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At a money expo we ran in 2018, I met many Australians who had never previously sought financial advice. I was struck by how these everyday mums and dads weren’t asking about complex tax issues or transition-to-retirement superannuation strategies. For many their most pressing question was ‘Will I have enough to stop work one day?’ They were genuinely worried about whether they could afford to retire. The numbers in the accompanying chart show clearly that the concerns of the people I was speaking with are real. Too many people have insufficient savings at retirement age. This is not how it is meant to be and, more importantly, it doesn’t need to be this way. However, not enough has been done to help people retire comfortably. Not by governments, employers nor even my profession. This is a cause I feel strongly about, and it inspired my book, The Money Sandwich. Through the book and this accompanying website (and as a coach and speaker), I provide answers to many common questions on both the basics of financial management in your 40s, 50s and 60s and on more complicated retirement planning. It also covers simple strategies you might implement on your own or with the help of your own adviser. The sandwich generation are people in the last decade or two of their working lives who are ‘sandwiched’ between support of their young adult or nearly adult children on one side and their ageing parents on the other, while they are also trying to plan for their own retirements. We all want to help our millennial adult children get the best financial start in life. We find many parents have concerns about easy access to debt, encouraging their children to save, sorting out their superannuation and whether they can help their offspring buy their first property. These topics and more including a Money Personality checklist are discussed in my book The Money Sandwich, as well as in our online courses, webinars and newsletters. Give your children the best possible start to their adult life. Many in this age group are fast approaching retirement and this brings its own challenges, not all of them financial. Retirement can be a great stage of life, but you need to do the work now in order to retire on your own terms. Importantly, you need to learn how to make your money – including your super – work as hard for you as possible. After all, it might need to last us for the next 30 to 40 years. Take the tips and strategies from my book, The Money Sandwich, and explore our online courses, webinars and newsletters so you can enjoy a stress-free retirement. The fact that our parents are aging can creep up on us. Unfortunately, this means old age and its consequences often arrive without sufficient planning, which can lead to hurried and stressful decisions after a crisis. A less stressful way of dealing with the inevitable is to prepare ahead of time. A good way to start is to have what I call ‘The Conversation’, which is described in The Money Sandwich. Learn about how best to have this discussion in my book and through our online courses, webinars and newsletters.

https://themoneysandwich.com/marcs-story/

We all lose something. A friendship, a lover, a parent, trust, a will to carry on. But sometimes when we lose something, we gain something. Now, this isn't some vague letter to the things I know I lost. This is what I feel and if they ever got the chance to read it they'd know it's about them. For the friend,I'm sorry. For everything. I'm sorry for closing and completely closing you off from my life. Sometimes I would make the excuse that it's what you deserved. You changed, you aren't the same as I knew you back then. Too different for me to handle. At first, I thought I was able to handle it, but as the hours turned into days, the thought of dealing with it led to anxiety and disgust. After about what, 3,4 months of not actually ever hanging with you or talking to I think I can take it now. But knowing me, I can change up in about .5 seconds. But in those months, I found my faith know you don't believe in that "crap" but with no one else I turned there and found a calling. Cringe all you want, you changed so so can I. You were, are, my best friend. We shared so much so I can't throw that away. You saved me multiple times from alot. Myself, my dad, "friends", the world. I learned a lot about forgiveness and acceptance but it will take a while before I can apply that into my life. But I'm still here, I still care. I think I always will. So if you ever need to talk or just sit in silence with the others presence like the good old times, that's okay. We can do that. That's what I'm here for. I love you. From the moment you spoke to me I knew you were trouble. I didn't care becuase you tried to become my friend when no one else would. Snapchatting until 2,3 AM with you were some of the best memories I will always carry in my heart. When I cried, you were there, a warm embrace that shrouded me from the rest of the world. But, after our secret was out you took me out of the equation. I was heart broken. I lost my first best friend, in the time you were supposed to stay by my side you left. We're now Juniors and it's still wierd but I miss you. I miss your friendship, the fact someone actually cared for me when I first got here makes my heart happy. I found closure and I hope you'll be able to forget about the past and come back to me. For the parent, you were required to love me. Protecting me should've been a maternal instinct, apparently it wasn't. But not only did you break me, you broke my older sister, the girl who understood me the most, who defended me in the midst of arguements and unpalpable situations. You broke her emotionally. You got her sent away, away from her life, from me. I can't see her or ever be able to hug her again. She's gone, in a faraway land, atop a dragon guarded tower. Other than the us two, the other 5 children you have hate you as well. You despise our happiness, our success in life. Not all of us want to be an alchoholic or a druggie being sent to prison until we're about 28 and then date and marry people to become gold diggers. To the things that have changed, Oh my god where do I start? I think I'll start at myself, beacause as of now, you only put one person in front of yourself, and that's your faith. The fact you were able to find something other than another best friend to subconciously rub in their face you went to faith. Faith had answers, a wisdom hidden in plain sight. It gave you a chance to live, to begin again. Faith brought friends. Those friends adore you. Don't ever let them ago, they are young fledglings but they will grow into fiery sparrows in the skies one day. The friends you met changed you. You are strong, analytical, goofy, and empathetic and more caring then ever. Opening up to these people was surprisingly easy, which must mean they'll take you somewhere special in life, a land of glory that wasn't known of beforehand. Let them lead you to greatness, you are stronger with them. The clock reads 23:52 but I'm wide awake, I have a lot to say but will wait until the time is right to explain in detail. For now, fall asleep knowing you are loved, you were told multiple times today. Smile knowing that you'll wake up and these little fledglings will teach you to soar their skies like they do, Spinning, singing, flapping, but most of all, living.

https://theprose.com/post/195518/broken-mirrors

The state of Yucatan does not stop growing day by day, not for nothing was awarded the title of being one of the 4 best cities in the world to live, all this is based on efforts, hard work and commitment. Governor Mauricio Villa reaffirms that Yucatan as an important tourist magnet thanks to the promotion of the state that is carried out nationally and internationally, Last November 310,372 passengers arrived at the Mérida International Airport, until now November has the title of the “month with the highest passenger movement” since there is record, this means a growth of 40% if we compare it with the month of November 2021. If we compare it with the month of December 2019, which was 266,000 passengers to the same air terminal, it is far exceeded by the recent month of November, after the pandemic, travel and tourist destinations have increased their occupancy, and passenger traffic. for the recently concluded month of November of this year compared to the previous one was 9%, a large growth. ASUR gave a report where there was an increase of 39.5% compared to the same month of 2021 in the movement of passengers from domestic flights, and in terms of international passengers, the enormous amount of 46.9% grew, compared to the same month of 2021. All these percentages and historical figures are thanks to the hard work, effort, and dedication to make a good recovery in Yucatan, we all know what happened in the pandemic and the enormous losses that they represented for many sectors of the state, several years after this world event, the state of Yucatan continues to transform and advance in its economy, they have made an effort to increase and create a variety of tourist attractions, both in its capital and in places close to it (Progreso, Valladolid, Ticul, etc). A summary of what 2022 was like and what it represented for Yucatan is that from January to November of this year, the passenger traffic that landed in the Yucatecan capital by plane was 2,752,025 people. Recently, the government of Yucatan increased its air connection by inaugurating the new Guanajuato-Mérida direct flight, flight days are Monday and Friday, this line is operated by Volaris. Another new air route is the Mérida-Guatemala and Mérida-Flores run by TAG Airlines, with a frequency of 4 and 3 flights a week. It should be remembered that in August Governor Vila Dosal and directors of Viva Aerobus announced that Yucatan will have a new operational base (air hub) of the airline at the Merida International Airport, this will allow three aircraft to spend the night and, with This will increase connectivity to this destination, it is good to mention that thanks to this, more than 600 jobs are generated, between direct and indirect. This base would operate more than 400 flights per month and transport more than 160,000 passengers. In its efforts to connect Yucatán with the world, the state government has planned the entry into operation, in the next months, of 3 new air routes to directly connect Yucatán with León, Querétaro and Toluca, with this implementation in total it would be 10 routes of this airline, and Viva Aerobus would remain as the airline with the greatest offer in the territory. Yucatán is connected through 11 national routes to cities such as Mexico City, Guadalajara, Monterrey, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Veracruz, Villahermosa, Tijuana, Oaxaca, but they will not only stay there, this year they will add cities such as Toluca, León and Querétaro, and internationalyl there would be 8 new routes to Toronto, Canada; Houston, Miami, Dallas and Oakland in the United States; Havana Cuba; and Guatemala City and Flores, in Guatemala. Without a doubt, the state of Yucatan continues to grow and create new routes to connect Yucatan with the whole world, the task now is not only to connect it nationally but internationally, bringing tourists from all over the world to discover the great beauties of our state. cenotes, monuments, museums, free shows, gastronomy, sunsets, beaches, Yucatan is a host of new experiences, and it is time for the world to learn about them.

https://theyucatanpost.com/2022/12/17/the-state-of-yucatan-breaks-records-of-passenger-arrivals-by-air/

Sehore (Madhya Pradesh): Yuva Morcha wing of the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) organised a race for the school children at the BJP district headquarters, on the occasion of Swami Vivekananda’s birth anniversary on Thursday. However, General Secretary of Congress of the Sehore district, Pankaj Sharma has raised objection for roping in children for such competitions and termed it against the rules. On the occasion of Swami Vivekananda’s birth anniversary, which is celebrated as National Youth day every year, the BJP Yuva morchaorganised a race, which began from the town hall locality of Sehore. The children participating in the race passed through the Bhopal Naka and brought the race to a halt at Bal Vihar ground. However, the event did not go down well with the General Secretary of Congress, Sharma, who said that the children participating in the race were holding banners of BJP Yuva Morcha in their hands. He further said that the inclusion of school-going children in any such political event is strictly against the rules, and is also a punishable offence. District Education Officer of Sehore, Sanjay Singh Tomar said that such races were organised across the state on National Youth Day, and the event is being imparted a political angle unnecessarily.

https://times.maktaba.co.in/madhya-pradesh-bjym-organises-race-for-school-children-on-natl-youth-day/

Now, there has been a lot of asserting by the media and others on the virtues or the lack of virtue thereof, of the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office holding a legal instrument that will suspend the Virgin Islands Constitution if there is any willful defiance of adopting fully the recommendations of the Virgin Islands Commission of Inquiry. The reality is that the country would not have been in this unpredictable and unstable place had the virtues of honesty and integrity in governance and society been coveted and pursued with rigor, vigor and enthusiasm, in past decades. Honesty in society is both virtue and culture. Honesty is a way of life. Honesty is both an individual and national trait. It is crucial to good governance. It begins at the grassroots, in the family. Honesty is molded into the child by parents, and then by the wider community and school, by adults who themselves have been properly socialized, spreading the virtues of honesty to the wider society. Conversely, dishonesty is learned. Honesty is the grease that oils the engine of a wholesome, successful, and prosperous society. One caveat is that the measure of religiosity is not a measure for honesty. Religion appears to have zero influence on morality and honesty in the present day. In-fact nonreligious societies appear more honest and sincere than religious ones. The reason for that is a mystery: It may have to do with the material orientation of much of modern-day religion, especially in the Evangelical Faith. Pious behavior is not honesty. Religion has been a cover for all manner of evil for centuries. OK. Honest societies covet the Rule of Law and Integrity, and pursue these values with effort, exactness, and diligence. A simple comparison between countries described as relatively honest- Singapore, Northern European states, Canada, Australia, South Korea- and countries that have a reputation for dishonesty and corruption- Nigeria, Haiti, Russia, a number of Sub Saharan States, Mexico- reveals the vastly better quality of life of the more honest societies. Countries with a culture of integrity and honesty get a ‘’bigger bang for the taxpayer buck.’’ Every dollar invested goes directly into the social and economic infrastructure, and public services, save for that part spent on administration and management. On the other hand, where there is high incidence of conflict of interest with the added evils of looting and corruption, a significant proportion of a contract- up to 70% in a country such as Nigeria, enters back pockets and secret accounts. This is public cash stolen, with the result that the quality of infrastructure and services is poor, sub-par, or even dangerous to the public. In the end, any material gain by the population is an illusion. As public cash for much needed services is wasted and abused, there may appear an increase in the standard of living. That increase is limited to specific public officials and their allies. That increase is in reality illusion. The physical environment deteriorates as the quality of life of the middle classes and the most vulnerable diminishes.

https://times.vg/honesty-is-always-the-best-policy

WWE 3D Shirts have been around for a while now and the demand for them has been steadily growing. They are a fun way to support your favorite wrestler without wearing their shirt and getting the same old boring design. Many different companies produce 3D shirts with different wrestlers and brands and they can be a great way to show your support. But, like anything, they can also be a big disappointment. That’s why I put together this review to show you which 3D shirt company makes the best shirts. There are a lot of 3D shirts on the market, but some of them are just plain awful. They are not worth the money you have to pay for them and you will be disappointed. Some of the worst 3D shirts are ones that are too small, ones that don’t fit the person wearing them, and ones that are just plain uncomfortable. You should always be able to get a good fit and comfort from a shirt. If you are not happy with the 3D shirt you have, there is no reason to keep it. It might be worth it to just get your money back and look for a different 3D shirt. WWE 3D Shirts Review WWE 3D Shirts is a company that makes 3D printed shirts with a wrestling theme. These shirts are a great way to show your love for WWE, and they are also a great way to show your love for your favorite wrestler. WWE 3D Shirts is a company that makes a variety of shirts, but they have a large selection of WWE shirts. The shirts come in many colors and different styles. They also have a variety of shirts that are made to fit any budget.

https://tribenhdongy.com/the-bloodline-roman-reigns-wwe-3d-shirts/

THE ARRIVAL OF CHRISTMAS IS ONE OF THE MOST AWAITED MOMENTS OF THE YEAR. IT´s THE PERFECT TIME TO DISCONNECT, TO BE WITH YOUR FAMILY AND DEDICATE TIME TO RECONNECT WITH YOURSELF. ENJOY, TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF AND WELCOME THE NEW YEAR IN THE BEST POSSIBLE WAY. WITH ITS CREAMS FOR WOMAN AND BABY YOU WILL FIND IN THE RITUAL OF CARE AND BATH THE PLEASURE OF ENJOYING MOMENTS TOGETHER. Kenko´s products capture the intimate bond between mother and child. Through the scents of the creams you can feel the connection between mother and child. As they define it, Kenko is a brand created by mothers, with mothers, for mothers and their children. Kenko´s products can be used during pregnancy. Their products are made with beautiful natural and organic oils to produce the softest natural scent. A scent you can carry with you forever and turn to at every stage of life. We wanted to share with you these creams that we think you will love. Our favorites are: 1. Bath oil mother and baby 2. Body oil set 3. Cream wash set. If you have a favorite, stay tuned for next week because you can get one of these products and one of our garments for FREE! We will do a giveaway so that some of you will have the opportunity to get them.

https://us.wearethenewsociety.com/pages/tns-x-kenko

A) Be signed by both parties. B) Be notarized. C) Be signed by the party to be charged (the person using the statute of frauds as a defense) or his agent. D) Contain all the necessary contract terms in one document. 2. Chica, a women’s clothing store, held a “prize drawing” for a $500 shopping spree on Saturday that it had advertised throughout the week. Participation in the drawing required being at the store by noon and completing a form that included personal information and placing it in a box. The information would then be put into a database for marketing purposes. “Fashion consultants” offering merchandise for sale greeted customers arriving at the store on Saturday morning. Joy was the winner of the drawing. Has she given “consideration” for the prize? A) No: she gave no legal value to Chica. C) Yes: she made an effort to come to the store and give information, that was for the store’s use. D) Yes: unless the store was conveniently located. 3. Which of the following contractual limitations on remedies is most likely to be considered unconscionable? A) An airline’s liquidated damages clause in a ticket purchase agreement for failure to run a flight. B) A fashion designer’s liquidated damages clause for lost profits in its agreement to deliver its Spring line to a department store in time for its President’s Day sale. C) Wild Hare Haircare products’ liquidated damages clause for personal injury caused by use of its products. D) Mary Tudor’s Housepaints’ liquidated damages clause for property damage caused by use of its products. A) At the time of the contract. B) At the time it receives a negotiable warehouse receipt for the ball bearings. C) At the time it pays for the ball bearings.

https://uscollegeresearch.com/academic-help-online-121/

Remember it: The first blur you added to a picture was not on purpose. The second was the same. But lateron there comes the point where you think of the pictures with long shutter speeds and light trails. Motion, and with it also action, comes back to your pictures. A tool for camera decisions? There is one question I get asked a lot: Can you suggest a camera? And my answer is always the same: There is no simple answer to this task, but I am glad to give you some tips. schizophren Sigma, a photo by stst31415 on Flickr. There has to be a first post. And this is mine.

https://usinglight.com/author/usinglight/page/18/

On Nov. 3, 2022, we witnessed one of the most moving community announcements we have attended. Russell F. Cox, president and CEO of Norton Healthcare, unveiled the services and design features for Norton West Louisville hospital, based on feedback that was gathered from more than 4,500 people last summer. In addition, Corenza Townsend was introduced as the chief administrative officer for Norton West Louisville Hospital. Cox shared that it was Corenza and a fellow colleague who shared with him their vision for a hospital in West Louisville several years ago. Corenza has worked for Norton Healthcare since 2009 in both clinical and operational leadership roles. She knows that health care disparities, which lead to negative health outcomes, often occur in neighborhoods where disinvestment has occurred for years. As lifelong residents of Louisville whose career origins are rooted in West Louisville, we can’t think of a more transformational development for this historic part of our community. Research shows geography plays a large role in our determining our overall health and wellness. Far too often, where we live affects how and if we access health care and health education. It also affects our opportunities to access high-quality education, employment, housing, fresh foods and outdoor space. All of these are contributing factors to our overall health. Health equity means giving every person in every community what they need to be as healthy as possible, no matter their race, gender, sexual orientation or any other influence on their life. Louisville’s most recent Health Equity Report shows that residents in West Louisville have some of the highest rates of death associated with cancer and incidences of stroke and heart disease. Access to critical resources, like housing, are vital to achieving our full health potential. Until access to health care is provided to those who are without, widespread prevention and treatment of diseases will not be attainable. Simply put—for outcomes to improve, people must have convenient access to health care. Norton Healthcare has been making strides over the past few years to increase access to health services in areas of Louisville that have traditionally been underserved. They established The Institute for Health Equity, a Part of Norton Healthcare, in June 2020 to address these health and racial inequities in West Louisville and other vulnerable neighborhoods that impact community health outcomes. In complement, they also have added more physician practices, mobile units and community health resources to West Louisville. And they have agreed to partner with the company we co-founded, LDG Development, with our long-term business partner, Mark Lechner, to not only provide access to onsite healthcare services but remove many of the barriers many low-income families face when trying to improve their overall health and quality of life. However, leaders at the health system realized that to truly make a difference in health outcomes in West Louisville, a hospital located in the community would need to be built. In February 2022, Cox made the announcement of their plan to build a hospital in West Louisville, in conjunction with Goodwill Industries of Kentucky. Norton West Louisville Hospital is scheduled to open in 2024. The hospital, the first to be built west of Ninth Street in more than 150 years, will have leading providers to help with prevention, early intervention and specialty care. Over the summer of 2022, Norton Healthcare solicited input from individuals, primarily from those who live in the nine ZIP codes that comprise the area west of Ninth Street, for their thoughts about what should be offered and included at Norton West Louisville Hospital. This feedback helped to fine-tune what will be incorporated into the design of the new hospital, and was unveiled at the Nov. 3 community event. Cox said he knew soliciting feedback was critical to build a hospital reflective of what residents need and want. He was pleased to tell those in attendance that the public’s input will be seen throughout this facility. This investment being made in West Louisville by the largest health care system in our state is not only exciting; it is transformational and will go a long way towards ensuring many of the healthcare needs of West Louisville residents, including those who will live at a neighboring LDG properties, are met in an equitable manner. As Cox has stated, Norton Healthcare’s goal is to build a hospital that best serves its community, while working to better health outcomes to keep people out of the hospital as much as possible. Their measure of success will include building a higher level of trust with residents that will lead to better health outcomes for this community and better job opportunities for its residents. Now and for the next 150 years. Chris Dischinger is co-founder and principal of LDG Development while Lisa Dischinger serves as the chair of the LDG Foundation.

https://uw-media.courier-journal.com/story/opinion/2023/01/18/west-louisville-gets-a-new-hospital-heres-why-it-matters-opinion/69793772007/

Randy Dixon, who has been KATV‘s news director for the past 10 years, announced on Wednesday that he is stepping down. The move took many people by surprise since Dixon is essentially putting in his two weeks notice after having spent his entire career with the Little Rock ABC-affiliate. This is something I’ve been thinking about for a long time. [KATV General Manager] Mark Rose and I have been talking about it since before Christmas and I thought this was a good time to do it. I’m basically a producer at heart. That’s what I love to do and I’m not doing that anymore… I miss it. I have two small children and I miss them. So I can’t go take a news director job in a different market. I’m staying in Little Rock. Dixon plans to start his own production company, Dixon Digital Media. No word yet on who his successor will be. Dixon has been with KATV for the past 31 years. He began with the station when he was 19 as a photographer.

https://www.adweek.com/tvspy/news-director-randy-dixon-departs-katv-after-31-years/7074/

Apple is mounting lawsuits attacking the way Qualcomm licenses mobile phone technology in a widespread effort to claw back profits in a slowing market. Apple’s latest lawsuit, filed on Friday, alleges Qualcomm unfairly used the power of its patents, which cover the fundamentals of phone systems, and its chip business to bolster its dominant position in the industry. Apple’s lawsuits follow regulatory investigations and fines on three continents, including a lawsuit announced last week by the Federal Trade Commission. “This looks like another coordinated attack on Qualcomm,” said Canaccord Genuity analyst Mike Walkley. The mobile phone sector is “a mature industry, they need to increase their margins”. The government’s actions are based on a desire to shake Qualcomm’s grip on the smartphone sector. In its last five fiscal years, Qualcomm has turned $37 billion in licensing revenue into $32 billion in pretax profit. Its gross margin, or the percentage of revenue remaining after deducting the cost of production, is 61% and analysts expect it to widen. Compare that with Apple’s gross margin of 39% in its last fiscal year, a number that is expected to decline in 2017. Samsung Electronics, the largest mobile phone maker ahead of Apple, also had a 39% margin in his last exercise. year. Apple, Samsung and LG Electronics are part of an increasingly competitive smartphone market amid slowing growth. Handset shipments likely rose 0.6% to 1.45 billion units in 2016, according to researcher IDC. As recently as the second quarter of 2015, the market experienced double-digit growth. Samsung and LG are based in South Korea, where antitrust regulators in December announced a record KRW 1.03 trillion ($880 million) fine against Qualcomm for violating antitrust laws and called on the chipmaker to change its business practices. In China, the biggest mobile phone market, antitrust regulators have accused Qualcomm of abusing its dominant position. Rather than risk being locked out, Qualcomm in February 2015 paid $975 million to settle the case and won the right to charge handset makers licensing fees, at a lower rate, for phones sold in the country. Apple on Friday added its weight to the growing call for a change in the way licensing revenue is calculated. Now, phone makers pay Qualcomm a percentage of the phone’s total selling price – a sum measured in the hundreds of dollars – whether or not they use Qualcomm chips. Phone makers, backed by regulators, want a change that would force Qualcomm to charge the fee on the price of its components – an amount based on tens of dollars. Qualcomm said Apple was “actively encouraging” government actions by “distorting facts and withholding information” from regulators. “We welcome the opportunity to have these baseless claims heard in court where we will be entitled to full discovery of Apple’s practices,” Don Rosenberg, Qualcomm’s general counsel, said in a statement. For Apple investors, any means necessary to reduce costs for the iPhone maker is the right decision. iPhone sales fell 8.3% to 212 million devices in the 12 months to September, the first annual decline since the smartphone was introduced in 2007. average of its iPhones has gone from a peak of $687 in 2015 to $619 the most recent. fiscal quarter as it introduced lower-cost handsets to fend off the threat from Chinese rivals such as Huawei, Xiaomi and Oppo. Qualcomm was a double threat. Its patent stance took a chunk out of the sale price of each phone, and the money generated from that helped the chipmaker fund industry-leading research and development for better processors. Apple typically uses two or more vendors for a given component, creating competition and driving down prices. But Apple had relied exclusively on Qualcomm’s baseband chips – parts that connect the phone to networks – until the introduction of the iPhone 7 last year, when it replaced some versions with modems from Intel Corp. Ultimately, a direct legal fight will take years to unfold, according to Canaccord’s Walkley. Apple would be much more likely to settle the deal in exchange for lower rates. It’s a better bet considering the San Diego-based chipmaker has been fighting similar legal battles for more than two decades and won. Are you applying for jobs or technical internships? We want to hear about it.

https://www.afronaija.com.ng/apples-legal-assault-on-qualcomm-is-part-of-the-phones-sideline-grab/

Based on Bahrain visa policy, visitors from Gulf Cooperation Council including Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates can enjoy visa-free entry to the country. Visitors from countries such as the United States of America, United Kingdom, Thailand, Switzerland, Finland, Denmark, Ireland, and Canada are able to get visa on arrival if they go there for tourism or business purposes. Besides, they can apply for it online in advance. In addition, there are countries whose nationals are able to apply for e-visas. The e-visa application can be simply made online before the trip. There are many hotels of different levels in Bahrain for visitors to choose from. The 5-star hotels usually cost USD120-220 per night. The 4-star hotels with cost of USD80-120 per night are relatively cheaper. Sofitel Bahrain Zallaq Thalassa Sea & Spa, about a 30-minute drive from Bahrain International Airport and Manama, is a good choice. Sheraton Bahrain Hotel, only a 5-minute drive from Friday Mosque and Bab Al-Bahrein as well as 3.1 km (1.9 mi) from Bahrain National Museum, is adjacent to Bahrain World Trade Center. It is also highly recommended. Mutton, chicken, duck, turkey, vegetables, bread, Hummus, and Tabbouleh are major local food. Hummus refers to a dip made of garlic, lemon, tahini, and mashed garbanzo bean. Tabbouleh is a kind of salad consisting of bulgur, tomato, lemon, garlic and parsley. When going there, tourists are advised to taste the famous local dishes such as Falafel, Machbous, Muhammar, Shawarma, Qoozi, Baba Ghanoush, etc. Muhammar, made of rice and dates or sugar, is worth a try. Qoozi is a unique dish in the Kingdom. The lamb is first stuffed with eggs, onions, rice and spices and then grilled, very popular among tourists. Folk markets are important attractions in this Kingdom. The most famous one should be Bab el-Bahrain Souk where you can buy all kinds of local specialties and folk crafts. Seef Mall, Gold City, and Dana Mall are paradises for those who are crazy for shopping. Additionally, Haddadin Market, tobacco market and Safar Phil market are also good places to buy small commodities; and Safar Phil market sells all kinds of silver and copper wares. Generally speaking, Bahrain taxi drivers charge extra 10% of the fare as tips. Bills of hotels and restaurants cover 10% as tips. Tourists can withdraw money from ATMs in big towns. They can exchange cash to local currency at the foreign exchange office, merchant banks, or from the currency changers at markets. Credit cards are widely used in shopping malls, big restaurants, and hotels, but tourists should be prudent to avoid credit card fraud. As an Islam country, Bahraini abides by Islamic customs. Usually, there is no special dress requirement for foreigners, but female visitors should not wear exposed clothes. There are many unique custom and memorial days in Bahrain, including New Year’s Day, Eid Al-Fitr (End of Ramadan), Eid Al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice), Ashoora, Milad un Nabi (Birthday of Prophet Muhammad), and National Day. Muslims start to fast during the daytime at the beginning of April. At night, they chant and pray to welcome Allah. After fasting, it comes to Eid al-Fitr, one of the famous festivals in the country, which will last for three days. The locals will be on leave during that period. Another important festival should be Eid Al-Adha held in September and the locals will have 3 days to relax then. Bahrain provides the electricity with a voltage of 230 volts and a frequency of 50Hz. The frequently-used plugs are British three-pin type. Visitors are advised to take plug adapters. Visitors can buy prepaid SIM card by providing passports. It is very convenient. The monthly minimum cost is between BHD 4-5 and 2-4G network data packages are available. Usually, free WIFI is available in big shopping malls and good restaurants, while the network speed may be slow when there are too many users.

https://www.agatetravel.com/bahrain-travel-tips.html

Mike Tindall talked about his family's holiday plans with the Queen as he appeared on BBC's The One Show on Tuesday. He also revealed some details about how he and his wife Zara Phillips have experienced family life during lockdown with their two daughters Mia and Lena. Read on to find out more about their plans with the family to visit the Queen in Scotland! Mike Tindall made an appearance on the BBC's The One Show on Tuesday and talked about his family holiday plans with Queen Elizabeth II. The former Rugby star and husband of Zara Phillips also revealed some facts about his and Zara's family life during the lockdown with their two daughters Mia and Lena. Mike Tindall: Holidays with the Queen at Balmoral? The son-in-law of Princess Anne made an appearance on the show via video-link and not only talked about his holiday plans with the Queen. He was asked by host Alex Jones if Her Majesty sends the children money (with her own face on it) in the mail on their birthday. Mike replied: "No my mum and dad still do though," and added, "it doesn't arrive in the post from the Queen." Mia and Lena are apparently quite close with their great-grandmother as well as their grandmother and the family-of-four had plans to visit the Queen and Prince Philip at Balmoral this summer, but everything is a little different this year with the current coronavirus restrictions. "We did have plans," Mike Tindall revealed, "it would have been up in Scotland, but with COVID everything has been scaled back a bit." He also praised his mother-in-law Princess Anne, who will turn 70 years old on Saturday, August 15, and talked about if there will be a big celebration for her birthday: "She's just an incredible woman in terms of how much work she can get through. We will be doing something but I am going to keep my lips sealed." Then the conversation turned to family life during the pandemic and how much he cherishes the time with his children: "Lena is at that age where she just changes in weeks. I'm not enjoying where she is right now, she's learned how to get out of the bag when she is asleep. This morning she managed to wake up Mia," he revealed. We will just have to wait and see if the Tindall/Phillips family make it up to Queen Elizabeth's estate in Balmoral, where everything is different this year. It would definitely be great to see the family's original holiday plans with the Queen come true, so Mia and Lena could spend some time with their great-grandmother!

https://www.allvipp.com/royals/mike-tindall-talks-family-life-during-lockdown-holiday-plans-with-the-queen

I studied biology in Hamburg. I completed my diploma and doctoral theses and a year of post-doctoral work at the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine. As a mother of two, I then decided against a university career and worked first as a specialist journalist and then as a freelance teacher at the Hamburg School of Life Science. Finally, via a friend who worked at altona Diagnostics, I started at the altona Marketing department – initially as a freelancer, and since 2013 as a permanent employee. I have staff responsibility for 10 employees. Building and leading teams and deploying employees according to their strengths is something I really enjoy. “Working independently is expressly desired at altona”. The technical writers create our instructions for use and manage the translations. In addition, there are regular changes to the instructions for use and the unit creates Safety Data Sheets that provide information about hazardous substances in our products. The focus of the Corporate Communications team is external communication with a marketing mix to promote sales. Brochures, product lists, the altona website, LinkedIn and trade fair appearances are central pillars. Across the board, the unit works on the corporate identity and positioning of altona Diagnostics. From 2014 to 2019, in parallel to the growth of the company, I built up the marketing department as head, expanded it from 3 to 15 employees and established a specialization in three units. In the daily work, the further development of our corporate identity and the communicative support of our worldwide subsidiaries are two particularly exciting tasks. Working independently is expressly desired at altona. This applies to me in both directions: I convey it to my employees and at the same time experience it in exchange with managing directors and department heads. I am also enthusiastic about the high level of professionalism of the altona employees. altona feels like a huge think tank to me. With 5 buildings in Hamburg, 8 subsidiaries and 350 employees worldwide, the altona festivals are a great way to get to know each other and have a good time together. For me personally, taking part in the altona Darts Tournament 2022 was a complete success: 4 wins, last woman in the competition and only eliminated against the eventual winner. The most important thing was of course: all players had a lot of fun.

https://www.altona-diagnostics.com/en/portraits/portrait-meike-thiel-en.html

Unfortunately only he can answer your question. None of us can answer that only he can. Must have been some fight! He's likely considering his options. What he'll do is anyone's guess; I wouldn't try to contact him for the time being. It's been three days, he is either done or not yet over the fight. Just out of curiosity, please tell us you didn't offer one of those "hit and run" apologies that goes "I'm sorry if your feelings were hurt"? You know the kind that makes it sound like it was actually karma, or the gods, the powers that be, or the household elves that hurt him, and not you. (That is: if he were tougher, taller, smarter, more willing to take it on the chin, you wouldn't have had to apologize at all). That kind of "apology" some people give because they're too proud to own it. Is he breaking up with you? Maybe/Maybe NOT...Either way give him some space....

https://www.askmen.com/answers/dating/1682317-we-had-a-fight-3-days-ago-i-apologized-the-same-da.html

The Ultimate Warrior Once Claimed His Failed Comic Books Were … – Wrestling Inc. “The Ultimate Warrior is back!” said Vince McMahon on commentary after The Ultimate Warrior defeated Hunter Hearst Helmsley in 96 seconds at “WrestleMania XII.” This was the first time since the fall of 1992 the Warrior was in a WWF ring and appeared poised for another big run in his third stint with the company. However, the reunion didn’t last long as Warrior was gone several months later and wouldn’t be seen again until his WCW debut in August 1998. What caused the falling out between Warrior and McMahon? On the “Jim Cornette Drive-Thru” podcast, Jim Cornette revealed one issue was the Warrior’s self-titled comic book. “He was mad because they [WWF] had a branding show, a toy fair in New York, and had already had a booth scheduled and built. But since Warrior had just signed a contract to come back to the WWF, they wanted him to be represented so they put his face paint and his logo, ‘Always Believe,’ on the side of the booth with the other stars and he got hot at that because they were using his logo without permission,” he said. On May 19, 1996, a sea of people lined up outside The Strike Zone comics and card store in Astoria, New York, for the launch of the “Warrior” comic book. Once inside, fans were able to meet The Ultimate Warrior and get copies of the comic autographed by him. In an interview with “The Anti-Gravity Room” at the San Diego Comic-Con in early July 1996, Warrior said the first issue took about eight months to produce. He further stated that the comic was “the evolution of what has come to be the Warrior outside the ring” and how he lived his life. The Ultimate Warrior was no stranger to comic books as he appeared on the cover of the first issue of the five-issue “WWF BattleMania” series put out by Valiant Comics, which ran from July 1991 through March 1992. What separated Warrior’s comic from his appearances in “WWF BattleMania” was that he wrote the “Warrior” comic himself. With ink done by Jim Callahan, colors by J.D. Smith, lettering, logo design, and design by Richard Starkings and his company Comicraft, and published by Ultimate Creations, “Warrior” #1 released at $2.95 ($5.36 in today’s economy). According to the ComicChron sales chart for May 1996, “Warrior” was the 180th best in terms of units sold and 169th best in terms of revenue for the top 300 comics pre-ordered by North American comic shops. The following month, “Warrior” #2 fell to 183rd for units and 180th for revenue. In July, the price was reduced to $2.50 for “Warrior” #3, and it continued to be 183rd in the sales chart, while revenue fell to 193rd on the list. “Warrior” #4 in August stayed at the $2.50 price while improving to 163rd for sales and 158th for revenue. #4 was done entirely in black-and-white and left readers on a cliffhanger as it was the last issue of the series. There was also a standalone “Warrior X-Mas” special full of pin-ups featuring Warrior in Christmas-themed scenarios. Story-wise, there were two Warriors — the real Warrior who had awakened from a coma and was more aggressive, and a spiritual/internal Warrior, who was on a journey in the “Terrain of Testament” to find his “destrucity” to become a true Warrior. At the beginning of the July 8, 1996, episode of “Monday Night Raw,” WWF commentator Gorilla Monsoon informed viewers The Ultimate Warrior had been indefinitely suspended for not appearing at shows in Indianapolis, Detroit, and Pittsburgh. He informed fans that the suspension would be lifted once Warrior “posts an appearance bond” to promise fans he will appear where advertised. That night, Warrior faced Owen Hart in the opening match, and as Warrior made his entrance, Vince McMahon said on commentary, “Hopefully we are not seeing the Ultimate Warrior for the very last time on ‘Raw.'” After a near 10-minute match, Warrior was attacked by both The British Bulldog and Vader, who decimated Warrior with a running powerslam and Vader Bomb, respectively. When returning from the commercial break, Warrior was shown being carried back to the locker room by WWF officials. He eventually left WWE once again, four years after he walked out of the company. On the “Grilling JR” podcast, Jim Ross said Warrior was only focused on the money he earned and was difficult to deal with. “He wanted to work less and make more,” he said. “He wanted to have a big say, you know, what towns he worked, and my god we had nobody on the roster that had that mindset to micromanage his own deal.” Ross believes the 1996 fiasco was because Vince McMahon had fallen in love with the Warrior character. The Ultimate Warrior eventually returned to WWE in 2014 and was inducted into the Hall of Fame, a few days before his death.

https://www.captainexcelsior.com/the-ultimate-warrior-once-claimed-his-failed-comic-books-were-wrestling-inc/

Columbia’s Daniel Boone Little League American All-Stars were eliminated from the Midwest Regional last night with a 15-2 loss to Plymouth, Minn., in a semifinal game in Indianapolis. Alex Jones and Cole Evans each went 2 for 3 for Columbia. Parker Wilkinson homered, and Reid Spencer, Curtis Holliday and Zach Harris each had one hit. Columbia trailed 5-2 entering the final inning but gave up 10 runs in the top of the sixth. The Central Methodist women’s golf, women’s cross country and women’s track teams were recognized as NAIA Scholar Teams for the 2009-10 academic year. To earn the honor, a team must have a GPA of at least a 3.0.

https://www.columbiatribune.com/story/sports/2010/08/13/sportscene/21424489007/

Following a school year in which it finished No. 2 in the nation in girls’ cross country in addition to being ranked in the top 50 in girls’ track and field, Saugus was recognized among the country’s elite athletic programs by ESPN/Rise Magazine. The Centurions were ranked No. 43 in the final FAB 50, with the Woodlands High in Texas — which had five nationally ranked teams — being recognized with the prestigious honor of the country’s top high school athletic program, ahead of No. 2 Mater Dei of Santa Ana. ESPN/Rise Magazine compiles national rankings in 13 sports. The FAB 50 athletic programs were determined by a point system that awards five points for a No. 1 national ranking, four for a top 10 finish, three for a top 25, two for a top 40 and 1 1/2 for a top 50. Any school with more than one team ranked in a final FAB 50 received 1 1/2 bonus points. New York’s Fayetteville-Manlius, which captured its third straight national girls’ cross country championship in December, finished No. 3 and Loyola of Los Angeles — on the strength of the country’s top-ranked boys’ volleyball team — was fourth. Saugus was one of 16 California schools honored in the top 50. The Centurions girls’ soccer team, which captured its first Southern Section Div. II title in March, finished No. 43 in the winter FAB 50 national rankings, but wasn’t recognized by ESPN/Rise Magazine in the overall year-end top 50 poll. Despite winning an area-leading three Southern Section championships — boys’ cross country, boys’ basketball and boys’ tennis — Thousand Oaks didn’t crack the overall top 50. Thousand Oaks was ranked nationally in boys’ cross country, but ESPN/Rise Magazine doesn’t compile national rankings in boys’ tennis, a sport where the Lancers would’ve been recognized among the country’s elite teams after capturing the Div. I title. Royal of Simi Valley pitcher Cody Buckel and Valencia shortstop Christian Lopes have been invited to attend the USA Baseball 18-under national team trials following their performances at the 17 th annual Tournament of Stars in Cary, N.C. Buckel and Lopes will be part of a group of 34 players who will return Sept. 12 to North Carolina for more evaluation in practices, intrasquad scrimmages and exhibition games, with the 20-player roster selected Sept. 17. That team will compete Sept. 25-Oct. 4 in Venezuela in the COPABE Pan American Junior Championships, a qualifying tournament for the 2010 International Baseball Federation World Junior Championships. College of the Canyons is ranked No. 8 in the preseason JCGridiron.com national football top 30. The Cougars were ranked No. 1 in the country by JC Grid-Wire.com last year before losing to Mt. San Antonio College in the Southern California championship game and finished No. 4 in the nation.

https://www.dailybreeze.com/2009/07/05/chatter-saugus-one-of-nations-top-athletic-programs/

Madinah, January 23, 2023, SPA — Prince Faisal bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, the Governor of Madinah Region, received in his office in Madinah, Ali Sabri, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka, who is currently visiting the Kingdom to perform Umrah and to pray in the Prophet’s Mosque. During the meeting, which was attended by Sri Lankan Deputy Foreign Minister Cader Masthan, Sri Lankan Ambassador to the Kingdom, Pakeer Amza, and several Sri Lankan officials, the two sides exchanged issues of common concern.

https://www.fananews.com/en/madinah-region-governor-receives-sri-lankan-minister-of-foreign-affairs/

Anyone who lives in Ireland will be familiar with Croke Park in Dublin. First opened in 1884, it holds around 82,000 people and is well-known as the principal national sports stadium in Ireland. It is also closely associated with Gaelic games. It hosts All-Ireland events in both Gaelic football and hurling – plus other events in non-Gaelic sports at times. One such time this occurred was when Croke Park hosted the Irish football team home games in the late 2000s. This saw lots of football fans not only flock to the stadium but also place bets on matches via the latest online sportsbooks while there. Although you might think this is not overly popular, wagering on games is an activity many football supporters in Ireland love to take part in. This can include international games or even football betting on the English Premier League. Despite its close links to sport, this venue has a much wider importance to the Irish hospitality sector. But why is this? Why is Croke Park more than just a sport stadium? For those who work in hospitality, the interesting thing about Croke Park is how it is more than just a place to watch sports. This is worth noting because it can give you ideas on new business areas to branch out into within hospitality and new partnerships to pursue. As with many stadiums like this, people can buy food and drink once inside Croke Park. This gives the businesses who supply this food and drink a massive opportunity to reach more people. By forging links with a stadium like this, those in hospitality can drive up sales and increase brand visibility. Some stadiums may also allow those in hospitality to actually operate inside and sell their goods directly to people there. What else does Croke Park focus on? There is no doubt that Croke Park has also diversified to put on other events and open its facilities to other industries. As well as attending events such as the 2022 Hospitality Expo in Dublin, this is a great lesson for business within hospitality to drive growth. It is also key for the sector to note because it demonstrates that diversifying what you offer can bring great rewards. But what sort of thing does this stadium get involved with outside of sport? One of the biggest areas it has moved into is putting on music concerts from popular bands and solo artists. In recent years, this has seen masses of music lovers descend on the stadium to watch Westlife, Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift and The Rolling Stones, among others. In addition, Croke Park also offers a skyline attraction tour. This allows you to enjoy the best view of Dublin as you are safely hoisted 44 metres above the ground. It also gives a stunning view of the surrounding area. For many people, Croke Park is much more than a venue for Irish sport. It represents a place which is central to preserving Irish culture and crucial for the protection of Irish heritage. It also holds a place in people’s hearts though for the special events it hosts. This makes it a top hospitality venue in Dublin and one that shows the best of the sector in Ireland. For example, the Festival of Families in 2018 included Pope Francis blessing the 72,000 people in attendance with his presence. In addition, this celebration of Irish heritage also included performances from Riverdance and Andrea Bocelli. Before this, the stadium was the location for 2012’s International Eucharistic Congress. This global event takes place every four years and focuses on liturgical and cultural issues. Attendees enjoyed several lectures and workshops which ended in the huge ‘Statio Orbis’ closing ceremony. Examples like this illustrate that Croke Park is not just important for culture in Ireland but also for bringing global revenue into Irish hospitality. In addition, it shows other stadiums around the country which hospitality areas they could branch out into. When you take the above into account, it is clear that Croke Park is as much about hospitality and world-class facilities as it is about sport. This is even truer when you consider that it has 100 meeting rooms and eight suites that businesses can hire out to use. Whether it is a small board meeting or a larger team get-together, the professional facilities here indicate that this stadium is about much more than just sport. It is also a world-class venue for hospitality in Ireland, and one that plays a key role in the sector around Dublin.

https://www.fft.ie/why-is-croke-park-more-than-just-a-sports-stadium/

From a rural Texas workshop to the minds of fastener users around the world, technical educators Randy Lammers and Aaron Keevan share their vast knowledge on the exciting new webcast, Würth Knowing. They explain their vision for the online series, and also a few behind the scenes details, including the origin of Randy’s legendary Uncle Moe stories (19:21). Also well worth hearing, AIM Test Labs founder, Carmen Vertullo leads a discussion about an intriguing new cert management platform called SmartCert, with Lyndon Lattie of Aramid Technologies, and the carnivorous Mr. Matt Boyd of Parker Fasteners (1:38:00). Solution Industries journeyman Frank “Balboa” DeVito joins intrepid newsman Mike McNulty on the Fastener News Report to examine another record setting FDI report (56:40). Also, Christian Reich of Goebel Fasteners (#GoGoebel) introduces an all-new stainless lock bolt system (46:53). PLUS: Yet another aspect of the insidious scourge, hydrogen embrittlement is the focus on the latest Fastener Training Minute (1:29:24). Brian makes a novel observation about chemtrails while Eric talks Q. Intro: It's Fully Threaded Radio, Episode 163. And we're asked to be the main sponsor of the event, which we were planning it and everything was going really well. We're excited to be a part of it. I happened to be the owner of a giant meat smoker that could probably smoke about 100 bracks of ribs at one time. We wanted to create something that would give easy access to cert packages and would give an ease of flow of information. And then we wanted to build something at least to start with, that was a checkerboard on acid. Eric: It is fully threaded radio voice of the FCH sourcing network. If you buy, sell, manufacture, import, try to import or have anything to do with industrial fasteners. This is the podcast for you. So glad you clicked in everybody Eric Dudas is here with you. And the co-host of Fully Threaded Radio is with me as well. He's the inventor of the industry renowned Scrubber Software and lifetime honorary Texan, Brian Musker. Bri. Brian: How're you doing? I use my good takes on accent. Okay. Eric: As you always do. I'm doing fine. It's a beautiful day here in semi-rural Northeast, Ohio. Mario chemtrail cloud in the sky here and feeling pretty good. Brian: Good. Okay. The fact is you're going to see more chemtrails as airline travel starts going up again a bit. Eric: Yeah, I guess that would be true. Well, I didn't mean to start the podcast off on that note at all, but there you have it right out there big one laying right there for us to avoid and that we will. Brian: Oh, well, that's good to hear. Eric: So, let's dig right in and let's dig into this Episode 163 of Fully Threaded Radio, we're publishing on April 15th, 2021. Funny how that date doesn't really seem to have the same ominous connotations as it does most years. Isn't it, Bri.? I just thought of that, Tax Day. Brian: Yeah. Tax Day all big muddle at the moment. Eric: Because the return date has been pushed back. Although if you're a periodic filer, you still owe the money of course, but hey, we're not a couple of CPAs here, so don't take our advice on anything. Let's stick to something that we pretend to know a little bit about and that's fasteners. And on this episode of the podcast, we've got a lot worth hearing, especially during our lead off segment. We've got technical instructor, Randy Lammers and applications engineer, Aaron Keevan, with Würth joining us. They're going to tell us all about Würth knowing, which is a new webcast that hit YouTube recently. They're on their fifth or sixth installment of that series as we recorded this. And if you haven't seen it yet, I think you're going to want to get out there after you hear this conversation. If you have seen it, I tried to answer a few of the questions that I had when I was watching it, getting a little bit behind the scenes and so forth. What did you think of the first couple episodes, Bri? Brian: Well, I thought they were pretty good actually. We know it takes a lot of work to actually think your way through making these things. Eric: Exactly. And we get into a little bit of that during the conversation today. Lot more behind the scenes than you might imagine if you've never been involved in something like that. On the other hand, people in the industry know that to do anything well, it takes a lot of effort. And that is clearly what has gone into this new webcast Würth Knowing. On today's feature segment, we introduce a platform called SmartCert, and this was brought to our attention by Carmen Vertullo of AIM Test Lab fame. Among other things, Fastener Training Minute, Lyndon Lattie is the founder of SmartCert and he'll join Carmen as well as Matt Boyd of Parker Fasteners for a conversation that covers all the details you'll need to know. And I think you'll get as excited about this potentially as Carmen Vertullo did, when he brought it to our attention. Plus Bri., You had to sit this one out, but we did cover the world of barbecue before we ramped up into the SmartCert part. So, I really wish you could have been there because I know you're a big fan. Brian: I love barbecue. Okay. It's just as well I wasn't because the whole conversation would have been about that. Eric: It almost did go off the rails. Fortunately, Carmen was really the facilitator of this conversation and he got me out of the way post haste and SmartCert is definitely something that you'll want to be aware of. If you're running any kind of a fastener organization in the modern era also today, warming us up for the fastener news report, Christian Reich of Goebel Fasteners drops in. Goebel has gotten a new Lockbolt system. He'll tell us all about that. Brian: Stainless steel, my guess. Eric: It sounds like Goebel's got a winner with this one. On the Fastener News Report today, Frank "Balboa" DeVito joins Mike McNulty. And he's absolutely bullish about fastener industry prospects for the balance of 2021. And if you've heard Frank on the podcast before you absolutely know what I mean. On the other hand, Mike McNulty sounds very fed up with pro sports and most CEOs of large public traded companies. He unloads on the Back Page Report today. McNulty fans, love it. Mike also has a roundup of industry headlines for you. And it's a double dip of Carmen Vertullo on the episode today, folks, because on the Fastener Training Minute Carm tackles reduced load ability and hydrogen embrittlement. Brian: Wow. One of your favorite subjects, how did you talk hm into that again? Eric: Yes. Always lurking, always a danger. There’re actually several references to hydrogen embrittlement on today's episode. So, fans of that particular topic will not be disappointed. I don't think anybody's going to be disappointed, Bri., as I said, there's a lot worth hearing on today's episode and I think it'll also be worth hearing our fine lineup of sponsors. That's where you come in. Brian: Oh, you're right. It's worth knowing about our great sponsors. The title sponsors of Fully Threaded Radio are Stelfast, Brighton-Best International and Goebel Fasteners. Stelfast, 'For Service You Deserve and People You Trust.' Brighton-Best International, 'Tested, Tried and True.' Goebel Fasteners, 'Quality The First Time. Also sponsoring Fully Threaded Radio, Buckeye Fasteners, BTM manufacturing, Eurolink Fastener Supply Service, INxSQL Software. ND Industries, Parker Fasteners, 3Q Inc, Volt Industrial Plastics, Würth Industry North America and Solutions Industries, 'Home of Solution Man.' So, thank you to all our great sponsors and friends. Couldn't do the show without you. And if you are a listener and you are looking for fasteners think of our sponsors first, because they make the show possible. Eric: It was worth hearing. And we'd like to hear from you get with us any time. The email address is |||EMAIL_ADDRESS||| We also bang around LinkedIn. We both get profiles out there, find us that way as well. Well, Bri., We've got a lot to cover on the episode today and we'll get right to it. But I wanted to mention quickly that I received the new source guide from the American Fastener Journal. Finally dug through this pile of mail on the desk over here and it was in there and I'm glad I did real nice-looking book. Congratulations, Tom. This is a great resource. We don't talk about this too frequently, but this is nearly a hundred pages comprehensive listing of all the companies you really are probably going to need to know about in the industry folks and the American Fastener Journal source guide 2021 now available. It should be on your desk. If you do any kind of sourcing or selling, really for that matter, open up the cover. Boom right there, Volt Industrial Plastics got all of that. And there was another ad that struck my fancy as well as they tend to do, Bri., because it's good to see our sponsors well-represented out there in the wider fastener media. Brian: Our sponsors are the best ones around why should they not be represented pretty well? Brian: We're a bit passed, but still. Eric: Case in point, ND Industries. Now, when you think ND, you think the highest temperature pre-applied nylon thread locker in the industry, of course, but did you know that ND is an approved 3M applicator? 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You're online brothers in thread back with you. Hey Bri, we've got the FDI results coming up shortly with Mike McNulty and Frank "Balboa" DeVito. What I wanted to point out that we had a very strong response from FDI respondents in March. Well, it's at the end of March, beginning of April was the March numbers is what we were looking for and wanted to thank all of the participants. Because at that time it was really kind of a slow time in general, we had the Easter break and a lot of people were on various forms of spring break, vacations and so forth. And there was definitely a lull in activity, but FDI respondents came through. Good solid turnout. Brian: Good. Yes. And Bob Baer made up as usual graphs for me of the results. Very good. Thank you. Eric: Thank you for doing that. GQ. If you're a North American fastener distributor and you don't yet participate in the fastener distributor index, we could use your help too. It takes just a few minutes each month. Get out to fdisurvey.com. The way we do this is there's only one person from each company, each eligible company who can do the survey. It's not like we have a lot of redundant data in there, at least in theory. And I don't think we do, but that means that all recipients input is really highly valued. So again, fdisurvey.com. You can sign yourself up, we'll shoot you an email each month and you can hop in there with your input. We added a couple of supplemental questions this time around Bri. I wanted to look at those now, Frank and Mike will talk about these as well. I don't think I'm giving anything away, but because they are so timely, I thought I'd just bring it out here before we get to Randy and Aaron from Würth Knowing. The first supplemental question was directly related to a lot of this chaos with the supply chain and material pricing. And it was simply this, are you seeing higher material pricing from suppliers? So, respondents had a slew of options, but only two came back. 66% said they're seeing moderate increases and 34% large increases not a big surprise there. Brian: In times of uncertainty. Remember that survey was taken at the time when that bloody great big container ship just got stuck sideways in the Suez Canal, which would have affected everyone's shipping up in Europe too. Eric: When it rains, it pours. The second question had to do with something we've been hearing about. And then Charlie Kerr mentioned during Episode 162 about scrap pricing. And that of course can be used as a general barometer of materials. But we asked on the supplemental question, are you trying to move your surplus in view of rising scrap prices? Obviously, when we first started out in this business, Bri. The website, fastenersclearinghouse.com, there's a lot of surplus involved. There still is today, but there's a lot of AI items out there, it runs the gambit, but we still have a lot of folks who use the network to list their slower moving stuff. Brian: Yes. It used to be. That was the only thing they listed, actually. Eric: That quickly changed. Anyhow, we can talk about FCH Sourcing Network for hours, which I guess we do. But back to the question, I was really surprised by this Bri, because with the rise in scrap material prices, I would have expected more companies to be aggressively pursuing sales. But as it turns out, 62% have no change at all in their attitude towards that particular issue. And only 7% said, they're actively looking to sell theirs. Oh, 14% said they've actually sold some since the spike in scrap. And then there's this other weird category, Bri which I don't even know who these people are. 17% claim they don't have any surplus. Brian: Well, there's always a group actually. And has been from day one. Everyone else has. How can that be? Eric: They're like the guys during the conversation today with Mike and Frank that during the March survey actually answered that they had a decrease in sales. I'll tell you, every month has a few outliers, but this time real head scratcher. It was across the board, thumbs up, thumbs up, thumbs up. So, you really, wonder. Well, that's the nature of surveys. That's the nature of business. There's always somebody out there who's having a tough time. Again, thanks to everyone who participated in the fastener distributor index this month. Brian: Right. And if you just know that we always need more people to participate because the wider, the participation, the better, the results really statistically are. So, it's always a constant drive to get more people to participate in this. It doesn't really take that long. It's only once a month. And, there are a lot of people, fortunately have been very, very, very good at following us and contributing for years. So, join them. Eric: Eric. It's a good cross section. And if you've been listening to this podcast and using FCH Sourcing Network off and on over the years, there's never been a better time to jump in there too. If you go to fastenersclearinghouse.com, click the join link, you'll see that there's a new level of membership. And this is perfect for those guys who just have, Oh, say 50, 100, maybe 200 lines that are taking up space on the shelf, getting dusty. And you want to get involved with FCH, but you didn't want to get involved on the full member basis. That was pretty much all we offered previously. Now you can get in at the directory level. So, for under $100 for the year lists that handful of items, plus get a listing in our new and growing directory, which is a relatively new initiative for FCH. Should make a lot of people I think Bri, who have been hesitant over the years, hop right in. Brian: Really had a great answer for companies that just had a few items. Our main drivers, are really companies that are 5,000 plus lines, they want to list and some very substantially more than that, but we never scaled it down that well to someone who only wanted really to list 50 lines or 100 lines. But now, we can do that pretty well and you get a really good listing in our directory as well. Eric: Bri, is right. Looking forward to seeing out there everybody fastenersclearinghouse.com. Thank you again for listening. Everyone. We're going to get now to this segment, introducing you to Würth Knowing. Würth Industry North America has a new webcast that was launched recently, Randy Lammers and Aaron Keevan are the hosts of that podcast or is it a webcast? Guys, you're here now to explain all that to us. Good job on this. I've seen the first couple episodes. It's great to have you with us. Randy: Thank you very much. It's our pleasure. Aaron: Yeah, I appreciate that, Eric. Thanks for having us on. Eric: Well, Randy and Aaron, I think our listeners who have seen the first couple episodes of Würth Knowing are extremely impressed and those who haven't yet are going to get out there and watch it. But let's fill everybody in. We've got a new webcast, it's educational, informational, and sometimes a little comedic. You're going to explain all that. Randy, why don't you get us launched off what's Würth knowing all about? Randy: The intent is, is to educate and it all started back in, 2012 when, Würth asked me to put together what we call the Fastener Academy. And that was strictly education. And the idea was to get with our customers engineering teams and teach them. We kept answering on a regular basis, our own fastener assembly. Being part of the Würth engineering team we're out there in front of the customers, engineering departments only our assembly lines. And we keep getting asked the same questions over and over and over and keep teaching that. So, the company said let's put together a training program and launch that. I'll be honest with you when I first heard about it, I thought, wow, what are you smoking? There's no way you can get an engineer's, time to go sit in a fastener distributors conference room for a day and learn about nuts, bolts and screws. How boring can that be? Eric: We've heard that. Randy: So, to my surprise, was I ever wrong, not only did they come, but we started turning people away. And so that has been extremely, extremely successful and well sought after. And so, during the COVID shut down, we kind of went, what can we do next? And, as you see on the show, I built a new workshop this past year. And about the time I was having the thought about, wow, could I do the fastener Academy virtually from the workshop? Our marketing team was having the idea of, can we film a show? And as we got together, then lo and behold, here we are. So, we're now filming a show. It's all about education. We're certainly starting off with the, primary classes that were highly requested on the Fastener Academy, put them in a 20-minute format. And, we're very excited about it. We have a lot to teach and it's all about education and hope they were entertained enough to stay engaged. Eric: Well, great job with it. Again, this is a new webcast and it's available on YouTube. I don't know if you're broadcasting out through other channels. Do you know that at this point, or right now is YouTube really the main platform for it? Aaron: YouTube is going to be the main platform for it, Eric. I do know that our marketing folks have put a little bit on LinkedIn. So, you may be able to view some of that from there. The primary target audience for this whole series is going to be, folks that are in manufacturing, engineering, engineering in general. But I think watching the show, I think a lot of people can pick up from what we're actually teaching. It's not just geared towards engineering. My kids have watched it and picked up stuff. It's pretty awesome to see them actually understand some technical content, makes a lot of fun. Eric: I think that's one of the reasons that the show is a success. And again, as you said, it's a very, very high-end production. I told you guys before we turned on the recorder, it's something that could appear on HDTV. That's how well done it is. And I'd like to understand some of the technical aspects of this. Of course, that's the way my mind works, but we'll get to that in a second. Aaron and Randy, you're both, obviously from down South, Texas way, the show has that feel to it. And you're actually physically located what you said about an hour and a half apart, which is really right around the corner in Texas. Right? Randy: Sure. It's just, put the family in the car and jump up and come up for a day. That's not far. Eric: That's really your workshop. Isn't it? Aaron: We measure things by hours here, not by miles. Randy: I was going to say you asked about that actually, that actually is my workshop. It's just down from the house. And, it was built strictly to be my hobby workshop. That's exactly correct. Eric: Did you ever imagine that it was going to be the set off? Randy: Not at all. Not at all. Let me explain. We've had this one come up a couple of times, let me just back up and say, Würth is a family business. Yes, we're a large company, but we are a family business and the Würth family, makes it feel that way. And throughout our entire organization, you have that feel of this is something personal all of our employees take it that way. It's something personal. And so, when we got ready to do this, the personal aspect of this being in my workshop, and then, you'll notice in the opening, you'll see, Audrey/Papa and then the date. And that's my granddaughter, Audrey, nine years old that helped me build, the first work bench. And the reason why is she has analytical skills that are off the walls. And so, her and I buy these, makers kits and we put these makers kits together. And when they brought the building out to erect it, it was like a big erector set that came out and was plopped down on the land. And I sent her a picture and I said, Audrey, you got to come help me put this kit together. And she actually thought she could come help me build this building. And so, what I had to explain her, no, Audrey, I'm just teasing. You have to have the right equipment, the right skillset. Then she goes, well, Papa, "Can I at least help you build your work bench?" And I said, "Of course, absolutely." That just made my heart melt. Randy: And so, she helped me build the first workbench. And so those work benches that are on the set, we built those ourselves. Audrey helped build the very first one. And that's why we have Audrey on that plaque. So, it's a very personal thing. Eric: It's a sweet story. Randy: Yeah. And it's a lot of fun. Eric: I was really wondering, and I could tell that Skidmore Wilhelm bolt tension calibrator was not just a prop. I mean that thing's got a few hours on it. Good job with that. I know Carmen Vertullo was very happy when he saw that guys. Randy: Well, he should be, though, there's a lot of miles on that and it's a good way of showing torque and load. It works very, very well. You're going to see it in future episodes. Aaron: Yeah. And Randy and I spent quite a few hours, prepping for definitely the first two episodes going through and truly testing, we did our best to mirror what we were finding as far as results in the show that you'll see as you view it. Those are what we basically came up with as we were testing and prepping during those hours of work beforehand. It's great that we were able to utilize some of that equipment in order to do that. And I know that we have, couple of places around America where we actually do that sort of testing in-house too. So, it just, lined up perfectly. It made it easy. It's so visual, really keeps you engaged too. This is exactly what I would expect to see. So, it was great. Eric: It looks natural and that is one of the things that makes it look so good. Now, were you also Aaron, involved in that training program with Würth? Is that how you got into this or what's your story there? Aaron: So, Randy and I had known each other, not really known each other. We've known about each other before we actually knew each other. I worked for a competitor, and he worked for Würth. I've been giving technical training, for quite a number of years. And when I came to Würth, I finally got a chance to meet Randy and it helped develop this Fastener Academy. So, I have jumped on board with that. In a sense you can say I've been given the tap on the shoulder. It's, "Hey son, it's your turn." I think in the future, Randy does not take retirement. He, stays semi-retired at all times, he's still doing Fastener Academy. It's really great actually. I've been doing some of these digitally now in the past year, direct customer interaction. And I've been moderating for him and I've given a few of my own in the past. So yes. Training has been a huge aspect and as my whole career and, I have that same passion for it. The same as Randy. I really like to see people get those aha moments. I really want them to understand the concepts. I think when you speak a common language together, it makes our jobs so much easier, so much easier. Eric: So, when the decision was made to launch Würth Knowing. What? Did you just get a call one day and said, hey, we've got an assignment for you report over to the workshop, or how did that happen? Randy: Well, the marketing team knew already that Aaron and I were working together, on the Fastener Academy. So, they already knew that Aaron, was someone that I enjoyed working with, we already had a great relationship going. When they asked for the conference call to talk about this, Aaron was absolutely invited on that call immediately. So, the thought of him being included in this was right up front. So, it works very well, logistically it works well. And, the fact we were already working together on training. Aaron: And I would add too. I think a lot of the dialogue that you see us have in the show, that's truly natural. We do outline things; I think that's important. You have to be able to hit some high points, but most of the time, it's just this natural dialogue, this back and forth that happens between us. Randy and I speak on a pretty, pretty regular basis and our conversations mirror a lot of what you see on the show. So, I think marketing and our team there have knowing and watching us interact with each other, it just seems like a good fit. It is. It really has been so far. Eric: So how long has it taken you to produce the first few episodes? I know this will probably change over time, but these first few, how much time did you put into those? Randy: The first episode---. Aaron: --four days. Aaron: And they're full eight-hour days. We start at typically around nine o'clock in the morning. Everyone has to travel in. Most of the time, the video production crew that we use is out of Houston and myself have to travel in. Eric: That's where those Würth Corporate Jets come in handy. I'm sure you've taken full advantage. Aaron: Sure thing. Eric: Dan just flies those down for you. Randy: I haven't seen one of those yet. Eric: I noticed there's a lot of hand shots in your show also, guys. Is there a budget for manicurist? Aaron: We talked about that, getting us prep. They laugh at me every time I show up to shoot day because I come in with a fresh haircut. I feel like I have to look the part. I have to stay consistent with the look. So, I make sure I shaved and got it real clean and high and tight up there. Randy: Hey, I cut this hair on top. I cut that one or two hairs I've got on top. I always trim those off. Eric: Especially when you're doing video, you're going to have to pay attention to those kinds of details. Don't change the conditioner you're using, in other words Randy. I have to admit that you both pull off the black shirt look very well. Not everyone can do that, but you guys can do at Texas, I guess it's all Texas. Randy: There you go. It's all about Texas. Eric: Well, let's talk about the episode topics. How do you decide on those? What do you have planned for the future? What are you looking to achieve as Worth Knowing unfolds? I'm sure it'll evolve, but what are you thinking now? Randy: Absolutely. Torque tension was, is by far the most requested subject, in the fastener industry. And I tell people this all the time that, Würth has, where are we sitting around 74,000 employees globally. And I'll guarantee you, there's not a day that goes by that one of our employees is not getting a phone call saying, "Hey, I bought this fastener from you. What torque should I use?" And we've had to spend a lot of time teaching our employees the answer to that question. And of course, it's, let me have my engineer contact your engineer. Well, someone who asked that question certainly doesn't understand what torque is. Because that was the number one subject, we led off with that. And then from there we had the other subjects that are also prevalent. And that of course is the low-hanging fruit for cost- savings is thread rolling screws. Of course, we're about to launch, this coming week. The trailer went out this week, screws for plastic assemblies. And then, we just go on from there. What we see on assembly lines on a regular basis is certainly the subjects we want to cover and how we can help engineers, drive efficiencies, reduce cost to improve product integrity. That's what we're trying to accomplish here. Fastener finishes is the other big, big topic. The fastener industry basically has been turned upside down. I will say this when I started in the fastener industry in 1974, yes, 1974. I caught the tail-end coming into the industry of the change over from cadmium to zinc. I remember when I started, we had a lot of customers that would, had cadmium specked and they'd call in and say, we want cadmium, and we'd have to go through the whole explanation that we no longer have cadmium. We have now zinc. So, it's kind of interesting. I started my career with the industry turned upside down due to a fastener finish, and it looks like I'm going to finish my career that way. So, Aaron and I are working right now to put programs together, to cover the full, fastener finished issue. So that's a big one. That's going to be coming out that everyone needs to pay a lot of attention to. I work with all of the major companies to put a fastener Academy class together on this subject. It was approved by all of them. I've been told it's probably the best compilation knowledge on fastener finishes across the board that's ever been put together. I've been told that many, many times. So, we're going to accomplish the same thing with the show and all that. And then we have many other subjects that we're going to encompass. We're going to include, other operations of the Würth group, into the show as well. So, we'll get into, their products. Aaron: So that starts next week, right Randy? Randy: It does. It does. We're going to bring in a 3D Printer. So that's exciting. So new technologies. Eric: That's a huge initiative for WINA. I know a lot of people are looking forward to that and I'm just kind of biting my tongue guys, but I know you've got something big plan on the topic of hydrogen embrittlement. Randy: Yes. Eric, I'm glad you brought that up. Eric: Of course. That's my duty. Randy: That is one that, is very personal to me. Aaron can attest to that. We've already filmed that episode so that episode will be coming up, that's episode six. Randy Lammers opinion on that subject. That you're going to hear as well, but it's a very near and dear subject to me, one that I've spent a lot of time on and yeah, that's, coming up in episode six. Hydrogen embrittlement, big issue. Aaron: I think that one it's not an easy topic. It's never an easy topic to cover, whether it be technical or not, but it's mostly awareness. I think a lot of folks that are in the fastener industry can agree that they still have their customers that don't understand the concept or have never even been introduced to it. So, we're hoping that this at least starts to raise some flags for people. And the way we put this together, the start of the show is a more serious kind of storyline, if you want to look at it that way, but it's really to put that in the forefront of people's minds, that this issue is a big issue and should be addressed. And raising those flags and putting that up on a format like we have with Würth Knowing puts it in the forefront of people's minds. Eric: We've been talking about hydrogen embrittlement on the Fully Threaded Podcasts for 10 years. We'll keep doing it. It's good to know that the webcast Würth Knowing is an ally in bringing that message out to the fastener industry. It's great talking to you. We're talking with Randy Lammers and Aaron Keevan there with Würth Industry North America. Aaron: He keeps coming in. He'll be there every episode almost go ahead, Randy. Randy: The background is I was doing a Fastener Academy at a very large agricultural equipment manufacturer. So, I'm standing up in front of about 60 engineers, doing this. And, I don't know, these things just kind of come in this mind to mine. And I said, you know what? I have an uncle out in west Texas. And I just started telling a story about Moe without even mentioning his name. And then afterwards, someone said, what's your uncle's name? And I said, well, his name is Moe. M-O-E. Moe? And I went, yeah, yeah. His name is Moe because when he was a little boy, he got his hair cut like Moe on the three Stooges. And my mother and his other sisters started, calling him Moe. He's the baby of the family. So that's where Moe came from. So, then he said, use his name when you tell the story. So, it just grew from there. And then someone said, what does he look like? And so, I grabbed a picture of him, put a picture of him on a PowerPoint. And so, then when we started to do the show, they said, oh, well, we've got to make a bobble head out of Moe. He's a character like you wouldn't believe, when they made Moe, they broke the mold. And, he's always got something to say, very opinionated, extremely creative. He's a unique individual. And I have many, many, many stories. The family said, "Randy, why don't you tell some of these other stories?" And I'm like, "Because no one would believe those stories." I'll tell you this real quick, Eric. I did this. He came to visit, we built our place here in East, Texas. He's out in West Texas. And he came to visit and we're sitting on the back porch one day. And I said, "Moe, I need to tell you about something I started. And I want to make sure you're okay with it." I said, it kind of came out, "I'm doing this class at a big Ag company. And I told this story." And he goes "Well, I'm all right with that." And he goes, "What else are you telling them?" And I said, "Well, alright, let me walk through about a few stories that I'm telling." And he goes, "I don't care. Tell them whatever you want to tell them." Why don't you tell them that?" Nah, I'm okay with this. So, kind of made Moe somewhat famous, within the industry. And, the family knows this. I will tell you this Moe did pass away August of 2019. And at the funeral, I did speak and told them that, an email was going out all across industry, that he had passed away. Because I get people ask me all the time, "How's your uncle Moe doing?" But I tell you what, I have a treasure chest full of stories that will live forever. Eric: Well, you've got a great comedic device there, but also an educational tool with Würth Knowing. And I'm sure the West Texas legend Uncle Moe is going to grow from here. And thanks for sharing all that, Randy and Aaron nice to meet you as well. Gentlemen, congratulations on a really great new venture. I'm very excited to watch it go. We'll back off on angling for guest appearance requests for the moment, but I'm sure we'll be speaking again. Randy: I would like to make one other point, Eric, the intent of the show was strictly educational. We would like for all of the industry of course, to watch and be engaged in the show, but I'm looking for this show to also go academic. And starting to have some conversations with some people in academia, where it could start be utilized in some of the mechanical engineering degree programs. We're finding too many of the engineers coming out of colleges are not educated, own fastener assembly. And I'm hoping we can get some engagement there to teach people coming right out of college. Eric: That sounds really smart. Randy: And with that, I want to say thank you for the opportunity to speak to your audience today. We hope everyone does enjoy the show. We've gotten some good feedback out of it already. If anyone has questions or comments, please feel free to drop that in a comment. We're more than happy to answer those comments. We're here to help you in the fastener industry. Eric: What's the best way for people to do that, Randy? Randy: Go ahead and throw the comments, in underneath the show and on YouTube and we will address those. Eric: Perfect. Randy Lammers, Aaron Keevan, Würth Knowing, check it out. Aaron: Eric, thanks for having us on, I really appreciate it. Eric: It's great to have you with us. We will be back in a moment everybody. It's Fully Threaded. You hear that? Your line is speaking to you. It's asking you a question. Are we good enough? Is good enough, good enough? Do we have everything we need for today and tomorrow? Are we delivering the best possible solution? Will what we make stand the test of time. Can we be bigger, faster, safer, smarter? Can we get what we need before we need it? Can we increase production? Can we be more precise? Can we work day and night for weeks on end? Can we create hat’s never been done? Yes, we can. Let's discover your Würth. 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Eric: It's the new segment, everybody. And we've got Volt Industrial Plastics presenting today as they have been for many years. We're very glad to announce they're signed on for another year. Volt Industrial Plastics. We talked about that with you. Last time or one of the times you were on and I don't think you got out this season though, due to everything. Christian: Last year was a bit of an odd year with everything going on. Not much traveling. Brian: That's a bit of an understatement. I think if none. Christian: No, it was definitely different. Brian: Crappy. It was another way. Eric: Down in Texas, springtime activities are needless to say ramping up like, digging out from snow. You're getting some exercise that way, aren't you? Christian: Yeah. It has been a weird winter this year. We did get a few snow and then the ice storm that had us all, looking for infrastructure needs for about a week. We had that big ice storm down here in Houston. Roads were frozen over, the city shut down. A lot of us lost power and water for multiple days, but we came out of that. Okay. And now we're starting to thaw out and get back to springtime here. Eric: People are starting to think about all kinds of things. Of course, Brian and I are sharpening hooks. We're getting ready to hit the water. Lot of people though are thinking about golf and WFA. Got a note here, Dave announced kind of an informal outing. They're calling it the Screwed up 2021 open. Eric: It's happening May 19th. You don't have to be an MWFA member. You get up to the Midwest in your various sales, traveling visits Christian? Christian: Every once in a while, but not too often. Eric: Okay. This would be a good one for you to hit. This is happening at the White Pines Golf Club. Get out to the MWFA website. If you want to jump in on this sounds like it's going to be some fun and it's a warm-up for the annual MWFA golf outing happening in August. We'll be talking a lot more about that coming up. Have you made it to the golf outing? I know you go to the tabletop show, Christian. Christian: I have not made it out to the golf outing. Be something to do this year. I know there are multiple events for this year. It's going to be more active with in person events. I know we have some shows later this year and I've seen some social events for the associations and tabletop shows as well. So, we'll try to attend the ones that we're able to make. Brian: I think the last time I saw you was in Long Beach, that was the last show there was. Christian: It was early 2020. Eric: Hopefully all this stuff will come off, I guess we'll see. Won't be long now. Got one other association news item. This one from the North Coast Fastener Association, many people associate May with the famous and legendary Distributors Social. Of course, that was knocked down last year. This year it's happening again, but new location, new time, it's going to be July 8th and it's going to be in Strongsville, Ohio, which isn't too far from independence, Ohio, everybody. If you came in for that, you don't know the Cleveland area that well, it's not that far away. Strongsville happens to be a hotbed of fastener industry activity though. Brighton-Best is out there. Stelfast and of course, Solution Industries has their amazing new facility. And I've heard word guys that John Riddell and company will be opening the doors for their open house, which is another thing that had to get rescheduled. And now they're sandwiching it in with the Distributor Social July 8th. Brian: That's cool. Because I haven't been to the new office. Eric: You have to come in for that, Bri, do some fishing. Brian: Yeah. I have to see where the moon is. Eric: Of course, one other big news item. And the reason we ask you to jump on with us here, Christian, is because Goebel Fasteners has got a new lockbolt system. And this is big news for you guys. What's going on over there at Goebel. Christian: Definitely. It's a new, exciting product line. We've been in R and D for this for quite a while. And we've completed the 3/16ths diameter parts and then we're currently finishing up the 1/4-inch parts as well. And so, what we created and were able to put together is a full stainless steel T304 lockbolt system, with a multi-grip design. And so that is something that we found that the industry was missing. A more common part is the steel version. Sometimes they'll put a stainless-steel cap on top of it, to make a nice cosmetic finish. It's definitely catered to the truck and trailer industry. I'm sure you'll see on those Peterbilt grills, all those little heads on there, those are the majority lock bolts. Could be the multi-grip design or the classic six groove design where it has a fixed grip range. We've worked diligently on that and we're able to successfully create a multi-grip design in the full stainless steel, both the pin and the collar to complete a full stainless system. So that's definitely got some advantages in regards to corrosion resistance and then, smaller inventory of parts instead of having multiple parts for different grip ranges for different material thickness applications. Now you can just have one or two parts and that will encompass all those different grip ranges. So, it's good for the OEM manufacturer to speed up the assembly process. Brian: Wow, well, I'm surprised given how these things are ubiquitous in the trucking industry, really, how come they've never made a stainless steel one before. I'm staggered by that. Christian: It's very tricky, to get the stainless-steel material to brake, right. So, there are certain requirements when a lockbolt is installed and set, it has to have a certain amount of grooves in the collar and brake flush. If you can't get the pin to brake flush, then it's not an acceptable installation and has to be reset. And so stainless steel in its material composition itself is very ductile material and it's very hard to get it to brake flush and not jagged. So, we were able to fine tune a different design. It is also a patent design. We have patent pending on the system because we did change the design aspect on it. And we found very special material, sort of stainless steel to use in the production process. And we were able to successfully get it to brake flush most of the time. Brian: So, I would think this would be pretty attractive for the people because mainly there's a lot of, the final looks about trucks. People are very concerned about how shiny their trucks look and they don't want rust and chip on the side of them. Christian: Yes, exactly. Especially those trucks that travel all over North America up in the north and also down by the coast have very high corrosive environments. So, if you have a steel pin underneath, it's going to corrode and then, run down that front Chrome grill and it's not going to look very nice. Brian: They're all over the place. They are used in the trailer part of the tractor trailer combo thing. That's mainly how the whole truck, the sides of the tractor, the trailer parts built too. Christian: That is true. And also, in other applications as well, as far as like agricultural equipment, construction equipment, metal fabrication, power plant systems. We have also found them in telecommunications, enclosures and bridge structures as well. So, it's definitely not just, catered to one, they’re variety of applications. Eric: Well, it sounds like you were doing a lot of R and D work while you weren't allowed to go skiing, Christian. And I'm not shocked by that. You're going to be showing these at the shows this year is no doubt. What do you have to share with fully threaded listeners as far as your offerings on this, in terms of availability and maybe some marketing offers you're making definitely? Eric: We have full stock on the 3/16ths diameter, both in the G10 pin and the G20 pin. And that refers to the grip range of the parts. And then we have the collars and standard flange and medium flange right now. Those are all in stock here in Houston, Texas, ready to ship. We are working on finalizing the 14-inch parts. So, we'll have that first pin, the G10 pin, the lower grip range, with a standard collar. And we're working on getting the longer pin as well as the medium flange for that size, hopefully later this year. And so, we'll have those available. There'll be at the shows. You can come out, put your hands on them. We can also set some onsite and some test applications. And then if you have any questions on maybe, application specifics or anything like that, feel free to give us a call. Brian: That sounds like pretty interesting stuff. Eric: Gloebelfasteners.com is the place. And that sounds like a pretty well-rehearsed pitch, Christian, you know your stuff. It's always good to hear a trained professional, practicing his craft. Appreciate it. Christian: Any topic. Brian: As opposed to us amateurs. Eric: Glad to say Goebel Fasteners is a fantastic title sponsor of Fully Threaded Radio as our Stelfast and Brighton-Best International. We have a great lineup. Christian. I promised that we were going to revisit the whole issue of the correct pronunciation of Goebel. As you know, there's some controversy and we keep kicking it around here on the podcast. I'm going to suggest now that instead, since it is the news segment and so many people really can't wait now to hear what McNulty has to say, that we defer that for the next time you visit. And until then Brian and I will have fun with it and we'll do the best we can. And you know, where we live, if we make a really tragic error in that department. Okay. Christian: Alright. Sounds good. Eric: You're a great sport about it. Everybody. We've got the news coming up as is our tradition. Would you care to do the honors Christian? M McNulty: Thanks, Christian. This is Mike McNulty from Fastener Technology International Magazine, bringing you the Fastener News Report, which is sponsored by Volt Industrial Plastics, makers of the world's finest plastic fasteners. Major league baseball has gleefully cast aside it's already slipping masks to fully join America's 21st century corporate political academic and entertainment oligarchy led by the massively wealthy and woke members of the American Intelligentsia. Also known as masters of the universe, but I am still focused on fasteners and ready to deliver today's Fastener News Report. In this episode, Frank DeVito from Solution Industries joins us to reveal the latest results of the fastener distributor index, also known as the FDI. Also, in today's broadcast. We have our top story on the Barton Cold- Form division of Optimas. As well as newsmaker headlines from Rick Rudolph Associates, Ohio Nut and Bolt Buckeye Fastener, Würth Industry North America. Fastbolt, Nedschroef, Semblex, Auto Bolt and the LeJeune Bolt Company on the Back Page Report. We're going to talk about public company CEOs. We'll get to all of that and the latest FDI results right after this. My name is Joseph Volltrauer. We got really good people work ethic, do a little more than what you're getting paid for. I'm a great believer in that. That's how you get ahead. "We are Volt.' "We are Volt." We know how to build the tools and if you don't have the tools, you can't do anything. Volt Industrial Plastics, makers of the world's finest plastics. Fasteners. Stelfast customers, say it all. 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M McNulty: The seasonally adjusted fastener distributor index for March, 2021 came in at 66.0, basically the same as last month excellent result of 66.1, which was the highest FDI in over two years. Fastener distributor index data is collected and analyzed by the FCH Sourcing Network and Baird. The FDI seeks to identify demand pricing and outlook trends within the American Fastener Distribution Industry. To get some insight on these results. We talked to Frank DeVito from the management team at Solution Industries. Hi, Frank, thanks for joining us on the Fastener News Report. Frank: Hi, how are you? It's good to be here. I appreciate you having me on. M McNulty: I'm good. And it's good to have you back. In my notes, last time you were here was October. So here we are moving into the second quarter of the new year. Frank: Thank the Lord at this point. M McNulty: That's right. And you're joining us now with the FDI it's an explosion uncharted territory. So, what do you think about the latest results? Frank: Absolutely. It's great to see things moving forward in a positive direction. You get a little surprised that it's as low as it is. I don't know anybody, at least who I talk to that. isn't trying to keep up at this point. So that's exciting and just kind of gathering the sale side, not to jump around on you. But I just looked down at the sales side and it's 90%. So, there's quite a discrepancy from 66 to 90. So, you would anticipate a little bit higher. M McNulty: Yeah. But relatively speaking, it's pretty high overall index. It also compared also to last month too. So, when you get a good result, the next month it's still more bullish than before. And you're right. The sales index surged over 90, and then also we can jump into the forward-looking indicator. The FLI also saw a good acceleration and it reached a new record of 78.5 shattering last month's record of 73.9. And it's the 10th straight month of positive forward-looking outlook. Things just keep getting better. Frank: Yeah, absolutely. And, again, you just hope that trend continues, and you're just looking at different regulating, bodies. You just see huge projections over the next five years. The IMF is, projecting global GDP to grow, less than 20%, from 2021 to 2025. So those are always good numbers with the US or at least the next two years, 5%, little over 5 and then 2022, 2 1/2. Again, they adjust these numbers, as they go, but always good to see that positivity. And even on the global trade, I see the WTO is looking at increases of 8% in 2021 and 4% in 2022. M McNulty: Are they saying that for the US or for global? Frank: Global. The 5% and the 2 1/2%, was strictly to the US but on the global trade side of things, that's global and we sell global OEMs. We tend to look at those numbers, as far as infrastructure goes, whether you agree how we pay for that's another conversation, another sore subject. M McNulty: Still be printing money and borrowing money. As long as the rates are low doesn't matter how much you borrow. I don't know about that. Still have to pay it back. Frank: Still have to pay it back but the sales numbers look good. M McNulty: Oh, yeah, 90%. Frank: For sure. And energy continues to grow strong. And with some of the clean energy that's coming out now. So, you see some of the bigger energy companies, Exxon, Chevron and BP, all pivoting to clean energy. So, I'm sure that'll spur some more growth and then automotive looks pretty solid. So as far as the future goes over the next five years, we're certainly excited about at least the next two. And again, things change, but I think overall, looking forward is really positive. And again, I'm a little surprised at the numbers as low as it is too. M McNulty: You quoted some five-year forecast numbers from the World Trade Organization. Frank: The IMF. M McNulty: IMF, okay. Frank: IMF. Sorry about that. M McNulty: That's okay. No, you said it. I got them mixed up, but that's a pretty bold forecasting five years. Frank: Yeah, exactly. Putting it out there, but if anybody needs the chart, I can show you the charts and stuff that I had looked at and pull. I watch things again on a global perspective for us, because again, we sell through global distributors to globally OEM. So, we're always trying to monitor that a little bit and make sure where the trajectory is going to be. And we're planning accordingly, hopefully. M McNulty: So, is every spot in the world right now, pretty healthy or hefty? Frank: I wouldn't say that, you still got patches, because of the coronavirus, but obviously Asia has done well. And they're kind of the first portion and you see coming out of the US obviously positive signs and we're running right now. At least in the fastener industry as far as industrial goes. Obviously, there's entertainment, leisure travel, that's still hurting, but there's still signs of that coming back. But from industrial side of things, manufacturing, most PMIs are doing well. That again, everything that I look at, and if the US comes on pretty strong, we're just kind of waiting on Europe a little bit. I think once this thing really opens up. M McNulty: The lockdown and stuff. Frank: Yeah, exactly. But once this thing opens up, it's full go and we're super busy now. And, I would anticipate, like you said, a lot of people in industrial space are trying to hang on to this thing and trying to stay ahead of it. M McNulty: You had mentioned that you think, automotive is looking pretty good. And, do you guys do anything with aerospace manufacturing, just out of curiousity. You mentioned travel is sucking wind obviously, but what about making of aircraft? Do you know if that's coming back at all? Frank: I'm not seeing a whole lot coming back yet. I think it's just over time as people start really traveling. I know Boeing had a lot of orders canceled, for a while there, and I know they have grounded the 737, again, I think. M McNulty: I wouldn't want to be that person who came up with that program. Frank: Yeah, for sure. I don't know. It's maybe time to make some changes there. M McNulty: They probably did. Frank: There're different aspects to aerospace not just on that side of things, there's space travel coming and things going up on Mars and space station and there're satellites. And there's rocket mining. M McNulty: Defense. Frank: Yes. Defense. There's just so much outside of just commercial aircraft being built. But, again, aerospace is going to be excited about too, I think. For sure. M McNulty: Well, that's good to hear. Let's move on to the six-month outlook. It got even stronger this month. And last month we had 88% of the people expecting it to be better six months from now, which takes us down in October and 6%, the same with 6% expect it's worse. I don't know who those 6% are, but they might be the same group that had lower sales this month. Frank: Could be for sure. I know it's anonymous, but I think we could lend them support, I want to see the entire industry do well. M McNulty: Sure. Frank: If there's opportunity to improve or help grow. Frank: And certain segments of our industry is inventory heavy. If you don't have it, then they just move to the next guy and buy it. It's commodity base. So, I can understand that for sure. M McNulty: Thanks for the memories we're moving. Frank: For sure. You, carried quite a bit of inventory. Yeah, absolutely. Absolutely. M McNulty: Let's take that into the commentary, which again, this month was dominated by supply chain constraints and importing material into ports remains hard or challenging congestion, containers, shortages, things like that. Are you hearing the same thing, are you seeing, this is just going to be a problem we have to deal with this year? Frank: I definitely think it's going to be a problem this year. I think there's some alleviation down the line, but if domestic import suppliers are limiting inventories, the poor congestion still there. I think that's a little bit more short-lived. Not sure it's going to get a whole year, again you can't predict anything, but we've been in talks with Mariska as far as bringing in product for us. And, they're saying capacities are there maybe containers aren't quite in the right spot, but they're getting there and they think it's short-lived as well. So that's encouraging on that side. And I did see on the south side of thing, along the East Coast and Southern Coast, there was some easing of the poor congestion, at certain ports. So, hopefully on the side of things, the West Coast, they get things straightened out over there. But I think with all the tariffs and China and anti-dumping duties if that didn't happen, wouldn't be as restricted as we are now because we have a lot of people move supply, to different suppliers and some other countries. And again, I'm just talking, COVID not domestically, but would that alleviation, help innate a little bit? I don't know. I'm just throwing it out there. I think however you look at it and in a supply chain as a whole, the largest producer manufacturer in the world country, and they essentially cut parts of that out. So, this just may be a thought, and our prices are good. Logistics is good. All pricing is moving up, raw material. I think pricing and supply chain, we probably be in a little bit of a rut for a while. M McNulty: Yeah. Pricing and costs were another theme in the comments. There's one comment here said, "We've seen an average price increase of 7%, which lowers our profitability." So that's material prices. On contract customers. "Once the anniversary date of contract arrives, we will adjust customer costs to offset these increases." I think a lot of people if they're locked in this stuff, they're in trouble, maybe. Frank: Yeah, for sure. I think that's part of it as well. And then you hope, you can get some relief. We've seen a little softening. I don't want to say it's a weakening, but at least from our overseas costs a little bit of a dip, less than 1%, but at least I feel cost is leveling off. Raw materials and finished wire and commodities still remain high where they're at. And then obviously logistics pricing is moving labor costs. Hopefully there's a steadying a little bit and we can see a little bit of a down turn, prices are historic highs at this point. At least since April, 2020, we've seen a little less than 29% steadily increase from raw material cost. So that's hard to swallow, but might be short-lived again. We're hearing picketing choosing overseas as well. So as far as what they want to run and it's getting tighter, and lead times aren't so bad right now. And I say that it's not standard, but I've seen a little bit of lessening there too. So, it might be short-lived, but we'll see where it lands over the next six, seven, eight months. M McNulty: There were two supplemental questions this time around for the people who filled out the survey and one was, "Are you seeing higher material pricing from suppliers?" And 66% or about 2/3's said moderate increases and 34% large increases. So, it's basically what you're saying too. And I would say that the 20- something percent increase is, I would say is large. M McNulty: Does that affect you guys at all getting new workers? Frank: We're struggling, for sure. We're definitely hiring, on that side of things and we've had ads out. And across the spectrum, it's been a little tough to onboard some people, more so on the warehouse side, but even, entry-level, mid-level customer service and sourcing type, areas, we've struggled. Candidates there. But you look at unemployment and unemployment is around 6%. M McNulty: Alright. The other supplemental question was, 'Are you trying to move your surplus in view of rising scrap prices?" 62% said, no change. 7%. We are now looking to sell ours. 14 said we have sold some of ours and 17% said we do not carry any odd lots surplus. Is this something you guys have some experience with or anything to add to this result? Frank: I'd say what surplus? Everything I have I try to share up. M McNulty: How about a garage sale? Frank: Exactly, we'll take any sales we can get. We have some product shelf-life type stuff, so we have to monitor that, getting some of the secondary, some of the adhesives and that type of stuff have some shelf life. But beyond that, we're not seeing much unless we really mess something up and then we'd have to dump that. It's funny back in January, our scrap guy came and said, "Hey, hold off until the first week of January. And then you're going to see this big push of scrap." And he was right. So, then we took advantage of what we had at that point. So, we haven't had much scrap at this point but it's a good thought. For sure I know Charlie was on Fully Threaded. Charlie Kerr, and he did a great job on conversation around that and some other things about raw material costs. So, he'll do a better job explaining anything on that than I ever will. M McNulty: Yeah, he gave a good analysis and I shared his discussions about the recycling operations with my kids. And they're like, "What? Wait until we tell our friends, these plastic bottles, they're just gone." So, rinse out those cans, the guy comes by with a metal detector and get them. Alright. Well, as far as the FDA goes, it looks like it's going to keep on trucking here. And I think that's what, Baird said in their report too. They're expecting things just to keep being good. Frank: I see the same. I don't see any change in the near future foreseeable. And look for a strong second half, 2021 to be really strong and it might be a little bit of a leveling off. M McNulty: Especially if people start traveling again and business travel opens up. Frank: Absolutely. That'll be nice. M McNulty: We're headed in the right direction obviously, and I hope everything keeps going well. So, let's move on to the last subject. What's new at Solution Industries. I know you've got Training Week coming up and also something with NCFA, North Coast Fastener Association you're going to do the tour? Frank: Yeah, absolutely. So, Fastener Training Week, we're excited to host and appreciative that they allow us to do it. That's May 3rd through the 6th, so there's still some time to sign up. So again, that's your wind sears, but we will be socially distant. So, we're still in that mix there. So still feel safe to come on our campus. But yeah, we're excited to have that. M McNulty: If people want to do that training week, they go to the Fastener Training Institute? Frank: Yeah. We don't have anything to do with sign-ups or anything like that. M McNulty: So that's where they'd sign up? Frank: Yes. Jo Morris, I'm sure would get in contact with her and she could get you signed up. But yes, that's all through the Fastener Training Institute at that point. So, we just, had the opportunity to host it. It's got pushed back a couple of times, but it's here, this one's sticking. M McNulty: This one we're doing it. Frank: So, it's sticking. And then the Distributor Social of course, is on July 8th. So, that that's open to anybody, but before that starts, we're having tour and a lunch through our facility. We originally tried to do this as an open house a couple of years ago, but due to COVID, it just didn't happen. So, it's a nice event, for sure. And it's a relaxed environment and there's no pressure coming in here at Solution as well. It'd be pretty relaxed, but get something to eat, talk to our people. See what we do a little bit. We're a transparent company, so we're excited about that. We're on the supplier spotlight and the secondary operations and Fastener Tech International. Can I say that, Mike? M McNulty: Yes. You beat me to it, I've got the page number, so I'll mention in a minute here. Frank: Beautiful. And we're going to be on the cover of Link and have a cover story there on the evolution of Solution Industry. So, we're pretty excited about that. And we're at every association, across the country and we'll be at all the national shows. So, feel free to engage with our people, just get a handshake or eventually a hug or whatever you're comfortable with. M McNulty: Bumps, handshakes. Frank: Yes. Absolutely. M McNulty: Chest bumps or something. And then you mentioned Fastener Technology. If you open up the April/May issue of Fastener Technology International Magazine available at fastenertech.com, you can turn to page 38 to see a picture of Frank, as well as the Solution facilities. That'll be involved in the Fastener Training Week. And then if you turn to page 85 and 107, you'll see a couple sightings of the iconic Solution Man, check it out at fastenertech.com. Frank: Absolutely. And again, feel free to contact me or any of my staff or anybody here at Solutions. We encourage any engagement, with our staff and our people here and our employees. M McNulty: Good. Well, it sounds like you guys are doing a good job and you're working hard to fill all those surging orders. Frank: We are trying, we're trying, we're hanging on by the seat of our pants at this point. It's expedite Heaven at this point, so we're doing the best we can for sure. M McNulty: Good. It's always a pleasure to talk to you and have you on the Fastener News Report to talk about the FDI as well as everything else, fastener related that you guys are doing and keep up the good work. Frank: Thank you. Love being here. I truly appreciate the opportunity to share with you and Eric. So, thank you so much. Take care. M McNulty: That was Frank DeVito of the management team at Solution Industries. The FDI number for March was 66.0 versus 66.1 in February, 2021. Visit fdisurvey.com to participate in the process and get a detailed PDF copy of Baird's monthly analysis. Now for today's top story Barton Cold-Form in the UK, a manufacturing division of Optimas Solutions and experts in cold forging technology since 1932 announced machinery and technology upgrades totaling over $3.6 million. Operating from a state-of-the-art 55,000 square foot facility the investment allows Barton Cold- Form to increase capability and capacity. And it includes the addition of advanced Nedschroef five dye, cold formers, a Smart thread roller, and a Smart pointing machine. The Nedschroef cold heading machines from Belgium enable Barton to produce fasteners with an increased range of 6 to 175 millimeters in length. And 2 6to 18 millimeters in diameter at volumes as high as 7,000 parts per hour. The Smart machines from Italy compliment the Nedschroef cold formers by offering increased speed, reliability, and high levels of quality. Much of Barton's current output is supplied to OEMs and Tier 1 automotive customers. And increasingly they supply products in electrification technologies, including electric vehicles, charging stations, and the required infrastructure for both. Next step. Today's Fastener Newsmaker headlines. In acquisition expansion and contract news. The IFE group has announced the assignment of Rick Rudolph Associates to promote IFE products in new England. BG Fastening and Engineering Industries. A Fontana Group of company based in India has upgraded one of its continuous mesh belt furnaces. Ohio Nut and Bolt, Buckeye Fasteners and Modern Fasteners recently installed a new ERP System from Microsoft. Imperial Supplies has relocated its North Carolina warehouse to expand operations. IVOSTUD in Germany and Hanyang Stud Welding in Korea announced a strategic partnership. Galtway Industries expanded following record growth in 2020. Würth Industry North America also known as WINA formed a new company called the Würth Additive Group to provide expanded 3D Printing Products and Services. And Captive Fastener Products are now available through Fastbolts Product portfolio and locations. In personnel news. Nedschroef Group announced that its supervisory board has appointed Paul Raedts as CEO and Arjan Verheij as CFO following the resignation of Dr. Matthias Sckuhr, currently CEO, who is stepping down to pursue work at Fruedenberg Sealing Technologies. Optimas Solutions has appointed Daniel Harms to the position of Chief Operating Officer. Jorgen Rosengren, Bufab's President and CEO has informed the board that he intends to leave the company for a similar role in another industry. And Jinsoo Kim current Semblex President has been promoted to lead the international businesses of Jinhap and oversee operations outside of Korea, which include Jinhap firms in China, and Semblex in the USA. And at the same time, Gene Simpson, current Semblex Chief Operating Officer has been promoted to replace Kim as CEO and President. In certification and approval news. Auto Bolt is now IATF16949 certified. And the LeJeune Bolt Company's Torque and Angle Fastening System has received RCSC approval. And speaking of RCSC, which stands for the Research Council on Structural Connections. The Fastener Training Institute and the Industrial Fasteners Institute are hosting an April 28th webinar on RCSC specification for structural joints using high strength bolts. You can get details on all of these stories and more in Fastener Technology International Magazine, and the Faster News Report, monthly newsletter, both are available online and in print. Online additions can be read at fastenertech.com. Now let's turn to the back page to talk about public company CEOs. The Coronavirus may have upended many businesses and top performers as well as rank and file workers, but CEO pay at the 300 largest public companies in the USA in 2020 surge to a median level of US $13.7 million per year, per person. Up 7% from the previous year and on track to set a new record at nearly double the pay level of just 10 years ago. Now I'm a long time and firm supporter of the free market economy. And for people getting paid fairly for the value that they bring to the workplace, but something seems oddly off to me. Especially when these CEOs are unabashedly engaged in political pressure and progressive activism to implement the pet agendas of other massively rich public servants that seek to control and undo the Federal Republic of the United States of America while limiting the actions and wills of state and local communities. Now in an effort to see where the fastener industry is represented by these CEOs, I took a look at the top 300 public companies, which have an annual revenue entry point of about $10 billion for number 300 and $542 billion in yearly sales for Walmart at the top. My research turned up several fastener users, but only five companies that actually supply fasteners as part of their product offerings. NuCorp comes in at number 139. Stanley Black and Decker at 220. Howmet Aerospace at 226 ITW at 229 and Grainger at 278. Other notables outside the top 300 were Wesco at 379 and Fastenal at number 525. So, what does this mean if anything, for the fastener industry? To me, it suggests that these folks are far removed from the reality that most of us live in. And that includes the average and way above average earners, as well as successful private business owners. I'm fairly concerned at the newly accelerated and one-sided political activism coming from the CEO's outside of their long-term practice of holding cities and State’s hostage for tax breaks and concessions. What we have on our hands is a concerted power grab encouraged and orchestrated by many in the federal and legislative branch of the US government. A perfect example of this suspicious activity occurred just last weekend as 100 top executives from major corporations held an online strategy meeting just to discuss tactics to stop the plan election reforms that are in works in several States. This activity is most likely unconstitutional, not to mention un-American and unethical, but super dangerous as we certainly have a clever and powerful 21st century oligarchy on our hands with many CEOs, jockeying for positions while lining up for duty. And finally, for a Back Page bonus question, did you know that last month, the new US Secretary of State disbanded the 2019 commission of unalienable rights? This commission was started by the last Secretary of State, not to discover new American principles, but to furnish advice and promoting universal and natural rights and foreign policy. Rights that are enumerated in the US declaration of independence and the US constitution. And just a few days after this commission being disbanded, our new president established a commission on the Supreme Court of the United States to analyze the arguments for and against Supreme Court reform. In other words, the executive branch of the US government is trying to reform the judicial branch of the US government. Something that I'm sure was not in the checks and balances plan of the framers of the constitution. So, we have a 2021 tale of two commissions, one that seems to be true to the US constitution. And another, that seems to be true to trying to undermine it outside of the established process of amending it. Eric: And now the immutable Carmen Vertullo. Carmen: Well, hey everybody, this is Carmen Vertullo with the Fastener Training Minute coming to you from the Fastener Training Institute in AIM Testing Laboratory in beautiful El Cajon, California, and I am immutable. However, from time to time, Eric does mute me. So, you don't really get to hear the best part because he always mutes that out. In any case today, we're talking about a topic that as is often the case comes through an email question and this question had to do with a very small socket screw about an M5 that had a special head on it. This head was not a low head. It was actually what's called a very low or extra low head. And as a result, this property class 12.9 socket screw was not capable of bearing very much load because of the head configuration. Now some standards do a pretty good job of accommodating this situation. One of those standards is ISO 898-1 from which the 12.9 comes from, and it gives it a special term. That special term is "reduced loadability", which kind of sounds like it should come out of a State of California firearms regulation. But this has to do with firearms. It has to do with screws. And when we return, I will tell you about the intersection of reduced load ability in hydrogen embrittlement. 'Quality Products, Quality Service, Quality Customers. That's 3Q Inc, a fastener distributor unlike any you've worked with before with its unique remote managed inventory, stocking programs, wide array of secondary service offerings and wholly-owned cold-forming capability. 3Q Inc has been supporting fastener distributors since 2008. 3Q offers a wide range of 100% American made fasteners, including ITW SEMS Lock washers, as well as specialty and imported parts. Give 3Q a call today to discuss your needs and experience 3Q quality for yourself. 3Q Inc, www.3q-inc. com. Carmen: Welcome back everybody. This is Carmen Vertullo finishing up with the Fastener Training Minute. Today we're talking about reduced loadability. This concept is very important for those who use fasteners, where we have a head configuration that's non-standard. That is, it's not a standard socket head cap screw, or a hex head cap screw, but there's something about the head configuration and or the drive. The internal drive typically that removes so much material from the head that the head does not have enough strength to take the full advantage of the strength of the faster material. And in these cases, the standards call these fasteners reduced loadability fasteners. So, we can't really take full advantage of the strength of the fastener. So, we have to know how to accommodate this. In most cases, one of the more common ones for example, is our standard alloy steel socket button and flat counter sunk head screws from ASTM F835. In those cases, even though that screw has the same material that the socket head cap screw at 180 KSI would have in the smaller sizes anyway. We only can load it to 150 KSI because of the reduced loadability brought about by the head configuration. Now we run into some other issues with this as well in the metric world in ISO 898-1 which we brought up earlier, they accommodate this very well in the testing standards. The testing part of ISO 898-1tells us which products have reduced loadability and how we're to go about accommodating that during testing. But when we run into a part that has extreme reduced loadability, such as the extra low socket head cap screw, we can barely tighten that fastener down without breaking it. Or sometimes we can't tighten it down at all, anywhere near the desired load because the drive is so short and we can't get enough torque on it even to tighten it to its reduced loadability capability. So, one of the ways we can fix that is use a lubricant. In other words, a little bit of grease on the screw or a coating that has a very low K-factor reducing the friction will give us some extra load for the same amount of torque. In the application situation. it's very common to see an engineer say, "Oh, I don't have room for a hex head, or I don't have room for a socket head. I'm going to go to a button head or a flat head." Not realizing that those screws, even though they're made out of the same material and have the same characteristics in terms of strength as the standard screw, they can't bear the same load. We had a situation here recently with that very low socket screw. And we discovered the problem through a hydrogen embrittlement test. We were doing the stress durability test on that screw and they failed. And in the process of seeing them fail when the head came off, there was a hole right through the head where the socket was and there was very little material at the head body junction. So, one of the things we have to be aware of is these reduced loadability screws when they're from ASTM F835, or when they're from ISO 898-1 property class 12.9. In those two situations, we have an intersection of reduced loadability and hydrogen embrittlement, which makes these parts particularly susceptible to hydrogen embrittlement. So, the reality is there is really no good reason to ever make a flat head or a button head screw, or a low head socket screw out of this property class 12.9 or F- 835 material because they're not capable of taking advantage of the load. So, if I could turn things around a little bit here, I would go back and say, "Hey, let's fix these standards up and let's not make ourselves vulnerable to hydrogen embrittlement with these screws that are particularly vulnerable because they have this very small cross section at the head body junction." And thus, we have reduced loadability when we try to load them, we pushed them even further into the hydrogen embrittlement susceptibilities zone. And in fact, this is born out in reality because we see a lot of failures for hydrogen embrittlement with button heads and flathead screws have these high hardness values. Well now, you know, everything there is to know about reduced loadability and the risk intersection of reduced load ability and hydrogen embrittlement. This has been Carmen Vertullo with the Fastener Training Minute. Thank you for listening. Leo: This is Leo Coar an editor at Distributor's Link Magazine, and you're listening to Fully Threaded Radio. Eric: Feature segment time and Carmen Vertullo is rejoining us. We just heard him on the Fastener Training Minute. Of course, Carm. Thanks for being here again. Carmen: Nice to be here, Eric. Thank you. Eric: You've been on me for a long time talking about SmartCert and I think got a pretty good way to approach this today and you're here and really like SmartCert, don't you? Carmen: I absolutely fell in love with SmartCert when I first found out about it because it solves a multitude of problems and I've had multiple experiences in the past with clients and others, where if SmartCert had been around, it would have prevented some pretty serious problems. And I'll tell you about some of those later, but most of all, I'd met Lyndon a while back, probably at a trade show or somewhere. I think he was working for Century at the time. And, I knew he was a cool guy. I think he was sales management or something like that. And I was really hoping at some point we would get a chance to work together on something. And when he called me about this, I said, Oh, I remember you. And he told me the concept and it is one of those concepts that takes a second or two to grasp. But once the light bulb comes on, it's like, oh my goodness. Why has this not been around a long time ago? Eric: Right. And if it's good enough for you, it's good enough for me. So that's when it caught my attention and Lyndon Lattie is with SmartCert and he's here with us. Hey Lyndon. Lyndon: Hey, how are you doing? Eric: We're hanging in there. Thanks for joining us. There's another surprise well, I guess it's not a surprise if you read the show description, but Matt Boyd with Parker Fasteners is on board for this conversation too, because as many people know, Parker Fasteners always forging the 'future.' SmartCert is one way you're doing it. Hey Matt. Matt: Hello, Eric. Thanks for having me on. Eric: I jumped at the chance of course. And I'll tell you why, in addition to what we already know in just a second, this is a little bit of a weird segment guys, because we're recording unbeknownst to you, the Fully Threaded listener with video going, which we're not recording, but it's a whole new recording experience for us, for me at least. So little strange interpreting all these visual cues that I all these episodes have not had previously. So yes. Thank you for flashing that Carm. This is just a really fascinating subject that I know very little about. So, Carmen Vertullo, if I pronounced that correctly, Carmen. Yes, you're flashing all these fasteners at me. I think something's going to have to change the world of video is all new to me. I'm going to let you sort of guest moderate this one or guest facilitate the conversation, Carmen. Before we move hardcore into that, I have to mention Matt. I was out on LinkedIn the other day, prepping for this as I usually do. And you got to tell me what is Smoke on the Water and where was my invitation man? And my mouth was watering, looking at that barbecue party. What was that recruiting effort? Matt: It's Smoke on the Water was the event too. I don't know if you noticed that, but it was held at the Hidden Lake venue, which is a local Buckeye place to fish and hang out with your family. And they do special events there. And we were asked to, to be the main sponsor of the event, which we were planning it and everything was going really well. We're excited to be part of it. And then the sponsor called us and said, "We just slaughtered 60 pigs for all these, bracks of ribs that we're going to supply to everyone that's there.” So, that was a little sad hearing that, 60 pigs had to die, but it was a great event. Eric: Not in the name of barbecue. Matt: Yes. I know. I guess that's just the end result of barbecues, but we had a really good time. So, what we're really trying to do is really expand, our presence within the local Buckeye community and really make sure that everyone in the area knows who we are and we're looking to make local impacts. So not only are we doing the social side of the community, but we're also looking at doing some service projects as well. So, you'll see some of the service projects that we have planned later this year on LinkedIn as well. And, we want to make sure that not only is Parker Fasteners a fun place to work, but we're also making a difference, not only in the industry, but also in the local community as well. Lyndon: Matt, I just want to point out that the pig thing is very sad. And what also is sad is that when I look on Facebook, like Eric said, and I see that there's a friends and family event and I'm in Arizona. Matt: Oh yeah, you got me there. You will definitely be invited next year. Eric: My brother wears a t-shirt from time to time also being a great fan of good barbecue. And it says, "Meat is murder, tasty, tasty murder." Matt: In this case, it was 60 pigs. Carmen: Hey, I happen to be the owner of a giant meat smoker that could probably smoke about a hundred racks of ribs at one time. Matt: Wow. Well, you could do about 50 of them. Lyndon: I take that as an offer Carmen. Carmen: And he'd bring the pigs, bring the meat. Eric: Right. We keep it offline. But normally when we record the Fastener Training Minute, there's at least a couple of minutes of conversation about, Oh, brisket, prep, stuff like that. Because you do what, a couple dozen briskets at a crack sometimes don't you for your church. Carmen? Carmen: If we have a big enough event, we've done hundreds of ribs and briskets and tri-tips and pork shoulders, pork butts. Pork butts make the best pulled pork, man. It's so cool. You reach in there and you go to grab that bone and it comes right out. And then, you know, it's done. Eric: I think there are a lot Barbecue fans in the fastener world. That's for sure. Maybe Matt, what you should have done on that recruiting poster. I saw that on LinkedIn, you should have said, in addition to all those great benefits of working at Parker, complimentary Friday, barbecue lunch or something that might've got you a few more applicants. Matt: We're always looking for good people, being a growth company and having such a good year that we're having, finding good folks to come work for us. And then also making sure they stick around is definitely key. So, I'll take that suggestion and I'll run with it, Eric. Eric: Brighton had an open house a year or two back. Carmen: I was there. I was there. Eric: That was fantastic. Carmen: In Cleveland. The Cleveland branches? What does this have to do with SmartCert? Eric: Well, it is predominantly fastener related. Isn't it, Carmen? Carmen: It is smart. It is smart. Let's get to the cert part. Eric: Thank You for reminding me about that. Alright folks, for those of you who maybe you're vegan or who knows for whatever reason that you're not interested in barbecue, let's talk about SmartCert. Carmen, why don't you take over here? Tell us, start by helping us to understand what is SmartCert and why are you so excited about it? Carmen: Well, here at Aim Test Lab. One of the things that I think is a hallmark of how we operate with our clients and our customers and our partners and friends is we'd like to be able to identify those tools and other things, relationship methods that are cutting edge. That really enhance our transactional situation, our relationships situation. And whenever we see one, whether it's a piece of equipment or a test method or an organization you might want to be involved in or something an organization has to offer, we'd like to share it. And so, I think it brings great value to AIM Testing Laboratory when we are perceived as somebody who is in the know about the latest and the greatest stuff out there. So, when Lyndon presented this to me, I thought, well, let's bring this under our wing and see if we can, be a champion of SmartCert because we see everything where sometimes I feel like we are homicide cops. And so, everything looks like a murder to us out here in our lab. So, we see all the things that go wrong on every level from the end-user, to the distributor, to the importer, from the manufacturer, from the raw material supplier, from the processing people the platers where the certs either aren't quite right, or more importantly, they're not easy to access. And I will tell you from a quality management system perspective, and Matt knows this, Lyndon knows this, anyone that has a registered quality management system knows that the whole underpinning of your system is records. And there are lots of records in any manufacturing operation, or even service provider. But for us in the fastener industry, the record that represents our product, that is a certification that backs it, is the pinnacle of that record system. And first off, we should be proud of it. Some of them look so terrible. This isn't about what they look like, but you want your records to look good, but you also want them to be accessible. And when I say accessible, I mean immediately accessible to someone that needs them. And this solves a problem that on so many levels for people that have QMS's and for those that don't would look at this and say, "I wish I had that when this happened." I'll tell you a couple of quick stories. Years ago, this was before AIM Testing laboratory. When I had a consulting company, I had a client who had sold some flat heads socket screws that were actually purchased in Europe, brought to the United States plated in the United States and sent back to Europe for use in a truck manufacturing operation. You can imagine what big importer it would be that would be doing that kind of stuff. And, the parts were supposed to be baked after plating, according to the specification. And they could not prove it. They had a great plater, they probably did everything right, but these parts were at the point of use and they could not prove that they had been plated. Eventually they did prove it, but it was too late. They were taken out of play. They found another solution to the problem. And if that box had had the QR code on it and you don't really know what the implication of that for SmartCert is because Lyndon hasn't explained it to you yet, but he is going to in a minute. If that box had that QR code on it for SmartCert, they could have scanned that QR code and had that cert there on their phone, in their hand, on their computer immediately. We run into the same kind of a problem with structural bolting on job sites, where someone needs access to a certification or a test report. Nowadays that's kind of solved and it's really a ham-fisted way of solving it to be honest with you. This method we use now is we just put a plastic bag with Certs taped on every keg that goes out into the structural bolt market. I'm not a big fan of that. It solves the problem, but someone's going to rip those certs off of there. And they're going to go do something with them and you still don't have them, whereas SmartCert solution. As long as you have the label, that's on the product with the QR code on it, you have access to whatever test reports the manufacturer wants you to have access to. And I think very shortly it won't be spectacular because everyone will have it. You'll be conspicuous if you don't have it, we'll wonder, well, you don't have bar coding yet? I don't know if all of you remember back in the 90's, when the fastener industry, finally, 30 years after everyone else discovered barcoding, now we can't survive without it. And this is similar. I suspect there are other industries that have similar technology to this. Maybe not, maybe Lyndon, this would be great if for once the fastener industry was an early adopter instead of laggard in terms of getting a technology going. So, I'm excited about it. I think for some of our clients, especially Parker Fasteners and some others, it's going to help them up their game in terms of access to their records. And I think also for us, when we try to convince our customers, when we see the records that they send us of their product, that their records are important and they need a little bit of work. After having a really nice record, having really nice access to it is just icing on the cake. It's the Crown Juul. I think of QMS records access is to have something like this and maybe I'll let Lyndon explain to you how SmartCert works now. Lyndon: That was the kind of story that even though it's sad and parts got scrapped, actually is music to my ears because that's exactly why we built SmartCert. And we built SmartCert to solve problems of scrapped material information that's not in the right place where it needs to be. Lost time by having to go back and dig up certifications from the quality system, the quality department, maybe they're even in another building, or maybe they're even in another state. We wanted to create something that would give easy access to Cert packages and would give an ease of flow of information. And then we wanted to build something at least to start with that was essentially platform agnostic. We wanted to build something that everyone could use, including, e.g., if you create a SmartCert package, you put it on your package, you put it inside on the packaging for the part itself. And then if Parker Fasteners sends that out to their customer and they are not a SmartCert subscriber, they can still have access to that with their phone or their iPad. And they can pull those Certs up just like anyone else could. That's kind of the freeware version of SmartCert. So, we wanted something that could be used by everyone and really benefit the entire industry. And take that step towards our digital future, by creating a pretty easy to use and pretty simple format that everyone can access that takes care of the problem that you're talking about, Carmen. It takes steps towards making sense out of Cert packages that are holding up beautiful parts. And that was that was the other thing that bugged me. I've been 20 years in the industry, in fastener manufacturing to start out and then fastener distribution. And I always wondered why we did such a great job making excellent parts that go into amazing equipment. And we have excellent things like VMI programs to help make companies more efficient. We do all these great things. And then we just forgot about the certifications that slow everything down. And that's what SmartCert was designed to take care of. Carmen: I think it's well-designed for that. And I remember, when you first brought it to me and I saw it the first time and my partner Rob was with me and we kind of said something like, well, it looks like it's just a URL attached to a QR code that leads to a file. Why can't anybody do it? What keeps me from putting a bar code or a URL code on my product and why do I need SmartCert to do this? And it occurred to me once you showed me the underpinnings of the system and the file structure and the security that goes with it, and the access control that it's a little bit more complicated than just a URL. And in addition to that, I like to bring my wife flowers home. She likes flowers and it's an easy thing to do. I could grow the flowers in my backyard. I'm not that much of a green thumb, but I could probably grow my own flowers and they might even be well received by her, but you know what, it's a lot easier to pick them up on the way home. So, it's not in our sweet spot as a manufacturer to be developing SmartCert type technology. Matthew is going to tell you, he'd rather make screws and solve fastening problems, than deal with something like that, especially when it's so easily and readily available and well rung out. Right, Matt. Matt: That is correct. And I'm glad you brought that up because, before Lyndon presented SmartCert to us, we actually, were looking at doing something very similar and it was something that we wanted to do, we wanted to create ourself. And then what ended up happening is Lyndon like you, Carmen came to us and presented his plans. And what we found was the SmartCert from Lyndon's original ideas, it ended up being a lot cooler than what we were wanting to do ourselves. So, it was something where we wanted to jump on board, really drive this idea. And, it's really exciting for us because we've been able to work with some of our key customers and not only implementing SmartCert within our own business. Sending the product to them, with those QR codes that give them immediate access to the certs, but we've actually started making plans to also, put those QR codes, not on the fasteners itself, but on some special packaging that we do for some of our customers so that their customers have those Certs at the point of use when they're actually installing the goods. And so, we've had a few referrals we've been able to give Lyndon, but it's really cool to see, how it's grown and interest has spread just from sending a simple box of screws to someone. So, the plans that we have to implement SmartCert, we're just really in phase one, I have to get, of all people, Mr. Carmen, and Rob involved at AIM Testing Laboratory to start sending their certificates that they perform, of the testing of our fasteners back to us, instead of sending it via email, they have it sent through the platform of SmartCert. So, they can immediately go into our work and process package that we have inside the software. So, then we can very easily review it, make sure everything, is in tip-top shape, insert it into our cert package and include that into the software when we send it out, when we send the parts out to a customer. So, it's not only going to benefit customers, but it's also going to drive efficiency within our supply chain. Carmen: That's a great point, Matt. And it reminds me of back in the day when some of the bigger suppliers started making their inventory available to distributors online. So instead of faxing around and calling and getting quotes, you could see who had what pretty easily, and they integrated that into their ERP. And that skipped a huge step in the process. And it's not necessarily that it's such a labor-saving thing, but it's a time-saving thing. And I don't mean time in terms of man hours. I mean time in terms of calendar time, because if you can take a day or two out of the process of having your product ready to ship, because the certs are now already in the folder where they need to be, as soon as we're done with them, or as soon as you're done with them. Even if you're maybe producing that cert on the manufacturing level, that's golden. Matt: We agree. It's really been seamless so far. The thought of learning a new software is a little daunting sometimes, but I had to admit that, Lyndon and his company's done a wonderful job. You don't have to be an expert to use the software and to get things done the way you need them done in a timely manner. So, the efficiency is great. We've been able to create, 10, 15, 20 cert packages in a day using the software. And, it's really nice being able to edit the packet, to put different certificates in certain order. So instead of printing all that stuff out in color and scanning it in color, and, "Oh, man, I just forgot one of the certs. I have to redo it all." Now we're efficiently dragging and dropping certs into SmartCert and it's allowing us to be so much more efficient. So, we're getting more done throughout our quality department. And, I think my only critique of my team at this point is, some of the orders are larger orders and we have pallets of parts going out for one lot. And I said, "That's not good enough. I want a QR code on every box." So, that's what we've started doing now. And, we're starting to see the impact being made with our customers, but I'm excited to see the impact made with our customers' customers as well. Carmen: Hey, Lyndon, could you tell us, Matthew mentioned that the QR code, believe it or not, there may be some folks listening to this that don't know what that means. So, explain that. And also, what is the available technology in terms of getting that QR code onto an existing label format or will our label printers that we have now worked just fine? Do we need new label printers? Let's take a look at that side of it. Lyndon: The QR code is now pretty ubiquitous in our COVID world, because every time you go into a restaurant, that is how you pull up your menu. And you can debate whether people like that or not, because if a standard menu is what we're used to, and the QR code is a little bit more, I think some people look at it and go, "Just hand me a menu." Carmen: Go deeper than that. Go back in terms of explaining what it is, believe it or not, there are people who don't know what that little weird symbol is on the table. Lyndon: I'll start there. It's that little weird symbol that has a bunch of squares in it. And it looks like basically a checkerboard on acid. It has just random squares. And the reason that looks like that, is the pattern actually repeats multiple times within that QR code. And the reason for that is the designer of the QR code and the inventor of the QR code, worked for a company called Denso Automotive Supplier. And it's about 25 years old. And they wanted something that would be durable. They wanted something that could be on packaging, get crumpled up, get mangled a little bit, and then still be readable. And so that's why it's usually square. You see them sometimes in circles, but the real data is wrapped up in that QR code. And again, it repeats multiple, multiple times within that box. And so, it's something that is really almost like, Matt, your latest, t-shirt addition back to the future. We are actually going back to the future with the QR codes, because now they're emerging again, to give information to people in a lot of different ways. And what SmartCert does is it takes that QR code and really makes it fully functional for what we're using it for, which is cert transfer. And, it really takes it back to where it started out, is it supposed to be on boxes with parts. Carmen: And that that code gets on that box because within Parker's ERP or anyone's, for example, that code is loaded and attached to that part somewhere in their system. And the label printer is able to access that QR code and integrated into the label or printed on a separate label, if you want. Lyndon: Yeah, you can do either one. So, at the point, when you create that cert packaging, you click "Create SmartCert" that's when it builds that QR code. And then you could take that and you could print that out on a standard printer label. It can be dropped in as a PDF into any format or any PDF doc you want. You can do a lot of things with it at that point, but we built it to work off of standard printers. We built it to work off of multiple printers, and it's actually built on a Microsoft platform. So, it recognizes all your current tools. Carmen: And I'm thinking into the future, or maybe the very near present, we could attach that QR code to a gauge in the lab and scan that gauge and see the calibration record. Lyndon: Yeah, you absolutely could. Carmen: We could tattoo it on to an employee's forehead and scan it and get their training record. Lyndon: You could do that too. And you know what? You could update that training record too. And that's important because once the original user creates the QR code or the original creator of the QR code, you can then go back into SmartCert. You could pull that one up. If you made it last year, you could pull that one up and you can edit that as long as you're the original creator of that QR code. Other people can't. So, once you've sent it out, unless you go back in under your login, then you're the one who can manipulate that. So, if you want to update that forehead, QR code, you could. Carmen: I remember asking you that question, and it was a really powerful answer, powerful feature that the QR code can exist in perpetuity, and you can add records to it. You don't have to change the QR code to add or edit records. Additionally, you can eliminate the QR code, you can kill it. Lyndon: You can kill it. And then the other thing that we wanted to make sure that was fairly difficult to do was to remove certs out of the QR code package. And so, it asks you a couple of times, whether you want to do that, and you have to have master user permission in order to do that. And that's obviously to avoid creating incomplete QR codes. So, we don't want to corrupt anything by taking something out and then running into that same problem with your plater over in Europe, where they didn't have the complete package, this one, you can add things to it. And it's really easy to add things to it. But we wanted to make it a little more difficult to take certs out of there that's to create that flexibility. And I think Matt, you have a use case where you have already created the SmartCert QR code maybe it's in the hands of the warehouse guys already, and they're putting it on the boxes. And then you can actually update that package with a picture of the shipment, right on the pallet. And they, again, load that up right on their phone, into that QR code so that when the customer scans it, they not only get the package, they get the parts, they get the package of certs from Parker, but they get a picture of what it looked like as it left the Parker facility. Matt: That's correct. And it really raises the level of customer service that our customers receive. I'm sure that, some of you or some of the folks on the podcast listening, I've had this issue where, you tape up and package an order really nicely. And, you give it to, your third-party logistics folks, and when it shows up to the customer, it's a former shell of what it once was, it's in terrible shape. And all of a sudden, their screws or whatever, you're shipping, there're some parts missing in the boxes. And then, they immediately look at the sender and say, "You did this." And, so we've been taking pictures of our shipments for years now, just to ensure that, we hold accountability to the folks that are shipping the product. But now, instead of going through the files and taking that picture of a random pallet, what it looks like a random pallet and send it to the customer and say, no, we shipped it correctly. Here's a picture of it. Now go to your freight carrier and work through that issue. Now they have access to see exactly what it looked like as soon as it comes through the door. So, they can immediately, when a pallet or a box from Parker Fasteners arrives, they can immediately put their phone on it. They can get us the cert package, but not only that, they can get a picture of what it looked like before it left our facility. So immediately they can tell the freight carrier we're missing boxes, or there's some freight damage right there. And we're going to need to go ahead and notate it on the bill of lading. So, once I go through the order, and I realized that I'm missing some parts, we can score up with you, Mr. Freight carrier, not unfortunately Parker Fasteners or whoever sent the goods. So, it's not only holding us accountable to, our work on the quality side, but it's also holding the freight carriers accountable to, their work and getting in a product from Buckeye Arizona to, wherever the destination is. Carmen: Lyndon the obvious question. I don't know if you ever watch Pawn Stars on TV or not, but sooner or later, they'll always get around to ask him what's this thing worth. Lyndon: I love that show. Carmen: So, tell me for a user like Parker that probably would be someone generating hundreds of QR codes a day, maybe, or at least dozens. Someone that only needs a few at a time or someone that needs thousands. What are the various levels of, buy-in on this and how do you set it up? How long does it take to get the ball rolling? What equipment might you have that works with it and what might you need that you don't have? Lyndon: So, equipment wise, I'm going to start with the last part, first. Equipment wise, we specifically designed SmartCert to be something that you already have, the equipment that you need. One of them is your computer. One of them is, internet access and a web browser. And then another one is, your printer, whatever label printer you're using. But the other one that's pretty key to this is your phone. So, big part of this, QR codes have been around forever, but the new thing is that QR codes are now readable by everyone's phone and everyone has it in their pocket. So, you can get access to it easily. And then that's the theme of how to get going on SmartCert too. We wanted access easily. And so, someone would start by going to our website aramidtech.com or get smartcert.com directly. And it's a very simple login process. This is a cloud-based system. So, you will create a password. You will, then get your access and it's a subscription service. So, you enter in a credit card and sign up for a subscription. It's really simple to get set up, just takes a few minutes. And when you click the "Create SmartCerts button," you put the information you want in for that cert package. And then you simply drag and drop your files into the SmartCert system, and it will load them up. Most people are doing PDFs because those are secure documents, but you can put in Word files. You can put in a lot of different things. You can put pictures in there. You can't load movies in there right now, but we may have a feature where you can do that. If there's a, "how to" that would load automatically when you add something that was maybe a complex system or something that you wanted to have a demonstration. Once you've added all the information that you want to add and loaded your cert and dragged and dropped them in, you just click create SmartCerts and then you're ready to go. You can either print that QR code and put it on your boxes and print out a hundred of them. If you have a hundred boxes or you can grab that and drop it into a PDF file as well. The other thing you can do is you can share it directly right out of the system. And so, there's a share button. You click that you enter in someone's email address and it'll send that entire package and it'll give them the opportunity to create their own guest account if they're not a SmartCert subscriber. But the neat thing is, is if they are a Smart Cert subscriber, once they get that and open it up, it'll automatically populate into their dashboard. So, they'll be able to see all that without doing much of anything. Carmen: And then how do they pay for it? Is it like per QR code or per month or per year or one time charge or per user? How's the pricing structure for it? Lyndon: It's a subscription service. So, it is what is commonly referred to as a SaaS piece of software. And it is monthly subscription. There's a setup fee, that is a one-time and then you're ready to go. And it is just put your credit card in and get rolling. Carmen: And I can have however many QR codes I want? Lyndon: You can make as many as you want. As a matter of fact, we encourage you to make many, many of them and send them to as many customers as you possibly can, because then that perpetuates the SmartCert. That gets people aware of it. As soon as you scan one and you go, "Hey, what is this? Oh my gosh, there's my certs right there." Then that is our best advertising. Matt: I'll add something real fast Carmen, if you don't mind. What's nice from our perspective, is sending a SmartCert to a customer, a distributor who was also using SmartCert. They can take it right into their SmartCert software and then they can make edits. So, all they have to do is inspect the product, create their own CFC, add that to the front of our paperwork. If they want to take that photo out of the shipping, they can then take that photo, drag it out. Anything else that they want to add or take out, they can do that right then and there creates their own QR code for the lot, based on their buy and resell the product and get it up to the end user. So, it's a really streamlined process when the supply chain is using SmartCert, from the beginning to the end. Lyndon: Carmen that's how we wanted it to be exactly by design. We had to step back. And I think we mentioned earlier that, if a company made it and they used it internally, or they only used it, you're not creating that open environment where the SmartCert can actually help from the smelter all the way to the aircraft. It can actually work through the entire supply chain and it's just a matter of trading or passing that SmartCert along and really creating I think an easy to use and easily accessible, way to track those certs and to trade those certs with your customers and vendors. Carmen: Well, I have to give you congratulations and thank you for the privilege, Lyndon of getting to watch this thing come, not quite from its birth but I was pretty close. Lyndon: You were close. You guys both were right there at the beginning. Carmen: Yeah. Getting to see it come along and watch your hard work and dedication and your teams do it and seeing your brand, come together and getting all of your supporters and endorsers in line and including things like this show. I'm sure soon enough you'll be able, or you're able now, but you'll have some kind of a Zoom or something. It's hard to explain how software works over the radio without a screen in front of you. But, when people can actually do a Zoom meeting and you can show them on the screen, how it works, that would be a really exciting, I know you've done a few of those for clients. We got to see it, but getting to see that happen in a mass setting is something I'm looking forward to. Maybe at a trade show instead of on the day. Lyndon: Yeah. There we go. Well, Carmen, I really appreciate that. And thank you for those kind words. And coming from you, it means a lot. And the beautiful thing is we're just getting started. We are like Parker Fasteners. We are always looking towards the future. And so, the other nice thing the fact that it's a subscription service is we can add over the air updates to the software and you may wake up one day and have a new feature that you didn't have the week before. And we are constantly working on development and we're working on development to make it even easier to use. We're working on development to make really easy integrations into future ERPs and quality management systems and to make it. Actually, we'd like to move into being able to have you really not think about certs anymore. Right now, they're a major pain point in the industry and our end goal, where we want to end up is so that parts talk to each other. We don't have to really deal with that anymore. And that's the future of where we're going. And SmartCert is just the first step. Carmen: We've thrown a few terms around here that aren't fastener terms and it always bugs me when I hear someone on the radio or the TV use an acronym, assuming that everyone knows what it means. So, ERP is just that computer system term. I think it means "Enterprise Resource Planning." Lyndon: Correct again. You are a two for two. Carmen: For those, alright. For, non-IT guy, it's just like, you got it. It bugs me when I watch sports on the TV and they use all these abbreviations for things, why can't you just put "Left Fielder" instead of LF to make it friendly to the people that don't know that kind of thing. There's plenty of room on the screen. Matt: And then one thing I want to add to Carmen and Lyndon and Eric is that, if you're a distributor listening to the Fully Threaded Radio and you're interested to see SmartCert, work in real life, all you need to do is contact Parker Fasteners. The sales team would love to sell you, some parts off the shelf. And when you receive your box, after you place your order, you will have those nice QR codes on there. And you can put the SmartCert and the Parker Fasteners product insert package, right to work. And, this is not new technology, but imagine you have a box and you're not really necessarily concerned about certs, but you'd like to know more about the specification of the product. The QR code, and you download an IFI cut sheet or some kind of a catalog page that tells you everything you need to know about that product in terms of its dimensions, its mechanical properties, its typical uses or even a video that show you how to use it. Eric: My mind is wandering with, possibilities guys. There are so many and I mean when QRs first showed up in the world, it really opened our eyes and then they kind of faded away because they didn't seem like they had a lot of, well, they had a lot of applications, but let's face it in the fastener world. We didn't have a solution like SmartCert and there is one now. So, I'm getting pretty excited about it. But of course, my crossover keeps appearing with barbecue involved. And I think that means that we must be getting to the point where we're going to call this one, a segment and I'm going to thank all of you for joining us. We can pick up on this, but I do want to give Lyndon one opportunity again, to remind everyone where they can get further information on SmartCert. And maybe at that point we can set up an opportunity to go get some pulled pork or brisket and talk about it further. Lyndon: Our company is Aramid Technologies and we are at aramidtech.com. That's A-R-A-M-I-D-T-E-C-H.com. And that's the best place to get information on SmartCert and get updated on what we're working on. And there's a nice little video in there. That's about two minutes that it really does a good job of boiling down what SmartCert is and how it works. Carmen: No one took the bait, but QR stands for quick response. Lyndon: QR does stand for quick response. You are three for three, my friend. Carmen: It's all set up Lyndon. It's all set up. I was Googling all that stuff. I didn't know what any of that meant. Lyndon: You did really well. Eric: And by the way, stay off Carmen's lawn. We've got to talk. You're getting a little persnickety, but thanks for being here. You're the kind of guy we need on it. Leading up a conversation like this and an industry like this and Lyndon, thank you for joining us today too. It's great to meet you. I look forward to possibly talking further because I see a prototype with Parker, FCH and SmartCert down the road in the near future. And of course, Matt Boyd, Parker Fasteners. You're the man. I can't wait for my invitation for the next smoke on the water man. Lyndon: Yeah, me too. Matt: You got Eric. Lyndon: Thank you guys for the opportunity to share SmartCert with the bigger community. We're just getting rolling. Eric: This is the place to do it. Hey everybody. We thank you for sitting in too. You'll be hearing more about SmartCert and you'll be hearing more Fully Threaded Radio. We'll right back. Parker Fasteners is your premier cold heading manufacturer, forging the future with precision and quality is our top priority. When you think of domestically produced sockets and tamper-proof screws from alloy and stainless, including 8286, think Parker Fasteners, ‘Forge the Future’ with Parker Fasteners, visit Parker Fasteners online today at parkerfasteners.com. BTM manufacturing is a domestic ISO 9001 manufacturer of threaded fasteners and bent wire products from anchor bolts to studs to U-Bolts. BTM is committed to making your per print special with the highest quality standards while meeting your on-time delivery schedule. Since BTM began in 1961, this family-owned business has remained focused on providing exceptional service to their customers. Centrally located in Kansas City, Missouri. BTM recently expanded into a 100,000 square foot facility, which allows for the production and manufacture of many projects simultaneously both large and small quantity. BTM's website at btm-mfg.com allows you to submit custom quotes quickly and easily. And once you do, a BTM team member will contact you as soon as possible to discuss your needs. Are you ready to get started? BTM is visit www.btm-mfg.com today. Rosa: This is Rosa, the Proferred Riveter at Brighton-Best International. You're listening to Fully Threaded Radio with Eric and Brian. Eric: Well, Bri, several new products, platforms, lots of fastener industry Intel, some training, another episode. Very well worth hearing. Wouldn't you say? Brian: Yeah, well I would sort of say you can never have too many things about hydrogen embrittlement okay. Brian: A view that you would have been lapping up, everyone knows you're focus on the whole industry. Eric: Well, I wouldn't go that far, but I am quite satisfied. You are correct. Hope you enjoyed it too everyone. Like to thank our guests on this episode of the podcast they were from Würth Industry North America and the Würth Knowing webcast, Randy Lammers and Aaron Keaven. Christian Reich with Goebel Fasteners warmed up the Fastener News Report today, which featured Mike McNulty and Frank "Balboa" DeVito of Solution Industries. And we just heard Carmen Vertullo. Lyndon Lattie and Matt Boyd of Parker Fasteners talking all about SmartCert. Thank you, gentlemen. And thanks, Carm for double-dipping with the Fastener Training Minute and tickling all our fancies with that hydrogen embrittlement info. The title sponsors of Fully Threaded Radio are Stelfast, 'For Service You Deserve and People You Trust.' It's Stelfast. Bright0n-Best International 'Tested, Tried, True.' Brighton-Best. Goebel Fasteners, 'Quality the First Time.' Goebel. Fully threaded is also sponsored by Buckeye Fasteners, BTM Manufacturing, Eurolink Fastener Supply Service, Fastener Fair USA, Fastener Technology International, INxSQL Software. ND Industries, Parker Fasteners, Solution Industries, 3Q Inc. Volt Industrial Plastics and Würth Industry North America. Let us know how we're doing folks, how you're enjoying the podcast, or if you have ideas, thoughts or questions for us, the email address is |||EMAIL_ADDRESS||| or you could catch us occasionally at association meetings and fastener events if, and when they happen again. And hey Bri, I mentioned ahead of the Fastener News Report today that the MWFA has a big 75th anniversary actually Fastener Week coming up in August. We all hope that's going to happen well after we recorded that and before we turned on the mic for this closing segment, I received in the mail, a really sharp looking promotional flyer for this event. Somebody over at MWFA is really on the ball, Bri. Brian: You mean apart from Nancy? Eric: Nancy is always carrying the ball for MWFA. That's true. I don't know. I'm wondering if our friend G. H. III doesn't have something to do with it also, but in any event, congratulations, MWFA. This is a great looking flyer and it's pretty exciting because it's got the whole week lined up, which features of course, the golf outing, which is on the 18th, the Fastener Show, which is on the 17th and all kinds of other activities, but conspicuously, absent, Bri, I noticed there's no reference at all to the Tough Mudder. Brian: So therefore, Bob Baer and not having anything to do with that one, I can tell. Eric: Well, I thought maybe they wouldn't be using their clout and so forth with the association. They would have something in there, but no. So saw something fly by on LinkedIn that they put together promoting the Tough Mudder event. And what we're speaking about, everybody, if go back the last few episodes we've been talking about this the weekend ahead of Fastener Week, Bob "GQ" Baer and G. H. III are heading up a team of fastener people. They're going to hit this perilous obstacle course known as the Tough Mudder. Those guys are easy enough to find. So, if you're interested in participating in that, I think they still need a couple of team members. Although the roster has filled out quite a bit, it's a pretty good list of fastener people at this point, including Jake "Valdez" Davis and John "Coolhand" Butler among others. Brian: I would have thought at least a few tips to how to get in shape, first thing. Eric: The training tips are flying fast and furious among the committed. I have no doubt about that. There's just nothing in this flyer about that. But anyway, it's still coming off fear, not everybody fellow Mudders. You can get out to mwfa.net to sign yourself up for these various events. If you didn't get this flyer, but good job over there, Team MWFA and good job, Bri. On another episode of the podcast, we're going to put this one in the can. Eric: Next episode, look forward to a few segments. We've got lined up already, including George from Buckeye Fasteners. He's going to be talking about some of that automated equipment they're running over there at Buckeye should be pretty good. Eric: Yup. It'll be another one worth hearing. Thanks for hearing this one everyone. For Brian Musker, this is Eric Dudas. Get out there, sell some screws, sign up for the MWFA. And we'll talk to you next time. Brian: Until next time keep well. Fully Threaded Radio is a production of Fastener Clearing House. Music provided by Audionautix.

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Join us on Tuesday, April 12th following the 7:00PM screening of A Crime on the Bayou for a post-film discussion / Q+A with one of the attorneys in the film: Armand Derfner. More about Armand: Armand Derfner, a graduate of Princeton University and Yale Law School, has been a civil rights lawyer in Mississippi, South Carolina and Washington D.C. for more than a half century. As part of that work, he helped shape the Voting Rights Act in a series of major Supreme Court cases and in work with Congress to help draft voting rights and other civil rights laws. He has been counsel for, among others, the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), and the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, and helped desegregate university systems and legislatures across the South. He is also the co-author of Justice Deferred: Race and the Supreme Court. See more details on the film here.

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On Oct. 21, Taylor Swift dropped her latest album “Midnights,” and the Swifties have (rightfully) gone wild. Not only did she release the initial fourteen track album at midnight, but she also released an additional six songs at 3 a.m. Since its release, Swift has had the music world in a death grip, and quite frankly, she knows it all too well. “Midnights” has already broken three Spotify records since it dropped for the public’s consumption. According to the Guinness World Records website, the pop album has taken the title of most streamed album on Spotify in 24 hours (184.6 million streams), most day-one streams of an album on Spotify (184.6 million streams), and most streamed act on Spotify in 24 hours (228 million streams). In the first week, her album sales had already reached more than 1,578,000. She also became the first artist in history to earn over a billion streams on Spotify in just one week. As a few weeks have passed since its release, she continues to break record after record. She is now the number one female artist with the highest peak monthly Spotify listeners (83.2 million). She has also surpassed The Weeknd in being the most listened to artist in the world. As far as Billboard Artist 100 records are concerned, she is the first artist in history to spend an entire year at #1 on the charts, and the first artist to hold all the top ten spots of Billboard Hot 100. Taylor Swift knows what sells to the music world right now. It is obvious by the massive numbers of presales Ticketmaster received: the sheer attempts to purchase The Eras Tour tickets have broken the site. Mikia Lawrence is a freshman journalism major at MSU and is currently focusing on broadcasting. She grew up in a small town about an hour outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and is the oldest child in her family. She has a major passion for writing as her main form of expression. This is her first year writing with HerCampus MSU and she couldn't be more excited.

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Material flow analysis (MFA), quantified by material weight instead of currency, is built on the theories of industrial metabolism and social metabolism to pursue the translation path from nature to human ecosystem as well as the final regressive sinks [1]. The basic standpoint of MFA is that environmental effects which are brought about via social economic behaviors are mainly dependent on the quantity and quality of natural resources and materials devoted in the ecosystem, and the wastes translated from the consumption sectors back to the environment. MFA is viewed as a significant measure to study the metabolism of material and resources. Ayres and Kneese firstly presented the first material flow accounts on the national level in 1969 [2]. During 1970s–1980s, the perfection of material balance and industrial metabolism theories laid a solid foundation for MFA application in the whole ecosystem. Austria, Japan, and Germany took the lead in calculating substance and natural resources in domestic economic scope in 1990s [3]. Subsequently, developed countries such as The Netherlands, America, and Australia finished their MFA in national boundary [1, 4]. In 2001, EU Statistics Department published a handbook about MFA research technique applied to ecosystem for the first time in the world [5], which enormously accelerated the promotion of MFA in economic field. Muñoz and Hubacek pointed out in 2008 that the economic growth was the major source of material changes [6] Chen proposed in his study in 2007 that the driving force of the social-economic-ecological complex system was the resource, which posed unparalleled challenges on each level of the society. The quantity and quality scarcities of the diverse resources require an efficient, effective, and interdependent utilization based on overall and unified accounting [7]. In recent years, China has also done necessary studies in MFA and gained achievements in scientific research of the relationship between total material input and consumption in the national base [8–10]. In the early 1990s, The concept of “ecological rucksacks” was firstly proposed which was commonly accepted as “hidden flows” afterward [11]. This concept refers to the wastes inevitably produced in the process of resource exploitation, though it is not devoted to the social production. Without creating commercial value, it will exert a huge influence on natural and social environment. In view of this, MFA is further modified and becoming an effective tool in measuring the balance between the resource depletion and the social development [12]. In this study, MFA’s method is applied to the Chinese fossil fuels as a research case with certain modifications of hidden flows, which is considered as the more exact mode in accounting resource consumption. The results can make acceptable recommendations not only in transferring materialized into dematerialized consumption pattern, but also in building a low-carbon economy and coping with global warming. The study period, lasting from 2000 to 2010, was an important stage for China’s rapid economic progress in history. The rapid growth in the fields of both economy and resource exploitation is producing far-reaching impacts in social and environmental areas for today’s decision making and stratagem implement. The basic information of China during the study period is listed as background information in Table 1. Population and GDP information of China during 2000–2010. Currently, a systemic MFA framework based on the national or regional ecosystem has been initially established all over the world, which has been comprehensively applied in occidental countries. The input stream of fossil fuels was divided into two parts, direct input flows, and hidden flows. The study boundary was confined into the domestic ecosystem. The input fossil fuels which come from the domestic production and abroad import contain raw coal, oil, and natural gas, excluding secondary energy input. Moreover, Wuppertal evaluated the average ratio of global hidden flow (GHF), and the results showed that crude oil, natural gas, and raw coal were 1 : 1.22, 1 : 1.66 [13], and 1 : 2.36 [14], respectively in view of the fact that most coal in China belongs to bastard coal. Usually the output stream of fossil fuels refers to direct output and contaminated discharge. Due to different burning efficiencies and regional variation in technologies, it is inaccurate to calculate direct output at the end of MFA. To express the end-result of the fossil fuels in the whole process of material flow, this paper chose three indexes, consumption and supply ratio (C/S Ratio), resource consumption intensity (RCI), and fossil fuels productivity (FFP) by considering population, GDP, and total energy input, to evaluate the influences of resource consumption in the fields of society and economy as well as environment. The three indexes are defined as follows: in which, the units are tsc/person (“tsc” refers to ton of standard coal (we use tsc for short in the rest part of this paper); standard coal, also known as coal equivalent, unified calorific value standard, different varieties, different energy contents of different calorific values converted to the calorific value of 7,000 kcal per kg of standard coal) for RCI, $/tsc for FFP (it is better for further comparison with other countries when we replace the currency unit from “¥” to “$”). All the data sources are acquired from publications, such as Energy Statistical Yearbooks of different years [15] and China Statistical Yearbooks [16] and websites [17]. In order to seek unity of economic value and avoid inflation or deflation in different times, we defined the year of 2000 as a base year, in which year the price was chosen as constant price; therefore, pure monetary value in all the other years should be converted into a standard value of 2000. The original yield and import/outport flows of three primary fossil fuels are listed in Table 2. The original yield and import/outport flows of three primary fossil fuels during 2000–2010. According to IPCC 2006 [18], different types of fuels have their own carbon emission coefficients (we use CEC in the following part of this paper), for coal, oil, and natural gas, the transition factors are listed in Table 4. Therefore, the CO2 emission distributions will be obtained on the basis of fossil energy structure. C/S ratio is of a paramount importance for the national or regional sustainability. A high value (>1) of C/S ratio means more resources will be depleted, and then more wastes or disturbuances will occur along with environmental deteriorations and nonrenewable energy shortage. If the C/S ratio is low, on the one part, it is good news that the present fossil energy supply is sufficient for demand. On the other part, it provides an important implication to readjust the energy consumption and supply relationship in the national level. The index called RCI can reflect the personal access to fossil resource in China. FFP denotes the transfer ability from raw fossil material occupation into economic value, which usually represents the efficiency of the resource consumption. The accounting of MFA and different indexes from 2000 to 2010 is shown in the following table (RMB exchange rate against the US dollar to compare this quota after conversion with different countries in a unified standard), and all the material flows are measured by the unit of “tsc,” and the fossil fuels’ consumption for three types of energy are collected in Tables 3(a) and 3(b). (a) The fossil fuels’ consumption from 2000 to 2010 in China (unit: million tsc). (b) The fossil fuels’ supply2 from 2000 to 2010 within China (unit: million tsc). The carbon emission coefficients (CEC) for three types of fossil fuels. C/S ratio of fossil fuels in China during 2000–2010. During the years from 2000 to 2007, it was nearly stable between 1 and 1.05 implying that a certain amount of previous fossil stock should be used to solve the supply and demand difference. During this period, there was a minor peak in 2003, reflecting that the obvious expansions of real estate construction, iron, and cement based heavy industry soaring development, which lead to the remarkable tension for energy supply and consumption relation. And after 2008, this ratio is fluctuate by most time lower than 1, which mainly attribute to the implementation of “energy saving and emission reduction” strategies in industries and domestic using. Generally speaking, from 2000 to 2010, C/S ratio of fossil fuels was decreasing roughly and the energy balance was trending into a capable supply state. Meanwhile, to better control the C/S ratio is an effective device to control the energy balance in the original production and final consumption. Considering three kinds of fuels, coal yield was the main growth factor, which indicated that the energy structure in China was mainly based on raw coal as the dominant sector. Moreover, coal domestic production had occupied a share ranged 73–77% compared, and for oil was around 20% with total fossil energy during the past 11 years. The coal dominated energy structure has not dramatically reversed in that period. On average, the requirement of oil in occident countries account for 35% [11] of the total energy, that means we have a long way to amend the energy consumption structure, especially adding new energy into consideration, such as wind power, bioenergy, and tidal energy. Oil supply in China will not be sufficient forever, an urgent support policy is needed to encourage powerful companies and organizations to blend in the international arena and exploit a high quality resource. Furthermore, the domestic natural gas yield as well as the import proportion was enlarging, which indicated a good transition in enriching energy diversity and equitability, but with a too slight step. Therefore, we still have an adequate space to optimize the energy allocation so as to change the irrational existing state of fossil fuels consumption. RCI is an indicator that can express the level of per capita resource possess. Table 5 indicates that RCI was 2.1 times in 2010 than that in 2000, which implied that as individuals grow more affluent, their demands move beyond basic needs. The enormous requirements for private car, energy-consumption electronic products made life quality improve deeply on the one hand, and, on the other hand, extremely aggravated fossil resources depletion. The only solution to avoid energy crisis, especially for nonrenewable energy, is to elevate utilization efficiency and attempt new renewable energy. In addition, China is the most populous developing country, whose contradiction between large energy-needed population and low per capita energy possession is always restricting the whole national development in social and economic fields. In addition, CEC from different types of the fossil fuel consumption from 2000 to 2010 in China is shown in Table 6 as a supplementary database. C/S ratio, RCI, and FFP of China during 2000–2010. CEC from different types of the fossil fuel consumption from 2000 to 2010 in China. FFP, an economic value produced by the unit natural nonrenewable resource. Table 7 clearly illuminates that an obvious disparity is existing in fossil fuel productivity compared with the major energy-saving country. The level of fossil fuel productivity in China in 2010 was merely equivalent to that of The Netherlands in 1996, and Austria, Germany, and Great Britain had already owned this index nearly 1.5 times higher than that of China in 2010. The bog standard of FFP in China means not only a colossal waste of fossil fuels in production and consumption process, but also severe environmental pollution resulting in a great number of pollutants and wastes in all processes by using natural resources. The evident gap between China and other developed countries in creating economic value per unit fossil resource reflected low efficiency in energy input-output course. It is well accepted that economic development based on the extensive resource depletion is not the intrinsic pursuit of sustainable developing pattern, and it is needed to consummate a resource recovery system as soon as possible, promote the use of energy saving products in public, and participate in international cooperation that can develop bilateral and multilateral as well as regional collaboration in the field of new energy using and low-carbon technology [19]. Another step to solve the inefficiency in fossil fuel productivity is to change the approach of using fossil fuels into a closed material cycle mode [20] and enhance the GDP value created by per unit energy expending. Statistics of FFP in other countries during recent years (Unit: $/tsc). The variation trends of population, GDP, and RCI as well as FFP are illustrated in Figure 2. First, the population increased steadily which was fitting in with the national conditions during that time; second, GDP increased with an accelerating trend, which was not only due to the economic dynamic times in this period, but also affected by the appreciation of RMB since 2005; third, RCI was increased especially after the year 2002, meaning a society with the rapid consumption for fossil fuels; and finally, the variation of FFP was divided into two subperiods: the first half was nearly fair, however, the other half was soaring for a rapid fossil fuel economic productivity. Generally speaking, economy in China is operating well, but the extensive mode of growth could not change at once, with fossil fuel productivity impossibly boosted in a short time. However, infrastructures on fossil energy being or having been built will certainly carry weight in both economic development and the resource consumption. A comprehensive index comparison of fossil fuels in China during 2000–2010. From Figure 3, it was clearly demonstrated the CO2 emission distribution, and coal is the most carbon source. In China, the hidden flow ration for coal was the highest, and the energy structure could not be changed on the basis of coal consumption. That is why CEC from coal was nearly 2 times than that from oil and natural gas. From this result, using natural gas or the other low carbon emission energy is the most effective and urgent strategy for the government decision and public choice. CEC amount from three types of fossil fuels from 2000 to 2010 in China. This paper analyzes the input of fossil fuels in China during 2000–2010 and proposed several indicators of MFA. In comparison with other countries, main conclusions are summed up as follows. Generally speaking, the demand structure of coal, oil, and natural gas during the past 11 years has not changed significantly. The turning point of fossil fuel productivity appeared in 2002, and increased dramatically after 2005. Both phenomena are decided by international economic situations and domestic production levels. The former is due to good circulations of the world economy and China’s entry into WTO, which lead to substantial materials input but a lack of efficiency advancements. The latter is owing to policy steering of the eleventh five-year plan unveiled in 2005, which drives the movement of technical improvement, renewable energy development, wastes recycling, and multilevel using. But we have to admit that China still has to go a long way to pursue fossil fuel productivity compared with countries like Japan and Germany. MFA accounting system calculates environmental pressure produced by the resource depletion. Its standpoint is payments for import only cover the economic costs without environmental costs as well as hidden flows value in the process of energy production. By this token, one country can pass over the environmental cost by importing so as to reduce the domestic natural risk. From this point of view, it is necessary to shift energy strategy from export-oriented to import-oriented style and elevate the export price by considering environmental expense and enlarging import proportion, from which home resource and environment can be protected in a qualified sense. Nevertheless, it is myopia for a particular developing period in certain regions, but not beneficial for universal sustainable utility of resource. Natural wealth belongs to human beings, without boundary of different nations and territories. For the existing energy supply and demand status quo, more efforts are needed to intensify energy structure reforms, though the expansion of gas domestic output and import quotation provided a new perspective. Furthermore, the unchanged conditions may be related to the existing exploitation patterns, the history of coal mining and technical problems in the development of pelagic natural gas, which are primarily reasons for the univocal energy current situation. Whereas, the future structure of energy utility will move forward to a rational and sustainable direction as long as technical progress, sufficient facilities, financing of safeguards, and national supporting policies are provided. Meanwhile, the “closed material cycle mode” that with the process of “energy production energy consumption recycled energy recycled energy reuse” should be extensively implemented in extensive energy based industries in order to decrease the C/S ratio value and create more economic value by consuming the previous amount of energy consumption. And the bundled infrastructures or strategies should be followed up, for example, the generalization of garbage classification with recycled waste energy appliance, popularization of new energy vehicle service facilities. The transformation of GDP has necessary connections with the resource consumption intensity and the fossil fuel productivity. 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4039 Rue Notre Dame O is a home in Montreal, Quebec. It is estimated to be 5326 sq ft with 3 baths and 4 bedrooms. The most recent HonestDoor Price for this home is $2,290,800 and was last estimated on Jan 16, 2023. It is estimated that it would make $200 per day on Airbnb and rent out for $7590 per month.

https://www.honestdoor.com/property/4039-rue-notre-dame-o-montreal-qc-1m9x5

Gravesites at Olivewood Cemetery are shown on Monday, Dec. 5, 2022 in Houston. Caretakers at the historically Black cemetery say a neighboring contractor tore down a newly installed fence and built a wall footer on the cemetery's property. Jasmine Lee looks at an area where a fence was taken down from the Olivewood Cemetery property on Monday, Dec. 5, 2022 in Houston. Margott Williams walks through the Olivewood Cemetery property on Monday, Dec. 5, 2022 in Houston. Jasmine Lee looks at an area where a fence was taken down from the Olivewood Cemetery property on Monday, Dec. 5, 2022 in Houston. Caretakers at the historically Black cemetery say a neighboring contractor tore down a newly installed fence and building a wall footer on Olivewood property. Development has been closing in on Olivewood Cemetery for decades, but up until now, the people interred at Houston's oldest Black burial ground have been able to rest in relative peace among the deep-rooted oak trees and weathered headstones. That peace was disturbed last month when Olivewood caretakers discovered that contractors for a neighboring developer came too close for comfort. Workers ripped out a brand new wrought-iron fence the cemetery had recently installed along the properties' shared border and replaced it with a concrete wall for a new two-story retail and office building on the adjacent property at 1515 Studemont, just south of Interstate 10 in the Heights. Olivewood Cemetery in Houston. The developers, Oxberry Group, said they made a mistake and have promised to re-erect the fence. But for Olivewood volunteers the slight wasn't easy to shake off. It felt like history was repeating itself for the Black doctors, attorneys and servicemen who have been buried there since 1875, just 10 years after the end of slavery in Texas. "It's not just a matter of a historic structure, there are people at rest in Olivewood, and a lot of them didn't have agency throughout most of their lives. This was an act of agency for them to build this cemetery where it is, and for people to not respect that and not respect us as caretakers of the cemetery is unbelievable," said Jasmine Lee, a board member of Descendants of Olivewood, the nonprofit that maintains Olivewood Cemetery. A Harris County judge granted the Descendants of Olivewood guardianship of the grounds in 2008, but group members have worked since the 1990s to address decades of erosion, overgrowth and vandalism that had left the cemetery in disrepair. The site earned protected status before and after the group came on as its official guardian: the Texas Historical Commission named Olivewood a Historic Texas Cemetery in 2005, and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization recognized it as a historic site in 2019. Earlier this year, the National Trust for Historic Preservation named it one of the 11 most endangered historic sites in the country. The Descendants of Olivewood continue with basic upkeep of the cemetery and, to that end, used a $40,000 donation this summer to install new wrought-iron fences around portions of the property, finishing the work in August. So it came as a surprise just three months later when Olivewood caretakers visited the cemetery to learn that a section of their new fence had been ripped out where it bordered a construction site at the wooded, northeast corner of the cemetery. Margott Williams, founder and president of Descendants of Olivewood, climbed over a fallen tree trunk and scrambled up a steep, gravelly hill to see the damage. "When I saw it, I got dizzy, I thought I was going to faint because I could not believe these people had taken our fence down. And then I got a little angry, because they didn't call, they didn't say, 'Hey let's talk about your fence...' We didn't even know they were putting the wall up," Williams said. The remnants of the wrought-iron fence lay stacked against a tree Monday morning, as construction workers continued adding cement to the new retaining wall along the border of the two properties. A superintendent at the site deferred comment to Oxberry Group. New fencing, that was recently installed and subsequently removed, is stacked inside the property of from the Olivewood Cemetery property on Monday, Dec. 5, 2022 in Houston. Caretakers at the historically Black cemetery say a neighboring contractor tore down a newly installed fence and built a wall footer on Olivewood property. P.J. Jamea, a partner at Oxberry Group, said that the wrought-iron fence was technically on the developers' property and that the contractors, believing it to be a remnant from the former Party Boy store that occupied the site until 2020, had torn it down without consulting anyone. He said that he has spoken with the Descendants of Olivewood and would re-erect the wrought-iron fence once the retaining wall is completed. "I understand they're upset, and it was a misunderstanding. The general contractor maybe should have reached out to us first, but for sure they're our neighbors and we want to keep them happy," Jamea said. Real estate law experts say that if the fence was truly on Oxberry's side of the property line, then the developer was legally within its rights to remove it. If it were directly on the boundary line, then Oxberry would have violated the law. Those decisions often come down to a matter of inches, and can only be sorted out by a licensed surveyor, said James Stilwell, managing partner at Stilwell, Earl & Apostolakis LLP. Williams said the Descendants group consulted a 2009 survey of the property before building the fence and members believed they had placed the fence directly on the property line. Jamea provided photos which he said show the fence to be on Oxberry's side of the property marker by a hair's breadth, according to a survey Oxberry had done before they started construction. Williams said the group would continue to seek legal counsel on the matter, but regardless of where the property line is, volunteers said the issue that most bothered them was that the Descendants of Olivewood wasn't consulted about the fence before it was torn down. It's a problem they've seen time and time again as high-rises and shopping centers continue to spring up around the cemetery. "It's one of those things where you realize that it's a repeating pattern, especially for the community at rest here. Think about the 4,000 burials, a lot of them were born enslaved or lived through Jim Crow, seeing their property taken either by violence or through eminent domain," Lee said. She said since Williams started the preservation effort, the neighborhood had rapidly changed. "This is not an anti-change movement," Lee said, "but if we're going to build a community of the living that pays respect to the community at rest, communication is important." Staff writer Joy Sewing contributed.

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/olivewood-cemetery-dispute-17624957.php

Augmented reality might sound like a futuristic term, but it’s been around for quite some time. There are so many ways to use, experience, and enjoy AR that its technology can only continue to grow. So, what’s the future of augmented reality? Read on to find out. To know where you’re going, you need to understand where you’ve been. And the same goes for AR technology. Follow along as we take you through a brief history of AR. The first AR technology is credited to Ivan Sutherland, a scientist at Harvard. In 1968 he created the first augmented reality headset. Sutherland was nicknamed “the father of computer graphics,” and the journey of AR snowballed from there. In the early days of augmented reality, mainstream entertainment didn’t take advantage of this tech. Instead, it was used as a tool for military and industrial purposes because it allowed for simulations with geological information on various terrains. It wasn’t until 2008 that AR became commercialized. An ad for BMW used AR by allowing readers to hold their magazine up in front of a camera to enable them to simulate driving the car. The advertising industry loved the idea, and soon other companies like National Geographic, Coca-Cola, and Disney began using AR in their campaigns. In the early 2010s, big companies continued to run AR advertisements by starting to get into virtual try-ons. However, the concept was not the advanced virtual try-on experience we know today. Instead, it required magazine subscribers to physically cut a piece of special paper to participate in the AR experience. This was not quite the substantial hit companies thought it would be. Businesses continued to experiment with technology trends as time went on. Uses for augmented reality continued to grow in the beauty, tourism, and gaming industries through product try-ons, geomaps, and wearables. Now that we’ve entered the 2020s, AR has grown immensely, and technology is rapidly increasing. AR capability is integrated with e-commerce sites, implemented into in-store purchasing experiences, and found in various other use cases. L’Oréal uses ModiFace technology for virtual try-ons that allow customers to try out makeup shades from the comfort of their homes — all they need is a smartphone. IKEA has its own AR application, IKEA Place, that enables customers to use their phone camera to superimpose potential furniture options into their living room. No more building furniture just to haul it back to the storefront. And mobile AR apps like Pokémon GO have gamified AR by creating digital overlays for the user to capture in the real world. Augmented reality seems to have grown its way into several industries. It started in the military world, grew into advertising, and now hundreds of companies and individuals have found personalized uses for AR in their lives. So, what does this mean for the future of AR technology? Come along and explore the future with us. The metaverse and all that it entails continue to grow each day. Developments in virtual reality (VR), mixed reality (MR), extended reality (XR), and AR allow users to choose where they want to be on the virtuality continuum. What does this mean for the future of the metaverse and augmented reality? It means that anything is possible. As technology continues to grow, it also becomes more accessible. The future of digital realities will be more efficient and affordable. That means it will be in the hands of more people. Currently, many people use AR on their smartphones. You might not realize it, but if you’ve ever used a Snapchat filter, you’ve used AR. As phone technology continues to grow, AR will too. The newest phones, like the iPhone 12, are built with LiDAR technology (Light Detection and Ranging), which is used to create depth in 3D surroundings. It will make digital overlays look more natural and create a stronger illusion. If you’ve ever seen your social media filter or game avatar glitch out, LiDAR technology will increase functionality to help eliminate those issues. Today, wearables are relatively unobtrusive. However, some still have to be plugged in and are heavy or uncomfortable. AR and VR headsets will be wireless, light, and fitted in the future — all with better features. Hand and eye tracking technology are being built increasingly into wearable devices. This will allow more emphasis on user experience and less on having to control the actual device. And something else on the horizon? Wearables for other parts of the body. Currently, most wearables are headsets or handheld. Boots are coming. Get ready to rollerblade, ski, or skateboard in the future. What could be better than boots, right? Well, what about a full-body suit? Yes, full-body wearables are in the works. While full-body wearables won’t be affordable for the average user any time soon, you never know what the future holds. Humans can never entirely be replaced, but technology can often help us improve our jobs. Let’s talk about how AR has made its way into the professional world and how both will continue to change. In technical, engineering, construction, and all types of industries, there is a system of checks and balances for inventory and the like. Meticulous records must be kept for everything to run smoothly. And while we love our humans, they do make mistakes. This company has reported a reduced margin of error and a reduced work cost for service teams. If one company has seen results this quickly, imagine how efficient the workforce will be once it adopts AR in the future. AR can also reduce business travel costs, as flying professionals and providing costly accommodations is no longer necessary. AR offers the opportunity for real-time instruction without the travel hassle. Think about what future companies can do for their employees and customers with all those extra funds. Augmented reality is a lot of fun, but what’s even more remarkable about it is that it has helped change the world through innovative solutions and will continue to do so in the future. Check out all the life-changing benefits AR is bringing to the world. AR glasses are already on the market, but what if we told you that the future holds AR contact lenses? It’s true. A startup in California, Mojo Vision, is using science to help those with poor vision. As these products are being developed, the goal is to allow customers to zoom in on any object they’d like to see better. Digital realities have already made their way into healthcare, but this is only the beginning — advances in telehealth, surgeries, and education. With telehealth, doctors can see more patients. AR technology allows medical students and doctors to practice surgeries with superimposed, real-time images in front of them. Augmented reality allows new parents to learn from childcare demonstrations, such as bottle feeding and diaper changing, right from the comfort of their new nursery. The future in medicine is unparalleled as medical professionals will be able to create technology and see the human body in ways still to be discovered. As technology advances, discoveries will be made, and healthcare will become more accessible. The takeaway is that augmented reality's future is bright and limitless. AR technology will continue to change our real and virtual world, from personal use to professional tools to medical advances. Keep your eyes out for the new and improved realities on the horizon. It’s going to be good.

https://www.illumix.com/post/future-of-augmented-reality

Oakville native Nathan Rourke is being recognized by the Canadian Football League for his record-breaking season with the BC Lions. The Lions quarterback was named the West Division finalist for the Most Outstanding Canadian on Tuesday (Nov. 1). Toronto Argonauts wide receiver Kurleigh Gittens Jr. is the East Division finalist. The BC pivot’s play through the opening nine games was the league’s major story before a foot injury on Aug. 19 in Saskatchewan sidelined him. Up to then, Rourke led the league in every major passing category including completions (248) passing yards (3,281) and passing touchdowns (25). The 24-year-old broke Gerry Dattilio’s 41-year-old single-game passing record for Canadian quarterbacks with a 436- yard performance in a win over Toronto in the third week of the schedule. He would then go on to break his own record in back-to-back weeks with 477 yards in an Aug. 6 win over Edmonton and 488 yards in a comeback victory at Calgary. Rourke also wreaked havoc on opponents with his running game, scampering for seven touchdowns and 304 yards on 24 carries. The Oakville native has completed an extensive rehab process following his foot surgery and is expected to return to the lineup with the Lions this Friday (Nov. 4) in Winnipeg. Rourke is the second Lion in as many years to be nominated for the award. Last season teammate Bo Lokombo won the award. Gittens Jr. completed the 2022 campaign fifth in receptions (81), sixth in receiving yards (1,101), first in yards after the catch (483) and tied for seventh in touchdown receptions (5). The 2022 CFL Awards will be handed out during Grey Cup week on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022 in Regina, Sask.

https://www.insauga.com/oakvilles-rourke-up-for-cfls-most-outstanding-canadian/

Los Angeles-based designer Gregory Parkinson has launched a new line for Anthropologie named Gregory, with seven styles priced from $170 to $464, including a tie-dye maxi dress, shifts, blouses, miniskirts and a cardigan, all with Parkinson’s signature eclectic color and print. The silk-cotton pieces are soft, with a breezy ease that’s made for the beach, but they can also be dressed up to go out to dinner. Gregory will retail exclusively at select Anthropologie stores as part of Made in Kind, a new platform for introducing designer collections at the chain. Parkinson will also create fall and holiday collections for the retailer. A lot of love went into the collection, Parkinson told me Tuesday when we met at the Anthropologie store in Beverly Hills to look at the pieces. In other words, though Gregory may be priced a little lower than his top line collection, he didn’t sacrifice his love of textile and craft. And indeed, you do get the same ‘touched by human hands’ feel from these clothes as you do from the rest of Parkinson’s work. The pieces were produced in China, and Parkinson spent six weeks at the production facility outside Shanghai supervising the tie-dying and appliquéing. He was impressed by the quality of the workmanship that resulted (as was I), especially on a blue coat with 30 separate surface appliqués. And he had nothing but praise for Anthropologie and executive director of women’s apparel Judy Collinson, late of Barneys New York, who has been a fairy godmother to so many designers. ‘I’ve known Judy for 16 years, so it wasn’t just ‘take the money and run,’ ‘ he said of the collaboration. Parkinson is certainly on the move. Next, he heads to Peru to work on knitwear for his spring runway collection. Then it’s off to China again to work on fall and holiday for Anthropologie. While he’s there, he’s hoping to take his first trip to Tibet, where no doubt he will find lots of colorful inspiration. The Gregory collection is available at select Anthropologie stores, including the Beverly Drive, Grove and Third Street Promenade locations. Photos of the Gregory Parkinson’s Gregory collection from Anthropologie.

https://www.latimes.com/archives/blogs/all-the-rage/story/2012-04-06/gregory-parkinson-launches-new-line-at-anthropologie

The court ruled that the settlement violated the rule that requires the representative parties to “fairly and adequately protect the interests of the class” and uncover any conflicts of interest. The 2012 settlement broke the class of plaintiffs into two groups: one which accepted Visa V, -0.48% or MasterCard MA, -1.26% from 2004 through 2012 and another which would accept the cards from 2012 onward. In its ruling, the appeals court noted the conflict between the merchants in the first class, which were pursuing solely monetary relief, and the merchants in the second class, which were seeking only injunctive relief. The court said the class seeking injunctive relief “were inadequately represented” because those merchants couldn’t opt out of the deal and they shared representation with the other class. The court added that the only apparent benefits to putting the competing claims into one class were higher fees for counsel and the ability of the defendants to pay a bundled group with a single payment. The court noted the $544.8 million in fees granted to lawyers, saying the firms stood to gain “enormously” if the deal was completed.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/court-rejects-visa-mastercard-settlement-with-retailers-2016-06-30

The controversial pending sale of a Harlem nursing home has led its owners to sue the state attorney general. The $32 million sale of The Greater Harlem Nursing Home was approved by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman in May. It has since been reversed after it was discovered the buyer, The Allure Group, allegedly tried to conceal its identity during the transaction. The Allure Group is currently under investigation by Schneiderman for buying the Rivington Street Nursing Home in New York, NY, and selling it for housing developments — and making $72 million in profit. That sale was permitted after the mayor’s office lifted deed restrictions, which designated the building be used strictly for a not-for-profit residential healthcare center. Schneiderman is now requiring the Harlem nursing home to disclose emails and other documents related to the blocked sale of its own facility, under suspicion Allure may be attempting to flip the property. A lawyer for the nursing home told the New York Post that despite the Attorney General’s concerns he has not given them “any indication whatsoever that any violation or any statute actionable or prosecutable has occurred” and should not be allowed to postpone the sale. Allure offered to buy the privately held Harlem nursing home in 2014 after the owners listed the property “after years of declining reimbursements from Medicare and Medicaid, increased operating costs, and declining patient populations,” according to court documents. The developer has offered to buy the 175-bed facility for more than $10 million over its appraised value.

https://www.mcknights.com/news/new-york-nursing-home-sues-ag-over-blocked-sale/

We would like to thank all our customers, partners and, of course, our own personnel for the year 2022 and wish everyone a peaceful Christmas season and prosperous year 2023! This year we donated the money set aside for Christmas gifts to charity. Personnel had a chance to select the cause to support and they chose Sylva Ry, which works to support children, young people and their families affected by cancer. "When a child, teenager or young adult falls ill with cancer, both the patient and their loved ones need practical information and support at different stages of the treatment path. Sylva Foundation offers support and activities to families of children with cancer, teenagers and young adults nationwide. Sylva Foundation is also an advocacy group. We are the voice of children, young people and young adults affected by cancer in society. The Sylva Foundation produces research information on the situation of cancer patients and their families. We influence political decision-makers by making initiatives and reform proposals to improve cancer treatment, social security and psychosocial support for children and young adults. We cooperate with the nursing staff of the cancer departments and offer professionals information, training and support." Read more about Sylva Foundation's activities on their website (in Finnish) and get to know how you too can help their important work. Janne Leinonen has joined Mipro's Board of Directors as of January 1, 2023. Leinonen completes Mipro's board again to five members. The other board members, Stiina Snäll, Inga Laine, Matti Laine and Osmo Wilska, will continue in their duties as usual until the next annual general meeting. In the beginning of next year, an internationally unique training program that aims to develop circular economy design capabilities, is starting in Finland. The Circular Design – a path towards circular economy -training program is the first program aimed at companies, which delves into the designing principles and practical solutions of circular economy. Design Forum Finland, under the Ministry of Environment, and circular economy specialist Ethica Oy and their partners, are responsible for implementing the program. In 2019, a modernisation project was started on the Tampere-Seinäjoki railway section, which is considered one of Finland's main railways. The interlocking of this track section is managed from the Western Finland centralised train control system (TAKO) supplied by Mipro.

https://www.mipro.fi/en/news/Happy-Christmas-2022/

An emergency fund is an essential part of any financial plan. It acts as a safety net in the event of unexpected expenses or job loss and can help you avoid debt. But what happens once you have an emergency fund? Should you invest it, or should you keep it in cash? However, it is also critical to consider the potential growth of your emergency fund. Keeping your emergency fund in a high-yield savings account is a great way to earn interest while keeping your money easily accessible. My emergency fund is currently held in high-yield savings accounts such as Maya, GCash Save, Climb, or a high-interest rural bank. These accounts typically offer higher interest rates than the national average, which means your money has a better chance of growing faster. Another option is to invest your emergency fund in low-risk investments such as bonds, which can provide a consistent and stable return while avoiding the high volatility of stocks. Regarding your emergency fund, the key is to strike a balance between accessibility and growth potential. You can ensure that your money is available when you need it while also allowing it to grow over time by keeping some of it in cash and some in low-risk investments. An emergency fund is essential to your financial plan and the key to financial security. You can ensure that your money is available when you need it while also allowing it to grow over time by carefully balancing accessibility and growth. Finally, never put all your emergency funds in a single bank account or investment asset. There is always the possibility that a bank or other establishment will go offline or restrict access to money when it is needed. It is best to spread your funds to reduce the possibility of losing access to them when you most need them.

https://www.moneyopportunity.net/2023/01/investing-your-emergency-fund-how-to.html

There was a time when every teenager’s bedroom had an Italian 125 on the wall and the very lucky ones even had one in the garage. These days the options are slim and the new Aprilia RS125 is a cool £4700 – even the Rieju RS3 125 is now £3499 – so there’s an obvious gap in the market. Enter the Motorini MT125RRi: a new sports 125 from the Italian-inspired brand. Now hold onto your cavallos; the Motorini isn’t actually built in Italy but it does have Italian style. It is in fact built in the Far East but that doesn’t mean it’s missing out on the latest tech. The MT125RRi is fuel injected and has combined braking (although it doesn’t have ABS). It’s got 30mm USD forks, reasonably fat tyres (140 rear) plus LED daytime running lights, while the smoked screen and colour-matched seat cover make things look extra sporty. If you want to be really flash, there’s a range of accessories plus a sports exhaust. Being L-plate friendly means being friendly for those who are totally new to biking and the Motorini shines here too. The seat height is just 770mm, which is 50mm lower than a Yamaha YZF-R125 and it’s just 130kg dry. The MT125RRi is powered by an air-cooled 125cc engine, so it should be pretty low maintenance, although that does mean it’s down on power compared to the big-brand rivals. The Motorini makes just 9hp, compared to the 15hp from everyone else, which is a big difference on such a little bike. However the Motorini has a trump card: brand new, it’s just £2199, so it’s less than half the price of the competition.

https://www.motorcyclenews.com/news/new-bikes/2017/august/motorini-mt125rri/

Man arrested in connection to mid-November homicide on Claiborne Ave. NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — On Thursday (Dec. 1st) the New Orleans Police Department and U.S. Marshalls arrested Michael Kirton in connection to a shooting turned homicide back in mid-November. Early Monday (Nov. 14) around 12:00 am, NOPD officers responded to a call of a shooting in the 1200 block of North Claiborne Avenue. At the scene, officers found two male victims suffering from gunshot wounds. Both victims were transported to the hospital via EMS where one of the male victims later died. A third victim, a female suffering from a gunshot wound, later arrived at another local hospital. Through further investigation, the NOPD says it was able to identify Kirton as the perpetrator. Detectives obtained an arrest warrant for Kirton on one count of second-degree murder and two counts of attempted second-degree murder. He was found in Avondale, Louisiana. Anyone with additional information on this incident is urged to contact NOPD Homicide Department at |||PHONE_NUMBER||| .

https://www.myarklamiss.com/louisiana-news/man-arrested-in-connection-to-mid-november-homicide-on-claiborne-ave/

Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Director Bob Cabana has spoken of his emotions during and after the final NASA Space Shuttle mission, ranging from launch day, through to seeing Atlantis return to her final resting place. Despite being known as a huge advocate of the transition to commercial launches, Mr Cabana chose to focus on the loss of the American icon that is the Shuttle. The retired USMC Colonel arrived at the spaceport expecting – as many did – for the weather to provide a stay of execution for what was to be the final shuttle launch. Once the Mission Management Team (MMT) Tanking/Weather brief decided to give the conditions a chance to provide a break in the weather, Mr Cabana noted how the enormity of the occasion started to hit home. “When I came to work (in the) morning prior to sunrise, I really didn’t think we were going to launch. I’m normally very optimistic about every launch attempt, but I really didn’t think the weather was going to cooperate,” he noted in a memo to the KSC teams (L2). With Atlantis’ External Tank (ET-138) fully loaded – notably without any of the issues which had challenged the talented KSC teams over recent years – the weather continued to show only a 40 percent chance of acceptable conditions at T-0. However, as the countdown continued to tick down, and with Atlantis’ crew now onboard the vehicle, only the Return To Launch Site (RTLS) weather – a requirement for acceptable conditions in the event of a serious issue during the early stages of the launch resulted in a risky abort to bring Atlantis around for a landing on the Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF) or bailout in the Atlantic – threatened to put pay to the attempt. “As the next six hours toward launch progressed, it seemed more and more likely that the weather was going to cooperate, that we had a shot at getting Atlantis off, but it wasn’t a given even till the very end,” Cabana recalled. In the end, the teams in the Firing Room made a decision to issue a waiver and trust the observations of the STS-128 commander, allowing for the final hurdle to be cleared for launch – or so they thought, as a failed indication to confirm the full retraction of the GOX Vent Arm held the countdown at T-31 seconds, with only a short four minute window to resolve. “Just to add a little more excitement to an already exciting event, the team flawlessly deals with a GLS (Ground Launch Sequencer) hold at 31 seconds, and gets Atlantis off with 58 seconds to spare,” added Mr Cabana, who continued by speaking about his emotions of the launch. “No matter how many launches I have seen, I am always touched by it, and I am always anxious. I breathe a little easier 2 minutes and 5 seconds into the flight when the solid rocket motors fall away. “I watch closely with our new cameras that enable us to monitor debris from the tank and can finally relax when MECO (Main Engine Cutoff) arrives with no anomalies. After Atlantis successfully made orbit, Mr Cabana had to face the teams responsible for the safe launch, knowing many of them had just come to the end of their careers. “Recognizing the launch control team post-launch was an emotional event. It’s hard when you have the finest group of professionals anywhere, who have dedicated so much of their lives to the success of America’s space program, and you know many of them would be leaving the firing room for the last time. “I would imagine that it was much the same after the last Apollo launch. It will be awhile before we staff the firing room to send astronauts on a mission of exploration from Complex 39 again, but just as it happened after Apollo, it is going to happen after Shuttle also. The overall feeling was one of pride for the workforce, who he feels – for the ones remaining at least – will be up for the challenge of the transition, based on their ability to overcome the challenges in their day to day jobs. “Words cannot express the pride I have in all of you and how privileged I feel to be part of this team at this time in history. This is not easy, and we have challenges in front of us. However, there’s no doubt in my mind that we will be successful, because I know what you’re capable of when you’re given a challenge and a mission to accomplish. You have demonstrated it time and again,” he added. In a second address after Atlantis’ return to Earth last week, Mr Cabana looked back over the entire history of the Space Shuttle Program, echoing a point made by NASA administrator Charlie Bolden – that the Shuttle will be admired for hundreds of years to come. “It’s bittersweet as Atlantis comes home where she will forever stay. I couldn’t have more pride in this Space Shuttle team for your service to KSC, NASA, and America. What this team has accomplished over the past 30 years will be talked about and admired for generations to come,” noted the four-time Shuttle astronaut. “We have accomplished what no one else has been able to do. The Space Shuttle program has launched, recovered, and repaired satellites; conducted cutting-edge scientific and medical research; and built the largest structure in space, the International Space Station. Specific to the teams which have cared for all of the NASA orbiters, Mr Cabana spoke openly about how the iconic ships and their teams will be sorely missed – a refreshing attitude compared to the recent NASA PR exercise of endorsing a fast-talking youtuber to gleefully compare the end of the program to that of a sitcom cancellation, accompanied by NASA leaders grinning and waving into the camera. “The people who dedicated so much of their lives to the orbiters, starting with Columbia and continuing with Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis, and Endeavour, are part of our family and will be greatly missed,” Mr Cabana wrote, as 1,500 of the KSC workforce were laid off at the end of last week. “The Space Shuttle is an American icon and resonates in the heart and soul of every one of us. Leaving a legacy is part of what drives every man and woman involved in the space program, and we have the unique opportunity to pass on a one-of-a-kind heritage. Mr Cabana did end on a positive note, putting his backing behind the United States to continue to use the inspiration of human space flight, which he is tasked with ensuring KSC is the lead center for such missions in the future. “It is hard to believe the final mission, that I said almost three years ago would soon be upon us, is finally here. But more than the Space Shuttle, it is human space flight that inspires us and the future explorers of tomorrow. (Images: Via L2, MaxQ Entertainment (Larry Sullivan and Brian Papke) and NASA.gov/NASA TV. Further articles on Atlantis will be produced during her down processing, driven by L2′s STS-135 Special Section which is continuing to folow the mission at MMT/MER level through to post flight IFA, surrounded by a wealth of FRR/PRCB/MER/MMT and SSP documentation/pressentations, videos, images and more.

https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/07/director-cabana-emotional-tribute-workforce/

Why Are NFTs so Expensive in 2023? Why Are NFTs so Expensive? Non-fungible tokens, also known as NFTs, are digital assets that have their own individual identity and cannot be exchanged for another asset that has the same characteristics. They frequently serve in the capacity of resembling virtual goods in the context of video games and other digital platforms. NFTs can fetch a higher price when traded or sold compared to the prices of traditional digital assets because of their one-of-a-kind nature. NFTs command a high price due to their limited availability. In contrast to other digital assets, such as bitcoin, the number of NFTs that can be created is capped at a certain threshold. Because of this, their value has increased, and there is a lot of demand for them. NFTs typically come with a significant amount of value attached to them, which is another factor contributing to the high cost of these instruments. For instance, a non-fungible token (NFT) could be used to symbolize a digital asset such as a piece of artwork or a character in a video game. The potential high value of these assets contributes to an increase in the price of the NFT. In addition, the fact that NFTs are still considered a relatively new technology contributes to their high cost. The uniqueness and scarcity of bored ape NFTs contribute to their high perceived value as collectibles. The fact that they are one of the very few known examples of an NFT that is not associated with a particular game or application contributes to their status as a novel form of a currency. This renders them less predictable and makes it more challenging to produce them, both of which contribute to an increase in their level of value. Due to their scarcity, there are only a very small number of them up for grabs on the market at any given time, and those that are up for grabs are typically purchased in a hurry. In addition, there are a number of positive aspects that make them an attractive investment. To begin, they provide a satisfactory rate of return on investment. They also exhibit low levels of volatility and are relatively stable overall. Because of the amount of energy and resources that are required for their production, non-fungible tokens are detrimental to the health of the environment. For instance, they frequently call for the use of specialized hardware and software that requires a significant amount of power. In addition to this, the distributed ledger network that underpins them can be extremely wasteful, as the processing of transactions requires a significant amount of energy. Non-fungible tokens, also known as NFTs, are a specific kind of digital asset that cannot be exchanged for other tokens because of their unrepeatable characteristics. In the context of gaming or virtual worlds, they are frequently utilized as a representation for digital assets or rights. On blockchains, NFTs are generated through the utilization of smart contracts, which make it possible for the production and administration of one-of-a-kind digital assets. After that, these assets can be bought, sold, or otherwise utilized within the context of the game or virtual world in which they were initially generated. Non-fungible tokens, also known as NFTs, are valuable due to the fact that no two of them will ever be identical. Each non-fungible token (NFT) is linked to a specific digital asset and comes with its own one-of-a-kind identifier. Because of this, they are ideally suited for the purpose of representing ownership of digital assets, such as copyrightable content, virtual land, and game items. Non-fungible tokens, also known as NFTs, are a type of digital asset that, in comparison to traditional cryptocurrencies, offer a greater degree of versatility in terms of its divisibility and transferability. Their demand, level of utility, and degree of scarcity all contribute to their value. NFTs are versatile tokens that can be used to represent a wide variety of valuable things, from virtual collectibles to physical assets. Due to the fact that they can be traded on decentralized exchanges, they provide an effective means of exchanging value without requiring the participation of a third party as a middleman. You will need to register for an account on a cryptocurrency trading platform before you can purchase NFTs. The next step is to fund your account with either bitcoin or ether by making a deposit. After that, locate the NFTs that you are interested in purchasing and submit a buy order for them. Non-fungible tokens, also known as NFTs, are a special kind of cryptocurrency that cannot be exchanged for other cryptocurrencies. This indicates that every NFT is one of a kind and carries its own particular value. NFTs are frequently employed as a representational mechanism for digital assets or collectibles. They are produced on blockchain platforms such as Ethereum, and smart contracts allow for their storage and transfer after they have been generated. On a number of different online exchanges, it is possible to purchase NFTs. Before choosing an exchange, it is essential to carry out adequate research because not all exchanges are built on the same foundation. Some exchanges provide a higher level of safety than others, and some have interfaces that are easier to navigate than others. There are a few different ways one can generate income using nft. Keeping one’s NFTs while anticipating a price increase is by far the most common strategy. You can also trade NFT on an exchange, which involves a higher level of risk but has the potential to result in greater profits. Developing a new asset and then trading it on an exchange is an additional method for making money with NFTs. Last but not least, another method of payment that can be used for nft is cash.

https://www.newshub360.net/why-are-nfts-so-expensive/

Guthrie, Gail S., of Dana Point died peacefully in her home on April 19th, 2009. She is survived by her husband, Marty, her mother, Helen, and her son David. Gail was born in Lynbrook Long Island and moved to Dana Point in 1977. She was a very special woman and will be missed dearly. The memorial service will be held on April 23rd at 10:00am at O’Connor Mortuary, 25301 Alicia Pkwy, Laguna Hills, CA. The burial will be immediately following the service at El Toro Memorial Park at 25751 Trabuco Road Lake Forest, CA 92630.

https://www.oconnormortuary.com/obituaries/gail-s-guthrie/

Lillian Doble Flarity, born February 24, 1928 in Detroit, Michigan, died on Sunday, April 24, 2016 at Saddleback Hospital after an extended illness. She was a graduate dietician who earned her B.S. in Home Economics at Wayne State University, but primarily was employed in scientific computer programming during her professional career. Her deceased husband, Earl Chaning Flarity, a professor at University of Detroit and contract negotiator at J.P.L. Pasadena, preceded her in death in 1982. She is survived by her daughter, The Rev. Dr. Katherine St. John, and her brother, Arthur V. Doble, Esq. Donations may be sent to the Braille Institute.

https://www.oconnormortuary.com/obituaries/lillian-doble-flarity/

The Norton Museum will spend the season in a space considerably smaller than what it’s used to. Since July, the museum has squeezed into 31,523 square feet of gallery and other public space, less than half of the 66,861 square feet it filled before construction closed off a large part of the building. Things are likely to stay that way until its $100 million Norman Foster-designed expansion is completed in December 2018. The shrinkage has required adjustments in the way art is displayed, programs are conducted and visitors navigate the facility. For Executive Director and CEO Hope Alswang, there was no alternative to staying open during construction. To squelch possible complaints about visitors not getting their money’s worth, the museum scrapped the admission charge throughout construction. July through September attendance jumped by about 16 percent over the same period last year. The increase isn’t due only to the freebie. “We realized it’s important to have reasons for people to come back and keep visiting even though we’re a smaller size,” Deputy Director James Brayton Hall said. To keep appetites whetted, the museum has increased programming, experimented with new ways to exhibit art, streamlined traffic flow and adapted spaces to new uses. The large, versatile King Gallery is dedicated to changing exhibitions. That’s where shows such as the RAW Svenja Deininger and the Rudin Prize for Emerging Photographers exhibitions will be held. Small, focused shows dubbed Spotlight installations are shown in an intimate gallery next door. They showcase recent acquisitions and present particular works in greater depth. In the rest of the galleries, collections that used to span several galleries now are confined to one or two rooms. “Each curator has to focus on the things that matter most to tell the story of the museum and come up with an installation that’s the most engaging,” said Cheryl Brutvan, director of curatorial affairs and curator of contemporary art. For example, in the contemporary art gallery, she concentrated on landscapes and works that stress materials, with pieces such as Richard Tuttle’s tactile mixed media Beethoven Stop on the Way to Egypt and Teresita Fernandez’s graphite and pencil seascape Nocturnal (Rise and Fall). Some ideas tested now, such as more video installations and a dramatic presentation of the Chinese collection, could turn up in the new facility. The stepped-up events schedule includes new programs such as an art and book club and a one-act playreading series presented by Boca Raton-based Theatre Lab. The Norton also is increasing the number of existing programs, such as Family Studios, now held every Saturday. The Fisher Gallery, once used for changing exhibitions, has been converted into an event space with improved acoustics and carpeting, for concerts, lectures, film screenings and other activities. Studio programs have moved to a converted gallery. The Norton is making better use of outdoor areas, such as the Central Courtyard and east lawn, for events. To improve traffic flow, once-covered doors to the courtyard have been opened up. More restrooms have been added and a turn-around on Olive Avenue scheduled for completion in early November will shorten the distance to the temporary entrance for passengers on the shuttle from the parking lot. Everyone on staff is looking forward to the day the expansion is completed. But in the meantime, they’re discovering aspects they like about the smaller facility. Popular events such as the weekly Art After Dark are much cozier. “It’s like hosting a party where you see each and every guest while you’re walking around,” Education Curator Glenn Tomlinson said.

https://www.palmbeachdailynews.com/story/entertainment/arts/2016/10/16/norton-museum-finds-creative-ways/9641120007/

The way things were shaping up, it looked like he was going to be the odd man out of the Boston Red Sox starting rotation. To solve the dilemma of having six pitchers for five spots, Brad Penny appeared to be the one who was either going to be traded or sent to the bullpen. Given the way Penny is throwing as the No. 5 starter, however, is doesn’t look like he will be going anywhere any time soon. Signed to a one-year, $5 million contract after struggling with a shoulder injury as a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers last season, Penny is off to a 6-2 start with the Red Sox. In his past two starts, Penny has not allowed an earned run and scattered nine hits in 11 innings against the New York Yankees and Florida Marlins. With John Smoltz set to join the rotation next week, the Red Sox are planning to use a six-man staff for the time being. At some point, a struggling Daisuke Matsuzaka could be sent to the bullpen, cementing a spot in the rotation for Penny. Penny has made the decision even tougher with his strong showing of late. He is 3-1 with a 3.12 earned run average in the last six starts. After dealing with shoulder tendinitis that limited him to 17 games with the Dodgers a year ago, Penny’s fastball is improving with every start with the Red Sox. Though Penny struggled with his control and walked four in his five innings, throwing 100 pitches, he gave up only three hits before four relievers put the finishing touches on the Red Sox’s 12th win in 15 games. “The velocity is back where it was when I was 21,” said Penny. “I feel really strong. I think that was one of my problems tonight with my command. I felt a little too good. The last two games back-to-back have been the best I’ve felt in probably five years. Penny kept pitching against the Marlins, one of his former teams, despite being hit in the chest by a drive off the bat of Jeremy Hermida that wound up ending the first inning. “I don’t know how he stayed in that game and pitched,’’ Francona said. “I thought he got a little stiff (in the chest). I don’t know how he did it. He’s a tough kid. Penny would prefer the Red Sox to remain with a five-man rotation, but he understands the temporary solution of using all six starters once Smoltz joins the staff next week in Washington. “There’s a place for everyone,’’ he said. “If you get traded or you’re here, I think there’s a place for you to pitch. It’s a great thing that we have, all this pitching.

https://www.patriotledger.com/story/sports/pro/2009/06/18/brad-penny-continues-to-make/40271208007/

Athletes are among the most common strangers idolized. Children — adults even — look up to the stars of today. Even the biggest athletes had to look up to someone, too. Lynn used his 40-year career in broadcast journalism — that included three regional Edward R. Murrow Awards and seven Oregon Sportscaster of the Year awards — to get access to the most prominent names in sports, past and present. a basketball standout for Lincoln, watched the Thornridge teams from afar, never meeting them in the state tournament. However, he did get a taste of basketball royalty at the Pekin Holiday Tournament. Pekin great Donn Deputy showed the Lincoln Railsplitter a thing or two about high school basketball dominance. While writing “Thornridge,” Lynn was diagnosed with stage three colon cancer. He had emergency life-saving surgery. He also had his passion project. When the chemicals from chemotherapy were being pumped into his blood, he used his book as an escape. Finally, after bouts of chemotherapy and hours of writing, the book was done. Initially, the answer was a simple “no.” He was still undergoing chemotherapy and working countless hours at an Oregon radio station. Time was sparse. He also knew he would soon fall victim of layoffs at the station. He needed a contingency plan. He wanted to talk to these athletes while he had credentials. He used every dinner, golf outing and event to ask the athletes who they looked up to as children. The question took the athletes back in time. Lynn’s foreshadowing was correct. On Aug. 13, 2013, he was laid off from the radio station, soon after his wife was laid off from her job. The couple took an early retirement. It was finally time to transcribe his interviews. The book was finally finished, with athletes such as Steph Curry, Alex Morgan, Walt Frazier, Ozzie Smith, Ken Griffey Jr. and other prominent stars completely candid. There were no agents, marketers or representatives, it was completely authentic. Yet another hurdle came up. Lynn lost some of the biggest names in his book because he did not have written consent from the athlete. He took them back to their childhood and had them recorded, but couldn’t use the interviews. He needed to contact the athletes again to get their written consent. As a result, he lost close to 50 interviews. Nonetheless, Lynn is happy with how his book turned out. Most athletes go far beyond the question and answer format. Almost all of them have anecdotes that give readers an inside look at their personality. At 6 p.m. Wednesday, Lynn will be at the Peoria Barnes and Noble on Big Hallow Road for a question and answer sesssion and book signing.

https://www.pekintimes.com/story/sports/2016/04/13/taking-look-at-sports-idols/31980832007/

We look at patients from many different angles and organize strategies around our analytics. For example, some of us utilize A, B, C classification systems based on compliance and payment behavior. But we may not spend as much time considering generational differences as we should. Better consumer psychology leads to more effective and targeted strategies to engage our patients throughout their experience with us. And a 24-year old patient doesn’t see the world the same way as their grandparents. If we don’t know what works best for one demographic over another, we end up frustrated and less effective in managing our patients. About 70 million people classify as Baby Boomers, which makes this generation the largest consumer segment. Born between 1946 and 1964 during the post-World-War II baby boom, they’re going to be with us for a long time yet. The 18-year span also means we may see parents and their children both considered Baby Boomers. IMPACT: With 40% of the market share falling into their hands, we’re typically going to see these patients more than most. Marketing techniques and communication channels that impact them most will give our practices strategic boosts. We can customize campaigns and reminder methods that connect and keep them flowing through our operatories with smart technology tools. Surprisingly, search engines significantly outweigh social media as the best way to reach new Baby Boomer consumers. Google Maps listings and local search results carry weight, and we need simple, smart ways to stay at the top. The Baby Boomer generation holds about 70% of the disposable income in the U.S., and they’re likely to accumulate more. As their parents pass on, experts predict those Baby Boomers will inherit about $13 trillion in the coming years. As assets appreciate and new investment opportunities arise, this wealth may continue to see exponential growth. IMPACT: As a general rule, this generation has more resources to spend on discretionary purchases. But many of them still have financial concerns; 65% of boomers are still paying off credit card debt. Regardless, Baby Boomers may choose to support healthcare for their extended families, including grandchildren. Additionally, 50% are using their retirement savings to help their adult children, and that trend will likely accelerate. Providing patient portals with payment options and capabilities helps them efficiently manage expenditures. Baby Boomers welcomed the first black-and-white and color TVs, and they’re more comfortable with technology than we may think– 96% of Baby Boomers use search engines , 95% use email, and 92% shop for products and services online rather than in brick-and-mortar stores. The majority of them own smartphones and use them an average of five hours daily, but may not spend time on TikTok like their grandchildren. Smart brands know how to meet them in the right places. IMPACT: Digital tools with an intuitive user experience feel comfortable to Baby Boomers, and they expect businesses to offer them. The majority spend time reading blogs, and 70% enjoy watching videos about products and services. Facebook tends to be a favorite social media platform with this crowd. They like convenience, and they quit booking hotel reservations via phone long ago. Online appointment scheduling, mobile-friendly websites, and text reminders don’t just belong to Millennials. Translated to our dental practices, an integrated digital framework isn’t optional. A fierce disagreement exists in some circles over who owns the infamous “me” generation label. Millennials may find themselves unfairly perceived as self-centered, irresponsible, and lazy. But Baby Boomers came of age during the 1960s and ‘70s, a time some writers dubbed the rise of “narcissism.” Regardless, Baby Boomers appreciate independence and free choice in every aspect of their lives. IMPACT: Dentistry allows people to choose care that enhances their lives and provides a sense of control over the future. As a trusted source of healthcare information, we can guide them towards dental solutions they haven’t considered yet. We can also meet their service expectations with pre-appointment comfort surveys that personalize their care. Or we can show possibilities by eliminating barriers through teledentistry virtual appointments. Baby Boomers put more of a premium than their parents did on their health, and medical technology continues to increase the quality and quantity of their lives. This generation values active lifestyles, including socialization with friends and family. People tend to report they feel about 20% younger than they really are, according to a Michigan State study of 500,000 people, and this perception accelerates with age. Beginning at age 50, many say they feel about 10 years younger. IMPACT: Baby Boomers don’t necessarily consider themselves an aging population, and they’re interested in every opportunity to maintain their wellness. More than 36 million Americans are completely edentulous, and 120 million are missing at least one tooth. This statistic is projected to grow in the next twenty years. Our practices can educate patients on the benefits of implants and the links between oral and general health. Email workflows, interactive website assessments, and active social media campaigns create steady engagement and move patients towards treatment. As the Baby Boomer population marches forward, they’ll continue to constitute a vital part of our practices for many more years. The recommendations they give their friends will drive their influence further down the road; the resources they leave behind for their families will fund more choices for the next generation. Legwork understands the dynamic consumer psychology evolving throughout society today, and the role smart digital tools play for effective patient engagement. Baby Boomers value a complex mix of technology, convenience, independence, and wellness. We’re poised to offer dentistry and service that helps patients experience healthcare that enriches their next phase of life. Learn more about what this demographic is looking for in a dentist by tuning into our webinar discussion with a panel of Baby Boomer patients.

https://www.planetdds.com/blog/beyond-the-tooth-5-insights-about-baby-boomers-and-why-it-matters/

HARRISBURG (AP) — When the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board convenes its inaugural meeting this week, its seven members will face two lawsuits filed Friday attacking the constitutionality of the slot-machine gambling law passed in July. A coalition led by Pennsylvanians Against Gambling Expansion Fund Inc. wants the state Supreme Court to invalidate the law and prevent the board from meeting. They claim the law violates provisions of the state constitution requiring laws to address a single subject and to resemble the bill's original purpose. "The original bill, in a timeframe that figuratively represents a legislative millisecond (the Fourth of July weekend), was transmogrified ... to the totally unprecedented massive legalization of casino slot machine gambling and the concomitant conversion of the (state) to the second-largest gambling Mecca in the country," the 38-page complaint states. PAGE Fund Inc. president Michael Geer said the significant impact that gambling is expected to have on the state makes it all the more important that it be adopted properly. "The fact is, the law was railroaded through with a lack of scrutiny," Geer said. Also Friday, Pittsburgh developer Charles J. Betters filed his second legal attack, suing in Commonwealth Court over the law's allowance for the rebates of license fees — as much as $50 million — if the Legislature makes certain significant changes to the law within 10 years. Betters' previously filed federal lawsuit also is pending. "The Pennsylvania Constitution does not empower the General Assembly to bind a future General Assembly to prevent them from amending, altering or repealing a law by the imposition of future payments to a third party," said David Kosick, Betters' spokesman. The legal maneuvering is the latest in a series of hurdles that slot-machine gambling has encountered in the five months since it was approved. Gov. Ed Rendell pulled his first nominee for board chairman, another appointment was the subject of a state-court lawsuit, and the Legislature passed a set of amendments that Rendell recently vetoed. For his new chairman, Rendell named Thomas A. "Tad" Decker, formerly the managing partner of the massive Philadelphia law firm, Cozen O'Connor. Decker will convene the board for a two-day meeting starting Tuesday at the Pennsylvania State Museum in Harrisburg. Business at the board's first meeting, he said, will include the beginnings of a search for office space, adoption of a benefit plan, and the start of recruitment for an executive director, general counsel and chief of the bureau of investigations and enforcement. It's unclear when the first slot machines will be operational. "I'd be prejudging things to give you my own perspective. We're still working on it," he said Friday, pointing out that some of the timetable is beyond the board's control. "It's not just what the board does, it's also what the operators are going to be able to do," he said. Besides Decker, the board includes a judge, two health care executives, a former NFL referee, a retired FBI agent and a former Democratic state representative. They will earn $145,000, plus $5,000 more for Decker. Secretary of State Pedro Cortes will swear them in. Some of the board's groundwork was laid in recent months by the Revenue Department, which convened several workshops on gambling's implementation. Consultants who made some of those presentations will address the board.

https://www.poconorecord.com/story/news/2004/12/12/lawsuits-in-mix-for-upstart/51052940007/

Now that two years of data from California’s new standardized tests are available, we are better able to evaluate the progress that students—particularly economically disadvantaged students and English Learners—are making in the wake of the state’s recent reforms, which include a new funding system, curriculum, and standardized tests. PPIC researcher Iwunze Ugo will outline the findings from a new report.

https://www.ppic.org/event/student-achievement-and-growth-on-californias-k-12-assessments/

With more than 60 years of experience in producing illumination devices for bikes, it’s not difficult to understand how Cateye has become virtually synonymous with bike lights. Founded in 1964, in Osaka, Japan, the company produced the first flashing lamp for a bike. Since then, their range and expertise may have expanded, but what hasn’t changed is the brand’s desire to innovate and lead the industry. Cateye’s bike lights are bright and reliable enough to be used season after season. Whether it’s a powerful headlight—like the Volt 1700—to illuminate dark country lanes or something a bit smaller and simpler to ensure your seen while commuting—like the popular AMPP 400—there’s something to suit all sorts of riders’ needs. If it’s only a rear light you need to keep you seen and safe, there’s plenty of options from lights to attach to your seat post to wearables. Cateye might be best known for their lights, but they were also among the first companies to release a bike computer. If you’re looking to track critical metrics and have a record of your rides, so you can keep a keen eye on your performance then these might just be the computers for you. They may not be the most high-tech cycling computers on the market, but if you simply want something that won’t let you down, the range is well worth consideration.

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Supporters of legislation meant to protect renters held a rally at the Oregon State Capitol in Salem. If a group that rallied at the state capitol in Salem Thursday has its way, Oregon lawmakers will take up two major pieces of legislation designed to improve rights for renters next year. Advocates say they want to limit the amount of money landlords could increase rent each year and they want to make it harder for landlords to evict tenants. Anna Blackman is a Certified Nurses Assistant who lives in Springfield, Oregon. She said she and her husband were kicked out of their home with little warning. "I had a landlord that gave us notice simply because we were not getting along with our neighbors,” Blackman said. “She said we were very good tenants but she didn't want to deal with the problems with the bad neighbors that we had." The possible legislation has received the backing of Democratic House Speaker Tina Kotek. Housing developers are expected to oppose the measures.

https://www.spokanepublicradio.org/regional-news/2016-09-22/renters-rights-highlighted-in-state-capitol-rally

“Developmentally appropriate practice” (DAP), a world-renown framework coined and promoted by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) and adopted by many countries globally, has become an emblem of effective methods for promoting optimal development and learning in children. However, despite its widespread contributions to and popularity in the early childhood (EC) field at both local and global levels, DAP has not been without criticism. This chapter endeavors to better understand the DAP framework by critically analyzing its four iterations over the last nearly four decades (since the inception of the very first NAEYC position statement on DAP in 1986). We first provide an overview of the origin and definition of DAP, followed by a brief history of DAP in terms of its conceptualization, evolution, and advancement over time. We then deconstruct DAP’s contributions and limitations as a local and universal educational framework by analyzing affirmations and criticisms of specific aspects of the earlier versions of the DAP position statement and book by scholars. We also examine research on translating DAP beliefs into practice by EC teachers in the United States and other cultural contexts. Finally, we discuss the inappropriateness of applying the DAP framework as a universal model of effective EC practices to other socially and culturally incompatible contexts.

https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/mono/10.4324/9781003274865-4/developmentally-appropriate-practice-early-childhood-education-jennifer-chen-philip-hui-li?context=ubx&refId=b131aa7d-bd0e-495e-afa3-278d035b26f6

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The Government of Belize (GOB) has decided to delay the delivery of a promise contained in its Plan Belize campaign manifesto to revert the public service to having Permanent Secretaries instead of Chief Executive Officers. The announcement came this week via an update on negotiations between GOB and the Joint Union Negotiating Team (JUNT) comprised of the Belize National Teachers Union (BNTU), Association of Public Sector Senior Manager (APSSM), and Public Service Union (PSU). The JUNT explained that at the meeting with Prime Minister John Briceño; Deputy Prime Minister Cordel Hyde; Minister of Education Francis Fonseca; Minister of Public Service and Constitutional Reform Henry Charles Usher; and Financial Secretary Joseph Waight, the government took the position to wait for advice from the People’s Constitution Commission (PCC). GOB also said that the Unions were free to use their seat on the PCC to make recommendations on the matter. Following the announcement, The Reporter spoke with Cesar Ross, head of the Good Governance Unit in the Ministry of the Public Service, Constitutional and Political Reform, and Religious Affairs, who said that GOB was exercising prudent judgment by awaiting word from the PCC. The public service employed the use of Permanent Secretaries up until the Said Musa administration of 1998, when the CEO system was introduced. The functions of the Permanent Secretaries and the CEO were essentially the same. The main differences between the two roles were the requirements. The post of Permanent Secretaries was given to long-standing members of the public service that had operated within the ranks of their ministry and, as such, had institutional knowledge of the Ministry itself as opposed to just the ministry’s mandate. Permanent Secretaries also enjoyed more stable job tenure as the appointment and/or firing of a permanent secretary was a process governed by the Public Service Regulations, not the political will. This process ensured continuity across successive government administrations. CEOs, alternatively, are contract workers who are not required to have a public service background and who can be replaced with the expiration of a government administration. In the “NURTURING THE NATIONAL CONSCIENCE” section, Page 34 of plan Belize, the People’s United Party (PUP) pledged to “Revert to Permanent Secretaries, i.e., senior career public officers, as accounting officers of the Ministries,” among several other good governance promises.

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Lois Catherine Heimerl, age 84, of Hilbert, died on Saturday, December 3, 2022 at Willowdale Health and Rehabilitation Center in New Holstein. She was born December 22, 1937 at St. Elizabeth Hospital in Appleton, daughter of the late Peter & Irma (Mueller) Koehler. Lois married Delvin Heimerl on May 7, 1960 at St. Mary Catholic Church in Hilbert; he preceded her in death on November 26, 2014. During her life, Lois dedicated 41 years working at Tecumseh Products until her retirement in 2000. Lois actively lived her faith, both in her church and in the community. She was an active member of St. Mary Catholic Church in Hilbert and devoted uninterrupted time praying the Rosary. It was at St. Mary that she was also involved with the Christian Women and volunteered time with Meals on Wheels and the Hilbert Meal Site. As a Faithful Woman of the Gospel outreach in her community, Lois belonged to the Eagle’s Club where she devoted countless hours for the annual blood drive. When she wasn’t serving the people around her, she looked forward to puzzles, playing dominoes, dice games and games of cards with friends, family and those she loved. She is survived by her sister: Janice Kolbe; and her faithful caretakers who tended to both Delvin and Lois’ needs and concerns throughout their lives, Sheila Oakley and her family. She is further survived by nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. She is preceded in death by her parents; and her husband, Delvin. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11:00 am on Friday, December 9, 2022 at St. Mary Catholic Church (108 S. 6th St.) in Hilbert with Rev. Michael Betley officiating. Burial will follow in the Parish Cemetery. Friends may call at the church from 10:00 am until 11:00 am on Friday, December 9, 2022. We are very sorry to hear of Lois's passing. She was a dear lady .

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A major conference hosted by the University of Winchester in September will explore how Nelson Mandela’s commitment to and understanding of freedom might help us to navigate our way through our current challenging times. Freedom in a Fractured World: Sustaining the Legacy of Nelson Mandela forms part of a quartet of major conference events taking place in the USA, Kenya and South Africa this year as part of high-profile celebrations to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of the inspirational South African leader. Pumeza Mandela, Education Manager, Nelson Mandela Museum. The conference programme also includes a presentation by Dr Mark Owen , Director of the University’s Centre for Religion, Reconciliation and Peace and the first showing of a film by BA (Hons) Film Production students about the University’s recent exchange visit to the Nelson Mandela Museum. Pupils from Frogmore Junior School in Camberley and Winchester initial teacher training students, some of whom took part in the recent exchange visit, will share their perspective on the ongoing impact of Mandela’s legacy. The University has been invited to host the conference by the Nelson Mandela Museum based in Qunu, South Africa: Winchester is the first university in the UK to partner with the Museum and to collaborate on joint teaching and research activities, study visits and an exchange programme. “This event will bring together professionals from many social organisations, including schools, to consider Mandela’s values and their significance for our and future generations,” said Matthew Lowden, Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Education, Health and Social Care, who is organising the conference.

https://www.winchester.ac.uk/news-and-events/press-centre/media-articles/university-of-winchester-conference-celebrates-100th-anniversary-of-nelson-mandelas-birth.php

RALEIGH — Carolina Power and Lightworkers spend a lot of time training for weather-related disasters. But, some customers wonder if the power company should do even more. CP&L has a massive workforce ready to restore your electricity. Few customers will dispute that. But some have said they wish the company would do a better job taking calls about power outages. CP&L is well-known among power companies for the way it trains workers to handle the loss of major transmission lines. "You could have a tornado in your control area, and it can cause part of your system to black out. It's very important, in order to keep those transmission maintenance people safe and in order to make the customer outage time as short as possible, for them to know these system restoration principles," said senior engineer Sammy Roberts. But, some CP&L customers wish the company would spend more time handling their calls when severe weather strikes. In Wake County, Johnnie Johnson says she called CP&L about a power outage more than a half dozen times during theChristmas ice storm. "We kept calling and calling and got no answer. I called a couple of my neighbors, and they were having the same experience. They were getting a recorded message too," said Johnson. CP&L admits it came up short during the ice storm but says that was an exception to the rule because so many of its people were out of town. "We had a challenge getting them back in here as quickly as we needed to in order to answer the phones. Therefore, for the first 24 hours of the storm, it was a challenge. We have learned from that," said Tucker Mann, customer service center director. CP&L's new procedure before any holiday includes having a master list of where it can reach any vacationing customer service representatives. The company's customer service center has a capacity of close to 300 phone lines, and during a storm, it can handle up to 5,000 calls an hour.

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Two of professional wrestling's greatest grapplers once wanted to square off on the biggest stage, but they weren't able to go through with the match. Kurt Angle revealed this week that he once chased down one of pro wrestling's ultimate dream matches for a WrestleMania, but it wasn't possible in the end because of his opponent's health. Angle took questions about his decorated pro wrestling career, which included 13 world championships and an induction into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2017, at a virtual signing with K&S WrestleFest this past Sunday morning. During the Q&A session, Angle was told that Bret Hart recently said during his own K&S WrestleFest signing that one of his regrets was never getting to wrestle Angle in his prime. Angle and Hart are widely regarded as two of the best technical and submission wrestlers in pro wrestling history, with their respective Sharpshooter and Ankle Lock holds becoming two of the most well-known finishers in the business. But the two wrestlers' careers passed like ships in the night: Hart's career suddenly slowed down after he received a severe concussion during a match with Goldberg at WCW's Starrcade event in 1999 and then he had a stroke in 2002. Angle debuted in the WWF in November 1999 and began getting involved in the main event scene the next year, winning the WWE Championship from The Rock. "I wanted to get him at Mania, but by then with his stroke and him getting a concussion and everything it just wasn't going to work," Angle said, although he didn't clarify which WrestleMania he was referencing. Alas, in the age of pro wrestling dream matches, Angle vs. Hart is one that must remain left up to fans' imaginations.

https://www.wrestlinginc.com/1114923/kurt-angle-says-wwe-tried-to-make-huge-dream-match-happen/

Whether you're returning from a trip abroad or a stay cation down the street, you'll want to find a creative way to preserve your vacation memories. One idea is to create a display box filled with mementos from your trip. To get started, gather any tickets, maps, postcards, and other small items that you collected during your travels. Once you have everything gathered, begin arranging the items in the box in a way that tells a story. For example, you might start with a map of your destination, followed by tickets and postcards from the places you visited. As you arrange the items, be sure to leave some empty space so that you can add new mementos in the future. With a little effort, you can create a beautiful and unique display that will help your vacation memories last forever.

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What Are Warren Buffett’s Investment Principles? Buffett understands how to generate profits on his stock investments, and if you follow these guidelines, you might, too! If we know anything about Warren Buffett, the CEO and Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, it is that he is an investing genius. Despite his generous charitable contributions, Buffett is the world’s fifth richest person, and there is definitely much to be learned from him. He believes in value investing, which entails purchasing companies that are trading for less than their true value and then holding them for the long term. This investment attitude has enabled him and his company to navigate through periods of inflation and an economic slump with relative ease. Aside from adhering to the value investing theory, Buffett has a set of standards for selecting the ideal firms to invest in. Let’s dissect these criteria and see how we might apply them to our own financial decisions. This is Buffett’s first and most essential investment rule. This criterion is more concerned with the investor’s attitude than with market movements. It doesn’t imply you can’t suffer loss; after all, even Buffett suffers from it. Instead, he excels at living on a limited budget. He has lived in the same house since 1958 and always gets McDonald’s for breakfast. His frivolous spending habits should serve as a warning not only to those wishing to invest like him but also to people who manage their own enterprises. We must be careful with our money if we want to become and remain wealthy, as Warren Buffett has done. This guideline instructs investors to focus on protecting their investment by selecting companies/products about which they are well-versed. While certain firms or projects may appear to be incredibly profitable, it is dangerous to invest in them if you do not completely understand what they want to accomplish. Buffett has a track record of discovering well-rounded firms and then sticking with them for a long time. Berkshire Hathaway, for example, has held onto its Coca-Cola interests for the past 34 years. Holding onto the stock has proven extraordinarily lucrative for Buffett, with Coca-Cola stocks providing returns for his firm of 5810% after reinvested dividends. With this technique working so well for Buffett, it’s no surprise he recommends others follow suit. “If you’re not willing to hold a stock for ten years, don’t even consider holding it for ten minutes,” he advises. There may be occasions when you observe a stock performing so well that borrowing and investing in it appear to be the best option. However, keep in mind that every stock transaction carries some level of risk. Even if a stock is performing well right now, its value can plummet and land you in debt if you purchase it with borrowed funds. Furthermore, if you buy stock using borrowed money, your focus will be on returning the money rather than developing a long-term strategy to generate the highest profits, which contradicts the prior guideline. Buffett’s final piece of advice is to avoid following the herd when making investment decisions. To be a good investor, you must rely on your own market experience. What Buffett is attempting to convey here is that when a large number of investors believe positively about a specific stock, the price will rise. If you buy such a stock, you will wind up overpaying and not receiving similar returns. This is related to the concept of value investing, which involves selecting stocks with high intrinsic value that are currently trading at a lower price. It is crucial to emphasize here that you should not try to be different for the sake of being different, but rather follow your instincts rather than do what others are doing. Buffett’s perfect stock market career does not exclude him from suffering financial setbacks from time to time. Buffett lost US$23 billion during the 2008 crisis, and his company’s profits fell by 62% that year. Buffett’s experiences should teach you that investing requires continuous learning and relearning, and that, ultimately, it comes down to taking calculated risks when deciding which firms to invest in. To make a buying decision, thoroughly research the stock you wish to invest in and rely on your own judgment. Hopefully, you’ll be on your way to being the next financial tycoon!

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The practice of inappropriate communication about the work of the media continues even from the President of the Government. To a journalist’s question whether Prime Minister Kovacevski will distance himself from Ahmeti in the context of the statement that he labels the media, Kovacevski said: “I believe that Mr. Ahmeti made that statement based on facts, and you will have to ask him for an explanation.” Since I also have my personal opinion about the media, I can give my personal opinion on how some media behave. As far as I am concerned, I can say that there are media in the country whose editorial policy resembles a company that trades in energy, and there is also a media whose editorial policy resembles a party’s communication department. Suppose politicians and public officials believe that certain media content is not in accordance with the Code of Ethics for journalists. In that case, they can submit a complaint to the media self-regulatory bodies, i.e., the Council of Honor at AJM and the Council for Ethics in the Media of Macedonia. This kind of narrative initiated by the prime minister is a severe form of pressure on journalists and the media, which discredits them and discourages them from dealing with topics of public interest. This kind of attitude by Prime Minister Kovacevski is unprofessional and highly unacceptable because today, we reacted to the scandalous statement to the media of his coalition partner Ahmeti. This practice of inappropriate communication can threaten the safety of journalists and media workers, thereby encouraging censorship in a broader context. We remind you that public officials and other representatives of the Government should have a higher degree of tolerance when they have public criticism of their work. At the same time, the professional standards of the journalistic profession are met.

https://znm.org.mk/en/ajm-unprecedented-labeling-of-the-media-by-prime-minister-kovacevski/

Conversations are key to building community support to hold law enforcement accountable to stop the unlawful use of lethal force in our communities. On June 19th we released our new report, Deadly Force, which reveals that not only does the U.S. government fail to track how many people are killed by law enforcement officers each year, but also that not one of the 50 U.S. states or Washington, D.C. complies with international law and standards on the use of lethal force. For decades, Amnesty International has worked to hold police accountable for respecting human rights, and we’ve taken on that work with renewed energy since the protests in Ferguson began last summer. Protests have sparked conversations that have ignited a movement, showing us all the power of communities coming together for justice and human rights. Today we are releasing a Conversation Toolkit to support Amnesty members in reaching out to more people to support the movement to hold law enforcement accountable to stop the unlawful use of lethal force. The best conversations are those in which we learn from each other, we build and strategize together, and we are moved to action. Inside this toolkit there is more background about the Deadly Force report, as well as tips and tools for hosting a community Conversation about the human rights issues at stake, about state-specific challenges, and about solutions. Click here for Toolkit. Click here for Resources. Click here for full report, Deadly Force: Police Use of Lethal Force in the U.S.

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A series of 110 children, ranging in age from 2 days to 4 yr and in weight from 2.4 to 12.9 kg, underwent total surgical correction of complicated heart defects with the aid of profound hypothermia and total circulatory arrest. Combined surface and core cooling, in conjunction with light general anesthesia, proved to be a safe and effective method to provide optimal working conditions for the surgeon. The technic of coolong and rewarming, as well as hemodynamic and metabolic parameters monitored, are important, and factors such as type of heart defect, age, weight should be considered in relation to postoperative morbidity and mortality.

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Automobiles are vehicles that are designed to transport people and things. Most definitions of automobiles say that they are four-wheeled motor vehicles that seat one to eight passengers. Nevertheless, many people use the term “automobile” to refer to motorcycles. This is an unfortunate misunderstanding. The origins of the automobile can be traced back to the mid-Victorian era when Frenchman Ernest Michaux invented the first motorcycle. The automobile was an answer to the dreams of self-propelling carriages that were envisioned by the early nineteenth century. In addition to being a practical transportation solution, the automobile was also an enormous leap in automotive knowledge and technology. During this time, manufacturers began to incorporate new materials and industrial materials into the designs of the automobiles. One example is chrome, which transformed headlamps, grilles, instrument panels, and many other car elements. Chrome also changed how vehicles were built. Initially, pedal cycles were called bicycles. These were often equipped with spark ignition engines and pedals. Eventually, these were converted into motorcycles. Many modern scooters also feature pedal-operated gear changing. Motorcycles were designed to be self-propelled, though power is occasionally transmitted by belts or shafts. Unlike cars, which can be propelled by the driver, the rider of a motorcycle must wear a helmet. Also, the number of passengers is limited. A typical bike can accommodate two passengers. Modern automobiles are more complex than their predecessors, and a great deal of research and development is needed to produce them. Manufacturers strive to keep their products efficient and affordable. They also need to make sure that their vehicles are safe for riders and for the environment. To meet these goals, the industry has adopted thousands of parts and subsystems. Automobiles can be categorized into two main categories: street and sport. Street motorcycles are designed for riding on paved roads. They have smooth tires and tread patterns. Their transmissions typically have four to six speeds. Often, the rear wheel brake is engaged by a foot pedal. Some are equipped with automatic clutches. Typically, a motorbike is equipped with a single-cylinder engine that produces 125 cubic centimeters or more. Sport bikes, on the other hand, can be characterized as being designed for racing. They generally feature larger wheels and speed limits of up to 125 miles per hour. They are usually made by companies such as Honda, Yamaha, and Harley-Davidson. There are even electric street motorcycles available today. Today, automobiles are a global industry. Worldwide, about 70 million passenger cars are manufactured each year. Approximately half of these are produced by foreign automakers. Since the end of the Asian financial crisis, automobile sales have increased. Overall, the global automotive market is booming. According to Auto Sales Trends, there is a 5-10 percent growth in vehicle ownership each year. In the United States, motorbikes and motorcycles were restricted to 0.8 grams of hydrocarbons and nitric oxides per kilometer in 2010. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has regulated the hydrocarbon emissions of new motorcycles since 1980.

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The Lynchburg (VA) Hillcats are pleased to announce that in the 2010 season they will serve as the Advanced-A affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds. The move became official when the Florida State League owners approved the Pittsburgh Pirates bid to purchase Cincinnati’s High-A club in Sarasota, Fla. With this approval, the Pirates have taken over control of the Reds Advanced-A team, and are relocating the club to Bradenton, Fla. Pittsburgh already has their Spring Training facility and Gulf Coast League team in Bradenton as part of Pirate City. Cincinnati will move its High-A team to Lynchburg to replace the Pirates, who had called City Stadium their Advanced-A home since 1995. The Reds will be just the second team to use the moniker of Hillcats, which was formed when the Pirates began their affiliation. Cincinnati will assume responsibility of the final year of a two-year contract that Pittsburgh signed before the start of the 2009 season. Seen here are photos of Calvin Falwell Field at City Stadium in Lynchburg, Virginia. The stadium was built in 1940 and has seen many renovations, the last in 2005. The original construction of the baseball park and an adjacent football field was a part of the New Deal’s Work Progress Administration programs. Field dimensions: LF-325′, CF-390′, RF-325′. Capacity: 4,281. Lynchburg Hillcats mascot, Southpaw.

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How did we evolve from being HDNM Entertainment, a motion picture development and production company in 2004 to a consulting firm in 2022? If there’s one thing that we learned after years of reverse engineering brilliant storytelling is that we were NOT in the business of delivering plots to the screen at all; rather, our job as storytellers was to bring relationships to life. The Titanic is not about a sinking ship; rather, it’s a human story about love's power to fuel unrelenting hope and possibility even in the face of death. CODA is not a story about a Child of Deaf Adults. It’s a tale about the relationship of the self to one’s own voice and finding personal power. The plot is in service of the characters' development. Our coaching and consulting services focus on how we show up and lead in the workplace to foster the most inclusive, powerful, rewarding and productive relationships. The second huge lesson learned while coaching film directors is that great directing at its very core boils down to LEADERSHIP. The lessons we learned fueled the transition from making pictures to making differences. Born in England and raised in Rome, Italy, Luca came to the US in 1994 to pursue his film studies and career in the entertainment industry. After successfully writing and directing award-winning projects and producing films distributed by the likes of Netflix and Lionsgate, Luca turned his attention to coaching and facilitating writers and directors on ‘story-metrics’, and how to best leverage the universal resonance of the 'hero's journey’. He would later develop ‘Your Hero's Journey - The Quest for Your Life’ personal development program. In 2018 Luca joined Fulcrum Leadership Institute facilitating corporate development, management & staff training. In this capacity, Luca has worked with the likes of Meta, Google, LAUSD, Netflix, NBC Universal, Tazo, Virgin Galactic, and more. During the pandemic he migrated his skill-sets online, hosting, developing, producing and facilitating virtual-trainings and workshops. In April 2020 he joined the Creative Facilitations team, where began working with a leading social media platform*, where he continues to train ICs, Managers, VPs and Directors in DEIJ and management consulting.

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how can one tell that a research is unethical? as social constructions which best can be respected through mutual understanding and dialogue between scientist and subject.” Celia Fischer. The data may have been stolen or otherwise obtained from people without consent. It’s unethical as it wastes the time of journal reviewers, publication resources, and renders no benefit to humanity or sci… The misconduct in behavior may be intentional or may arise due to ignorance. I cannot imagine having any confidence at all in such a study. There are, however, other other factors. Potential participants should make their own decision about whether they want to participate or continue participating in research. A person who is willing to implement an experiment unethically is likely to be willing to fudge the results, or simply lie. Owning a mutual fund that contains shares of the company? Maybe. Pharmaceutical companies will spend millions of dollars on drug research, but very little on unethical drug promotion (Parmar, Jalees, 2004). The usefulness of public discussions of controversial ethical issues has been demonstrated in a collection of such exchanges Uncertainty about the degree of risks and benefits associated with a clinical research study is inherent. Not including the name of the person who contributes to the research in any manner. While I have never met a recruiter who thought of themselves as dishonest or unethical, many candidates feel that they have been told less than the truth and have been disrespected. Sometimes plagiarism is not intentional, but happens accidentally. Required fields are marked *. The panel also monitors a study while it is ongoing. Adding an extra author or removing the name of an existing author before or after publication. This includes: More information on these seven guiding principles and on bioethics in general, This page last reviewed on March 16, 2016, National Institutes of Health, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, NIH Institute and Center Contact Information, Get the latest public health information from CDC », Get the latest research information from NIH », NIH staff guidance on coronavirus (NIH Only) », respecting their privacy and keeping their private information confidential, respecting their right to change their mind, to decide that the research does not match their interests, and to withdraw without a penalty, informing them of new information that might emerge in the course of research, which might change their assessment of the risks and benefits of participating, monitoring their welfare and, if they experience adverse reactions, unexpected effects, or changes in clinical status, ensuring appropriate treatment and, when necessary, removal from the study, informing them about what was learned from the research. 1. The branch of knowledge that deals with the moral principles according to which a person should or may lead their life is known as ethical. In many workplaces, the culture is influenced by the attitudes and behavior of those in management positions. The workplace can be a contentious space, and it is likely that during your working life you will come across some form of unethical behavior.Whether it be being asked to do something you don’t agree with by your boss, or noticing a co-worker doing something they shouldn’t, it can be difficult to know how to handle such situations. You may worry that it will create unwanted tension in the workplace, or even result in the loss of your job. And it not only affects other authors, reviewers, and editors, but also the common man. Ethical vs Unethical The difference between ethical and unethical is not hard to understand as the two words, ethical and unethical, are antonyms.For this reason, once you understand the meaning of one word you know that the … Can Unethical Research Ever Lead to "Best Evidence?" Research participants must voluntarily consent to research participation 2. Ethics is crucially important in the workplace. Always cite the author appropriately whose work you use in your research paper, even if they are from your past publications. It is important to remember, however, that misconduct occurs only when researchers intend to deceive: honest errors related to sloppiness, poor record keeping, miscalculations, bias, self-deception, and even negligence do not constitute misconduct. Actions that nearly all researchers classify as unethical are viewed as misconduct. Whistleblowing is one mechanism to help discover misconduct in research. All Rights Reserved by CogniBrain®. ... and they certainly don't tell anything about how the drug-maintained patients fare … Competition is an important factor in research, and may be both a good thing and a bad thing. imagines they are going to cause serious harm by conducting a series of interviews or collecting survey data At first, the psychologists’ experiments were relatively harmless. No research projects can go forward where serious injury and/or Subject-victims of Nazi research were predominantly Jews, but also included Romanies (Gypsies), prisoners of war, political prisoners, and others (Germany [Territory Under Allied Occupation … ]; Caplan). Glass, Blair, and Cooke all proved they are unethical when it comes to being a journalist. Interpersonal is a key word there. Therefore, teaching professionals that are manipulative of their colleagues, … Everything should be done to minimize the risks and inconvenience to research participants to maximize the potential benefits, and to determine that the potential benefits are proportionate to, or outweigh, the risks. Advances in ethics research have detailed a number of factors that can create a more ethical leader, but the disparity between knowing what is right and doing it is a … The study found that when a group of subjects witnessed the seizure, few people stepped forward to help. Owning a majority share of a company that benefits from your research? Unethical research is commonly found within pharmaceutical companies. Those are the ethical practices of each journalist. As per the International Committee of Medical Journal Editor (ICMJE) guidelines, any person who contributes to the conception, designing or acquisition of research data, analysis of data, drafting or revision of the article, and its final approval before publication is entitled for the authorship of that paper. This is a great example of unethical research and the affect it has. A study should be designed in a way that will get an understandable answer to the important research question. if people are afraid that research is unethical, nobody will participate. It may indeed be a widely held view that whaling is unethical. Such a practice is done by authors to increase their number of publications. Unethical research in Psychology is sometimes the most useful. How to avoid Duplicate Publication and Simultaneous Submission? unethical research. Participants who accept the risks of research should be in a position to enjoy its benefits. Research aims should contribute to the good of society 3. In recent times, there has been a gradual neglect towards the ethical principles guiding a scientific research paper writing, and its publication. Abuse of power can take on many manifestations. The other common situations in which the value of Pearson’s r can be misleading is when one or both of the variables have a limited range in the sample relative to the population.This problem is referred to as restriction of range.Assume, for example, that there is a strong negative correlation between people’s age and their enjoyment of hip hop music as shown by the scatterplot in … Research must avoid unnecessary physical and mental suffering 5. Basically, research must follow all regulations given, and also anticipate possible ethical problems in their research. Every journalist’s job is to tell the all the facts, tell the truth, and inform the public as to what is going on in the world. Relational Ethics and Research with Vulnerable Populations, Research Involving Persons with Mental Disorders that may Affect Decisionmaking Capacity, National Bioethics Advisory Commission 1999 In other words, answers to the research question should contribute to scientific understanding of health or improve our ways of preventing, treating, or caring for people with a given disease to justify exposing participants to the risk and burden of research. Without participants, it will be impossible to develop new medicines and treatments. Performing a medical research and documenting the findings in a research paper are painstaking and time-consuming process. It may sound as “trust no one”. Individuals should be treated with respect from the time they are approached for possible participation — even if they refuse enrollment in a study — throughout their participation and after their participation ends. If a psychologist says that they "do everything," then this is a sign of an unethical practice. Such practices are more common in pharmaceutical industry where results are fabricated to promote a particular drug in the market, ignoring its side-effects. There seems to be a rise in research deemed to be unethical. Note: If a research project extends beyond one year, the project must be reviewed each year by the institutional review board as long as data are being collected. Dos and Don’ts when Submitting your Research Paper, Importance of Scientific Writing and Publishing for Radiologists, Impact of Scientific Publications on Public Health, Importance of Evidence-Based Medicine on Research and Practice, Criteria for Selecting Journal for Publication, Inheritance of the Risk Gene THADA from the Mother Poses Increased Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in the Child, Cardiac Stem Cell from Young Heart Cures the Myocardial Infraction, 7 Common Mistakes in Writing a Medical Dissertation, 5 Unethical Practices to Avoid While Publishing Your Research. In fact, research has shown that managers are responsible for 60% of misconduct that occurs in the workplace. I make the case for this here. The primary basis for recruiting participants should be the scientific goals of the study — not vulnerability, privilege, or other unrelated factors. Research risks may be trivial or serious, transient or long-term. Many of the deviations that occur in research may occur because researchers simply do not know or have never thought seriously about some of the ethical norms of research. This includes considering whether the question asked is answerable, whether the research methods are valid and feasible, and whether the study is designed with accepted principles, clear methods, and reliable practices. Nevertheless, a project manager has a professional responsibility to search for truth. However, you can avoid it by providing references of all the sources you have used for writing your scientific content. This is done through a process of informed consent in which individuals (1) are accurately informed of the purpose, methods, risks, benefits, and alternatives to the research, (2) understand this information and how it relates to their own clinical situation or interests, and (3) make a voluntary decision about whether to participate. 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13th Moon, the third album from Moncton-based black metal trio Funeral Fog, was released Nov. 25 via Ancient Temple Recordings. Before we get into this I should point out, I am the last person who should be writing a review of a black metal album. I’m sure that will become apparent very soon. That said, I try to never shy away from the opportunity to talk about new music from New Brunswick regardless of genre, language, region, or anything else that may contribute to the classification and possible isolation of an artist or their work. In the end, it is all music, and all music has a purpose and meaning to someone. 13th Moon is the new album from the Moncton-based black metal outfit, Funeral Fog. It’s the band’s third album and comes after a 15 year break that followed the release of the band’s 2017 sophomore album, Channelling Ancient Shadows. Truth be told, it is kind of a miracle that this album ever came to fruition. After eleven years apart, the group’s three original members – Krall (guitars & bass), Nokturnis (vocals) and Shithammer (drums) – decided to get back together. They started (shit)hammering out tunes sometime in 2018 before health issues and a global pandemic threw an inverted cross into their plans. I guess they figured, “It’s been over a decade, what’s another a few years?,” because they kept at it. They kept working and writing and eventually finished a brand new album’s worth of material. Recorded between studios in Moncton and Saint- Antoine, NB, 13th Moon is easily one the most evil sounding, demon conjuring albums released by a New Brunswick based band in recent memory. It is Dark with a capital D, and has all the hallmarks of a good old fashion church burning soundtrack. Rapid fire drums that hold tempo like an idling two-stroke engine, guitar riffs that strike and hold chords like a massive, distorted pipe organ, and of course a vocalist whose lyrical delivery is not too far removed from that of the CryptKeeper himself – thoroughly maniacal and over the top in the best of ways. While Krall, Nokturnis, and Shithammer easily prove they are capable of casting dark spells on their own across the album’s ten songs, the addition of guest guitarist Demius, who appears on three of the ten tracks, helps to expand the trio’s palette and lifts 13th Moon a little higher. New Brunswick black metal has risen from the grave. 13th Moon was released November 25 on Ancient Temple Recordings.

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by RUDAW – 3.8.2013 – ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – An important Kurdish National Conference, whose aim is to gather all Kurdish political groups and set a roadmap for the Middle East’s 30 million Kurds, will convene in Erbil on August 24. Committees set up to organize the National Conference decided the date of the conference in a meeting on Thursday. The committees will not play any role in decision-making and are only assigned to set the agenda and procedures of the conference. Kurdistan Region President Massoud Barzani met with representatives and leaders of 39 Kurdish parties from Iraq, Iran, Syria and Turkey on July 25 to discuss the National Conference. The aim of the meeting is said to be to draw a roadmap for the future of Kurds in the Middle East and build closer relations between all parties. Kemal Kirkuki said in an article for Rudaw last week. The meeting takes place as Kurds in Syria and Turkey face major political developments, with Syrian Kurds contemplating autonomy for their areas and Kurds in Turkey in the middle of a historical peace process with Ankara. All Kurdish parties have welcomed the initiative and appointed their representatives to attend the conference, including Kurdish opposition groups, which are currently locked in hot rows with the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) over the draft constitution and election law. “Our group has already appointed a delegation to attend the conference,” Muhammad Rauf, a senior official from the opposition Kurdistan Islamic Union (KIU), told Rudaw. Rauf said that political disputes should not come in the way of such an important conference to address the Kurdish question in the region. “The conference has nothing to do with the current internal problems,” he said. The Kurdistan Islamic League (Komal) had announced it would boycott the conference, but it said on Thursday that it has decided together with the Islamic Union to send a joint delegation.

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Nice one Hans - unusual to see Jan take a secondary role! Beautiful piece by Al - hadn't heard that one. Thanks for posting Gerd. Lovely music and a horrible situation. My listening is a bit widely spread these days, and a lot hardly features guitar much at all. Also more and more female singers in my listening - beautiful voices that us men can't do. Here's a random sample. I only encountered Heather Findlay recently on an Ayreon album - so I'm exploring Mostly Autumn a bit now. Troy I knew from Nightwish. Nightwish led to Troy Donockley led to Iona. With the voice of Joanne Hogg. Dave Bainbridge does supply some quite audible guitar on this one. Johanna Kurkela supplies the gorgeious voice, Troy is in there again, and Tuomas Holopainen chips in with keys, arrangements, lyrics, orchestrations and a song from the heart. A Revamp number revamped for a more conservative non-metal audience. Need to hear some Floor every day! Nice to hear a musical theatre guy like Henk do so well in this style. Separate post as it didn't work in the post above. Thanks for the links, the Nighwish "connections" are wide spread. I like the "leads to" stories a lot, because that's what happening when I'm searching for new music. I have an old vinyl of Colloseum I hadn't listened to for decades - the Valtenine Suite. Not an easy listen, great musicians well known among other artists. However, Clem Clempson led me to a record from a band called Bakerloo, made in 1969. It contains very Cream-like pieces but also a great jazzy version of Bach's Burree. Here is another nice one, now from Henk Poort alone. More good ones guys! Colosseum 1969 - aaah, the days of vinyl and the 40 minute album! Dave Greenslade and Dick Heckstall-Smith with very fine work on the title track in particular. Nice fusion music anyway. Bakerloo is a new one for me. I see they didn't stick around for long but plenty of moves on to later well established groups by the group members. Liked the interesting adaptation of JS Bach which showed they were much more than the "heavy blues rock" label that I saw applied to them online. I was finding in general that the slower more reflective parts of the album were more interesting and impressive. A shout out too for the "Bring it on Home" cover of the song by the highly influential Willie Dixon. Love that Henk Poort track Hans. For someone with musical theatre background who had no experience of singing with any distortion to manage this version so well after a few hours of distortion training is mind boggling. His control over the gradual build of the song is also very impressive. Nice to see Floor fan-girling her idol Henk in this one. The finish to the song was so beautifully judged too. That series of Beste Zangers was wonderful viewing, and left me seething that nothing of that quality is allowed on UK TV, where everything has to be competition, judges and ritual humiliation. A favourite of mine from that Beste Zangers series was a duet of Henk and Emma Heesters singing "Vivo Per Lei". Henk giving Emma all the space she needed to shine, and encouraging her along during the performance. She showed herself to be far more than just a YouTube cover songs artist. A performance full of emotion and the language(s) of the lyrics doesn't matter. Very moving and uplifting. Nearly 10 million views now I see - there's a few of those are mine. Normally I run a mile from the growling / screaming vocals. Many a song I've heard the instrumental start and liked it only to hastily reach for the off button when the devil-voice vocals kick in. For some reason I can cope with (some of) Epica, if it's just occasional. Guess it's the beauty and beast of the vocals with Simone' s gorgeous voice making it all better! The combo of her voice, kinds choir, and metal guitars is a wonderful concoction and there's plenty of melody in there to keep things sweet. Bit unusual to mix symphonic metal and acrobats too. Awesome blues solo ! Inventive, varied and in the groove! You are right in your assessment Angelo. Every so often I can't help going back to this guy and his band! and who needs the band every song? I'm glad you enjoyed Scott's solo! I didn't know Peter Green (please don't hit me!). Wow, he's deep! AngeloNapoli wrote: ↑Sat Dec 24, 2022 6:11 am I didn't know Peter Green (please don't hit me!). Wow, he's deep! I'm sure you now him - anyone nows Albatross or Black Magic Woman, made popular by Santana, too. Peter gives you cold sweat, as BB King once said, like nobody else. He was one of the bluesiest Blues players ever. And, btw. - season's greetings, peace to you all!

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We’ve all likely felt this tendency to gravitate towards people who look, think and act like us. It’s comfortable, but it can also be harmful because this polarization that we face today isn’t just about believing that the other side is factually wrong. We are beginning to see the other side as malevolent beings with a hateful and hidden agenda. And you can see this. You can see this in the screaming cable news pundits, the politicians who vote down bills just because they come from the other side of the aisle. The hate groups that violently attack people who are different from themselves. When I see these things as a teenager, I just feel so sad, so angry and so scared of this world that I’m soon going to be entering as an adult. But there’s something that I found in having conversations with my peers that I think can be a path forward from all of this. An approach that focuses on conversations with the intent to listen and learn. Not to win and not to agree. It helps a lot if you once in a while step out your comfort zone and talk about different topics then you usually do. You may learn a thing or two when you talk with someone you do not agree with.

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This series contains photographs of the Bryans and their friends. The Bryans had a very active social life and the majority of these photographs are from social gatherings with family and friends. Additionally, there are publicity photographs of African-American entertainers, some of which are autographed. However, Mr. Bryan admitted that, for the sake of consistency, he autographed some of the photos himself. Finally, there are photographs from his various employment, travels, and recreational activities.

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(Bloomberg) — Investment-grade borrowers are expected to bring lots of new offerings next week to complete deals ahead of an anticipated holiday season slowdown. Dealers are calling for $10 billion to $15 billion in new bond sales, as the first full week of December is expected to be the most active period in the month. Estimates for all of December are for around $20 billion, the lowest amount for that month in three years. This week, $22.15 billion in bonds were sold, exceeding dealers’ projections of $15 billion to $20 billion. Underwriters paused on Thursday and Friday after 19 issuers, including Amazon Inc., sold debt. The total tally for November was $101.88 billion in new deals, handily beating estimates of around $75 billion. US investment grade bonds last month had their third positive month for total returns this year. Returns were at 5.2% in November, helped by a brief rally in anticipation the Federal Reserve would slow future rates hikes. Global bonds also rebounded in November, adding a record $2.8 trillion in market value, as investors bet that central banks are getting a grip on inflation. Barclays expects investment-grade spreads only to widen about 15 basis points by the end of next year, after a choppy path of extreme widening in the first half of the year. Spreads are currently at 132 basis points, according to the Bloomberg index, nowhere near historic recessionary highs. The US leveraged loan market has slowed as is typical in the weeks between Thanksgiving Day and the late December holidays. Just four issuers brought new offerings last week. American Axle & Manufacturing will hold a lender call on Monday Dec. 5 for a $650m TLB refinancing. Two issuers have deals in the market with commitments due next week, Guggenheim Partners $785m TLB is due Dec. 6, and Axalta’s $2b TLB is due Dec. 9. Investors withdrew $1.7 billion from high-yield funds in the latest reporting period, according to Refinitiv Lipper data. That could create a bit of selling pressure in the market after five weeks of inflows raked in over $13 billion. Barclay’s expects junk to have a better year in 2023. The bank sees the asset class returning as much as 5% by the end of next year, on a total return basis, after losing about 10% year to date.

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Peter Kirui of Kenya is the men's open winner of the 2012 Peacthree Road Race with a time of 27 minutes, 36 seconds. Kirui's time is the fourth-fastest in Peachtree Road Race history and comes in his first ever Peachtree Road Race win. Mamituu Daska took home first place in the women's open division earlier this morning. Aaron Gordian won the men's wheelchair race while Tatyana McFadden took home her third straight win in the women's wheelchair division. The completion of the open division proceeds the start of the many waves of amateur racers. Some 60,000 professional and amateur runners entered this year's Peachtree Road Race and will try to complete the 6.2 mile course from Lenox Square down through mid-town and finishing up at Piedmont Park.

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GÉOLOGIE DU CAMEROUN provides the timeline of Gondwana history, beginning with this supercontinent’s creation six hundred million years ago and its dismantling into Africa, South America, Madagascar, India, Australia, and Antarctica. Author Vincent NGAKO proves information on the research and development of government in most African countries as well as their social progress. This educational work, written in French, is for any lecturer, student, or politician interested in learning more information on this expansive continent’s history. VINCENT NGAKO is a Senior Researcher. He is a holder of “Doctorate 3eme Cycle” in Structural Geology of the University of Rennes (France, in 1985) and "Doctorate d'Etat" in tectonics of the University of Yaoundé I (Cameroon, in 1999). He is membership of Publons, statutory member of the editorial board of the "Annales de la Faculté des Sciences-Université de Yaoundé I", guest reviewer of international scientific journals and external evaluator of PhD theses of the Cameroon state universities. Vincent Ngako is author and co-author of many scientific papers in international reviews. Two among them are selected in the Top 25 Hottest Articles by Scopus (Elsevier), and one is quoted by Economic Geology. His educational achievements include a book on the structural evolution of northern Cameroon (CAESS edition, Rennes 1986). He is also the co-author of the Atlas of Cameroon (Jeune Afrique edition, 2007) and the collective book on global tectonics (INTECH edition, Croatia, 2011). Between 1993 and 2007, Ngako was head of the Research Service of the Institute of Geological and Mining Research and coordinator of research programs in geology, hydrology, and energy. He was as well the focal point for Complete Test Ban Treaty Organization, Asia-Africa Scientific Platform Program of Japan, International Tropical Timbers Organization for the biomass project, French University and Scientific Research Cooperation on mineral accumulations in Africa. He has offered his expertise to Cameroon Mining projects as project geologist with Nuclear Energy Corporation Cameroon (2007-2008), Senior Exploration Geologist and Exploration Manager with Mega Uranium Corporation Cameroon (2008-2013), industrial plans with BASICS International (2016), and large scale mapping with PRECASEM (2017-2020).

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I like to think I keep my eyes on all upcoming new music… In my head I have a list of artists who I know are putting out new tunes and I go through that list every night at bedtime to help me get to sleep…like a rock n roll version of counting sheep. While I like to tell myself that I’m totally in touch with all new music coming out in truth new releases still have a way of sneaking up on me. Billy Idol put out a brand new song this week entitled “Cage” and I was blissfully unaware he had anything coming out. Like last year, Billy and his cohort guitarist Steve Stevens (one of the most underrated guitarists out there) are putting out a 4-song EP entitled The Cage. And like last year Billy has appeared out of nowhere to save summer! Last year saw Billy releasing the EP The Roadside which was preceded by the great, great tune “Bitter Taste.” Man, that song is still in high rotation here at the house. It was an acoustic track with a haunting lead guitar thing done by Stevens. It was on the mellow end but it quaked with a sturdy intensity. It was one of the best tracks of Idol’s storied career. It was the sound of a man looking back on his life in an unapologetic way. “Should have left me way back, way back by the roadside… it’s a bitter taste.” That track is righteous. I still get goosebumps when I hear that song. I’ll admit I was not as taken with the rest of The Roadside and didn’t cover it on B&V. But if you haven’t checked out “Bitter Taste” I advise you to do so post haste. Yesterday, in the early evening I was drinking a beer getting ready to meet my famed ex-roommate from college Drew for drinks. I was scrolling on “the social media” and saw Billy had put out a new song “Cage.” Billy was quoted as saying something like, “we’ve all been stuck inside for a while and now we’re breaking back out…” in an obvious but perhaps belated comment about the Covid lockdown. He promised that this new EP The Cage was going to be the opposite of last year’s mellower, darker The Roadside. He clearly intends to expend a little pent-up energy and let loose his rebel yell. “Cage” is a glorious rock song. It’s got a chorus that sounds written for an arena to sing along to. Idol is in fine voice here… I can almost close my eyes and see him on stage punching at the air while he sings this track. It starts with just Idol’s voice behind a chugging guitar and drums. Then the chorus hits and it just explodes. “I’m coming out of my heartless, hopeless rage, I’m coming out of my cell, my broken cage.” Oh Hell, yes! He may be talking a out coming out of lockdown and not being able to tour but hearing this song as I was getting off work drinking a beer ready to head down to the tavern to talk a little treason with Drew… I can’t lie, it sort of fit the moment yesterday. I advise pouring something strong and turning this one up loud! Hearing that Billy Idol had a new track out was almost as good as the surprise text from my old buddy Drew stating he was in town and wanted to grab a gin… and while I may not be feeling very well this morning cranking this tune is helping me power through it all!

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Did you have some serious FOMO in November of 2022 when you saw how much fun we had at Spark, the conference hosted by Showit? I would love to see you at the next one, which is why I’ve brought on Cassie Jones to share all about the heart behind not only Spark, but Showit as well! Listen in to hear when the next conference will be, what you can expect, and how to snag a ticket! Showit is a drag and drop website builder that allows you to create a website with complete freedom to design a website that reflects who you are as a business. The platforms works so well for entrepreneurs and business owners who aren’t coders—allowing you to take control of managing your own website. In the times where you do find yourself stuck in the design process, their support team is unmatched! For years, Showit primarily served photographers as their clientele—especially through the conference they host for 11 year, United. The heart behind Showit’s business has always been to cultivate really good businesses with solid business practices. As they started to see the numbers behind the professionals who were using their pivot into different areas in addition to photography, they new it was time to make a change. They kept the heart and mission of their business and poured it into Spark—inviting everyone to the table and create a community of entrepreneurs. Spark is a community where friendships are made. Entrepreneurship can be lonely, so when you find an in-person connection that understands what you do and what you’re going through, it makes you feel less alone. They love seeing friendships spark and stay lifelong. In addition to the valuable community you’ll find at Spark by Showit, there are also a number of educational opportunities and resources they offer at the conference as well! One of those is website coaching, where you can sit down with a Showit Designer and get feedback, coaching, or audits of your website done! This creative entrepreneur conference encompasses industries like designers, photographers, copywriters, accountants, lawyers, and more! The next Spark Conference will be held in November 2024! Make sure you grab your ticket or join the waitlist! At Spark 2024, you can expect to see amazing leaders, value-packed education, and a new location—San Marcos Hotel in Chandler, AZ. Hey, hi. Welcome to the Branded by Bernel podcast. I’m your host Bernel. You may know me as the branding and web designer who obsesses over the details so you don’t have to. We all desire to be great at what we do. Although once we get there, no one seems to talk about the messy middle. This motivated me to set the table and invite industry peers over to share stories about living and working in the creative world. So grab the OJ and champagne, pull up a chair, join the creative community and be prepared to build a brand you fall in love with. This is the brand new bye for now podcast. Okay, guys, I am so excited to be joined by Cassie Jones. Today on the podcast. Cassie spent 10 years as a wedding photographer. And during her time she fell in love with show it in the show at United conference, which was for photographers, she pretty much stopped them until she got a job hoping playing united, which led to a full time position she loves on show its marketing team helping plan events. She’s a wife, mom of three a homeschooler living in the mountains of northern Arizona. Cassie, thank you so much for being here today. Thank you so much for having me. I’m so excited. We’re finally doing this. Yes. Okay. So to give you guys some backstory of why I’m so excited. Number one Cassie’s awesome. But nobody Cassie is one of the first people that I met when I started designing show at websites. And it’s crazy to think about now that I’ve known you for like five years. But I was really nervous. I was a very nervous web designer. But I was so nervous. And Cassie was nice as emails. And I was just like, oh my goodness, why is this lady so nice to me. She’s great. And so we were emailing back and forth about what was then the show at United Conference, which really like was a catalyst to like my business taking off. But that’s a whole different conversation for another day. But showing you nine it in 2019 was the first time I ever had a speaking engagement like on a stage. And I was super nervous, terrified to apply. Like, I mean, guys, I’d have this application pulled up in a tab for like, weeks. And I was just like, all right, like, I’ll never hear from these people again, and it’s fine. It’s fine, everything’s fine. And then I get this email from Cassie. And it was like, I am excited to let you know that we would like to have you here for five minute fuel. And for you guys who had not attended shall unite it the five minute fuel was like a five minute fast paced Talk Teaching on something on the mainstage. So this is like in the auditorium with all these people. And I’m like shaking as I’m reading her email, like I’m like, Okay, well, how did I apply for this? I really just thought and it’s crazy, because I had a five minute fuel and a breakout like it was too thick. So I kept reading the five minute fuel was at the top of the email. And I’m like, Alright, I just gotta do this for five minutes. And I almost fell out my chair, because I was like, this was a big scary risk to apply to this. And I really did not expect to hear from them. So anyway, fast forward. I’m emailing Cassie. And I’m just like, Okay, I’ll do it. I’m excited, I guess. And I’m like asking all these questions, because I’ve never been to a photography conference. So I’m like, I’m so like, where do I fly into? And like, where is it? And how do I do this? And every email guys, she was so enthusiastic. I mean, exclamation marks. I got some like smiling emojis. And I was just like, this lady is the best thing. So fast forward. That’s it like spring. By November, I had remembered that and I’m like, I have to meet Cassie because I don’t really know anybody else. And the whole team was great. Todd is great. The CEO show it JT works with show designers. He’s awesome as well. But I was like I have to meet Cassie because that’s like who I’ve been emailing. And her energy in person and her infectious laugh in person. It was like 10 times better than I can. Sorry for the long winded introduction. Anyway, guys, this is Cassie. I’m super red now. Yes, we were best friends literally in a matter of like 24 hours. And then I was like, Oh, I’d love to have because you were still shooting weddings pretty regularly at the time because I followed you on Instagram and I’m like wow, like she’s a really talented wedding photographer. Okay. Um, and so I was like, I want to have her on the podcast and talk about wedding photography, and all things pretty. And that didn’t happen for numerous reasons, but it didn’t happen. And I’m so glad now though, to be talking about a subject that we both love, and I feel like know a lot about and that is show at conferences, which now it is called the spark conference. So yeah, I’m glad that you’re finally in the hot seat. Me too little nervous, but going excited. Yes. Okay, so I’m gonna take it back to basics, guys. If you are new here and have never heard of show it. You’re like, what is this weird word that Brunel talks about all the time and loves and wears on T shirts? Cassie, can you tell us what show it is? Yes. Show it is a drag and drop Website Builder. It is easy to use. It’s for creative business owners. It’s especially the one to have like, really visually dependent businesses. And one of the things that I love most about show it is that you have complete freedom to design a website that reflects who you are as a business. Without the constraints of templates ever, you can purchase a template, but everything is completely freeform, you can move anything around, you can change any font to whatever you want. I think that that’s kind of one of the things that makes show it stand out is that it’s all drag and drop. It is easy to use. You don’t have to know code. It works with WordPress and your blog. It’s just amazing. I know that I’m biased, and I work for them. But I was a business owner that use them as my website first. And that’s one of the reasons why I fell in love with show is because they made it so easy for me to create what I needed to create and do it beautifully. I was a wedding photographer for 10 years and in my website has always been on show it. And it’s the back end is kind of built like Lightroom or Photoshop. So it was really easy for me to learn and update all the time. And I just really still enjoy it. weird, weird tidbit. This is super nerdy. But even though like, I don’t have my business anymore, I still really love getting in there and like designing on show. It’s just fun. It’s a good way to exercise your creative brain. Yes, for sure, for sure. And it’s easy. Like I think most people think of web design is this big scary thing. Because I mean writing usually it is when you look at like the developers notes, and it’s just lines and lines of code. But that’s not show it, you get on the backside, you have this canvas. And as Cassie mentioned, you can start with a template if you like. But if you don’t want to there’s literally a blank canvas and you can just drag and drop and layer and overlay things and just create these incredible pieces. So with that being said, if you’ve never played around with show it there is a free trial. So go to show it.co And you can sign up make an account. I don’t think you need a credit card to do your free trial. a tech girl. And before I worked for show it I won an award for being the neediest customer for support. goodness, there’s no way you could be a needier customer than me. So I have so much fun with the support team. Like I literally just like send messages all the time. And I’m just like, hey, guys, I don’t know why it’s doing this. And they’re great. So that is also a really good selling point of this platform. I feel as a business owner. So as a web designer, I feel like their support is unmatched to any other platform that I work with. I mean they send like dancing gifs or gifs in their in their responses. United was really solely focused on photographers. And that we felt like we were able to serve that community well, for a long time. And as show it grew, our clientele changed. While we used to be mainly wedding photographers, or photographers in general, we were seeing that NUMBER Take a downward shift. And we were realizing we had all of these, all of these customers that didn’t fit into the photography category. And so our heart behind spark was really to create a place where everyone, every creative business owner felt welcome. And were given the tools or the tools were made available to them to create a really successful business show. It isn’t just here to be the place where you build your website, we also want those websites to be an extension of a really successful business. And a website is just one small piece. And so our heart behind that has always been to cultivate really good businesses with solid business practices. And so that’s where that’s where the heart from Spark came was really wanting to invite everybody to that same table and create community. And we as a whole really feel like in person connection is so important. We want that place to be a place where friendships are made. And not not just like a what can you do for me type friendship, but real friendships. entrepreneurship can feel so lonely, you know? Yeah. But whenever you get in a room with like minded individuals, there is something that you automatically have in common, and it just makes it makes you feel less alone. But also, it makes building friendships, they’re easier. I guess, because you understand each other, we understand the struggles that each one of you has. And so even if there’s not someone like in your immediate family circle or friends circle at home, that understands what you go through as an entrepreneur, here’s a whole room full of tuna 300 People that understand exactly what you go through every day. And so that’s a fun bit of it that we really enjoy is watching those friendships for a while, but at the risk of sounding cheesy but watching those friendships spark into life and create a lasting friendship that, you know, goes on and on there. friendships that have been made at United 10 years ago that are still really deep friendships. I have some of my best friends at these conferences. So again, I’m biased, but we’ve watched people meet and get married. We’ve Wow. Okay. This take off because they’ve teamed up together. The community aspect of a show at conferences is really, really where it’s at. the next spark conference is in November of 2024. We’re actually skipping a year. So we’re not going to have one in 23. But we are going to have one and 24. Yes. And I think those tickets are gonna go fast, guys. I’m going fast. So if you go to and this link will be in the show notes as well. But the link is spark dot show it.co. And there you can join the email list to be notified when it reopens. That’s right. I hope to see some of you guys. Alright. Hasley. But I want to know, what are some things people can expect in 2024 from the conference. sounds exciting. Yes, I am super excited for that. And one of the things I wanted to point out too, because if you’re listening to this, and you’re thinking, wow, going to Arizona is going to be an investment. Obviously you have to pay for the conference. You have to pay for flights, lodging, all that great stuff. One of the things I want to remind you guys is it’s all of right off. Now granted, I’m not an accountant, but it is all right. Like this is all part of business education. It’s a write off so If you’re starting to play in kind of where you want to allot some of your budget for business education, this is a really good option for that. Some of the industries that are represented or that have been represented as spark and will continue to be represented our designers, copywriters, coaches, photographers, YouTubers, virtual assistants, illustrators course builders, I mean, all the creatives will be represented. But if you are in any of those industries, you know how hard it is to find a conference for those industries. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a conference for brand designers or seen one that was specifically for copywriters, or you know, seen one where you could go and be a copywriter, meet a brain designer, also your accountants there, and there may be somebody in the corner, like selling like contracts as well. So it’s just a really good place to be for networking. It is. And, you know, if Spark is like three days of really intense learning, and one of my favorite things to think about is that if you were to purchase a course from each of those people, or the opportunity to learn from each of those people, it would be so much money. Yeah, but you get three full days of just jam packed education, and it’s a lot of fun. And you get to do it with friends. lunch. I’m not a confident lunch girl. one of my favorite moments this year Speaking of food was that we had rattlesnake it wrestlers roost. And did you try it? know. I tried it. And I loved it. And it was my favorite things. I ate the whole document. Yeah, it was like somebody said it tasted like chicken. Yeah, it does. But it doesn’t. Like it’s not it’s not as like, you know, I kind of anticipated it being kind of like calamari, or something. Yes. It was not that rubbery. So it was kind of like textured like chicken but tasted really good. really different. Interests. Interesting. Oh, maybe I should have tried it. But no, I literally it It smelled really good. The people came around and they’re like, the servers were like, Would you like to try this? And I’m like, Oh, great. What is it? And the lady was like rattlesnake and I was like, No, thank you. Rattlesnake and cactus fries. Right there together. And man, both of them delightful. my Arizona native now is coming out. Yes, yes. by the pool and work. Oh for sure. It’s very comfy. Yes. So this episode was not to sell you guys on Spark but I mean, we’ll be there me and Cassie will be there and we will be soaking up some sun by the pool and greeting people and giving out hugs and like if that sounds like a place you want to be then really start planning I mean, you have over a year to plan for this and to budget for this. So I really hope to see you guys there moving forward in the future. If you are interested in speaking at Spark being a sponsor to a speaker at Spark, that information usually comes out about six months in advance. If you if you watch show it like Instagrams Stories are emails, we send out a lot of information about applying to speak at Spark. If you’re a vendor and you want to get on the vendor, like hit me up list, you’re welcome to email me personally, it show it and I keep a little running tab of all the vendors that request information. And we’ll send those out when we have it. But yeah, the speaker application will come out the vendor application will come out and then yeah, so just keep an eye out. Awesome. All right, guys. Well, you heard it here. First. Spark 2024 is going to be the place to be do not watch from your couch or other people’s fun in their Instagram stories. Like yours. You’re getting a chance to be in the building. Um, oh, Cassie, I am so glad that you came to chat with me today. I feel like this will not be the last time that Cassie is on the podcast because I just really liked chatting with Cassie. But anyway. No. Also show it as a podcast. Um, I think they’re taking a little break with it right now. But you can go on there. And they are good. They’re real good guys also show it did a Creator series where they came and recorded several showing users, designers, photographers, I mean all kinds of industries were represented in that as well. So you can find that on show its website. They did one for me and I loved it and it was so much fun. So I will have the links to all of that in the show notes. You will be able to find all things show it in the show notes.

https://brandedbybernel.com/podcast/showits-spark-a-conference-for-creatives-feat-cassie-jones/

After their last GM’s disastrous handling of AJ Brown’s contract situation, the Tennessee Titans found themselves looking for a new GM this offseason. It didn’t take them long to find him as they brought in former 49ers director of player personnel Ran Carthon. Today, Carthon had his introductory press conference for the Titans. Media members had plenty of questions for Carthon, but he unfortunately couldn’t answer one very important question. What are the Titans going to do with Ryan Tannehill? I don’t think that’s fair at this point. We’re still evaluating the roster. Ryan has been great here. He’s won a lot of football games. I look forward to us winning football games. But I still need more time to evaluate and make those decisions. There is no bigger question facing the Tennessee Titans right now than what to do at the quarterback position. You would think that when they made their GM hire, they’d have brought somebody in who had the answer to that question already. Everything they do this offseason should be determined by what they choose to do with Ryan Tannehill. If they want to stick with Tannehill for another year, that means they intend to try and win. To do that, they’re going to need to make some major improvements after only managing to win 7 games in football’s worst division. On the other hand, if they don’t plan to continue with Tannehill, it likely means they’re turning their focus to the future and should start trying to add draft capital before April. It’s easy to believe that the second option is the right answer. We’ve seen a pretty clear ceiling for the Titans with Tannehill and the team has been getting progressively worse over the past few years after making a run to the AFC Championship Game in 2019. In those three years, he has put them in exactly the position you don’t want to be in as an NFL franchise. They haven’t been good enough to win a playoff game in either of the past 2 seasons, but have been just good enough to keep themselves from landing a franchise quarterback. It also usually doesn’t bode well when you’re paying a quarterback over $36 million and aren’t entirely sure if you want him to continue to be your QB. Sometime soon they’re going to need to decided if they’re all the way in or all the way out or they will continue to hang around in this limbo. It looks like their new GM doesn’t know yet which side he lands on.

https://brobible.com/sports/article/tennessee-titans-gm-should-already-have-plan-qb/

The 1960s witnessed some remarkable changes in the Indian film landscape. Several regional films were being made in local dialects, such as the first Bhojpuri film Ganga Maiya Tohe Piyari Chadhaibo, directed by Kundan Kumar. The 1963 film was an instant hit and became an inspiration for filmmakers who had been trying to make indigenous cinema. This led to films in dialects such as Marwari, Magadhi, Rajasthani, Nepali and Chhattisgarhi. It was during this time that Manu Nayak, a young film enthusiast in Chhattisgarh, then Madhya Pradesh, decided to make the first Chhattisgarhi film and base it on a subject close to his heart—caste discrimination. Kahi Debe Sandes, which translates to “convey the message,” was released while the film industry was dominated by Hindi films. Nayak’s film depicts a love marriage between an inter-caste couple—a boy from a Scheduled Caste community and a Brahmin girl. The premise of the film outraged a section of the Brahmin community in Raipur. They threatened to set fire to Manohar Talkies, the theatre where it was slated to be released, and called for the movie to be banned. However, the film premiered in April 1965, and was shown in theatres and village fairs across Madhya Pradesh. It is regarded as a classic. Over the course of two weeks in the summer of 2018, I interviewed Nayak about the process of making the film and his own life story. Nayak was born in July 1937 in Kurra, a village in the Raipur district. He told me that he had a rough childhood. His father died because of health issues when he was two years old, and his mother raised him. During his high school years, he said, he lived with friends and would regularly look at film magazines at book stands. They kept him updated on what was happening in the world of cinema.

https://caravanmagazine.in/film/how-first-chhattisgarhi-film-questioned-caste

"The Chicago Convention" - The convention on international civil aviation open for signing on December 7, 1944 in the city of Chicago, including the Annexes adopted according to article 90 of the Convention and also any changes to the Convention or Appendices brought according to articles 90 and 94 of the Convention in that degree in which these Appendices and changes became effective or are ratified by the states of the Parties.

https://cis-legislation.com/document.fwx?rgn=107594

How to send money through a Bitcoin ATM? How to withdraw money from a Bitcoin ATM? As the world becomes increasingly digital, the way we handle our money is changing as well. One major development in this trend is the rise of Bitcoin ATMs. These machines, which are similar in function to traditional bank ATMs, allow users to buy and sell Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies with cash. Bitcoin ATMs (Automated Teller Machines) or BTMs (Bitcoin Teller Machines) are becoming increasingly popular as they provide an alternative to traditional banking systems when it comes to buying or cashing out Bitcoin (BTC). They work similarly to traditional ATMs, but instead of dispensing fiat currency, they dispense and accept Bitcoin. As the value of cryptocurrencies rises and trust in them increases, these machines are becoming more and more commonplace. As of January 2023, over 38,000 Bitcoin ATMs have been installed worldwide, an increase of more than 33,000 ATMs since 2019. This rapid growth is due to the convenience these machines offer. With over 38,000 Bitcoin ATMs now available worldwide, it’s easier than ever to get your hands on the popular cryptocurrency. But what exactly is a Bitcoin ATM and how do you use one? In this article, we’ll deeply dive into the world of Bitcoin ATMs, exploring everything from how they work to where to find them. So, whether you’re a seasoned crypto pro or a curious beginner, read on to discover the convenience and ease of using a Bitcoin ATM near you. Bitcoin ATMs, also known as BTMs, are machines that allow individuals to purchase and sometimes sell cryptocurrencies, specifically Bitcoin, using cash or debit cards. They are similar to traditional bank ATMs, but instead of allowing customers to manage their account funds, they provide a means for purchasing and selling digital assets. Bitcoin ATMs are often just traditional ATMs with software customized for Bitcoin transactions. This makes it easy for users to familiarize themselves with the process of buying and selling Bitcoin through a BTM. It’s worth noting that Bitcoin ATMs are not free to use, they charge a transaction fee (usually around 8-10%) to cover the cost of operating the machine, and they only allow you to buy and sell in a small range of Bitcoin denominations. Additionally, Bitcoin ATMs are not always available in every location, however, their numbers are increasing. Bitcoin ATMs provide users with a convenient way to buy and sell Bitcoin. Generally, users need an existing account in order to use the machine. bi-directional machines, which enable both buying and selling of cryptocurrency. Bitcoin ATMs require an internet connection in order to facilitate the exchange of cryptocurrency for cash. Usually, this transaction is done through a public key on the blockchain, however, some Bitcoin ATMs may still use paper receipts. Additionally, many Bitcoin ATMs may require a verification process such as scanning your ID when dealing with large sums of money. Unlike traditional ATMs, Bitcoin transactions are based on blockchain technology and send cryptocurrencies to your Bitcoin wallet via a QR code. Since they don’t connect to a bank account, large financial institutions don’t operate them. Nonetheless, they still follow the same laws and regulations as other financial institutions. Use one of the many websites or apps that provide maps or lists of Bitcoin ATMs around the world to track down the nearest one to you. In order to participate in the Bitcoin network, you will need a Bitcoin address. You can obtain one by using a software or hardware wallet. If you don’t have a wallet, many Bitcoin ATMs also provide the option of generating a new paper wallet for you. Keep in mind that paper wallets should be treated with the same level of care as cash, as they can be easily lost or stolen. Depending on the amount you want to purchase and the regulations of the specific location, you may be required to provide identification for KYC compliance. This is a standard regulatory requirement to prevent illegal activities such as money laundering or terrorist financing. When using a Bitcoin ATM, your QR code is crucial. This QR code represents your Bitcoin address and it is what you will need to scan in order to let the Bitcoin ATM know where to send your BTC. Before sending funds, make sure to double-check the address as sending funds to the wrong address may result in a permanent loss of funds. Some Bitcoin ATMs also support other cryptocurrencies, so it’s also good to check for that before making a purchase. Once you have your Bitcoin address and have completed any necessary KYC requirements, you can insert cash into the ATM’s bill feeder. The Bitcoin will then be transferred to your wallet. Some Bitcoin ATMs also give you the option of receiving a paper receipt or a receipt via SMS for your transaction. It’s important to keep in mind that the availability, fees and limits of Bitcoin ATMs can vary depending on the location, so it’s always a good idea to check the fees, limits and supported currencies before making a purchase. One of the main benefits of using a Bitcoin ATM is the ability to bypass traditional financial institutions and access decentralized finance. This is particularly useful for people who are unbanked and do not have access to traditional banking services. Bitcoin ATMs allow them to convert their fiat currency into cryptocurrency, giving them access to a whole new world of financial opportunities. Another advantage of using a Bitcoin ATM is the speed of the transaction. Buying Bitcoin from a BTM is often faster than depositing funds into a bank account, transferring those funds to an exchange, and then buying Bitcoin. With a Bitcoin ATM, you can simply insert cash and have your Bitcoin delivered instantly to your wallet. Bitcoin ATMs also offer more privacy than centralized exchanges, which are required to perform a full know-your-customer check for any account. While some Bitcoin ATMs may also require ID for large purchases or in certain locations, it is not always necessary and users can buy Bitcoin anonymously. Another benefit of Bitcoin ATMs is their accessibility. These machines are available 24/7 and can be found in various locations around the world. This means you can buy and sell Bitcoin at any time, without the need to worry about the opening hours of a traditional financial institution. Additionally, Bitcoin ATMs do not require you to have an account, you can buy Bitcoin using cash, debit or credit card. To send cash to someone using a Bitcoin ATM, the first step is to find a machine that is near you. Bitcoin ATMs can be found in many cities around the world, and you can use our ATM directory to find one near you. Once you have found a Bitcoin ATM, the next step is to type in the amount of cash you want to send. The amount will be converted to bitcoin at the current market rate, and you will be able to see the equivalent amount in bitcoins on the screen. After you have entered the recipient’s wallet address, you will need to confirm the transaction. The machine will ask you to confirm the amount, the recipient’s wallet address, and any other details that may be required. Once you have confirmed the transaction, the bitcoins will be sent to the recipient’s wallet. The recipient will then receive the bitcoins in their wallet, and they will be able to use them to make purchases or transfer them to another wallet. Keep in mind that the transactions may take some time to confirm, depending on the network congestion and the fee you have chosen. Sending cash to someone using a Bitcoin ATM can be a convenient and fast way to send money, especially if the recipient is in a different country or doesn’t have access to traditional banking services. The process of withdrawing cash from a Bitcoin ATM is quite simple, and can be done in just a few steps. Once you have found a Bitcoin ATM, the next step is to enter the amount of bitcoin you want to sell. The amount will be converted to cash at the current market rate, and you will be able to see the equivalent amount in cash on the screen. The next step is to enter your wallet address into the machine. A wallet address is a unique string of letters and numbers that identifies a specific Bitcoin wallet. This is important as it ensures that the cash withdrawn goes to the right person. After entering your wallet address, you will need to confirm the transaction. The machine will ask you to confirm the amount, your wallet address, and any other details that may be required. Finally, collect your cash from the machine. The process is now complete and you can enjoy your cash. As the war in Ukraine raged on, Alena Vorobiova found herself in a difficult situation. The border closures and shelling in her hometown had caused cash shortages at ATMs across the country, and the central bank had even suspended electronic cash transfers. In search of a solution, she turned to bitcoin. Vorobiova, along with the help of Bitcoin developer Gleb Naumenko and CNBC, decided to put the Lightning Network to the test. The Lightning Network is a payments platform built on bitcoin’s base layer that allows for virtually zero-cost transactions. The process of downloading a crypto wallet onto Vorobiova’s phone, transferring Bitcoin over the Lightning Network from the U.S. to Poland, and withdrawing the equivalent in Polish currency from a bitcoin ATM located in the southwest city of Wrocław took less than three minutes. The Bitcoin ATM was owned by the company Shitcoins.club. Vorobiova was able to withdraw Polish zloty from the Bitcoin ATM with ease and with minimal fees. The experience was so seamless that Vorobiova was convinced of the power of bitcoin and the potential of the Lightning Network. This incident illustrates the practical use of these ATMs for cross-border payments or quick payouts by others, as you could easily send it to a friend who is close to one of the ATMs, and they could have that cash amount very quickly. This feature also allows for more privacy and security, since you don’t have to share your personal information or financial details with the exchange platform or a bank. In the world of Bitcoin, there are around 580 operators that have emerged to facilitate the buying and selling of digital currency. However, there is one operator that stands out among the rest. A revolutionary Bitcoin ATM operator that is shaking up the industry and changing the way people interact with Bitcoin. Shitcoins.Club is on a mission to make Bitcoin transactions more accessible and affordable for everyone. The company understands that the fees and complexity associated with buying and selling Bitcoin can be a barrier for many people. That’s why they have committed to providing low fees and added value to their customers. Shitcoins.club is a company that was established in 2017, when the first Bitcoin ATM went live in the Polish town of Bydgoszcz. The team behind it had a strong interest in crypto and saw the potential and practical uses it could offer to the public. This interest led to rapid expansion, and now the company has Bitcoin ATMs in 196 locations, with plans to increase this number. The majority of Shitcoins.club’s ATMs are located in Europe, with the highest concentration in Poland, followed by Spain, Italy, and Romania. The company also aims to enter more European countries in the near future, with plans to move into Asia, Africa, and North America as well. Recently, Shitcoins.club opened its first Bitcoin ATM in South America in Lima, Peru. The company sees this as a new and untapped market with a lot of growth potential, as demonstrated by the enthusiasm towards Bitcoin adoption in the region. The company is keen to expand into many other South American countries and tap into this new market. The fees associated with Bitcoin ATMs can be quite high, with the average fee ranging between 8% and 15%, according to research from CoinATMRadar. This can make Bitcoin transactions less accessible for some people, particularly those with lower budgets. Shitcoins.Club is changing the way in which users interact with Bitcoin ATMs by offering extremely low fees for their transactions. According to the company, they regularly lower the fee below 3%, and in some cases, they even reach 0% for both buying and selling transactions. This is an unusual practice in the industry and makes Bitcoin transactions more accessible and affordable for everyone. In addition to their low fees, Shitcoins.Club also offers added value to customers by occasionally offering up to +3% extra value compared to exchanges. These promotions are announced on the company’s social media channels, so customers can stay informed about the latest deals. This extra value can be especially useful for customers who are looking to buy Bitcoin at a good price, and it sets Shitcoins.Club apart from the competition. One of the ways the company ensures the security of its customers is by implementing a strict Know Your Customer (KYC) policy. KYC is a process that requires customers to provide identification documents to confirm their identity. This is a common practice in the financial industry, and it helps to prevent fraud and money laundering. The purpose of KYC is to ensure that the customers are who they say they are, and that the money being used in the transaction is not coming from illegal activities. Shitcoins.Club has implemented a strict KYC policy that limits transactions to $1000 per transaction. This limit is in place to ensure that the company is in compliance with financial regulations and to protect the security of its customers. However, for transactions above 10,000 euro (approximately 49900 lei), the company requires customers to go through a more extensive KYC process to verify their identity. The process of verifying customers’ identities is a straightforward one. Customers are required to provide a government-issued ID and a selfie, which will be used to confirm their identity. The entire process can be completed online and usually takes only a few minutes to complete. The company’s strict KYC policy is a sign of its commitment to providing a safe and secure platform for its customers. It is also a clear indication that the company takes its regulatory responsibilities seriously and is committed to complying with financial regulations. One of the most notable aspects of the company is that they design, build, manufacture, and ship their Bitcoin ATMs themselves. This gives them complete control over the quality and functionality of their machines, and allows them to ensure that they meet the highest standards of security and reliability. Designing and building their own Bitcoin ATMs also enables Shitcoins.club to customize their machines to meet the specific needs of their customers. This level of customization is not possible when purchasing Bitcoin ATMs from third-party manufacturers, which makes Shitcoins.club a unique and valuable resource for customers. Manufacturing their own Bitcoin ATMs also allows Shitcoins.club to maintain control over their production costs. By controlling their production costs, they can ensure that you as a customer can get the best possible deal on Bitcoin transactions, making them a valuable resource for you to buy or sell Bitcoin. Shipping their own Bitcoin ATMs also allows Shitcoins.club to have a direct relationship with their customers. This enables them to provide excellent customer service and support, which is essential in the fast-paced world of Bitcoin. Peru has seen a significant increase in the number of Bitcoin users in recent years, with many people turning to Bitcoin as a way to protect their savings from inflation and currency devaluation. Argentina has also seen a surge in Bitcoin adoption, with the country’s economic struggles driving many people to seek out alternative forms of currency. El Salvador, on the other hand, has made history by becoming the first country to adopt Bitcoin as a legal tender. Looking to enter the world of cryptocurrency but feeling a bit overwhelmed by the process? Shitcoins.Club provides a tangible and easy way to acquire or sell your preferred cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Tether, and Litecoin. With Shitcoin.Club, you can rest easy knowing that your transactions will be direct, fast, and affordable. The company prides itself on providing a seamless and user-friendly experience, making it the perfect choice for anyone new to the crypto market. One of the biggest advantages of using Shitcoin.Club’s Bitcoin ATMs is that they do not require personal information or ID verification for transactions below a certain limit, depending on the country’s anti-money laundering (AML) laws. In Spain, the company has recently raised their limit to €1,000, allowing for easy transactions without the need for ID verification. This is especially beneficial for beginners or those who are new to the cryptocurrency market. The process of buying and selling cryptocurrencies can be intimidating, and the thought of providing personal information or undergoing ID verification can be a deterrent. With Shitcoin.Club’s Bitcoin ATMs, individuals can enter the market without the added stress or burden of these requirements. The Bitcoin ATMs are also a great option for experienced investors who want to quickly and easily buy or sell their preferred cryptocurrency without the need for a bank account or exchange platform. One of the key features of these Bitcoin ATMs is the ability to make transactions using cash, giving users full control over their funds at all times. Unlike traditional exchange platforms or bank transfers, there is no need for a bank account or credit card to make a transaction with Shitcoin.Club’s Bitcoin ATMs. Cash can be used directly, allowing users to have complete control over their funds without the need for intermediaries. A feature that sets them apart is their capability to exchange cryptocurrency for cash instantly. The crypto-to-cash exchange feature also provides a level of security and privacy. Transactions can be made without the need for a bank account or credit card, and without the need to provide personal information or sensitive financial data. How Shitcoins.Club’s Bitcoin ATMs work? Choose your language: Change the language on the screen of the Bitcoin ATM to your preferred one and view the exchange rates for each cryptocurrency. Insert cash: Insert cash bills into the ATM as per the amount for the transaction. Scan your wallet’s QR code: Scan your wallet’s relevant QR code address according to the cryptocurrency you want to receive (or type it in manually). Confirm the transaction: Confirm the transaction on the screen of the ATM. Provide ID if required: If required by the country’s regulations, present an ID document. Receive a receipt: Once the process is complete, you will receive a receipt of the transaction number. Check your wallet: The crypto will soon appear in your wallet. Shitcoin.club has a strong presence in several European countries, making it easier for residents to access the crypto market. The company has a particular focus on Spain, Poland and Italy, providing convenient locations for individuals to buy and sell their preferred cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum and Litecoin. This allows residents in these countries to easily access the crypto market, providing an alternative to traditional banking methods.

https://crypto.ro/en/education/bitcoin-atm/

Barbara Hall Hare, 88, of Forest, passed away on Thursday, November 24, 2022, at Lynchburg General Hospital. She is survived by her husband, George Russell Hare Jr. Born September 10, 1934, in Halifax County, she was a daughter of the late John William and Antha Scott Hall. She was a former member of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church and worked with her husband in his tree surgeon business. In addition to her to her husband, George, she is survived by one son, George Russell Hare III and his wife, Dana and one daughter, Michelle Hare; one sister, Sandra H. Guthrie; three grandchildren, Robert Scott “Scotty” Hare and his wife, Lindsey, Peyton Hare and Jacob Hare; one great grandchild, Carter Hare.

https://diuguidfuneralservice.com/tribute/details/299785/Barbara-Hare/obituary.html

Zim is Pastor of New Life Church Catford. He was sent as a church planter by Co-Mission and partnered with a team from Grace Church Brockley to launch NLCC in 2018. Zim is also on a sabbatical from studying theology at Oak Hill College. Before NLCC, Zim was a Ministry Trainee and Youth Worker at The Bridge Church Battersea. He also worked for some years as an Engineer in Oil & Gas consultancy. Zim grew up in a churchgoing family and gradually came to a living faith in Christ. In his spare time, Zim enjoys exercising in the park and spy films.

https://dundonald.org/author/zim-okoli/

Australia: Public Health Associations in New South Wales (NSW) are urging the next government of the state to protect young people from vaping, press reports. The NSW branch of the Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA) yesterday highlighted what it considered the five public health issues that need attention, among which was the use of vaping products by young people. Branch president Kate McBride said the consumption of vaping products by young people had doubled in the last two years. While nicotine-containing e-cigarettes can only be acquired through prescription, there is no sales restriction on nicotine-free ones. State elections are due in March. Australia: The Australian Heart Foundation has called for an import ban on e-cigarettes. In a submission to a public consultation by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), the foundation said that e-cigarettes, with or without nicotine, should be declared “prohibited imports”. It also said the TGA should ban all e-liquid flavours other than tobacco, reduce the nicotine concentration, and establish labelling and packaging requirements. Australia: The consultation period for the regulation of nicotine vaping products ends today, 16th January. This consultation period was organised by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) in order to gather proposals on the regulation of nicotine vaping products in Australia and to implement new policies aimed at preventing children and adolescents from accessing these products. Australia: The Australian Medical Association (AMA) is urging the government to toughen vaping regulation. The president of the AMA said that "Vaping is not harmless, it is not safe, it is not part of tobacco control". In a proposal sent to the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) consultation on vaping products, the AMA said that nicotine products should all be registered with the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods (ARTG) and the nicotine concentration limited. It also said that non-nicotine vaping products, which are currently unregulated at federal level, should be regulated similarly to nicotine-containing ones. Australia: The Federal Council of the Australian Medical Association (AMA) has passed a motion demanding tighter regulation of nicotine-free vaping products. The AMA, the doctors’ professional body, wants rules similar to those on tobacco products, with health warnings and plain packaging. It says it will “continue to advocate...to stem the rapidly-growing uptake” of vaping products, which it claims are “clearly marketed towards children”. Australia: The Australian Capital Territory today passed the Health Legislation Amendment Bill, which amends the 2008 Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act and the 1927 Tobacco and Other Smoking Products Act to ban the sale of e-cigarettes from vending machines and implement stronger measures to enforce the ban on the sale of e-cigarettes to under-18s. Australia: The head of the Therapeutic Goods Authority (TGA), John Skerrit, has acknowledged that the nicotine e-cigarette regulations implemented on 1st October last year have not been effective, smoking cessation specialist Colin Mendelsohn reports. Skerrit admitted that despite the requirement of a prescription to purchase nicotine-containing e-cigarettes only 10% of adult vapers have a prescription. He said a large number of low quality products hade been imported and were being illegally sold in the country. And he said that of Australia’s 130,000 registered doctors, only 1,353 had applied for authorisation to prescribe e-cigarettes. Which side is the e-cig science really on – does it support your tribe or mine?

https://ecigintelligence.com/geography/australia

This article is about the 19th-century West African king. For the VoIP provider, see Jajah. Jubo Jubogha "Jaja" King Jaja of Opobo (full name: Jubo Jubogha; 1821–1891) was the first king (amanyanabo) of Opobo. He was also the founder of Opobo city-state in present day Rivers State of Nigeria. Born in Umuduruoha Amaigbo in present-day Imo State, his actual birth date, as well as his birth parents, is unknown. At an indeterminate date, Jaja was kidnapped and sold into slavery. He was then brought to Ijawland thereafter. In 1891, Jaja was granted permission to return to Opobo, but died en route.[6] Following his exile and death, the power of the Opobo state rapidly declined.[7] In 1903 the King Jaja of Opobo Memorial was erected in his honor in Opobo town centre. ^ "Jaja of Opobo: The Slave Boy Who Became King". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 2019-08-25. Retrieved 2022-08-26. ^ Zuckerman 2021, p. 37. ^ "King Ja Ja". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). House of Commons. 24 April 1891. col. 1322. ^ Cookey 2005, p. 159. ^ Adebowale 2019. ^ Encyclopedia of World Biography, p. 203. Cookey, S. J. S. (2005) [1974]. King Jaja of the Niger Delta: His Life and Times 1821–1891. UGR Publishing. ISBN 978-0-9549138-0-9. Retrieved 2010-10-14. "Ja Ja of Opobo". Encyclopedia of World Biography. Vol. 8 (2nd ed.). Detroit, MI: Gale Research. 1998. pp. 201–204. ISBN 978-0-7876-2548-1. Ofonagoro, Walter I. (1978). "Notes on the Ancestry of Mbanaso Okwaraozurumba otherwise known as King Jaja of Opobo, 1821-1891". Journal of the Historical Society of Nigeria. 9 (3): 145–156. JSTOR 41854916. Zuckerman, Jocelyn C. (2021). Planet Palm: How Palm Oil Ended Up in Everything - and Endangered the World. The New Press. ISBN 978-1-62097-523-7. "King Ja Ja of Opobo Dead". The New York Times (Obituary). 9 August 1891. p. 6. Archived from the original on 2021-09-14. Retrieved 2021-09-14. "King Ja Ja of Opobo Dead" (PDF). The New York Times (Obituary). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-14 – via Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta. Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jaja_of_Opobo&oldid=1138162983"

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Florida Statute s. 112.313(10)(1975) provides that a public employee may not hold office as a member of the governing board which is his employer while remaining an employee of such employer. This prohibition does not affect a county building inspector, who is employed by a board of county commissioners, from sitting on the district school board, however, inasmuch as the county commission and the school board are separate and distinct political subdivisions. As the school board exercises no authority over the county commission or its employees, neither is a violation of Fla. Stat. s. 112.313(7) constituted by the school board member's potential employment as county building inspector. Would a prohibited conflict of interest under provisions of the Code of Ethics for Public Officers and Employees be created were I, a member of a district school board, to accept employment as county building inspector by appointment of the board of county commissioners of the same county in which the school district exists? The above-quoted provision prohibits a county employee from holding office as a member of the governing board which is his employer while at the same time retaining employment subject to the board. Because the district school board, existing under provisions of Fla. Stat. s. 230.01(1975), and the board of county commissioners, established by Fla. Stat. s. 124.01, are separate and distinct political subdivisions, however, the situation you describe would not be affected by this prohibition. Inasmuch as the school board does not regulate the board of county commissioners, by whom the county building inspector is employed, the situation you describe would not be prohibited by this provision either. In our view, employment as building inspector would not create a "continuing or frequently recurring conflict" with your public duties as a member of the school board. We would point out, however, that a conflict of interest would exist if, in your capacity as county building inspector, you were called upon to approve any work which you might have done in a private capacity. We are enclosing a copy of a previous opinion in this regard, CEO 76-42, the last paragraph of which addresses this issue.

https://ethics.state.fl.us/Documents/Opinions/76/CEO%2076-059.htm

A driver who tested positive for alcohol killed three people and injured one more in the Valencian municipality of Castellon. A driver ran over pedestrians this afternoon, Friday, December 2, in the Valencian municipality of Castellon. Three people lost their lives as a result, with one more injured. The incident occurred on Avenida de Alcora de Castello, with the driver subsequently testing positive for alcohol in a police breathalyser. As reported by the CICU, the victims were two females aged 79 and 70, plus a 63-year-old man. A 20-year-old male was also transferred to the General Hospital of Castellon with polytrauma. According to the Levante-EMV publication, the accident occurred at around 6pm. An investigation was subsequently launched by the Local Police of La Plana. It is believed that the driver lost control of his vehicle and it mounted the pavement where it collided with the three deceased, reportedly killing them instantly. Two Advanced Life Support (ALS) ambulances were immediately deployed, along with another Basic Life Support (SVB) unit. The Urgent Medical Care Service (SAMU) also dispatched two health teams. Firefighters and National Police patrols also attended the scene of the accident, as reported by larazon.es.

https://euroweeklynews.com/2022/12/02/three-killed-and-one-injured-by-drunk-driver-in-valencian-municipality-of-castellon/

L’Jarius Sneed is an American eminent football cornerback for the Kansas City Chiefs of the NFL (National Football League). He also played college football at Louisiana Tech. And was drafted in the fourth round (138th overall) of the 2020 NFL Draft by the Chiefs. Cody Martin is a recognized American professional basketball player for the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Aaron Mpho Phangiso is an international South African cricketer who domestically plays for Northerns. He is a slow left-arm orthodox bowler. Alfred Schreuder is an eminent Dutch football coach and former player who last coached Ajax, sacked on January 26, 2023. Vladislav Andreyevich Gavrikov is a professional Russian ice hockey defenceman for the Columbus Blue Jackets of the NHL (National Hockey League). He was drafted by the Blue Jackets, 159th overall in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft. Drew Eubanks is a professional American basketball player for the Portland Trail Blazers of the NBA (National Basketball Association). He also played college basketball for the Oregon State Beavers. Levi Simeon Davis is an eminent English rugby union player who plays as a winger. Currently, he is missing; at the time of his disappearance, he was playing for Worthing Raiders in the National League 2 South. Dawson Lee Garcia is an eminent American college basketball player for the Minnesota Golden Gophers of the Big Ten Conference. Previously, he played for the Marquette Golden Eagles and the North Carolina Tar Heels. Jessie Lemonier was a famous American football outside linebacker. He played for the Los Angeles Chargers and the Detroit Lions of the NFL. Pam Shriver is a recognized American former professional tennis player and current tennis broadcaster and pundit.

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Daniela Ruah is an American actress known for her role as Kensi Blye on the CBS police procedural drama series NCIS: Los Angeles. She has also appeared in episodes of the CBS soap opera Hawaii Five-0 and the Portuguese telenovela Incorporated. If you want to know more about Daniela Ruah net worth, check out the following article. Fidlarmusic will provide all the information you need about his salary and more. What is Daniela Ruah’s Net Worth and Salary 2023? Why is Daniela Ruah famous? 1 Daniela Ruah – Net Worth, Age, Height, Bio, Birthday, Wiki! 8 NCIS: Los Angeles: Eric Christian Olsen or Daniela Ruah: Who Has the Higher Net Worth? 9 Daniela Ruah Net Worth: How Wealthy is the NCIS Portugese Actress? 17 NCIS: Los Angeles: What is Daniela Ruahs Net Worth? Who Is The Highest-Paid Actor On NCIS: Los Angeles? How Much Does Daniela Ruah Make Per Episode? What Is Callen On Ncis Net Worth? How Much Does Chris O’Donnell Make Per Episode? What Is Renée Felice Smith’s Net Worth? What Is David Paul Olsen’s Net Worth? What Is Chris O’Donnell’s Net Worth? What Is Linda Hunt’s Net Worth? Daniela Ruah’s net worth and salary in 2023 are estimated to be around $7 million. She is best known for her role as NCIS Special Agent Kensi Blye on the NCIS: Los Angeles CBS series. Her other notable television credits include roles on the soap opera Fatima, the police procedural series Rede Record, and the primetime drama Guerra dos Sexos. Daniela Sofia Korn Ruah was born on December 2, 1983, in Boston, Massachusetts, to Portuguese parents Sophia (née Taveira) and Scott David Ruah. Her mother is a former nurse, and her father is an ophthalmologist. She has a younger sister, Sophia. The family moved to Portugal when Ruah was five years old, and she spent the next decade living in the Lisbon area before moving back to the United States at age 15 to attend high school. Ruah began studying performing arts at eight at the O’Neill Centre for the Performing Arts in Connecticut and later attended the Stagedoor Manor summer theater camp in New York. She graduated from Sydney Lanier High School in 2002 and then studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. She also attended Boston University, where she studied for a semester before returning to London to continue her studies. After graduation, Ruah worked in various television roles in Portugal and the United Kingdom before landing her breakout role as Special Agent Kensi Blye in the CBS police procedural series NCIS: Los Angeles in 2009. She has since appeared in several films and television shows, including the soap opera Red Band Society and the action film Fast & Furious 6 (2013). Ruah’s first acting role was in the Portuguese soap opera Jardins Proibidos, which aired on TVI in 2004. She appeared in two episodes of the American television series CSI: Miami as Elena Delgado, a student who was also a suspect in a case. In 2009, Ruah was cast as Kensi Blye in the CBS police procedural series NCIS: Los Angeles. The series follows the activities of the Office of Special Projects (OSP), an elite division of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service specializing in undercover assignments. Ruah’s character is a second-generation Portuguese-American and a fluent Portuguese speaker who is an expert in martial arts. Ruah has appeared in all nine seasons of NCIS: Los Angeles, which is currently airing its tenth season. In addition to her work on NCIS: Los Angeles, Ruah has also appeared in the films Red Tails (2012) and Pitch Perfect 2 (2015). She has also guest-starred on the television series Hawaii Five-0 and The Blacklist. Daniela Ruah is in a committed relationship with David Paul Olsen, her co-star on the hit show NCIS: Los Angeles. The couple met while filming the show and began dating shortly afterward. They have been together for over five years and have a two-year-old son named River. Daniela Ruah is a famous Portuguese actress best known for her role as Special Agent Kensi Blye in the CBS police procedural drama series NCIS: Los Angeles. She has also appeared in several films and television shows, including the Portuguese soap opera Jardins Proibidos and the American comedy-drama series Red Band Society. The highest-paid actor on NCIS: Los Angeles is Mark Harmon. He has been with the show since it began in 2009, and his salary is $500,000 per episode. He also has a production deal with CBS that gives him a percentage of the show’s profits. According to Celebrity Net Worth, Daniela Ruah has a net worth of $4 million. She earns a salary of $80,000 per episode of NCIS: Los Angeles, which comes out to $1.92 million per season. Callen on NCIS is a net worth of $4 million. He has earned his wealth through his work on the show and other acting roles. Callen is a well-known actor who has starred in many popular television shows and movies. He is best known for his work on NCIS, where he plays the role of Special Agent G. Callen. Chris O’Donnell is an American actor known for his role as Special Agent G. Callen on the CBS drama series NCIS: Los Angeles. According to TheRichest.com, O’Donnell’s salary per episode is $150,000. Renée Felice Smith’s net worth is around $3 million. The American actress is best known for her role as Nell Jones on the CBS procedural drama NCIS: Los Angeles. She has also appeared in several other television shows and movies. As of 2021, David Paul Olsen’s net worth is estimated to be $12 million. He is an American actor, producer, and director, best known for his role as Agent Steve Wozniak in the CBS series NCIS: Los Angeles. He has also appeared in films such as New Girl, The League, and Supernatural. Chris O’Donnell’s net worth is estimated to be $35 million. The actor has been in the business for over two decades and has starred in hit films like Batman Forever, Scent of a Woman, and The Bachelor. He currently stars in the CBS drama NCIS: Los Angeles. O’Donnell has also done voice work for movies like Finding Nemo and Cars 2. Linda Hunt is an American actress who has a net worth of $8 million. She is best known for her role as Henrietta “Hetty” Lange on the CBS television series NCIS: Los Angeles. Suppose you’re a fan of Daniela Ruah. In that case, you’ll be happy to know that her net worth and salary are estimated to be around $7 million in 2023. This talented actress has had several notable roles over the years and shows no signs of slowing down anytime soon. Thanks for reading, and be sure to check out her upcoming projects!

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Re: Sony Cyber-Shot T500, Not Available at Best Bu... Sony Cyber-Shot T500, Not Available at Best Buy? I am a big fan of the Sony Cyber-Shot ultra-slim camera line. My question is if Best Buy will be carrying the new T500 line, and if so, when? It is already available on the Sony Style website for $399.99, but I want to get it from Best Buy so I can buy the service plan in case the screen goes out. I am not interested in the new T700 or T77 lines (too slim and 4gb of internal memory is kind of pointless as well as overkill). For the same price, I would much rather get the T500. Please help! Re: Sony Cyber-Shot T500, Not Available at Best Buy? I wasn’t familiar with this model so I looked on Sony’s website, and I have to say I was impressed, but unfortunately at this time Best Buy® is not selling the Sony T500 digital camera. Keep in mind that we’re coming into the holiday season I wouldn’t be surprised if we start selling it very soon. I can understand the desire to protect your investment with one of Best Buy’s® service plans, since I always get a service plan on any photography equipment I purchase. I hope this information helps out!

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He started to write music as Larry Gus (larigas: greek for throat, larynx) in 2006, inspired by the rural enviroment of his hometown (Veria, Imathia). His early influences have been Creedence Clearwater Revival and Minor Threat. He had been member of the seminal bass and drums duo Ginger, fusing hardcore punk aesthetics and hip hop beats. When Ginger broke up, he started composing music for TV commercials, which were in fact his first works as Larry Gus. Later on, he got his name due to some chaotic live perfomances, incorporating live looping techniques in an improvised pop manner. He has played alongside Caribou, Ariel Pink, !!!, Deadbeat, John Maus, Mike Slott and has also participated at the 2nd Athens Biennial and 2nd Nuit Blanche à Metz. Recently, he has resided at the Music Technology Group of Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona (Reactable,Freesound) as a postgraduate student. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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In spite of calls for his resignation, the Finance Minister has found supporters in some sectors of the business community. Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, the majority leader, revealed that a powerful businessman from Ghana tried to step in to stop the Minister from being fired. He didn’t go into detail about the move’s precise nature or its format. He informed Evans Mensah, “I have it on good information that some businessman came here and attempted to do something.” The Suame MP stated that it was intended to encourage the House members against trying to force the Minister out of his position. He claimed, “I was told he came here and tried to mediate in his own way what he believes the situation is. He continued, “I was repulsed by the people, and I was instructed not to become involved. Thus, he left. This information was revealed in an interview that will run on PM Express on JoyNews.

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Earlier in the day, it was reported that Nebraska football offered FIU wide receiver Tyrese Chambers. Now, it appears as though they visited him Friday. Chambers was a productive receiver for FIU last season. As a sophomore, he recorded 45 receptions for 1,074 yards and nine touchdowns last season. He was one of 30 players in the country to go over the 1,000-yard receiving mark. His career has been a little bit of a whirlwind. He began his career at Fort Scott Junior College in Kansas. He did not see action until he took his talents to Sacred Heart in the fall of 2019. He recorded 50 catches for 811 yards and eight touchdowns for the Crusaders. Now, it appears he is looking at coming to Nebraska. Sean Beckton appears to be the primary coach in contact with him. Measuring in at 6-foot-1, 175 pounds, Chambers appears to be a very shifty player and is a good route-runner. In addition to that, his athleticism will be something that Nebraska football would be able to utilize. Particularly when you look at the builds and skill sets of receivers that Mickey Joseph has worked with in the past, he could develop Chambers into a game-changing receiver in the Nebraska offense. That playmaking ability is something that Nebraska football is going to need to have at the wide receiver position. Especially with Mickey Joseph in the fold now, that gives them the opportunity to really go out and get some weapons. One has to wonder if Joseph coming here will influence Chambers’ decision to do so as well. I’m going to watch his recruitment closely, as I believe he could definitely be an impact player for Nebraska football. That’s the beauty of the transfer portal. Now, coaches can get a player who is often well-developed and one who is ready to make an impact on the program. Chambers has obviously shown that he can make an impact, and this would be a major get for a Nebraska football program looking to turn the corner.

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I love my microwave’s eggs. My husband can’t stand them. I think the egg is basically a healthy food. I don’t know why he hates them so much. Some may find microwaves eggs unhealthy, but I think they’re great for cooking. They’re tasty and easy to prep. It’s just that microwave ovens are hard to get good quality eggs. And it seems like a lot of times they are just plain wrong. And they don’t always do what they’re supposed to. In short, when I first made my own microwaves eggs I liked them very much. But I never really used them. I’d take them out of the microwave, put them in the fridge for about an hour, and then go to bed. The next day, I’d take them out of the fridge, put them in the microwave, and wait about 30 seconds. That was the last time I’d use them. I had a similar experience. I used to make microwave eggs, but I never really liked them. I tried to cook them in the microwave, but it really took me forever. I would take them out of the microwave, put them in the fridge for an hour, then go to bed. The next day, I took them out of the fridge, put them in the microwave, and waited 30 seconds. It’s a good thing there are now two things to microwave eggs. You can use the microwave to make scrambled eggs or you can fry them. Well, my microwave eggs, I fried them. But then I put them in the microwave and waited. After a couple of minutes, I ate the half dozen. I’d say that they’re a decent way to heat up eggs, but I don’t know if they’re quite as good as you can fry them. I’m still not sure if you have to cook them before you put them in the microwave. They also need to be cooked for at least 10 minutes to get the best results. If you leave them in there for 20, they’ll be hard and crunchy. The microwave eggs are a great solution to fried eggs that aren’t quite done. But if you want the best results and you want to eat them warm, theyll be a little more challenging. Theyre also a little more expensive than you can buy eggs at a fast food place, but if you want to skip the whole grocery store trip, they also have the added benefit of being pretty much indestructible. If you can do one thing with the microwave egg, you can make it into a sandwich. You just have to take a little bit of time and get it to the right type of airy texture. The microwave egg can be used like any other egg, but it’s best used like a sandwich and you can use it like that. The eggs are also a great way to make the best eggs in the world. As I said, the microwave egg is the perfect way to get an egg in the refrigerator and then eat it. You can also use the microwave egg for other things such as toast, pizza, or even a burger. The microwave egg is incredibly portable and can be stored in the freezer and the fridge in a single package. I’m pretty sure I got a microwave egg in the freezer when I moved into my new house. It’s not quite ready to eat yet, but I’m pretty sure it’s delicious.

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Choosing a sportsbook can be an overwhelming task, but there are some important aspects that you must consider before you make a deposit. Many online sportsbooks accept credit cards, PayPal, Play+ cards, and other forms of payment, including Bitcoin. Make sure that the sportsbook accepts your preferred payment method, and check for customer support that is available to answer your questions. If you have questions, a FAQ section should be included on their site. First, consider the size of the betting options available to you. While there are many options to choose from, smaller books may offer better odds, lower minimums, or more game types. Smaller online sportsbooks may not be as user-friendly as larger ones. You can expect to find many fewer games, but they are likely to be less expensive. If you’re looking for the best sportsbook for your needs, it is best to go with one that specializes in the type of sport you’re interested in. One Asian sportsbook to check out is SBOBet. With an international footprint and headquarters in the Philippines, SBOBet is an excellent choice for punters from this region. They offer live streaming for some sports events, and customer support staff can be found in multiple languages. Whether you’re a sports fan or just looking to place a bet, SBOBet’s website is easy to use and offers good customer service. Once you’ve selected your sportsbook, you’ll have plenty of options to place a bet. In addition to standard bets, you’ll find future bets, or wagers on potential championship outcomes. You can bet on football, basketball, or baseball, and you can also bet on a wide variety of events and games. A sportsbook’s payouts depend on the number of events and ratios that affect the outcome of the event. A good Asian-based sportsbook is a good option for those with a limited budget. SBOBet is a shirt sponsor of the West Ham United soccer team, and its website has a friendly and easy-to-navigate design. It also offers an affiliate program for new players, customer support in multiple languages, and a wide variety of betting markets. The sportsbook also offers casino games and sportsbook reviews, so you can choose the right one for you. Asian-based sportsbooks offer great value for punters. They tend to have smaller margins, but they also offer a large menu of sports. If you prefer soccer, Asia-based sportsbooks are a great choice. These websites offer a great value for your money and are available in over 11 languages. In addition to football, many Asian sportsbooks focus on soccer. The odds on these games are often better than in the US, so if you’re looking for a good Asian sportsbook, you should look for one in the Philippines. Before placing a bet, make sure that the sportsbook you choose is legal in your country. You should also ensure that it has the backing of the government to avoid fraud. Lastly, you should be sure to read their terms of service and ask about the reputation of the sportsbook. Make sure to read customer reviews and ask friends for recommendations if they’ve had good or bad experiences with the sportsbook. That way, you’ll know exactly what to expect.

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