19.
China was already a digital leader in consumer-facing areas— accounting for 45 percent of global e-commerce transactions while mobile payments penetration was three times higher than that of the US. This digital penetration has grown even more as a result of the pandemic.
As per the McKinsey’s mobile surveys, about 55 percent of Chinese consumers are likely to continue buying more groceries online even after the pandemic.
Nike’s first-quarter digital sales in China increased 30 percent on year after the company launched home workouts via its mobile app. Chinese Real Estate Platform, Beike reported that property viewings on its virtual reality showroom in February increased by almost 35 times compared with the previous month. (Source)
2. Consumers Focus On Quality Over Quantity
Chinese consumers are now seeking quality in their necessities, while focusing on value-for-money in other categories.
In a post-epidemic survey by McKinsey, close to half of Chinese respondents showed an intention to live more frugally. They are seeking value-for-money when selecting products. 36 percent of respondents said they are willing to spend more for better quality products.
The sectors in which consumers increased their net purchase intention by the largest degree are essential, health-oriented products, such as sanitary and health products, fresh food, and life insurance.
At the same time, there’s a negative purchase intention towards non-necessities such as hair and beauty products, and large home appliances. (Source)
3. Livestreaming Is The New Way To Reach Chinese Consumers
Since the epidemic began, Taobao (Chinese online shopping platform) has registered 30,000 livestreaming merchant accounts every day, leading to a sevenfold growth in accounts.
KPMG and Ali Research had projected that the total scale of China’s e-commerce livestreaming industry would reach $307.12 billion in 2021 (1.995 trillion RMB). And it seems like the trend is going to continue even in 2022.
Automakers have taken to launching live stream videos on platforms like TikTok, Alibaba’s Tmall, and their own mobile apps. They are now using the digital channel to introduce models and features to consumers, field questions, and sell vehicles, which in some cases are then driven directly to consumers’ homes. (Source)
4. Assist Online Campaigns With Offline For Greater Impact
When launching a campaign, see how you can use it to target Chinese consumers offline as well as online. Such an approach creates a much bigger impact.
Lululemon hosted “Summer Sweat Games” (夏日乐挑战) – different sports competitions and challenges in various stores and communities across the country in cities such as Beijing, Tianjin, and Chongqing. The same campaign was run on Douyin by inviting celebrities.
From social media figures alone, the campaign was a winner with the hashtag “#summer music challenge” (#夏日乐挑战) circulating over 17,000 times. By fusing music and exercise and engaging through different sporting events such as Yoga and core endurance exercises on social media, the campaign attracted a lot of publicity on and offline. (Source)
5. Health-based Campaigns Have A Huge Potential
The pandemic has driven Chinese consumers towards more health conscious purchase decisions.
More than 70 percent of respondents in McKinsey’s COVID-19 consumer survey said they will continue to spend more time and money purchasing safe and eco-friendly products, despite pressure on disposable income as a result of the economic slowdown.
Consumers buying behavior has over-indexed on healthy products. Around 75 percent of consumers expressed strong preference to exercise more and eat healthily post crisis. (Source)
6. Social Commerce Is A Hit For Beauty Brands
Beauty brands that had established social commerce infrastructure in place are able to expand sales during the crisis by quickly shifting resources to online channels.
For example, Perfect Diary, a fast-growing local beauty brand, intensified customer engagement during COVID-19 on its existing WeChatbased social channels. By driving higher sales, they were able to lift the brand’s valuation to $2 billion during their April fundraising round, which was double the valuation achieved last September.
Beauty brands like Estée Lauder and L’Oréal have also leveraged their social commerce infrastructure (for example, the enterprise version of WeChat) to activate and empower their beauty consultants to better reach and engage consumers. (Source)
7. Campaigns With KOCs Are A Hit For Fitness Brands
Taking advantage of an increase in demand for in-home wellness and fitness services, leading Chinese workout app KEEP was able to launch hundreds of influencer marketing livestreams featuring key opinion consumers–everyday consumers whose value lies in perceptions of reliability, trustworthiness, and independence.
Streams teaching yoga, collaborations with global brands to promote in-home fitness tools, and question and answer sessions on fitness topics such as postpartum body recovery attracted 56 million views within a week, more than tripling KEEP’s daily active users compared with pre-crisis levels.
Fitness coaches curated WeChat groups and managed daily training sessions, offering tips and guidance to attract new traffic and maintain user engagement during lockdown. (Source)
8. Build Trust to Win Chinese Consumer Market
Trust is vital as consumers navigate an uncertain information environment, with 89 percent reporting that they are turning to brands that they trust.
One-third of consumers switched to new brands during the pandemic, driven by factors such as availability, convenience, price discounts, and product promotions, as well as perceptions of safety.
Three-quarters of Chinese consumers also stated they have convinced other people to stop using brands they felt were not acting appropriately during the pandemic. On the other hand, 82 percent of consumers said they recently started using a new brand because of the innovative or compassionate way the brand responded to the crisis. (Source)
9. Don’t Just Sell, Engage Through Omnichannel Marketing
Chinese consumers increasingly demand an omnichannel experience. However, they want more than just to be sold to online.
One premium apparel retailer has deployed a range of solutions, including enabling sales reps to use WeChat groups to reach out to VIP customers with individualized products (supported by a CRM system), launching social media shows with Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs), and ramping up content marketing.
International brands should view online as a must do and start setting digital key performance indicators, while considering the role and interaction of different online and offline channels, including direct-to-consumer, social commerce, ecommerce marketplaces, and physical channels.
Clarify whether each channel’s role is for brand-building, consumer engagement, or to drive sales, and allocate investment accordingly. (Source)
10. Virtual Consultations To Reach Chinese Customers
During the lockdown period, companies deployed an array of digital tools to stay connected with customers, even in sectors that traditionally rely on physical interactions. Virtual interactions have now become the commonplace now and there are multiple ways in which B2C and B2B brands are leveraging them.
For instance, a leading real estate company launched “virtual showrooms” and online consultations through a dedicated WeChat mini program. It saw the number of agent-facilitated property viewing sessions on its virtual reality showroom increase by almost 35 times month-on-month.
The same impact is seen in the B2B space. Pharmaceutical sales agents are able to meet with physicians online instead of in-person, opening the door to further such interactions in future.
11. Focus On Branding For Chinese Audience
For companies in China, it’s important to have a strong E-reputation. Chinese consumers are always looking for reliable products and services when purchasing online. They are well aware of counterfeit and poor quality products. They have an eye for quality and make smart purchase decisions. So, how does a company go about building a brand in China. Here are a few pointers to focus on –
- Invest in building a strong online presence: SEO, SEM & Wechat.
- Have a strategy to grow visibility on Baidu (most popular search engine) through campaigns
- Use WeChat to build a connection with your community and stay engaged.
- Use Weibo to increase brand awareness and go viral.
- Use Chinese forums and blogs to educate your audience.
- Partner with KOLs and KOCs to advertise your brand.
12. Combine KOL with KOC Marketing Strategy
KOL (Key Opinion Leaders) or Influencer marketing used to be one of the major trends to emerge in social media marketing in China. However, China’s consumers today, especially the digital natives of Gen Z, are seeing KOCs (or Key Opinion Consumers) as more ‘real’.
KOCs are different from KOLs in the sense that they have fewer followers and are more approachable and relatable. They are seen as everyday consumers and their recommendations gain more trust.
A smart strategy would be to increase brand exposure through KOLs and then using KOC marketing to more target specific consumer groups.
13. Lower-Tier Cities Are An Emerging Target Market
More than 1 billion consumers are living in 228 towns of the Chinese lower-tier markets, accounting for 72% of all consumers, and its market size was about 1.719 Trillion yuan. (Source)
Lower-tier cities in China are now an integral market with a huge proportion of the Chinese population and increasing spending power. You can directly target China’s lower-tier cities through different forms of digital advertising.
A report by Luxe Digital shows that 45 percent of Chinese consumers in lower-tier cities were interested in purchasing luxury brands, versus 37 percent in Tier-1 cities. (Source)
14. Build Your Brand’s Private Traffic
Since attracting online traffic has become more and more expensive in China, a term called ‘private traffic’ has emerged as a top marketing buzzword. What exactly is private traffic? It’s a means to own the audience. For instance, Western way of building private traffic would be through E-mail lists or blogs.
However, in China, ‘Private Traffic’ refers to the traffic generated on popular social platforms such as WeChat Official Accounts, WeChat Work Group, WeChat Moment and WeChat Mini Program, and other messaging-based platforms like QQ. (Source)
By setting up exclusive WeChat mini-program clubs and WeChat groups, foreign brands are able to reach customers easier and at a lower cost.
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We absolutely loved the Danner 600 boots when they came out last year and seems that hundreds of other people did too.
In the short time that Danner has been on sale in Europe, it has received a number of awards for them and this season the brand launches its first ever insulated version, called Mountain 600 Insulated, by adding 200g of Primaloft fleece to line the upper.
Coupled with the existing Danner Dry waterproof protection, this is a boot that will really keep your feet warm this winter.
The Mountain 600 Insulated forms part of Danner’s new Weatherised Collection that the brand has introduced for this AW18.
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Republicans cut the Democratic Party’s margin of majority control in half in the United States House of Representatives in the November 3 election and did it with a diverse field of women and minority candidates.
While Democrats remain in charge, Republicans have secured 207 seats in the House, up from 201 prior to the election. They will likely gain yet more as votes are still being counted in six races.
All 11 Republicans who beat incumbent Democrats so far are women or minorities. That is not the norm for a Republican Party that has long been mostly represented by white males.
As many as half of the incoming Republican freshmen class of about 40 new members will be women or minorities. They will likely double the number of women Republicans from 15 presently.
“It will be the most diverse class we have ever had,” House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said at a news conference.
“Many have already dubbed this year, the year of the Republican woman. And it couldn’t be truer from that statement. We are poised to have 29 House Republican women join our ranks, surpassing the previous record,” McCarthy told reporters.
“Every Democrat incumbent who lost, either lost to a woman, minority, or a veteran Republican,” he said.
Credit for recruitment of Republican women candidates is given to Representative Elise Stefanik, who emerged as a Republican star during the House impeachment of President Donald Trump in 2019.
Stefanik, who worked to recruit and finance women candidates in 2020, predicted in a tweet that Republican women would make even greater gains in the next election two years away.
2022 is going to be a wipeout for House Dems & America will #FirePelosi once and for all from the Speaker’s Chair.
— Elise Stefanik (@EliseStefanik) November 17, 2020
Here is a look at Republican women and minority winners called by The Associated Press so far:
Retired National Football League player Burgess Owens, an African American man, defeated an incumbent Democrat in Utah’s 4th congressional district.
Owens was a member of the 1980 Super Bowl champion Oakland Raiders football team. He is likely to be the only African American among House Republicans next year.
Two Korean-American women, Michelle Steel and Young Kim, defeated incumbent Democrats in California’s conservative stronghold of Orange County.
In California’s farm country of the San Joaquin Valley, David Valadao, whose parents are Portuguese immigrants, defeated Democratic incumbent TJ Cox.
Cherokee Nation member Yvette Herrell, a Republican state representative who allied herself with President Donald Trump on immigration and gun rights, defeated incumbent Democrat Xochitl Torres Small in New Mexico’s 2nd district.
In New York City, Nicole Malliotakis, a daughter of Greek and Cuban immigrants, won election from the boroughs of Brooklyn and Staten Island.
Cuban immigrant Carlos Gimenez and daughter of Cuban exiles Maria Salazar, both Republicans, won against Democrats in South Florida.
Mario is a true patriot & I am thankful for his leadership, advice, & unwavering commitment to freedom 🙏🏻🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/wmGKuYjhwD
— María Elvira Salazar 🇺🇸 (@MaElviraSalazar) November 18, 2020
Salazar defeated Donna Shalala, a prominent Democrat who had served as chief executive of the Clinton Foundation and a former Secretary of Health and Human Services under President Bill Clinton.
Nancy Mace, who was the first woman to graduate from The Citadel, the predominately male military college in South Carolina, defeated a Democratic incumbent in Charleston, an area Trump had won in 2016.
Oklahoma state senator Stephanie Bice knocked off vulnerable Democrat Kendra Horn in Oklahoma, giving Republicans a sweep of congressional seats in the state.
When your new freshman classmate is a Super Bowl Champion and let’s you try on his championship ring!!
— Stephanie Bice (@stephaniebice) November 15, 2020
In rural northern Minnesota, one of the lions of House Democrats, Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson was defeated by Michelle Fischbach, a former lieutenant governor of the state.
Iowa Republican state legislator Ashley Hinson, a former television news anchor, defeated Democratic congresswoman Abby Finkenauer in the state’s 1st district. | <urn:uuid:b7f8d728-a80f-4108-89a7-4eafe9e9c24e> | CC-MAIN-2022-05 | https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/11/18/us-republicans-won-house-seats-with-new-diversity | 2022-01-25T21:18:41Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-05/segments/1642320304872.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20220125190255-20220125220255-00718.warc.gz | en | 0.958148 | 909 |
Veterans of the United States organized a petition in support of the individual right to keep and bear arms as guaranteed by the Second Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America.
USA – -(Ammoland.com)- Help us vets fight back against an anti gun veteran group.
Certain former military officers – specifically Generals David Petraeus and Stanley McChrysal and Commander Scott Kelly – have recently formed an anti-Second Amendment, “pro-gun” control group to fund and support efforts to strip their fellow citizens of their inherent right to keep and bear arms; and,
Whereas, the said group speaks of “Gun Violence,” a misleading term that deflects personal responsibility away from the criminal; and
Whereas the organizers of the said group exhibit a serious ignorance or lack of understanding of existing federal, state and local laws as these relate to firearms; and
Whereas, use of firearms in defense of self and family by law-abiding individuals is to be encouraged and protected; and,
Whereas, the Second Amendment does not create any right, but merely acknowledges and guarantees an inherent, God-given Natural Law right of self-defense; and,
Whereas, the Second Amendment was written and adopted as an integral part of the Constitution of the United States to protect individual citizens from a coercive and tyrannical state; and
Whereas all members of the Armed Forces of the United States, including the aforementioned officers, have taken an oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States including, by definition, the right to keep and bear arms as guaranteed by the Second Amendment; and
Whereas that right is under serious assault by these individuals, organizations like Michael Bloomberg’s and George Soros’s anti-Constitutional entities, and, Democratic leaders; and,
Whereas the Second Amendment is worthy of our constant and continued protection; and,
Whereas, in order to buttress that and all inherent rights under Natural Law, we hereby utilize our First Amendment right “to petition the government for redress of grievances” in order to secure our unfettered right to bear arms in defense of self and tyranny;
NOW THEREFORE, the following current and former members of the Armed Forces of the United States hereby Petition all in government and positions of power to stand firmly behind their oath to defend and protect the Constitution from all enemies foreign and domestic, which includes that sacred document’s acknowledgment of the Individual Citizen’s inherent Right to Bear Arms; and,
We formally denounce the actions of those people – including misguided brethren veterans – who wish to disarm law-abiding Americans.
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Full Carbon 650b Bike XC Rim 30mm Wide Hookless Tubeless Ready
Item AOMX730XC, weight 320g, ERD 560mm. This new carbon 650b bike rim is light and stiff, it’s our lightest 27.5 rim for XC, the best choice for super light 650b carbon wheel. It’s hookless and tubeless ready, perfect for your 650b hardtail bike.
Item No.: AOMX730XC
Size: 27.5 Inch
Material: Full Carbon Toray T700 & T800
Type: Hookless (Tubeless Ready)
Inner Width: 24.5mm
Outer Width: 30mm
Max Spoke Tension: 140kgf
Max Weight Limit: 100kg
Product Item: Full carbon 650b bike XC rim 30mm wide hookless tubeless ready
This new carbon 650b bike rim is light and stiff, it’s our lightest 27.5 rim for XC, the best choice for super light 650b carbon wheel. It’s hookless and tubeless ready, perfect for your 650b hardtail bike.
|Item:||AOMX730XC||Use:||XC – cross country|
|Rim type:||27.5″ / 650b hookless||Material:||Toray T700 & T800 carbon fiber|
|External/Internal width:||30mm / 24.5mm||ERD*:||560mm|
|Depth:||23.5mm||Weave:||UD, 3k, 6k, 3k twill, marble|
|Weight limit:||100kgs||Finish:||Matte, glossy|
|Spoke hole count:||16 – 36||Assemble hole diameter:||8.5mm|
|Spoke hole diameter:||4.5mm / 2.5mm or customized||Valve hole diameter:||6.5mm|
|Max spoke tension:||140kgf (recommended 110~130kgf)||Max tire pressure:||60psi / 4.1bar|
|Tire size:||2.0″ ~ 2.4″ (recommended)||Min tire pressure:||25psi / 1.75bar – read more|
* ERD: we calculate effective rim diameter from the top point of the nipple, learn more here.
- This 650b mtb rim has a 24.5mm internal width, giving a good and square profile to tires without being overly draggy.
- Super lightweight, rim constructed with premium Toray T700 & T800 carbon fiber, best strength to weight ratio with no expense spared.
- Impact Resistant Construction. Carbon rims feature a layer of composite material that increases the impact strength and helps distribute energy and shock from impacts to the rim.
- Smooth Wall Tec. No folded prepreg during curing, smooth both inside and outside rim wall to reduce potential quality issues.
- Carbon Strip Reinforcement. Use unique carbon strip to strengthen the spoke tension and stabilize rim structure and reduce the rim weight.
- Hookless Rim Bead. Hookless rim bead more straight and smooth side walls, tire can touch rim walls fully. More durable and impact resistance compared to the traditional hooks rim.
- Tubeless Ready. Beadlock design makes the rims better tubeless tire setup and better sealing, results a more lightweight carbon wheels.
- Angled spoke holes allows the nipple to pull straight in line with the spoke for reduced stress, this results in fewer broken spokes and nipples.
Our Engineering team creates a unique fiber orientation which amplifies the desired riding characteristics for a given rim. And each rim carries its own layup schedule documents which are meticulously by the layup workers, it ensures the accuracy of each rim in the production process.
Carbon rims are made in one piece molding, each rim is made by one piece long carbon fiber, no wrinkles, to make the strength of rim is the strongest. And we use a unique process to remove the air bladder from the valve hole, so that the rim does not have to be patched like traditional manufacturers use.
1.3 Million Liability Insurance Worldwide:
5 years warranty:
Aowea warrants its products to be free from manufacturing defects for a period of 5 years after original date of purchase.
This warranty only applies to the original owner and is not transferable.
Valid proof of purchase, pictures of the defect and the product serial number is required for a warranty claim. Please retain your proof of purchase for any future warranty claims.
This warranty does not cover:
1. Normal wear and tear;
2. Any damage caused by accident, misuse, neglect, abuse, or any other fractious reasons;
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Medicaid—Private Right of Action—Supremacy Clause
Section 30(A) of the Medicaid Act requires that state Medicaid plans contain procedures to ensure that reimbursement rates for healthcare providers “are consistent with efficiency, economy, and quality of care and are sufficient to enlist enough providers” to meet the need for care and services in the geographic area. 42 U.S.C. § 1396a(a)(30)(A). The statute does not include an express right of action for Medicaid providers to challenge whether a state plan complies with Section 30(A). Today, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in Armstrong v. Exceptional Child Center, No. 14-15, to decide whether the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution gives providers an implied private right of action to enforce § 1396a(a)(30)(A) against a State.
A group of Medicaid providers in Idaho sued that State’s Department of Health and Welfare, alleging that the State’s reimbursement rates for certain supported-living services failed to comply with Section 30(A). The district court granted judgment in favor of the providers, finding that they had an implied private right of action under the Supremacy Clause to enforce Section 30(A). The Ninth Circuit affirmed. Its ruling is consistent with those of the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Circuits, but conflicts with a Tenth Circuit decision holding that a Supremacy Clause right of action does not exist in the absence of congressionally created rights or remedies.
The Supreme Court previously granted certiorari in Douglas v. Independent Living Center, Inc., 132 S. Ct. 1204 (2012), to resolve this circuit split, but post-argument procedural events produced a remand in that case, so the Court did not reach the issue. The Chief Justice, joined by three other justices, dissented from the remand and stated that the Supremacy Clause does not supply a right of action of its own force where Congress has not created an enforceable right.
The Supreme Court’s resolution of this circuit split will be of significant interest to Medicaid providers who wish to challenge state plans. Depending on the scope of the decision, it may also have larger implications regarding the availability of private rights of action against state officials for violations of federal law.
Absent extensions, amicus briefs in support of the petitioners will be due on November 24, 2014, and amicus briefs in support of the respondents will be due on December 24, 2014. Any questions about this case should be directed to Lauren R. Goldman (+1 212 506 2647) in our New York office. | <urn:uuid:d9aca24e-1b21-4ede-8fac-49c54fdce188> | CC-MAIN-2022-05 | https://www.appellate.net/resources/medicaid-private-right-of-action-supremacy-clause/ | 2022-01-25T19:07:41Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-05/segments/1642320304872.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20220125190255-20220125220255-00718.warc.gz | en | 0.926155 | 548 |
Sisterhood Tote Bag - The Perfect Best Friend Gift
Our sisterhood tote bag celebrates strength, belonging and girl power.
It's the perfect gift for her - best friend, sister or daughter. Whether you’re searching for a birthday gift or a ‘just because’ gift, our quality textured tote bags are a great present idea for all occasions.
Our bright and bold sisterhood heart graphic is designed and printed here in our studio in Northamptonshire, UK.
34 cm (W) x 35 cm. (H)
95% polyester , 5% cotton. Thick and textured with neutral colours and a small Bookishly logo on the reverse. The strap hangs 25 cm from its highest point.
TIP! Grab two - one for you and one for your bestie. After all, the sisterhood is about belonging and community.
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Mobile has gained legitimacy as a commerce channel. Millions of retail locations in the US now accept mobile in-store payments and are also developing e-commerce businesses that support mobile payment options in apps and on mobile websites.
However, quick-service restaurants (QSRs) — also known as fast-casual restaurants — have been turning to mobile order-ahead apps to extract higher sales, intensify customer loyalty, and heighten foot traffic.
Mobile order-ahead refers to a consumer-facing mobile payment platform that allows customers to order food remotely, pay for the items on their phone, and pick up their order at a specific restaurant location.
Leading QSRs in the US are beginning to adopt these platforms at an accelerated pace and are benefiting from them. Taco Bell sees 30% higher average order values on mobile compared to in-store, and Starbucks' Mobile Order & Pay already represents 10% of total transactions at high-volume stores, directly contributing to increased company sales.
Mobile order-ahead is still in its early days, but will be a $38 billion industry by 2020, accounting for 10.7% of total QSR industry sales. This will be driven by full adoption among the top QSRs in the US, the growth of mobile commerce, QSR adoption through aggregators like Grubhub, loyalty programs, higher average order values, and new buy buttons.
In BI Intelligence's 2016 Mobile Order-Ahead Report, we profile the companies that have proved the mobile order-ahead concept and analyze the trends contributing to this new industry's growth.
Here are some key takeaways from the report:
- Mobile order-ahead apps — platforms that enable consumers to remotely purchase menu items for in-store restaurant pickup — are on the rise among quick-service restaurants (QSRs). We expect sales on these platforms to reach $38 billion by 2020, representing a five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 57%.
- Mobile order-ahead will ultimately have an additive effect on the QSR industry. Mobile ordering platforms have been proven to intensify customer loyalty, increase purchase frequency, and lift average ticket sizes through order customization and easier checkout options. This means that mobile ordering is not a simple substitution for in-store purchasing, but a channel that can enhance the lifetime value of QSR customers. This makes mobile order-ahead a critical channel contributing to the growth of the QSR industry.
- Alternative commerce solutions will help propel mobile ordering. Aggregators like Grubhub will onboard smaller fast-casual restaurants into the mobile ecosystem by offering them an existing app to integrate into, lowering the upfront costs of creating a mobile channel of their own. And in-store self-service kiosks will help popularize remote ordering and accustom users to less traditional forms of payment that don't require a cash register.
In full, the report:
- Forecasts the growth of the mobile order-ahead industry in the US from 2015 to 2020, including its share of total QSR sales.
- Profiles brands that are leading the migration to mobile ordering.
- Examines the alternative commerce solutions that could help popularize mobile order-ahead.
- Explains the risks and drawbacks to launching a mobile commerce platform.
- Assesses the ways both large and small brands can create a mobile order-ahead platform.
- Determines which types of fast-casual chains are in the best position to benefit from mobile order-ahead.
Companies mentioned in the report include: Taco Bell, Starbucks, Dunkin' Donuts, Panera Bread, Heartland Payment Systems, Domino's, Chipotle, McDonald's, California Pizza Kitchen, Panda Express, Papa John's, Subway, PayPal, Klarna, Apple
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There has been a "significant decline" last year in the volume of TV ads promoting foods high in fat, sugar or salt viewed by children, according to the Advertising Standards Authority.
The ASA, which has analysed the percentage of ads seen by children per week since 2008, said that in 2018 children saw an average of eight TV ads for HFSS foods last year, down from 9.6 per week in 2017 and 12.4 per week in 2016.
In the decade between 2008 and 2018, the watchdog said, children’s exposure to all TV ads for food and soft-drink brands – HFSS or otherwise – has halved from an average of 35.5 ads per week in 2008 to 17.8 ads per week in 2018.
The number of alcohol and gambling ads seen by children has also decreased significantly over the decade – dropping 62.5% and 37.3% respectively between 2008 and 2017 [note: the ASA has cited figures from 2017 as opposed to 2018].
Children viewed 3.2 gambling ads – mostly for bingo, lotteries and scratchcards – each week in 2018, down from 4.4 per week in 2013. However, this is an increase on the 2.2 ads per week viewed in 2008 – the first year gambling and betting ads were permitted on TV.
Children are viewing less TV ads as a whole
Looking at children's exposure to TV ads as a whole, the ASA said they were viewing 38.1% less than in 2013 – from 229.3 ads per week in 2013 to a low of 141.9 ads in 2018.
"Our priority is to ensure children are protected and we’re pleased that there’s a clear reduction in children’s exposure to TV ads for HFSS products and consistently low alcohol ad exposure levels," ASA chief executive Guy Parker said.
"We’ve also policed the rules online through our proactive monitoring work, which uses technology to find out which ads children are seeing, followed by swift action against online advertisers who have broken the rules." | <urn:uuid:d7c6c144-d477-4e2e-93ef-78aa9c67d919> | CC-MAIN-2022-05 | https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/asa-finds-significant-decline-hfss-food-ads-seen-children/1669273 | 2022-01-25T21:10:24Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-05/segments/1642320304872.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20220125190255-20220125220255-00718.warc.gz | en | 0.974086 | 421 |
July 2021 Capital Campaign Update
Updated: Jul 23, 2021
Christ Lutheran Church
July 15, 2021
Visualize… Our Present & Our Future.
“For I know the plans I have for you,” Declares the Lord, “Plans to prosper you and not harm, plans to give you hope for the future.” -- Jeremiah 29:11
Looking back at the Capital Campaign giving for the past year of 2020, we have been blessed with a wonderful commitment from the faithful givers within CLC. Our pledges have continued to come in, and even in the midst of the COVID crisis, we were able to do the important work of reducing our debt, maintaining our facility and sharing your gifts with our ministry partners both locally and around the world.
During this past year, I have been inspired by the support and work that the Capital Campaign has been able to achieve:
We have over $613,000 in pledges from 117 families.
To date we have received $302,778.00, or a little over 49% of the pledged funds.
We have distributed $295,524.00 to the following areas -
$189,132 to Debt Reduction
$35,970 to Facilities - Including full roof replacement & office security
$23,500 to our Ministry Partners (Local, Regional, National & Worldwide)
Paid our entire Fundraising cost of $46,922.00
With the challenges of 2020, our Capital Campaign giving has, as one might expect, gone down significantly over the spring and summer months. However, in 2021 we have seen a declining trend in giving with the Campaign contributions bottoming out at $2,808 in June.
As our economy begins to recover, we would like to be in a position as a congregation to give our church a more stable financial future. As we move into the summer of 2021 and toward a renewed hope of our more fully gathering and sharing as a community of faith in Christ, I ask that you prayerfully review and consider your pledge for the Capital Campaign and be inspired by the blessings your giving has already accomplished.
It has been exciting to see all of the ways your giving has been able to positively affect our congregation and our community. I am looking forward to sending out a monthly CC BLOG with information and words of thanks for all the areas and ministries your campaign pledges have impacted.
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to call me at 303-903-1558. I am grateful for your commitment to Christ Lutheran Church and its mission.
Capital Campaign Chairman
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Emotes Book - Ick and the Emotastone
Product Number : EMO-30A
Ick and the Emotastone
Explore your emotions with this set of 12 hardcover picture books! Each story features a different Emote character, and the set includes a guide for parents. All books are 30 pages and 8 5/8" x 8 1/2". | <urn:uuid:ee8c69cd-6e5f-4664-b4de-51c0ae976130> | CC-MAIN-2022-05 | https://www.creativetherapystore.com/products/emotes-book-ick-and-the-emotastone | 2022-01-25T19:49:59Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-05/segments/1642320304872.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20220125190255-20220125220255-00718.warc.gz | en | 0.815651 | 87 |
Cutts Engineering acquired the previously operated Bunnings Engineering Works in 1999. It is located in the Light Industrial Area of Manjimup and services a community with immensely diverse ranges of commercial and industrial operations. It’s proven to be a valuable engineering resource for Small Business, Government, South West industries and services most General Public domestic needs.
Its comprehensive range of professional services includes the manufacture, construction and maintenance services for plant, equipment and machinery.
The steel making section is fitted with a full range of fabrication and welding equipment to cater for all areas including aluminum and stainless steel.
The fitting and machining section of the company is equipped with the machinery to perform a wide range of tasks to service most industry applications.
In the servicing section, specialized equipment refurbishes and rebuilds all crawler track and undercarriage components including turning of pins and bushes. Other services include hard face welding to rebuild grousers, idlers and rollers.
The company has a sandblasting & spray painting facility, which is capable of achieving Class 3 blast to all steel surfaces. It can apply both domestic and industrial protection for large and small projects to the customer’s standards and requirements.
Cutts Engineering accommodates one of the largest workshop facilities in the South West and is staffed with skilled trades people each committed to providing quality service.
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Cutts Engineering manufacture the award winning Reefinator. In the year of its release, 2015, the Reefinator won the New Release Award at Newdegate Machiney Field Days, and the Best Australian Made Machine Award at the Yorke Peninsula Field Days. In 2017, the Reefinator won the Western Australia Innovator of the Year Growth Category Award. Cutts Engineering have manufactured over 100 units.
Cutts Engineering are proud to collaborate with Rocks Gone in the development of their newly released Depth Charger. In 2017 the Depth Charger won the Farm Inventor Award at Newdegate Machinery Field Days, and the New Release Award: Broad Acre Machinery Award at Yorke Peninsula Field Days.
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THE Reefinator crushed a milestone with the 100th rocky reef wrecker rolling off its Manjimup, Western Australia, production line last week.
Tim Pannell from Rocks Gone was awarded the ‘Farm Inventor Award’ at the 2017 Newdegate Machinery Field Days for his big ripper called the Depth Charger. Tim accepted the award along with Kyle Cutts of Cutts Engineering, who assisted with the design and manufacturing of the machine. | <urn:uuid:a00561be-cebc-4875-adb0-106588d5a3f0> | CC-MAIN-2022-05 | https://www.cuttsgroup.com.au/engineering | 2022-01-25T20:19:41Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-05/segments/1642320304872.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20220125190255-20220125220255-00718.warc.gz | en | 0.935764 | 548 |
Bottled water among school supplies for Detroit, Flint kids
Schoolchildren in Detroit and Flint are carrying more than pencils, notebooks and lunches to their first day of school on Tuesday; they are packing bottled water.
Both school districts, Detroit Public Schools Community District and Flint Community Schools, have turned off drinking water inside school buildings in response to water-quality concerns.
In Detroit, the decision was made Aug. 28 to close the taps after 16 schools showed higher than acceptable levels for copper and/or lead. In Flint, where drinking taps were turned off in October 2015, water again is being provided this school year through January as water testing continues.
Parents who are concerned about the ability of both districts to provide drinking water — for 50,000 students in 106 Detroit schools and for 4,500 students in 13 Flint schools — say they are not taking chances this week as temperatures hover near 90 on the first day of school.
Detroit parent Bianca Nealy said bottled water will be going Tuesday with her two children who attend Pasteur Elementary School.
"It's a sad situation. I don’t want my kids drinking the water. I don’t want no children drinking the water. We have to be accountable," Nealy said.
As president of the school's Parent Teacher Association, Nealy said she is considering a fundraiser to buy water for the school. She plans to walk inside school on Tuesday to confirm drinking fountains are marked off limits or are shut off. Pasteur was not one of the 16 schools on the test list.
"My plan is to go inside Tuesday and see what is going on and how they plan to do all of this. Because I don’t want any children to make a mistake," Nealy said.
At Flint Community Schools, parent Ariana Hawk said she is packing multiple bottles of water inside the backpacks of both of her sons for the first day of school.
Hawk said the district told parents last year not to send refillable bottles for water or bottled water to school because "they are disruptive" and because the district provides water. Students used a water pass, which Hawk said allowed them to drink water in between classes.
"Last year they had a water cooler. Once it was gone for the day, it was gone for the day. So my son would come home thirsty," Hawk said. "It makes it difficult when you can’t get up and go get a drink. They kids are maybe getting 3-4 sips ... a day.
"I see that Detroit is going through the same thing. No child should have to worry about it," Hawk said. "I put two frozen ones and one non-frozen one in his bag so he can drink when he walks home or after he plays basketball."
During the indefinite shutoff at Detroit schools, bottled water will be provided and distributed by the district, officials said.
Reports posted by the city of Detroit for testing done at Detroit schools can be viewed here. The reports provide locations of tests inside the school, the result for lead and copper, and recommendations that include removing fixtures, flushing lines and implementing plans under state water rules.
Local and national teacher union officials said Friday they they are working to get water, coolers and hand sanitizers to the schools for the first day of class.
"Our union could not stand idly by," said Terrence Martin Sr., Detroit Federation of Teachers executive vice president. "We have been battling these conditions for years. They are not new. This is on the state’s hands. We had to ensure that our students and staff have the supplies they need to perform as best they can under these sub-par conditions."
Detroit Superintendent Nikolai Vitti said on Friday the water being delivered to schools is through Absopure. He did not provide further details on how much water is being provided per child per day.
"Water will be delivered to schools based on the number of students/staff at the school. The principals whose schools used water coolers last year reported the students actually drank more water. The strategy is to use cooled water coolers at the schools," Vitti said.
Vitti tweeted on Friday: "Every institution that serves children needs to undergo water testing with every water source. Period."
Vitti initiated water testing of all 106 school buildings during the spring. The testing evaluated all water sources, from sinks to drinking fountains.
It is not clear what is the source of the contamination. The district has asked Mayor Mike Duggan and Gov. Rick Snyder to convene a task force of engineers and water experts to determine the cause of the elevated lead and copper levels and to propose solutions.
Concerns that the infrastructure could be to blame for the water quality issues come amid widespread building condition problems. In June, the district released a report that showed it would cost $500 million to repair its buildings.
About 25 percent of the buildings are in unsatisfactory condition and another 20 percent are in poor condition, according to the report.
The district has $29.86 million in needed repairs or replacement costs in plumbing. In five years, the cost to repair or replace will be $82 million.
Michigan has no rules that require school districts to test for lead in their water supply, according to the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality.
Water systems are required to take additional action to control erosion if lead concentrations exceed 15 parts per billion, or copper concentrations exceed 1.3 parts per million in more than 10 percent of taps sampled.
Tiffany Brown, spokeswoman for the DEQ, said the department is helping the district to make sure that the samples were properly collected and to verify that a certified lab analyzed them. The team also is providing guidance and consultation, she said.
"Also, from recent sampling results of the Great Lakes Water Authority (which were below the 12 ppb), it is likely the higher results that have been reported by DPS are caused by faucets fixtures or older drinking water fountains," Brown said.
Brown said in Flint, extensive line flushing and testing have been done, along with the replacement of fixtures and installation of more 1,400 filters in schools and day-care and elder-care facilities.
In July, the DEQ reported that 99 percent of filtered water samples taken at Flint Community Schools met the 5 ppb bottled water standard, and 100 percent of the samples were below the 15 ppb federal Lead and Copper Rule requirement.
Flint Superintendent Derrick Lopez said that the district has secured funding for clean drinking water through January and will continue to use water jugs during that time. Lopez said parents were not advised not to send in bottled water.
"Flint Community Schools continues to work closely with the Department of Environmental Quality, the city of Flint and medical experts to review ongoing water testing results specific to our school buildings and will make long-term decisions in tandem with those parties," Lopez said.
'No safe level'
Lead exposure can cause learning and behavior problems in children, while high levels of copper can cause vomiting, gastrointestinal issues and other health problems. The metals can enter the water of older homes or buildings that have lead or copper plumbing, or that are connected to the public water system with lead or copper service lines.
Dr. Kanta Bhambhani, director of the Lead Clinic at Children’s Hospital of Michigan and a pediatric hematology-oncology specialist, said the decision to wait until the water is safe for consumption by children and others in Detroit is the right decision.
"As high levels of lead were found in DPSCD schools, one thing we know there is no safe lead level for children," she said. "Any lead exposure could be a hazardous situation for the brain. The brain is growing up to 6 years of age. The effects can be of great concern."
In Detroit, Renaissance High School teacher Kerry Williams said the students are worried about the water. The school has elevated copper levels, according to tests.
"To say don’t drink the water. That is definite frightening for the kids," Williams said. "They are worried about it. They are coming to school talking to anyone they can and are all over social media talking about it."
There are 1,200 students who attend the school. Williams said she has been told by the administration that cases of bottled water will be available until water coolers arrive.
"It just blows my mind we don’t have water," she said. "It is ridiculous. I will have to bring a few cases. It's going to be crazy."
Still, Williams said, Detroit students are resilient.
"We have grit at DPSCD," she said. "We don’t have computers, but we make it work with cellphones. We don’t have textbooks, so we scan pages on the copier. It’s one thing that makes our kids stronger."
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The Direct Marketing Association List & Database Council announced the winners yesterday of the Ron Davis Young List Professional of the Year Award for 2003 to be presented next month.
This year's recipients will be Tina Cavallo, list rental manager at Reader's Digest Association Inc.; Beth Leffel, account executive at Direct Media Inc.; and Sanja Vanjur, supervisor of brokerage services at D-J Associates.
The awards, which go to individuals with five years of service or less in the list industry, will be presented Aug. 12 at a luncheon during the DMA's List Vision 2003 conference at the Marriott Marquis, New York.
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The construction of the wind power plant, in record time and during the pandemic, has involved 120 professionals, the civil works have been carried out by Aragonese companies and a good part of the components of the wind turbines have been built in the country.
Part of the park’s production will provide green wind energy to the 13,500 supply points of Vodafone’s own network in Spain.
Iberdrola continues to advance in its investment plans in renewables to continue promoting the energy transition and with it the recovery of the economy and employment. In this context, the Puylobo wind farm in the province of Zaragoza began operations, after completing its construction in a record time of eight months during the pandemic.
Located in the province of Zaragoza -in the Zaragoza municipalities of Borja and Mallén-, the project has 49 MW of installed power, distributed in 14 SG 3.4-132 wind turbines; a model with a 64.5 m long blade, optimal for medium and high wind sites. The start-up of Puylobo will prevent the annual emission into the atmosphere of 19,000 t / CO2 and part of its production will provide 100% renewable energy to the 13,500 supply points of Vodafone’s own network in Spain from January, after the Long-term clean energy purchase and sale agreement (PPA) signed between both companies.
The construction of the wind farm has involved more than 120 professionals and has had a relevant local participation: civil works have been carried out by local companies and a good part of the components of the wind turbines -towers, nacelles, generators, multipliers and transformers- are They have manufactured in Asturias, Cantabria, Soria and Burgos.
With Puylobo, Iberdrola completed in the last year and a half the construction of 122 renewable megawatts (MW) in Aragon, including the El Pradillo wind farm (23 MW), in Zaragoza and in operation since January, and its first photovoltaic plant -Azaila, of 50 MW, which completes its construction in Teruel. In this way, the company raises the renewable MW installed in the region to around 500.
It doubles its renewable bet with 500 green MW in the pipeline
Aragon is one of the regions in which Iberdrola has decided to continue investing, doubling its renewable commitment in the coming years, with the processing of nearly 500 green MW. These are the Peñaflor, Fuendetodos and Escatrón photovoltaic plants and a wind power installation in co-development in Pancrudo, Teruel. All projects have connection access and environmental analysis.
Additionally, Iberdrola plans to promote the development of wind and photovoltaic projects with 700 MW of installed capacity in different areas of the region.
Green investments to promote economic recovery and employment
Iberdrola is convinced that the energy transition can act as a key driving agent in the transformation of the industrial fabric and in the green recovery of the economy and employment. To this end, the company has launched a historic investment plan of 75,000 million euros for the period 2020-2025, with the aim of doubling its renewable capacity and taking advantage of the opportunities of the energy revolution facing the main economies of the world.
Investments in Spain for the period amount to about 14,300 million euros and half -more than 7,000 million euros- will go to the development of new renewable projects, while more than 4,500 million will go to strengthen and continue digitizing the electrical networks.
After twenty years promoting the energy transition, Iberdrola is the leader in renewable energy in our country, with an installed capacity of more than 16,700 renewable MW as of September 2020; a volume that in the world rises to more than 33,000 MW, making its generation park one of the cleanest in the energy sector.
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Team members must prepare five sample Web pages that communicate and promote their future technology vision. Sample Web pages may be hand-drawn on a web page form and attached as a pdf or computer-generated in a Word or PowerPoint document and may include text, pictures, photographs and diagrams in black & white or in color. A collage of graphics or photographs may be pasted onto the Sample Web Page form. Use of the Sample Web Page form is optional. A team could build a website, if it’s something a team would like to learn.
The sample Web pages should relate to material presented in the written description and illustrate the attributes of the chosen technology
Each Web page should relate to the others as if the team were actually designing a website to promote its future technology
One Web Page must be devoted to a depiction of a model or visual representation of the technology that could be used to create a prototype for display; the model does not need to be a perfect representation of what the technology would look like completed, just a depiction that will help others visualize the design and communicate key features
Please remember to give proper credit in the bibliography to any non-original artwork
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James Cameron likes to take his time, so instead of waiting merely eight years between making box office champ Avatar in 2009 and its first sequel in 2017, fans will have to wait a bit longer. Avatar 2, the first of three planned sequels from the director, has been delayed from its proposed December 2017 release window.
This is disappointing news for blockbuster film fans who were prepping themselves for the biggest face off in box office history. News broke earlier this week that director Rian Johnson’s next installment of the Star Wars saga had been delayed from May 2017 to December of that year, putting it in direct competition with Cameron’s Avatar sequel.
With both immediate precedents as two of the highest grossing movies ever made, it suddenly had movie fans champing at the bit for a blockbuster battle royale. The struggle for which movie would get which IMAX screens would have been the stuff of legends. Sadly, if sanely, Cameron balked and decided he needed more time.
Strangely enough, Avatar’s studio, Twentieth Century Fox, never officially announced a release date, but December 2017 was confirmed by Cameron himself when he talked to the Montreal Gazette just last month. “Christmas of ’17 is the target,” he told them, but added, “But I don’t consider that to be as important as the fact that when we get all three films done, we drop them a year apart. I call it a meta-narrative that runs across the three movies. Each film stands alone, but it also tells one much larger story.”
So it seems as though Cameron sort of wanted to do what Johnson will get to do with Episode VIII and have a bit more time to tinker with his movie, except Cameron, a legendary megalomaniacal perfectionist, has the huge responsibility of planning out three movies instead of just one. Cameron’s plan is to shoot all three at the same time a la The Lord of the Rings to save on costs, and schedule them out annually. If Fox wants to avoid Christmas altogether to leave that space for Star Wars, you can probably expect Avatar 2 in the summer of 2018 with the third and fourth planned movies following up in the summers of 2019 and 2020.
Though the epic box office showdown would have been great, the release date switch is a win for both movies. Star Wars has Christmas locked up to make all the money with merchandise and the movie itself, and Avatar can be the main event in the traditional blockbuster season.
Actors Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldana are set to reprise their lead roles and, despite her character’s fate in the first movie, there may be a chance that Sigourney Weaver could return as well. Everyone will have enough time to prepare, but hopefully Avatar 2 won’t be delayed again. | <urn:uuid:b8d6a736-4864-4e5a-ab9e-4cc60c83d0ea> | CC-MAIN-2022-05 | https://www.inverse.com/article/10520-avatar-2-delayed-from-december-2017-won-t-go-up-against-star-wars | 2022-01-25T19:21:07Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-05/segments/1642320304872.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20220125190255-20220125220255-00718.warc.gz | en | 0.975109 | 588 |
Discover the Top 100 consumer markets by population, wealth, spending, retail power and future potential.
Japan's Top 100 Markets: Now to 2025 identifies the top 100 markets within Japan’s nearly 800 cities for now to 2025. This is the most complete and thorough analysis of Japanese consumer markets ever published – and the only report of its kind available in either English or Japanese.
The report helps you to:
- Focus on the best markets that suit your brand, store or service
- Gain rapid understanding of each market through concise profiles
- Plan for the next 5, 10, even the next 30 years
- More efficiently allocate marketing budgets by region
With Japan’s Top 100 Consumer Markets: Now to 2025 you will see the opportunities ahead of the competition, potential new markets, the top cities within each region, where to focus marketing, and leading markets by incomes, savings, spending, retail and market segments.
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Japan's Top 100 Consumer Markets: Now to 2025 is useful for anyone looking to find out where the hottest 100 consumer zones are overall and across key consumer categories:
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The French Tennis Federation is introducing a dress code and outfits like Serena Williams’ black catsuit “will no longer be accepted" at the French Open. Federation president Bernard Giudicelli said in an interview to Tennis magazine: “I think that sometimes we’ve gone too far.... One must respect the game and the place."
Here’s the problem with his argument: Respect is mutual. Williams has said the bodysuit helps prevent blood clots, a medical problem she has battled with. And with or without it, her choice deserves respect. The policing of women’s bodies by sports federations must end. And for those who are more interested in her catsuit than her game, maybe the problem lies in the perspective. —PKS
Silicon Valley has emerged as an unlikely monitor of smartphone use in the last few months. In quick succession, tech giants like Google and Apple announced new features to control smartphone dependency. The new Android 9 Pie, currently in Beta stage, offers a Digital Wellbeing dashboard that clocks your screen time and analyses your app use. Apple’s upcoming iOS 12 update will allow you to schedule “downtime" away from your phone and set usage limits for apps. Instagram, which research has found to be the most damaging social media platform for mental health, has launched a wellness dashboard that also allows you to set a daily limit. This week, YouTube became the latest tech company to join the digital wellness movement by launching a “time watched" feature that logs your viewing habits into daily and weekly time stats. —VC
Forty-two years after it was released, the Eagles’ Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 has reclaimed the title of the highest-selling album in the US. According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), the album is now a 38xPlatinum record (an album has to sell one million units to be considered a Platinum record), narrowly beating Michael Jackson’s Thriller, which had held the top spot since 2009. According to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry’s (IFPI) annual Global Music Report of 2017, the US is the world’s largest market for music, valued at $5,916.1 million (around ₹ 41,400 crore).
And there’s more good news for the band. Their other 1976 album, Hotel California, has made a massive jump in sales over the past decade, to become the third best-selling album of all time. —BB
Crackdown on human rights lawyers
Speaking on the sidelines of a press conference in Mumbai held by 24 civil society organizations to protest the arrest of five human rights activists and lawyers, senior advocate Mihir Desai said, “This will absolutely create a chilling effect. The reason they’re targeting lawyers and urban activists is to make sure that the rural poor and the marginalized can’t get any help."
The coordinated cross-country raids on 28 August represent a new chapter in the already antagonistic relationship between civil society and the Indian state. Among the arrested are activist-lawyers Sudha Bharadwaj, Arun Ferreira and Vernon Gonsalves, poet Varavara Rao, and journalist Gautam Navlakha. This follows the arrest of five others in June, including lawyer Surendra Gadling. All 10 stand accused of having “Maoist links" and of being involved in the violence at Bhima Koregaon in January.
That Dalit and left-wing activists are being charged under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, ostensibly meant to tackle violent terrorists, is worrying. Of the lawyers arrested or raided, each one has been a vocal critic of the establishment or has embarrassed the government by helping secure high-profile acquittals in UAPA cases. They are now being targeted under the same law.
The UN Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers states that lawyers should not be identified with their clients’ causes. But as these arrests and others in recent months prove, this isn’t the case for those who represent alleged Maoists. This crackdown on public-spirited lawyers risks undermining a basic pillar of the justice system—the right to a legal defence, regardless of the crime. If lawyers are intimidated into avoiding human rights cases, that might prove much more damaging to the country than any Maoist plot. —BK
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MECO Remains Committed to Contributing to the Fight Against COVID-19
As the world is approaching the one-year anniversary of being in lockdown from the novel coronavirus, MECO remains steadfast in our commitment to contributing to the global response to end the pandemic.
Producing over 25 million gallons of pharmaceutical grade water daily, MECO’s systems are critical to the biopharmaceutical industry as it continues to combat the spread of COVID-19 around the world. MECO water is used in the manufacturing of the COVID-19 vaccines, along with the syringes, packaging, therapeutics and testing kits that go into distributing the vaccines worldwide. These operations are highly reliant on reliable water purification systems and MECO is proud to be able to provide that piece of the puzzle.
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Multi-talented rapper, author and slam poet George Watsky represents the new school of hip hop, first coming to international attention when he won the Youth Speaks Grand Slam Poetry Competition in 2006, going on to ride the wave of a huge internet and social media following after his self-penned and self-produced video for 'Pale Kid Raps Fast' went viral in 2012. His already blossoming career was further bolstered by his work and appearances on popular YouTube web series Epic Rap Battles of History, paving the way for solo stardom when he dropped his breakthrough sophomore album Cardboard Castles in 2013.
2020 sees Watsky gearing up to bring fresh material to cities across North America on the mammoth Advanced Placement tour. Expect that trademark rapid-fire rap delivery, intellectual, emotionally honest lyrical content, and hook-laden melodies that speak of Watsky's strong writing prowess and penchant for well-written songs.
Performance date: 16 September 2021
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Dress your Kay Bojesen design classic for Christmas with this painted beech Santa’s Hat – sure to spread Christmas cheer among the whole family. The Santa’s Hat comes in two sizes and fits the small monkey and the mini monkey. The accompanying elastic ensures this little Santa’s Hat sits snugly on the monkey’s head. With its status as a design classic, this much-loved monkey makes a great gift. Give it together with the Santa’s Hat and create some extra Christmas cheer for the festive season. The Santa’s Hat comes in a little gift box.
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Brilliantly designed to combine sunlight, shade, water and stone, this soothingly spacious spa environment measures 423 m2 (4,553 ft2) and features five treatment rooms, including a couples’ suite, as well as a traditional Hammam, a sauna, relaxation area and locker rooms for men and women.
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Ginkgo Spa offers the only traditional Hammam experience on Mykonos. Your experience starts by deeply cleansing the skin with a revitalizing body scrub, followed by a full-body foam massage, nourishing marine-mud body mask with aromatic oils of sweet orange and rose geranium, a refreshing hair wash and hydrating conditioning scalp treatment.
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Health Insurance Information
Need help with health coverage?
Patient financial counselors at Southcoast Health can help determine your eligibility for various health insurance programs and can also assist you with enrollment. Even if you work or have private health insurance, you may be able to get assistance such as:
- Free health care
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- Tax credits to help offset the cost of your Health insurance
What Can MassHealth do for you?
MassHealth is a state and federal program that provides health care benefits to Massachusetts residents with low and moderate incomes. It offers a broad range of health care services by paying for part or all of a MassHealth member’s health insurance, or by paying medical providers for their services to MassHealth members. MassHealth covers doctor visits, prescription drugs, hospital stays and many other important services.
Who can get MassHealth?
MassHealth offers benefits to people who meet eligibility requirements. We look at family size and income to decide if you or your family can get MassHealth. If you are age 65 or older, or in need of longterm care services, we also count some of your assets. Even if you or your family already have other health insurance, you may qualify if your family’s income is low or moderate. If your income is too high to get MassHealth, you may qualify for help paying for your insurance through a Health Connector Plan.
About the Massachusetts Health Connector
What can the Massachusetts Health Connector do for you?
The Massachusetts Health Connector (the Health Connector) provides access to health and dental insurance plans for individuals, families and small businesses. The Health Connector can help you shop for and enroll in insurance plans from leading health insurers in the state.
The Health Connector offers plans that provide full health benefits, including visits to the doctor or hospital and prescriptions. You can choose from a variety of plans with different premiums, copays, deductibles, doctors and hospitals. You may qualify to buy a low-cost insurance plan (Connector Care plan) and get additional savings from the federal or state government (premium tax credits) through the Health Connector.
Premium tax credits are a way to lower the cost of your insurance premiums. The amount of your credit, if you are eligible, depends on your household size and income.
Who can get help from the Health Connector?
In general, you can qualify to buy a health and/or dental plan through the Health Connector if you meet all of the following conditions:
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- You are a US citizen, a US national, or a lawfully present immigrant in the United States;
- You are not in prison.
In order to qualify for help paying for your plan, you have to meet certain income standards:
- Have income that is less than 400% of the Federal Poverty Level; and
- Not qualify for Minimum Essential Coverage such as Medicare, MassHealth, or affordable employer-sponsored insurance that meets the minimum value.
What other health care programs are available?
MassHealth will determine if you qualify for other insurance affordable programs, including the Children’s Medical Security Plan and the Health Safety Net.
- The Children’s Medical Security Plan is a program that provides preventive health care coverage for uninsured children aged 18 or younger, regardless of income. You may have to pay a monthly premium (fee).
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To apply for MassHealth, The Children’s Medical Security Plan, a Health Connector Plan with help paying cost, or the Health Safety Net, you must fill out either an Application for Health Coverage and Help Paying Costs, or a Senior Medical Benefits Request.
To talk to someone in person about options that are available to you, contact our financial counselors who can help you apply for a program. Patient financial counselors at Southcoast Health can help determine your eligibility for various health insurance programs and can also assist you with enrollment.
Southcoast can help you find insurance
If you or your family are uninsured or partially insured, Southcoast’s Patient Financial Services department is here to review your eligibility for any possible insurance program.
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CARLINVILLE \u2014 Blackburn College President John Comerford has been named to the newly created Higher Education Commission of the Future of the Workforce. The commission was created under the auspices of House Joint Resolution 52, passed by the General Assembly in the spring 2015. The Commission features broad-based expertise in business, economic development, and higher education in order to review efforts for improved alignment of post-secondary educational programming with regional workforce needs. \u201cI am proud to have a role in future workforce development,\u201d Comerford said. \u201cBlackburn College has a long, rich tradition of preparing students for successful careers. The rigorous academic program is greatly complimented by the historic Work Program where students can gain crucial work, leadership, and management experience during their college years. It is no surprise that Blackburn students have a 98 percent placement rate following graduation. I am excited to be part of an effort that may bring additional opportunities, partnerships and collaboration for more meaningful experiential learning in Illinois.\u201d The Illinois Board of Higher Education made the announcement of the inaugural board membership on Jan. 8. Chaired by James Applegate, executive director of the Illinois Board of Higher Education, commission members also include: Douglas Baker, President, Northern Illinois University; State Rep. Kelly Burke, 36th State District of the Illinois House of Representatives; Sen. Jacqueline Collins, 16th State District of the Illinois Senate; Edgar Curtis, President and Chief Executive Officer, Memorial Health System; Bridget Gainer, Vice President of Global Affairs, Aon; State Rep. Norine Hammond, 94th State District of the Illinois House of Representatives; Alice Marie Jacobs, President, Danville Area Community College; Jason Keller, Economic Development Director, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago; Sen. Karen McConnaughay, 33rd State District of the Illinois Senate; and John Rico, CEO, Rico Enterprises, Inc. The commission was formed to analyze workforce needs and educational degree production in each economic development region of the state; identify partnerships to develop certificate and degree programs to address regional workforce needs; examine existing partnerships among higher education sectors to increase degree completion, and explore opportunities to expand collaboration throughout the educational pipeline to address workforce demands; develop strategies for alternative models for degree\/credential production such as online learning and competency-based credits; investigate incentives for working adults and those with substantial college credit but no degree to return to college; and explore strategies and practices in other states to incentivize certificate and degree completion. | <urn:uuid:8555ae80-e328-498a-aa23-3815da92deac> | CC-MAIN-2022-05 | https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/articleComments/Blackburn-president-named-to-Illinois-s-Higher-12602512.php | 2022-01-25T19:04:42Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-05/segments/1642320304872.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20220125190255-20220125220255-00718.warc.gz | en | 0.94131 | 513 |
Introducing Teamwork CRM’s Email Sync Solution
Teamwork CRM customers can rejoice in the addition of our new email solution for all GSuite and Outlook users.
Since we launched Teamwork CRM, we’ve worked hard to bring additional value to all of our customers. At Teamwork, we always listen to our customers for feedback as they use our products each day.
A request that we’ve frequently heard for Teamwork CRM is the need for an email solution.
Our customers explained how most of their sales conversations took place over email. It was made clear that without the opportunity to easily capture those emails in our CRM, there’s an obvious gap in the value.
Instead of rushing into our solution, our team examined how other CRM’s addressed this challenge. We also spoke extensively to our customers about this process and ultimately identified a solution we believed would bring the most valuable to our customers.
In December 2020, Teamwork released the initial version of the CRM email solution for Outlook email and our team was delighted with the overall adoption and feedback from customers.
However, we didn’t want to limit our email solution to the Outlook user segment with the majority of our customers using Gmail. But to successfully integrate GSuite users and sync their data into the Teamwork CRM, we had to be Google Certified.
The basic premise behind this certification is to ensure providers like Teamwork have the correct levels of security to protect users’ Google Data as it’s made available within a product outside of Google.
While this took slightly longer than we originally hoped, all of us at Teamwork are thrilled to announce that we are officially Google Certified. And with this certification, we’re even more delighted to announce the email solution is now available in Teamwork CRM for all of our GSuite users.
Teamwork CRM users now have the ability to sync their GSuite (or Outlook) email inbox with our CRM. This means that once CRM users successfully sync, they can now access their inbox without needing to leave the Teamwork CRM.
When the inbox is set up in CRM, users can easily create a new lead or opportunity from an email, or connect an email to an ongoing lead or opportunity. New contacts can also simply be created from the email.
When it comes to the actual deal or activity, CRM users have the ability to send (and receive replies) directly from the lead or opportunity. This helps ensure all the relevant conversations taking place over email during the sales process are captured in Teamwork CRM.
The new process makes it easier to reference the deal as it progresses or after the sale when the customer is moved to the next stage of the customer lifecycle.
We believe this solution adds a lot of value to our customers and continues the progress we are making with Teamwork CRM. We couldn't be happier to finally release this to our GSuite customers as this marks a big step forward for Teamwork CRM.
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Head of Marketing
- 65,000 - 75,0000
- Category: Affiliate Marketing/SEO/PPC, E-Commerce, Marketing |
- Contract: Permanent |
- Posted: 14 July 2021 |
We are a Series A startup with the mission to transform the hospitality sector. We provide a customizable e-commerce solution for hospitality brands, enabling them to transact with customers directly from their own websites. Our partners can accept direct orders, manage their production planning, and connect to delivery services of their choice (or deliver themselves), thereby controlling their brand image and customer data.
We have experienced significant growth and are financially backed by leading investors along with a cohort of top angel investors committed to taking our growth further.
For our next stage of growth, we are looking for a Head of Marketing to build and execute our growth strategy.
This role will be pivotal in accelerating our growth strategy by owning and scaling multiple marketing channels. You will create and define our process for the UK market, ready to roll out to other markets in 2022.
You will report directly to our Founder and work closely across functions, particularly with the CCO and commercial team. You will be responsible for ideating, scoping, and delivering scalable measurable digital marketing campaigns to boost relevant partner acquisition.
You will lead a small Marketing team that consists of individual contributors across Brand, Content, Design, and Social Media. Youll need to be passionate about transforming the face of hospitality and be willing to roll up your sleeves as part of a small team.
You are familiar with Google Ads and social ad optimization, CRO, and associated metrics.
You have worked with Hubspot or similar tools.
You pride yourself on being a self-starter. You create opportunities that are not clearly outlined and go after them.
Youre also results-oriented and enjoy working in highly collaborative, cross-functional agile teams.
You thrive in a quick pace, startup environment and are capable of prioritizing workloads effectively and work autonomously.
You have 5+ years of experience working in B2B SaaS demand generation within a high-growth startup environment. A background in hospitality is a plus.
You can demonstrate a successful track record of planning and rolling out B2B marketing campaigns and know how to gain traction with a limited budget.
You have experience in leading a small team but are still happy to jump on the tools. Additional experience in other growth marketing areas such as affiliate marketing, website CRO, SEO, or PR is a plus.
Define and execute growth strategy across Slerps product portfolio.
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Define, execute and report on all lead generation projects, paid and organic.
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The terminology “pre-Sept. 11 figures” finally can be eliminated from discussions on the health of Nevada’s gaming industry.
State casinos won $10.6 billion during calendar year 2004, a 9.7 percent increase over 2003’s total win of $9.6 billion and the highest total win in Nevada history, the Gaming Control Board reported Friday.
The win also marked the first time the total cracked the $10 billion barrier.
Frank Streshley, senior research analyst for the control board, said the increase was the largest percentage jump in five years, with 10 of the 12 months reporting new records. March 2004 was the largest single month ever in Nevada with a win of $930 million.
“What makes this impressive is that we did this without the opening of any new resorts and without the addition of a tremendous amount of new casino space or hotel rooms,” Streshley said.
“The Bellagio opened a new tower in December, and that’s the most significant opening in 2004.”
Following the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, tourism figures decreased somewhat, especially travel to Nevada from foreign destinations. State gaming win decreased from 2000’s $9.59 billion to $9.47 billion in 2001 and $9.44 billion in 2002, then climbed back slightly in 2003.
Gaming analysts have used the term “pre-Sept. 11 figures” as a way of describing a base point of comparison in determining the health of the industry.
“Gaming and the tourism industry are firing on all cylinders,” Streshley said.
“I think we’re past the comparison (to gaming figures before Sept. 11), and Nevada has moved on.”
Brian Gordon, a partner in Las Vegas-based Applied Analysis, said the industry became more innovative in bringing back customers. The 2004 numbers validated those efforts.
“What happened after Sept. 11 was really a catalyst for the operators and the tourism leaders to develop new strategies and come up with ways to bring customers back to Las Vegas,” Gordon said.
“Now we’ve moved beyond that, but the operators will now have to build upon those efforts to continue the growth Las Vegas is experiencing.”
On the Strip, the major gaming houses accounted for 50.5 percent of the state’s overall total, winning $5.3 billion in 2004, a 12 percent jump over 2003’s total win of $4.8 billion.
Casinos along the Boulder Highway and in Henderson, which constitute an area labeled the agen poker online terpercaya Boulder Strip, surpassed Reno in total gaming win for the year, collecting $791.7 million from customers, an increase of 14.6 percent over the $690.9 million won in 2003.
The rest of Clark County, which includes properties at Primm, Jean and outside of the Strip and downtown areas, won $948.1 million in 2004, the second-largest amount for an area in the state. The total jumped 15.4 percent over 2003’s figure of $821.5 million.
“What stood out is that local customer gaming has been strong, which accounts for the increase in the Boulder Strip win,” Streshley said.
Every area of the state included in the report showed increases, though some were small. Reno’s total win of $742.1 million was a 0.03 percent jump over 2003’s total of $739.7 million, the first increase in five years for Northern Nevada’s largest city.
Casinos in North Lake Tahoe had a 14 percent increase in gaming win, collecting $41.8 million in 2004 compared with $36.7 million in 2003. Streshley said the reopening of the Crystal Bay Club and an expansion to the Hyatt accounted for the jump.
Win from slot machines statewide was $7.1 billion in 2004, up from $6.8 billion in 2003. However, the percentage of the total gaming win from slots fell slightly, from 67.3 percent in 2003 to 67.2 percent in 2004. Streshley said it was the first time in 10 years the slot win percentage declined.
Poker had the strongest percentage increase of any table game, as the win of $98.9 million in 2004 was a 44.8 percent jump over the $68.3 million won in 2003. State casinos had 544 poker tables in 2004, 144 more than last year.
December helped boost 2004 to its record total as state casinos won $852.5 million, a jump of 11.06 percent compared with the $767.6 million won in December 2003. Strip casinos reported a win of $437.6 million in the month, an increase of 15.49 percent as compared with $378.9 million in 2003.
Streshley said that December was another record win and that the turnout for the National Finals Rodeo helped kick off the month.
Marc Falcone, gaming analyst for Deutsche Bank, said baccarat win fueled the results of Strip casinos over the last three months of 2004.
“For the fourth quarter, Las Vegas Strip results were very impressive, as evident from recent operator earnings reports. Slot volume grew nine percent, while baccarat volume improved 70 percent,” Falcone said.
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President of the Kurdish Regional Government in Northern Iraq, Nechirvan Barzani, said that his government had previously warned Syrian Kurds to distance themselves from the PKK terror group.
Turkey does not have any problems with Kurds in Syria and it only aims to fight a PKK-affiliated terror group there, said the president of Iraq’s Kurdish Regional Government (KRG).
Speaking at a panel held by Erbil-based Middle East Research Center (MERI), President Nechirvan Barzani commented on Syria and the PKK terror group, whose Syrian offshoot is the YPG.
Barzani said he was informed about Turkey’s clear stance against the terror group, adding he agreed with the perspective of Ankara that the terror group also posed a threat to the local Kurds living in Syria.
President of the Kurdish Regional Government in Northern Iraq, Nechirvan Barzani, says that his government had previously warned Syrian Kurds to distance themselves from the PKK terror group pic.twitter.com/viwwgqRaPT— TRT World (@trtworld) November 5, 2019
He called on Kurds in Syria to keep the terror group at arm's length and pointed out that the PKK terror group aims to legitimize itself by using Syrian Kurds.
Turkey on October 9 launched Operation Peace Spring to eliminate YPG/PKK terrorists from northern Syria east of the Euphrates River in order to secure Turkey’s borders, aid in the safe return of Syria n refugees, and ensure Syria’s territorial integrity.
Nine days after launching the anti-terror operation in northern Syria, a delegation led by US Vice President Mike Pence came to Ankara to forge a temporary deal under which Turkey would pause its military operation in northern Syria for five days and provide the YPG an exit from the Ankara-proposed safe zone.
Turkey also reached an agreement with Russia on October 22 to force YPG/PKK terrorists to withdraw from the planned terror-free zone with their weapons.
In its more than 30-year terror campaign against Turkey, the PKK -- listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the US and the European Union -- has been responsible for the deaths of 40,000 people, including women, children, and infants. The YPG is the Syrian offshoot of the PKK. | <urn:uuid:86923e80-b1ae-4169-9350-238a1c337e8d> | CC-MAIN-2022-05 | https://www.trtworld.com/turkey/turkey-has-no-problems-with-kurds-in-syria-krg-president-31144 | 2022-01-25T20:59:42Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-05/segments/1642320304872.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20220125190255-20220125220255-00718.warc.gz | en | 0.964428 | 466 |
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Director of Science
Mmm, the fresh scent of laundry that’s been dried with dryer sheets.
Wait a minute – how do dryer sheets DO that?
Unfortunately, dryer sheets can contain some harmful chemicals – including hidden fragrance chemicals that lots of people are sensitive to – that vent off into the air we breathe and rub off on our clothes and then onto our skin. Yikes! And the kicker is that dryer sheets aren’t even necessary to our laundry – so they’re just an extra source of exposure to toxic chemicals.
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Women have tons of consumer power when it comes to demanding safe products. We make almost 85% of consumer decisions in the average home. This means that companies pay a LOT of attention to what we buy – and what we don’t buy. When we band together to stop buying a toxic product, we can have a huge impact on making the marketplace that much safer.
The Problem with Dryer Sheets
What are dryer sheets made of, anyway?
Dryer sheets are relatively simple products, generally made of a polyester sheet that’s been covered in a fabric softener chemical and – usually – fragrance chemicals. The amount of fragrance used in dryer sheets can be significant, representing up to 10% of the contents of the product! These chemicals rub off the dryer sheet and coat your clothing in a slimy layer that has the effect of making your clothes feel softer.
Whoa, whoa, whoa – are these chemicals toxic?!
Recent tests of chemicals emitted from dryer sheets indicate the following chemicals are commonly emitted from popular dryer sheets. Many of these chemicals can also be found in the air emissions from dryer vents. Some of these chemicals are linked to serious health problems:
Fragrance chemicals: Fragrances can include tens to hundreds of different chemicals, some of which are toxic, and many of which are known allergens, like limonene and linalool. ALL fragrance chemicals are usually kept secret from consumers.
Volatile organic compounds like acetaldehyde, and butane, which can cause respiratory irritation.
Quats: The fabric softener chemical is often part of a family of chemicals called quaternary ammonium compounds, many of which are linked to asthma.
Acetone: can cause nervous system effects like headaches or dizziness.
Not surprisingly, when asked, survey respondents frequently report adverse health effects from exposure to dryer vents. One study found nearly 11% of the respondents reported irritation from exposure to emissions from dryer vents vented outside. Nearly 40% of respondents who indicated that they were “chemically sensitive” reported irritation from dryer vent emissions.
So dryer sheets are unsustainable and unnecessary, too?
Dryer sheets are single-use – which means that we’re throwing them away after each round of laundry!
Chemicals from dryer sheets can build up and clog your dryer’s lint screen, making your dryer a lot less efficient.
In addition, dryer sheets are totally unnecessary for actually making our clothes cleaner – we don’t really need them, and so they’re an easily-preventable source of exposure to toxic chemicals!
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- Throw an old sweater in with your laundry to decrease drying time and reduce static.
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Financing Software Data & Communication Technology for Public safety
Authors: Rachele Gianfranchi, Government Affairs, Dominic Jones SVP, Business Development, Everbridge
The World Climate Summit – The Investment COP 26 provides an opportunity for Everbridge to showcase its expertise in bringing together leading public and private sector organizations to address climate change and associated risks through resilience-building technology solutions. Specifically, this event will open a dialogue about pragmatic solutions that build safer, more resilient, and inclusive responses to critical events created by climate change. Join Everbridge at its Workshop Unlocking Resilience to Enhance Public Safety at the World Climate Summit on November 8th at 11:30 (GMT), in Tay + Tweed Room. Please register here.
Software technology is all around us – sometimes excessively present in our lives, and sometimes clearly missing where and when it is needed most. Such is the case during hazardous events and emergencies, whether due to extreme climate conditions or other manmade disruptions. Often the countries at the mercy of the most severe weather have the slimmest fiscal means – they are the least equipped and prepared to adapt to the changing climate conditions.
An effective and efficient way of boosting climate adaptation is the adoption of Public Warning and Critical Event Management technology.
Public warning systems save lives by alerting people early in emergencies. By leveraging existing telecom infrastructure, with no opt-in required, implementing the common alerting protocol (CAP) if requested, current Public Warning software can reach everyone, within a geographic area to reduce disaster risk, support first responder communications, and analyze the effectiveness of crisis communications deriving situational awareness for future emergencies.
According to the Hydromet Alliance Gap Report (2021), investment in early Public Warning systems creates benefits worth at least 10 times their costs and is vital to building extreme weather resilience. Still, of the 73 countries having informed the World Meteorological Organization, only 40% currently have an effective multi-hazard early warning system.
Critical Event Management is a framework for responding to incidents and mitigating harm during and after emergencies. Consisting of four distinct steps – Assess, Locate, Act, and Analyze – the CEM framework improves public safety by accelerating response time, facilitating collaboration, and reducing errors that sometimes come with quick decision making during hazardous events. The CEM technology has the ability to ingest and analyze any risk-related data source creating an alert should a material change occur or a set threshold be breached such as flood levels, volcano ash density in the air, and the likes.
Both are important tools for the public sector to ensure public safety and for the private sector business continuity and duty of care to their employees.
So important that in some countries they have become mandatory. The European Union in 2018 mandated that all 27 EU member states must adopt an efficient Public Warning system: “By 21 June 2022, Member States shall ensure that, when public warning systems regarding imminent or developing major emergencies and disasters are in place, public warnings are transmitted by providers of mobile number-based interpersonal communications services to the end-users concerned”. This is an important precedent, worth exporting globally to promote faster adaptation to changing climate conditions.
Governments and public sector entities around the world are increasingly relying on global insurance and capital markets to strengthen their economic resilience to natural disasters. In parallel, governments also need to explore the adoption of Public Warning systems to enhance their resilience to extreme climate events and reduce their vulnerability to natural and pandemic disasters.
Since the cost of natural disasters can affect sovereign creditworthiness, development finance organizations are paying increasing attention at the last mile of the hydrometeorological chain, aka the capacity to transform data in informed decisions and take action to save people and infrastructures from climate and other critical events.
Everbridge collaboration with parametric insurance policy partner providers: Event lifecycle from preparedness to recovery
To maximize the relief efforts of non-profit and humanitarian organizations, technology offers a chance of operating upstream on risk reduction and organizational preparedness for the most critical and least expected events – improving their predictability, their management, the emergency communication capacity of responders, and situational awareness in the aftermath of the event. The impact on climate adaptation, loss and damage, and mitigation is yet unmeasured, but certainly promises to be significant.
By automating the workflow between the identification of an imminent disaster, the deployment of preventive measures, and the coordination of emergency responses, the partnership between Finance and Technology can help governments reduce their climate risk exposure, multiply charities’ resources for disaster relief efforts, and expedite much-needed funding.
But something promising is on the horizon – increased collaboration between global insurance companies, which play a growing role in public sector disaster risk financing, and technology firms with global expertise and decades-long experience in crisis mitigation. Such partnerships can effectively enhance resilience to disasters, reduce economic costs. Organizing better, faster responses and providing data analysis improves the resilience to critical events, such as extreme climate events and pandemics.
The Climate Policy Institute reported that global climate finance flows reached USD $632 billion in 2019/2020. Part of these flows is due to the considerable effort of multilateral development banks (MDBs) making important commitments to climate financing to align their operations with Disaster Risk Resilience (DRR). But the lion’s share goes to climate mitigation, only a fraction to adaptation.
Global Landscape of Climate Policy Finance 2021, Climate Policy Institute
As mentioned in the World Bank GFDRR Strategy 2021-2025: “Nearly US $100 trillion in infrastructure investments will be required to meet the global demand over the next 20 years for access to electricity, transportation, telecommunication, and water services. However, infrastructure planned and designed without considering disaster risks is a threat to life and property, and poses a significant contingent liability for governments. […] In low- and middle-income countries, natural hazards cause US$18 billion annually in direct damages to power and transport infrastructure. These costs increase to US $390 billion annually when estimating the household and firm losses on account of infrastructure disruptions. With a changing climate and large investments in infrastructure taking place in many countries, inaction to address disaster risk in the 2020s could cost US$1 trillion more.”
Adaptation implies unlocking resilience. Adaptation calls for the adoption of functioning public warning and critical event management systems. Covering the last mile of the hydrometeorological value chain is an effective and efficient way of boosting climate adaptation.
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This post is kind of a follow up, using an example to illustrate some of the other factors that can influence the size and shape of a democracy.
To give a brief overview of the previous article. I essentially stated that democracy is limited by the number of people you can fit into a room. For example, let's say we have a small village of 500 people. Everyone in the village can go to the village hall, express their opinion and vote on any issues arising. Essentially they can represent themselves.
However, once you have more than say 1000 people it becomes effectively impossible to do that. There are only so many people you can fit into a single debating chamber before it becomes difficult for everyone to be heard and to have their say. It becomes impractical. Plus, on top of this, there are only so many hours in a day. So there's simply not enough time to hear everyone speak. Nor time to have thousands of people voting on every single issue of debate.
It's at this point that we need representational democracy, where instead of representing ourselves in a parliament we vote for someone else to represent us on our behalf. This in of itself is a dilution of the democratic process. We no longer get our own personal direct say on every issue. It also may be the case that we end up being represented by a person who doesn't share our particular view. For instance, you may vote for a Labour candidate, but end up being represented by a Conservative one. Still, though it is a dilution of the process, it's nevertheless the only real practical way of making any democracy work ..any democracy that's bigger than village-size that is.
How much our own individual power is diluted in a representational democracy then depends on how large that democracy is. If a politician represents 1000 constituents they're representing you and 999 other people. As well as themselves of course (!) . If they represent 100,000 constituents they're representing you and 99,999 other people. So once again, practicalities come in to it. There are only so many hours in a day, so there are only so many issues and people a politician can respond to. There's much more chance your elected politician will read your letter or email, or even meet you in person, if they're only representing 1000 people than there is if they're representing 100,000 people.
It's much like hiring a lawyer. If you hire someone who can devote all their time to you they will be able to adequately represent you. However, if you're just one of a multitude of clients they may only be able to devote a small fraction of their time to your case.
Of course, in counterbalance to this, there are obvious benefits to being part of a large country or political body as well. Such as the economic and military might that larger countries or unions can call upon. Which may outweigh the fact that you're less well represented politically. Or a smaller fish in a bigger pond so to speak. Also, more politicians per person means more politicians to pay a salary to, and more cost to you the taxpayer. So there are arguments to be made both ways.
Ultimately it's a personal judgement whether you feel the positives outweigh the negatives. The cumulative effect of all these individual judgements in a country then being the ultimate decider on whether things are satisfactory or not. The general feeling or view of the demos.
..I said "brief overview", I may as well have just re-written the whole article again :)
Anyway, onto the article. There are some pictures here, so hopefully it won't be quite as text heavy.
I'll be using the example below to highlight how natural geographic features can help to shape democracies (or countries in general, democratic or otherwise). Placing, like the village hall example, practical limitations on how democracies can function. It's all pretty obvious stuff really, but simple examples can help us to see these simple things a little easier.
Let's imagine an island;
(some incredible artwork here)
Now on this imaginary island there are 80m people. Who all speak Spanish. Given this situation it would probably make sense for this body of people to govern themselves as a single democracy or country. It would be practical to do this.
However, let's now imagine the island slightly differently;
(they're supposed to be mountains)
There are still 80m people ..but now there is a huge mountain range cutting the island in half. On one side of which there are 50m people who speak Spanish. On the other, 30m people who speak French.
Now in this situation it would make sense for the Spanish speakers on the one side to govern themselves as their own separate country. And for the French speakers on the other to likewise govern themselves separately. Otherwise it would mean that a parliament on the French side would be governing the Spanish side, or vice versa. With the physical barrier of a mountain range, and also a language barrier, separating government from the governed. Putting practical limitations on the effectiveness of the representation.
Now, of course, this doesn't mean that both groups couldn't exist as a single country or political entity. That's still perfectly possible and realistic. However, it would be reasonable for each side to have self-government if they so wanted it. If they felt the benefits of self-governance outweighed the benefits of being part of the wider political body.
The only way to then decide such a thing would be through the ballot box. A referendum, or some other democratic process, which would discern the will of the people in that particular area. Then set them, in a gradual and orderly way, upon their chosen path.
A real world example..
An example from the real world (apart from the endless Brexit that is) is the Northern Ireland issue. The problem here is that two of these natural factors clash. Looking at the island of Ireland geographically it makes intuitive sense that it should be governed as a single country. I think this is perhaps the main reason why most people removed from the issue sympathise more with those wanting to give Northern Ireland "back to the Irish". When looking at the map, as with the above pre-mountain imaginary island, it just makes sense to see Ireland as a single entity. The political view follows on naturally from the geography.
However, there is also the cultural factor. Which is harder for outsiders to see and understand. The Protestant/Catholic divide, similar to a language divide, which historically and culturally shapes the island. So we have this huge clash.
Once again, the only decent way to proceed is through the ballot box. If the people of Northern Ireland vote to remain separate that must be respected. There is no better or fairer way of deciding. However, democracy never stops. So those on the other side of the argument are free to try to persuade a majority of the Northern Irish people to think otherwise. If one day they succeed any such vote must also be respected. | <urn:uuid:0fd69cfe-66bf-442d-8b9c-628e49712de7> | CC-MAIN-2022-05 | http://birkhallsmiscellany.blogspot.com/2019/05/an-island-example.html | 2022-01-27T09:06:33Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-05/segments/1642320305242.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20220127072916-20220127102916-00078.warc.gz | en | 0.970473 | 1,433 |
Entering the home studio of artist Waldemar Kolbusz is an experience in colour. Inside this seemingly sedate residence lies a virtual tidal wave of brilliant tones and hues. Kolbusz’s vivid and dramatic compositions positively saturate the senses. These are not paintings that scream obnoxiously for attention, but they do pulsate and resonate with colour, and when their boldness catches the eye, the eye is unlikely to wander.
His attraction to the abstract form came when Kolbusz became increasingly bored with creating lifelike depictions of buildings, bridges and other inanimate objects. Instead, he found a challenge in the task of painting life into seemingly inanimate patches of colour. Kolbusz’s work is geometric, almost boxy in style, but his bold use of colour infuses these shapes with movement and vigour, almost daring the eye to dart around the canvas. “The work is changing all the time, but this abstract series is something I will do forever, and I will always be challenged by, because each painting is so different,” states Kolbusz.
It was his exposure to works by the New York School of artists such as Rothko, Klein and Motherwell that saw Kolbusz progress from a pleasant crush to an utter infatuation with the abstract form. “It was just work that blew me away,” recalls Kolbusz. “Motherwell’s work, it’s just huge pieces and all of it is just colour, say, a whole red painting with a tiny splash of blue in the corner. And that stuff has always really intimidated me, just because it overwhelmed me. I couldn’t understand why these images were so powerful with visually so few elements. But it isn’t until you start dabbling in painting them, or painting non-representational things, that you realise how difficult it is to get a piece with very little on there that will actually be an interesting piece compositionally, without people just walking past but actually wanting to stare at it for a while. So that becomes a challenge.”
It is a challenge the artist has certainly lived up to, with his works generating a huge amount of interest both here in Australia and in the cut-throat art world of New-York. Kolbusz’s work has become highly sought after, with everyone from architectural firms and chic restaurants to the style gurus at Vogue Living magazine snapping up his vivid and energetic compositions.
Like any artist, Kolbusz has to part with his creations to make a living, and sentimentality is bound to creep in. But Kolbusz takes a positive view of the reality of the art world, that art is a commodity to be bought and sold. “I think it’s a real buzz when people respond to my work. It’s nice when people have one and they love it, and I know that they love it. I guess it just proves to me that what I’m trying to achieve by generating an original awareness of colour is working. If someone is prepared to actually buy it, it kinds of adds closure to the process, and it inspires me to then do more.”
“I really do paint for people and for an audience. It is work for people – to excite them or invigorate them or energise them.” Indeed, it is difficult not to be seduced and uplifted by the splendid arrangements of colour and shape that stem from the brushes of Waldemar Kolbusz. | <urn:uuid:0380e03e-03cd-4336-b300-ff0a8270c4a6> | CC-MAIN-2022-05 | http://kolbusz.com.au/media/kolbusz-a-bold-abstraction/ | 2022-01-27T09:33:34Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-05/segments/1642320305242.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20220127072916-20220127102916-00078.warc.gz | en | 0.966578 | 734 |
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Some of the three friends’ sarcastic questions include levels of irony. Early on Bildad suggests that God has cast away Job’s sons because they sinned against him (9:4), but of course we know that Job frequently offered sacrifices for his children for this very purpose. Later, Eliphaz sarcastically asks Job if he is Adam, the first man to have ever lived and whether he has “heard the council of God” (15:7-8). The irony of course is that by the end of the story, we find that Job has been admitted to the council of God. And he is fully acquitted while Eliphaz is condemned. | <urn:uuid:3199cbae-041a-47a0-aa18-3cbb1ab5e05a> | CC-MAIN-2022-05 | http://www.tobyjsumpter.com/irony-in-job/ | 2022-01-27T07:58:23Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-05/segments/1642320305242.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20220127072916-20220127102916-00078.warc.gz | en | 0.979368 | 137 |
One With The Tree
Trees are such Magnificent Beings. I’ve always loved being around Trees. Looking at them with Reverence. Touching them and feeling one with Life.
It breaks my heart to see how the Forests are being treated nowadays.
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Real Madrid vs Man City live stream: watch Champions League 2020 football tonight from anywhere
With UEFA recently handing out a two-year Champions League ban to Manchester City, there's added intrigue in tonight's match between two of Europe's richest clubs at the Bernabéu – read on for our guide to getting a secure, reliable, and trustworthy Real Madrid vs Man City live stream.
This round of 16 clash between Los Blancos and the reigning English Premier League champions always looked like a tantalising one when the draw was made back in December. But, with this year's tournament now providing what may be City's last chance of winning European football's biggest prize for some time, one suspects Pep Guardiola's side will be going all out for glory.
While Guardiola and Zidane faced each each other on the field in La Liga in their playing days, this evening's match marks the first time the two have gone up against each other as coaches.
There's been differing build ups to this huge Champions League match for both teams. Real suffered a shock 1-0 defeat at Levante at the weekend which saw them lose top spot status to Barcelona in La Liga in the process.
Meanwhile, City reinforced their position as this years' likely Premier League runners-up with a 1-0 away win over third place Leicester on Saturday.
Raheem Sterling faces a late fitness test and may be available for a shock return to the City side. The news isn't so good for Madrid star Eden Hazard, who picked up an ankle injury in Madrid's recent La Liga loss to Levante – and is now a doubt for the remainder of the season.
Read on to find out how to watch tonight's game. No matter where you are in the world, our guide to watching Real Madrid vs Man City live stream for the first leg of this crunch European tie has you covered.
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The Tins have been quite a force in Buffalo music for several years now, culminating in the release of the fantastic Love on Strike last November. Recently, the trio released a video for the title-track, featuring lots and lots of donut play. This one goes out to all the Paula’s Donuts addicts out there – consider this your trigger warning.
“Love on Strike” follows the Tins format of sunny, quasi-psychedelic indie rock. The song is chock full of great harmonies, squiggly synth, and razor sharp hooks. The video was produced by Drew Luster and Mike Muntner of the NYC Comedy Team Garbage Farts. You can check out some of their other work at Garbagefarts.com. We hear they both like donuts quite a lot.
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LIVE IN EUROPE
(Liberty / United Artists, USA)
They boogie in Europe too and Canned Heat can lead the way of the boogie around the world. This LP features the old Canned Heat, with the late Alan Wilson, and Larry Taylor, Harvey Mandel, Fito De La Parra, and of course Bob “the Bear” Hite. It is an extraordinary treat to hear smiling voices and high energy music which does not sound phony or loud to be loud.
Originally reviewed for week ending 7/10/71
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Egypt is the oldest country in the world dating back to 6000 BC. It’s first dynasty started around 3100 BC. It also plays prominent in the Biblical record. As believer’s we often think about God delivering His people from the bondage of slavery in Egypt. Egypt represents a sinful and cursed world. We rarely, if ever, think about God sending us into Egypt.
Joseph was sold into slavery and sent to Egypt. God prospered him to be second only to Pharaoh in authority, and soon his father (Israel), brothers, and their families were in Egypt with him. About 400 years later, we find the descendants of Israel in slavery to the Egyptians.
Enter in Moses. God called Moses to go into Egypt to bring Israel out of slavery. Can you imagine how Moses felt as he headed back to Egypt? Can you imagine taking your family into a hostile environment? But Moses obeyed God, and the rest is history.
Like Moses, I feel like we’re going into Egypt. The world’s future looks dark: war, crime, persecution, natural disasters, social upheavals, economic strains, and possibly the Great Tribulation.
How do we come out the other side successfully?
I suppose we should first define successful. For me success is, firstly, being faithful to the death. There’s a multitude of scriptures that admonish and encourage us to be faithful during hard times. Second, how do we navigate and survive the hurricanes of life and come out the other side in one piece. Shaken, maybe, but alive. Think of the worst situation, like the holocaust to put things in perspective, and lesser events may not seem so insurmountable.
Success is staying faithful to God.
Joseph was successful. Moses was successful. Elijah, Elisha, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Paul, Peter, and Stephen were all successful. They, and many others, all faced the evil in their day and overcame. They were obedient and knew how to contact God. They walked with God. God wasn’t just for Sundays, emergencies, and holidays. When tribulation and fear came, they had a foundation of faith and experience to draw upon.
This is the purpose of “A Journal of Edification and Exhortation”: to help us all prepare to go into Egypt and face what may come.
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Bitcoin Inactivity a Positive Sign for CryptocurrenciesStaff Writer
The percentage of bitcoins that haven’t moved in over a year is at its highest level in four years. And while at first glance that might seem to be a negative for Bitcoin, it actually isn’t. It’s an indicator that more and more Bitcoin investors are bullish about Bitcoin’s potential future price growth, and they’re holding on to their investments like never before.
With products like a cryptocurrency IRA, investors have even more choices than ever to invest in cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. They can take advantage of the tax-advantaged status of a cryptocurrency IRA that is just like that of a conventional IRA, only that it invests in cryptocurrencies rather than in stocks and bonds. They can even fund their cryptocurrency IRA with rollovers from existing tax-advantaged retirement accounts such as a 401(k), 403(b), TSP, or IRA.
Over 60% of bitcoins haven’t moved in at least a year, which is an encouraging sign that investors expect future price growth. One might expect many investors to take advantage of the profits they’ve already made, but it appears that many just want to keep holding on. And while the percentage of bitcoins that have been inactive for at least a year could include some coins that are lost due to their holders losing their private keys, the overwhelming majority of these coins are those held by investors looking for price appreciation.
The only downside to these coins not moving is that it decreases the supply of Bitcoin available to those who want to use it as a currency. But if demand for Bitcoin as a currency increases, the price will get bid up, which will cause some of these hodlers to part with their holdings.
With Bitcoin being the 800-pound gorilla in the cryptocurrency world, what benefits Bitcoin benefits other cryptocurrencies as well. And as more investors look to hold on to Bitcoin to gain in the future, expect to see some of that same investor behavior extend to other cryptocurrencies as well. | <urn:uuid:f2632003-820c-411e-9e8d-99a7bd7db589> | CC-MAIN-2022-05 | https://coinira.com/bitcoin-inactivity-positive-sign-cryptocurrencies/ | 2022-01-27T08:42:25Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-05/segments/1642320305242.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20220127072916-20220127102916-00078.warc.gz | en | 0.966464 | 413 |
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Our first year anniversary of our Nevada office! We celebrated with truck-loads of Red Rocket Wursts, on the house!
Even Tuck was invited!
And guess what, we have yet another business partner! Seems our synaptic triggering code and its synchronization with brain-wave patterns has had an influence on sleep-scientists! Prof. Dubois of University of Portland State told us he spent the whole weekend playing Tumbleweed at the Blos International US offices – and we were just a telephone call away!
In the meantime, we have expanded the emotional packs and subroutines to include “procedural guessing”. This basically means that we use brain-wave patterns to extrapolate future emotions of the player. Some of us are thinking whether to keep that pack as a separate DLC to the main game once released, or as in-game loot boxes, but we’re not sure how the gaming community might react with loot-boxes in fully priced games. Any thoughts? Ideas are welcome! | <urn:uuid:6a94a5ec-7ccb-48e7-92c0-0ef1ec5f5814> | CC-MAIN-2022-05 | https://csd-games.com/news/2016/05/06/nevada-office-1st-year-anniversary/ | 2022-01-27T09:12:18Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-05/segments/1642320305242.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20220127072916-20220127102916-00078.warc.gz | en | 0.957935 | 209 |
When and How To Start Homeschooling in Arkansas
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Parents who plan to homeschool in Arkansas need to complete the following process:
- Declare your intent to homeschool officially
- Notify the authorities five days before you remove your child from classes. You’re only required to do this if the school year has already begun
- Fill in the proper paperwork annually
- Devise a detailed curriculum and plan school activities
The compulsory school age in Wonder State is from 5–17 years. Your child needs to have attendance within the designated period. If you want to delay their preschool education for some reason, you’ll have to file a kindergarten waiver.
Arkansas homeschool laws are quite lenient as there are only a few mandatory steps parents must complete. Take a look at the table below for a detailed overview of the Arkansas homeschooling requirements:
You don’t need to keep records of your child’s academic development or immunization nor create a homeschool portfolio. While not mandatory, a homeschool transcript can serve as proof of a completed education. Employers can use the attendance records for background checks, so the transcript would serve a highly practical purpose
Homeschooled students don’t have to take standardized tests to be evaluated. If you wish to do so anyway, several homeschool programs in Arkansas offer guidelines on performing standard learning assessments
Since parents are the ones issuing the diploma, there are no state-ordered guidelines for homeschooling. The Arkansas homeschool laws also don’t provide a list of mandatory subjects. You can research the graduation requirements for a regular high school and use that as a reference
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If you decide to homeschool in Arkansas, you don’t have to get certified or even finish a parent qualifying course
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The only legal way to start homeschooling is submitting a notice of intent to homeschool in Arkansas
To begin your journey, you’ll need to file an intent to homeschool in Arkansas. Completing the form is mandatory, and you must submit it each year before August 15.
You can create an Arkansas intent to homeschool yourself, but it’s much better to use pre-existing templates. The three official sources for the affidavit are:
- The Arkansas Department of Education
- The Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA)
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You need to include the following information in the Arkansas intent to homeschool form:
- Your child’s personal data (name, date of birth, and gender)
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- Your information (phone number and address where homeschooling will take place)
- A statement in which you agree to continue your child’s education
- The name and signature of a homeschool teacher—If someone else will take on the homeschooling
Once you’ve completed the form, you can:
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Parents are solely responsible for choosing a homeschool program. When mapping out the upcoming academic year, you should consider the following:
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After what can politely be called a difficult year, Denel is undertaking an ambitious turnaround plan, which will likely decide the fate of the company. The company arrived at this inflection point following years of mismanagement and corruption, which has led to numerous turnovers of its key leadership.
Denel posted a loss of ZAR1.76 billion in FY2018 compared to net income of ZAR282 million in FY2017. The loss was attributed to mismanagement and exacerbated by poor contract performance, which in turn fueled liquidity issues. Sales for the year also plummeted, down 38 percent to ZAR5.0 billion, compared to 2017 sales of ZAR8.1 billion.
Problems began to arise with Denel’s earlier expansion efforts. A number of these moves, such as the acquisition of BAE Land Systems South Africa and the formation of Denel Asia, have drawn fire from the South African government.
In the case of the BAE acquisition, questions have surfaced over the transaction. At the core of the allegations is the fact that the BAE LSSA purchase was not implemented in accordance with the funding model that was approved, and BAE LSSA’s liquidity was misrepresented, according to reports.
Then, in January 2016, Denel announced it was creating Denel Asia, a joint venture company in Hong Kong, in partnership with VR Laser. This deal was highly controversial in South Africa. By August 2017, the deal had been canceled. By year-end 2017, Denel was having severe liquidity problems, which resulted in employee and supplier payment delays. Finally, adding to the company’s woes were corruption allegations and union strife.
These issues were a marked departure for the state-owned firm, which until that point had achieved good performance and triple-A financial ratings from Fitch, which has since downgraded the firm. With the damage done, South African Public Enterprise Minister Pravin Gordhan sacked the company’s entire board of directors in April 2018 as part of a cleanup effort. The new board has been tasked with restoring good governance practices and rebuilding the company’s tarnished reputation.
In April 2019, the company announced plans to restructure and divest some operations as part of its turnaround effort. A new CEO, Daniel Du Toit, was appointed to lead the effort. Du Toit brings a solid background in South African and European defense with a resume that includes SAAB Medav Technologies in Germany as well as an earlier stint at SAAB Grintek Defence in South Africa.
He has his work cut out for him as the company needs to be recapitalized and a steady stream of MoD orders secured. The recapitalization effort aims to get ZAR2.8 billion from the government. The company is deemed a vital state organ for defense production and while the government may balk initially, as it did with an earlier bailout, ultimately it will follow through.
Defense orders will likely be more difficult as the South African Defence Force (SADF) has seen cuts to its acquisition budget of late. The company lost another revenue stream when it exited the A400M program. With this program off the books, Denel may end up shuttering its aerostructures business outright.
Other proposed changes include selling stakes or divesting outright operations such as Spacteq, Dynamics, Mechem, Gear Ratio, and Hendsoldt Optronics. Other non-core operations are likely to be identified and put on the block over the course of the year. Further, the company will likely seek strategic equity partnerships and joint ventures to secure market access and develop new technology.
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EAG International 2022 Experiencing a Surge in Exhibitor Bookings
Organisers of bacta’s Entertainment, Attractions & Gaming International Expo (EAG) have reported a surge in stand bookings for the 2022 event, taking place on 11th-13th January at ExCeL London.
With floor space filling quickly, Organiser Karen Cooke is urging those wishing to secure space to act promptly: “With this year’s EAG International being an online-only event, there seems to be a strong appetite for what will be the first face to face event for two years. Our industry is a resilient one and several exhibitors have told us that although trading conditions have been tough, the past two years has been spent productively, with new launches planned for the January show. Visitor interest is also high, so the indications are that EAG International 2022 is shaping-up to be a landmark event. We’re thrilled at the prospect of welcoming everybody back and to avoid disappointment, I would ask any companies considering exhibiting to get in touch without delay,” advised Karen.
The expo floor is set to follow the traditional EAG pattern of a mix of both large international brands and smaller manufacturers and service providers. Despite overseas travel still proving a little more complicated, international companies will be well represented.
Whitehouse Leisure International has long been a strong supporter of EAG, with Managing Director Phil Setter revealing that the company will occupy its customary three stands to showcase ground-breaking ranges of licensed and generic plush and prize merchandise: “I think most people will agree, nobody anticipated such a huge level of demand from consumers this year and we sold out early on many of our key lines.
“At Whitehouse Leisure International we have been busy all year developing our new collection and as you’d expect, we have an exciting stable of new and innovative products to present for 2022. We look forward to welcoming back all our customers who attend the EAG and hopefully this marks the beginning of life and business returning to normal,” anticipated Phil.
Paulo Sidoli of Porthcawl based SB machines is also expecting a productive show. SB Machines supplies high quality Italian children’s rides to the UK and Ireland and will be taking the opportunity to launch their latest ride, Wave Patrol. Paulo Sidoli explained: “This two-seat mini wheel ride has generated a lot of interest among operators. Alongside Wave Patrol, the well-established Kangaroo Carousel will be on display. These rides are among the first of the next generation of rides that can command £2 per play,” confirmed Paulo.
In recent years, EAG International has embraced many new technologies, becoming the show of choice for developers of immersive out-of-home entertainment. This trend towards cutting edge technologies looks set to continue, with strong bookings from developers of cashless and contactless payment systems, in addition to performance-enhancing software for every conceivable leisure operation.
For many, EAG’s attraction is the opportunity to meet up with like-minded professionals, to renew acquaintanceships and to catch-up with old friends at the numerous events staged during the show.
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The Dispossessed, Ursula K. Le Guin
The Dispossessed is all world-building. It’s about an anarchist society on a near-desert planet – think Utopia but without the kyriarchy. It’s as much a thought experiment as (e.g.) Asimov’s short stories are, but Le Guin’s writing and her characterisation are lovelier than his. The last line is perfect. | <urn:uuid:fe41d685-3d41-4ae8-82de-74702604150d> | CC-MAIN-2022-05 | https://englishstudens.com/2017/11/14/50-word-review-the-dispossessed/ | 2022-01-27T09:18:01Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-05/segments/1642320305242.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20220127072916-20220127102916-00078.warc.gz | en | 0.933318 | 99 |
Scalable and large systems are often required to service multiple organizations. Such systems provide isolated security domain for each organization. authorized users manage their organizational data and systems as if a dedicated server was set up for them. if authorized, some users (administrators) can create new organizations (called tenants) and extend rights to newly created administrators.
Flexicore multi tenant service allows the creation of rules governing secure access of data across multiple tenants.
Why multi-tenancy is required?
When a service provider, that is, the organization building a system, needs to service organizations and not just discrete users, multi-tenancy becomes a must.
When organizations consuming the services need to delegate rights and services to sub-organizations such as subsidiaries or branches a hierarchical multi-tenancy is required.
Flexicore is built from the ground up to support hierarchical multi-tenancy. Authorized users can create new tenants along with new tenant administrators, new administrators can create new tenants if so allowed.
If so authorized, administrators can access data across multiple tenants.
Flexicore multi-tenancy is extremely efficient and uses default policies whenever explicit permission or denial is not required.
FlexiCore multi-tenancy in plugins.
When plugins are developed and new entities (entity instances are stored in the database) are defined in them, multi-tenancy is automatically included. All data queries and other data access operations are multi-tenancy aware.
FlexiCore multi-tenancy in distributed systems.
When FlexiCore distributed systems support is used, tenants’ definitions and access rights are synchronized across the network, thus, a cloud-based cluster can transactionally synchronize data among multiple relational databases. Synchronization is intelligent and resilient.
Often, the cloud Saas or Paas based on Flexicore serves multiple organizations while connected edge systems or servers on-premises synchronize single-tenant data on them.
The edge device data can be managed locally or remotely. When managed remotely, connected users do not connect directly to the edge unit, they connect to the cloud based server. Updated data is then synchronized to the edge system.
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Why Lease-to-Own with Acima in 28304?
When your budget is busted, there’s Acima. When you're in a bad credit situation, there's Acima. When you need something on short notice, there's Acima! Acima is your lease-to-own solution in 28304. We joined forces with national retailers and small neighborhood shops to help you get what you need in Fayetteville without credit.
Thanks to Acima, you can lease-to-own home appliances, smartphones, furnishings, tires, sunglasses, tool sets, jewelry, and even musical instruments in 28304. But why lease-to-own instead of buying outright or financing? Because life can get costly when you least expect it. And you may not always have the money handy to pay for essential items like dishwashers, computers, prescription eyeglasses, or durable tires for your work truck. Choosing to lease-to-own with Acima is a smart way to shop now, despite having a bruised credit score. Apply now or ask about Acima at the Fayetteville stores you love.
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Acima is available at many of the most popular stores in Fayetteville, even ones that aren't known for having rent-to-own products. With Acima, leasing is an option in stores across Fayetteville. Here's just a sampling of everything you can rent through Acima!
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Are you over trying to relax on a sagging sectional? Tired of tossing and turning on a bumpy mattress? When you partner with Acima for rent-to-own furniture, you can give yourself the home you always imagined. Acima leases high-quality furnishings for every space from our host retailers in Fayetteville — the primary and guest bedrooms, kitchen, game room, and even the patio. Rent-to-own bed sets, plush memory foam mattresses, couches and sectionals, coffee tables, accent chairs, bunk beds, standing lamps, and beyond. If you want to upgrade your Fayetteville home’s furniture now, get it today through Acima — the no credit way to shop in Fayetteville!
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Revamping your space in Fayetteville doesn’t stop with new furniture. The right set of power tools can awaken your inner home renovator and help you tackle all the projects you’ve been putting off. Build that tree fort! Fix that squeaky door! Install those floating shelves! All without needing to save for months or take out credit for a hammer drill, circle saw, or electric sander. With a set of rent-to-own power tools in 28304, you can make flexible lease renewal payments on a schedule that works with your budget and start on all the DIY projects you’ve been wanting to do! With Acima, you can easily rent-to-own power tools in Fayetteville today.
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Living in North Carolina means having many opportunities to get in touch with the outdoors. It's like one big playground! But it might not feel that way if you don't have the right equipment. And the right gear can come with a big price tag. Luckily, you'll find Acima payment options at outdoor stores all over Fayetteville. Rent-to-own everything from bike accessories and tents to tennis rackets and cornhole sets. If you want to get into a new sport or adventure this season, don't hold back. Just ask about making small rental renewal payments through Acima and go the rent-to-own route. Your next pick-up game in Fayetteville awaits.
Time to Treat Yourself? Explore Lease-to-Own Jewelry in 28304
Not into the outdoors? There’s rent-to-own goods for everyone in Fayetteville. For the indoorsy folks who love their bling, Acima also empowers you to rent-to-own fine jewelry in 28304. Want to give your spouse a shimmering token of your appreciation? Get a beautiful ring today and make flexible lease renewal payments. Lost your precious gold chain? No need to save for months to replace it. Instead, find one of our local rent-to-own jewelry stores in 28304 and start renting a new ring, chain, or watch with a bite-sized initial payment.
Fine-Tune Your Practice with Lease-to-Own Musical Instruments in 28304
Acima has rent-to-own products for everyone in your home — you can rent gold jewelry for your spouse or a new guitar for your teenager! Sort through our local host retailers in 28304 to find lease-to-own guitar and piano stores near you. Whether you have a fledgling violinist at home or your student needs a new guitar for their upcoming recital. Acima makes renting-to-own everything from trombones to grand pianos!
What's the Lease-to-Own Process Like in 28304?
You’ve zeroed in on the rent-to-own washer-dryer set, leather recliner, or truck tires you need. So, what’s next? Get approved for a lease with Acima online, on your cell phone, or in the showroom of your favorite Fayetteville store. Applying is easy and don’t stress, Acima considers various factors when reviewing your app, and regularly approve customers with less than perfect credit history. During the application process, we’ll need some info on your current employment, monthly pay, and your checking account status. Once you're approved, you can select the flexible payment option that works best for you. And then make small lease renewal payments over time. And we make lining up your payment schedule with paydays easy. Start your application for Acima — the no-credit way to shop at stores all over 28304. Get the items you need today with Acima’s rent-to-own options!
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The South African Human Rights Commission presented its 2012/13 Annual Report. The Auditor General had issued a qualified audit opinion for the SAHRC 2012/13 performance cycle. The key basis for the qualification included understatement of payables, leave provision and assets verification aspects. An action plan has been developed to enhance controls and address the key areas of concern arising from the audit findings.
During the 2012/13 financial year, the Commission had achieved 84% of its targets. Through focused delivery on the annual plans, it has ensured the realisation of strategic objectives and the constitutional mandate of protecting, promoting and monitoring observance of human rights in the country. Thigh success rate was attributed to full achievement of targets on the objectives of promoting compliance with international obligations, advancing the realisation of human rights, and advancing the right to equality and access to information.
At the international level, the Commission continued its Chairpersonship of the Network of African National Human Rights Institutions (NANHRI) – a continental network of all African human rights commissions. More recently, the Commission was appointed as the Chairperson of the International Coordinating Committee (ICC) of all national human rights institutions across the globe. This was the first time that such an honour has been bestowed on an African nation. In October 2012 the Commission hosted a Roundtable on Freedom of Expression and Hate Speech, themed “Transition blind spots: navigating the boundaries between freedom of expression and hate speech in shaping a common and shared identity, heritage and moral consensus in South Africa”. The roundtable sought to highlight the findings that emanated from the provincial hearings that were held in the previous year. The SAHRC Charter of Children’s Basic Education Rights that was developed and launched during 2012 was hailed by the United Nations (UNICEF) as the most comprehensive charter in the world.
The two targets that were not fully achieved towards the strategic objective related to the hosting of Section 5 Committee meetings as well as finalisation of complaints. Corrective measures regarding achievement of those targets include holding provincial offices more accountable through generating various investigative reports and continuous performance assessment. Furthermore, provincial visits by the Chief Operations Officer and Head of Legal Services will be undertaken to assess provincial challenges and develop performance improvement plans.
A comparative analysis of caseload indicated a decrease in the number of cases the Commission investigated in 2012/13. There has been a decrease of 27% in the number of cases investigated by the Commission in 2012/13 (8 919) compared to 2011/12 (11 363). Although 79% (7 047 of 8 919) of cases had been finalised in 2012/13, the number of cases carried over to 2013/14 has increased to 21% as a result of challenges such as restructuring and freezing of posts for filling of organisational structure. The top five complaints that were received and finalised by the Commission were mainly in the areas of Just Administrative Action (14%), Labour Relations (13%), Arrested, Detailed and Accused Person (13%), Equality (12%) and Human Dignity (8%).
The Commission reported that there had been an 8% increase in its budget expenditure compared with the previous financial year. A surplus of R1.569 million was reported and National Treasury granted permission to roll-over the funds for pending legal complaints.
Members asked questions about the regression in the audit finding, the IT governance, how the SAHRC interpreted its roles and rights and what kind of cases it took on. The ACDP Member urged the SAHRC to exercise great caution before entering into any investigations in regard to religions and doctrine. Members further questioned the cost of litigation, the SAHRCs involvement in the Marikana Commission and if anything was being done about violence in schools.
The Committee sought clarity on whether the Commission wished to include, in the SAHRC Amendment Bill, both the power for the SAHRC to subpoena, and the power of search and seizure. The Committee accepted that this provision was useful, particularly as a threat to dangle before non-compliant people, but said the main concern of the Committee was that legislation was not in fact legislating for the current incumbents, and in a worst case scenario, these provisions might be abused. The SAHRC maintained that the power of search and seizure was necessary to aid investigations. The SAHRC cited a Report of the Office of the UN High Commissioner, which stated that human rights institutions should have the power to visit any places where people were deprived of their liberty and be able to scrutinise all state bodies, including intelligence and security bodies, and have search and seizure powers and access to premises. This was seen as a crucial advantage of a human rights body.
A Member pointed out that the Commission on Gender Equality (CGE) had used the powers of search and seizure, but this had been a straightforward criminal case. He wondered why, in the case of a serious breach, a Chapter 9 institution would not simply approach SAPS. He thought that if sufficient checks and balances were needed, the correct recourse would be to approach the courts for a warrant.
South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) Annual Report 2012/13
Mr Lawrence Mushwana, Chairperson, South African Human Rights Commission, appreciated the opportunity for the Commission (SAHRC) to present its Annual Report to Parliament.
Mr Kayum Ahmed, Chief Executive Officer, South African Human Rights Commission, tabled a presentation on the Annual Report of the Commission (SAHRC). Overall, he noted that the SAHRC had achieved about 84% of its targets; in some it had achieved full performance, but on others it had struggled. He described the six strategic objectives (see attached presentation, slide 4) and went through the performance of each. The SAHRC had been awarded an “A” status as an international human rights organisation, and the Chairperson of the SARHC was playing a significant role on the international stage. However, SAHRC had only managed to report on 5 out of the 8 international agreements.
In relation to the objective of positioning the SAHRC as the focal point for human rights, strengthening advocacy and improving effectiveness and efficiency of the SAHRC, and advancing realisation of human rights, he noted that the SAHRC had hosted over 80 key stakeholder engagements in strategic focus areas, including interaction with experts through section 5 committees. It had conducted provincial and national public hearings on water and sanitation It was a leading participant in the Marikana Commission of Enquiry, and the report would shortly be submitted. It had finalised 79% of the cases (7 047 out of 8 919) dealt with in 2012/13.
The launch of the Charter of Children's Basic Education Rights was recognised by the United Nations as the most comprehensive one in the world. SAHRC had hosted a roundtable on freedom of express and hate speech, continuing from 2012. It had conducted provincial hearings on illegal mining in the Northern Cape.
With regard to the objective to advance the realisation of human rights, the drafting of the economic and social rights report and monitoring matrix remained important. Civil society organisations were included, and SAHRC attempted to unpack and monitor each of the rights.
A Strategic Focus Area report on water and sanitation was prepared. There had been twelve submissions to Parliament on various draft bills. An institution-wide monitoring and evaluation framework and plan was prepared, which was moving away from a “tick box approach” to better monitoring.
The advancement of the right to equality and the right to access to information remained an important focus The SAHRC had completed and handed to the Minister the 2011/12 equality report. It was continuously promoting awareness on the right to access to information, through hosting and training of information officers and monitoring of the Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA) compliance was being done through engagement with top management in the public service, and submission of the PAIA Annual Report.
Mr Ahmed pointed out an error in the Annual Report, which noted that 33 interventions in terms of PAIA had been made; there were in fact 22.
The last strategic objective sought to optimise efficiency and effectiveness of the SAHRC.
Mr Ahmed took the Committee through the slides on the areas of non-achievement, showing annual targets, actual achievements and reasons for variance in respect of each (see attached presentation, slides 11 and 12). He explained that overall, the transfer of manual to electronic systems had resulted in delays and reduction of the target. The Acid Mine Drainage Booklet was delayed but had been produced in the current financial year. One conference on the Right to Food was not hosted because the donor funding fell through.
A new performance management system came into operation during the year but bemuse not all employees were dealt with at the same time, there was difficulty in meeting the targets. Restructuring and filling of posts was ongoing, but the SAHRC had had to freeze 13 of the 108 posts, because of its financial situation. This had hampered delivery.
Mr Ahmed described some of the legal investigations during the year. The SAHRC had taken on 8 919 new matters, of which 7 600 were resolved, He noted that the figures on finalisation had varied from year to year. In 2011/12 many backlogs had been finalised, but in the current year, there had been a reduction, partially because many of the cases were still new instead of partially completed and brought forward, and because many new colleagues joined after restructuring. 10 out of the 20 senior management were replaced in this year, and the higher staff turnover contributed to the delays. Limpopo, North West and Mpumalanga had a lot of new cases active at the end of the financial year, because new managers were appointed in all, which was why their targets were not met. A graph on legal investigation was also shown, which highlighted the number of cases not finalised by the target of 12 weeks. The Western Cape was struggling, with 444 active cases, but had been given more resources and training, and here too there was high staff turnover.
The top five categories of complaints had not changed over the last three years. 14% related to just administrative action, 13% to labour relations, 13% to conditions of detention, imprisonment without trial and right to appeal, or police brutality, and 12% to equality and 8% to human dignity.
The SAHRC had a good working relationship with the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA). A fairly new phenomenon was the way that social media was perpetuating hate speech. The SAHRC was trying to develop a “child-friendly” system that would help children to make their own reports.
Mr Ahmed outlined some of the focal areas and interesting investigations in this year. The SAHRC had
intervened in the Lenasia Housing matter, where the SAHRC had mediated a settlement with the MEC. It had mediated a public apology. It was still dealing wit the Marikana Commission of Inquiry, had commented on the Andries Tatane case. The Zama Khumalo case involved a 24-year old, who, noted, in the book “Let my People Go” by Albert Luthuli, that at one stage white Afrikaaners travelled to Pretoria to celebrate the dominance of white people over black. He had visited Westdene Dam shortly afterwards, had come across a plaque listing 42 names in memoriam, interpreted this as part of the Apartheid legacy, not realising that it in fact commemorated a group of children who died when a bus crashed at the Dam, and had answered the “What’s On Your Mind” tag on Facebook with a scathing remark that this was another example of celebrating whiteness and called for others to celebrate the death of whites. The case was resolved within three weeks and eventually he had given a public apology. However, Mr Ahmed said that not in all cases would the mediation be successful. The Deputy Chairperson had tried to facilitate in the matter of a young man who had posted hateful comments on Facebook, illegally assaulted a woman and used disparaging language, and it was a challenge to work out how best to deal with these kinds of matters.
Mr Ahmed noted that the financial statements showed an 8% increase in budget, and National Treasury had granted permission for rollover for money that was expected to be spent, in this financial year, on counsels’ fees, but had been transferred to the current hearings to pay to counsel and other legal investigations.
The more detailed breakdown gave specific figures. There were significant variances for personnel, largely because of restructuring and the increase of staff to 178, although some posts were frozen. Travel and re-location costs were affected by staff numbers. Inventories showed purchase of equipment. SAHRC was trying to move away from using consultants and developing internal expertise.
The adjustment budget provided some extra funding, and over the year there was a 12% increase in revenue, but 8% increase in expenditure. However, Mr Ahmed explained that the figures seemed to be larger, because the SAHRC had been working from a deficit in the previous year, and moving to a surplus. In the following years, SAHRC had been awarded a budget of R109 million, increasing to R116 million.
Mr Ahmed said that the audit findings were the most unfortunate part of the presentation. SAHRC had received a qualified audit in the 2012/13 year. There were material errors and uncorrected amounts. There were challenges in amounts payable, arising from exchange transactions. SAHRC had been unable to account for R528 823. Property, plant and equipment was not properly disclosed.
He explained that the AG would allow a certain threshold before qualifying an audit certificate, which was R1.2 million. Although, independently, these errors that he had listed would not have resulted in a qualification, taken cumulatively they pushed the SAHRC above that threshold and the AG thus had to qualify. He, personally, as Accounting Officer, took full responsibility for the audit findings. He was ashamed of having failed to achieve a clean audit and this was the first time that SAHRC had been qualified.
Mechanisms had been put in place to deal with the qualification. SAHRC had taken disciplinary action against various officials directly involved in the failure to implement proper management controls. An action plan had been put in place. He had been meeting regularly with the Audit Committee, and with the external auditors.
One of the issues around the assets was not so much that they had been misplaced, as that they had not been properly captured on the asset register. The AG had indicated that there was no evidence of misappropriation or fraud, but only of poor management, for which he took full responsibility.
Training and capacity was being provided, and consultants had been engaged. SAHRC was planning to have a full interim audit, to be conducted in November. The Audit Review Committee had been established by the CEO and this was meeting every fortnight.
Mr Ahmed then moved to the performance overview. The SAHRC had currently achieved around 15% of the annual plan targets for the 2013/14 year, and more than 65% of the targets were recorded as work in progress. The annual International and Regional Human Rights Report had been completed in this financial year. SAHRC had held more than 40 stakeholder engagements and five Section 5 committees. It had finalised 68% of targets, exceeding the mid-year targets. Commissioner Lindiwe Mokate had held a closed hearing on the delivery of learning materials in schools, where the provincial heads were asked to appear.
The SAHRC had also completed its Economic and Social Rights Reports. It had collaborated on the Equality Report. There were submissions on three pieces of draft legislation. Commissioner Titus had presented on the DNA Bill to the Select Committee on Security and Constitutional Affairs. The Chairperson would be presenting to the Portfolio Committee on Police.
Continuous awareness-building and monitoring of compliance with PAIA was being done. The SAHRC had concluded significant investigations relating to water and sanitation. It had recently completed a matter where the only two white students in a school had told their father of hurtful and racist remarks made by their teacher against their black classmates, and action was taken against the teacher.
In the last year, SAHRC had used its extra R6 million allocation to improving its legal services infrastructure and there had been rapid finalisation of cases, with 69% now finalised, compared to the 43% mid-year target. There had been extensive legal staff training, and offers of assistance with this from various institutions. The Electronic Case Management System was also implemented.
In the last year, the Portfolio Committee had recommended to the National Assembly that the budget of the SAHRC for internal travel needed to be boosted, and had recommended that R32 million additional funding be given, but only R6 million was finally granted. The Medium Term Expenditure Committee of the National Treasury had noted that the Portfolio Committee may suggest additional funding, but should then also say from where the money should be taken to be redirected to the SAHRC.
The Chairperson interjected that the Committee could think of hundreds of examples.
Mr Mushwana emphasised that over the last few months, the SAHRC had been increasingly asked to attend Parliament to brief Committees, and that extra travelling was eating into the budget.
Ms Smuts thought that if a Committee called a body to Parliament, it was Parliament who should fund the trip.
Mr Mushwana said that the SAHRC had been asked why it was not monitoring correctional service centres, , although it would try to check what the Judicial Inspectorate of Correctional Services (JICS) was doing. Wherever there was a proven human rights violation, it would visit, but it was impossible for the SAHRC to visit all centres. He said that perhaps the SAHRC might be able to undertake some visits to a sample of centres.
Mr S Swart (ACDP) commented that he was not sure that the Portfolio Committee on Correctional Services itself paid many oversight visits.
Mr Mushwana said that Select Committees of the NCOP were also asking for more appearances. Generally, that increase was stretching the budget.
Mr Swart said that this was a point that the Portfolio Committee should raise with the Office of Institutions Supporting Democracy (OISD), so at least there was some liaison on budget constraints.
Ms Smuts repeated that normally, parliamentary committees would pay for their guests.
The Chairperson said that that may be considered. The committees were saying that the institutions should be accountable. The Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Correctional Services had asked Mr Landers if he was indeed allowed to invite the SAHRC to brief his committee. He understood that this was on a particular issue, but clearly the word had got out in Parliament. Invitations were fine, as long as they did not impact upon the budget, and so the Committee would investigate the option of consulting with the OISD, as suggested.
Mr Swart noted that Commissioner Titus had been in Parliament for the week, and he suggested that perhaps SAHRC needed to tell this Committee how often it was being approached. Limited resources were one issue; and other bodies had to do their work.
The Chairperson noted that he had recently been informed that in addition to the JICS visits, Constitutional Court judges were also visiting correctional centres, a positive move. He was not sure whether those visits were announced.
Ms Smuts remarked that there was a limit to what the SAHRC could do.
Mr Mushwana wanted to speak to the issue of costs. Many matters may start in the Equality Court, where SAHRC used its in-house legal staff. However, if there were constitutional issues, the matter may be referred to a higher Court, and advocates may need to be appointed. SAHRC often had to rely on pro bono legal services, and whilst the quality of services was good, it must be recognised that these practitioners tended to give more priority to the paying cases. Human rights should not be seen as cheap and it was wrong in principle that SAHRC should be obliged to rely on pro bono availability.
Ms Smuts asked about the advocates employed in-house.
Mr Mushwana was happy that they had been included in the Legal Practice Bill, to cover the SAHRC.
Mr Mushwana finally wanted to speak to the audit issues. The Commissioners were very concerned about the matter, and the Commissioners had held a meeting with representatives from the Auditor-General to be better informed on all the issues. The Commissioners would be trying to ensure that this did not happen again. He wanted to confirm that the matters were being taken seriously, and were being worked on.
Ms Smuts wanted to speak to the regression on the audit finding. She had sympathy for the reasons, but was surprised that supply chain management was not followed for procurements. The IT governance seemed to be a problem. There were unanticipated difficulties. She asked if SAHRC would be able to do all the things suggested – such as implement controls when changes were made to systems, and asset controls. There seemed to have been a major problem.
Mr Swart asked if there would be ongoing discussions with the AG. He wanted to know exactly how the issues could be resolved, and had put that question to the Auditor-General. The audit result was disappointing but he appreciated the fact that the Accounting Officer was open and frank and had accepted responsibility and was trying to improve. He asked how quickly the matters could be improved and when SAHRC expected to get an unqualified audit. The report stood out starkly in the sector, given that other institutions had done quite well. He thought that the key issue was probably linked to the strength of the internal audit, which had, in the Department of Home Affairs, proved the main factor in the turnaround.
Ms L Adams (COPE) questioned whether the SAHRC was confident that the next audit would be a clean one.
Mr Ahmed responded that one of the big issues was around IT governance, when new systems were implemented, including the upgrade to Pastel, the financial system. The SAHRC had failed to put in place mechanisms to ensure proper checks and balances when it transferred from manual to electronic systems, and it had also failed to ensure that proper checks were done to compare. The IT policy had now been updated. There had never been an IT head at a senior level – as both the website and IT had been outsourced. As a result of using the service providers, proper controls were needed. He said that fortunately, the IT issues would be solved in the course of this financial year – and that included issues around due diligence. There were service level agreements that would allow SAHRC to interrogate the service and conduct audits. He reiterated that the AG would be doing a special mid-term audit. He was confident that the matters would be dealt with in the course of the current year.
He added that SAHRC was trying now to give even greater support to the internal audit function. The resource team was trying to conduct assessments on Property, Plant and Equipment. Assessors had been sent out to try to ensure that everything was on the register. Following that, there would be an external audit process, also in November. SAHRC would try to fix the problems by the end of the financial year. He was optimistic that the SAHRC would be able to achieve a clean audit for the 2013/14 year,. This would depend on the internal audit, but he hoped that the findings would be reversed.
Mr Ahmed said that the Auditor-General was very supportive, and had attended internal meetings, and was constantly giving advice on how to turn matters around.
The challenges with supply chain were largely dependent on document management. No proper mechanisms were in place to ensure that documents would be traced back to he service providers. It had written to all the service providers, to try to reconcile the information and get statements. Some service providers were problematic but he was hoping to sort it out. He was again confident that the issues would soon be addressed.
Mr Swart noted that during a previous discussion it was mooted that some of the provincial offices may need to close, which had disturbed the Committee.
Mr Ahmed said that SARHC was requesting an additional R16.4 million for the 2014/15 financial year, which had been agreed to, in principle, by this Committee already, and this would allow it to maintain provincial offices and fill the posts frozen. SAHRC hoped that it would not be necessary to close the offices and was trying to keep them open, with the bare minimum of staff, but might reach a point where this would be unsustainable.
Mr Swart asked how the SAHRC would decide what cases to take and whether this was done purely on the basis of complaints or when the SAHRC became aware of generic problems. He presumed that the budget would also determine what could be pursued.
Ms Smuts referred to the social media case described earlier and also asked how these matters came to the attention of the SAHRC – whether it was when someone filed a complaint, and whether these cases were sifted for “frivolity”, what kind of filters were used, and how SAHRC interpreted its roles and rights. SAHRC should not, in her view, be engaged in censorship, and evaluating desirability of speech. People in South Africa had the right to be obnoxious and horrid, as long as they did not advocate warfare or institute harm, the only hate speech exclusions. She would hate to see the SAHRC being the place where everyone would complain about matters that shocked them personally.
Mr Ahmed said that in the Khumalo case, complaints were lodged by a number of people. SAHRC could engage in matters also on its own initiative, particularly if matters were raised in the media – and this might include investigations into systemic matters, such as the public hearings on textbooks, public hearings into people with disability. There was a need, particularly in the run-up to elections, to avoid the situation where SAHRC was flooded with complaints about the electoral process, and so it had initiated a meeting with the Independent Electoral Commission, to try to establish a central point where IEC could deal with “hot political matters”.
Filters in place related mostly to the way in which the complaints process would run. For instance, a few months ago, models had been tweeting racist and hateful speech, and in this case, the SAHRC would find it useful to call parties in for a discussion, pointing out that what they were doing was harmful; whilst it may not actually amount to hate speech it certainly was not promoting unity and trust.
Ms Smuts questioned if this was appropriate, or if SAHRC was becoming a moralist.
Ms Pregs Govender, SAHRC Commissioner, said that this was done in the context of SAHRC helping to contribute to building a human rights culture. Whether or not this was hate speech was one of the factors taken into consideration. In relation to cases mediated, she noted that there had been apologies and, in the case of some, community service, and the way in which the matters were viewed had to do with certain criteria of actual harm.
Mr Mushwana appreciated this dialogue with the Committee. It was difficult to stop people from complaining. Social media was a new phenomenon and it was useful to get guidance, to try to assess how to exercise the necessary caution, at the right level. Freedom of expression was indeed enshrined, but people tended to be quite brutal in what they said. The whole Constitution and democracy was premised on the notion of reconciliation, and SAHRC tried to emphasis that it was always possible to find another way to put views across.
Ms Smuts said that the Equality Act had introduced a “watered-down” provision on hate speech, but it was actually really only injuria. She wondered if it would not be useful to refer matters to the Constitutional court, and predecessors on the SAHRC had written an excellent paper. For a time, the Broadcasting Authority was doing work that bordered on absurdity; for instance, villains of soap dramas were not allowed to say anything bad. The line between guarding between hurtfulness and censorship was fine, but she did not believe it was the role of SAHRC to act as censor
Mr Swart agreed and urged SAHRC to exercise great caution before entering into any investigations in regard to religions and doctrine. Examples had been raised about the Catholic Church’s stance on abortion, and if any complaints were laid about that, it would require a great deal of sensitivity. He did not want to go into detail on matters that were sub judice. He also noted that it would have to be careful about any institutions that it may investigate.
Ms Smuts pointed out that religious beliefs fell under fundamental human rights.
Mr Swart agreed. The line between what was doctrine and hate speech were fine. It was necessary to avoid verging on censorship whilst having respect for human rights and dealing with complaints. MPs generally shared concerns on some of the matters that had been highlighted in the media.
The Chairperson said that the Committee had been informed that the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development was planning on tabling “hate speech” legislation, as opposed to “hate crimes” legislation. The Committee was not aware of what would be in the Bill and he had not asked whether the SAHRC had been engaged in the drafting. There would be further opportunities, however, for the SAHRC to engage on that, and he urged the SAHRC to make use of the submissions and public participation platforms.
The Chairperson said that he agreed with Ms Smuts’s views on freedom of expression. There was a growing demand, in the realm of social media, for service providers to be held accountable. This went beyond only hate speech, because it also touched on libel and defamation laws, and there was growing jurisprudence that suggested that service providers had to be held accountable and could not hide behind a claim that they had merely created a platform. He was not sure how the Department would be dealing with this aspect. Hate speech could be distinguished, in his view, from a person expressing himself freely.
Ms Smuts said that the “mere conduit” principles were written already into some law.
Mr Mushwana agreed that it would be interesting to see the new “hate speech” legislation, and said that the Constitution had explicitly tried to not over-prescribe on this aspect.
Ms Smuts added that at least this legislation would also provide the opportunity to repeal some sections of the Equality Act.
Mr Mushwana added that there were very interesting developments in social media.
Ms Govender said that in a country where there were such high levels of sexual and gender violence, the potential powerful role of the faith institutions (since the majority of citizens were subscribing to a faith) to support the Constitution and promote the understanding of how it could uphold human rights, could not be underestimated. The SAHRC had held discussions already with other Chapter 9 institutions on how best to engage with religious institutions, particularly on understanding of different texts, new interpretations, or the weight given to different versions over time. The context was important. She agreed that the role of the faith-based organisations was potentially both powerful and positive. She indicated that the role of liberation theologists had been powerful in reversing the legacy of the way in which religious texts were used to support political aims during the apartheid years.
Mr Swart questioned the cost of litigation to the SAHRC. There were discussions about the Marikana issue and the issue of the R1.7 million had been highlighted. The Marikana Commission of Inquiry (the Marikana Commission) was a massive event but he asked if SAHRC believed that the expenses were justifiable expense, particularly the advocates’ charges. He thought that the report by Mr Gary White had presumably come at high cost. The main dilemma was that the families were not legally represented, which made the role of the SAHRC even more important, and that fact must be balanced against the budgetary constraints. He asked if there had been any progress on getting assistance from Legal Aid South Africa.
Prof L Ndabandaba (ANC) said that the Centre for Applied Legal Studies had suggested that the intervention of the SAHRC had shaped the future direction of the Marikana Commission, and asked what kind of enrichment it had given, and if this was the only case where advice was used from outside.
Mr Ahmed said that SAHRC had initially been using the services of one particular advocate and although it was quite happy with the competency of the services, they were simply beyond what the SAHRC could afford. Senior-Junior counsel had now been appointed, who were assisting competently and that had reduced that expense. The Centre for Applied Legal Studies (CALS) had indicated that the use of Counsel had an impact on the way in which the Marikana Commission was engaging with evidence leaders, and this had been explored in some research submitted. SAHRC was using the CALS to give supporting attorneys’ services, and it was doing this without cost. In general, SAHRC would use outside legal practitioners, for nuanced or difficult matters, particularly to obtain opinions to support or confirm the views of the SAHRC itself and check that they were sound in law. The law firms would generally not charge, as they liked the type of work.
Gary White had given a highly discounted rate for appearing as an expert, and his “phenomenal report was worth every cent”. CALS had managed to raise funding to appoint him. In regard to use of advocates and
Mr Ahmed also said that he had visited Legal Aid South Africa and the process of taking the MOU further was being done with the Chief Operations Officer.
Mr Mushwana also wanted to speak to the justification for the SAHRC intervening in the Marikana Commission. The SAHRC had decided to intervene in order to contribute to the work of the Commission, not to assist any specific parties. At the stage when legal representatives were withdrawing, it was mainly concerned with ensuring that the Marikana Commission remained focused, dealt properly with the issues, and in a proper manner. Even if there were not paid legal representatives, the SAHRC wanted to ensure that some legal assistance would be available. The Commissioners themselves, and the people of Marikana, had commented on the input of the SAHRC, particularly in giving the international perspectives so that international norms and standards were considered in taking matters forward. It must be remembered that this Commission could help in directing future legislation and policies. The more the matter persisted, the more SAHRC would try to help with maintaining the proper perspective.
Ms Smuts asked what the categories of information were in which SAHRC had assisted.
Mr Mushwana confirmed that Gary White, from the Ulster Constabulary, had given objective evidence and assessed the policy frameworks of the SAPS operation, planning, briefing command and control, errors of strategy, tactics, proportionality, and had assessed the independent forensic evidence from the media footage of the event. The UN Special Rapporteur, Prof Heyns, had considered the internal context of public protection and standards to be applied during the policing operation. Independent evidence had been given, through Commissioner Titus, on overseeing areas of human rights and law enforcements, and he had described the body of work. In addition to that, the SAHRC had also dealt with some cross-examination issues in relation to police witnesses. It would be monitoring the procedure of the Marikana Commission, had made interventions, and had requested the Commission to comply with the proper rules for witnesses. The SAHRC had been described as doing “seminal work”, particularly around the Constitutional Court decisions on the funding. It had tried to ensure that there was change from an adversarial process, to one that was fairer overall. He reiterated that particularly in the light of legal representative withdrawals, the presence of the SAHRC was very important. The SAHRC also wrote to the office of the Presidency to consider the importance of funding for legal representation, for those most affected. The participation was, from the perspective of the SAHRC, also helping it to have more impact in preventing similar tragedies in the future, and its monitoring would hopefully assist in ensuring that justice was better served also in the future.
Ms Smuts asked if the SAHRC had been told that it would be receiving specific allocations of R3 million to assist, via the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development.
Mr Mushwana said he knew of, and was grateful for this.
The Chairperson said that sub judice rules precluded the Chairperson from commenting in detail on the Marikana Commission, but noted that the purpose of this Commission was as a Commission of Inquiry, to adduce the facts and truth around the Marikana incident. He had been following the whole debate about withdrawal of legal representatives. He asked if there was an expectation that the 34 people who died would be individually represented. If all those who died were to be separately represented, he asked if the same would apply to the SAPS members who were killed. He had asked a question about representation of the departments involved, and had been told that the SAPS alone had seven lawyers at the Marikana Commission. Two of these had a watching brief, and one of those with a watching brief was a Senior Counsel, presumably charging a huge daily fee. He wondered why this was needed by SAPS, and thought it simply did not make sense. Mr Mpofu would have to answer for himself, but he strongly believed that it was possibly inappropriate to have lawyers when the purpose was not a trial but an inquiry. The question of guilt would be determined in a different forum where criminal charges were made. He would be interested to hear other view son this. The Committee appreciated the role played by the SAHRC in assisting the Marikana Commission to adduce the truth.
Mr Swart agreed with the concerns about the number of counsel. The findings of the Marikana Commission would have a massive impact on later civil and criminal proceedings and that was where it would be useful to have a watching brief, but it seemed excessive to have a watching brief held by senior counsel, as watching briefs usually were conducted where there was anticipation of later litigation. However, attorneys and advocates who were present during the first proceedings would normally also represent the same clients in later proceedings. He agreed that having so many representatives for one government department appeared excessive. He added that other government departments might also be represented.
Mr Mushwana said that one of the biggest questions was why the Marikana Commission was following adversarial processes. More than six months had been spent with one witness, and this was a major concern for the SAHRC. He agreed that the Marikana Commission was not going to be a substitute for any possible criminal or civil actions that may follow and so the defence lawyers would still get their chance at those cases. The Marikana Commission would come up with recommendations to government but the evidence would be another matter. Some saw this Commission as a possible way of delaying criminal prosecutions and there were many expectations in the minds of the public.
Mr Swart asked whether a lawyers representing one of the parties might use this record for future cross-examination purposes for cross-examination and if this might be the reason for taking so long in examining the evidence in such depth. Other parties may have some interest in getting a full record. It was regrettable if this was so, because it was not the purpose of a Commission of Inquiry, but the facts appeared to suggest that this was what was being done.
Mr Mushwana said that the disadvantage was that if incriminating evidence could be used, it was unlikely to be produced upfront at the Marikana Commission, which might water down the value of the evidence being presented. Some individuals would no doubt be incriminated.
Ms Govender pointed out that the seven subpoena counsel were being paid for with public funding. There was another question whether those most affected would be funded, to try to achieve the same equity.
The Chairperson also noted that in submissions made to the Marikana Commission it was suggested that perhaps the SAHRC needed to make input into the training programme for police. He had the sense that police officers leaving the present SAPS training colleges were almost expected to be brutal and tough. When Ms Smuts raised a query on that, he said that he could be wrong, but the SAHRC would certainly be well-placed to say what the SAPS ideally had to bear in mind, and perhaps that was something that should also come out of the Marikana Commission.
Ms Govender said that the question around training of police on human rights was one issue, but it then raised the broader question whether all public servants should not be trained on human rights – in disciplines such as health, where there had been several horror stories of how human dignity was not being upheld – or education. The SAHRC could do and had already done some training. It was assisting SAPS in Western Cape on human rights training but it clearly did not have the capacity to train everyone across the country. There were other initiatives and institutes in government who were supposed to do that. The SAHRC brought reports to Parliament on the instances where human rights in the public sector had not been observed, and it could also possibly provide some support in the development of training curricula, but the oversight role of Parliament itself, in relation to the public service, was vital to ensure that human rights were properly observed.
*Mr Mushwana added that in the past, the SAHRC had recommended, to the Committee on Security and Constitutional Development that the human rights aspects of the training around the new DNA legislation must be strengthened, and that had been well received by SAPS. That might be a future role for the SAHRC. However, he agreed that it was necessary to consider carefully the limited resources and capacity of the SAHRC. He also noted that the building of a human rights culture was not in the hands of the SAHRC alone, and that Parliament should be exercising oversight over all relevant accountable institutions.
Ms Lindiwe Mokate, SAHRC Commissioner, agreed that training was worth pursuing. She said that the SAHRC could conduct investigations and make recommendations, although she too mentioned the very real issue of capacity constraints. SAHRC could possibly go do more training than was being done at present.
Mr Mushwana said that the SAHRC association with international bodies involved more than three training sessions, and some SAPS members had indicated their interest in being included in the training on the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture. Commissioner Titus was in charge of the Police and Correctional Services sector, and had attended two workshops; the input would be shared with other stakeholders. He believed that it would be useful to hold discussions with heads of departments, to try to inculcate a culture of human rights.
Prof Ndabandaba noted that the Criminology Association of South Africa was involved in training of the police, and suggested that SAHRC might be able to collaborate with it.
Commissioner Mokate gave some further input on the hearings into provision of learning materials to schools, as mentioned earlier by Mr Ahmed. Some institutions and individuals were not part of the inquiry, but had asked to give input – such as EduTextbooks, who were involved in delivery. SAHRC had now completed its process. Its Legal Committee would be meeting shortly, and the report should be approved and released in the following two weeks. SAHRC had known, prior to the inquiry that not all schools and individuals had textbooks, but it was now possible to assess who was most affected. SAHRC had not obviously managed to deal with every school in the country, but would be asking the Department of Basic Education (DBE) to do an audit, that would help that Department determine how many schools there were, and ensure that mechanisms were set up to ensure that all would receive materials in future. Some schools had had absolutely no contact with the DBE in the past. The main difficulty was that because education was a provincial competency, everyone was doing something different, which made it very difficult to learn from each other. The most affected schools were those in the rural areas, which worsened the situation that these children, being poor already, were already deprived and given unequal treatment. In the Western Cape, one school had not received proper material for the last five years. Every child should be getting the benefit of education, a priority outcome of government.
Ms Mokate recalled that she had earlier addressed the Committee on the draft norms and standards on education. Although the SAHRC did not have the resources to monitor it fully, the Minister had taken a number of the recommendations on board. Education was, in terms of section 184(3) of the Constitution, a social and economic right, and should not be subject to progressive realisation. Lack of sanitation and water at schools was affecting children right now, with some teachers having to stop school at mid-day as there were no toilet facilities. It was not acceptable that draft norms and standards suggested that a decade be allowed to put matters right. Other comments, such as “subject to cooperation from other agencies” were seen as introducing progressive realisation via the back door. Another serious issue was that, although prohibited, dump sites were found right next to schools. SAHRC was also very concerned that so little attention was actually paid, in the provinces, to children with disabilities. Time frames were also of concern.
Ms Mokate added that SAHRC was, as outlined, trying to put in place procedures that would make it easy for children to approach the SAHRC on their own. Even staff who were not actually handling complaints had been trained, to ensure that no child would be turned away without being helped.
Prof Ndabandaba asked if anything was being done about violence in schools.
Commissioner Mokate answered that the SAHRC involvement at the moment was limited to addressing complaints, but SAHRC agreed that a broader system was needed. It was working, with unions, provinces and other stakeholders, on concerns around corporal punishment, as a multi-pronged approach as needed. The Centre for Child Law was working with SAHRC, as certain criminal cases would be outside its control.
Mr Swart agreed that ongoing corporal punishment at schools had to be investigated, but he thought that a far more important issue was general violence, drug abuse and gangsterism, which were promoting systemic child-on-child violence.
Mr Mushwana said that it was necessary to locate where those crimes were happening, and to consider their effect also on the right to education. Certain matters could be addressed immediately by the schools, in his view; for instance, he saw no reason to delay taking a decision that a child engaging in violence should be excluded, by making an application to court to exclude the child. Delays simply exacerbated the problems. Some matters were also clearly within the control of the school authorities – like not allowing weapons on to school premises.
Ms Govender agreed that immediate response and immediate action was needed against those breaking the law. There was, however, also a need in the longer term to address what were the root causes of children joining gangs, the socio-economic conditions and the legacy of how drugs were distributed, which may be systemic and historic problems. SAHRC had been challenged in how it did its work in locating the focus of poverty and inequality, and it was trying to get government to accept accountability for change and go back to communities. SAHRC was building on its powers, in a case-by-case way. She thought a dual approach was needed. SAHRC was trying to ensure that swift action was taken by those with the mandate and power in government. Perhaps Parliament could also oversee the creation of safer school environments, as well as distribution and availability of drugs to many poor and working class children.
The Chairperson, in conclusion, said that he wanted to notify the SAHRC that earlier in the week, the Committee had received a flood of correspondence from seven personnel who had been retrenched from the SAHRC. The Committee could clearly not intervene, as the matters were before the Labour Court, and this would be conveyed to those people.
South African Human Rights Commission Amendment Bill
The Chairperson referred to earlier discussions and correspondence, and said that the Committee wanted to get more clarity on whether it wished to include, in the SAHRC Amendment Bill, both the power for the SAHRC to subpoena, and the power of search and seizure. The Committee accepted that this provision was useful, particularly as a threat to dangle before non-compliant people, but said the main concern of the Committee was that legislation was not in fact legislating for the current incumbents, and in a worst case scenario, these provisions might be abused by “a Hitler or Idi Amin” in future. It was in this context that the Committee wanted to address it on the provisions. He noted the written input (see attached submission), and asked the SAHRC briefly to summarise its viewpoint.
Mr Mushwana said that the views as expressed in that input stood. The SAHRC Act had come into operation one year after the Paris Principles were adopted, which laid down the minimum rules and standards to be followed by international human rights institutions, particularly those with investigative powers, such as the SAHRC. This had no doubt informed the SAHRC Act at the time, although he could not exactly remember what the rationale was behind providing for those powers. He maintained that the Paris Principles should remain applicable, and that the power of search and seizure was necessary to aid investigations. SAHRC had been assessed last year in Geneva, and one of the staff members had been asked to speak to exactly how this clause impacted on the work of the SAHRC. Internationally, there were concerns that many states had started to whittle away the powers of human rights institutions, but that was not so important as the fact that the SAHRC would like to see its own status maintained and ensure that its own powers were kept strong. Human Rights institutions were asked, from time to time, to return to the United Nations for accreditation, and this was one of the factors that would be used to assess how independent the SAHRC was. This was not to say that the SAHRC would rush to use those powers; in all instances it maintained a strict human rights approach and these were really “last resort” when nothing else remained to be done.
Ms Fadla Adams, Senior Researcher, SAHRC, noted that she had worked in the international human rights unit in Geneva, and it was important to note that the Paris Principles emphasised that a national human rights institution should be able to get information. The UN and Office of the High Commissioner, as well as Commonwealth best practice, interpreted this as meaning that the institutions should have the ability to compel the production of documents, and that they have access to and if necessary be able to use search and seizure powers, and that penalties would be applied to those denying or falsifying information. In 2005, the Report of the Office of the UN High Commissioner had gone further, saying that such institutions should have the power to visit any places where people were deprived of their liberty and be able to scrutinise all state bodies, including intelligence and security bodies, and have search and seizure powers and access to premises. This was seen as a crucial advantage of a human rights body.
She noted that South Africa had been re-accredited with A-status by the sub-Committee on Accreditation, linked to the International Coordination Committee. All documentation submitted was carefully scrutinised and the sub-Committee would also undertake its own research, speaking to officials and civil society to see if the institution had reflected the current situation accurately. SAHRC was, during this accreditation process, specifically commended on the search and seizure provisions, which were seen as part of best practice. Many developing countries were seeking advice, and the “model pack” from the SAHRC, despite the fact that the SAHRC was still operating under 1994 legislation. Internationally, the SAHRC had good standing, enjoyed a good international presence and it was playing an ever-increasing role in the international system.
Mr Mushwana added that SAHRC had recently been in discussions with Ghana, Zambia and the Maldives, for sharing of practices. He cautioned that if such a power was removed from a human rights institution, the accrediting bodies could question whether the body still qualified, as it was considered to be a major factor around independence. The subpoena power was even more clearly needed.
Ms Govender added that the subpoena power was used, very successfully, earlier in the year when the SAHRC was investigating water and sanitation issues. All sixteen ministers were told that unless they responded they would be subpoenaed.
Ms Smuts said that she was aware that the subpoenas worked successfully.
Mr Swart appreciated that input, and understood the concerns around the international recognition. However, as set out by the Chairperson, the Committee had been concerned about the possible abuse of power, particularly on a horizontal level, and the fact that, in the hands of a “Hitler or Idi Amin”, an SAHRC in the future might try to go into doctrine of religious institutions, or even search a political party.
Mr Swart noted that the Commission on Gender Equality (CGE) had used the powers of search and seizure, but this had been a straightforward criminal case. He wondered why, in the case of a serious breach, a Chapter 9 institution would not simply approach SAPS. He thought that if sufficient checks and balances were needed, the correct recourse would be to approach the courts for a warrant. There was mention that if there was not sufficient time, the SAHRC could break down the door, and he was not sure that it was responsible for legislators to leave this in.
The Chairperson commented that some people held the view that it was incorrect for the CGE to have powers of search and seizure, noted that they were in existence, but thought an amendment was needed.
Mr Mushwana said that the point was that SAHRC had never used these powers, and it was not suggesting that it would necessarily make use of every single section in its Act; it would seldom happen, especially in a new Democracy, that the Act would be fully used. However, it would be useful nonetheless to have the provision, more as a deterrent than anything else. He heard the arguments about possible abuse and would agree that perhaps the answer to that would lie in strengthening the checks and balances. It was not particularly useful to make the SAHRC dependent on SAPS, who might not be available, but a requirement for a court ruling could be a useful check and balance.
Ms Melanie Dugmore, Western Cape Provincial Manager, SAHRC, said that the procedure for a warrant for search and seizure was consistent with the Criminal Procedure Act. Currently, the SAHRC would need to apply to the court, and the judicial officer would have to be satisfied that substantial motivation had been given. This was not something that was a unilaterial decision by the SAHRC. From a practical standpoint, she noted that SAHRC frequently did not receive any response to its first request, particularly in the case of provincial departments. Only after highlighting its powers, and threatening to use them, would SAHRC get a response – and this had been a recent experience with both Metrorail and the Airports Company South Africa. This showed that the provision was effective, even if it was only still being used as a threat. In an instance in Limpopo, a young person was being held in a house, in chains, and SAHRC and SAPS had jointly entered the private dwelling to have the child removed. In Western Cape, the threat to use the power of access had been successfully invoked, although it had actually not had to use that power, to investigate atrocities in Correctional Services facilities. The same would apply to children’s care facilities. Although this may not be applicable in the case of government agencies and departments, there was a need to retain it to permit investigations into extremely vulnerable groups and child and old-age facilities.
Mr Bokankatla Malatji, SAHRC Commissioner, added that the withdrawal of search and seizure powers may have an impact on the number of cases completed by the SAHRC. Recently, there had been an increase in finalisation of the backlog cases, due to these provisions being cited, and if the powers were withdrawn it would create a problem for the SAHRC, and a possible non-meeting of targets.
Mr Mushwana also added that the SAHRC received numerous complaints about and needed to be able if necessary to compel cooperation of the Department of Home Affairs, on the Lindelwa detention centre. The SAHRC had never “kicked down a door” and certainly never wanted to get to that stage.
Ms Lindiwe Khumalo, Chief Operations Officer, SAHRC, noted that there were some operational concerns around the subpoena and entry, search and seizure powers. The numbers of cases carried forward from year to year were in part determined by the rate at which SAHRC was able to finalise its investigations, an that in turn depended on how much responsiveness and accountability was shown by departments. This had been a matter of concern for some time. The SAHRC set out that the SAHRC could essentially use powers of mediation, litigation or investigation. There were operational restraints to mediation, and litigation would depend on the efficiency of the system, so the bulk of cases would be investigated by SAHRC. A power to subpoena allowed the SAHRC to secure the attendance of someone, but if the documents were not presented, then search and seizure may be needed. It did not necessarily imply anything overtly intrusive; for instance, in a case where there were complaints that CCTVs were placed in the toilets at a school in Northern Cape, the SAHRC obviously needed to enter the premises to check where the cameras were, and if the school had refused entry, and these powers did not exist, the matter could be taken no further. The SAHRC had needed to test some water systems during a recent inquiry and that was another example of where such a power may be needed.
Ms Khumalo agreed that if there were fears of abuse, judicial review processes might be one way to address the issue. However, she also suggested that the SAHRC could be asked to set out controls within its own internal procedures, to take the concerns into account.
Ms Smuts said that this would still not be any use in the hands of “an Idi Amin”. She noted the comment of Ms Dugmore and said that a warrant was essentially a criminal justice instrument that was used when investigating offences. That being the case, she wondered if the best safeguard would not be to follow the Commonwealth Best Practice guide and allow search and seizure only through a judicial warrant, and in conjunction with the law enforcement authorities. She asked for clarity on what Ms Dugmore had meant that a case must be made out by the SAHRC going to court.
Ms Smuts added that the drafters from the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development had drawn the Committee’s attention to the wording of similar provisions in the CGE Act, which actually extended the current powers in the SAHRC Act, but she was not sure why the CGE might want to search people.
Mr Swart clarified that the SARHC would have to convince the court of the need for a warrant.
Mr Mushwana agreed, and said that the SAHRC always had to prove substantial grounds for requesting the warrant. He was not sure that the SAHRC would want to search people.
Ms Govender cautioned that she would like to discuss this with the other commissioners; this comment had been in the submission.
Ms Dugmore said that the definition around search and seizure applied to persons as well as buildings, because this was in line with the current definition in the Criminal Procedure Act. Search and seizure for a person would have to follow the same warrant process, before a judicial officer. She was, however, concerned that if there was a statutory requirement for cooperation with law enforcement officials (SAPS), and a police officer had to accompany the SAHRC, this could hinder any investigations where SAPS itself was being investigated
Mr Swart said it came to the question of who guards the guard.
Ms Smuts said that the words referred to law enforcement “where desirable or necessary” so it was discretionary and would vary from case to case. The judicial officer giving the warrant may well decide, after hearing motivation, that it would not be necessary to have SAPS accompany the SAHRC at a municipal office, but it may be appropriate where there could be threats of violence or resistance.
Ms Dugmore said that if this was made compulsory it also went to issue around independence. The credibility of the investigation process would clearly have to be considered by the judicial officer.
Mr Swart wondered why it should be necessary to search a person.
Ms Dugmore pointed out that a person may invite the SAHRC to search the premises, but sit with the relevant documents in his pocket.
Mr Mushwana emphasised that the bottom line was that the judicial officer would have to be satisfied that a proper case had been made out. The SAHRC would clearly adduce evidence, where necessary, of the kind of behaviour that the person was likely to show to hinder the SAHRC.
Ms Smuts wanted to raise issues around compellability. The power of subpoena was clearly useful. However, she was interested in the provision that a person could be compelled to answer, notwithstanding the fact that in doing so, this may incriminate a person. There was some safeguard, in that a person could only be compelled to speak, or hand over a document after the SAHRC had consulted with the relevant Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), but she pointed out that this seemed to be in conflict with the general rule that evidence that may incriminate a person was not admissible in a criminal proceeding, except perjury. She asked if this power had been used.
Mr Mushwana said that the threat to subpoena had been used in this year, and had elicited a very quick response.
Ms Smuts suggested that this would only be effective if not over-used.
The Chairperson asked the Committee what the motivation was.
Ms Dugmore agreed that this was quite a controversial provision and the SAHRC would be very careful on how this would be used. She raised the same caution in relation to removing powers from an international human rights institution that had been granted to it in the past. Currently the wording required “a courtesy consultation” between the SAHRC and DPP, to ensure that no investigation being undertaken by the SAHRC would negatively impact on a pending criminal investigation. This could be strengthened further by drawing up strict procedures in the operational templates of the SAHRC.
Ms Smuts commented that instead of being a safeguard it was more of an administrative requirement.
Ms Dugmore added that the SAHRC did not engage in any matters that were sub judice, and in fact this was one of the considerations in rejecting or withdrawing from a complaint. The likelihood of conflict with a criminal matter was remote.
The meeting was adjourned.
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Our society runs on capitalism. Private or corporate ownerships strive for maximizing profits by serving customers better than their competitors. They do this by constant innovation and competing against others to make their products/services better & better in a free and open market.
Characteristics of capitalism include capital accumulation, competitive markets and a price system. It allows people to become owners of massive trillion dollar juggernaut businesses and having net worth of hundreds of billions of dollars.
Capitalism provides economic incentives to people to out invent & out earn others to make their capitalistic dreams come true.
Entrepreneurs and businessmen have great economic incentives to strive for making their product better and to serve their customer. And no, making a lot of money is certainly not their prime motive while building a great product, but it can be one of them. Who doesn’t like to get paid for their blood, sweat & tears which they poured in their companies.
Because of capitalism, individuals like you and me get to choose which product to use. Because there are tons of companies out there working hard to make their offerings better than the rest of the competition. So, we consumers collectively decide which product is better and which needs improvement.
Competition plays a key role in capitalism. Because of competition, prices of products are decided based on supply and demand. Companies can’t charge very high amount of money for their product because if they do, their customers will go to their competitors and buy the product from them. And all the companies can’t charge very less for their product than competitors because if they do, their profits will decline and will run out of money soon. So, an ideal price will get selected collectively.
That’s why governments across the globe don’t like monopolies. Because monopoly companies can control their markets as there are no big enough competitors in the same market segment.
Because of capitalism, some people i.e. entrepreneurs and businessmen, economically “get ahead” i.e. become wealthier than a large chunk of people in the society. Because of that, equality suffers.
That’s why, many people don’t like capitalism, as it creates this economic inequality in the society. Some people get so rich that their net worth becomes larger than GDP of entire countries and they can fly to the space in their own rockets all by themselves!
But if we see, because of capitalism our everyday lives have become so much better than people living in the 1900s and 1950s. We can make video calls across the globe, we can get any information by searching on Google, we can connect with our friends via social media platforms, we can order almost anything from Amazon & Alibaba and we can do tons of other cool things on our iPhones and Androids.
So, if we compare the lives of people today vs. 50 years ago, all of us have made a significant progress. Our lives are much better than people from the 1950s. So, everyone has made progress in these last 50 years.
But, here’s the catch - this progress is asymmetric, meaning some people(i.e. entrepreneurs and businessmen) will progress so far ahead than other people did.
Because of this asymmetric progress, a handful of people will go from earning $50k a year to having net worth of $10 billion or $100 billion and the rest will go from $50k to let say $500k or $1M during the same timeline. So, progress is asymmetric in capitalism.
So, there’s always a tradeoff between freedom and equality. Both of them can’t be together.
To bring back equality in society, what if we don’t allow anyone to become a billionaire? So, let’s say the government passes a law that, the moment the owner of a company hits a net worth of $1 billion, they need to stop their growth.
Let’s take the example of Amazon. If Jeff Bezos - founder and ex-CEO of Amazon, is stopped building Amazon by the government the moment he hits net worth of $1 billion, all the future benefits of Amazon will get lost. Today, we can go to our phone and order almost anything via Amazon and they will deliver the item to us the same or the next day. That’s mind blowing. So, Amazon has built this amazing product for society, and people are willing to pay for it. That’s why it’s a great business.
If we take an example from India, Jio is a great one. Mukesh Ambani made his fortune from oil and gas industries and invested that money to create Jio. Which lowered the internet data prices so low that almost everyone can afford to use the internet. Because of Jio, the internet became a commodity in India.
Millions of people came online because of very low prices of internet plans of Jio. And because of that, other telecom operators like Airtel and Vodafone have to lower their internet data prices and because of that, startups like Paytm, Ola, Swiggy, Byju’s, Zomato, OYO, BigBasket got access to a customer base of hundreds of millions of Indians.
If we see great innovation in the last couple of decades, most of them came because of capitalism & free markets. Entrepreneurs like Gordon Moore and Robert Noyce of Intel were incentivized to make semiconductors in the 1960s, which led the personal computer(PC) revolution and which led to internet revolution and which eventually led to mobiles and smartphones revolution and on these massive platforms, companies like Facebook, Google, Amazon and Microsoft thrived to reach public valuation of trillions of dollars.
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On my walk this last Friday I began to notice huge spiders and lots of webs hanging from many of the homes along Harvard and Courtlandt. I am concerned that these giant spiders may be dangerous. I hope all the Trick or Treaters got home safely last night!This home had a few albino ones but mostly I just saw fuzzy black ones. Perhaps they were attracted to all the fresh pumpkins that people are setting out?
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The Monster Island Companion is a PDF accompaniment to Design Mechanism's Monster Island (RuneQuest) book for RuneQuest 6th edition.
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